1988-89 Denver Nuggets Roster

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 44-38
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 0-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Phoenix Suns 3-0
Coach: Doug Moe (44-38)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 555,498, Avg. 13,549 in 41 home dates
1988-89 Denver Nuggets Statistics
1988-89 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 44 wins and 38 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.

Denver tossed in 9,675 points and yielded 9,536. Alex English scored a team-best 2,175 points for the Nuggets, and Fat Lever averaged 19 or more per game as well. Fat Lever racked up 662 boards. Fat Lever dished out 559 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Fat Lever added 195 thefts, while Wayne Cooper blocked 211 shots.

Doug Moe coached the team. The 1988-89 Denver Nuggets lost in the conference first round.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown
Michael AdamsGJanuary 19, 19635'10"162Boston CollegeHartford, CT USA
Darwin CookGAugust 6, 19586'3"184PortlandLos Angeles, CA USA
Wayne CooperC-FNovember 16, 19566'10"220New OrleansMilan, GA USA
Walter DavisG-FSeptember 9, 19546'6"193North CarolinaPineville, NC USA
Wayne EnglestadFDecember 6, 19636'8"245California-IrvineRosemead, CA USA
Alex EnglishFJanuary 5, 19546'7"190South CarolinaColumbia, SC USA
David GreenwoodF-CMay 27, 19576'9"222UCLALynwood, CA USA
Bill HanzlikG-FDecember 6, 19576'7"185Notre DameMiddletown, OH USA
Eddie HughesGMay 26, 19605'10"165Colorado StateGreenville, MS USA
Jerome LaneFDecember 4, 19666'6"230PittsburghAkron, OH USA
Fat LeverGAugust 18, 19606'3"170Arizona StatePine Bluff, AR USA
Calvin NattFJanuary 8, 19576'6"220Northeast LouisianaMonroe, LA USA
Blair RasmussenCNovember 13, 19627'0"250OregonAuburn, WA USA
Danny SchayesC-FMay 10, 19596'11"235SyracuseSyracuse, NY USA
Elston TurnerG-FJune 10, 19596'5"190MississippiKnoxville, TN USA
Jay VincentFJune 10, 19596'7"220Michigan StateKalamazoo, MI USA



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