1996-97 Denver Nuggets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 21-61
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff (4-9)
Coach: Dick Motta (17-52)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 461,408, Avg. 11,254 in 41 home dates

1996-97 Denver Nuggets Roster
1996-97 Denver Nuggets Results

The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 21 wins and 61 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference.

The Nuggets scored 8,020 points and yielded 8,535. Dale Ellis tossed in a team-best 1,361 points for Denver, while Antonio McDyess netted 16 or more per game also. Ervin Johnson contributed 913 boards. Mark Jackson dished out 641 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Ervin Johnson added 65 steals and blocked a team-best 227 shots.

Bernie Bickerstaff and Dick Motta 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
Dale Ellis	G-F	82	51	2940	1151	477	528	192	263	215	99	194	293	165	60	7	146	178	1361
Antonio McDyess	F-C	74	73	2565	1157	536	35	6	387	274	155	382	537	106	62	126	199	276	1352
Laphonso Ellis	F	55	49	2002	1014	445	259	95	282	218	107	279	386	131	44	41	117	181	1203
Bryant Stith	G	52	52	1788	603	251	182	70	234	202	74	143	217	133	60	20	101	119	774
Ervin Johnson	C	82	82	2599	467	243	2	0	156	96	231	682	913	71	65	227	118	288	582
Mark Jackson	G	52	52	2001	452	192	121	48	136	109	71	200	271	641	51	9	172	104	541
Tom Hammonds	F	81	8	1758	398	191	2	0	172	124	135	266	401	64	16	24	88	205	506
Brooks Thompson	G	65	6	1047	405	162	244	97	38	24	18	78	96	179	55	2	86	125	445
Ricky Pierce	F-G	33	10	600	260	120	39	12	92	83	17	36	53	31	14	5	38	49	335
Kenny Smith	G	33	2	654	206	87	120	51	41	35	3	34	37	102	18	0	62	25	260
Anthony Goldwire	G	27	21	612	176	69	71	28	38	31	9	37	46	125	14	1	35	46	197
Sarunas Marciulionis	G	17	0	255	101	38	30	11	36	29	12	18	30	25	12	1	40	38	116
Darvin Ham	F	35	3	313	61	32	0	0	33	16	29	27	56	14	8	8	21	57	80
Jeff McInnis	G	13	0	117	49	23	26	12	10	7	2	4	6	18	2	1	13	16	65
Jerome Allen	G	25	0	251	74	21	34	7	25	15	12	21	33	43	4	4	13	17	64
George Zidek	C	16	0	88	33	16	0	0	25	20	10	13	23	5	1	0	4	17	52
Eric Murdock	G	12	0	114	33	15	10	4	12	11	1	10	11	24	9	2	11	9	45
Elmer Bennett	G	5	0	59	13	4	6	2	4	2	0	3	3	7	2	0	10	6	12
Lasalle Thompson	C-F	17	0	105	16	3	0	0	2	1	5	21	26	0	3	6	7	26	7
Aaron Williams	F-C	1	0	10	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	3	4	0	6
Jimmy King	G	2	0	22	6	2	0	0	4	2	2	0	2	2	3	0	1	2	6
Vincent Askew	G-F	1	0	9	3	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6
Melvin Booker	G	5	1	21	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	7	0	5
Totals		785	410	19930	6687	2934	1711	636	1992	1516	994	2452	3446	1889	503	487	1297	1784	8020

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dale Ellis	G-F	82	51	35.9	41.4	36.4	81.7	1.2	2.4	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.8	2.2	16.6
Antonio McDyess	F-C	74	73	34.7	46.3	17.1	70.8	2.1	5.2	7.3	1.4	0.8	1.7	2.7	3.7	18.3
Laphonso Ellis	F	55	49	36.4	43.9	36.7	77.3	1.9	5.1	7.0	2.4	0.8	0.7	2.1	3.3	21.9
Bryant Stith	G	52	52	34.4	41.6	38.5	86.3	1.4	2.8	4.2	2.6	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.3	14.9
Ervin Johnson	C	82	82	31.7	52.0	0.0	61.5	2.8	8.3	11.1	0.9	0.8	2.8	1.4	3.5	7.1
Mark Jackson	G	52	52	38.5	42.5	39.7	80.1	1.4	3.8	5.2	12.3	1.0	0.2	3.3	2.0	10.4
Tom Hammonds	F	81	8	21.7	48.0	0.0	72.1	1.7	3.3	5.0	0.8	0.2	0.3	1.1	2.5	6.2
Brooks Thompson	G	65	6	16.1	40.0	39.8	63.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.8	0.8	0.0	1.3	1.9	6.8
Ricky Pierce	F-G	33	10	18.2	46.2	30.8	90.2	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.9	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.5	10.2
Kenny Smith	G	33	2	19.8	42.2	42.5	85.4	0.1	1.0	1.1	3.1	0.5	0.0	1.9	0.8	7.9
Anthony Goldwire	G	27	21	22.7	39.2	39.4	81.6	0.3	1.4	1.7	4.6	0.5	0.0	1.3	1.7	7.3
Sarunas Marciulionis	G	17	0	15.0	37.6	36.7	80.6	0.7	1.1	1.8	1.5	0.7	0.1	2.4	2.2	6.8
Darvin Ham	F	35	3	8.9	52.5		48.5	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.6	2.3
Jeff McInnis	G	13	0	9.0	46.9	46.2	70.0	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.4	0.2	0.1	1.0	1.2	5.0
Jerome Allen	G	25	0	10.0	28.4	20.6	60.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.7	2.6
George Zidek	C	16	0	5.5	48.5		80.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1	3.3
Eric Murdock	G	12	0	9.5	45.5	40.0	91.7	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.0	0.8	0.2	0.9	0.8	3.8
Elmer Bennett	G	5	0	11.8	30.8	33.3	50.0	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.4	0.4	0.0	2.0	1.2	2.4
Lasalle Thompson	C-F	17	0	6.2	18.8		50.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.5	0.4
Aaron Williams	F-C	1	0	10.0	60.0			2.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	6.0
Jimmy King	G	2	0	11.0	33.3		50.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.0
Vincent Askew	G-F	1	0	9.0	66.7		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	6.0
Melvin Booker	G	5	1	4.2	50.0	50.0		0.0	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.0	1.0
Averages		785	410	25.4	43.9	37.2	76.1	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.4	0.6	0.6	1.7	2.3	10.2