2007–08 Denver Nuggets season

The 2007–08 Denver Nuggets season was the 41st season of the franchise, 32nd in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season saw Allen Iverson play his only full season as a Nugget until he was traded to Detroit midway through the next year. Despite winning 50 games, the Nuggets entered the playoffs as the number 8 seed in the Western Conference. They failed to make it out of the first round once again as they were swept by the eventual Western Conference Champion Los Angeles Lakers, led by league MVP Kobe Bryant, in four straight games. The Nuggets had the ninth best team offensive rating in the NBA.[1]

2007–08 Denver Nuggets season
Head coachGeorge Karl
General managerMark Warkentien
Owner(s)Stan Kroenke
ArenaPepsi Center
Results
Record50–32 (.610)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Northwest)
Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Lakers 0–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionAltitude Sports and Entertainment
RadioKCKK

Offseason

Draft picks

Denver did not have any draft picks.

Roster
Denver Nuggets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SF 15 Anthony, Carmelo (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1984-05-29 Syracuse
SG 12 Atkins, Chucky 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1974-08-14 South Florida
C 23 Camby, Marcus (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1974-03-22 UMass
PG 25 Carter, Anthony 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1975-06-16 Hawaiʻi
SG 5 Diawara, Yakhouba 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1982-08-29 Pepperdine
SG 0 Green, Taurean 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 1986-11-28 Florida
C 45 Hunter, Steven 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1981-10-31 DePaul
SG 3 Iverson, Allen (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1975-06-07 Georgetown
SF 11 Jones, Bobby 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1984-01-09 Washington
SF 43 Kleiza, Linas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1985-01-03 Missouri
PF 4 Martin, Kenyon 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1977-12-30 Cincinnati
PF 21 Nájera, Eduardo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1976-07-11 Oklahoma
PF 31 Nenê 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 268 lb (122 kg) 1982-09-13 Brazil
SG 1 Smith, J.R. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1985-09-09 St. Benedict's Prep (NJ)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 16, 2008

Regular season

Season standings
Northwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Utah Jazz5428.659–37–417–2413–3
x-Denver Nuggets5032.610433–817–2410–6
Portland Trail Blazers4141.5001328–1313–2810–6
Minnesota Timberwolves2260.2683215–267–343–13
Seattle SuperSonics2062.2443413–287–346–10
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers5725.695–
2 y-New Orleans Hornets5626.6831
3 x-San Antonio Spurs5626.6831
4 y-Utah Jazz5428.6593
5 x-Houston Rockets5527.6712
6 x-Phoenix Suns5527.6712
7 x-Dallas Mavericks5131.6226
8 x-Denver Nuggets5032.6107
9 Golden State Warriors4834.5859
10 Portland Trail Blazers4141.50016
11 Sacramento Kings3844.46319
12 Los Angeles Clippers2359.28034
13 Minnesota Timberwolves2260.26835
14 Memphis Grizzlies2260.26835
15 Seattle SuperSonics2062.24437

Record vs. opponents
2007-08 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 —0–32–22–21–21–11–10–41–10–21–21–11–12–03–12–22–01–30–24–02–23–11–10–21–10–21–11–21–12–2
Boston 3–0—3–14–02–22–01–12–11–12–03–02–02–02–04–04–02–04–01–14–01–23–11–12–02–02–02–03–11–10–3
Charlotte 2–21–3—1–31–30–21–10–31–10–23–12–01–11–13–11–22–01–30–21–21–31–20–22–00–20–22–02–21–11–3
Chicago 2–20–43–1—3–10–21–13–11–10–22–21–10–21–12–13–11–11–20–22–20–41–30–20–21–10–22–01–21–11–2
Cleveland 2–12–23–11–3—1–10–21–31–10–24–02–02–02–03–01–32–01–30–22–11–32–10–22–02–01–11–13–11–12–2
Dallas 1–10–22–02–01–1—1–21–13–13–11–14–01–34–02–01–13–01–12–22–02–01–12–12–22–11–33–11–12–20–2
Denver 1–11–11–11–12–02–1—0–23–12–21–13–10–34–02–01–14–02–01–21–11–11–12–22–22–12–23–12–01–32–0
Detroit 4–01–23–01–33–11–12–0—2–01–14–02–01–12–04–03–12–03–02–02–22–22–22–01–10–22–02–03–10–22–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–11–11–31–30–2—2–21–13–12–24–02–02–03–11–11–21–11–12–02–22–23–12–12–12–00–32–0
Houston 2–00–22–02–02–01–32–21–12–2—2–03–02–13–11–12–03–02–02–22–01–10–22–24–02–22–24–01–11–22–0
Indiana 2–10–31–32–20–41–11–10–41–10–2—1–10–21–13–13–11–12–21–14–01–23–00–22–01–10–21–11–31–12–2
L.A. Clippers 1–10–20–21–10–20–41–30–21–30–31–1—0–43–11–11–11–32–00–42–00–20–21–30–33–10–32–11–11–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–10–21–12–00–23–13–01–12–21–22–04–0—2–12–01–13–01–12–22–01–12–03–12–23–12–24–02–03–12–0
Memphis 0–20–21–11–10–20–40–40–20–41–31–11–31–2—2–00–22–22–00–42–01–10–20–30–32–21–33–10–20–31–1
Miami 1–30–41–31–20–30–20–20–40–21–11–31–10–20–2—2–21–11–20–21–30–40–31–10–21–10–21–10–41–10–4
Milwaukee 2–20–42–11–33–11–11–11–30–20–21–31–11–12–02–2—1–10–40–21–31–31–20–20–20–20–21–11–20–22–2
Minnesota 0–20–20–21–10–20–30–40–21–30–31–13–10–32–21–11–1—1–11–31–11–11–12–20–42–10–41–30–22–20–2
New Jersey 3–10–43–12–13–11–10–20–31–10–22–20–21–10–22–14–01–1—0–21–31–32–20–21–10–20–22–01–31–12–1
New Orleans 2–01–12–02–02–02–22–10–22–12–21–14–02–24–02–02–03–12–0—2–01–12–04–02–21–22–23–01–11–30–2
New York 0–40–42–12–21–20–21–12–21–10–20–40–20–20–23–13–11–13–10–2—1–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–31–12–1
Orlando 2–22–13–14–03–10–21–12–21–11–12–12–01–11–14–03–11–13–11–13–1—3–10–22–01–10–22–02–10–23–1
Philadelphia 1–31–32–13–11–21–11–12–20–22–00–32–00–22–03–02–11–12–20–23–11–3—1–11–11–11–12–01–30–22–2
Phoenix 1–11–12–02–02–01–22–20–22–22–22–03–11–33–01–12–02–22–00–42–02–01–1—3–04–03–14–02–01–22–0
Portland 2–00–20–22–00–22–22–21–12–20–40–23–02–23–02–02–04–01–12–22–00–21–10–3—1–30–32–21–13–11–1
Sacramento 1–10–22–01–10–21–21–22–01–32–21–11–31–32–21–12–01–22–02–12–01–11–10–43–1—1–33–11–12–20–2
San Antonio 2–00–22–02–01–13–12–20–21–22–22–03–02–23–12–02–04–02–02–22–02–01–11–33–03–1—2–11–12–22–0
Seattle 1–10–20–20–21–11–31–30–21–20–41–11–20–41–31–11–13–10–20–32–00–20–20–42–21–31–2—1–10–40–2
Toronto 2–11–32–22–11–31–10–21–30–21–13–11–10–22–04–02–12–03–11–13–11–23–10–21–11–11–11–1—0–21–3
Utah 1–11–11–11–11–12–23–12–03–02–11–13–11–33–01–12–02–21–13–11–12–02–02–11–32–22–24–02–0—2–0
Washington 2–23–03–12–12–22–00–21–20–20–22–22–00–21–14–02–22–01–22–01–21–32–20–21–12–00–22–03–10–2—

October

Record: 1–0; home: 1–0; road: 0–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
131 October 2007SuperSonics103–120NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (32)19,3801–0

November

Record: 9–7; home: 6–2; road: 3–5

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
22 November 2007Nuggets99–91TimberwolvesNACarmelo Anthony (33)19,4432–0
34 November 2007Hornets93–88NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (23)13,1562–1
46 November 2007Nuggets112–119KnicksNAAllen Iverson (32)19,7632–2
57 November 2007Nuggets93–119CelticsNAAllen Iverson (22)18,6242–3
69 November 2007Nuggets118–92WizardsNACarmelo Anthony (32)20,1733–3
710 November 2007Nuggets113–106PacersNACarmelo Anthony (32)12,7484–3
812 November 2007Cavaliers100–122NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (37)19,1555–3
914 November 2007Trail Blazers93–110NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (25)13,2896–3
1017 November 2007Knicks83–115NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (24)19,6797–3
1120 November 2007Bulls91–112NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (26)17,1068–3
1221 November 2007Nuggets90–101ClippersNAAllen Iverson (29)17,2218–4
1323 November 2007Timberwolves93–99NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (31)17,0979–4
1424 November 2007Nuggets81–109RocketsNAAllen Iverson (18)18,2289–5
1527 November 2007Pacers112–110NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (26)13,2749–6
1629 November 2007Nuggets99–127LakersNACarmelo Anthony (23)18,9979–7
1730 November 2007Clippers107–123NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (26)14,23010–7

December

Record: 8–5; home: 5–3; road: 3–2

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
182 December 2007Heat89–115NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (30)16,38611–7
195 December 2007Lakers111–107NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (51)19,15511–8
206 December 2007Nuggets122–109MavericksNAAllen Iverson (35)20,15512–8
218 December 2007Kings97–101NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (23)15,49313–8
2212 December 2007Hornets99–105NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (32)13,33714–8
2315 December 2007Nuggets91–102SpursNAAllen Iverson (30)18,79714–9
2416 December 2007Trail Blazers116–105NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (38)13,67814–10
2520 December 2007Rockets111–112Nuggets2Carmelo Anthony (37)16,15715–10
2621 December 2007Nuggets96–99Trail BlazersNATwo-way tie (34)20,64415–11
2723 December 2007Nuggets106–105KingsNACarmelo Anthony (30)15,05516–11
2826 December 2007Bucks105–125NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (29)18,70117–11
2928 December 2007Nuggets124–120WarriorsNAAllen Iverson (39)20,00118–11
3030 December 2007Warriors105–95NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (26)19,36218–12

January

Record: 9–6; home: 7–0; road: 2–6

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
313 January 2008Spurs77–80NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (29)19,15519–12
324 January 2008Nuggets118–107TimberwolvesNAAllen Iverson (33)13,53620–12
336 January 2008Sixers96–109NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (38)17,47621–12
347 January 2008Nuggets115–137SunsNAAllen Iverson (32)18,42221–13
3511 January 2008Magic103–113NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (32)16,71822–13
3614 January 2008Nuggets116–119BobcatsNACarmelo Anthony (35)14,54322–14
3715 January 2008Nuggets93–104HawksNACarmelo Anthony (36)18,23522–15
3817 January 2008Jazz109–120NuggetsNALinas Kleiza (41)15,27023–15
3919 January 2008Timberwolves108–111NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (35)18,19624–15
4021 January 2008Nuggets99–116LakersNAAllen Iverson (24)18,99724–16
4123 January 2008Hawks100–107NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (29)14,21325–16
4225 January 2008Nets85–100NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (30)15,89226–16
4327 January 2008Nuggets85–90MavericksNAAllen Iverson (23)20,43726–17
4428 January 2008Nuggets93–117HornetsNAAllen Iverson (23)15,60126–18
4530 January 2008Nuggets106–102GrizzliesNAAllen Iverson (32)12,04327–18

February

Record: 8–5; home: 4–2; road: 4–3

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
462 February 2008Bobcats101–117NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (25)19,39128–18
474 February 2008Nuggets105–103Trail Blazers1Carmelo Anthony (28)20,32029–18
486 February 2008Jazz118–115Nuggets1Allen Iverson (34)16,86529–19
498 February 2008Wizards100–111NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (49)17,07830–19
5010 February 2008Nuggets113–83CavaliersNACarmelo Anthony (27)20,56231–19
5112 February 2008Nuggets114–113Heat1J.R. Smith (28)19,60032–19
5213 February 2008Nuggets98–109MagicNACarmelo Anthony (32)17,51932–20
5319 February 2008Celtics118–124NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (29)19,89433–20
5422 February 2008Nuggets121–135BullsNAJ.R. Smith (43)21,84833–21
5523 February 2008Nuggets109–115BucksNAAllen Iverson (26)16,67433–22
5625 February 2008Pistons98–93NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (28)17,90133–23
5727 February 2008Nuggets138–96SuperSonicsNAAllen Iverson (31)13,62734–23
5829 February 2008Clippers104–110NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (38)19,15535–23

March

Record: 10–6; home: 7–0; road: 3–6

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
592 March 2008Nuggets89–103RocketsNACarmelo Anthony (19)18,16835–24
605 March 2008Suns113–126NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (31)18,38336–24
617 March 2008Spurs96–109NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (29)19,82137–24
628 March 2008Nuggets105–132JazzNAAllen Iverson (28)19,91137–25
6310 March 2008Nuggets103–107SpursNAAllen Iverson (28)18,79737–26
6412 March 2008Grizzlies86–108NuggetsNAKenyon Martin (23)17,31838–26
6514 March 2008Raptors105–137NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (28)17,95239–26
6616 March 2008SuperSonics116–168NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (26)19,15540–26
6718 March 2008Nuggets120–136PistonsNACarmelo Anthony (27)22,07640–27
6819 March 2008Nuggets113–115SixersNAAllen Iverson (32)20,67440–28
6921 March 2008Nuggets125–114NetsNAAllen Iverson (26)17,94941–28
7023 March 2008Nuggets109–100RaptorsNAAllen Iverson (36)19,80042–28
7124 March 2008Nuggets120–106GrizzliesNAJ.R. Smith (27)12,31743–28
7227 March 2008Mavericks105–118NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (32)18,24744–28
7329 March 2008Warriors112–119NuggetsNAKenyon Martin (30)19,84445–28
7431 March 2008Nuggets117–132SunsNAJ.R. Smith (23)18,42245–29

April

Record: 5–3; home: 3–1; road: 2–2

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
751 April 2008Suns120–126NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (31)18,87046–29
765 April 2008Kings118–115NuggetsNACarmelo Anthony (47)18,92146–30
776 April 2008Nuggets147–151SuperSonics2Carmelo Anthony (38)13,10446–31
788 April 2008Nuggets117–99ClippersNACarmelo Anthony (36)19,06047–31
7910 April 2008Nuggets114–105WarriorsNAAllen Iverson (33)20,73748–31
8012 April 2008Nuggets97–124JazzNAAllen Iverson (28)19,91148–32
8113 April 2008Rockets94–111NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (33)19,72049–32
8216 April 2008Grizzlies111–120NuggetsNAAllen Iverson (21)17,89250–32
  • Green background indicates win.
  • Red background indicates loss.

Playoffs
2008 playoff game log
First round: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1April 20@ L.A. Lakers114–128Anthony, Iverson (30)Anthony (12)Iverson (7)Staples Center
18,997		0–1
2April 23@ L.A. Lakers107–122Iverson (31)Camby (17)Iverson (6)Staples Center
18,997		0–2
3April 26L.A. Lakers84–108Anthony (16)Camby (12)Camby (4)Pepsi Center
19,602		0–3
4April 28L.A. Lakers101–107Smith (26)Camby (17)Carter (6)Pepsi Center
19,264		0–4
2008 playoff schedule

Player stats
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% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Carmelo Anthony 777736.4.492.354.7867.403.41.27.5125.7
Chucky Atkins 24014.7.344.316.4441.302.0.38.044.7
Marcus Camby 797934.9.450.300.70813.103.31.063.619.1
Anthony Carter 706728.0.458.349.7532.905.51.54.407.8
Yakhouba Diawara 541410.0.410.318.7101.10.7.15.062.8
Taurean Green 903.3.333.333.750.70.3.11.001.1
Steven Hunter 1926.3.536.000.4501.50.0.00.322.1
Allen Iverson 828241.8.458.345.8093.007.11.95.1526.4
Bobby Jones 2508.9.406.391.8211.50.4.20.043.4
Linas Kleiza 791323.9.472.339.7704.201.2.56.2411.1
Kenyon Martin 717130.4.538.182.5806.501.31.241.2012.4
Jelani McCoy 615.51.000.000.5001.20.0.00.83.5
Eduardo Nájera 78321.3.473.361.7084.301.2.88.515.9
Nenê 16116.6.408.000.5515.40.9.56.885.3
J. R. Smith 74019.2.461.403.7192.101.7.84.1612.3

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Carmelo Anthony 4436.5.364.250.8289.502.0.50.2522.5
Chucky Atkins 103.0.000.000.0001.00.0.00.00.0
Marcus Camby 4431.0.2381.000.33313.303.01.003.003.3
Anthony Carter 4115.3.286.000.0002.503.5.25.252.0
Yakhouba Diawara 302.7.400.000.000.30.0.00.001.3
Steven Hunter 202.5.000.000.0001.00.0.00.00.0
Allen Iverson 4439.5.434.214.6973.004.51.00.2524.5
Linas Kleiza 4330.5.537.214.6926.50.8.25.0014.0
Kenyon Martin 4429.5.441.000.6256.301.31.00.508.8
Eduardo Nájera 4019.5.500.400.0003.301.5.75.254.0
Nenê 3010.0.556.0001.0002.30.3.67.334.3
J. R. Smith 4027.0.535.318.8331.801.81.00.0018.3

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Trades
September 10, 2007 To Denver Nuggets
Steven Hunter
Bobby Jones[2]		 To Philadelphia 76ers
Reggie Evans
Ricky Sanchez
February 21, 2008 To Denver Nuggets
Taurean Green[3]		 To Portland Trail Blazers
Von Wafer

Free agents

See also

References
  1. "Offensive Rating". NBA.com. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  2. "Nuggets Acquire Hunter, Jones from 76ers".
  3. "Denver Nuggets News Headlines".
  4. "Denver Nuggets News Headlines".
  5. "Portland Trail Blazers News Headlines".
  6. "Home".
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