1982-83 Denver Nuggets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 45-37
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 3-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Phoenix Suns 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to San Antonio Spurs 4-1
Coach: Doug Moe (45-37)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 496,307, Avg. 12,105 in 41 home dates

1982-83 Denver Nuggets Roster
1982-83 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1982-83 season with a record of 45 wins and 37 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-5.

The Nuggets paced the league with 10,105 points. Denver surrendered 10,054 points, most in the circuit. Alex English tossed in a team-best 2,326 points for the team, while Dan Issel and Kiki Vandeweghe scored 20 or more per game as well. T.R. Dunn racked up 615 boards. Alex English dished out 397 assists for the squad.

On defense, T.R. Dunn added 147 thefts, and Alex English blocked 126 shots.

Doug Moe coached the team. The 1982-83 Denver Nuggets lost in the conference semifinals.

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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
Alex English	F	82	82	2988	1857	959	12	2	490	406	263	338	601	397	116	126	263	235	2326
Kiki Vandeweghe	F	82	79	2909	1537	841	51	15	559	489	124	313	437	203	66	38	177	198	2186
Dan Issel	C-F	80	80	2431	1296	661	19	4	479	400	151	445	596	223	83	43	174	227	1726
Billy McKinney	G	68	38	1559	546	266	7	0	167	136	21	100	121	288	39	5	101	142	668
T.R. Dunn	G-F	82	80	2640	527	254	1	0	163	119	231	384	615	189	147	25	113	218	627
Rob Williams	G	74	33	1443	468	191	15	2	174	131	37	99	136	361	89	12	185	221	515
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	82	8	1547	437	187	7	1	160	125	80	156	236	268	75	15	144	220	500
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	76	2	1130	294	134	3	0	114	82	108	193	301	100	80	9	49	161	350
Danny Schayes	C-F	32	0	646	235	111	0	0	100	71	63	123	186	40	15	30	58	109	293
Dave Robisch	C-F	61	0	711	251	96	1	0	118	92	34	117	151	53	10	9	45	61	284
Mike Evans	G	42	5	695	243	115	9	0	41	33	4	54	58	113	23	3	71	94	263
Rich Kelley	C-F	38	0	565	141	59	0	0	70	55	61	111	172	59	21	18	53	115	173
James Ray	F	45	3	433	153	70	1	0	51	33	37	89	126	39	24	19	50	83	173
Dwight Anderson	G	5	0	33	14	7	0	0	10	7	0	2	2	3	1	0	5	7	21
Totals		849	410	19730	7999	3951	126	24	2696	2179	1214	2524	3738	2336	789	352	1488	2091	10105

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Alex English	F	82	82	36.4	51.6	16.7	82.9	3.2	4.1	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	3.2	2.9	28.4
Kiki Vandeweghe	F	82	79	35.5	54.7	29.4	87.5	1.5	3.8	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.5	2.2	2.4	26.7
Dan Issel	C-F	80	80	30.4	51.0	21.1	83.5	1.9	5.6	7.5	2.8	1.0	0.5	2.2	2.8	21.6
Billy McKinney	G	68	38	22.9	48.7	0.0	81.4	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.1	9.8
T.R. Dunn	G-F	82	80	32.2	48.2	0.0	73.0	2.8	4.7	7.5	2.3	1.8	0.3	1.4	2.7	7.6
Rob Williams	G	74	33	19.5	40.8	13.3	75.3	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	3.0	7.0
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	82	8	18.9	42.8	14.3	78.1	1.0	1.9	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.7	6.1
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	76	2	14.9	45.6	0.0	71.9	1.4	2.5	4.0	1.3	1.1	0.1	0.6	2.1	4.6
Danny Schayes	C-F	32	0	20.2	47.2		71.0	2.0	3.8	5.8	1.3	0.5	0.9	1.8	3.4	9.2
Dave Robisch	C-F	61	0	11.7	38.2	0.0	78.0	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.0	4.7
Mike Evans	G	42	5	16.5	47.3	0.0	80.5	0.1	1.3	1.4	2.7	0.5	0.1	1.7	2.2	6.3
Rich Kelley	C-F	38	0	14.9	41.8		78.6	1.6	2.9	4.5	1.6	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.0	4.6
James Ray	F	45	3	9.6	45.8	0.0	64.7	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.9	0.5	0.4	1.1	1.8	3.8
Dwight Anderson	G	5	0	6.6	50.0		70.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.4	4.2
Averages		849	410	23.2	49.4	19.0	80.8	1.4	3.0	4.4	2.8	0.9	0.4	1.8	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
Kiki Vandeweghe	F	8	317	160	87	4	0	50	40	6	46	52	32	4	7	12	16	214
Alex English	F	7	270	150	67	2	0	53	47	20	24	44	42	4	7	21	21	181
Dan Issel	C-F	8	227	136	69	1	0	29	25	13	45	58	25	9	5	10	18	163
Mike Evans	G	8	183	74	36	10	3	17	11	2	17	19	38	5	0	22	20	86
Billy McKinney	G	8	113	46	26	0	0	18	10	5	8	13	18	2	0	7	15	62
Danny Schayes	C-F	8	163	43	21	0	0	15	15	11	29	40	14	2	5	17	25	57
Rob Williams	G	7	134	54	24	3	2	7	7	2	11	13	37	8	1	19	27	57
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	8	157	50	20	2	0	17	14	3	22	25	21	6	5	11	26	54
T.R. Dunn	G-F	8	300	41	18	0	0	8	5	27	51	78	20	12	3	14	21	41
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	6	66	19	7	0	0	2	1	12	8	20	4	0	1	1	7	15
James Ray	F	3	18	6	1	0	0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	3	3
Dave Robisch	C-F	3	22	7	1	0	0	2	0	3	6	9	1	0	1	0	2	2
Totals		82	1970	786	377	22	5	222	176	105	269	374	252	52	36	134	201	935

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kiki Vandeweghe	F	8	39.6	54.4	0.0	80.0	0.8	5.8	6.5	4.0	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.0	26.8
Alex English	F	7	38.6	44.7	0.0	88.7	2.9	3.4	6.3	6.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	3.0	25.9
Dan Issel	C-F	8	28.4	50.7	0.0	86.2	1.6	5.6	7.3	3.1	1.1	0.6	1.3	2.3	20.4
Mike Evans	G	8	22.9	48.6	30.0	64.7	0.3	2.1	2.4	4.8	0.6	0.0	2.8	2.5	10.8
Billy McKinney	G	8	14.1	56.5		55.6	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.9	7.8
Danny Schayes	C-F	8	20.4	48.8		100.0	1.4	3.6	5.0	1.8	0.3	0.6	2.1	3.1	7.1
Rob Williams	G	7	19.1	44.4	66.7	100.0	0.3	1.6	1.9	5.3	1.1	0.1	2.7	3.9	8.1
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	8	19.6	40.0	0.0	82.4	0.4	2.8	3.1	2.6	0.8	0.6	1.4	3.3	6.8
T.R. Dunn	G-F	8	37.5	43.9		62.5	3.4	6.4	9.8	2.5	1.5	0.4	1.8	2.6	5.1
Glen Gondrezick	F-G	6	11.0	36.8		50.0	2.0	1.3	3.3	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.5
James Ray	F	3	6.0	16.7		25.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.0
Dave Robisch	C-F	3	7.3	14.3		0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7
Averages		849	24.0	48.0	22.7	79.3	1.3	3.3	4.6	3.1	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.5	11.4