1981-82 Denver Nuggets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 46-36
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Phoenix Suns 2-1
Coach: Doug Moe (46-36)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 475,688, Avg. 11,602 in 41 home dates

1981-82 Denver Nuggets Roster
1981-82 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1981-82 season with a record of 46 wins and 36 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

Denver scored 10,371 points, best in the league. The team conceded 10,328 points, most in the circuit. Alex English tossed in a team-best 2,082 points for the Nuggets, while Dan Issel and Kiki Vandeweghe netted 20 or more per game as well. Dan Issel racked up 608 boards. Alex English dished out 433 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, T.R. Dunn added 135 thefts.

Doug Moe coached the team. The 1981-82 Denver Nuggets lost in the conference first round.

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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
Alex English	F	82	82	3015	1553	855	8	0	443	372	210	348	558	433	87	120	261	261	2082
Dan Issel	C-F	81	81	2472	1236	651	6	4	655	546	174	434	608	179	67	55	169	245	1852
Kiki Vandeweghe	F	82	78	2775	1260	706	13	1	405	347	149	312	461	247	52	29	189	217	1760
David Thompson	G-F	61	5	1246	644	313	14	4	339	276	57	91	148	117	34	29	142	149	906
Billy McKinney	G	81	27	1963	699	369	17	0	170	137	29	113	142	338	69	16	115	186	875
T.R. Dunn	G-F	82	80	2519	504	258	1	0	215	153	211	348	559	188	135	36	123	210	669
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	80	0	1699	495	250	3	0	217	160	140	283	423	152	92	36	100	229	660
Kenny Higgs	G	76	49	1696	468	202	21	4	197	161	23	121	144	395	72	6	156	263	569
Cedrick Hordges	F-C	77	1	1372	414	204	13	3	199	116	119	276	395	65	26	19	111	230	527
John Roche	G	39	2	501	150	68	52	23	38	28	4	19	23	89	15	2	29	40	187
Dave Robisch	C-F	12	0	257	106	48	0	0	55	48	14	49	63	32	3	4	13	29	144
James Ray	F	40	4	262	116	51	1	1	36	21	18	47	65	26	10	16	37	59	124
David Burns	G	6	1	53	11	5	0	0	9	6	1	2	3	11	2	0	8	13	16
Totals		799	410	19830	7656	3980	149	40	2978	2371	1149	2443	3592	2272	664	368	1453	2131	10371

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Alex English	F	82	82	36.8	55.1	0.0	84.0	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.2	25.4
Dan Issel	C-F	81	81	30.5	52.7	66.7	83.4	2.1	5.4	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.7	2.1	3.0	22.9
Kiki Vandeweghe	F	82	78	33.8	56.0	7.7	85.7	1.8	3.8	5.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.3	2.6	21.5
David Thompson	G-F	61	5	20.4	48.6	28.6	81.4	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	2.3	2.4	14.9
Billy McKinney	G	81	27	24.2	52.8	0.0	80.6	0.4	1.4	1.8	4.2	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.3	10.8
T.R. Dunn	G-F	82	80	30.7	51.2	0.0	71.2	2.6	4.2	6.8	2.3	1.6	0.4	1.5	2.6	8.2
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	80	0	21.2	50.5	0.0	73.7	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.9	1.2	0.5	1.3	2.9	8.3
Kenny Higgs	G	76	49	22.3	43.2	19.0	81.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	5.2	0.9	0.1	2.1	3.5	7.5
Cedrick Hordges	F-C	77	1	17.8	49.3	23.1	58.3	1.5	3.6	5.1	0.8	0.3	0.2	1.4	3.0	6.8
John Roche	G	39	2	12.8	45.3	44.2	73.7	0.1	0.5	0.6	2.3	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.0	4.8
Dave Robisch	C-F	12	0	21.4	45.3		87.3	1.2	4.1	5.3	2.7	0.3	0.3	1.1	2.4	12.0
James Ray	F	40	4	6.6	44.0	100.0	58.3	0.5	1.2	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.9	1.5	3.1
David Burns	G	6	1	8.8	45.5		66.7	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.2	2.7
Averages		799	410	24.8	52.0	26.8	79.6	1.4	3.1	4.5	2.8	0.8	0.5	1.8	2.7	13.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	3	103	60	32	0	0	12	12	8	13	21	5	3	1	7	10	76
Kiki Vandeweghe	F	3	109	43	25	0	0	18	18	4	14	18	9	2	4	6	7	68
Alex English	F	3	118	55	26	0	0	7	6	8	15	23	17	3	3	4	6	58
Billy McKinney	G	3	91	27	16	1	0	12	10	2	4	6	10	3	0	5	9	42
David Thompson	G-F	3	66	33	15	3	1	7	4	4	6	10	6	1	0	8	8	35
Kenny Higgs	G	3	54	21	8	2	0	12	7	1	2	3	6	3	0	5	12	23
T.R. Dunn	G-F	3	81	13	6	0	0	8	7	10	8	18	10	8	1	5	11	19
Cedrick Hordges	F-C	3	45	19	8	1	0	4	3	2	11	13	2	1	0	4	4	19
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	3	51	20	8	1	0	3	2	3	5	8	9	2	1	0	8	18
James Ray	F	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Totals		28	720	291	144	8	1	83	69	42	78	120	74	26	11	44	76	358

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	3	34.3	53.3		100.0	2.7	4.3	7.0	1.7	1.0	0.3	2.3	3.3	25.3
Kiki Vandeweghe	F	3	36.3	58.1		100.0	1.3	4.7	6.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	2.3	22.7
Alex English	F	3	39.3	47.3		85.7	2.7	5.0	7.7	5.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	19.3
Billy McKinney	G	3	30.3	59.3	0.0	83.3	0.7	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.0	0.0	1.7	3.0	14.0
David Thompson	G-F	3	22.0	45.5	33.3	57.1	1.3	2.0	3.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	2.7	11.7
Kenny Higgs	G	3	18.0	38.1	0.0	58.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.7	4.0	7.7
T.R. Dunn	G-F	3	27.0	46.2		87.5	3.3	2.7	6.0	3.3	2.7	0.3	1.7	3.7	6.3
Cedrick Hordges	F-C	3	15.0	42.1	0.0	75.0	0.7	3.7	4.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	6.3
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	3	17.0	40.0	0.0	66.7	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	2.7	6.0
James Ray	F	1	2.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		799	25.7	49.5	12.5	83.1	1.5	2.8	4.3	2.6	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.7	12.8