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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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Otis BirdsongWWikipedia↗
Guard · 6′3″ 190 lb · Born 1955-12-09 · High school: Winter Haven · College: Houston · 1977 NBA draft, round 1, pick 2 by 
Kansas City Kings
Awards and honours
- NBA All-NBA Team (second team): 1980-81
- NBA All-Star Game selection ×4: 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1983-84
- NCAA Consensus All-America Team (first team): 1976-77
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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-78 | Kings | 73 | 25.7 | 15.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | .492 | .697 | ||
| 1978-79 | Kings | 82 | 34.6 | 21.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 | .509 | .725 | ||
| 1979-80 | Kings | 82 | 35.2 | 22.7 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | .505 | .278 | .694 | |
| 1980-81 | Kings | 71 | 36.5 | 24.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | .544 | .286 | .697 | |
| 1981-82 |  Nets | 37 | 22 | 27.7 | 14.2 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | .469 | .000 | .583 |
| 1982-83 | Nets | 62 | 54 | 30.4 | 15.1 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | .511 | .333 | .566 |
| 1983-84 | Nets | 69 | 57 | 31.4 | 19.8 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | .508 | .250 | .608 |
| 1984-85 | Nets | 56 | 45 | 32.9 | 20.6 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | .511 | .190 | .622 |
| 1985-86 | Nets | 77 | 74 | 31.1 | 15.8 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | .513 | .364 | .581 |
| 1986-87 | Nets | 7 | 6 | 18.1 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | .452 | .000 | .667 |
| 1987-88 | Nets | 67 | 59 | 28.1 | 10.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | .458 | .360 | .511 |
| 1988-89 |  Celtics | 13 | 0 | 8.3 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | .500 | .333 | .000 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | G | GS | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-79 | Kings | 5 | 33.6 | 21.0 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | .513 | .711 | ||
| 1979-80 | Kings | 3 | 37.6 | 22.0 | 7.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | .484 | .000 | .429 | |
| 1980-81 | Kings | 8 | 29.3 | 15.5 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | .571 | 1.000 | .611 | |
| 1982-83 | Nets | 2 | 18.5 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | .375 | .000 | .500 | |
| 1983-84 | Nets | 11 | 35.2 | 15.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.1 | .415 | .000 | .521 | |
| 1985-86 | Nets | 3 | 3 | 44.0 | 23.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .527 | .000 | .579 |
| 1988-89 | Celtics | 3 | 1 | 6.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | .200 | .000 |