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Denver Nuggets

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Also known as: Denver Nuggets
Program History

Model Outputs

1997-1998
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 → 741 (#25) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 626 (#29) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +3.0 More → -11.5 (#29) HCA +3.0
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.155 (#29) -

1998 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1997-10-31 vs SAS L 96 - 107
1997-11-01 @ UTA L 84 - 102
1997-11-04 vs WAS L 96 - 120
1997-11-07 vs UTA L 89 - 91
1997-11-11 @ NYK L 90 - 93
1997-11-12 @ BOS L 86 - 96
1997-11-14 @ ORL L 85 - 103
1997-11-15 @ MIA L 93 - 96
1997-11-18 vs VAN L 87 - 100
1997-11-21 @ VAN L 96 - 99
1997-11-22 vs SEA L 80 - 84
1997-11-25 @ SAC L 93 - 97
1997-11-28 vs MIN W 95 - 84
1997-12-02 @ HOU L 101 - 112
1997-12-03 vs LAL L 89 - 107
1997-12-05 vs IND L 85 - 96
1997-12-07 vs LAC W 100 - 92
1997-12-09 @ DET L 83 - 92
1997-12-10 @ CLE L 83 - 102
1997-12-12 @ PHI L 91 - 106
1997-12-13 @ NJN L 95 - 133
1997-12-16 vs SAS L 85 - 99
1997-12-18 @ SEA L 106 - 119
1997-12-20 vs PHX L 81 - 102
1997-12-23 @ GSW L 75 - 87
1997-12-26 vs GSW L 69 - 81
1997-12-27 @ LAC L 103 - 105
1998-01-03 @ MIN L 87 - 109
1998-01-06 @ DAL L 90 - 108
1998-01-07 @ SAS L 89 - 96
1998-01-09 vs MIA L 79 - 98
1998-01-13 vs ORL L 84 - 98
1998-01-14 @ LAL L 114 - 132
1998-01-16 vs CLE L 74 - 99
1998-01-18 @ POR L 82 - 94
1998-01-20 @ VAN L 77 - 88
1998-01-21 vs DET L 67 - 87
1998-01-23 @ PHX L 77 - 93
1998-01-24 @ LAC W 99 - 81
1998-01-27 vs NJN L 87 - 120
1998-01-29 vs TOR L 80 - 84
1998-01-31 vs DAL W 110 - 98
1998-02-02 vs CHI L 72 - 111
1998-02-04 vs SAC L 99 - 101
1998-02-10 vs BOS W 112 - 99
1998-02-12 @ SAC L 84 - 87
1998-02-13 vs MIN L 80 - 107
1998-02-15 @ POR L 82 - 117
1998-02-17 vs NYK L 77 - 91
1998-02-19 @ LAL L 92 - 131
1998-02-20 @ GSW L 88 - 95
1998-02-22 @ SEA L 68 - 88
1998-02-23 vs CHH L 98 - 118
1998-02-25 vs ATL L 88 - 112
1998-02-27 vs PHI L 78 - 79
1998-03-01 @ IND L 63 - 90
1998-03-03 @ CHI L 90 - 118
1998-03-05 @ MIL L 87 - 104
1998-03-06 @ ATL L 94 - 115
1998-03-08 vs LAC L 89 - 100
1998-03-10 vs PHX L 76 - 100
1998-03-12 vs VAN W 98 - 93
1998-03-14 vs POR W 92 - 82
1998-03-17 @ WAS W 90 - 89
1998-03-19 @ TOR L 103 - 104
1998-03-20 @ MIN L 88 - 104
1998-03-25 vs DAL L 94 - 105
1998-03-27 vs GSW W 97 - 89
1998-04-01 vs MIL L 100 - 106
1998-04-03 @ UTA L 75 - 97
1998-04-05 vs SEA L 83 - 87
1998-04-07 vs HOU L 87 - 104
1998-04-09 vs SAC W 128 - 103
1998-04-11 @ DAL L 81 - 99
1998-04-14 @ HOU L 88 - 94
1998-04-15 @ PHX L 89 - 96
1998-04-17 vs POR W 109 - 101
1998-04-19 @ SAS L 82 - 96

1998 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%
Eric Williams G 4 35.8 19.8 5.2 3.0 1.0 0.0 2.2 15.2 11.5 - - - 39.3 0 68.9 - 48.9 39.3
Cory Alexander G 21 34.4 14.7 4.3 6.2 2.1 0.3 2.7 11.4 13.5 - - - 44.4 41.1 84.1 - 57.9 53.6
Johnny Newman G 70 29.0 14.7 1.9 1.9 1.1 0.3 1.9 11.0 7.0 - - - 42.6 34.0 81.6 - 54.1 44.8
LaPhonso Ellis G 72 33.7 14.2 7.3 2.8 0.9 0.7 2.3 13.3 10.2 - - - 40.7 27.7 79.7 - 48.0 43.4
Bobby Jackson G 64 29.7 11.5 4.4 4.6 1.5 0.2 2.7 11.6 8.0 - - - 39.2 26.6 81.2 - 45.3 40.6
Danny Fortson G 76 22.2 10.1 5.7 0.9 0.5 0.4 2.0 7.7 7.9 - - - 44.7 33.3 77.3 - 53.0 44.8
Anthony Goldwire G 78 26.4 9.1 1.8 3.4 1.0 0.1 1.1 7.7 6.7 - - - 42.1 37.7 81.5 - 52.2 46.9
Tony Battie G 61 22.7 8.3 5.4 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.5 8.0 7.0 - - - 44.5 15.4 69.9 - 47.6 44.7
Eric Washington G 62 23.0 7.7 1.9 1.2 0.8 0.4 1.2 7.5 3.4 - - - 40.7 32.8 78.4 - 47.9 45.1
Bryant Stith G 31 22.6 7.6 2.1 1.6 0.7 0.3 1.1 7.3 3.8 - - - 33.3 20.8 87.2 - 44.7 35.6
Dean Garrett G 78 31.6 7.5 8.0 1.1 0.7 1.6 1.0 7.0 10.9 - - - 43.5 0 65.3 - 47.2 43.5
Harold Ellis G 25 11.7 5.6 1.7 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.7 3.9 4.0 - - - 55.1 0.0 63.3 - 58.1 55.1
Priest Lauderdale G 36 8.7 4.0 2.6 0.6 0.2 0.4 1.2 3.4 3.2 - - - 43.8 0 58.5 - 48.1 43.8
George Zidek F 6 6.7 3.0 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.5 2.5 2.7 - - - 26.7 0 83.3 - 44.4 26.7
Kiwane Garris G 27 7.4 2.4 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 2.3 1.6 - - - 35.5 38.5 72.7 - 45.3 39.5
Joe Wolf G 55 10.4 1.5 2.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.4 2.2 2.2 - - - 32.5 20.0 50.0 - 34.2 33.3

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