1988-89 Denver Nuggets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 44-38
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 0-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Phoenix Suns 3-0
Coach: Doug Moe (44-38)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 555,498, Avg. 13,549 in 41 home dates

1988-89 Denver Nuggets Roster
1988-89 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 44 wins and 38 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.

The Nuggets tossed in 9,675 points and yielded 9,536. Alex English scored a team-best 2,175 points for Denver, and Fat Lever averaged 19 or more per game as well. Fat Lever racked up 662 boards. Fat Lever dished out 559 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Fat Lever added 195 thefts, while Wayne Cooper blocked 211 shots.

Doug Moe coached the team. The 1988-89 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	2990	1881	924	8	2	379	325	148	178	326	383	66	12	198	174	2175
Michael Adams	G	77	77	2787	1082	468	466	166	393	322	71	212	283	490	166	11	180	149	1424
Fat Lever	G	71	71	2745	1221	558	66	23	344	270	187	475	662	559	195	20	157	178	1409
Walter Davis	G-F	81	0	1857	1076	536	69	20	199	175	41	110	151	190	72	5	132	187	1267
Danny Schayes	C-F	76	64	1918	607	317	9	3	402	332	142	358	500	105	42	81	160	320	969
Blair Rasmussen	C	77	22	1308	577	257	0	0	81	69	105	182	287	49	29	41	49	194	583
Wayne Cooper	C-F	79	72	1864	444	220	4	1	106	79	212	407	619	78	36	211	73	302	520
Elston Turner	G-F	78	12	1746	353	151	7	2	56	33	109	178	287	144	90	8	60	209	337
Jerome Lane	F	54	1	550	256	109	7	0	112	43	87	113	200	60	20	4	50	105	261
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	41	0	701	151	66	5	1	87	68	18	75	93	86	25	5	53	82	201
David Greenwood	F-C	29	3	491	148	62	0	0	71	48	48	116	164	41	17	28	36	78	172
Darwin Cook	G	30	4	386	163	71	10	2	22	17	13	35	48	43	28	6	26	44	161
Eddie Hughes	G	26	1	224	64	28	22	7	12	7	6	13	19	35	17	2	11	30	70
Calvin Natt	F	14	0	168	50	22	1	0	31	22	12	34	46	7	6	1	11	13	66
Jay Vincent	F	5	1	95	38	13	2	1	9	5	2	16	18	5	1	1	5	11	32
Wayne Englestad	F	11	0	50	29	11	0	0	10	6	5	11	16	7	1	0	3	12	28
Totals		831	410	19880	8140	3813	676	228	2314	1821	1206	2513	3719	2282	811	436	1204	2088	9675

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Alex English	F	82	82	36.5	49.1	25.0	85.8	1.8	2.2	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.1	26.5
Michael Adams	G	77	77	36.2	43.3	35.6	81.9	0.9	2.8	3.7	6.4	2.2	0.1	2.3	1.9	18.5
Fat Lever	G	71	71	38.7	45.7	34.8	78.5	2.6	6.7	9.3	7.9	2.7	0.3	2.2	2.5	19.8
Walter Davis	G-F	81	0	22.9	49.8	29.0	87.9	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.3	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.3	15.6
Danny Schayes	C-F	76	64	25.2	52.2	33.3	82.6	1.9	4.7	6.6	1.4	0.6	1.1	2.1	4.2	12.8
Blair Rasmussen	C	77	22	17.0	44.5		85.2	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.6	2.5	7.6
Wayne Cooper	C-F	79	72	23.6	49.5	25.0	74.5	2.7	5.2	7.8	1.0	0.5	2.7	0.9	3.8	6.6
Elston Turner	G-F	78	12	22.4	42.8	28.6	58.9	1.4	2.3	3.7	1.8	1.2	0.1	0.8	2.7	4.3
Jerome Lane	F	54	1	10.2	42.6	0.0	38.4	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.9	4.8
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	41	0	17.1	43.7	20.0	78.2	0.4	1.8	2.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.0	4.9
David Greenwood	F-C	29	3	16.9	41.9		67.6	1.7	4.0	5.7	1.4	0.6	1.0	1.2	2.7	5.9
Darwin Cook	G	30	4	12.9	43.6	20.0	77.3	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.4	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.5	5.4
Eddie Hughes	G	26	1	8.6	43.8	31.8	58.3	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.2	2.7
Calvin Natt	F	14	0	12.0	44.0	0.0	71.0	0.9	2.4	3.3	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.8	0.9	4.7
Jay Vincent	F	5	1	19.0	34.2	50.0	55.6	0.4	3.2	3.6	1.0	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.2	6.4
Wayne Englestad	F	11	0	4.5	37.9		60.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1	2.5
Averages		831	410	23.9	46.8	33.7	78.7	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.4	2.5	11.6

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	3	108	62	32	0	0	16	14	8	5	13	11	1	0	14	6	78
Walter Davis	G-F	3	94	60	31	4	0	15	15	2	3	5	4	3	0	8	11	77
Michael Adams	G	2	75	36	15	22	10	8	7	5	12	17	9	3	0	8	6	47
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	3	106	33	14	6	3	12	7	6	14	20	9	5	1	2	13	38
Darwin Cook	G	3	66	24	12	2	1	6	6	2	11	13	11	3	0	4	12	31
Fat Lever	G	2	58	24	9	3	2	2	2	2	11	13	19	4	0	6	4	22
Elston Turner	G-F	3	74	13	6	1	0	6	2	2	9	11	3	1	0	0	9	14
Wayne Cooper	C-F	3	44	12	6	0	0	0	0	4	9	13	2	1	2	0	10	12
Danny Schayes	C-F	2	36	7	1	0	0	8	6	2	9	11	1	1	1	1	4	8
Jerome Lane	F	2	21	7	2	1	0	2	2	1	5	6	2	0	0	0	4	6
David Greenwood	F-C	3	34	6	2	0	0	2	1	2	9	11	1	1	1	6	7	5
Blair Rasmussen	C	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Totals		31	720	284	130	39	16	77	62	36	97	133	72	23	5	50	87	338

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Alex English	F	3	36.0	51.6		87.5	2.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	0.3	0.0	4.7	2.0	26.0
Walter Davis	G-F	3	31.3	51.7	0.0	100.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.3	1.0	0.0	2.7	3.7	25.7
Michael Adams	G	2	37.5	41.7	45.5	87.5	2.5	6.0	8.5	4.5	1.5	0.0	4.0	3.0	23.5
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	3	35.3	42.4	50.0	58.3	2.0	4.7	6.7	3.0	1.7	0.3	0.7	4.3	12.7
Darwin Cook	G	3	22.0	50.0	50.0	100.0	0.7	3.7	4.3	3.7	1.0	0.0	1.3	4.0	10.3
Fat Lever	G	2	29.0	37.5	66.7	100.0	1.0	5.5	6.5	9.5	2.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	11.0
Elston Turner	G-F	3	24.7	46.2	0.0	33.3	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.7
Wayne Cooper	C-F	3	14.7	50.0			1.3	3.0	4.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	3.3	4.0
Danny Schayes	C-F	2	18.0	14.3		75.0	1.0	4.5	5.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	4.0
Jerome Lane	F	2	10.5	28.6	0.0	100.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0
David Greenwood	F-C	3	11.3	33.3		50.0	0.7	3.0	3.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.7
Blair Rasmussen	C	2	2.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0
Averages		831	23.2	45.8	41.0	80.5	1.2	3.1	4.3	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.8	10.9