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No game in our box scores falls on September 16. The nearest date before it · September 15, 2020: the Denver Nuggets visited the Los Angeles Clippers, in the playoffs. Denver Nuggets 104, Los Angeles Clippers 89. WWikipedia↗

From the vault · March 30, 2019 · 2019 NCAA tournament, Elite Eight: The Virginia Cavaliers beat the Purdue Boilermakers 80–75 in overtime in the Elite Eight of the 2019 NCAA tournament.

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Guard · 6′4″ 198 lb · Born 1933-06-24 · High school: Laurinburg Institute · College: North Carolina Central · 1957 NBA draft, round 1, pick 8 by Boston Celtics

Seasons

12

Teams

1

Championships

NBA 1958-59, NBA 1959-60, NBA 1960-61, NBA 1961-62, NBA 1962-63, NBA 1963-64, NBA 1964-65, NBA 1965-66, NBA 1967-68, NBA 1968-69

NBA playoff seasons

12

Awards and honours

• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, class of 1984 (player)
• NBA All-NBA Team (second team) ×3: 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67
• NBA All-Star Game selection ×5: 1961-62, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68

NBA NBA career game logs →

4 × 12 min, 24-second clock, no three-point line. Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Per-game averages as published: these seasons have no box scores here, so no season totals.

Season	Team	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FG%	FT%
1957-58	Celtics	56	10.6	4.6	2.9	0.7	.429	.714
1958-59	Celtics	71	20.6	10.7	6.0	1.4	.434	.770
1959-60	Celtics	74	20.4	11.9	5.1	1.7	.454	.764
1960-61	Celtics	78	26.0	15.0	5.4	2.8	.449	.787
1961-62	Celtics	78	30.6	18.4	5.9	3.0	.464	.818
1962-63	Celtics	76	30.6	19.7	5.2	3.2	.476	.793
1963-64	Celtics	76	31.3	19.4	4.6	2.7	.450	.783
1964-65	Celtics	80	36.1	25.9	5.1	2.8	.452	.820
1965-66	Celtics	67	32.2	23.5	5.2	3.2	.469	.799
1966-67	Celtics	72	32.3	22.1	4.7	3.0	.454	.857
1967-68	Celtics	73	33.0	21.3	4.9	3.0	.461	.827
1968-69	Celtics	70	26.0	16.3	3.8	2.6	.450	.783

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FG%	FT%
1957-58	Celtics	8	9.4	3.9	3.0	0.5	.455	.688
1958-59	Celtics	11	17.5	10.3	5.7	1.5	.370	.846
1959-60	Celtics	13	15.2	8.2	3.2	1.4	.385	.810
1960-61	Celtics	10	25.8	13.1	5.4	2.2	.446	.886
1961-62	Celtics	14	36.0	20.6	7.1	3.1	.444	.700
1962-63	Celtics	13	34.6	23.8	6.2	2.5	.484	.831
1963-64	Celtics	10	35.6	23.2	4.7	2.3	.506	.735
1964-65	Celtics	12	41.3	28.6	4.6	2.5	.459	.869
1965-66	Celtics	17	35.4	24.8	5.1	3.1	.449	.838
1966-67	Celtics	9	36.2	26.7	5.1	3.1	.459	.862
1967-68	Celtics	19	36.1	20.5	3.4	2.6	.441	.786
1968-69	Celtics	18	28.6	16.8	3.2	2.1	.419	.797