1996 Denver Nuggets (1976 - ) 1997-98  1996-97 1995-96 21 - 61 .256  (pythagorean: 21 - 61 .264) Finished in 5th place, 43 games out of first. Attendance: 461,408 Total; 11,254 Avg Coaching: Bernie Bickerstaff 4 - 9 Dick Motta 17 - 52 1996 Draft 1 - Efthimis Rentzias, PAOK Greece 2 - Jeff McInnis, North Carolina

1996-97 Game Log and Scores

	EFF	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	OREB	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PACE
Offense	101.2	8020	97.8	2934	6687	.439	1516	1992	.761	636	1677	.379	994	3446	42.0	1889	23.0	503	487	1359	1784	95.6
Defense	108.2	8535	104.1	3297	7063	.467	1457	1943	.750	484	0	.000	1086	3545	43.2	1846	22.5	724	453	1057	1725

Players
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Name	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO
Laphonso Ellis	55	2002	1203	21.9	445	1014	.439	218	282	.773	95	259	.367	386	7.0	131	2.4	44	41	117
Antonio McDyess	74	2565	1352	18.3	536	1157	.463	274	387	.708	6	35	.171	537	7.3	106	1.4	62	126	199
Dale Ellis	82	2940	1361	16.6	477	1151	.414	215	263	.817	192	528	.364	293	3.6	165	2.0	60	7	146
Bryant Stith	52	1788	774	14.9	251	603	.416	202	234	.863	70	182	.385	217	4.2	133	2.6	60	20	101
Mark Jackson	52	2001	541	10.4	192	452	.425	109	136	.801	48	121	.397	271	5.2	641	12.3	51	9	172
Ricky Pierce	33	600	335	10.2	120	260	.462	83	92	.902	12	39	.308	53	1.6	31	0.9	14	5	38
Kenny Smith	33	654	260	7.9	87	206	.422	35	41	.854	51	120	.425	37	1.1	102	3.1	18	0	62
Anthony Goldwire	27	612	197	7.3	69	176	.392	31	38	.816	28	71	.394	46	1.7	125	4.6	14	1	35
Ervin Johnson	82	2599	582	7.1	243	467	.520	96	156	.615	0	2	.000	913	11.1	71	0.9	65	227	118
Brooks Thompson	65	1047	445	6.8	162	405	.400	24	38	.632	97	244	.398	96	1.5	179	2.8	55	2	86
Sarunas Marciulionis	17	255	116	6.8	38	101	.376	29	36	.806	11	30	.367	30	1.8	25	1.5	12	1	40
Tom Hammonds	81	1756	506	6.2	191	398	.480	124	172	.721	0	2	.000	401	5.0	64	0.8	16	24	88
Vincent Askew	1	9	6	6.0	2	3	.667	2	2	1.000	0	0	.000	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	4
Aaron Williams	1	10	6	6.0	3	5	.600	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	5	5.0	0	0.0	0	3	4
Jeff McInnis	13	117	65	5.0	23	49	.469	7	10	.700	12	26	.462	6	0.5	18	1.4	2	1	13
Eric Murdock	12	114	45	3.8	15	33	.455	11	12	.917	4	10	.400	11	0.9	24	2.0	9	2	11
George Zidek	16	88	52	3.3	16	33	.485	20	25	.800	0	0	.000	23	1.4	5	0.3	1	0	4
Jimmy King	2	22	6	3.0	2	6	.333	2	4	.500	0	0	.000	2	1.0	2	1.0	3	0	1
Elmer Bennett	5	59	12	2.4	4	13	.308	2	4	.500	2	6	.333	3	0.6	7	1.4	2	0	10
Darvin Ham	35	313	80	2.3	32	61	.525	16	33	.485	0	0	.000	56	1.6	14	0.4	8	8	21
Melvin Booker	5	21	5	1.0	2	4	.500	0	0	.000	1	2	.500	1	0.2	3	0.6	0	0	7
Lasalle Thompson	17	105	7	0.4	3	16	.188	1	2	.500	0	0	.000	26	1.5	0	0.0	3	6	7

Players (Extended Stats)
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Name	G	Min	EFF	AV	VI	PPFGA	PPR	RbRate
Laphonso Ellis	55	2002	19.18	8.8	7.2	1.057	-1.48	10.9
Antonio McDyess	74	2565	16.89	10.0	5.7	1.019	-5.00	11.9
Dale Ellis	82	2940	12.41	8.6	4.9	1.074	-1.22	5.7
Bryant Stith	52	1788	13.83	6.6	5.5	1.096	-0.69	6.9
Mark Jackson	52	2001	20.27	8.8	8.7	1.057	12.55	0.0
Ricky Pierce	33	600	7.61	3.0	2.5	1.115	-2.92	0.0
Kenny Smith	33	654	6.97	2.8	3.0	1.161	0.81	0.0
Anthony Goldwire	27	612	8.67	2.8	3.9	1.022	7.76	0.0
Ervin Johnson	82	2599	17.76	11.2	4.1	1.087	-2.72	19.9
Brooks Thompson	65	1047	6.68	4.5	3.0	1.055	3.07	0.0
Sarunas Marciulionis	17	255	4.35	1.2	2.6	0.993	-9.15	6.7
Tom Hammonds	81	1756	8.25	6.2	2.9	1.068	-2.58	13.0
Vincent Askew	1	9	1.00	0.0	0.0	1.546	-44.44	0.0
Aaron Williams	1	10	8.00	0.2	0.0	1.200	-40.00	0.0
Jeff McInnis	13	117	3.85	0.9	1.5	1.217	-0.85	2.9
Eric Murdock	12	114	5.08	1.0	1.9	1.176	4.39	5.5
George Zidek	16	88	3.44	1.0	1.1	1.182	-0.80	0.0
Jimmy King	2	22	3.00	0.1	1.4	0.773	1.52	5.2
Elmer Bennett	5	59	0.60	0.1	1.3	0.813	-9.12	0.0
Darvin Ham	35	313	2.83	1.5	1.1	1.059	-3.76	0.0
Melvin Booker	5	21	0.00	0.0	0.5	1.250	-23.90	0.0
Lasalle Thompson	17	105	1.24	0.5	0.0	0.415	-6.67	0.0

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