1979-80 Denver Nuggets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 30-52
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Donnie Walsh (30-52)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 527,208, Avg. 12,859 in 41 home dates

1979-80 Denver Nuggets Roster
1979-80 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 30 wins and 52 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference.

The Nuggets netted 8,878 points and allowed 9,240. Dan Issel tossed in a team-best 1,951 points for Denver and racked up 719 rebounds. John Roche dished out 405 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Bob Wilkerson added 93 steals.

Donnie Walsh coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	82	82	2938	1416	715	12	4	667	517	236	483	719	198	88	54	163	190	1951
Bob Wilkerson	G-F	75	73	2381	1030	430	34	7	222	166	85	231	316	243	93	27	193	194	1033
John Roche	G	82	26	2286	741	354	129	49	202	175	24	91	115	405	82	12	159	139	932
David Thompson	G-F	39	39	1239	617	289	19	7	335	254	56	118	174	124	39	38	116	106	839
George Johnson	F-C	75	45	1938	649	309	9	2	189	148	190	394	584	157	84	67	148	260	768
George McGinnis	F-C	45	43	1424	584	268	7	1	307	166	134	328	462	221	69	17	188	187	703
Charlie Scott	G-F	69	42	1860	688	276	11	2	118	85	51	115	166	250	47	23	163	197	639
Alex English	F	24	24	875	427	207	3	2	126	96	102	123	225	82	28	29	90	78	512
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	59	0	1020	286	148	6	2	121	92	107	152	259	81	68	16	58	119	390
Gary Garland	G	78	11	1106	356	155	19	6	26	18	50	88	138	145	54	4	73	80	334
Kim Hughes	C	70	7	1208	202	102	0	0	41	15	125	201	326	74	66	77	50	184	219
Tom Boswell	F-C	18	7	522	135	72	2	1	70	58	40	74	114	46	5	8	39	56	203
Anthony Roberts	F-G	23	10	486	181	69	1	0	60	39	54	55	109	20	13	3	28	52	177
Bo Ellis	F	48	1	502	136	61	3	0	53	40	51	65	116	30	10	24	24	67	162
Arvid Kramer	C	8	0	45	22	7	0	0	2	2	6	6	12	3	0	5	5	8	16
Totals		795	410	19830	7470	3462	255	83	2539	1871	1311	2524	3835	2079	746	404	1497	1917	8878

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	82	82	35.8	50.5	33.3	77.5	2.9	5.9	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	2.0	2.3	23.8
Bob Wilkerson	G-F	75	73	31.7	41.7	20.6	74.8	1.1	3.1	4.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	2.6	2.6	13.8
John Roche	G	82	26	27.9	47.8	38.0	86.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	4.9	1.0	0.1	1.9	1.7	11.4
David Thompson	G-F	39	39	31.8	46.8	36.8	75.8	1.4	3.0	4.5	3.2	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.7	21.5
George Johnson	F-C	75	45	25.8	47.6	22.2	78.3	2.5	5.3	7.8	2.1	1.1	0.9	2.0	3.5	10.2
George McGinnis	F-C	45	43	31.6	45.9	14.3	54.1	3.0	7.3	10.3	4.9	1.5	0.4	4.2	4.2	15.6
Charlie Scott	G-F	69	42	27.0	40.1	18.2	72.0	0.7	1.7	2.4	3.6	0.7	0.3	2.4	2.9	9.3
Alex English	F	24	24	36.5	48.5	66.7	76.2	4.3	5.1	9.4	3.4	1.2	1.2	3.8	3.3	21.3
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	59	0	17.3	51.7	33.3	76.0	1.8	2.6	4.4	1.4	1.2	0.3	1.0	2.0	6.6
Gary Garland	G	78	11	14.2	43.5	31.6	69.2	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.9	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.0	4.3
Kim Hughes	C	70	7	17.3	50.5		36.6	1.8	2.9	4.7	1.1	0.9	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1
Tom Boswell	F-C	18	7	29.0	53.3	50.0	82.9	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.6	0.3	0.4	2.2	3.1	11.3
Anthony Roberts	F-G	23	10	21.1	38.1	0.0	65.0	2.3	2.4	4.7	0.9	0.6	0.1	1.2	2.3	7.7
Bo Ellis	F	48	1	10.5	44.9	0.0	75.5	1.1	1.4	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.4	3.4
Arvid Kramer	C	8	0	5.6	31.8		100.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	2.0
Averages		795	410	24.9	46.3	32.5	73.7	1.6	3.2	4.8	2.6	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.4	11.2