Denver 125, Seattle 114

May 3, 1988

Opening Round - Denver wins 3-2

Climate Pledge Arena (Seattle, Washington)

Attendance: 14,250

Officials: Tommy Nunez Jr., Earl Strom

Team Rebounds: Denver (0) Seattle (0)

Technicals: Denver (0) Seattle (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DEN (54-28) 39 24 35 27 125
SEA (44-38) 34 24 30 26 114

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DEN 103 120.9 110.3
SEA 103 110.3 120.9

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DEN .535 0.106 0.341 0.180
SEA .539 0.155 0.256 0.189

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
14 Michael Adams Starter PG 35:00 5-12 2-3 7-8 17.8 1 3 4 7 1 1 0 0 19
2 Alex English Starter SF 39:00 12-24 0-0 1-2 9.2 1 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 25
12 Fat Lever Starter SG 20:00 3-6 0-0 0-0 14.8 0 5 5 7 1 3 0 0 6
41 Blair Rasmussen Starter C 39:00 13-21 0-0 2-3 21.9 7 5 12 0 4 0 3 1 28
34 Danny Schayes Starter PF 20:00 4-5 0-0 4-4 8.5 2 3 5 1 5 0 1 2 12
42 Wayne Cooper Bench C 04:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 T.R. Dunn Bench SG 21:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 2.8 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0
5 Mike Evans Bench PG 12:00 4-8 1-3 0-0 2.0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 2 9
24 Bill Hanzlik Bench SF 19:00 1-6 0-1 0-0 3.5 2 4 6 3 2 0 0 1 2
30 Jay Vincent Bench SF 31:00 10-18 0-0 4-4 8.5 1 4 5 1 3 1 0 5 24
  Team                                
        240 52-100 3-7 18-21 102.9 15 29 44 21 24 8 4 11 125
          52.0% 42.9% 85.7%                    

Seattle SuperSonics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
24 Tom Chambers Starter PF 40:00 13-23 0-2 8-9 14.1 1 5 6 2 6 1 0 4 34
3 Dale Ellis Starter SG 44:00 11-17 1-4 4-6 19.5 2 4 6 5 3 1 2 4 27
53 Alton Lister Starter C 18:00 2-4 0-0 1-1 7.9 3 3 6 2 2 0 0 0 5
34 Xavier McDaniel Starter SF 40:00 13-20 2-3 2-4 24.2 3 9 12 5 4 1 0 3 30
10 Nate McMillan Starter PG 29:00 1-7 0-0 1-4 7.0 0 3 3 9 3 0 1 0 3
45 Clemon Johnson Bench C 05:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
31 Derrick McKey Bench PF 20:00 2-3 0-0 1-2 5.8 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 5
0 Olden Polynice Bench C 06:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
40 Russ Schoene Bench C 06:00 2-5 0-1 0-0 3.8 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 4
4 Sedale Threatt Bench PG 11:00 0-4 0-0 0-0 -3.0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0
30 Kevin Williams Bench PG 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
22 Danny Young Bench SG 19:00 3-6 0-1 0-0 8.2 0 1 1 5 2 1 2 1 6
  Team                                
        240 47-90 3-11 17-26 107.8 11 32 43 32 24 5 5 16 114
          52.2% 27.3% 65.4%                    

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Michael Adams
14p, 2.7r, 6.1a		 Fat Lever
18.8p, 8.1r, 7.7a		 Alex English
25p, 4.7r, 4.7a		 Danny Schayes
13.9p, 8.2r, 1.3a		 Blair Rasmussen
12.7p, 5.5r, 1a
Rotation Mike Evans
6.1p, 0.9r, 1.4a		 T.R. Dunn
2.2p, 2.9r, 1.1a		 Jay Vincent
15.4p, 4.2r, 2a		  
 		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Bill Hanzlik
4.5p, 2.2r, 2.2a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Wayne Cooper
6.4p, 6r, 0.7a

Seattle SuperSonics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Nate McMillan
7.6p, 4.1r, 8.6a		 Dale Ellis
25.8p, 4.5r, 2.6a		 Xavier McDaniel
21.4p, 6.6r, 3.4a		 Tom Chambers
20.4p, 6r, 2.6a		 Alton Lister
5.6p, 7.6r, 0.7a
Rotation Sedale Threatt
6.9p, 1.2r, 2.3a		 Danny Young
3.2p, 1r, 2.8a		  
 		 Derrick McKey
8.5p, 4r, 1.3a		  
 
Lim PT Kevin Williams
6.3p, 1.6r, 1.2a		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Olden Polynice
4.1p, 4r, 0.4a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Russ Schoene
6p, 2.4r, 0.7a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Clemon Johnson
1.6p, 2.4r, 0.2a

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