2004–05 Denver Nuggets season

The 2004–05 NBA season was the 29th season for the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association, and their 38th season as a franchise.[1] During the offseason, the Nuggets acquired Kenyon Martin from the New Jersey Nets. Coming off their first playoff appearance in nine years, the Nuggets got off to a shaky start at 13–15. Head coach Jeff Bzdelik was fired and replaced with Michael Cooper as the team lost 10 of their next 14 games. Cooper was then replaced with George Karl, who then led the Nuggets with a 32–8 record for the remainder of the season, including a ten-game winning streak in April.[2] The Nuggets finished second in the Northwest Division with a 49–33 record. Second-year star Carmelo Anthony led them in scoring with 20.8 points per game.

2004–05 Denver Nuggets season
Head coachJeff Bzdelik (games 1-28)
Michael Cooper (interim, games 29-42)
George Karl (games 43-82)
OwnersStan Kroenke
ArenaPepsi Center
Results
Record49–33 (.598)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Northwest)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(lost to Spurs 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Entering the playoffs as the #7 seed in the Western Conference, the Nuggets won Game 1 over the 2nd-seeded San Antonio Spurs, but would lose the series in five games. The Spurs then defeated the Detroit Pistons in seven games in the NBA Finals, winning their third championship in franchise history.

Draft picks
Main article: 2004 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
120Jameer NelsonPG United StatesSt. Joseph's

Roster
Denver Nuggets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SG 15 United States Anthony, Carmelo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Syracuse
PG 11 United States Boykins, Earl 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 133 lb (60 kg) Eastern Michigan
SG 7 United States Buckner, Greg 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Clemson
PF 23 United States Camby, Marcus 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) UMass
C 56 Netherlands Elson, Francisco 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) California
PG 12 Dominican Republic Flores, Luis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Manhattan
SF 3 United States Johnson, DerMarr 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Cincinnati
SG 1 United States Lenard, Voshon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Minnesota
SF 6 United States Martin, Kenyon 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Cincinnati
PG 24 United States Miller, Andre 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Utah
PF 21 Mexico Nájera, Eduardo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Oklahoma
C 31 Brazil Nenê 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Brazil
G/F 10 United States Person, Wesley 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Auburn
F 41 United States Pope, Mark 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Kentucky
G/F 9 United States Russell, Bryon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Long Beach State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
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Regular season

Season standings
Northwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Seattle SuperSonics 5230.634–26–1526–1511–5
x-Denver Nuggets 4933.598331–1018–239–7
Minnesota Timberwolves 4438.537824–1720–2110–6
Portland Trail Blazers 2755.3292518–239–324–12
Utah Jazz 2656.3172618–238–336–10
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Phoenix Suns6220.756—
2 y-San Antonio Spurs5923.7203
3 y-Seattle SuperSonics5230.63410
4 x-Dallas Mavericks5824.7074
5 x-Houston Rockets5131.62211
6 x-Sacramento Kings5032.61012
7 x-Denver Nuggets4933.59813
8 x-Memphis Grizzlies4537.54917
9 Minnesota Timberwolves4438.53718
10 Los Angeles Clippers3745.45125
11 Los Angeles Lakers3448.41528
12 Golden State Warriors3448.41528
13 Portland Trail Blazers2755.32935
14 Utah Jazz2656.31736
15 New Orleans Hornets1864.22044

Record vs. opponents
2004-05 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta –1–31–30–40–41–10–21–30–21–10–30–21–10–20–41–21–10–31–11–31–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–20–20–4
Boston 3–1–4–02–21–20–20–21–31–11–11–22–01–11–11–23–11–11–32–03–13–01–31–11–10–20–22–03–12–03–1
Charlotte 3–10–4–0–40–40–21–12–10–22–00–30–20–20–21–30–41–10–41–11–33–10–30–20–21–10–20–21–21–10–4
Chicago 4–02–24–0–2–21–11–12–21–10–22–20–21–12–01–32–22–00–41–14–03–02–10–22–01–10–21–13–02–01–2
Cleveland 4–02–14–02–2–1–11–12–22–00–21–31–11–12–00–32–21–11–32–01–33–10–31–12–00–20–20–23–12–01–2
Dallas 1–12–02–01–11–1–2–11–13–12–21–11–22–24–02–02–02–22–04–02–01–11–11–24–03–11–33–12–03–02–0
Denver 2–02–01–11–11–11–2–1–12–21–22–02–12–24–01–12–02–21–14–01–11–11–10–43–11–22–22–22–02–22–0
Detroit 3–13–11–22–22–21–11–1–2–02–02–22–02–00–22–12–21–12–12–03–03–13–11–11–11–11–11–13–11–14–0
Golden State 2–01–12–01–10–21–32–20–2–1–21–10–41–31–30–22–01–20–22–21–11–11–12–22–23–10–32–21–12–11–1
Houston 1–11–10–22–02–02–22–10–22–1–1–13–02–23–11–11–11–22–03–11–12–02–02–24–02–22–23–11–12–21–1
Indiana 3–02–13–02–23–11–10–22–21–11–1–0–21–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–30–41–12–00–21–10–22–12–02–2
L.A. Clippers 2–00–22–02–01–12–11–20–24–00–32–0–2–21–31–11–11–31–13–11–11–11–10–42–20–40–42–11–12–21–1
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–01–11–12–22–20–23–12–21–12–2–0–30–22–02–11–13–01–11–10–20–42–11–30–41–31–11–30–2
Memphis 2–01–12–00–20–20–40–42–03–11–30–23–13–0–1–12–03–12–03–11–11–12–02–23–10–33–10–32–03–00–2
Miami 4–02–13–13–13–00–21–11–22–01–11–31–12–01–1–4–01–13–02–04–04–02–21–11–12–01–10–23–12–04–0
Milwaukee 2–11–34–02–22–20–20–22–20–21–12–21–10–20–20–4–1–12–11–12–12–10–40–20–20–20–21–12–21–11–3
Minnesota 1–11–11–10–21–12–22–21–12–12–10–23–11–21–31–11–1–2–04–01–11–12–01–34–03–11–21–30–23–11–1
New Jersey 3–03–14–04–03–10–21–11–22–00–22–21–11–10–20–31–20–2–2–03–11–33–10–21–11–10–20–22–22–01–3
New Orleans 1–10–21–11–10–20–40–40–22–21–31–11–30–31–30–21–10–40–2–1–10–21–10–42–11–20–40–30–22–21–1
New York 3–11–33–10–43–10–21–10–31–11–12–21–11–11–10–41–21–11–31–1–1–23–10–21–10–21–10–21–32–02–1
Orlando 3–10–31–30–31–31–11–11–31–10–23–11–11–11–10–41–21–13–12–02–1–2–20–21–11–11–11–12–22–02–2
Philadelphia 3–13–13–01–23–01–11–11–31–10–24–01–12–00–22–24–00–21–31–11–32–2–0–21–10–20–21–13–11–12–1
Phoenix 2–01–12–02–01–12–14–01–12–22–21–14–04–02–21–12–03–12–04–02–02–02–0–3–02–21–22–12–03–11–1
Portland 2–01–12–00–20–20–41–31–12–20–40–22–21–21–31–12–00–41–11–21–11–11–10–3–1–31–21–31–12–20–2
Sacramento 2–02–01–11–12–01–32–11–11–32–22–04–03–13–00–22–01–31–12–12–01–12–02–23–1–1–31–31–12–12–0
San Antonio 2–02–02–02–02–03–12–21–13–02–21–14–04–01–31–12–02–12–04–01–11–12–02–12–13–1–2–21–12–21–1
Seattle 2–00–22–01–12–01–32–21–12–21–32–01–23–13–02–01–13–12–03–02–01–11–11–23–13–12–2–2–03–10–2
Toronto 2–11–32–10–31–30–20–21–31–11–11–21–11–10–21–32–22–02–22–03–12–21–30–21–11–11–10–2–2–01–3
Utah 2–00–21–10–20–20–32–21–11–22–20–22–23–10–30–21–11–30–22–20–20–21–11–32–21–22–21–30–2–0–2
Washington 4–01–34–02–12–10–20–20–41–11–12–21–12–02–00–43–11–13–11–11–22–21–21–12–00–21–12–03–12–0—

Game log

Playoffs
2005 playoff game log
First Round: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 24 @ San Antonio W 93–87 Andre Miller (31) Marcus Camby (12) Andre Miller (5) SBC Center
18,797		 1–0
2 April 27 @ San Antonio L 76–104 DeMarr Johnson (12) Marcus Camby (12) Andre Miller (7) SBC Center
18,797		 1–1
3 April 30 San Antonio L 78–86 Carmelo Anthony (19) Marcus Camby (14) Andre Miller (7) Pepsi Center
19,913		 1–2
4 May 2 San Antonio L 115–126 (OT) Earl Boykins (32) Marcus Camby (14) Anthony, Boykins (5) Pepsi Center
19,776		 1–3
5 May 4 @ San Antonio L 89–99 Carmelo Anthony (25) Marcus Camby (10) Andre Miller (6) SBC Center
18,797		 1–4
2005 schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Carmelo Anthony 75 75 34.8 .431 .266 .796 5.7 2.6 0.9 0.4 20.8
Kenyon Martin 70 67 32.5 .490 .000 .646 7.3 2.4 1.4 1.1 15.5
Andre Miller 82 82 34.8 .477 .154 .838 4.1 6.9 1.5 0.1 13.6
Earl Boykins 82 5 26.4 .413 .337 .921 1.7 4.5 1.0 0.1 12.4
Marcus Camby 66 66 30.5 .465 .000 .723 10.0 2.3 0.9 3.0 10.3
Voshon Lenard 3 1 18.0 .385 .333 .625 2.0 2.0 0.3 0.0 9.7
Nenê 55 18 23.9 .503 .000 .660 5.9 1.5 0.9 0.9 9.6
Wesley Person 25 0 18.4 .485 .485 .556 2.4 1.1 0.5 0.2 8.1
DerMarr Johnson 71 40 17.4 .499 .358 .792 2.1 1.1 0.6 0.3 7.1
Eduardo Nàjera 26 0 22.1 .500 .000 .630 4.8 1.1 0.9 0.5 6.9
Greg Buckner 70 41 21.7 .528 .405 .778 3.0 1.9 1.1 0.1 6.2
Rodney White 42 2 12.6 .432 .432 .618 1.8 0.9 0.7 0.2 5.6
Bryon Russell 70 2 14.7 .377 .376 .792 2.5 1.0 0.6 0.2 4.4
Francisco Elson 67 11 14.0 .468 .333 .570 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 3.7
Luis Flores 1 0 4.0 .500 1.000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
Nikoloz Tskitishvili 23 0 6.9 .294 .000 .571 1.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.5
Mark Pope 9 0 3.0 .333 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Carmelo Anthony 5 5 36.0 .422 .000 .813 5.4 2.0 0.6 0.2 19.2
Andre Miller 5 5 36.8 .424 .500 .719 5.2 5.2 2.0 0.2 16.2
Earl Boykins 5 1 30.4 .397 .000 .895 1.0 3.8 0.8 0.2 14.2
Kenyon Martin 5 5 32.8 .466 .000 .615 5.6 1.2 1.0 1.0 12.4
Marcus Camby 5 5 36.8 .415 .630 11.2 1.8 0.6 3.2 10.2
DerMarr Johnson 4 2 19.5 .550 .364 1.000 2.0 0.8 0.5 0.5 7.3
Nenê 5 0 20.2 .429 .652 5.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 6.6
Wesley Person 4 0 13.5 .429 .375 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 3.8
Greg Buckner 5 2 20.0 .222 .222 3.2 1.0 0.4 0.2 2.0
Bryon Russell 3 0 3.0 .000 .000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Eduardo Nàjera 2 0 6.5 .000 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Francisco Elson 1 0 6.0 .000 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Player Statistics Citation:[3]

Awards and records

Transactions
Main article: List of 2004–05 NBA season transactions

References
  1. 2004-05 Denver Nuggets
  2. Schuhmann, John (January 24, 2013). "L.A. Recovery Wouldn't Be Unprecedented". NBA.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  3. "2004-05 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
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