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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″ 195 lb · Born 1950-11-30 · High school: Aviation · College: USC · 1972 NBA draft, round 1, pick 14 (No. 10 overall) by Boston Celtics

Seasons

12

Teams

4

Championships

NBA 1973-74

NBA playoff seasons

9

Awards and honours

• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, class of 2019 (player)
• NBA All-NBA Team (first team) ×3: 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80
• NBA All-NBA Team (second team): 1977-78
• NBA All-Star Game selection ×6: 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1992-93

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4 × 12 min, 24-second clock, arc 23 ft 9 in (22 ft corners). 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	GS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1972-73	Celtics	60		8.0	4.1	1.1	1.2			.420		.779
1973-74	Celtics	82		14.2	7.2	1.7	2.1	0.5	0.4	.501		.732
1974-75	Celtics	82		19.3	9.8	2.0	2.9	1.0	0.4	.510		.763
1975-76	Suns	82		36.1	20.5	3.2	5.4	2.6	0.5	.494		.830
1976-77	Suns	81		32.1	21.3	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.3	.518		.825
1977-78	Suns	80		31.0	25.2	2.1	5.5	1.7	0.4	.516		.813
1978-79	Suns	81		32.6	24.0	2.0	6.5	1.4	0.3	.535		.837
1979-80	Suns	82		32.5	21.9	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	.525	.280	.862
1980-81	SuperSonics	36		29.9	16.7	1.9	4.1	1.3	0.4	.442	.240	.832
1981-82	Knicks	18	12	25.1	11.7	1.2	5.6	1.1	0.4	.443	.250	.766
1982-83	Knicks	80	59	24.7	10.0	1.4	5.5	1.1	0.2	.459	.292	.804
1983-84	Suns	59	2	14.7	7.0	0.7	2.5	0.7	0.1	.460	.269	.824

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1972-73	Celtics	11		9.9	3.9	0.6	0.8			.487		.714
1973-74	Celtics	18		13.4	5.7	1.2	1.7	0.0	0.0	.460		.714
1974-75	Celtics	11		16.6	8.0	1.2	2.9	0.0	0.0	.469		.667
1975-76	Suns	19		36.1	21.1	2.5	5.1	1.8	0.5	.511		.763
1977-78	Suns	2		33.0	26.0	3.0	9.5	0.5	0.0	.468		.889
1978-79	Suns	15		35.6	22.4	2.2	4.3	1.0	0.3	.495		.788
1979-80	Suns	8		31.6	20.9	1.3	3.9	1.4	0.4	.486	.083	.875
1982-83	Knicks	6		26.0	9.5	1.3	5.7	0.0	0.0	.440	.375	.769
1983-84	Suns	17	2	13.1	5.3	0.5	2.2	0.7	0.0	.375	.222	.875