1984-85 Denver Nuggets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 52-30
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 8-7 Lost conference finals
Conference First Round - Defeated San Antonio Spurs 3-2
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Utah Jazz 4-1
Conference Finals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
Coach: Doug Moe (52-30)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 448,464, Avg. 10,938 in 41 home dates

1984-85 Denver Nuggets Roster
1984-85 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1984-85 season with a record of 52 wins and 30 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-7.

The Nuggets led the league with 9,841 points. Denver allowed 9,641 points. Alex English tossed in a team-best 2,262 points for the squad, while Calvin Natt scored 19 or more per game, too. Wayne Cooper contributed 631 boards. Fat Lever dished out 613 assists for the team.

Defensively, Fat Lever added 202 thefts, and Wayne Cooper blocked 197 shots.

Doug Moe coached the team. The 1984-85 Denver Nuggets lost in the conference finals.

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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	81	81	2924	1812	939	5	1	462	383	203	255	458	344	101	46	251	259	2262
Calvin Natt	F	78	76	2657	1255	685	3	0	564	447	209	401	610	238	75	33	190	182	1817
Fat Lever	G	82	82	2559	985	424	24	6	256	197	147	264	411	613	202	30	203	226	1051
Dan Issel	C-F	77	9	1684	791	363	7	1	319	257	80	251	331	137	65	31	93	171	984
Wayne Cooper	C-F	80	78	2031	856	404	2	0	235	161	229	402	631	86	28	197	149	304	969
Mike Evans	G	81	0	1437	661	323	157	57	131	113	26	93	119	231	65	12	130	174	816
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	80	1	1673	522	220	15	1	238	180	88	119	207	210	84	26	115	291	621
T.R. Dunn	G-F	81	81	2290	358	175	2	0	116	84	169	216	385	153	140	14	65	213	434
Elston Turner	G-F	81	2	1491	388	181	6	1	65	51	88	128	216	158	96	7	70	152	414
Danny Schayes	C-F	56	0	542	129	60	0	0	97	79	48	96	144	38	20	25	44	98	199
Joe Kopicki	F	42	0	308	95	50	3	2	54	43	29	57	86	29	13	1	28	58	145
Willie White	G	39	0	234	124	52	11	4	31	21	15	21	36	29	5	2	30	24	129
Totals		858	410	19830	7976	3876	235	73	2568	2016	1331	2303	3634	2266	894	424	1368	2152	9841

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Alex English	F	81	81	36.1	51.8	20.0	82.9	2.5	3.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.1	3.2	27.9
Calvin Natt	F	78	76	34.1	54.6	0.0	79.3	2.7	5.1	7.8	3.1	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.3	23.3
Fat Lever	G	82	82	31.2	43.0	25.0	77.0	1.8	3.2	5.0	7.5	2.5	0.4	2.5	2.8	12.8
Dan Issel	C-F	77	9	21.9	45.9	14.3	80.6	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.4	1.2	2.2	12.8
Wayne Cooper	C-F	80	78	25.4	47.2	0.0	68.5	2.9	5.0	7.9	1.1	0.4	2.5	1.9	3.8	12.1
Mike Evans	G	81	0	17.7	48.9	36.3	86.3	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.9	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.1	10.1
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	80	1	20.9	42.1	6.7	75.6	1.1	1.5	2.6	2.6	1.1	0.3	1.4	3.6	7.8
T.R. Dunn	G-F	81	81	28.3	48.9	0.0	72.4	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.9	1.7	0.2	0.8	2.6	5.4
Elston Turner	G-F	81	2	18.4	46.6	16.7	78.5	1.1	1.6	2.7	2.0	1.2	0.1	0.9	1.9	5.1
Danny Schayes	C-F	56	0	9.7	46.5		81.4	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.8	3.6
Joe Kopicki	F	42	0	7.3	52.6	66.7	79.6	0.7	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.4	3.5
Willie White	G	39	0	6.0	41.9	36.4	67.7	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.6	3.3
Averages		858	410	23.1	48.6	31.1	78.5	1.6	2.7	4.2	2.6	1.0	0.5	1.6	2.5	11.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Alex English	F	14	536	304	163	1	0	109	97	36	56	92	63	17	5	30	40	423
Calvin Natt	F	15	508	238	131	0	0	89	72	31	68	99	57	8	5	31	35	334
Dan Issel	C-F	15	325	159	73	1	1	48	39	14	40	54	27	12	5	13	36	186
Wayne Cooper	C-F	15	321	143	67	0	0	40	30	34	59	93	20	8	36	19	52	164
Mike Evans	G	15	281	143	62	51	17	17	14	3	29	32	46	13	3	36	39	155
Fat Lever	G	11	342	122	49	2	0	63	48	23	48	71	93	26	2	34	33	146
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	15	310	92	45	1	0	41	30	24	22	46	33	14	6	22	57	120
Elston Turner	G-F	15	358	102	50	2	2	19	12	30	43	73	46	17	1	26	42	114
T.R. Dunn	G-F	15	371	65	27	0	0	19	14	27	33	60	34	24	3	10	45	68
Willie White	G	10	123	57	27	3	2	12	7	9	8	17	17	5	0	16	6	63
Danny Schayes	C-F	9	118	26	11	0	0	20	14	8	22	30	12	3	4	5	22	36
Joe Kopicki	F	7	32	16	6	0	0	17	9	2	11	13	3	1	1	1	5	21
Totals		156	3625	1467	711	61	22	494	386	241	439	680	451	148	71	243	412	1830

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Alex English	F	14	38.3	53.6	0.0	89.0	2.6	4.0	6.6	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.1	2.9	30.2
Calvin Natt	F	15	33.9	55.0		80.9	2.1	4.5	6.6	3.8	0.5	0.3	2.1	2.3	22.3
Dan Issel	C-F	15	21.7	45.9	100.0	81.3	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.4	12.4
Wayne Cooper	C-F	15	21.4	46.9		75.0	2.3	3.9	6.2	1.3	0.5	2.4	1.3	3.5	10.9
Mike Evans	G	15	18.7	43.4	33.3	82.4	0.2	1.9	2.1	3.1	0.9	0.2	2.4	2.6	10.3
Fat Lever	G	11	31.1	40.2	0.0	76.2	2.1	4.4	6.5	8.5	2.4	0.2	3.1	3.0	13.3
Bill Hanzlik	G-F	15	20.7	48.9	0.0	73.2	1.6	1.5	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.5	3.8	8.0
Elston Turner	G-F	15	23.9	49.0	100.0	63.2	2.0	2.9	4.9	3.1	1.1	0.1	1.7	2.8	7.6
T.R. Dunn	G-F	15	24.7	41.5		73.7	1.8	2.2	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.2	0.7	3.0	4.5
Willie White	G	10	12.3	47.4	66.7	58.3	0.9	0.8	1.7	1.7	0.5	0.0	1.6	0.6	6.3
Danny Schayes	C-F	9	13.1	42.3		70.0	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.4	4.0
Joe Kopicki	F	7	4.6	37.5		52.9	0.3	1.6	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.7	3.0
Averages		858	23.2	48.5	36.1	78.1	1.5	2.8	4.4	2.9	0.9	0.5	1.6	2.6	11.7