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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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Forward · 6′6″ 210 lb · Born 1940-05-15 · High school: Rock Island · College: Iowa · 1962 NBA draft, round 3, pick 1 (No. 17 overall) by Chicago Zephyrs

Seasons

14

Teams

3

Championships

NBA 1965-66, NBA 1967-68, NBA 1968-69, NBA 1973-74, NBA 1975-76

NBA playoff seasons

11

Awards and honours

• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, class of 2012 (coach)
• NBA Coach of the Year ×3: 1982-83, 1984-85, 1991-92
• NBA All-Star Game selection: 1991-92

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	SPG	BPG	FG%	FT%
1962-63	Zephyrs	62	17.3	6.8	4.5	1.2			.440	.729
1963-64	Lakers	80	17.6	5.2	4.0	1.0			.418	.741
1964-65	Lakers	39	6.1	2.4	1.9	0.6			.424	.769
1965-66	Celtics	75	23.5	10.2	5.4	1.1			.439	.684
1966-67	Celtics	79	15.2	7.5	3.7	0.8			.446	.742
1967-68	Celtics	82	18.3	10.0	5.3	1.3			.494	.728
1968-69	Celtics	82	21.6	11.6	5.6	1.1			.485	.776
1969-70	Celtics	82	27.1	15.4	7.3	1.8			.501	.775
1970-71	Celtics	82	27.5	13.9	6.9	1.9			.468	.744
1971-72	Celtics	82	25.4	13.8	5.5	2.3			.480	.788
1972-73	Celtics	72	19.8	10.8	4.4	1.4			.476	.846
1973-74	Celtics	82	21.3	11.5	4.2	2.0	0.0	0.0	.508	.788
1974-75	Celtics	79	26.0	14.0	5.9	2.3	0.0	0.0	.539	.827
1975-76	Celtics	75	12.6	6.4	2.4	1.0	0.0	0.0	.462	.789

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	FT%
1963-64	Lakers	5	11.2	3.4	2.6	0.4			.538	1.000
1964-65	Lakers	11	19.3	6.1	5.4	1.7			.453	.760
1965-66	Celtics	17	18.6	8.4	5.0	0.8			.424	.808
1966-67	Celtics	9	15.8	7.1	4.7	1.0			.458	.588
1967-68	Celtics	19	24.6	12.5	7.5	1.7			.520	.743
1968-69	Celtics	18	19.3	12.4	4.6	1.2			.518	.833
1971-72	Celtics	11	28.0	13.2	5.5	1.9			.525	.854
1972-73	Celtics	13	23.3	11.0	2.9	1.2			.465	.875
1973-74	Celtics	18	25.9	11.4	5.4	1.9	0.0	0.0	.500	.774
1974-75	Celtics	11	24.9	15.4	4.1	2.4	0.0	0.0	.564	.902
1975-76	Celtics	18	17.5	9.1	2.9	0.9	0.0	0.0	.481	.870