1997-98 Denver Nuggets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 11-71
Finishing 7th in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Bill Hanzlik (11-71)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 483,791, Avg. 11,800 in 41 home dates

1997-98 Denver Nuggets Roster
1997-98 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 11 wins and 71 losses, finishing seventh in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference.

Denver scored 7,300 points and yielded 8,266. Johnny Newman tossed in a team-best 1,089 points for the Nuggets, and Laphonso Ellis contributed 14 or more per game also. Dean Garrett accounted for 644 boards. Bobby Jackson dished out 317 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Bobby Jackson added 105 steals, while Dean Garrett blocked 133 shots.

Bill Hanzlik 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
Johnny Newman	F-G	74	15	2176	799	344	105	36	445	365	50	91	141	138	77	24	147	208	1089
Laphonso Ellis	F	76	71	2575	1007	410	201	57	256	206	146	398	544	213	65	49	173	226	1083
Danny Fortson	F	80	23	1811	611	276	3	1	339	263	182	266	448	76	44	30	157	314	816
Bobby Jackson	G	68	53	2042	791	310	81	21	183	149	78	224	302	317	105	11	184	160	790
Anthony Goldwire	G	82	32	2212	636	269	164	63	186	150	40	107	147	277	86	7	85	149	751
Dean Garrett	F-C	82	82	2632	565	242	0	0	176	114	227	417	644	90	57	133	84	197	598
Tony Battie	C-F	65	49	1506	525	234	14	3	104	73	138	213	351	60	54	69	98	199	544
Eric Washington	G	66	36	1539	498	201	137	44	83	65	47	80	127	78	53	25	72	143	511
Cory Alexander	G	23	19	797	255	111	112	46	65	55	10	89	99	138	45	6	65	45	323
Bryant Stith	G	31	15	718	225	75	48	10	86	75	15	50	65	50	21	8	35	52	235
Harold Ellis	G	27	3	344	111	62	4	0	63	40	27	23	50	18	19	4	19	53	164
Priest Lauderdale	C	39	0	345	127	53	0	0	69	38	27	73	100	21	7	17	46	63	144
Joe Wolf	F-C	57	8	621	121	40	10	2	10	5	36	90	126	30	20	7	22	92	87
Eric Williams	F	4	4	145	61	24	0	0	45	31	10	11	21	12	4	0	9	9	79
Kiwane Garris	G	28	0	225	65	22	14	5	25	19	3	16	19	28	7	1	15	22	68
George Zidek	C	6	0	42	15	4	0	0	12	10	4	9	13	1	0	2	3	5	18
Totals		808	410	19730	6412	2677	893	288	2147	1658	1040	2157	3197	1547	664	393	1214	1937	7300

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Johnny Newman	F-G	74	15	29.4	43.1	34.3	82.0	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.9	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.8	14.7
Laphonso Ellis	F	76	71	33.9	40.7	28.4	80.5	1.9	5.2	7.2	2.8	0.9	0.6	2.3	3.0	14.3
Danny Fortson	F	80	23	22.6	45.2	33.3	77.6	2.3	3.3	5.6	1.0	0.6	0.4	2.0	3.9	10.2
Bobby Jackson	G	68	53	30.0	39.2	25.9	81.4	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.7	1.5	0.2	2.7	2.4	11.6
Anthony Goldwire	G	82	32	27.0	42.3	38.4	80.6	0.5	1.3	1.8	3.4	1.0	0.1	1.0	1.8	9.2
Dean Garrett	F-C	82	82	32.1	42.8		64.8	2.8	5.1	7.9	1.1	0.7	1.6	1.0	2.4	7.3
Tony Battie	C-F	65	49	23.2	44.6	21.4	70.2	2.1	3.3	5.4	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.5	3.1	8.4
Eric Washington	G	66	36	23.3	40.4	32.1	78.3	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.2	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.2	7.7
Cory Alexander	G	23	19	34.7	43.5	41.1	84.6	0.4	3.9	4.3	6.0	2.0	0.3	2.8	2.0	14.0
Bryant Stith	G	31	15	23.2	33.3	20.8	87.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.6	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.7	7.6
Harold Ellis	G	27	3	12.7	55.9	0.0	63.5	1.0	0.9	1.9	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.7	2.0	6.1
Priest Lauderdale	C	39	0	8.8	41.7		55.1	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.5	0.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	3.7
Joe Wolf	F-C	57	8	10.9	33.1	20.0	50.0	0.6	1.6	2.2	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.6	1.5
Eric Williams	F	4	4	36.3	39.3		68.9	2.5	2.8	5.3	3.0	1.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	19.8
Kiwane Garris	G	28	0	8.0	33.8	35.7	76.0	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.8	2.4
George Zidek	C	6	0	7.0	26.7		83.3	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	3.0
Averages		808	410	24.4	41.7	32.3	77.2	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.4	9.0