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Mike Gale

Michael Eugene Gale (Mike, Flipper)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-4    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: July 18, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
High School: Overbrook in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
College: Elizabeth City State University

Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 3rd round (12th pick, 47th overall) of the 1971 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1971-72 21 KEN ABA 78 1701 201 447 .450 0 3 .000 95 140 .679 100 171 271 200 113 206 497
1972-73 22 KEN ABA 81 1854 218 463 .471 1 6 .167 100 143 .699 78 163 241 248 131 108 207 537
1973-74 23 TOT ABA 80 2495 314 720 .436 2 17 .118 105 140 .750 107 261 368 324 167 81 178 242 735
1973-74 23 KEN ABA 48 1591 200 454 .441 2 11 .182 76 104 .731 57 159 216 200 107 47 125 158 478
1973-74 23 NYA ABA 32 904 114 266 .429 0 6 .000 29 36 .806 50 102 152 124 60 34 53 84 257
1974-75 24 NYA ABA 72 1624 228 492 .463 7 23 .304 72 91 .791 97 139 236 165 88 47 111 131 535
1975-76 25 SAA ABA 78 1782 230 506 .455 3 17 .176 64 80 .800 48 159 207 244 123 40 143 145 527
1976-77 26 SAS NBA 82 2598 353 754 .468 137 167 .820 54 219 273 473 191 50 224 843
1977-78 27 SAS NBA 70 2091 275 581 .473 87 100 .870 57 166 223 376 159 25 176 170 637
1978-79 28 SAS NBA 82 2121 284 612 .464 91 108 .843 40 146 186 374 152 40 153 192 659
1979-80 29 SAS NBA 67 1474 171 377 .454 2 13 .154 97 120 .808 34 118 152 312 123 13 115 134 441
1980-81 30 TOT NBA 77 1112 157 309 .508 2 7 .286 55 68 .809 16 83 99 169 94 7 77 117 371
1980-81 30 SAS NBA 35 636 86 164 .524 1 3 .333 19 26 .731 7 45 52 99 55 2 39 56 192
1980-81 30 POR NBA 42 476 71 145 .490 1 4 .250 36 42 .857 9 38 47 70 39 5 38 61 179
1981-82 31 GSW NBA 75 70 1793 185 373 .496 0 5 .000 51 65 .785 37 152 189 261 121 28 126 173 421
Career TOT 842 70 20645 2616 5634 .464 17 91 .187 954 1222 .781 668 1777 2445 3146 1349 331 1300 1941 6203
NBA 453 70 11189 1425 3006 .474 4 25 .160 518 628 .825 238 884 1122 1965 840 163 647 1010 3372
ABA 389 9456 1191 2628 .453 13 66 .197 436 594 .734 430 893 1323 1181 509 168 653 931 2831

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1971-72 21 KEN ABA 78 21.8 2.6 5.7 .450 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.8 .679 1.3 2.2 3.5 2.6 1.4 2.6 6.4
1972-73 22 KEN ABA 81 22.9 2.7 5.7 .471 0.0 0.1 .167 1.2 1.8 .699 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.1 1.6 1.3 2.6 6.6
1973-74 23 TOT ABA 80 31.2 3.9 9.0 .436 0.0 0.2 .118 1.3 1.8 .750 1.3 3.3 4.6 4.1 2.1 1.0 2.2 3.0 9.2
1973-74 23 KEN ABA 48 33.1 4.2 9.5 .441 0.0 0.2 .182 1.6 2.2 .731 1.2 3.3 4.5 4.2 2.2 1.0 2.6 3.3 10.0
1973-74 23 NYA ABA 32 28.3 3.6 8.3 .429 0.0 0.2 .000 0.9 1.1 .806 1.6 3.2 4.8 3.9 1.9 1.1 1.7 2.6 8.0
1974-75 24 NYA ABA 72 22.6 3.2 6.8 .463 0.1 0.3 .304 1.0 1.3 .791 1.3 1.9 3.3 2.3 1.2 0.7 1.5 1.8 7.4
1975-76 25 SAA ABA 78 22.8 2.9 6.5 .455 0.0 0.2 .176 0.8 1.0 .800 0.6 2.0 2.7 3.1 1.6 0.5 1.8 1.9 6.8
1976-77 26 SAS NBA 82 31.7 4.3 9.2 .468 1.7 2.0 .820 0.7 2.7 3.3 5.8 2.3 0.6 2.7 10.3
1977-78 27 SAS NBA 70 29.9 3.9 8.3 .473 1.2 1.4 .870 0.8 2.4 3.2 5.4 2.3 0.4 2.5 2.4 9.1
1978-79 28 SAS NBA 82 25.9 3.5 7.5 .464 1.1 1.3 .843 0.5 1.8 2.3 4.6 1.9 0.5 1.9 2.3 8.0
1979-80 29 SAS NBA 67 22.0 2.6 5.6 .454 0.0 0.2 .154 1.4 1.8 .808 0.5 1.8 2.3 4.7 1.8 0.2 1.7 2.0 6.6
1980-81 30 TOT NBA 77 14.4 2.0 4.0 .508 0.0 0.1 .286 0.7 0.9 .809 0.2 1.1 1.3 2.2 1.2 0.1 1.0 1.5 4.8
1980-81 30 SAS NBA 35 18.2 2.5 4.7 .524 0.0 0.1 .333 0.5 0.7 .731 0.2 1.3 1.5 2.8 1.6 0.1 1.1 1.6 5.5
1980-81 30 POR NBA 42 11.3 1.7 3.5 .490 0.0 0.1 .250 0.9 1.0 .857 0.2 0.9 1.1 1.7 0.9 0.1 0.9 1.5 4.3
1981-82 31 GSW NBA 75 70 23.9 2.5 5.0 .496 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 0.9 .785 0.5 2.0 2.5 3.5 1.6 0.4 1.7 2.3 5.6
Career TOT 842 70 24.5 3.1 6.7 .464 0.0 0.1 .187 1.1 1.5 .781 0.8 2.1 2.9 3.7 1.8 0.5 1.7 2.3 7.4
NBA 453 70 24.7 3.1 6.6 .474 0.0 0.1 .160 1.1 1.4 .825 0.5 2.0 2.5 4.3 1.9 0.4 1.7 2.2 7.4
ABA 389 24.3 3.1 6.8 .453 0.0 0.2 .197 1.1 1.5 .734 1.1 2.3 3.4 3.0 1.6 0.7 1.7 2.4 7.3

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1971-72 21 KEN ABA 78 1701 4.3 9.5 .450 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 3.0 .679 2.1 3.6 5.7 4.2 2.4 4.4 10.5
1972-73 22 KEN ABA 81 1854 4.2 9.0 .471 0.0 0.1 .167 1.9 2.8 .699 1.5 3.2 4.7 4.8 2.5 2.1 4.0 10.4
1973-74 23 TOT ABA 80 2495 4.5 10.4 .436 0.0 0.2 .118 1.5 2.0 .750 1.5 3.8 5.3 4.7 2.4 1.2 2.6 3.5 10.6
1973-74 23 KEN ABA 48 1591 4.5 10.3 .441 0.0 0.2 .182 1.7 2.4 .731 1.3 3.6 4.9 4.5 2.4 1.1 2.8 3.6 10.8
1973-74 23 NYA ABA 32 904 4.5 10.6 .429 0.0 0.2 .000 1.2 1.4 .806 2.0 4.1 6.1 4.9 2.4 1.4 2.1 3.3 10.2
1974-75 24 NYA ABA 72 1624 5.1 10.9 .463 0.2 0.5 .304 1.6 2.0 .791 2.2 3.1 5.2 3.7 2.0 1.0 2.5 2.9 11.9
1975-76 25 SAA ABA 78 1782 4.6 10.2 .455 0.1 0.3 .176 1.3 1.6 .800 1.0 3.2 4.2 4.9 2.5 0.8 2.9 2.9 10.6
1976-77 26 SAS NBA 82 2598 4.9 10.4 .468 1.9 2.3 .820 0.7 3.0 3.8 6.6 2.6 0.7 3.1 11.7
1977-78 27 SAS NBA 70 2091 4.7 10.0 .473 1.5 1.7 .870 1.0 2.9 3.8 6.5 2.7 0.4 3.0 2.9 11.0
1978-79 28 SAS NBA 82 2121 4.8 10.4 .464 1.5 1.8 .843 0.7 2.5 3.2 6.3 2.6 0.7 2.6 3.3 11.2
1979-80 29 SAS NBA 67 1474 4.2 9.2 .454 0.0 0.3 .154 2.4 2.9 .808 0.8 2.9 3.7 7.6 3.0 0.3 2.8 3.3 10.8
1980-81 30 TOT NBA 77 1112 5.1 10.0 .508 0.1 0.2 .286 1.8 2.2 .809 0.5 2.7 3.2 5.5 3.0 0.2 2.5 3.8 12.0
1980-81 30 SAS NBA 35 636 4.9 9.3 .524 0.1 0.2 .333 1.1 1.5 .731 0.4 2.5 2.9 5.6 3.1 0.1 2.2 3.2 10.9
1980-81 30 POR NBA 42 476 5.4 11.0 .490 0.1 0.3 .250 2.7 3.2 .857 0.7 2.9 3.6 5.3 2.9 0.4 2.9 4.6 13.5
1981-82 31 GSW NBA 75 70 1793 3.7 7.5 .496 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.3 .785 0.7 3.1 3.8 5.2 2.4 0.6 2.5 3.5 8.5
Career TOT 842 70 20645 4.6 9.8 .464 0.0 0.2 .187 1.7 2.1 .781 1.2 3.1 4.3 5.5 2.6 0.7 2.6 3.4 10.8
NBA 453 70 11189 4.6 9.7 .474 0.0 0.2 .160 1.7 2.0 .825 0.8 2.8 3.6 6.3 2.7 0.5 2.7 3.2 10.8
ABA 389 9456 4.5 10.0 .453 0.0 0.3 .197 1.7 2.3 .734 1.6 3.4 5.0 4.5 2.4 1.0 2.5 3.5 10.8

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1971-72 21 KEN ABA 78 1701 9.1 .489 .450 5.7 8.8 7.4 14.3 18.2 14.1 0.4 2.2 2.6
1972-73 22 KEN ABA 81 1854 13.5 .511 .472 4.0 8.5 6.2 16.4 3.3 17.0 13.3 0.8 3.1 3.9
1973-74 23 TOT ABA 80 2495 12.4 .470 .438 4.2 9.9 7.1 16.3 3.1 1.7 18.5 14.9 96 97 0.3 4.4 4.7
1973-74 23 KEN ABA 48 1591 11.9 .478 .443 3.4 9.3 6.4 16.0 3.1 1.6 20.0 15.2 94 97 -0.1 2.7 2.6
1973-74 23 NYA ABA 32 904 13.4 .456 .429 5.6 10.9 8.3 16.6 3.0 2.1 15.8 14.4 100 97 0.4 1.6 2.1
1974-75 24 NYA ABA 72 1624 12.7 .503 .471 6.2 8.5 7.4 12.5 2.5 1.6 17.3 15.8 101 100 0.7 2.7 3.4
1975-76 25 SAA ABA 78 1782 11.2 .487 .458 2.8 8.6 5.8 16.5 3.1 1.2 20.9 14.8 95 103 -0.2 2.2 2.0
1976-77 26 SAS NBA 82 2598 13.9 .509 .468 2.2 8.6 5.4 22.7 3.2 0.9 101 1.9 2.2 4.0
1977-78 27 SAS NBA 70 2091 13.3 .510 .473 3.0 8.0 5.6 21.7 3.3 0.6 22.0 14.8 98 101 1.1 2.2 3.3
1978-79 28 SAS NBA 82 2121 12.3 .500 .464 2.1 7.0 4.6 20.6 3.1 0.9 18.8 14.5 100 102 1.0 2.6 3.6
1979-80 29 SAS NBA 67 1474 13.3 .513 .456 2.5 8.4 5.5 24.6 3.7 0.5 21.1 14.0 104 107 1.0 1.2 2.2
1980-81 30 TOT NBA 77 1112 13.7 .547 .511 1.6 8.0 4.8 19.6 3.9 0.3 18.5 14.8 107 104 1.0 1.4 2.4
1980-81 30 SAS NBA 35 636 13.4 .547 .527 1.3 7.4 4.5 20.3 4.0 0.2 18.2 13.4 109 104 0.6 0.8 1.4
1980-81 30 POR NBA 42 476 13.9 .547 .493 2.1 8.7 5.4 18.5 3.8 0.6 18.9 16.8 105 104 0.4 0.6 1.0
1981-82 31 GSW NBA 75 1793 10.9 .524 .496 2.2 9.4 5.7 17.8 3.2 0.9 23.9 11.9 101 106 0.3 2.1 2.4
Career TOT 842 20645 12.4 .503 .466 3.3 8.5 6.0 18.6 3.2 1.0 19.6 14.3 100 102 8.3 26.2 34.6
NBA 453 11189 12.9 .514 .475 2.3 8.2 5.3 21.3 3.3 0.7 20.9 14.0 101 103 6.3 11.7 18.0
ABA 389 9456 11.9 .490 .456 4.5 8.9 6.8 15.3 3.0 1.5 18.4 14.6 97 100 2.0 14.5 16.5

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1971-72 21 KEN ABA 2 31 3 14 0 2 0 0 2 8 1 2 6 .214 .000 15.5 3.0 1.0 4.0
1972-73 22 KEN ABA 12 291 23 58 0 2 20 23 8 30 40 15 41 66 .397 .000 .870 24.3 5.5 2.5 3.3
1973-74 23 NYA ABA 14 367 48 110 1 1 19 20 10 58 57 19 18 24 34 116 .436 1.000 .950 26.2 8.3 4.1 4.1
1974-75 24 NYA ABA 3 73 9 19 2 4 3 6 1 5 7 7 6 1 7 23 .474 .500 .500 24.3 7.7 1.7 2.3
1975-76 25 SAA ABA 7 286 45 98 0 2 13 17 9 40 50 24 10 23 16 103 .459 .000 .765 40.9 14.7 5.7 7.1
1976-77 26 SAS NBA 2 67 9 23 4 7 5 10 10 4 2 9 22 .391 .571 33.5 11.0 5.0 5.0
1977-78 27 SAS NBA 6 201 25 56 2 4 7 25 31 7 4 17 15 52 .446 .500 33.5 8.7 4.2 5.2
1978-79 28 SAS NBA 14 302 38 87 19 22 10 29 56 16 4 16 33 95 .437 .864 21.6 6.8 2.1 4.0
1979-80 29 SAS NBA 3 69 8 20 1 4 4 7 1 6 16 5 0 3 6 21 .400 .250 .571 23.0 7.0 2.0 5.3
1980-81 30 POR NBA 3 51 4 16 0 0 0 0 2 5 9 5 0 2 2 8 .250 17.0 2.7 1.7 3.0
Career TOT 66 1738 212 501 4 15 84 106 53 210 284 87 44 102 165 512 .423 .267 .792 26.3 7.8 3.2 4.3
ABA 38 1048 128 299 3 11 55 66 28 135 162 50 34 64 100 314 .428 .273 .833 27.6 8.3 3.6 4.3
NBA 28 690 84 202 1 4 29 40 25 75 122 37 10 38 65 198 .416 .250 .725 24.6 7.1 2.7 4.4

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1971-72 21 KEN ABA 2 31 3.4 .214 .214 3.5 35.7 6.7 20.5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1972-73 22 KEN ABA 12 291 8.3 .484 .397 5.2 18.1 18.0 11.9 0.1 0.3 0.4
1973-74 23 NYA ABA 14 367 14.3 .488 .441 2.7 12.5 7.7 19.1 2.5 2.7 16.8 15.7 103 94 0.3 0.8 1.1
1974-75 24 NYA ABA 3 73 16.2 .531 .526 1.3 5.8 3.5 12.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 12.7 116 101 0.1 0.1 0.2
1975-76 25 SAA ABA 7 286 16.0 .488 .459 3.1 9.9 6.7 25.2 3.9 1.9 17.9 17.7 101 101 0.1 0.5 0.6
1976-77 26 SAS NBA 2 67 12.1 .422 .391 7.0 8.8 7.8 20.7 2.6 1.6 99 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1977-78 27 SAS NBA 6 201 9.8 .450 .446 3.8 9.1 6.5 18.6 1.6 1.0 22.7 14.9 89 106 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1978-79 28 SAS NBA 14 302 13.6 .491 .437 3.3 6.3 4.8 23.5 2.4 0.7 14.2 14.5 107 106 0.4 0.2 0.6
1979-80 29 SAS NBA 3 69 15.1 .455 .425 1.5 8.2 4.7 32.0 3.6 0.0 11.5 16.0 105 114 0.1 0.0 0.1
1980-81 30 POR NBA 3 51 9.1 .250 .250 4.3 7.0 5.6 22.3 4.9 0.0 11.1 15.1 76 101 -0.1 0.1 0.0
Career TOT 66 1738 12.6 .467 .427 3.2 9.3 6.0 21.4 2.9 1.7 16.4 15.0 101 101 0.5 2.3 2.8
ABA 38 1048 12.9 .479 .433 2.7 10.8 6.3 20.5 3.3 2.6 16.3 15.1 103 97 0.3 1.8 2.1
NBA 28 690 12.2 .451 .418 3.7 7.6 5.6 22.6 2.5 0.7 16.4 14.8 99 106 0.2 0.5 0.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1972-73 ABA All-Defensive (1st)
1973-74 ABA All-Defensive (1st)

Games

1976-77 NBA 82 (3)
1978-79 NBA 82 (1)
 Career ABA 389 (50)

Minutes Played

Career ABA 9456 (62)

Field Goals

Career ABA 1191 (98)

Field Goal Attempts

Career ABA 2628 (99)

Field Goal Pct

Career ABA .453 (67)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

Career ABA 66 (98)

Offensive Rebounds

Career ABA 430 (96)

Defensive Rebounds

Career ABA 893 (87)

Total Rebounds

Career ABA 1323 (97)

Assists

1976-77 NBA 473 (8)
Career ABA 1181 (38)

Steals

1972-73 ABA 131 (7)
1973-74 ABA 167 (5)
1976-77 NBA 191 (5)
Career ABA 509 (7)
Career 1349 (50)

Blocks

Career ABA 168 (20)

Turnovers

Career ABA 653 (72)

Personal Fouls

Career ABA 931 (70)

Minutes Per Game

Career ABA 24.3 (80)

Assists Per Game

1976-77 NBA 5.8 (8)

Steals Per Game

1973-74 ABA 2.1 (5)
1976-77 NBA 2.3 (5)
1977-78 NBA 2.3 (4)
Career 1.8 (26)

Player Efficiency Rating

Career ABA 11.9 (77)

True Shooting Pct

Career ABA .490 (98)

Effective Field Goal Pct

Career ABA .456 (73)

Steal Pct

1973-74 ABA 3.1 (4)
1976-77 NBA 3.2 (10)
1977-78 NBA 3.3 (4)
1978-79 NBA 3.1 (6)
Career 3.2 (10)

Turnover Pct

Career ABA 18.4 (73)

Usage Pct

Career ABA 14.6 (80)

Defensive Rating

1973-74 ABA 97.2 (8)
Career ABA 99.6 (8)

Defensive Win Shares

1973-74 ABA 4.4 (7)
Career ABA 14.5 (35)

Win Shares

Career ABA 16.5 (76)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (693)

Transactions

September 9, 1969: Traded by the Los Angeles Lakers (as a 1971 3rd round draft pick) to the Chicago Bulls for Mike Lynn.

May 29, 1971: Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 3rd round (47th pick) of the 1971 NBA Draft.

June 17, 1976: Moved from the ABA to the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs.

December 19, 1980: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs with a 1982 1st round draft pick (Ricky Pierce) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Ron Brewer.

June 8, 1981: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers to the Golden State Warriors for a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Audie Norris) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Mike Smrek).

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