1974-75 Denver Nuggets Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 65-19
Finishing 1st in the ABA's Western Division
Postseason: 7-6 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Utah Stars 4-2
Division Finals - Lost to Indiana Pacers 4-3
Coach: Larry Brown (65-19)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 281,890, Avg. 6,712 in 42 home dates

1974-75 Denver Nuggets Roster
1974-75 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the American Basketball Association ended the 1974-75 season with a record of 65 wins and 19 losses, finishing first in the ABA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-6.

Denver netted 9,969 points, tops in the circuit. The team gave up 9,359 points. Ralph Simpson tossed in a team-best 1,692 points for the Nuggets, while Mack Calvin scored 19 or more per game, too. Mike Green contributed 749 boards. Mack Calvin dished out 570 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Fatty Taylor added 172 steals, and Mike Green blocked 174 shots.

Larry Brown coached the team. The 1974-75 Denver Nuggets lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Ralph Simpson	G-F	82	2863	1374	694	12	1	402	303	108	283	391	442	166	19	314	214	1692
Mack Calvin	G	74	2463	996	483	16	3	530	475	36	174	210	570	140	8	279	206	1444
Mike Green	C-F	81	2557	1095	593	4	0	305	225	282	467	749	101	85	174	203	271	1411
Bobby Jones	F	84	2706	876	529	1	0	269	187	230	462	692	303	167	153	234	263	1245
Dave Robisch	C-F	84	1899	779	392	1	0	346	304	161	342	503	153	46	48	108	205	1088
Byron Beck	C-F	84	1818	745	384	1	0	97	81	127	216	343	106	59	14	76	270	849
Fatty Taylor	G	76	2018	586	251	21	6	172	129	85	136	221	337	172	16	248	238	637
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	84	1639	342	155	3	0	211	177	121	237	358	181	48	43	122	164	487
Claude Terry	G-F	70	989	364	193	25	10	92	70	57	83	140	111	33	2	80	82	466
Pat McFarland	F-G	70	945	424	200	16	2	66	52	37	83	120	116	47	5	108	60	454
Don Washington	F	50	438	183	79	2	0	56	38	41	48	89	30	12	19	49	92	196
Totals		839	20335	7764	3953	102	22	2546	2041	1285	2531	3816	2450	975	501	1821	2065	9969

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Ralph Simpson	G-F	82	34.9	50.5	8.3	75.4	1.3	3.5	4.8	5.4	2.0	0.2	3.8	2.6	20.6
Mack Calvin	G	74	33.3	48.5	18.8	89.6	0.5	2.4	2.8	7.7	1.9	0.1	3.8	2.8	19.5
Mike Green	C-F	81	31.6	54.2	0.0	73.8	3.5	5.8	9.2	1.2	1.0	2.1	2.5	3.3	17.4
Bobby Jones	F	84	32.2	60.4	0.0	69.5	2.7	5.5	8.2	3.6	2.0	1.8	2.8	3.1	14.8
Dave Robisch	C-F	84	22.6	50.3	0.0	87.9	1.9	4.1	6.0	1.8	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.4	13.0
Byron Beck	C-F	84	21.6	51.5	0.0	83.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.9	3.2	10.1
Fatty Taylor	G	76	26.6	42.8	28.6	75.0	1.1	1.8	2.9	4.4	2.3	0.2	3.3	3.1	8.4
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	84	19.5	45.3	0.0	83.9	1.4	2.8	4.3	2.2	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	5.8
Claude Terry	G-F	70	14.1	53.0	40.0	76.1	0.8	1.2	2.0	1.6	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.2	6.7
Pat McFarland	F-G	70	13.5	47.2	12.5	78.8	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.7	0.7	0.1	1.5	0.9	6.5
Don Washington	F	50	8.8	43.2	0.0	67.9	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.0	1.8	3.9
Averages		839	24.2	50.9	21.6	80.2	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.9	1.2	0.6	2.2	2.5	11.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Mike Green	C-F	13	487	226	112		0	60	53	54	67	121	14	10	21	27	51	277
Ralph Simpson	G-F	13	471	214	102		1	68	53	18	47	65	74	22	3	55	30	258
Mack Calvin	G	13	444	163	76		3	82	78	6	35	41	68	23	1	39	50	233
Dave Robisch	C-F	13	354	151	73		0	53	46	27	48	75	22	11	8	13	31	192
Bobby Jones	F	13	428	129	69		0	40	31	35	76	111	38	12	12	31	49	169
Byron Beck	C-F	13	278	134	69		0	28	24	21	29	50	18	4	3	2121	44	162
Fatty Taylor	G	13	275	64	29		0	19	15	16	22	38	37	27	2	15	36	73
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	12	192	40	17		0	31	29	18	22	40	15	4	6	14	27	63
Claude Terry	G-F	12	135	58	23		1	5	3	5	8	13	13	1	1	4	18	50
Don Washington	F	4	26	10	5		0	1	1	2	4	6	2	1	2	4	9	11
Pat McFarland	F-G	5	30	8	2		0	2	2	1	2	3	2	0	0	6	3	6
Totals		124	3120	1197	577	0	5	389	335	203	360	563	303	115	59	2329	348	1494

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Mike Green	C-F	13	37.5	49.6	88.3	4.2	5.2	9.3	1.1	0.8	1.6	2.1	3.9	21.3
Ralph Simpson	G-F	13	36.2	47.7	77.9	1.4	3.6	5.0	5.7	1.7	0.2	4.2	2.3	19.8
Mack Calvin	G	13	34.2	46.6	95.1	0.5	2.7	3.2	5.2	1.8	0.1	3.0	3.8	17.9
Dave Robisch	C-F	13	27.2	48.3	86.8	2.1	3.7	5.8	1.7	0.8	0.6	1.0	2.4	14.8
Bobby Jones	F	13	32.9	53.5	77.5	2.7	5.8	8.5	2.9	0.9	0.9	2.4	3.8	13.0
Byron Beck	C-F	13	21.4	51.5	85.7	1.6	2.2	3.8	1.4	0.3	0.2	163.2	3.4	12.5
Fatty Taylor	G	13	21.2	45.3	78.9	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.8	2.1	0.2	1.2	2.8	5.6
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	12	16.0	42.5	93.5	1.5	1.8	3.3	1.3	0.3	0.5	1.2	2.3	5.3
Claude Terry	G-F	12	11.3	39.7	60.0	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.5	4.2
Don Washington	F	4	6.5	50.0	100.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.0	2.3	2.8
Pat McFarland	F-G	5	6.0	25.0	100.0	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.6	1.2
Averages		839	25.2	48.2	86.1	1.6	2.9	4.5	2.4	0.9	0.5	18.8	2.8	12.0