1980-81 Denver Nuggets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 37-45
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Donnie Walsh (11-20)
Coach: Doug Moe (26-25)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 423,287, Avg. 10,324 in 41 home dates

1980-81 Denver Nuggets Roster
1980-81 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 37 wins and 45 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference.

Denver topped the league with 9,986 points. The team yielded 10,025 points, most in the circuit. David Thompson tossed in a team-best 1,967 points for the Nuggets, while Dan Issel and Alex English scored 19 or more per game also. Dan Issel racked up 676 boards. Kenny Higgs doled out 408 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Alex English added 106 steals.

Donnie Walsh and Doug Moe coached the team.

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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
David Thompson	G-F	77	76	2620	1451	734	39	10	615	489	107	180	287	231	53	60	250	231	1967
Alex English	F	81	81	3093	1555	768	5	3	459	390	273	373	646	290	106	100	241	255	1929
Dan Issel	C-F	80	80	2641	1220	614	12	2	684	519	229	447	676	158	83	53	130	249	1749
Dave Robisch	C-F	73	11	1744	642	293	0	0	211	171	130	284	414	129	30	28	69	152	757
Kiki Vandeweghe	F	51	18	1376	537	229	7	0	159	130	86	184	270	94	29	24	86	116	588
Cedrick Hordges	F-C	68	46	1599	480	221	3	0	186	130	120	338	458	104	33	19	120	226	572
Kenny Higgs	G	72	56	1689	474	209	34	4	172	140	24	121	145	408	101	6	166	243	562
Billy McKinney	G	49	1	1134	412	203	10	1	140	118	24	86	110	203	61	7	88	124	525
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	73	4	1077	329	155	2	0	137	112	136	171	307	83	91	20	69	185	422
T.R. Dunn	G-F	82	13	1427	354	146	2	0	121	79	133	168	301	81	66	29	56	141	371
John Roche	G	26	1	611	179	82	27	9	77	58	5	32	37	140	17	8	52	44	231
Carl Nicks	G	27	17	493	149	65	1	0	59	35	13	36	49	80	28	2	63	52	165
Ronnie Valentine	F	24	0	123	98	37	2	1	19	9	10	20	30	7	7	4	16	23	84
James Ray	F	18	0	148	49	15	1	0	10	7	13	24	37	11	4	4	13	31	37
Kim Hughes	C	8	6	159	25	11	0	0	2	1	19	31	50	11	11	14	11	33	23
Jawann Oldham	C	4	0	21	6	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0	0	2	2	3	4
Totals		813	410	19955	7960	3784	145	30	3051	2388	1325	2497	3822	2030	720	380	1432	2108	9986

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
David Thompson	G-F	77	76	34.0	50.6	25.6	79.5	1.4	2.3	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	3.2	3.0	25.5
Alex English	F	81	81	38.2	49.4	60.0	85.0	3.4	4.6	8.0	3.6	1.3	1.2	3.0	3.1	23.8
Dan Issel	C-F	80	80	33.0	50.3	16.7	75.9	2.9	5.6	8.5	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.6	3.1	21.9
Dave Robisch	C-F	73	11	23.9	45.6		81.0	1.8	3.9	5.7	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.9	2.1	10.4
Kiki Vandeweghe	F	51	18	27.0	42.6	0.0	81.8	1.7	3.6	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.5	1.7	2.3	11.5
Cedrick Hordges	F-C	68	46	23.5	46.0	0.0	69.9	1.8	5.0	6.7	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.8	3.3	8.4
Kenny Higgs	G	72	56	23.5	44.1	11.8	81.4	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.7	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.4	7.8
Billy McKinney	G	49	1	23.1	49.3	10.0	84.3	0.5	1.8	2.2	4.1	1.2	0.1	1.8	2.5	10.7
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	73	4	14.8	47.1	0.0	81.8	1.9	2.3	4.2	1.1	1.2	0.3	0.9	2.5	5.8
T.R. Dunn	G-F	82	13	17.4	41.2	0.0	65.3	1.6	2.0	3.7	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.7	1.7	4.5
John Roche	G	26	1	23.5	45.8	33.3	75.3	0.2	1.2	1.4	5.4	0.7	0.3	2.0	1.7	8.9
Carl Nicks	G	27	17	18.3	43.6	0.0	59.3	0.5	1.3	1.8	3.0	1.0	0.1	2.3	1.9	6.1
Ronnie Valentine	F	24	0	5.1	37.8	50.0	47.4	0.4	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	3.5
James Ray	F	18	0	8.2	30.6	0.0	70.0	0.7	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.7	2.1
Kim Hughes	C	8	6	19.9	44.0		50.0	2.4	3.9	6.3	1.4	1.4	1.8	1.4	4.1	2.9
Jawann Oldham	C	4	0	5.3	33.3			0.8	0.5	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.0
Averages		813	410	24.5	47.5	20.7	78.3	1.6	3.1	4.7	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.6	12.3