Denver Nuggets Playoff Rosters

2008-2009 Denver Nuggets Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Chris Andersen C/PF 6-10 245 Jul 7, 1978 30 Blinn 5 1999 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Carmelo Anthony SF 6-8 240 May 29, 1984 24 Syracuse 5 2003 1st Rnd, #3, Denver Nuggets
Renaldo Balkman SF/PF 6-8 208 Jul 14, 1984 24 South Carolina 2 2006 1st Rnd, #20, New York Knicks
Chauncey Billups PG 6-3 210 Sep 25, 1976 32 Colorado 11 1997 1st Rnd, #3, Boston Celtics
Anthony Carter PG 6-1 190 Jun 16, 1975 33 Hawaii 10 1998 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Jason Hart PG 6-3 180 Apr 29, 1978 30 Syracuse 7 2000 2nd Rnd, #49, Milwaukee Bucks
Maybyner Nene C/PF 6-11 250 Sep 13, 1982 26 Vasco da Gama (Brazil) 6 2002 1st Rnd, #7, New York Knicks
Steven Hunter F-C 7-0 240 Oct 31, 1981 27 DePaul 7 2001 1st Rnd, #15, Orlando Magic
Dahntay Jones SG/SF 6-6 225 Dec 27, 1980 28 Duke 5 2003 1st Rnd, #20, Boston Celtics
Linas Kleiza PF 6-8 234 Jan 3, 1985 24 Missouri 3 2005 1st Rnd, #27, Portland Trail Blazers
Kenyon Martin PF 6-9 240 Dec 30, 1977 31 Cincinnati 8 2000 1st Rnd, #1, New Jersey Nets
Johan Petro C 7-0 247 Jan 27, 1986 23 Pau-Orthez (France) 3 2005 1st Rnd, #25, Seattle SuperSonics
J.R. Smith SG 6-6 225 Sep 9, 1985 23 Saint Benedict's Preparatory School (New Jersey) 4 2004 1st Rnd, #18, New Orleans Pelicans
Sonny Weems G-F 6-6 205 Jul 8, 1986 22 Arkansas 0 2008 2nd Rnd, #39, Chicago Bulls

2008-2009 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Cleveland Cavaliers #8 Detroit Pistons CLE in 4
First Round #2 Boston Celtics #7 Chicago Bulls BOS in 7
First Round #3 Orlando Magic #6 Philadelphia Sixers ORL in 6
First Round #4 Atlanta Hawks #5 Miami Heat ATL in 7
Second Round #1 Cleveland Cavaliers #4 Atlanta Hawks CLE in 4
Second Round #2 Boston Celtics #3 Orlando Magic ORL in 7
Conference Finals #1 Cleveland Cavaliers #3 Orlando Magic ORL in 6

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #8 Utah Jazz LAL in 5
First Round #2 Denver Nuggets #7 New Orleans Hornets DEN in 5
First Round #3 San Antonio Spurs #6 Dallas Mavericks DAL in 5
First Round #4 Portland Trail Blazers #5 Houston Rockets HOU in 6
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #5 Houston Rockets LAL in 7
Second Round #2 Denver Nuggets #6 Dallas Mavericks DEN in 5
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #2 Denver Nuggets LAL in 6

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #3 Orlando Magic LAL in 5

2008-2009 Denver Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Carmelo Anthony 16 38.2 27.2 5.8 4.1 1.8 0.6 2.3
Chauncey Billups 16 38.7 20.6 3.8 6.8 1.2 0.2 1.9
J.R. Smith 16 27.2 14.9 3.3 2.8 1.1 0.2 1.6
Maybyner Nene 16 32.8 11.5 7.5 2.6 1.2 0.6 1.9
Kenyon Martin 16 33.6 10.9 5.9 2.1 1.1 0.9 1.6
Dahntay Jones 16 17.5 7.0 2.4 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.8
Linas Kleiza 14 15.0 6.9 3.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.1
Chris Andersen 15 21.8 6.5 6.3 0.6 0.3 2.1 0.5
Anthony Carter 16 14.2 2.8 2.0 2.1 0.9 0.1 0.7
Johan Petro 10 2.6 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
Renaldo Balkman 8 2.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0
Jason Hart 9 2.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1

2008-2009 Denver Nuggets Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Denver Leaders New Orleans Leaders
Apr 19, 2009
v.
New Orleans
W, 113-84 Ball Arena
Opening Round
1-0 PTS: 36. C. Billups
REB: 14. M. Nene
AST: 8. C. Billups
PTS: 21. Chris Paul
REB: 6. David West
AST: 11. Chris Paul
Apr 22, 2009
v.
New Orleans
W, 108-93 Ball Arena
Opening Round
2-0 PTS: 31. C. Billups
REB: 8. M. Nene
AST: 9. C. Anthony
PTS: 21. David West
REB: 11. T. Chandler
AST: 13. Chris Paul
Apr 25, 2009
@
New Orleans
L, 95-93 Smoothie King Center
Opening Round
2-1 PTS: 25. C. Anthony
REB: 10. K. Martin
AST: 6. C. Billups
PTS: 32. Chris Paul
REB: 9. James Posey
AST: 12. Chris Paul
Apr 27, 2009
@
New Orleans
W, 63-121 Smoothie King Center
Opening Round
3-1 PTS: 26. C. Anthony
REB: 8. C. Andersen
AST: 8. C. Billups
PTS: 14. David West
REB: 7. James Posey
AST: 6. Chris Paul
Apr 29, 2009
v.
New Orleans
W, 107-86 Ball Arena
Opening Round
4-1 PTS: 34. C. Anthony
REB: 7. K. Martin
AST: 11. C. Billups
PTS: 24. David West
REB: 9. David West
AST: 10. Chris Paul

2008-2009 Denver Nuggets Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Denver Leaders Dallas Leaders
May 3, 2009
v.
Dallas
W, 109-95 Ball Arena
Conference Semi Finals
1-0 PTS: 24. M. Nene
REB: 6. C. Andersen
AST: 6. J.R. Smith
PTS: 28. D. Nowitzki
REB: 10. D. Nowitzki
AST: 5. J.J. Barea
May 5, 2009
v.
Dallas
W, 117-105 Ball Arena
Conference Semi Finals
2-0 PTS: 25. M. Nene
REB: 9. C. Andersen
AST: 8. C. Billups
PTS: 35. D. Nowitzki
REB: 9. D. Nowitzki
AST: 7. Jason Kidd
May 9, 2009
@
Dallas
W, 105-106 American Airlines Center
Conference Semi Finals
3-0 PTS: 32. C. Billups
REB: 8. C. Anthony
AST: 4. M. Nene
PTS: 33. D. Nowitzki
REB: 16. D. Nowitzki
AST: 5. Jason Kidd
May 11, 2009
@
Dallas
L, 119-117 American Airlines Center
Conference Semi Finals
3-1 PTS: 41. C. Anthony
REB: 11. C. Anthony
AST: 7. C. Billups
PTS: 44. D. Nowitzki
REB: 13. D. Nowitzki
AST: 6. Jason Kidd
May 13, 2009
v.
Dallas
W, 124-110 Ball Arena
Conference Semi Finals
4-1 PTS: 30. C. Anthony
REB: 7. C. Billups
AST: 12. C. Billups
PTS: 32. D. Nowitzki
REB: 10. D. Nowitzki
AST: 9. Jason Kidd

2008-2009 Denver Nuggets Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Denver Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
May 19, 2009
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 105-103 crypto.com Arena
Conference Finals
0-1 PTS: 39. C. Anthony
REB: 8. K. Martin
AST: 8. C. Billups
PTS: 40. Kobe Bryant
REB: 14. Pau Gasol
AST: 6. Derek Fisher
May 21, 2009
@
L.A. Lakers
W, 103-106 crypto.com Arena
Conference Finals
1-1 PTS: 34. C. Anthony
REB: 9. C. Anthony
AST: 6. M. Nene
PTS: 32. Kobe Bryant
REB: 17. Pau Gasol
AST: 4. Luke Walton
May 23, 2009
v.
L.A. Lakers
L, 97-103 Ball Arena
Conference Finals
1-2 PTS: 21. C. Anthony
REB: 7. C. Andersen
AST: 7. C. Billups
PTS: 41. Kobe Bryant
REB: 11. Pau Gasol
AST: 5. Kobe Bryant
May 25, 2009
v.
L.A. Lakers
W, 120-101 Ball Arena
Conference Finals
2-2 PTS: 24. C. Billups
REB: 15. K. Martin
AST: 6. M. Nene
PTS: 34. Kobe Bryant
REB: 10. Pau Gasol
AST: 5. Kobe Bryant
May 27, 2009
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 103-94 crypto.com Arena
Conference Finals
2-3 PTS: 31. C. Anthony
REB: 8. M. Nene
AST: 5. C. Billups
PTS: 22. Kobe Bryant
REB: 14. Lamar Odom
AST: 8. Kobe Bryant
May 29, 2009
v.
L.A. Lakers
L, 92-119 Ball Arena
Conference Finals
2-4 PTS: 25. C. Anthony
REB: 6. M. Nene
AST: 9. C. Billups
PTS: 35. Kobe Bryant
REB: 12. Pau Gasol
AST: 10. Kobe Bryant