
1996-97 Denver Nuggets Statistics
Team Record: 21-61
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff (4-9)
Coach: Dick Motta (17-52)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 461,408, Avg. 11,254 in 41 home dates
1996-97 Denver Nuggets Results
The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 21 wins and 61 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference.
The Nuggets scored 8,020 points and yielded 8,535. Dale Ellis tossed in a team-best 1,361 points for Denver, while Antonio McDyess netted 16 or more per game also. Ervin Johnson contributed 913 boards. Mark Jackson dished out 641 assists for the squad.
On the defensive side of the ball, Ervin Johnson added 65 steals and blocked a team-best 227 shots.
Bernie Bickerstaff and Dick Motta 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 |
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Dale Ellis | G-F | 82 | 51 | 2940 | 1151 | 477 | 528 | 192 | 263 | 215 | 99 | 194 | 293 | 165 | 60 | 7 | 146 | 178 | 1361 |
Antonio McDyess | F-C | 74 | 73 | 2565 | 1157 | 536 | 35 | 6 | 387 | 274 | 155 | 382 | 537 | 106 | 62 | 126 | 199 | 276 | 1352 |
Laphonso Ellis | F | 55 | 49 | 2002 | 1014 | 445 | 259 | 95 | 282 | 218 | 107 | 279 | 386 | 131 | 44 | 41 | 117 | 181 | 1203 |
Bryant Stith | G | 52 | 52 | 1788 | 603 | 251 | 182 | 70 | 234 | 202 | 74 | 143 | 217 | 133 | 60 | 20 | 101 | 119 | 774 |
Ervin Johnson | C | 82 | 82 | 2599 | 467 | 243 | 2 | 0 | 156 | 96 | 231 | 682 | 913 | 71 | 65 | 227 | 118 | 288 | 582 |
Mark Jackson | G | 52 | 52 | 2001 | 452 | 192 | 121 | 48 | 136 | 109 | 71 | 200 | 271 | 641 | 51 | 9 | 172 | 104 | 541 |
Tom Hammonds | F | 81 | 8 | 1758 | 398 | 191 | 2 | 0 | 172 | 124 | 135 | 266 | 401 | 64 | 16 | 24 | 88 | 205 | 506 |
Brooks Thompson | G | 65 | 6 | 1047 | 405 | 162 | 244 | 97 | 38 | 24 | 18 | 78 | 96 | 179 | 55 | 2 | 86 | 125 | 445 |
Ricky Pierce | F-G | 33 | 10 | 600 | 260 | 120 | 39 | 12 | 92 | 83 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 38 | 49 | 335 |
Kenny Smith | G | 33 | 2 | 654 | 206 | 87 | 120 | 51 | 41 | 35 | 3 | 34 | 37 | 102 | 18 | 0 | 62 | 25 | 260 |
Anthony Goldwire | G | 27 | 21 | 612 | 176 | 69 | 71 | 28 | 38 | 31 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 125 | 14 | 1 | 35 | 46 | 197 |
Sarunas Marciulionis | G | 17 | 0 | 255 | 101 | 38 | 30 | 11 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 40 | 38 | 116 |
Darvin Ham | F | 35 | 3 | 313 | 61 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 57 | 80 |
Jeff McInnis | G | 13 | 0 | 117 | 49 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 65 |
Jerome Allen | G | 25 | 0 | 251 | 74 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 43 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 64 |
George Zidek | C | 16 | 0 | 88 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 52 |
Eric Murdock | G | 12 | 0 | 114 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 45 |
Elmer Bennett | G | 5 | 0 | 59 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
Lasalle Thompson | C-F | 17 | 0 | 105 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 7 |
Aaron Williams | F-C | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Jimmy King | G | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Vincent Askew | G-F | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Melvin Booker | G | 5 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
Totals | 785 | 410 | 19930 | 6687 | 2934 | 1711 | 636 | 1992 | 1516 | 994 | 2452 | 3446 | 1889 | 503 | 487 | 1297 | 1784 | 8020 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Dale Ellis | G-F | 82 | 51 | 35.9 | 41.4 | 36.4 | 81.7 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 16.6 |
Antonio McDyess | F-C | 74 | 73 | 34.7 | 46.3 | 17.1 | 70.8 | 2.1 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 18.3 |
Laphonso Ellis | F | 55 | 49 | 36.4 | 43.9 | 36.7 | 77.3 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 21.9 |
Bryant Stith | G | 52 | 52 | 34.4 | 41.6 | 38.5 | 86.3 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 14.9 |
Ervin Johnson | C | 82 | 82 | 31.7 | 52.0 | 0.0 | 61.5 | 2.8 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 7.1 |
Mark Jackson | G | 52 | 52 | 38.5 | 42.5 | 39.7 | 80.1 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 12.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 10.4 |
Tom Hammonds | F | 81 | 8 | 21.7 | 48.0 | 0.0 | 72.1 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 6.2 |
Brooks Thompson | G | 65 | 6 | 16.1 | 40.0 | 39.8 | 63.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 6.8 |
Ricky Pierce | F-G | 33 | 10 | 18.2 | 46.2 | 30.8 | 90.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 10.2 |
Kenny Smith | G | 33 | 2 | 19.8 | 42.2 | 42.5 | 85.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 7.9 |
Anthony Goldwire | G | 27 | 21 | 22.7 | 39.2 | 39.4 | 81.6 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 7.3 |
Sarunas Marciulionis | G | 17 | 0 | 15.0 | 37.6 | 36.7 | 80.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 6.8 |
Darvin Ham | F | 35 | 3 | 8.9 | 52.5 | 48.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 | |
Jeff McInnis | G | 13 | 0 | 9.0 | 46.9 | 46.2 | 70.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 5.0 |
Jerome Allen | G | 25 | 0 | 10.0 | 28.4 | 20.6 | 60.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.6 |
George Zidek | C | 16 | 0 | 5.5 | 48.5 | 80.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 3.3 | |
Eric Murdock | G | 12 | 0 | 9.5 | 45.5 | 40.0 | 91.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 3.8 |
Elmer Bennett | G | 5 | 0 | 11.8 | 30.8 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
Lasalle Thompson | C-F | 17 | 0 | 6.2 | 18.8 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.4 | |
Aaron Williams | F-C | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 60.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | ||
Jimmy King | G | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 | |
Vincent Askew | G-F | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 66.7 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | |
Melvin Booker | G | 5 | 1 | 4.2 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
Averages | 785 | 410 | 25.4 | 43.9 | 37.2 | 76.1 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 10.2 |