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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″ 190 lb · Born 1950-08-10 · High school: Holland · College: Evansville · 1972 NBA draft, round 3, pick 4 (No. 34 overall) by Phoenix Suns

Seasons

13 (4 ABA · 9 NBA)

Teams

5 (1 ABA · 4 NBA)

Championships

ABA 1972-73

NBA playoff seasons

6

ABA playoff seasons

4

Awards and honours

• NBA All-Defensive Team (first team) ×4: 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80
• NBA All-Star Game selection: 1976-77
• ABA All-ABA Team (second team): 1975-76
• ABA All-Defensive Team: 1974-75
• ABA All-Star Game selection: 1975-76

ABA ABA career game logs →

4 × 12 min, 30-second clock, arc 25 ft (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	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1972-73	Pacers	77	19.3	5.4	2.7	2.9			.453	.208	.752
1973-74	Pacers	77	24.4	5.5	3.3	3.4	1.9	0.3	.398	.336	.686
1974-75	Pacers	80	29.6	6.5	3.4	4.2	2.1	0.2	.432	.309	.797
1975-76	Pacers	84	40.2	12.5	3.8	8.2	4.1	0.4	.451	.346	.814

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1972-73	Pacers	14	11.6	3.2	1.8	1.2			.356	.000	.619
1973-74	Pacers	14	23.6	5.2	2.6	2.6	2.1	0.1	.441	.318	.667
1974-75	Pacers	18	32.0	5.6	3.2	4.4	2.5	0.3	.379	.231	.533
1975-76	Pacers	3	46.0	12.3	4.7	8.7	2.3	0.0	.455	.333	1.000

NBA NBA career game logs →

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%
1976-77	Pacers	81		36.4	8.0	3.3	8.5	3.5	0.2	.416		.786
1977-78	Suns	82		31.1	8.4	3.0	4.8	2.3	0.2	.458		.824
1978-79	Suns	82		31.0	7.8	2.6	4.3	1.9	0.2	.495		.769
1979-80	Suns	81		30.9	7.7	2.9	4.0	1.6	0.1	.443	.241	.664
1980-81	Pacers	58		18.9	5.1	1.4	2.4	1.3	0.1	.397	.328	.769
1981-82	Pacers	82	78	30.8	9.7	2.7	5.0	2.0	0.3	.455	.386	.813
1982-83	Trail Blazers	41	1	15.7	4.7	1.3	2.8	1.1	0.0	.396	.257	.891
1983-84	Kings	76	10	17.5	5.0	1.5	4.0	1.1	0.0	.426	.305	.788
1984-85	Kings	65	14	14.4	3.4	0.9	3.1	0.6	0.0	.404	.356	.767

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1977-78	Suns	2	38.0	4.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	.364
1978-79	Suns	15	34.1	7.9	3.7	3.5	1.5	0.3	.405		.727
1979-80	Suns	8	29.5	8.5	2.6	5.5	0.8	0.0	.438	.385	.636
1980-81	Pacers	2	17.5	2.5	2.5	3.5	1.5	0.0	.125	.250	1.000
1982-83	Trail Blazers	5	6.2	1.4	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	.250		.750
1983-84	Kings	3	16.7	7.0	1.0	3.7	0.3	0.3	.438	.500	.667