1981-82 Montana Golden Nuggets Statistics

Continental Basketball Association (CBA)
Team Record: 30-16
Finishing 2nd in the CBA's West Division
Postseason: 2-3
Coach: George Karl (30-16)
Location: Great Falls, Montana

1981-82 Montana Golden Nuggets Roster

The Montana Golden Nuggets of the Continental Basketball Association ended the 1981-82 season with a record of 30 wins and 16 losses, finishing second in the CBA's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

Ron Valentine netted a team-leading 1,386 points for the Golden Nuggets, and Robert Smith scored 19 or more per game, too. Ron Valentine contributed 373 rebounds. Robert Smith dished out 200 assists for the squad.

On defense, Kenny Dennard added 69 steals, while U.S. Reed rejected 74 opposing shots.

George Karl coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Ron Valentine	F	43	1609	1123	567	3	2	297	250	373	95	61	47	173	1386
U.S. Reed	G	46	1541	483	273	11	4	346	288	239	89	51	74	112	838
Terry Stotts	F	46	1674	656	301	43	15	162	124	223	189	65	28	164	741
Robert Smith	G	34	1177	455	247	24	10	219	204	112	200	48	7	31	708
Kenny Dennard	F	35	1273	368	158	2	0	78	48	354	138	69	24	132	364
Don Newman	G	46	957	321	139	5	0	86	60	106	180	49	1	105	338
Larry Moffett	F	12	287	115	59	0	0	42	32	103	7	7	16	53	150
Gary Carter	G	25	397	124	54	0	0	22	19	53	25	18	1	43	127
Tony Wells	F	20	299	69	29	0	0	29	11	74	9	3	7	53	69
Randy Johnson	G	10	82	26	6	0	0	141	14	7	12	3	1	8	26
Rob Spear	G	8	71	25	8	0	0	10	9	10	6	0	0	9	25
Jackie Robinson	F	2	43	14	7	0	0	10	9	6	7	2	1	1	23
Walter Jordan	F	2	39	21	7	0	0	6	3	16	6	6	1	7	17
Totals		329	9449	3800	1855	88	31	1448	1071	1676	963	382	208	891	4812

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Ron Valentine	F	43	37.4	50.5	66.7	84.2	8.7	2.2	1.4	1.1	4.0	32.2
U.S. Reed	G	46	33.5	56.5	36.4	83.2	5.2	1.9	1.1	1.6	2.4	18.2
Terry Stotts	F	46	36.4	45.9	34.9	76.5	4.8	4.1	1.4	0.6	3.6	16.1
Robert Smith	G	34	34.6	54.3	41.7	93.2	3.3	5.9	1.4	0.2	0.9	20.8
Kenny Dennard	F	35	36.4	42.9	0.0	61.5	10.1	3.9	2.0	0.7	3.8	10.4
Don Newman	G	46	20.8	43.3	0.0	69.8	2.3	3.9	1.1	0.0	2.3	7.3
Larry Moffett	F	12	23.9	51.3		76.2	8.6	0.6	0.6	1.3	4.4	12.5
Gary Carter	G	25	15.9	43.5		86.4	2.1	1.0	0.7	0.0	1.7	5.1
Tony Wells	F	20	15.0	42.0		37.9	3.7	0.5	0.2	0.4	2.7	3.5
Randy Johnson	G	10	8.2	23.1		9.9	0.7	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.8	2.6
Rob Spear	G	8	8.9	32.0		90.0	1.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.1	3.1
Jackie Robinson	F	2	21.5	50.0		90.0	3.0	3.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	11.5
Walter Jordan	F	2	19.5	33.3		50.0	8.0	3.0	3.0	0.5	3.5	8.5
Averages		329	28.7	48.8	35.2	74.0	5.1	2.9	1.2	0.6	2.7	14.6

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Ron Valentine	F	5	203	120	67	1	0	32	26	40	12	6	6	23	160
U.S. Reed	G	5	197	65	42	4	2	40	32	22	16	6	8	17	118
Jackie Robinson	F	5	133	54	34	1	0	31	17	29	8	2	2	20	85
Walter Jordan	F	5	151	55	26	0	0	21	13	32	12	5	2	25	65
Don Newman	G	5	207	39	18	1	0	30	22	28	42	12	0	15	58
Terry Stotts	F	5	173	48	22	7	4	9	7	24	27	6	2	17	55
Larry Moffett	F	3	81	39	16	1	0	2	2	20	4	4	7	13	34
Gary Carter	G	5	79	16	5	0	0	7	5	9	3	2	1	11	15
Rob Spear	G	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		39	1225	436	230	15	6	172	124	204	124	43	28	141	590

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Ron Valentine	F	5	40.6	55.8	0.0	81.3	8.0	2.4	1.2	1.2	4.6	32.0
U.S. Reed	G	5	39.4	64.6	50.0	80.0	4.4	3.2	1.2	1.6	3.4	23.6
Jackie Robinson	F	5	26.6	63.0	0.0	54.8	5.8	1.6	0.4	0.4	4.0	17.0
Walter Jordan	F	5	30.2	47.3		61.9	6.4	2.4	1.0	0.4	5.0	13.0
Don Newman	G	5	41.4	46.2	0.0	73.3	5.6	8.4	2.4	0.0	3.0	11.6
Terry Stotts	F	5	34.6	45.8	57.1	77.8	4.8	5.4	1.2	0.4	3.4	11.0
Larry Moffett	F	3	27.0	41.0	0.0	100.0	6.7	1.3	1.3	2.3	4.3	11.3
Gary Carter	G	5	15.8	31.3		71.4	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.2	2.2	3.0
Rob Spear	G	1	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		39	31.4	52.8	40.0	72.1	5.2	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.6	15.1

1981-82 Montana Golden Nuggets Statistics

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