2008-09 Denver Nuggets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 54-28
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Northwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 10-6 Lost conference finals
Conference First Round - Defeated New Orleans Hornets 4-1
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Dallas Mavericks 4-1
Conference Finals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-2
Coach: George Karl (54-28)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 706,165, Avg. 17,224 in 41 home dates

2008-09 Denver Nuggets Roster
2008-09 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 54 wins and 28 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Northwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 10-6.

The Nuggets tossed in 8,555 points and yielded 8,275. Carmelo Anthony scored a team-best 1,504 points for Denver, while Chauncey Billups netted 17 or more per game also. Nene Nene racked up 598 boards. Chauncey Billups dished out 491 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Anthony Carter and Kenyon Martin added 96 steals, and Chris Andersen swatted 175 opponent shot attempts.

George Karl coached the team. The 2008-09 Denver Nuggets lost in the conference finals.

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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
Carmelo Anthony	F	66	66	2277	1207	535	170	63	468	371	106	344	450	222	75	24	199	195	1504
Chauncey Billups	G	77	77	2719	959	403	390	160	448	409	31	198	229	491	90	17	173	158	1375
J.R. Smith	G	81	18	2245	950	424	453	180	272	205	43	254	297	227	78	14	150	190	1233
Nene Nene	F-C	77	76	2510	709	428	5	1	368	266	183	415	598	108	95	101	147	278	1123
Linas Kleiza	F	82	7	1824	646	289	267	87	204	148	92	235	327	64	31	14	82	155	813
Kenyon Martin	F-C	66	66	2111	648	318	38	14	197	119	81	314	395	132	96	74	104	201	769
Chris Andersen	F-C	71	1	1460	292	160	10	2	181	130	163	279	442	31	41	175	69	174	452
Dahntay Jones	G-F	79	71	1426	336	154	17	11	151	110	58	110	168	78	49	19	68	199	429
Anthony Carter	G	78	5	1787	386	167	88	21	78	57	40	165	205	364	96	13	155	142	412
Renaldo Balkman	F	53	10	780	197	110	7	2	65	42	86	117	203	34	47	23	35	98	264
Johan Petro	C	27	10	217	63	27	1	0	14	6	15	48	63	10	3	10	13	56	60
Allen Iverson	G	3	3	123	40	18	8	2	25	18	3	5	8	20	3	1	10	3	56
Chucky Atkins	G	14	0	115	27	9	17	5	4	4	0	6	6	28	2	1	10	5	27
Sonny Weems	G-F	12	0	55	25	8	3	0	8	3	0	4	4	3	1	0	6	8	19
Jason Hart	G	11	0	36	10	5	2	0	4	3	1	3	4	5	0	0	3	4	13
Cheick Samb	C	6	0	24	13	2	1	0	0	0	2	7	9	1	2	5	2	4	4
Juwan Howard	F-C	3	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	1	1	0	4	2
Totals		806	410	19731	6510	3058	1477	548	2487	1891	905	2507	3412	1820	710	492	1226	1874	8555

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Carmelo Anthony	F	66	66	34.5	44.3	37.1	79.3	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.0	3.0	22.8
Chauncey Billups	G	77	77	35.3	42.0	41.0	91.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.4	1.2	0.2	2.2	2.1	17.9
J.R. Smith	G	81	18	27.7	44.6	39.7	75.4	0.5	3.1	3.7	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.3	15.2
Nene Nene	F-C	77	76	32.6	60.4	20.0	72.3	2.4	5.4	7.8	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.9	3.6	14.6
Linas Kleiza	F	82	7	22.2	44.7	32.6	72.5	1.1	2.9	4.0	0.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.9	9.9
Kenyon Martin	F-C	66	66	32.0	49.1	36.8	60.4	1.2	4.8	6.0	2.0	1.5	1.1	1.6	3.0	11.7
Chris Andersen	F-C	71	1	20.6	54.8	20.0	71.8	2.3	3.9	6.2	0.4	0.6	2.5	1.0	2.5	6.4
Dahntay Jones	G-F	79	71	18.1	45.8	64.7	72.8	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.9	2.5	5.4
Anthony Carter	G	78	5	22.9	43.3	23.9	73.1	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.7	1.2	0.2	2.0	1.8	5.3
Renaldo Balkman	F	53	10	14.7	55.8	28.6	64.6	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.6	0.9	0.4	0.7	1.8	5.0
Johan Petro	C	27	10	8.0	42.9	0.0	42.9	0.6	1.8	2.3	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.5	2.1	2.2
Allen Iverson	G	3	3	41.0	45.0	25.0	72.0	1.0	1.7	2.7	6.7	1.0	0.3	3.3	1.0	18.7
Chucky Atkins	G	14	0	8.2	33.3	29.4	100.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	2.0	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.4	1.9
Sonny Weems	G-F	12	0	4.6	32.0	0.0	37.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.6
Jason Hart	G	11	0	3.3	50.0	0.0	75.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.4	1.2
Cheick Samb	C	6	0	4.0	15.4	0.0		0.3	1.2	1.5	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.7	0.7
Juwan Howard	F-C	3	0	7.3	50.0			0.3	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.7
Averages		806	410	24.5	47.0	37.1	76.0	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.3	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.3	10.6

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Carmelo Anthony	F	16	16	612	322	146	66	24	144	119	26	67	93	65	28	10	37	60	435
Chauncey Billups	G	16	16	619	197	90	94	44	117	106	5	56	61	109	20	4	31	38	330
J.R. Smith	G	16	0	435	194	88	106	38	46	25	11	42	53	45	17	4	26	51	239
Nene Nene	F-C	16	16	525	126	69	0	0	70	46	37	83	120	42	20	10	31	65	184
Kenyon Martin	F-C	16	16	538	151	75	5	1	35	23	24	70	94	34	18	14	26	60	174
Dahntay Jones	G-F	16	16	280	79	38	12	3	43	33	16	22	38	10	13	5	13	41	112
Chris Andersen	F-C	15	0	328	54	34	1	0	44	29	29	66	95	9	5	32	8	42	97
Linas Kleiza	F	14	0	210	66	31	40	17	24	18	8	37	45	7	5	1	2	17	97
Anthony Carter	G	16	0	228	49	20	12	2	4	2	11	21	32	34	15	1	11	27	44
Johan Petro	C	10	0	26	9	2	0	0	8	5	2	4	6	1	0	1	1	4	9
Renaldo Balkman	F	8	0	20	6	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	4	1	4	0	0	3	4
Jason Hart	G	9	0	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	2	1	1	5	2
Totals		168	80	3840	1255	596	337	129	535	406	171	473	644	362	147	83	187	413	1727

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Carmelo Anthony	F	16	16	38.3	45.3	36.4	82.6	1.6	4.2	5.8	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.3	3.8	27.2
Chauncey Billups	G	16	16	38.7	45.7	46.8	90.6	0.3	3.5	3.8	6.8	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.4	20.6
J.R. Smith	G	16	0	27.2	45.4	35.8	54.3	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.2	14.9
Nene Nene	F-C	16	16	32.8	54.8		65.7	2.3	5.2	7.5	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.9	4.1	11.5
Kenyon Martin	F-C	16	16	33.6	49.7	20.0	65.7	1.5	4.4	5.9	2.1	1.1	0.9	1.6	3.8	10.9
Dahntay Jones	G-F	16	16	17.5	48.1	25.0	76.7	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.6	7.0
Chris Andersen	F-C	15	0	21.9	63.0	0.0	65.9	1.9	4.4	6.3	0.6	0.3	2.1	0.5	2.8	6.5
Linas Kleiza	F	14	0	15.0	47.0	42.5	75.0	0.6	2.6	3.2	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.2	6.9
Anthony Carter	G	16	0	14.3	40.8	16.7	50.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	2.1	0.9	0.1	0.7	1.7	2.8
Johan Petro	C	10	0	2.6	22.2		62.5	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.9
Renaldo Balkman	F	8	0	2.5	33.3	0.0		0.3	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.5
Jason Hart	G	9	0	2.1	50.0			0.0	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.2
Averages		806	80	22.9	47.5	38.3	75.9	1.0	2.8	3.8	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.1	2.5	10.3