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2011–12 Denver Nuggets season
Head coach	George Karl
Arena	Pepsi Center

Results
Record	38–28 (.576)
Place	Division: 2nd (Northwest) Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in First Round
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Radio	KCKK
Denver Nuggets seasons
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The 2011–12 Denver Nuggets season is the 45th season of the franchise, and its 36th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Contents

1 Key dates
2 Draft
3 Roster
- 3.1 Depth chart
4 Regular Season
- 4.1 Game log
- 4.2 Standings
5 Transactions
- 5.1 Trades
- 5.2 Free agents
  - 5.2.1 Additions
  - 5.2.2 Subtractions
6 References
7 External links

Key dates

June 23: The 2011 NBA Draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.^[1]

Draft

Main article: 2011 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club team
1	22	Kenneth Faried	PF	United States	Morehead State University

Roster

Denver Nuggets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (Y–M–D)	From
1.5 !G	6	Afflalo, Arron (C)	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1985–10–15	UCLA
5.5 !F/C	11	Andersen, Chris	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1978–07–07	Blinn College
2.5 !G/F	13	Brewer, Corey	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	1986–03–05	Florida
2.5 !G/F	21	Chandler, Wilson	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1987-05-10	DePaul
4.0 !F	35	Faried, Kenneth	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1989–18–11	Morehead State
2.5 !G/F	5	Fernández, Rudy	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1985–04–04	Spain
4.0 !F	8	Gallinari, Danilo	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1988–08–08	Italy
2.5 !G/F	1	Hamilton, Jordan	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1990–06–10	Texas
4.0 !F	7	Harrington, Al	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1980–02–17	St. Patrick HS (NJ)
6.0 !C	41	Koufos, Kosta	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	1989–02–24	Ohio State
1.5 !G	3	Lawson, Ty	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1987–11–03	North Carolina
6.0 !C	34	McGee, JaVale	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	252 lb (114 kg)	1988–01–19	Nevada
1.5 !G	24	Miller, Andre (C)	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1976–03–19	Utah
6.0 !C	25	Mozgov, Timofey	85 !7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1986–07–16	Russia
2.5 !G/F	10	Stone, Julyan	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1988–07–12	Texas-El Paso

Head coach

George Karl

Assistant coach(es)

Melvin Hunt
John Welch
Chad Iske

Athletic trainer(s)

Jim Gillen

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2012–03–18

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	JaVale McGee	Chris Andersen	Timofey Mozgov
PF	Danillo Gallinari	Kenneth Faried	Al Harrington
SF	Wilson Chandler	Corey Brewer		Jordan Hamilton
SG	Arron Afflalo	Rudy Fernández		Julyan Stone
PG	Ty Lawson	Andre Miller

Regular Season

Game log

2011–12 game log
Total: 38–28 (Home: 20–13; Road: 18–15)

December: 2–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 26	@ Dallas	W 115–93	Ty Lawson (27)	Danilo Gallinari Nenê (7)	Andre Miller (5)	American Airlines Center 20,408	1–0
2	December 28	Utah	W 117–100	Nenê (25)	Al Harrington Nenê (7)	Andre Miller (12)	Pepsi Center 19,155	2–0
3	December 29	@ Portland	L 102–111	Ty Lawson (25)	Nenê (9)	Andre Miller (8)	Rose Garden 20,531	2–1
4	December 31	@ L. A. Lakers	L 89–92	Al Harrington (21)	Timofey Mozgov (10)	Ty Lawson (8)	Staples Center 18,997	2–2

January: 12–5 (Home: 6–3; Road: 6–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	January 1	L. A. Lakers	W 99–90	Danilo Gallinari (20)	Al Harrington (11)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 19,155	3–2
6	January 2	Milwaukee	W 91–86	Danilo Gallinari (21)	Danilo Gallinari (10)	Ty Lawson (6)	Pepsi Center 14,142	4–2
7	January 4	Sacramento	W 110–83	Al Harrington (15)	Kosta Koufos (10)	Rudy Fernández (8)	Pepsi Center 14,562	5–2
8	January 6	@ New Orleans	W 96–88	Danilo Gallinari (23)	Nenê (8)	Ty Lawson (8)	New Orleans Arena 13,035	6–2
9	January 7	@ San Antonio	L 117–121	Danilo Gallinari (31)	Andre Miller (6)	Ty Lawson (10)	AT&T Center 17,537	6–3
10	January 9	New Orleans	L 81–94	Danilo Gallinari Ty Lawson (15)	Nenê (11)	Nenê (4)	Pepsi Center 14,002	6–4
11	January 11	New Jersey	W 123–115	Danilo Gallinari (22)	Nenê (9)	Andre Miller (12)	Pepsi Center 14,139	7-4
12	January 13	Miami	W 117–104	Ty Lawson (24)	Nenê (12)	Ty Lawson (9)	Pepsi Center 19,155	8-4
13	January 15	Utah	L 96–106	Nenê Danilo Gallinari (18)	Al Harrington (7)	Ty Lawson (8)	Pepsi Center 16,208	8-5
14	January 17	@ Milwaukee	W 105–95	Corey Brewer (22)	Nenê (9)	Andre Miller (11)	Bradley Center 11,322	9-5
15	January 18	@ Philadelphia	W 108–104 (OT)	Andre Miller (28)	Nenê (14)	Andre Miller (10)	Wells Fargo Center 15,201	10-5
16	January 20	@ Washington	W 108–104	Al Harrington (29)	Ty Lawson (9)	Ty Lawson (7)	Verizon Center 14,866	11-5
17	January 21	@ New York	W 119–114 (2OT)	Danilo Gallinari (37)	Nenê (13)	Andre Miller (12)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	12-5
18	January 25	@ Sacramento	W 122–93	Danilo Gallinari (23)	Kosta Koufos (7)	Andre Miller (10)	Power Balance Pavilion 12,097	13-5
19	January 27	Toronto	W 96–81	Rudy Fernandez (23)	Nenê (10)	Andre Miller (12)	Pepsi Center 18,855	14-5
20	January 29	L. A. Clippers	L 105–109	Nenê (18)	Nenê (9)	Andre Miller (10)	Pepsi Center 19,495	14-6
21	January 31	@ Memphis	L 97–100 (OT)	Al Harrington (23)	Al Harrington (10)	Andre Miller (6)	FedEx Forum 13,651	14-7

February: 5–10 (Home: 3–5; Road: 2–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
22	February 2	@ L. A. Clippers	W 112–91	Danilo Gallinari (21)	Timofey Mozgov (7)	Andre Miller (8)	Staples Center 19,223	15-7
23	February 3	L. A. Lakers	L 89–93	Al Harrington (24)	Al Harrington (8)	Ty Lawson Andre Miller (7)	Pepsi Center 19,155	15-8
24	February 4	@ Portland	L 97–117	Danilo Gallinari (20)	Kosta Koufos (12)	Ty Lawson (5)	Rose Garden 20,583	15-9
25	February 6	Houston	L 90–99	Rudy Fernandez Danilo Gallinari (14)	Al Harrington (15)	Ty Lawson (7)	Pepsi Center 14,501	15-10
26	February 8	Dallas	L 95–105	Rudy Fernandez Al Harrington (17)	Nenê (10)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 15,970	15-11
27	February 9	Golden State	L 101–109	Arron Afflalo (26)	Kenneth Faried (10)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 14,960	15-12
28	February 11	@ Indiana	W 113–109	Ty Lawson (27)	Kosta Koufos (7)	Andre Miller (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,313	16-12
29	February 14	Phoenix	W 109–92	Arron Afflalo (20)	Kenneth Faried Kosta Koufos (9)	Andre Miller (7)	Pepsi Center 17,873	17-12
30	February 15	@ Dallas	L 84–102	Rudy Fernandez (14)	Kosta Koufos (14)	Corey Brewer Julyan Stone (4)	American Airlines Center 20,075	17-13
31	February 17	@ Memphis	L 102–103	Corey Brewer (26)	Kenneth Faried (10)	Andre Miller (9)	Pepsi Center 15,201	17-14
32	February 19	@ Oklahoma City	L 118–124 (OT)	Arron Afflalo (27)	Al Harrington (11)	Andre Miller (10)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	17-15
33	February 20	Minnesota	W 103–101 (OT)	Al Harrington (31)	Kenneth Faried (14)	Andre Miller (12)	Pepsi Center 17,263	18-15
34	February 22	@ L. A. Clippers	L 95–103	Arron Afflalo (20)	Kenneth Faried (9)	Andre Miller (8)	Staples Center 19,163	18-16
35	February 23	San Antonio	L 99–114	Corey Brewer (23)	Jordan Hamilton Al Harrington (9)	Andre Miller Julyan Stone (12)	Pepsi Center 18,875	18-17
36	February 29	Portland	W 104–95	Ty Lawson (18)	Kosta Koufos (11)	Ty Lawson (9)	Pepsi Center 15,715	19-17

March: 9–7 (Home: 5–4; Road: 4–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
37	March 2	@ Houston	W 117–105	Ty Lawson (22)	Kenneth Faried (11)	Ty Lawson (15)	Toyota Center 16,879	20-17
38	March 4	@ San Antonio	W 99–94	Ty Lawson (22)	Ty Lawson (9)	Ty Lawson (11)	AT&T Center 18,581	21-17
39	March 5	Sacramento	W 119–116 (OT)	Arron Afflalo (32)	Kenneth Faried (12)	Ty Lawson (13)	Pepsi Center 14,823	22-17
40	March 7	Cleveland	L 99–100	Al Harrington (22)	Kenneth Faried (9)	Ty Lawson (6)	Pepsi Center 15,816	22-18
41	March 9	New Orleans	W 110–97	Arron Afflalo (28)	Al Harrington (10)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 19,155	23-18
42	March 11	Memphis	L 91–94	Three players (15)	Chris Andersen Nenê (9)	Andre Miller (7)	Pepsi Center 17,737	23-19
43	March 13	Atlanta	W 118–117 (OT)	Nenê (22)	Kenneth Faried (9)	Andre Miller (8)	Pepsi Center 15,594	24-19
44	March 15	Oklahoma City	L 90–103	Andre Miller (17)	Kenneth Faried (9)	Ty Lawson (5)	Pepsi Center 18,458	24-20
45	March 17	Boston	W 98–91	Danilo Gallinari (20)	Kenneth Faried (16)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 19,003	25-20
46	March 19	Dallas	L 95–112	Arron Afflalo (24)	Al Harrington (9)	Danilo Gallinari (7)	Pepsi Center 16,683	25-21
47	March 21	Detroit	W 116–115	Ty Lawson (25)	Wilson Chandler (10	Andre Miller (7)	Pepsi Center 16,681	26-21
48	March 23	@ Utah	L 102–121	Al Harrington (20)	Al Harrington (10)	Ty Lawson Andre Miller (6)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,250	26-22
49	March 25	@ Minnesota	L 100–117	Kenneth Faried (17)	JaVale McGee (11)	Wilson Chandler Ty Lawson (5)	Target Center 20,023	26-23
50	March 26	@ Chicago	W 108–91	Ty Lawson (27)	Ty Lawson (9)	Andre Miller (10)	United Center 22,274	27-23
51	March 28	@ Toronto	L 96–105	Ty Lawson (26)	Wilson Chandler (8)	Ty Lawson (9)	Air Canada Centre 15,867	27-24
52	March 30	@ Charlotte	W 99–88	Arron Afflalo (19)	Arron Afflalo Al Harrington (11)	Ty Lawson (10)	Time Warner Cable Arena 13,806	28-24

April: 10–4 (Home: 5–1; Road: 5–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
53	April 1	@ Orlando	W 104–101	Ty Lawson (25)	Kenneth Faried (9)	Ty Lawson (9)	Amway Center 18,846	29-24
54	April 4	@ New Orleans	L 92–94	Ty Lawson (22)	Kenneth Faried (8)	Arron Afflalo (7)	New Orleans Arena 15,020	29-25
55	April 6	Phoenix	W 105–99	Arron Afflalo (30)	Kenneth Faried Kosta Koufos (8)	Ty Lawson (8)	Pepsi Center 19,155	30-25
56	April 7	@ Golden State	L 97–112	Ty Lawson (21)	JaVale McGee Andre Miller (6)	Ty Lawson (6)	Oracle Arena 18,942	30-26
57	April 9	Golden State	W 123–84	Kenneth Faried (27)	Kenneth Faried (17)	Andre Miller (12)	Pepsi Center 15,530	31-26
58	April 11	Minnesota	W 113–107	Ty Lawson (24)	Kenneth Faried (12)	Ty Lawson (8)	Pepsi Center 15,823	32-26
59	April 13	@ L. A. Lakers	L 97–103	Andre Miller (20)	JaVale McGee (10)	Andre Miller (6)	Staples Center 18,997	32-27
60	April 15	Houston	W 101–86	Arron Afflalo Ty Lawson (20)	Kenneth Faried (11)	Andre Miller (11)	Pepsi Center 17,954	33-27
61	April 16	@ Houston	W 105–102	Arron Afflalo (26)	Al Harrington (9)	Andre Miller (13)	Toyota Center 15,988	34-27
62	April 18	L. A. Clippers	L 98–104	Ty Lawson (24)	Kosta Koufos (9)	Andre Miller (8)	Pepsi Center 17,219	34-28
63	April 21	@ Phoenix	W 118–107	Ty Lawson (29)	Kenneth Faried (14)	Ty Lawson (10)	US Airways Center 15,877	35-28
64	April 22	Orlando	W 101–74	Danilo Gallinari JaVale McGee (17)	Kenneth Faried (10)	Andre Miller (11)	Pepsi Center 19,155	36-28
65	April 25	@ Oklahoma City	W 106–101	Ty Lawson (25)	Kenneth Faried (10)	Andre Miller (6)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	37-28
66	April 26	@ Minnesota	W 131–102	JaVale McGee (19)	Kosta Koufos (11)	Andre Miller (10)	Target Center 14,824	38-28

2011–12 season schedule

Standings

Northwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Oklahoma City Thunder	47	19	.712	–	26–7	21–12	10–3
x-Denver Nuggets	38	28	.576	9	20–13	18–15	6–7
x-Utah Jazz	36	30	.545	11	25–8	11–22	9–4
Portland Trail Blazers	28	38	.424	19	20–13	8–25	4–10
Minnesota Timberwolves	26	40	.394	21	13–20	13–20	4–9

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	50	16	.758	–
2	y-Oklahoma City Thunder	47	19	.712	3
3	y-Los Angeles Lakers	41	25	.621	9
4	x-Memphis Grizzlies	41	25	.621	9
5	x-Los Angeles Clippers	40	26	.606	10
6	x-Denver Nuggets	38	28	.576	12
7	x-Dallas Mavericks	36	30	.545	14
8	x-Utah Jazz	36	30	.545	14

9	Houston Rockets	34	32	.515	16
10	Phoenix Suns	33	33	.500	17
11	Portland Trail Blazers	28	38	.424	22
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	26	40	.394	24
13	Golden State Warriors	23	43	.348	27
14	Sacramento Kings	22	44	.333	28
15	New Orleans Hornets	21	45	.318	29

Transactions

Trades

June 23, 2011 ^[2]	To Denver Nuggets Andre Miller Jordan Hamilton Portland's 2012 or 2013 second-round pick	To Portland Trail Blazers Raymond Felton Tanguy Ngombo	To Dallas Mavericks Rudy Fernandez Petteri Koponen
June 23, 2011 ^[3]	To Denver Nuggets Chukwudiebere Maduabum	To Los Angeles Lakers Future second-round pick
December 13, 2011 ^[4]	To Denver Nuggets Corey Brewer Rudy Fernandez	To Dallas Mavericks Future second-round pick

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
DeMarre Carroll	December 13, 2011	Houston Rockets

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
J. R. Smith	Lockout Concerns	Zhejiang Golden Bulls
Wilson Chandler	Lockout Concerns	Zhejiang Guangsha Lions
Kenyon Martin	Lockout Concerns / Free Agency	Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers / Los Angeles Clippers

References

^ "Report: NBA draft moving to Newark". ESPN.com. October 27, 2010. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5733121. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
^ Nuggets acquire Andre Miller, Jordan Hamilton, future pick
^ Nuggets acquire rights to Nigerian forward from Lakers
^ Nuggets acquire Brewer, Fernandez from Mavericks

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Arenas	Denver Auditorium Arena Denver Coliseum McNichols Sports Arena Pepsi Center

Head Coaches	Bass McLendon Belmont Albeck Hannum Brown Walsh Moe Westhead Issel Littles Bickerstaff Motta Hanzlik D'Antoni Issel Evans Bzdelik Cooper Karl

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