1987-88 Denver Nuggets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 54-28
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 5-6 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Seattle Supersonics 3-2
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Dallas Mavericks 4-2
Coach: Doug Moe (54-28)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 520,913, Avg. 12,705 in 41 home dates

1987-88 Denver Nuggets Roster
1987-88 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 54 wins and 28 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-6.

The Nuggets scored 9,573 points, best in the league. Denver gave up 9,239 points. Alex English tossed in a team-best 2,000 points for the team, and Fat Lever racked up 665 boards. Fat Lever dished out 639 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Fat Lever added 223 thefts.

Doug Moe coached the team. The 1987-88 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	80	80	2818	1704	843	6	0	379	314	166	207	373	377	70	23	181	193	2000
Fat Lever	G	82	82	3061	1360	643	57	12	316	248	203	462	665	639	223	21	182	214	1546
Michael Adams	G	82	75	2778	927	416	379	139	199	166	40	183	223	503	168	16	144	138	1137
Danny Schayes	C-F	81	74	2166	668	361	2	0	487	407	200	462	662	106	62	92	155	323	1129
Jay Vincent	F	73	8	1755	958	446	4	1	287	231	80	229	309	143	46	26	137	198	1124
Blair Rasmussen	C	79	45	1779	884	435	0	0	170	132	130	307	437	78	22	81	73	241	1002
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	77	0	1334	287	109	16	3	163	129	39	132	171	166	64	17	95	185	350
Mike Evans	G	56	0	656	307	139	91	36	37	30	9	39	48	81	34	6	43	78	344
Wayne Cooper	C-F	45	32	865	270	118	1	0	67	50	98	172	270	30	12	94	59	145	286
Calvin Natt	F	27	7	533	208	102	1	0	73	54	35	61	96	47	13	3	30	43	258
T.R. Dunn	G-F	82	1	1534	156	70	1	0	52	40	110	130	240	87	101	11	26	152	180
Otis Smith	G-F	15	6	191	93	37	0	0	28	21	16	14	30	11	5	6	12	23	95
Mo Martin	F-G	26	0	136	61	23	4	1	21	10	13	11	24	14	6	3	10	21	57
Mike Brooks	F	16	0	133	49	20	0	0	4	3	19	25	44	13	4	1	12	21	43
Andre Moore	F	7	0	34	24	7	0	0	6	6	5	7	12	5	2	1	3	4	20
Brad Wright	F	2	0	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	2
Totals		830	410	19780	7961	3770	562	192	2289	1841	1163	2442	3605	2300	832	401	1164	1982	9573

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Alex English	F	80	80	35.2	49.5	0.0	82.8	2.1	2.6	4.7	4.7	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.4	25.0
Fat Lever	G	82	82	37.3	47.3	21.1	78.5	2.5	5.6	8.1	7.8	2.7	0.3	2.2	2.6	18.9
Michael Adams	G	82	75	33.9	44.9	36.7	83.4	0.5	2.2	2.7	6.1	2.0	0.2	1.8	1.7	13.9
Danny Schayes	C-F	81	74	26.7	54.0	0.0	83.6	2.5	5.7	8.2	1.3	0.8	1.1	1.9	4.0	13.9
Jay Vincent	F	73	8	24.0	46.6	25.0	80.5	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.7	15.4
Blair Rasmussen	C	79	45	22.5	49.2		77.6	1.6	3.9	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.0	0.9	3.1	12.7
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	77	0	17.3	38.0	18.8	79.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.4	4.5
Mike Evans	G	56	0	11.7	45.3	39.6	81.1	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.4	6.1
Wayne Cooper	C-F	45	32	19.2	43.7	0.0	74.6	2.2	3.8	6.0	0.7	0.3	2.1	1.3	3.2	6.4
Calvin Natt	F	27	7	19.7	49.0	0.0	74.0	1.3	2.3	3.6	1.7	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.6	9.6
T.R. Dunn	G-F	82	1	18.7	44.9	0.0	76.9	1.3	1.6	2.9	1.1	1.2	0.1	0.3	1.9	2.2
Otis Smith	G-F	15	6	12.7	39.8		75.0	1.1	0.9	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.5	6.3
Mo Martin	F-G	26	0	5.2	37.7	25.0	47.6	0.5	0.4	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.8	2.2
Mike Brooks	F	16	0	8.3	40.8		75.0	1.2	1.6	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.7
Andre Moore	F	7	0	4.9	29.2		100.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	2.9
Brad Wright	F	2	0	3.5	20.0			0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	1.0
Averages		830	410	23.8	47.4	34.2	80.4	1.4	2.9	4.3	2.8	1.0	0.5	1.4	2.4	11.5

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	11	438	255	116	3	0	43	35	31	28	59	48	7	3	16	34	267
Danny Schayes	C-F	11	314	88	55	0	0	83	70	30	49	79	18	3	10	24	46	180
Michael Adams	G	11	406	130	47	54	17	41	36	9	27	36	64	18	2	23	19	147
Jay Vincent	F	8	200	104	53	1	0	40	34	10	27	37	6	5	4	14	25	140
Blair Rasmussen	C	11	277	127	60	0	0	20	18	25	46	71	7	1	12	6	33	138
Fat Lever	G	7	273	98	45	7	3	33	26	16	49	65	49	13	4	4	15	119
Mike Evans	G	11	219	114	45	44	12	15	14	6	16	22	23	12	0	12	19	116
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	11	212	56	20	8	0	26	18	11	18	29	26	5	9	14	40	58
T.R. Dunn	G-F	11	185	20	11	0	0	8	4	11	18	29	3	8	0	4	20	26
Wayne Cooper	C-F	9	96	23	8	0	0	2	2	16	17	33	6	3	8	4	19	18
Mo Martin	F-G	3	9	5	1	1	0	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	7
Mike Brooks	F	4	11	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	3
Totals		108	2640	1023	462	120	33	317	262	165	296	465	252	75	53	122	272	1219

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Alex English	F	11	39.8	45.5	0.0	81.4	2.8	2.5	5.4	4.4	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.1	24.3
Danny Schayes	C-F	11	28.5	62.5		84.3	2.7	4.5	7.2	1.6	0.3	0.9	2.2	4.2	16.4
Michael Adams	G	11	36.9	36.2	31.5	87.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	5.8	1.6	0.2	2.1	1.7	13.4
Jay Vincent	F	8	25.0	51.0	0.0	85.0	1.3	3.4	4.6	0.8	0.6	0.5	1.8	3.1	17.5
Blair Rasmussen	C	11	25.2	47.2		90.0	2.3	4.2	6.5	0.6	0.1	1.1	0.5	3.0	12.5
Fat Lever	G	7	39.0	45.9	42.9	78.8	2.3	7.0	9.3	7.0	1.9	0.6	0.6	2.1	17.0
Mike Evans	G	11	19.9	39.5	27.3	93.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.1	1.1	0.0	1.1	1.7	10.5
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	11	19.3	35.7	0.0	69.2	1.0	1.6	2.6	2.4	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.6	5.3
T.R. Dunn	G-F	11	16.8	55.0		50.0	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.4	1.8	2.4
Wayne Cooper	C-F	9	10.7	34.8		100.0	1.8	1.9	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.0
Mo Martin	F-G	3	3.0	20.0	0.0	83.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3
Mike Brooks	F	4	2.8	33.3	50.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8
Averages		830	24.4	45.2	27.5	82.6	1.5	2.7	4.3	2.3	0.7	0.5	1.1	2.5	11.3