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Denver Nuggets

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Program History

Model Outputs

1996-1997
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 737 (#27) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 744 (#28) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.7 More → -7.0 (#27) HCA +2.7
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.277 (#26) -

1997 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1996-11-01 vs DAL L 91 - 92
1996-11-03 @ SAS W 88 - 79
1996-11-05 vs LAC L 78 - 82
1996-11-07 vs HOU L 108 - 110
1996-11-08 vs GSW W 94 - 91
1996-11-10 @ CLE L 79 - 108
1996-11-13 @ DET L 94 - 95
1996-11-15 @ BOS W 82 - 80
1996-11-16 @ NJN L 99 - 106
1996-11-19 vs MIA L 86 - 104
1996-11-21 vs CHI L 92 - 110
1996-11-23 @ POR L 65 - 105
1996-11-26 vs PHX W 117 - 108
1996-11-27 @ UTA L 103 - 107
1996-11-29 vs MIN L 103 - 108
1996-12-01 @ LAL L 96 - 104
1996-12-03 @ GSW L 99 - 114
1996-12-05 vs POR L 104 - 115
1996-12-07 vs UTA L 91 - 104
1996-12-10 @ ATL L 88 - 89
1996-12-11 @ CHH L 97 - 101
1996-12-13 @ WAS L 104 - 108
1996-12-14 @ NYK L 82 - 89
1996-12-18 vs SAC W 95 - 79
1996-12-20 vs VAN W 108 - 93
1996-12-23 @ PHX W 112 - 109
1996-12-26 vs PHI L 89 - 118
1996-12-28 @ MIN L 96 - 103
1996-12-30 vs BOS L 102 - 104
1997-01-03 vs SAS L 91 - 93
1997-01-07 @ SAC W 109 - 96
1997-01-10 vs IND L 89 - 108
1997-01-11 @ DAL L 99 - 104
1997-01-13 vs CHH L 100 - 102
1997-01-14 @ PHX L 101 - 110
1997-01-16 vs CLE W 88 - 87
1997-01-18 vs DAL L 104 - 107
1997-01-20 vs NJN W 132 - 123
1997-01-22 vs VAN W 94 - 84
1997-01-24 @ LAC L 111 - 114
1997-01-25 @ VAN W 83 - 82
1997-01-28 @ UTA L 99 - 114
1997-01-30 @ HOU W 113 - 109
1997-02-01 vs SAC L 107 - 113
1997-02-02 vs ATL W 115 - 104
1997-02-05 vs WAS W 106 - 104
1997-02-11 @ SEA L 81 - 108
1997-02-13 vs LAL L 117 - 132
1997-02-15 @ MIL L 87 - 92
1997-02-18 @ CHI L 123 - 134
1997-02-20 @ IND L 68 - 92
1997-02-21 @ ORL L 86 - 99
1997-02-23 @ MIA L 86 - 95
1997-02-25 vs TOR L 122 - 124
1997-02-28 vs NYK L 108 - 112
1997-03-02 vs LAC W 109 - 107
1997-03-05 @ SAC L 100 - 105
1997-03-07 @ MIN L 83 - 96
1997-03-11 vs ORL L 91 - 96
1997-03-13 vs DET L 82 - 102
1997-03-15 vs SAS W 121 - 105
1997-03-17 vs LAL L 94 - 113
1997-03-20 @ SEA L 97 - 123
1997-03-21 @ VAN L 101 - 108
1997-03-23 vs UTA L 103 - 120
1997-03-26 vs MIN L 100 - 102
1997-03-29 @ HOU L 105 - 120
1997-03-30 vs MIL W 99 - 97
1997-04-01 vs HOU L 99 - 116
1997-04-02 @ LAL L 85 - 110
1997-04-04 vs PHX L 113 - 122
1997-04-07 vs POR L 104 - 110
1997-04-08 @ SAS L 90 - 96
1997-04-10 @ GSW L 107 - 109
1997-04-12 @ LAC L 94 - 116
1997-04-14 vs GSW L 93 - 103
1997-04-16 @ POR L 63 - 107
1997-04-17 vs SEA L 104 - 108
1997-04-19 @ DAL W 100 - 95

1997 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
LaPhonso Ellis G 53 35.9 21.6 6.9 2.3 0.8 0.7 2.1 18.4 11.8 - - - 43.8 36.1 76.7 - 52.4 48.3
Antonio McDyess G 72 34.4 18.3 7.2 1.4 0.8 1.7 2.7 15.7 11.1 - - - 46.1 17.1 71.0 - 50.7 46.3
Dale Ellis G 79 35.3 16.3 3.6 2.0 0.7 0.1 1.8 13.9 7.0 - - - 41.0 35.8 81.9 - 53.2 49.1
Bryant Stith G 50 34.0 15.0 4.1 2.5 1.2 0.4 2.0 11.6 9.7 - - - 41.7 39.2 86.3 - 55.1 47.7
Mark Jackson G 49 37.6 10.3 5.1 12.2 0.9 0.2 3.3 8.6 16.9 - - - 43.2 40.4 82.1 - 53.5 48.7
Ricky Pierce G 31 17.2 9.9 1.6 1.0 0.4 0.2 1.1 7.6 4.3 - - - 46.2 30.3 89.8 - 55.9 48.3
Kenny Smith G 33 19.2 7.9 1.1 3.1 0.5 0.0 1.9 6.2 4.5 - - - 42.2 42.5 85.4 - 58.0 54.6
Anthony Goldwire G 27 22.3 7.3 1.7 4.6 0.5 0.0 1.3 6.5 6.4 - - - 39.2 39.4 81.6 - 51.1 47.2
Brooks Thompson G 63 16.0 7.1 1.5 2.8 0.9 0.0 1.4 6.4 4.5 - - - 40.4 39.8 63.2 - 53.3 52.5
Ervin Johnson G 79 31.0 7.0 11.1 0.9 0.8 2.7 1.4 5.7 15.3 - - - 51.4 0.0 60.1 - 53.6 51.4
Sarunas Marciulionis G 15 14.5 6.8 1.5 1.3 0.8 0.1 2.4 5.9 2.3 - - - 38.6 36.0 78.1 - 50.0 43.8
Tom Hammonds G 78 21.4 6.3 5.1 0.8 0.2 0.3 1.1 5.0 6.5 - - - 47.4 0.0 72.0 - 52.9 47.4
Aaron Williams G 1 10.0 6.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 - - - 60.0 0 0 - 60.0 60.0
Vincent Askew - 1 9.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 3.0 -1.0 - - - 66.7 0 100.0 - 77.3 66.7
Jeff McInnis G 13 8.5 5.0 0.5 1.4 0.2 0.1 1.0 3.8 2.3 - - - 46.9 46.2 70.0 - 60.9 59.2
Eric Murdock G 11 9.7 4.1 1.0 2.0 0.8 0.2 0.9 3.0 4.2 - - - 45.5 40.0 91.7 - 58.8 51.5
George Zidek G 16 4.8 3.2 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.2 2.1 2.8 - - - 48.5 0 80.0 - 59.1 48.5
Jimmy King - 2 10.5 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.5 3.0 3.0 - - - 33.3 0 50.0 - 38.7 33.3
Elmer Bennett G 4 10.2 2.8 0.8 1.8 0.2 0.0 2.2 2.5 0.8 - - - 40.0 50.0 50.0 - 50.6 50.0
Jerome Allen G 25 9.6 2.6 1.3 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.5 3.0 2.4 - - - 28.4 20.6 60.0 - 37.6 33.1
Darvin Ham G 33 8.2 2.2 1.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.5 1.7 2.6 - - - 52.7 0 60.0 - 55.3 52.7
Melvin Booker C 5 3.4 1.0 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.8 -0.4 - - - 50.0 50.0 0 - 62.5 62.5
LaSalle Thompson G 16 5.9 0.4 1.6 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.1 - - - 18.8 0 50.0 - 20.7 18.8

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG