Otis Lee Birdsong (Bird)
Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: December 9, 1955 in Winter Haven, Florida
High School: Winter Haven in Winter Haven, Florida
College: University of Houston
Draft: Kansas City Kings, 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall), 1977 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 18, 1977
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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 | 164 | 139 | 4512 | 917 | 1871 | 18 | 51 | 175 | 313 | 168 | 389 | 509 | 145 | 29 | 326 | 397 | 2027 | .490 | .353 | .559 | 27.5 | 12.4 | 2.4 | 3.1 | |
| 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 |
| Place | Home | 74 | 62 | 2090 | 410 | 862 | 8 | 19 | 79 | 136 | 85 | 182 | 201 | 59 | 19 | 147 | 178 | 907 | .476 | .421 | .581 | 28.2 | 12.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| Road | 90 | 77 | 2422 | 507 | 1009 | 10 | 32 | 96 | 177 | 83 | 207 | 308 | 86 | 10 | 179 | 219 | 1120 | .502 | .313 | .542 | 26.9 | 12.4 | 2.3 | 3.4 | |
| 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 |
| All-Star | Pre | 90 | 82 | 2537 | 520 | 1034 | 10 | 33 | 88 | 161 | 89 | 212 | 288 | 85 | 18 | 188 | 221 | 1138 | .503 | .303 | .547 | 28.2 | 12.6 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| Post | 74 | 57 | 1975 | 397 | 837 | 8 | 18 | 87 | 152 | 79 | 177 | 221 | 60 | 11 | 138 | 176 | 889 | .474 | .444 | .572 | 26.7 | 12.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 | |
| 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 |
| Result | Win | 58 | 49 | 1703 | 374 | 725 | 2 | 2 | 83 | 138 | 71 | 159 | 165 | 58 | 17 | 112 | 144 | 833 | .516 | 1.000 | .601 | 29.4 | 14.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| Loss | 106 | 90 | 2809 | 543 | 1146 | 16 | 49 | 92 | 175 | 97 | 230 | 344 | 87 | 12 | 214 | 253 | 1194 | .474 | .327 | .526 | 26.5 | 11.3 | 2.2 | 3.2 | |
| 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 |
| Month | October | 4 | 4 | 145 | 34 | 70 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 78 | .486 | .500 | .500 | 36.3 | 19.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| November | 31 | 24 | 784 | 165 | 321 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 71 | 26 | 65 | 75 | 30 | 5 | 53 | 79 | 374 | .514 | .125 | .606 | 25.3 | 12.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | |
| December | 24 | 24 | 714 | 142 | 282 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 40 | 27 | 62 | 83 | 24 | 5 | 53 | 47 | 308 | .504 | .429 | .525 | 29.8 | 12.8 | 2.6 | 3.5 | |
| January | 25 | 24 | 711 | 140 | 281 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 24 | 61 | 92 | 19 | 6 | 57 | 69 | 295 | .498 | .273 | .522 | 28.4 | 11.8 | 2.4 | 3.7 | |
| February | 22 | 19 | 628 | 130 | 266 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 51 | 30 | 53 | 87 | 19 | 5 | 52 | 53 | 291 | .489 | .333 | .569 | 28.5 | 13.2 | 2.4 | 4.0 | |
| March | 33 | 31 | 1067 | 219 | 469 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 75 | 47 | 104 | 115 | 34 | 6 | 60 | 88 | 481 | .467 | .250 | .547 | 32.3 | 14.6 | 3.2 | 3.5 | |
| April | 25 | 13 | 463 | 87 | 182 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 40 | 45 | 14 | 1 | 40 | 46 | 200 | .478 | .667 | .571 | 18.5 | 8.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | |
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 399 | 89 | 157 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 22 | 37 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 29 | 195 | .567 | .333 | .517 | 26.6 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| Monday | 15 | 12 | 376 | 90 | 165 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 18 | 35 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 33 | 195 | .545 | .500 | .483 | 25.1 | 13.0 | 2.3 | 3.5 | |
| Tuesday | 31 | 26 | 866 | 183 | 379 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 72 | 29 | 76 | 108 | 27 | 7 | 71 | 84 | 412 | .483 | .400 | .556 | 27.9 | 13.3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
| Wednesday | 24 | 23 | 716 | 137 | 288 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 41 | 27 | 63 | 59 | 24 | 6 | 49 | 64 | 295 | .476 | .000 | .512 | 29.8 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 2.5 | |
| Thursday | 19 | 13 | 472 | 92 | 198 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 13 | 46 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 36 | 48 | 204 | .465 | .286 | .563 | 24.8 | 10.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | |
| Friday | 30 | 24 | 838 | 165 | 342 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 46 | 30 | 68 | 95 | 20 | 8 | 61 | 63 | 359 | .482 | .333 | .565 | 27.9 | 12.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | |
| Saturday | 30 | 29 | 845 | 161 | 342 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 64 | 29 | 64 | 88 | 37 | 4 | 59 | 76 | 367 | .471 | .364 | .641 | 28.2 | 12.2 | 2.1 | 2.9 | |
| 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 | Starter | 139 | 139 | 4191 | 859 | 1758 | 17 | 48 | 171 | 302 | 155 | 356 | 477 | 135 | 24 | 303 | 358 | 1906 | .489 | .354 | .566 | 30.2 | 13.7 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| Reserve | 25 | 0 | 321 | 58 | 113 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 39 | 121 | .513 | .333 | .364 | 12.8 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 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 | 40+ | 17 | 17 | 713 | 153 | 304 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 54 | 28 | 68 | 68 | 21 | 7 | 50 | 55 | 343 | .503 | .286 | .648 | 41.9 | 20.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 30-39 | 64 | 64 | 2192 | 484 | 948 | 11 | 32 | 98 | 177 | 84 | 192 | 272 | 71 | 13 | 150 | 187 | 1077 | .511 | .344 | .554 | 34.3 | 16.8 | 3.0 | 4.3 | |
| 20-29 | 49 | 44 | 1241 | 224 | 485 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 74 | 41 | 93 | 121 | 45 | 5 | 92 | 113 | 491 | .462 | .444 | .527 | 25.3 | 10.0 | 1.9 | 2.5 | |
| 10-19 | 16 | 7 | 253 | 49 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 102 | .454 | 1.000 | .500 | 15.8 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 | |
| 0-9 | 18 | 7 | 113 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 14 | .269 | .000 | .000 | 6.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | |
| 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 | 46 | 42 | 1256 | 251 | 507 | 2 | 9 | 49 | 93 | 44 | 97 | 132 | 35 | 7 | 99 | 109 | 553 | .495 | .222 | .527 | 27.3 | 12.0 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 1 Day | 65 | 54 | 1822 | 360 | 755 | 8 | 25 | 71 | 114 | 73 | 168 | 206 | 55 | 12 | 127 | 143 | 799 | .477 | .320 | .623 | 28.0 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 3.2 | |
| 2 Days | 26 | 23 | 706 | 166 | 315 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 75 | 27 | 66 | 86 | 23 | 5 | 50 | 75 | 375 | .527 | .571 | .520 | 27.2 | 14.4 | 2.5 | 3.3 | |
| 3+ Days | 23 | 19 | 658 | 132 | 273 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 24 | 55 | 81 | 28 | 4 | 41 | 62 | 284 | .484 | .400 | .516 | 28.6 | 12.3 | 2.4 | 3.5 | |
| 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 |
| Conference | Eastern | 112 | 96 | 3133 | 623 | 1300 | 12 | 36 | 120 | 216 | 108 | 244 | 337 | 97 | 17 | 228 | 268 | 1378 | .479 | .333 | .556 | 28.0 | 12.3 | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| Western | 52 | 43 | 1379 | 294 | 571 | 6 | 15 | 55 | 97 | 60 | 145 | 172 | 48 | 12 | 98 | 129 | 649 | .515 | .400 | .567 | 26.5 | 12.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | |
| 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 |
| Division | Atlantic | 50 | 41 | 1307 | 265 | 526 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 82 | 37 | 92 | 153 | 51 | 8 | 91 | 110 | 585 | .504 | .533 | .573 | 26.1 | 11.7 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
| Central | 62 | 55 | 1826 | 358 | 774 | 4 | 21 | 73 | 134 | 71 | 152 | 184 | 46 | 9 | 137 | 158 | 793 | .463 | .190 | .545 | 29.5 | 12.8 | 2.5 | 3.0 | |
| Midwest | 26 | 23 | 730 | 145 | 297 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 55 | 33 | 82 | 97 | 24 | 5 | 52 | 63 | 324 | .488 | .286 | .582 | 28.1 | 12.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | |
| Pacific | 26 | 20 | 649 | 149 | 274 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 42 | 27 | 63 | 75 | 24 | 7 | 46 | 66 | 325 | .544 | .500 | .548 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | |
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 341 | 67 | 129 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 30 | 135 | .519 | .000 | .143 | 28.4 | 11.3 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| Boston | 12 | 11 | 344 | 76 | 149 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 162 | .510 | .333 | .409 | 28.7 | 13.5 | 2.4 | 3.3 | |
| Chicago | 9 | 8 | 296 | 64 | 131 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 134 | .489 | .167 | .455 | 32.9 | 14.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | |
| Cleveland | 11 | 10 | 286 | 54 | 142 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 27 | 16 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 124 | .380 | .000 | .593 | 26.0 | 11.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | |
| Dallas | 3 | 3 | 79 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 31 | .455 | .500 | .000 | 26.3 | 10.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | |
| Denver | 5 | 4 | 122 | 17 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 39 | .386 | .625 | 24.4 | 7.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 | ||
| Detroit | 10 | 10 | 299 | 67 | 132 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 31 | 151 | .508 | .500 | .600 | 29.9 | 15.1 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
| Golden State | 3 | 1 | 60 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 29 | .406 | .500 | 20.0 | 9.7 | 1.7 | 3.3 | ||
| Houston | 5 | 3 | 126 | 23 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 47 | .500 | .200 | 25.2 | 9.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| Indiana | 12 | 9 | 342 | 61 | 138 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 14 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 25 | 139 | .442 | .000 | .500 | 28.5 | 11.6 | 1.9 | 2.5 | |
| LA Clippers | 5 | 4 | 141 | 32 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 67 | .533 | .500 | .500 | 28.2 | 13.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | |
| LA Lakers | 5 | 4 | 151 | 36 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 75 | .563 | .000 | .429 | 30.2 | 15.0 | 2.6 | 3.8 | |
| Milwaukee | 8 | 8 | 262 | 45 | 102 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 30 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 36 | 110 | .441 | .500 | .633 | 32.8 | 13.8 | 2.4 | 3.3 | |
| New Jersey | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| New Orleans | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .375 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||
| New York | 11 | 9 | 282 | 48 | 104 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 117 | .462 | .000 | .750 | 25.6 | 10.6 | 1.6 | 3.2 | |
| Oklahoma City | 2 | 2 | 58 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 32 | .652 | 1.000 | .333 | 29.0 | 16.0 | 1.5 | 5.5 | |
| Philadelphia | 11 | 11 | 317 | 65 | 126 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 28 | 140 | .516 | .667 | .471 | 28.8 | 12.7 | 1.8 | 3.8 | |
| Phoenix | 5 | 5 | 138 | 37 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 83 | .638 | .000 | .563 | 27.6 | 16.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | |
| Portland | 6 | 4 | 101 | 16 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 39 | .432 | .667 | .833 | 16.8 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 | |
| Sacramento | 4 | 4 | 143 | 33 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 74 | .532 | .000 | .500 | 35.8 | 18.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | |
| San Antonio | 5 | 5 | 143 | 32 | 60 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 78 | .533 | .250 | .765 | 28.6 | 15.6 | 2.6 | 5.4 | |
| Utah | 4 | 4 | 117 | 25 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 55 | .481 | .625 | 29.3 | 13.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | ||
| Washington | 13 | 10 | 342 | 72 | 138 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 32 | 158 | .522 | .625 | .600 | 26.3 | 12.2 | 1.8 | 2.7 | |