1985-86 Denver Nuggets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 47-35
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 5-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Portland Trail Blazers 3-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Houston Rockets 4-2
Coach: Doug Moe (47-35)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 531,814, Avg. 12,971 in 41 home dates

1985-86 Denver Nuggets Roster
1985-86 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1985-86 season with a record of 47 wins and 35 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-5.

Denver scored 9,410 points and surrendered 9,303. Alex English tossed in a team-best 2,414 points for the Nuggets, while Wayne Cooper contributed 610 boards. Fat Lever dished out 584 assists for the squad.

On defense, Fat Lever added 178 thefts, and Wayne Cooper blocked 227 shots.

Doug Moe coached the team. The 1985-86 Denver Nuggets lost in the conference semifinals.

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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	81	81	3024	1888	951	5	1	593	511	192	213	405	320	73	29	249	235	2414
Calvin Natt	F	69	62	2007	930	469	6	2	347	278	125	311	436	164	58	13	130	143	1218
Fat Lever	G	78	77	2616	1061	468	38	12	182	132	136	284	420	584	178	15	210	204	1080
Wayne Cooper	C-F	78	78	2112	906	422	7	3	219	174	190	420	610	81	42	227	117	315	1021
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	79	0	1982	741	331	41	8	405	318	88	176	264	316	107	16	165	277	988
Mike Evans	G	81	1	1389	715	304	176	39	149	126	30	71	101	177	61	1	124	159	773
Danny Schayes	C-F	80	13	1654	440	221	1	0	278	216	154	285	439	79	42	63	105	298	658
T.R. Dunn	G-F	82	82	2401	379	172	1	0	88	68	143	234	377	171	155	16	51	228	412
Elston Turner	G-F	73	0	1324	379	165	9	0	53	39	64	137	201	165	70	6	80	150	369
Willie White	G	43	4	343	168	74	21	6	23	19	17	27	44	53	18	2	25	24	173
Blair Rasmussen	C	48	1	330	150	61	0	0	39	31	37	60	97	16	3	10	40	63	153
Pete Williams	F	53	11	573	111	67	0	0	40	17	47	99	146	14	19	23	19	68	151
Totals		845	410	19755	7868	3705	305	71	2416	1929	1223	2317	3540	2140	826	421	1315	2164	9410

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Alex English	F	81	81	37.3	50.4	20.0	86.2	2.4	2.6	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	29.8
Calvin Natt	F	69	62	29.1	50.4	33.3	80.1	1.8	4.5	6.3	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	17.7
Fat Lever	G	78	77	33.5	44.1	31.6	72.5	1.7	3.6	5.4	7.5	2.3	0.2	2.7	2.6	13.8
Wayne Cooper	C-F	78	78	27.1	46.6	42.9	79.5	2.4	5.4	7.8	1.0	0.5	2.9	1.5	4.0	13.1
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	79	0	25.1	44.7	19.5	78.5	1.1	2.2	3.3	4.0	1.4	0.2	2.1	3.5	12.5
Mike Evans	G	81	1	17.1	42.5	22.2	84.6	0.4	0.9	1.2	2.2	0.8	0.0	1.5	2.0	9.5
Danny Schayes	C-F	80	13	20.7	50.2	0.0	77.7	1.9	3.6	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.7	8.2
T.R. Dunn	G-F	82	82	29.3	45.4	0.0	77.3	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.9	0.2	0.6	2.8	5.0
Elston Turner	G-F	73	0	18.1	43.5	0.0	73.6	0.9	1.9	2.8	2.3	1.0	0.1	1.1	2.1	5.1
Willie White	G	43	4	8.0	44.0	28.6	82.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	4.0
Blair Rasmussen	C	48	1	6.9	40.7		79.5	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.8	1.3	3.2
Pete Williams	F	53	11	10.8	60.4		42.5	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.3	2.8
Averages		845	410	23.4	47.1	23.3	79.8	1.4	2.7	4.2	2.5	1.0	0.5	1.6	2.6	11.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Alex English	F	10	394	229	106	1	0	71	61	18	17	35	52	4	4	28	29	273
Calvin Natt	F	10	293	142	66	2	1	59	46	17	62	79	28	2	3	22	25	179
Fat Lever	G	10	347	131	59	14	8	24	17	15	33	48	53	20	2	23	33	143
Danny Schayes	C-F	10	295	86	46	0	0	30	24	34	48	82	9	4	17	21	37	116
Blair Rasmussen	C	10	175	96	39	0	0	41	33	27	33	60	10	5	9	7	28	111
Mike Evans	G	10	204	82	30	29	7	30	25	6	14	20	25	10	3	13	19	92
Elston Turner	G-F	10	196	54	29	1	1	8	7	12	17	29	22	7	0	5	19	66
Wayne Cooper	C-F	8	154	56	24	1	0	22	15	11	29	40	7	2	5	11	31	63
T.R. Dunn	G-F	10	276	46	20	0	0	14	9	22	31	53	13	16	0	3	34	49
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	6	102	28	15	1	1	16	13	2	4	6	19	1	1	7	12	44
Willie White	G	4	21	7	2	4	1	0	0	1	2	3	6	1	0	2	4	5
Pete Williams	F	4	18	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	0	0	2	4
Totals		102	2475	961	438	54	19	315	250	166	293	459	247	72	44	142	273	1145

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Alex English	F	10	39.4	46.3	0.0	85.9	1.8	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.9	27.3
Calvin Natt	F	10	29.3	46.5	50.0	78.0	1.7	6.2	7.9	2.8	0.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	17.9
Fat Lever	G	10	34.7	45.0	57.1	70.8	1.5	3.3	4.8	5.3	2.0	0.2	2.3	3.3	14.3
Danny Schayes	C-F	10	29.5	53.5		80.0	3.4	4.8	8.2	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.1	3.7	11.6
Blair Rasmussen	C	10	17.5	40.6		80.5	2.7	3.3	6.0	1.0	0.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	11.1
Mike Evans	G	10	20.4	36.6	24.1	83.3	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.9	9.2
Elston Turner	G-F	10	19.6	53.7	100.0	87.5	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.2	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.9	6.6
Wayne Cooper	C-F	8	19.3	42.9	0.0	68.2	1.4	3.6	5.0	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.4	3.9	7.9
T.R. Dunn	G-F	10	27.6	43.5		64.3	2.2	3.1	5.3	1.3	1.6	0.0	0.3	3.4	4.9
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	6	17.0	53.6	100.0	81.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.2	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	7.3
Willie White	G	4	5.3	28.6	25.0		0.3	0.5	0.8	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.3
Pete Williams	F	4	4.5	50.0	0.0		0.3	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
Averages		845	24.3	45.6	35.2	79.4	1.6	2.9	4.5	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.7	11.2