Denver Nuggets Playoff Rosters

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1986-1987 Denver Nuggets Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Mark Alarie PF 6-8 217 Dec 11, 1963 23 Duke 0 1986 1st Rnd, #18, Denver Nuggets
Wayne Cooper FC 6-10 220 Nov 16, 1956 30 New Orleans 8 1978 2nd Rnd, #40, Golden State Warriors
T.R. Dunn SG 6-4 192 Feb 1, 1955 32 Alabama 9 1977 2nd Rnd, #41, Portland Trail Blazers
Alex English SF 6-7 190 Jan 5, 1954 33 South Carolina 10 1976 2nd Rnd, #35, Milwaukee Bucks
Mike Evans PG 6-1 170 Apr 19, 1955 32 Kansas State 8 1978 1st Rnd, #21, Denver Nuggets
Bill Hanzlik G-F 6-7 185 Dec 6, 1957 29 Notre Dame 6 1980 1st Rnd, #20, Seattle SuperSonics
Fat Lever PG 6-3 170 Aug 18, 1960 26 Arizona State 4 1982 1st Rnd, #11, Portland Trail Blazers
Maurice Martin GF 6-6 200 Jul 2, 1964 22 Saint Joseph's 0 1986 1st Rnd, #16, Denver Nuggets
Calvin Natt SF 6-6 220 Jan 8, 1957 30 Louisiana-Monroe 7 1979 1st Rnd, #8, New Jersey Nets
Blair Rasmussen C 7-0 250 Nov 13, 1962 24 Oregon 1 1985 1st Rnd, #15, Denver Nuggets
Danny Schayes C 6-11 235 May 10, 1959 27 Syracuse 5 1981 1st Rnd, #13, Utah Jazz
Otis Smith GF 6-5 210 Jan 30, 1964 23 Jacksonville 0 1986 2nd Rnd, #41, Denver Nuggets
Darrell Walker SG 6-4 180 Mar 9, 1961 26 Arkansas 3 1983 1st Rnd, #12, New York Knicks

1986-1987 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Boston Celtics #8 Chicago Bulls BOS in 3
First Round #2 Atlanta Hawks #7 Indiana Pacers ATL in 4
First Round #3 Detroit Pistons #6 Washington Bullets DET in 3
First Round #4 Milwaukee Bucks #5 Philadelphia Sixers MIL in 5
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #4 Milwaukee Bucks BOS in 7
Second Round #2 Atlanta Hawks #3 Detroit Pistons DET in 5
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 Detroit Pistons BOS in 7

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #8 Denver Nuggets LAL in 3
First Round #2 Dallas Mavericks #7 Seattle SuperSonics SEA in 4
First Round #3 Portland Trail Blazers #6 Houston Rockets HOU in 4
First Round #4 Utah Jazz #5 Golden State Warriors GSW in 5
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #5 Golden State Warriors LAL in 5
Second Round #6 Houston Rockets #7 Seattle SuperSonics SEA in 6
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #7 Seattle SuperSonics LAL in 4

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #1 Boston Celtics LAL in 6

1986-1987 Denver Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Alex English 3 25.3 18.7 4.7 3.3 0.0 0.0 2.7
Blair Rasmussen 3 30.7 16.3 7.7 2.3 0.7 0.7 1.7
Fat Lever 3 33.0 15.3 6.0 7.3 2.3 0.0 0.7
Maurice Martin 3 18.0 10.3 3.0 3.3 0.0 0.3 1.7
Danny Schayes 3 25.0 10.0 5.7 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.0
Darrell Walker 3 22.7 8.7 3.3 1.7 0.7 0.0 1.3
Bill Hanzlik 3 25.3 8.3 2.0 2.3 1.3 0.0 1.0
Mark Alarie 3 13.7 6.7 1.7 0.3 0.7 0.7 1.3
Mike Evans 3 19.0 6.0 2.3 2.7 1.0 0.0 1.0
Wayne Cooper 3 13.7 4.0 5.7 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.3
Otis Smith 3 6.3 3.3 1.7 1.3 0.0 0.7 1.3
T.R. Dunn 3 7.3 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3

1986-1987 Denver Nuggets Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Denver Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
Apr 23, 1987
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L.A. Lakers		 L, 128-95 The Forum
Opening Round 		0-1 PTS: 26. B. Rasmussen
REB: 13. B. Rasmussen
AST: 9. Fat Lever 		PTS: 28. James Worthy
REB: 9. M. Thompson
AST: 14. M. Johnson
Apr 25, 1987
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L.A. Lakers		 L, 139-127 The Forum
Opening Round 		0-2 PTS: 26. Fat Lever
REB: 10. Fat Lever
AST: 9. Fat Lever 		PTS: 28. K. Abdul-Jabbar
REB: 13. A.C. Green
AST: 15. M. Johnson
Apr 29, 1987
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L.A. Lakers		 L, 103-140 McNichols Sports Arena
Opening Round 		0-3 PTS: 25. Alex English
REB: 12. Wayne Cooper
AST: 6. Alex English 		PTS: 25. Byron Scott
REB: 10. A.C. Green
AST: 14. M. Johnson