1980-81 Montana Golden Nuggets Statistics

Continental Basketball Association (CBA)
Team Record: 27-15
Finishing 1st in the CBA's West Division
Postseason: 5-5 Lost Championship
Finals - Lost to Rochester Zeniths 4-0
Coach: George Karl (27-15)
Location: Great Falls, Montana

1980-81 Montana Golden Nuggets Roster

The Montana Golden Nuggets of the Continental Basketball Association ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 27 wins and 15 losses, finishing first in the CBA's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-5.

John Douglas netted a team-leading 936 points for the Golden Nuggets, and Willie Smith scored 17 or more per game, too. Korky Nelson contributed 363 rebounds. Willie Smith dished out 347 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Willie Smith added 101 steals.

George Karl coached the team. The 1980-81 Montana Golden Nuggets lost in the Championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
John Douglas	G	41	1419	798	412	8	2	151	110	205	157	69	18	146	936
Willie Smith	G	40	1518	671	326	40	12	240	200	157	347	101	11	124	864
Terry Stotts	F	36	1088	440	186	16	4	131	99	172	84	41	23	110	475
Geoff Crompton	C	32	954	316	148	3	1	114	54	291	68	25	57	104	351
Billy Foster	G	42	863	318	143	2	0	72	53	72	194	48	10	99	339
Korky Nelson	C	42	1043	300	120	0	0	125	98	363	92	52	25	135	338
James Woods	F	38	904	278	120	2	1	78	46	234	72	31	43	95	287
Ron Valentine	F	5	178	135	64	1	0	26	18	29	6	5	2	18	146
Don Newman	G	24	272	125	50	4	0	26	17	28	57	17	2	49	117
Jawann Oldham	C	7	172	83	36	0	0	15	7	57	3	0	24	28	79
Totals		307	8411	3464	1605	76	20	978	702	1608	1080	389	215	908	3932

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
John Douglas	G	41	34.6	51.6	25.0	72.8	5.0	3.8	1.7	0.4	3.6	22.8
Willie Smith	G	40	38.0	48.6	30.0	83.3	3.9	8.7	2.5	0.3	3.1	21.6
Terry Stotts	F	36	30.2	42.3	25.0	75.6	4.8	2.3	1.1	0.6	3.1	13.2
Geoff Crompton	C	32	29.8	46.8	33.3	47.4	9.1	2.1	0.8	1.8	3.3	11.0
Billy Foster	G	42	20.5	45.0	0.0	73.6	1.7	4.6	1.1	0.2	2.4	8.1
Korky Nelson	C	42	24.8	40.0		78.4	8.6	2.2	1.2	0.6	3.2	8.0
James Woods	F	38	23.8	43.2	50.0	59.0	6.2	1.9	0.8	1.1	2.5	7.6
Ron Valentine	F	5	35.6	47.4	0.0	69.2	5.8	1.2	1.0	0.4	3.6	29.2
Don Newman	G	24	11.3	40.0	0.0	65.4	1.2	2.4	0.7	0.1	2.0	4.9
Jawann Oldham	C	7	24.6	43.4		46.7	8.1	0.4	0.0	3.4	4.0	11.3
Averages		307	27.4	46.3	26.3	71.8	5.2	3.5	1.3	0.7	3.0	12.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
John Douglas	G	10	385	251	125	5	2	75	56	56	46	23	8	36	308
Phil Taylor	F	10	379	198	95	1	0	43	29	124	20	11	8	38	219
Terry Stotts	F	10	314	118	51	7	1	35	27	42	27	9	4	33	130
Don Newman	G	10	247	103	50	0	0	28	22	39	54	17	6	25	122
Billy Foster	G	10	239	101	45	4	2	16	11	19	56	14	2	20	103
Willie Smith	G	3	111	52	27	3	1	20	19	14	28	11	1	10	74
Korky Nelson	C	10	293	51	22	0	0	20	14	115	16	4	4	34	58
James Woods	F	10	169	42	18	2	1	13	8	35	3	3	4	12	45
Totals		73	2137	916	433	22	7	250	186	444	250	92	37	208	1059

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
John Douglas	G	10	38.5	49.8	40.0	74.7	5.6	4.6	2.3	0.8	3.6	30.8
Phil Taylor	F	10	37.9	48.0	0.0	67.4	12.4	2.0	1.1	0.8	3.8	21.9
Terry Stotts	F	10	31.4	43.2	14.3	77.1	4.2	2.7	0.9	0.4	3.3	13.0
Don Newman	G	10	24.7	48.5		78.6	3.9	5.4	1.7	0.6	2.5	12.2
Billy Foster	G	10	23.9	44.6	50.0	68.8	1.9	5.6	1.4	0.2	2.0	10.3
Willie Smith	G	3	37.0	51.9	33.3	95.0	4.7	9.3	3.7	0.3	3.3	24.7
Korky Nelson	C	10	29.3	43.1		70.0	11.5	1.6	0.4	0.4	3.4	5.8
James Woods	F	10	16.9	42.9	50.0	61.5	3.5	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.2	4.5
Averages		73	29.3	47.3	31.8	74.4	6.1	3.4	1.3	0.5	2.8	14.5

1980-81 Montana Golden Nuggets Statistics

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