Denver Nuggets Opening Day Rosters

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1996-1997 Denver Nuggets Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Dale Ellis G-F 6-7 205 Aug 6, 1960 36 Tennessee 13 1983 1st Rnd, #9, Dallas Mavericks
LaPhonso Ellis PF 6-8 240 May 5, 1970 26 Notre Dame 4 1992 1st Rnd, #5, Denver Nuggets
Darvin Ham F-G 6-7 220 Jul 23, 1973 23 Texas Tech 0 1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Tom Hammonds PF 6-9 215 Mar 27, 1967 29 Georgia Tech 7 1989 1st Rnd, #9, Washington Wizards
Mark Jackson PG 6-1 180 Apr 1, 1965 31 St. John's 9 1987 1st Rnd, #18, New York Knicks
Keith Jennings PG 5-7 160 Nov 2, 1968 27 East Tennessee State 3 1991 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Ervin Johnson C 6-11 245 Dec 21, 1967 28 New Orleans 3 1993 1st Rnd, #23, Seattle SuperSonics
Rich King C 7-2 260 Apr 4, 1969 27 Nebraska 5 1991 1st Rnd, #14, Seattle SuperSonics
Sarunas Marciulionis GF 6-4 209 Jun 13, 1964 32 Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania) 7 1987 6th Rnd, #127, Golden State Warriors
Antonio McDyess PF 6-9 245 Sep 7, 1974 22 Alabama 1 1995 1st Rnd, #2, Los Angeles Clippers
Jeff McInnis SG 6-4 190 Oct 22, 1974 22 North Carolina 0 1996 2nd Rnd, #37, Denver Nuggets
Eric Murdock PG 6-1 190 Jun 14, 1968 28 Providence 5 1991 1st Rnd, #21, Utah Jazz
Ricky Pierce SG 6-4 205 Aug 19, 1959 37 Rice 14 1982 1st Rnd, #18, Detroit Pistons
Bryant Stith SG 6-5 209 Dec 10, 1970 25 Virginia 4 1992 1st Rnd, #13, Denver Nuggets
LaSalle Thompson C 6-10 245 Jun 23, 1961 35 Texas 14 1982 1st Rnd, #5, Kansas City Kings

Dallas 92, Denver 91

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 16,104

Officials: Monty McCutchen, Jack Nies, Bernie Fryer

Team Rebounds: Dallas (10) Denver (12)

Technicals: Dallas (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DAL (1-0) 26 22 20 24 92
DEN (0-1) 26 22 23 20 91

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DAL 96 96.0 95.0
DEN 96 95.0 96.0

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DAL .420 0.209 0.377 0.205
DEN .378 0.209 0.383 0.410

Dallas Mavericks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
24 Jim Jackson Starter SG 38:00 9-20 2-5 8-9 22.1 7.0 4 11 3 1 2 1 3 28
5 Jason Kidd Starter PG 33:00 3-11 1-4 0-0 10.2 1.0 4 5 9 1 2 0 3 7
21 George McCloud Starter SF 33:00 6-14 1-5 3-3 8.1 0.0 3 3 2 5 2 1 1 16
40 Loren Meyer Starter PF 23:00 2-7 0-0 2-2 -1.8 1.0 3 4 0 6 1 0 3 6
00 Eric Montross Starter C 24:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 6.5 2.0 5 7 1 3 0 1 2 6
7 Tony Dumas Bench SF 10:00 1-4 0-2 2-2 0.2 0.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4
25 Chris Gatling Bench PF 22:00 8-13 0-0 1-6 12.5 6.0 4 10 0 5 2 1 2 17
12 Derek Harper Bench PG 15:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 2.0 0.0 1 1 4 2 0 0 1 0
32 Jamal Mashburn Bench SF 14:00 1-6 0-2 2-4 -2.2 0.0 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 4
2 Oliver Miller Bench C 24:00 2-6 0-0 0-0 9.0 2.0 8 10 1 1 2 2 3 4
44 Fred Roberts Bench C 04:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.2 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   10         2  
        240 35-88 4-18 18-26 93.0 20 33 63 21 30 13 7 22 92
          39.8% 22.2% 69.2%                    

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
3 Dale Ellis Starter SF 31:00 2-9 0-1 2-4 -3.5 1.0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 6
20 LaPhonso Ellis Starter PF 33:00 5-16 0-2 11-16 9.0 3.0 6 9 1 5 3 3 6 21
13 Mark Jackson Starter PG 34:00 2-5 1-1 2-2 5.5 0.0 0 0 7 2 0 0 3 7
50 Ervin Johnson Starter C 43:00 3-8 0-0 3-4 18.2 6.0 11 17 0 3 1 3 0 9
23 Bryant Stith Starter SG 37:00 5-15 0-2 5-5 9.1 3.0 5 8 2 3 2 0 2 15
8 Sarunas Marciulionis Bench SG 18:00 4-9 1-1 5-6 6.5 1.0 2 3 1 2 0 1 2 14
- Antonio McDyess Bench C 17:00 3-9 0-0 1-3 3.6 3.0 4 7 0 1 0 1 2 7
14 Eric Murdock Bench PG 14:00 3-4 1-1 0-0 7.0 1.0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 7
22 Ricky Pierce Bench SG 09:00 1-3 0-0 3-3 0.6 0.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 5
41 LaSalle Thompson Bench C 04:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.5 0.0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0
  Team                   12         1  
        240 28-78 3-8 32-43 77.6 18 29 59 13 21 9 10 21 91
          35.9% 37.5% 74.4%                    

Dallas Mavericks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Jason Kidd
7p, 5r, 9a		 Jim Jackson
28p, 11r, 3a		 George McCloud
16p, 3r, 2a		 Loren Meyer
6p, 4r, 0a		 Eric Montross
6p, 7r, 1a
Rotation Derek Harper
0p, 1r, 4a		  
 		 Jamal Mashburn
4p, 1r, 1a		 Chris Gatling
17p, 10r, 0a		 Oliver Miller
4p, 10r, 1a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Tony Dumas
4p, 0r, 0a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Fred Roberts
0p, 1r, 0a

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mark Jackson
7p, 0r, 7a		 Bryant Stith
15p, 8r, 2a		 Dale Ellis
6p, 2r, 0a		 LaPhonso Ellis
21p, 9r, 1a		 Ervin Johnson
9p, 17r, 0a
Rotation Eric Murdock
7p, 1r, 2a		 Sarunas Marciulionis
14p, 3r, 1a		  
 		  
 		 Antonio McDyess
7p, 7r, 0a
Lim PT  
 		 Ricky Pierce
5p, 0r, 0a		  
 		  
 		 LaSalle Thompson
0p, 0r, 0a