1983–84 Denver Nuggets season

1983–84 Denver Nuggets season
1983–84 Denver Nuggets season
Head coach	Doug Moe
Arena	McNichols Sports Arena
Results
Record	38–44 (.463)
Place	Division: 3rd (Midwest); Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	West First Round; (lost to Jazz 2–3)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KWGN
Radio	KOA
< 1982–83	1984–85 >

The 1983–84 Denver Nuggets season was their 17th season, and their eighth in the NBA. The Nuggets head coach was Doug Moe and his assistant coach was Bill Ficke.

In the playoffs, the Nuggets lost to the Utah Jazz in five games in the First Round.

Draft picks edit

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	15	Howard Carter	SG	United States	LSU
2	37	David Russell	SF	United States	St. John's
3	61	David Little		United States	Oklahoma
4	83	York Gross		United States	UC-Santa Barbara
5	107	James Braddock		United States	North Carolina
6	129	Glen Green		United States	Murray State
7	153	Maurice McDaniel		United States	Catawba College
8	175	Cliff Tribus		United States	Davidson
9	198	Bobby Van Noy		United States	Catawba College
10	218	Cleveland McCrae		United States	Catawba College

Roster edit

1983-84 Denver Nuggets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
PF	35	Anderson, Richard	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	UC Santa Barbara
SG	32	Carter, Howard	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	LSU
PF	33	Dennard, Kenny	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Duke
SG	23	Dunn, T.R.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Alabama
SG	10	Edmonson, Keith	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Purdue
SF	2	English, Alex	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	South Carolina
G	5	Evans, Mike	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Kansas State
PF	24	Hanzlik, Bill	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Notre Dame
C	44	Issel, Dan	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Kentucky
SF	30	Roberts, Anthony	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Oral Roberts
C	25	Robisch, Dave	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Kansas
C	34	Schayes, Danny	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Syracuse
PF	55	Vandeweghe, Kiki	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	UCLA
PG	21	Williams, Rob	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Houston

Head coach

Doug Moe

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	45	37	.549	–	31–10	14–27	15–15
x-Dallas Mavericks	43	39	.524	2	31–10	12–29	19–11
x-Denver Nuggets	38	44	.463	7	27–14	11–30	16–14
x-Kansas City Kings	38	44	.463	7	26–15	12–29	16–14
San Antonio Spurs	37	45	.451	8	28–13	9–32	14–16
Houston Rockets	29	53	.354	16	21–20	8–33	9–21

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	54	28	.659	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	45	37	.549	9
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	6
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	43	39	.524	11
5	x-Seattle SuperSonics	42	40	.512	12
6	x-Phoenix Suns	41	41	.500	13
7	x-Denver Nuggets	38	44	.463	16
8	x-Kansas City Kings	38	44	.463	16

9	San Antonio Spurs	37	45	.451	17
10	Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	17
11	San Diego Clippers	30	52	.366	24
12	Houston Rockets	29	53	.354	25

Notes

z, y – division champions
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents edit

1983-84 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	0–5	4–2	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	0–2	3–3	3–3	4–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2
Boston	5–0	–	5–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	5–1	4–2	3–3	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–2
Chicago	2–4	0–5	–	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–3	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4
Cleveland	3–3	0–6	4–2	–	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–3	1–5	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–1
Dallas	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	–	4–2	0–2	4–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	3–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	4–2	4–1	1–4	4–2	0–2
Denver	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–4	–	1–1	2–3	4–2	0–2	4–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	3–3	3–2	2–3	3–3	0–2
Detroit	4–2	2–4	5–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–4	4–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–3
Golden State	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	3–2	1–1	–	2–3	2–0	4–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	2–4	3–2	3–3	4–2	1–4	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	3–2	–	1–1	2–4	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	2–4	2–3	3–2	1–5	0–2
Indiana	2–4	1–5	3–3	4–2	0–2	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–5	2–4	0–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4
Kansas City	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–4	4–2	2–0	–	0–5	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	2–3	5–1	3–2	1–4	3–3	2–0
Los Angeles	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	4–1	1–1	3–3	4–1	1–1	5–0	–	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	5–1	2–3	4–2	3–3	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	3–3	1–5	4–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	–	4–2	4–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1
New Jersey	3–3	2–4	4–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	–	3–3	3–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
New York	1–4	3–3	4–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–0	1–4	3–3	–	2–4	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2
Philadelphia	1–5	4–2	3–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	3–3	4–2	–	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	0–2	5–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	–	2–4	5–0	4–2	2–4	1–4	2–0
Portland	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	3–2	1–5	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	–	4–1	4–2	4–2	1–4	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	1–1	2–3	4–2	2–0	1–5	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–5	1–4	–	4–1	2–3	4–2	1–1
San Diego	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	0–2	3–3	3–2	1–1	2–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	1–4	–	3–3	2–3	1–1
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	2–4	2–3	1–1	4–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–4	3–2	3–3	–	1–4	1–1
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–4	3–3	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–1	4–1	2–4	3–2	4–1	–	1–1
Washington	2–4	2–4	4–2	1–4	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–2	2–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–5	2–4	2–4	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—

Game log edit

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Pacers points	Opponents	Record	Streak	Notes
1

Playoffs edit

1984 playoff game log

First round: 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 17	@ Utah	L 121–123	Kiki VanDeWeghe (33)	Dan Issel (10)	Rob Williams (8)	Salt Palace 10,255	0–1
2	April 19	@ Utah	W 132–116	Dan Issel (33)	T. R. Dunn (10)	Rob Williams (5)	Salt Palace 12,413	1–1
3	April 22	Utah	W 121–117	Alex English (29)	T. R. Dunn (10)	Alex English (6)	McNichols Sports Arena 14,681	2–1
4	April 24	Utah	L 124–129	Dan Issel (32)	Alex English (10)	Alex English (6)	McNichols Sports Arena 16,108	2–2
5	April 26	@ Utah	L 111–127	Dan Issel (25)	Alex English (11)	Alex English (9)	Salt Palace 12,731	2–3

1984 schedule

Awards, records, and honors edit

T.R. Dunn, NBA All-Defensive Second Team
On December 13, 1983, the Nuggets played in the highest scoring game in NBA history, losing to the Detroit Pistons 186-184.

Player statistics edit

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season edit

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Playoffs edit

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Transactions edit

References edit

Nuggets on Basketball Reference