1975-76 Denver Nuggets Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 60-24
Finishing 1st in the ABA
Postseason: 6-7 Lost finals
Semifinals - Defeated Kentucky Colonels 4-3
Finals - Lost to New York Nets 4-2
Coach: Larry Brown (60-24)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 545,253, Avg. 12,680 in 43 home dates

1975-76 Denver Nuggets Roster
1975-76 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the American Basketball Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 60 wins and 24 losses, finishing first in the ABA. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-7.

The Nuggets led the circuit with 10,237 points. Denver surrendered 9,734 points, most in the league. David Thompson tossed in a team-best 2,158 points for the team, and Dan Issel scored 19 or more per game as well. Dan Issel racked up 923 boards. Ralph Simpson dished out 597 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Bobby Jones added 170 steals and blocked a team-best 184 shots.

Larry Brown coached the team. The 1975-76 Denver Nuggets lost in the 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
David Thompson	G-F	83	3101	1567	807	19	3	681	541	228	297	525	308	136	102	250	282	2158
Dan Issel	C-F	84	2856	1472	752	4	1	521	425	303	620	923	201	100	56	200	266	1930
Ralph Simpson	G-F	84	3121	1211	619	24	4	350	273	121	333	454	597	153	23	360	183	1515
Bobby Jones	F	83	2845	878	510	0	0	308	215	241	550	791	331	170	184	232	253	1235
Chuck Williams	G	79	2529	660	339	4	0	231	188	41	169	210	375	115	7	180	215	866
Byron Beck	C-F	80	1586	646	334	11	5	116	97	123	231	354	116	48	20	91	192	770
Gus Gerard	F-G	60	1185	553	240	7	3	158	111	94	207	301	122	51	54	141	169	594
Claude Terry	G-F	79	1349	500	232	55	13	89	80	42	110	152	146	40	5	96	116	557
Monte Towe	G	64	576	179	72	42	9	44	36	6	49	55	136	37	5	81	84	189
Marvin Webster	C	38	398	120	55	1	0	78	55	63	111	174	30	9	52	38	60	165
Jimmy Foster	G	48	352	145	54	8	1	64	39	19	23	42	47	19	4	63	78	148
Roger Brown	C	37	291	61	28	2	2	24	16	25	50	75	22	8	22	17	63	74
Jim Bradley	F	7	107	38	15	0	0	3	2	4	26	30	11	5	5	5	26	32
George Irvine	F-G	3	14	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	4
Totals		829	20310	8036	4059	178	41	2667	2078	1311	2776	4087	2442	891	539	1755	1988	10237

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	83	37.4	51.5	15.8	79.4	2.7	3.6	6.3	3.7	1.6	1.2	3.0	3.4	26.0
Dan Issel	C-F	84	34.0	51.1	25.0	81.6	3.6	7.4	11.0	2.4	1.2	0.7	2.4	3.2	23.0
Ralph Simpson	G-F	84	37.2	51.1	16.7	78.0	1.4	4.0	5.4	7.1	1.8	0.3	4.3	2.2	18.0
Bobby Jones	F	83	34.3	58.1		69.8	2.9	6.6	9.5	4.0	2.0	2.2	2.8	3.0	14.9
Chuck Williams	G	79	32.0	51.4	0.0	81.4	0.5	2.1	2.7	4.7	1.5	0.1	2.3	2.7	11.0
Byron Beck	C-F	80	19.8	51.7	45.5	83.6	1.5	2.9	4.4	1.5	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.4	9.6
Gus Gerard	F-G	60	19.8	43.4	42.9	70.3	1.6	3.5	5.0	2.0	0.9	0.9	2.4	2.8	9.9
Claude Terry	G-F	79	17.1	46.4	23.6	89.9	0.5	1.4	1.9	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	7.1
Monte Towe	G	64	9.0	40.2	21.4	81.8	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.3	3.0
Marvin Webster	C	38	10.5	45.8	0.0	70.5	1.7	2.9	4.6	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.0	1.6	4.3
Jimmy Foster	G	48	7.3	37.2	12.5	60.9	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.3	1.6	3.1
Roger Brown	C	37	7.9	45.9	100.0	66.7	0.7	1.4	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.5	1.7	2.0
Jim Bradley	F	7	15.3	39.5		66.7	0.6	3.7	4.3	1.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	3.7	4.6
George Irvine	F-G	3	4.7	33.3	0.0		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3
Averages		829	24.5	50.5	23.0	77.9	1.6	3.3	4.9	2.9	1.1	0.7	2.1	2.4	12.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	13	508	237	127		1	105	88	32	51	83	39	16	5	50	54	343
Dan Issel	C-F	13	470	227	111		0	56	44	48	108	156	32	13	8	21	62	266
Ralph Simpson	G-F	13	542	217	99		1	64	58	17	44	61	73	21	4	58	33	257
Bobby Jones	F	13	431	127	74		0	41	30	41	71	112	59	16	20	34	53	178
Chuck Williams	G	13	444	132	62		1	43	39	11	37	48	48	6	5	26	31	164
Byron Beck	C-F	13	276	95	42		0	34	28	19	38	57	11	4	1	16	41	112
Gus Gerard	F-G	13	142	63	22		0	24	16	13	20	33	12	8	7	19	26	60
Marvin Webster	C	13	155	50	21		0	28	15	24	47	71	9	1	14	15	28	57
Claude Terry	G-F	12	159	50	18		0	17	13	4	17	21	17	7	1	15	15	49
Jimmy Foster	G	2	13	8	5		0	7	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	4	13
Monte Towe	G	4	30	8	3		0	5	4	0	0	0	6	1	0	5	6	10
Totals		122	3170	1214	584	0	3	424	338	210	434	644	307	94	65	262	353	1509

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	13	39.1	53.6	83.8	2.5	3.9	6.4	3.0	1.2	0.4	3.8	4.2	26.4
Dan Issel	C-F	13	36.2	48.9	78.6	3.7	8.3	12.0	2.5	1.0	0.6	1.6	4.8	20.5
Ralph Simpson	G-F	13	41.7	45.6	90.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.6	1.6	0.3	4.5	2.5	19.8
Bobby Jones	F	13	33.2	58.3	73.2	3.2	5.5	8.6	4.5	1.2	1.5	2.6	4.1	13.7
Chuck Williams	G	13	34.2	47.0	90.7	0.8	2.8	3.7	3.7	0.5	0.4	2.0	2.4	12.6
Byron Beck	C-F	13	21.2	44.2	82.4	1.5	2.9	4.4	0.8	0.3	0.1	1.2	3.2	8.6
Gus Gerard	F-G	13	10.9	34.9	66.7	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.9	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	4.6
Marvin Webster	C	13	11.9	42.0	53.6	1.8	3.6	5.5	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.2	2.2	4.4
Claude Terry	G-F	12	13.3	36.0	76.5	0.3	1.4	1.8	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.3	4.1
Jimmy Foster	G	2	6.5	62.5	42.9	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	2.0	6.5
Monte Towe	G	4	7.5	37.5	80.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.5	2.5
Averages		829	26.0	48.1	79.7	1.7	3.6	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.9	12.4