John Sidney Battle (Cricket, Pickle, J.B.)
Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2 ▪ Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: November 9, 1962 in Washington, District of Columbia
High School: McKinley in Washington, District of Columbia
College: Rutgers University
Draft: Atlanta Hawks, 4th round (14th pick, 84th overall), 1985 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 26, 1985
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| Totals | Shooting | Per Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Total | 41 | 0 | 497 | 83 | 200 | 1 | 6 | 56 | 72 | 4 | 29 | 54 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 39 | 223 | .415 | .167 | .778 | 12.1 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Place | Home | 19 | 0 | 214 | 41 | 97 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 108 | .423 | .250 | .758 | 11.3 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| Road | 22 | 0 | 283 | 42 | 103 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 39 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 115 | .408 | .000 | .795 | 12.9 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| All-Star | Pre | 24 | 0 | 301 | 49 | 114 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 53 | 2 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 139 | .430 | .000 | .774 | 12.5 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Post | 17 | 0 | 196 | 34 | 86 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 84 | .395 | .200 | .789 | 11.5 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Result | Win | 28 | 0 | 333 | 58 | 137 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 52 | 3 | 19 | 46 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 157 | .423 | .167 | .769 | 11.9 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Loss | 13 | 0 | 164 | 25 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 66 | .397 | .800 | 12.6 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Month | November | 7 | 0 | 76 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 33 | .481 | .700 | 10.9 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |
| December | 5 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | .267 | .750 | 11.0 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | ||
| January | 8 | 0 | 118 | 22 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 58 | .431 | .824 | 14.8 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | ||
| February | 5 | 0 | 71 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 37 | .483 | .000 | .900 | 14.2 | 7.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| March | 9 | 0 | 124 | 22 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 52 | .386 | .250 | .700 | 13.8 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 1.9 | |
| April | 7 | 0 | 53 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | .381 | .000 | .800 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Day | Sunday | 4 | 0 | 52 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 24 | .417 | 1.000 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | |
| Monday | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | .444 | 9.5 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 3.5 | |||
| Tuesday | 10 | 0 | 114 | 12 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 35 | .300 | .000 | .846 | 11.4 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | |
| Wednesday | 3 | 0 | 57 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 40 | .500 | .000 | .800 | 19.0 | 13.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | |
| Thursday | 6 | 0 | 86 | 12 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 33 | .353 | .333 | .727 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 1.7 | |
| Friday | 7 | 0 | 81 | 21 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 51 | .568 | .000 | .750 | 11.6 | 7.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | |
| Saturday | 9 | 0 | 88 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 32 | .375 | .667 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Role | Reserve | 41 | 0 | 497 | 83 | 200 | 1 | 6 | 56 | 72 | 4 | 29 | 54 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 39 | 223 | .415 | .167 | .778 | 12.1 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Minutes | 20-29 | 4 | 0 | 91 | 18 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 56 | .500 | .800 | 22.8 | 14.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
| 10-19 | 22 | 0 | 307 | 52 | 128 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 32 | 1 | 16 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 130 | .406 | .250 | .781 | 14.0 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 | |
| 0-9 | 15 | 0 | 99 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 37 | .361 | .000 | .733 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Rest | 0 Days | 7 | 0 | 74 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 22 | .385 | .667 | 10.6 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 | |
| 1 Day | 7 | 0 | 99 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 37 | .361 | .688 | 14.1 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | ||
| 2 Days | 7 | 0 | 88 | 14 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 31 | .368 | .333 | .500 | 12.6 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | |
| 3+ Days | 19 | 0 | 229 | 46 | 98 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 49 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 133 | .469 | .000 | .837 | 12.1 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Conference | Eastern | 24 | 0 | 263 | 41 | 100 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 40 | 3 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 113 | .410 | .250 | .750 | 11.0 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| Western | 17 | 0 | 234 | 42 | 100 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 110 | .420 | .000 | .813 | 13.8 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Division | Atlantic | 13 | 0 | 120 | 19 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 43 | .404 | .000 | .714 | 9.2 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Central | 11 | 0 | 143 | 22 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 33 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 70 | .415 | .333 | .758 | 13.0 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | |
| Midwest | 11 | 0 | 147 | 26 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 69 | .419 | .000 | .773 | 13.4 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 1.8 | |
| Pacific | 6 | 0 | 87 | 16 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 41 | .421 | .900 | 14.5 | 6.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Opponent | Atlanta | 3 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 18 | .533 | .667 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 3.3 | |
| Boston | 2 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | .500 | 15.5 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | |||
| Charlotte | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .500 | .500 | 11.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | |
| Chicago | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | .429 | .733 | 14.0 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | ||
| Dallas | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .500 | .000 | .667 | 13.0 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | |
| Denver | 2 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | .308 | 15.5 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 4.0 | |||
| Detroit | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 1.000 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Golden State | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .400 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Houston | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .600 | .750 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Indiana | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .750 | 1.000 | 21.0 | 17.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| LA Clippers | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .500 | 13.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Miami | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Milwaukee | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | .273 | .000 | .750 | 11.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
| Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .471 | .778 | 19.0 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | ||
| New Jersey | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |||
| New York | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .286 | 1.000 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | ||
| Orlando | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .667 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Philadelphia | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .000 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | ||
| Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | .529 | 1.000 | 17.0 | 12.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | ||
| Portland | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .333 | 1.000 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| San Antonio | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .364 | .000 | 1.000 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | |
| Seattle | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .375 | 19.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Utah | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 | 13.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |||
| Washington | 3 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | .538 | .600 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | ||