Denver 117, Seattle 127

May 5, 1988

Opening Round - Denver wins 3-2

Climate Pledge Arena (Seattle, Washington)

Attendance: 14,250

Officials: Paul Mihalak, Darell Garretson

Team Rebounds: Denver (0) Seattle (0)

Technicals: Denver (0) Seattle (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DEN (54-28) 36 27 30 24 117
SEA (44-38) 35 30 32 30 127

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DEN 98 119.9 130.2
SEA 98 130.2 119.9

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DEN .488 0.133 0.389 0.469
SEA .505 0.123 0.426 0.340

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 46:00 8-16 3-7 3-4 14.5 2 4 6 4 4 3 1 5 22
2 Alex English Starter SF 38:00 7-20 0-1 6-6 7.8 2 2 4 5 5 0 0 1 20
5 Mike Evans Starter SG 25:00 5-13 0-4 3-4 7.8 0 2 2 5 3 1 0 0 13
41 Blair Rasmussen Starter C 20:00 5-7 0-0 6-6 10.2 1 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 16
34 Danny Schayes Starter PF 28:00 2-5 0-0 7-8 10.5 3 5 8 2 3 1 1 3 11
35 Michael Brooks Bench SF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 T.R. Dunn Bench SG 28:00 1-1 0-0 1-2 4.0 3 2 5 0 2 1 0 2 3
24 Bill Hanzlik Bench SF 14:00 0-1 0-0 4-8 4.5 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 4
30 Jay Vincent Bench SF 40:00 10-18 0-1 8-10 15.0 2 3 5 2 4 1 1 2 28
  Team                                
        240 38-81 3-13 38-48 90.2 14 22 36 19 27 8 5 13 117
          46.9% 23.1% 79.2%                    

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 26:00 8-14 0-0 9-10 13.2 1 4 5 2 5 0 0 1 25
3 Dale Ellis Starter SG 37:00 6-19 0-3 5-6 2.2 4 1 5 2 4 0 0 3 17
53 Alton Lister Starter C 18:00 4-4 0-0 0-0 8.5 1 4 5 1 3 0 1 1 8
34 Xavier McDaniel Starter SF 37:00 10-18 1-1 6-7 16.9 1 4 5 2 2 2 1 2 27
10 Nate McMillan Starter PG 25:00 3-6 0-0 2-2 14.2 1 2 3 6 0 2 1 0 8
45 Clemon Johnson Bench C 07:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 -2.8 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
31 Derrick McKey Bench PF 25:00 7-11 0-1 4-6 16.2 2 5 7 2 4 0 3 0 18
0 Olden Polynice Bench C 17:00 3-7 0-0 0-2 2.5 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 6
40 Russ Schoene Bench C 05:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
4 Sedale Threatt Bench PG 09:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 1.8 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 2
30 Kevin Williams Bench PG 15:00 2-3 0-0 0-0 5.5 5 1 6 3 4 0 0 3 4
22 Danny Young Bench SG 19:00 3-6 0-1 6-6 15.0 2 1 3 8 0 0 0 1 12
  Team                                
        240 47-94 1-6 32-39 105.6 20 27 47 27 29 5 6 12 127
          50.0% 16.7% 82.1%                    

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Michael Adams
14p, 2.7r, 6.1a
Mike Evans
6.1p, 0.9r, 1.4a
Alex English
25p, 4.7r, 4.7a
Danny Schayes
13.9p, 8.2r, 1.3a
Blair Rasmussen
12.7p, 5.5r, 1a
Rotation  
 
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  
 
 
 
Michael Brooks
2.7p, 2.8r, 0.8a
 
 
 
 

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 Kevin Williams
6.3p, 1.6r, 1.2a
Danny Young
3.2p, 1r, 2.8a
 
 
Derrick McKey
8.5p, 4r, 1.3a
Olden Polynice
4.1p, 4r, 0.4a
Lim PT Sedale Threatt
6.9p, 1.2r, 2.3a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Clemon Johnson
1.6p, 2.4r, 0.2a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Russ Schoene
6p, 2.4r, 0.7a

Today's Games

Cleveland Cavaliers 97
Chicago Bulls 91

Houston Rockets 97
Dallas Mavericks 107

Seattle SuperSonics 127
Denver Nuggets 117