2012–13 Denver Nuggets season

2012–13 Denver Nuggets season
Head coach	George Karl
Arena	Pepsi Center
Results
Record	57–25 (.695)
Place	Division: 2nd (Northwest) Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	First Round (Eliminated 2-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Radio	KCKK

The 2012–13 Denver Nuggets season was the 46th season of the franchise, and its 37th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They finished the regular season with 57 wins and 25 losses, the franchise's best record since joining the NBA in 1977. The Nuggets, however, were unable to defeat the Golden State Warriors in a six-game first round series.

The team was able to acquire Andre Iguodala in the off-season. It was his only season in a Nuggets uniform before being sent to the Warriors at the end of the season.

Following the season, George Karl was fired as Nuggets head coach despite winning Coach of the Year.

Key dates

June 28: The 2012 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
November 25: Before their 102–84 win over the New Orleans Hornets, the team honored the participants of the 2012 Olympics who live in the Denver area.
January 3: Andre Miller reached 15,000 career points.
March 19: With a 114–104 win on the road over the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Denver Nuggets set a team record for consecutive wins with 13 in a row.
March 25: Losing on the road 86–110 to the New Orleans Hornets, the Denver Nuggets ended a team record of 15 consecutive wins in a row.
April 10: With their 96-86 home victory over the San Antonio Spurs, the Nuggets set a team record of with 21 straight home wins and tie a record of 36 overall home wins and 54 total wins.
April 14: With a 118–109 home win over the Portland Trail Blazers, the Nuggets set a franchise record with 55 total wins.
May 2: The Nuggets were eliminated from the 2013 NBA Playoffs by the Golden State Warriors 4–2 with an 88–92 loss on the road.

Draft

Main article: 2012 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	20	Evan Fournier	SG	France	Poitiers Basket 86
2	38	Quincy Miller ^[1]	PF	United States	Baylor University
2	50	İzzet Türkyılmaz	PF	Turkey	Banvit B.K.

¹ Acquired from the Golden State Warriors.

Roster

^[1]

2012–13 Denver Nuggets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
1.0 !PG	24	Miller, Andre	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1976-03-19	Utah
1.0 !PG	10	Stone, Julyan	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1988-12-07	Texas–El Paso
3.0 !SF	1	Hamilton, Jordan	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1990-10-06	Texas
1.0 !PG	3	Lawson, Ty	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1987–11–03	North Carolina
6.0 !C	34	McGee, JaVale	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	237 lb (108 kg)	1988–01–19	Nevada
3.0 !SF	13	Brewer, Corey	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1986–03–05	Florida
2.0 !SG	9	Iguodala, Andre	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	1984-01-28	Arizona
6.0 !C	41	Koufos, Kosta	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	1989–02–24	Ohio State
4.5 !PF	35	Faried, Kenneth	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1989–18–11	Morehead State
4.5 !PF	15	Randolph, Anthony	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1989-07-15	LSU
4.5 !PF	21	Chandler, Wilson	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1987-05-10	DePaul
4.5 !PF	30	Miller, Quincy	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1992-11-18	Baylor
2.0 !SG	94	Fournier, Evan	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1992-10-29	France
3.0 !SF	8	Gallinari, Danilo	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1988–08–08	Italy
6.0 !C	25	Mozgov, Timofey	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1986–07–16	Russia

Head coach

George Karl

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Pre-season

2012 pre-season game log

Pre-season: 3–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–3)

2012–13 season schedule

Regular season

Game log

2012–13 game log
Total: 57–25 (Home: 38–3; Road: 19–22)

October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)

November : 8–8 (Home: 4–1; Road: 4–7)

December : 9–6 (Home: 5–0; Road: 4–6)

January : 11–3 (Home: 9–2; Road: 2–1)

February : 8–4 (Home: 5–0; Road: 3–4)

March : 13–2 (Home: 9–0; Road: 4–2)

April : 7–1 (Home: 5–0; Road: 2–1)

2012–13 season schedule

Standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
c-Oklahoma City Thunder	60	22	.732	-2.0	34–7	26–15	10–6	82
x-Denver Nuggets	57	25	.695	1.0	38–3	19–22	11–5	82
Utah Jazz	43	39	.524	15.0	30–11	13–28	9–7	82
Portland Trail Blazers	33	49	.402	25.0	22–19	11–30	6–10	82
Minnesota Timberwolves	31	51	.378	27.0	20–21	11–30	4–12	82

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-Oklahoma City Thunder *	60	22	.732	–	82
2	y-San Antonio Spurs *	58	24	.707	2.0	82
3	x-Denver Nuggets *	57	25	.695	3.0	82
4	y-Los Angeles Clippers	56	26	.683	4.0	82
5	x-Memphis Grizzlies	56	26	.683	4.0	82
6	x-Golden State Warriors	47	35	.573	13.0	82
7	x-Los Angeles Lakers	45	37	.549	15.0	82
8	x-Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	15.0	82

9	Utah Jazz	43	39	.524	17.0	82
10	Dallas Mavericks	41	41	.500	19.0	82
11	Portland Trail Blazers	33	49	.402	27.0	82
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	31	51	.378	29.0	82
13	Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	32.0	82
14	New Orleans Hornets	27	55	.329	33.0	82
15	Phoenix Suns	25	57	.305	35.0	82

Playoffs

2013 playoff game log

First round: 2–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 20	Golden State	W 97–95	Andre Miller (28)	Wilson Chandler (13)	Andre Iguodala (8)	Pepsi Center 19,155	1-0
2	April 23	Golden State	L 117–131	Corey Brewer Ty Lawson (19)	Wilson Chandler (6)	Ty Lawson (12)	Pepsi Center 19,155	1-1
3	April 26	@ Golden State	L 108–110	Ty Lawson (35)	Wilson Chandler (9)	Ty Lawson (10)	Oracle Arena 19,596	1-2
4	April 28	@ Golden State	L 101–115	Ty Lawson (26)	Kenneth Faried (12)	Ty Lawson (6)	Oracle Arena 19,596	1-3
5	April 30	Golden State	W 107–100	Andre Iguodala (25)	Andre Iguodala (12)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 19,155	2-3
6	May 2	@ Golden State	L 88–92	Andre Iguodala (24)	Kenneth Faried (11)	Andre Iguodala Ty Lawson (6)	Oracle Arena	2-4

2013 playoff 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
Brewer, CoreyCorey Brewer	82	2	24.4	.425	.296	.690	2.9	1.5	1.44	.28	12.1
Chandler, WilsonWilson Chandler	43	8	25.1	.462	.413	.793	5.1	1.3	1.05	.28	13.0
Faried, KennethKenneth Faried	80	80	28.1	.552	.000	.613	9.2	1.0	1.01	1.04	11.5
Fournier, EvanEvan Fournier	38	4	11.3	.493	.407	.769	.9	1.2	.5	.03	5.3
Gallinari, DaniloDanilo Gallinari	71	71	32.5	.418	.373	.822	5.2	2.5	.9	.51	16.2
Hamilton, JordanJordan Hamilton	40	1	9.9	.418	.370	.500	2.4	.6	.38	.2	5.2
Iguodala, AndreAndre Iguodala	80	80	34.7	.451	.317	.574	5.3	5.4	1.74	.65	13.0
Koufos, KostaKosta Koufos	81	81	22.4	.581	.000	.558	6.9	.4	.54	1.27	8.0
Lawson, TyTy Lawson	73	71	34.4	.461	.366	.756	2.7	6.9	1.47	.11	16.7
McGee, JaValeJaVale McGee	79	0	18.1	.575	1.000	.591	4.8	.3	.38	1.99	9.1
Miller, AndreAndre Miller	82	11	26.2	.479	.266	.840	2.9	5.9	.89	.13	9.6
Miller, QuincyQuincy Miller	7	0	3.7	.333	.000	.500	.3	.4	.14	.00	1.3
Mozgov, TimofeyTimofey Mozgov	41	1	8.9	.506	.000	.769	2.6	.2	.15	.44	2.6
Randolph, AnthonyAnthony Randolph	39	0	8.4	.491	.000	.689	2.4	.3	.49	.54	3.7
Stone, JulyanJulyan Stone	4	0	7.0	1.000	.000	.750	.8	.5	.25	.00	1.8

^a Statistics with the Denver Nuggets.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Brewer, CoreyCorey Brewer	6	0	24.3	.309	.250	.670	1.8	1.2	1.00	.17	10.8
Chandler, WilsonWilson Chandler	6	6	34.2	.355	.310	.750	5.5	1.3	1.33	.50	12.0
Faried, KennethKenneth Faried	5	4	29.0	.625	.000	.730	8.4	0.2	1.00	.20	10.2
Fournier, EvanEvan Fournier	4	4	13.3	.353	.000	.880	.00	1.0	.5	.00	4.8
Hamilton, JordanJordan Hamilton	1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	.00	.00	.00	.00	0.0
Iguodala, AndreAndre Iguodala	6	6	40.5	.500	.483	.720	8.0	5.3	2.00	.33	18.0
Koufos, KostaKosta Koufos	6	2	16.7	.368	1.000	.830	3.5	.5	.50	.67	3.3
Lawson, TyTy Lawson	6	6	39.3	.440	.190	.850	3.3	8.0	1.67	.00	21.3
McGee, JaValeJaVale McGee	6	2	18.7	.581	.000	.390	5.2	.00	.67	1.00	7.2
Miller, AndreAndre Miller	6	0	25.7	.420	.455	.780	3.3	3.8	.33	.00	14.0
Randolph, AnthonyAnthony Randolph	5	0	6.0	.818	.000	.730	1.2	.00	.40	.00	5.2
Stone, JulyanJulyan Stone	2	0	6.5	.000	.000	1.000	.00	.5	.00	.00	1.0

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Via free agency

Via trade

Andre Iguodala

Players Lost

Via trade

Via free agency

Rudy Fernández

Waived

Chris Andersen

^[a] Cut from the roster during training camp.

Trades

August 10, 2012
(4-team trade)

To Denver Nuggets

Andre Iguodala

To Orlando Magic

Arron Afflalo
Al Harrington
2013 second round pick
2014 first round pick (from Denver or New York)

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Andre Miller	July 11	Denver Nuggets (re-signed)
JaVale McGee	July 18	Denver Nuggets (re-signed)
Anthony Randolph	July 20	Minnesota Timberwolves
Anthony Carter	October 1	Toronto Raptors
Ben Uzoh	October 1	Toronto Raptors

Subtractions
Player	Date left	New team
Rudy Fernández	July 4	Real Madrid (Spain)

References

↑ "2012-13 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats". basketball-reference. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

External links

Official website

Denver Nuggets

Founded in 1967 Formerly the Denver Rockets (1967–1974) Based in Denver, Colorado

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Arenas	Denver Auditorium Arena Denver Coliseum McNichols Sports Arena Pepsi Center

Retired numbers	2 33 40 44 55 432

D-League affiliate	None

Culture	Alex English Knicks–Nuggets brawl Mt. Mutombo The Hey Song "Cartman Finds Love" (South Park)

Media	TV Altitude Sports Root Sports Rocky Mountain Radio KKFN Announcers Chris Marlowe Scott Hastings Jerry Schemmel

Denver Rockets / Nuggets seasons

Franchise: Denver Rockets (1967–1974); Denver Nuggets (1974–present)

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Atlantic	Boston Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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