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George Gervin

George Gervin (Iceman, Ice)

Position: Guard-Forward
Height: 6-7    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: April 27, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan
High School: Martin Luther King in Detroit, Michigan
College: Eastern Michigan University

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1996

Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 3rd round (4th pick, 40th overall) of the 1974 NBA draft.

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
1972-73 20 VIR ABA 30 689 161 341 .472 6 26 .231 96 118 .814 34 94 128 34 54 72 424
1973-74 21 TOT ABA 74 2511 672 1426 .471 8 56 .143 378 464 .815 170 454 624 142 101 120 252 264 1730
1973-74 21 VIR ABA 49 1728 487 1031 .472 8 50 .160 262 328 .799 108 310 418 97 75 86 188 166 1244
1973-74 21 SAA ABA 25 783 185 395 .468 0 6 .000 116 136 .853 62 144 206 45 26 34 64 98 486
1974-75 22 SAA ABA 84 3113 784 1655 .474 17 55 .309 380 458 .830 247 450 697 207 131 138 249 295 1965
1975-76 23 SAA ABA 81 2748 706 1414 .499 14 55 .255 342 399 .857 179 367 546 201 110 119 217 288 1768
1976-77 24 SAS NBA 82 2705 726 1335 .544 443 532 .833 134 320 454 238 105 104 286 1895
1977-78 25 SAS NBA 82 2857 864 1611 .536 504 607 .830 118 302 420 302 136 110 306 255 2232
1978-79 26 SAS NBA 80 2888 947 1749 .541 471 570 .826 142 258 400 219 137 91 286 275 2365
1979-80 27 SAS NBA 78 2934 1024 1940 .528 32 102 .314 505 593 .852 154 249 403 202 110 79 254 208 2585
1980-81 28 SAS NBA 82 2765 850 1729 .492 9 35 .257 512 620 .826 126 293 419 260 94 56 251 212 2221
1981-82 29 SAS NBA 79 79 2817 993 1987 .500 10 36 .278 555 642 .864 138 254 392 187 77 45 210 215 2551
1982-83 30 SAS NBA 78 78 2830 757 1553 .487 12 33 .364 517 606 .853 111 246 357 264 88 67 247 243 2043
1983-84 31 SAS NBA 76 76 2584 765 1561 .490 10 24 .417 427 507 .842 106 207 313 220 79 47 224 219 1967
1984-85 32 SAS NBA 72 69 2091 600 1182 .508 0 10 .000 324 384 .844 79 155 234 178 66 48 198 208 1524
1985-86 33 CHI NBA 82 75 2065 519 1100 .472 4 19 .211 283 322 .879 78 137 215 144 49 23 161 210 1325
Career TOT 1060 377 35597 10368 20583 .504 122 451 .271 5737 6822 .841 1816 3786 5602 2798 1283 1047 2909 3250 26595
NBA 791 377 26536 8045 15747 .511 77 259 .297 4541 5383 .844 1186 2421 3607 2214 941 670 2137 2331 20708
ABA 269 9061 2323 4836 .480 45 192 .234 1196 1439 .831 630 1365 1995 584 342 377 772 919 5887

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
1972-73 20 VIR ABA 30 23.0 5.4 11.4 .472 0.2 0.9 .231 3.2 3.9 .814 1.1 3.1 4.3 1.1 1.8 2.4 14.1
1973-74 21 TOT ABA 74 33.9 9.1 19.3 .471 0.1 0.8 .143 5.1 6.3 .815 2.3 6.1 8.4 1.9 1.4 1.6 3.4 3.6 23.4
1973-74 21 VIR ABA 49 35.3 9.9 21.0 .472 0.2 1.0 .160 5.3 6.7 .799 2.2 6.3 8.5 2.0 1.5 1.8 3.8 3.4 25.4
1973-74 21 SAA ABA 25 31.3 7.4 15.8 .468 0.0 0.2 .000 4.6 5.4 .853 2.5 5.8 8.2 1.8 1.0 1.4 2.6 3.9 19.4
1974-75 22 SAA ABA 84 37.1 9.3 19.7 .474 0.2 0.7 .309 4.5 5.5 .830 2.9 5.4 8.3 2.5 1.6 1.6 3.0 3.5 23.4
1975-76 23 SAA ABA 81 33.9 8.7 17.5 .499 0.2 0.7 .255 4.2 4.9 .857 2.2 4.5 6.7 2.5 1.4 1.5 2.7 3.6 21.8
1976-77 24 SAS NBA 82 33.0 8.9 16.3 .544 5.4 6.5 .833 1.6 3.9 5.5 2.9 1.3 1.3 3.5 23.1
1977-78 25 SAS NBA 82 34.8 10.5 19.6 .536 6.1 7.4 .830 1.4 3.7 5.1 3.7 1.7 1.3 3.7 3.1 27.2
1978-79 26 SAS NBA 80 36.1 11.8 21.9 .541 5.9 7.1 .826 1.8 3.2 5.0 2.7 1.7 1.1 3.6 3.4 29.6
1979-80 27 SAS NBA 78 37.6 13.1 24.9 .528 0.4 1.3 .314 6.5 7.6 .852 2.0 3.2 5.2 2.6 1.4 1.0 3.3 2.7 33.1
1980-81 28 SAS NBA 82 33.7 10.4 21.1 .492 0.1 0.4 .257 6.2 7.6 .826 1.5 3.6 5.1 3.2 1.1 0.7 3.1 2.6 27.1
1981-82 29 SAS NBA 79 79 35.7 12.6 25.2 .500 0.1 0.5 .278 7.0 8.1 .864 1.7 3.2 5.0 2.4 1.0 0.6 2.7 2.7 32.3
1982-83 30 SAS NBA 78 78 36.3 9.7 19.9 .487 0.2 0.4 .364 6.6 7.8 .853 1.4 3.2 4.6 3.4 1.1 0.9 3.2 3.1 26.2
1983-84 31 SAS NBA 76 76 34.0 10.1 20.5 .490 0.1 0.3 .417 5.6 6.7 .842 1.4 2.7 4.1 2.9 1.0 0.6 2.9 2.9 25.9
1984-85 32 SAS NBA 72 69 29.0 8.3 16.4 .508 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 5.3 .844 1.1 2.2 3.3 2.5 0.9 0.7 2.8 2.9 21.2
1985-86 33 CHI NBA 82 75 25.2 6.3 13.4 .472 0.0 0.2 .211 3.5 3.9 .879 1.0 1.7 2.6 1.8 0.6 0.3 2.0 2.6 16.2
Career TOT 1060 377 33.6 9.8 19.4 .504 0.1 0.6 .271 5.4 6.4 .841 1.7 3.6 5.3 2.6 1.2 1.0 3.0 3.1 25.1
NBA 791 377 33.5 10.2 19.9 .511 0.1 0.5 .297 5.7 6.8 .844 1.5 3.1 4.6 2.8 1.2 0.8 3.0 2.9 26.2
ABA 269 33.7 8.6 18.0 .480 0.2 0.7 .234 4.4 5.3 .831 2.3 5.1 7.4 2.2 1.4 1.6 2.9 3.4 21.9

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
1972-73 20 VIR ABA 30 689 8.4 17.8 .472 0.3 1.4 .231 5.0 6.2 .814 1.8 4.9 6.7 1.8 2.8 3.8 22.2
1973-74 21 TOT ABA 74 2511 9.6 20.4 .471 0.1 0.8 .143 5.4 6.7 .815 2.4 6.5 8.9 2.0 1.4 1.7 3.6 3.8 24.8
1973-74 21 VIR ABA 49 1728 10.1 21.5 .472 0.2 1.0 .160 5.5 6.8 .799 2.3 6.5 8.7 2.0 1.6 1.8 3.9 3.5 25.9
1973-74 21 SAA ABA 25 783 8.5 18.2 .468 0.0 0.3 .000 5.3 6.3 .853 2.9 6.6 9.5 2.1 1.2 1.6 2.9 4.5 22.3
1974-75 22 SAA ABA 84 3113 9.1 19.1 .474 0.2 0.6 .309 4.4 5.3 .830 2.9 5.2 8.1 2.4 1.5 1.6 2.9 3.4 22.7
1975-76 23 SAA ABA 81 2748 9.2 18.5 .499 0.2 0.7 .255 4.5 5.2 .857 2.3 4.8 7.2 2.6 1.4 1.6 2.8 3.8 23.2
1976-77 24 SAS NBA 82 2705 9.7 17.8 .544 5.9 7.1 .833 1.8 4.3 6.0 3.2 1.4 1.4 3.8 25.2
1977-78 25 SAS NBA 82 2857 10.9 20.3 .536 6.4 7.6 .830 1.5 3.8 5.3 3.8 1.7 1.4 3.9 3.2 28.1
1978-79 26 SAS NBA 80 2888 11.8 21.8 .541 5.9 7.1 .826 1.8 3.2 5.0 2.7 1.7 1.1 3.6 3.4 29.5
1979-80 27 SAS NBA 78 2934 12.6 23.8 .528 0.4 1.3 .314 6.2 7.3 .852 1.9 3.1 4.9 2.5 1.3 1.0 3.1 2.6 31.7
1980-81 28 SAS NBA 82 2765 11.1 22.5 .492 0.1 0.5 .257 6.7 8.1 .826 1.6 3.8 5.5 3.4 1.2 0.7 3.3 2.8 28.9
1981-82 29 SAS NBA 79 79 2817 12.7 25.4 .500 0.1 0.5 .278 7.1 8.2 .864 1.8 3.2 5.0 2.4 1.0 0.6 2.7 2.7 32.6
1982-83 30 SAS NBA 78 78 2830 9.6 19.8 .487 0.2 0.4 .364 6.6 7.7 .853 1.4 3.1 4.5 3.4 1.1 0.9 3.1 3.1 26.0
1983-84 31 SAS NBA 76 76 2584 10.7 21.7 .490 0.1 0.3 .417 5.9 7.1 .842 1.5 2.9 4.4 3.1 1.1 0.7 3.1 3.1 27.4
1984-85 32 SAS NBA 72 69 2091 10.3 20.4 .508 0.0 0.2 .000 5.6 6.6 .844 1.4 2.7 4.0 3.1 1.1 0.8 3.4 3.6 26.2
1985-86 33 CHI NBA 82 75 2065 9.0 19.2 .472 0.1 0.3 .211 4.9 5.6 .879 1.4 2.4 3.7 2.5 0.9 0.4 2.8 3.7 23.1
Career TOT 1060 377 35597 10.5 20.8 .504 0.2 0.6 .271 5.8 6.9 .841 1.8 3.8 5.7 2.8 1.3 1.1 3.2 3.3 26.9
NBA 791 377 26536 10.9 21.4 .511 0.2 0.5 .297 6.2 7.3 .844 1.6 3.3 4.9 3.0 1.3 0.9 3.2 3.2 28.1
ABA 269 9061 9.2 19.2 .480 0.2 0.8 .234 4.8 5.7 .831 2.5 5.4 7.9 2.3 1.5 1.6 3.1 3.7 23.4

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 LS WSAA
1972-73 20 VIR ABA 30 689 16.0 .540 .481 4.8 13.2 9.1 7.1 12.1 24.0
1973-74 21 TOT ABA 74 2511 21.8 .531 .474 7.0 18.6 12.8 9.9 1.9 2.6 13.4 29.9 103 101 9.6 9.9 19 16 1.5
1973-74 21 VIR ABA 49 1728 21.7 .529 .476 6.3 17.9 12.1 10.0 2.0 2.6 13.8 30.6 102 102 5.6 5.7 11 13 -1.0
1973-74 21 SAA ABA 25 783 21.9 .534 .468 8.5 20.2 14.3 9.8 1.7 2.7 12.3 28.4 106 97 4.0 4.2 8 3 2.5
1974-75 22 SAA ABA 84 3113 20.4 .529 .479 8.0 14.2 11.2 9.8 2.0 2.4 11.8 26.5 109 103 17.8 10.9 29 14 7.5
1975-76 23 SAA ABA 81 2748 20.0 .556 .504 6.7 12.8 9.9 10.4 1.8 2.3 12.0 25.3 111 103 17.0 9.3 26 10 8.0
1976-77 24 SAS NBA 82 2705 21.4 .604 .544 5.2 12.0 8.6 13.1 1.7 1.9 102
1977-78 25 SAS NBA 82 2857 24.7 .594 .536 4.5 10.6 7.7 16.1 2.1 1.9 14.0 29.5 111 101 29.5 9.0 38 8 15.0
1978-79 26 SAS NBA 80 2888 23.2 .591 .541 5.4 9.0 7.3 11.5 2.1 1.6 12.5 30.0 112 103 22.2 9.0 31 10 10.5
1979-80 27 SAS NBA 78 2934 24.0 .587 .536 5.7 8.9 7.3 11.0 1.6 1.4 10.3 31.7 115 110 27.4 4.0 31 14 8.5
1980-81 28 SAS NBA 82 2765 22.9 .555 .494 5.2 11.1 8.2 15.8 1.6 1.1 11.1 32.3 113 107 23.2 7.9 31 11 10.0
1981-82 29 SAS NBA 79 2817 24.2 .562 .502 5.2 9.7 7.5 11.4 1.3 0.9 8.5 35.0 114 110 26.4 6.2 33 13 10.0
1982-83 30 SAS NBA 78 2830 20.5 .561 .491 4.4 9.1 6.9 14.0 1.4 1.3 12.0 29.1 112 108 22.5 5.8 28 12 8.0
1983-84 31 SAS NBA 76 2584 19.3 .551 .493 4.4 8.4 6.4 12.5 1.4 0.9 11.2 30.1 110 113 12.2 2.5 15 23 -4.0
1984-85 32 SAS NBA 72 2091 18.5 .564 .508 4.4 8.1 6.3 13.1 1.5 1.3 12.8 29.7 109 111 8.6 4.0 13 18 -2.5
1985-86 33 CHI NBA 82 2065 16.0 .534 .474 4.1 7.8 5.9 11.2 1.1 0.6 11.5 27.6 107 115 7.6 0.5 8 21 -6.5
Career TOT 1060 35597 21.4 .564 .507 5.5 10.9 8.2 12.2 1.7 1.6 11.7 29.6 111 106 224.1 78.8 302 170 66.0
NBA 791 26536 21.7 .572 .513 4.9 9.6 7.3 13.0 1.6 1.3 11.4 30.7 112 108 179.7 48.7 228 130 49.0
ABA 269 9061 20.3 .538 .485 7.1 14.9 11.1 9.8 1.9 2.4 12.4 26.9 108 102 44.4 30.1 74 40 17.0

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
1972-73 20 VIR ABA 5 200 34 77 1 5 24 34 16 38 8 18 15 93 .442 .200 .706 40.0 18.6 7.6 1.6
1973-74 21 SAA ABA 7 226 57 115 1 1 29 31 21 52 19 5 8 16 28 144 .496 1.000 .935 32.3 20.6 7.4 2.7
1974-75 22 SAA ABA 6 276 79 171 3 12 43 52 34 84 8 6 8 14 22 204 .462 .250 .827 46.0 34.0 14.0 1.3
1975-76 23 SAA ABA 7 288 67 128 0 3 56 69 23 64 19 4 14 17 22 190 .523 .000 .812 41.1 27.1 9.1 2.7
1976-77 24 SAS NBA 2 62 19 44 12 15 5 11 3 1 2 9 50 .432 .800 31.0 25.0 5.5 1.5
1977-78 25 SAS NBA 6 227 78 142 43 56 11 34 19 6 16 19 23 199 .549 .768 37.8 33.2 5.7 3.2
1978-79 26 SAS NBA 14 513 158 295 84 104 33 82 35 27 15 40 51 400 .536 .808 36.6 28.6 5.9 2.5
1979-80 27 SAS NBA 3 122 37 74 0 2 26 30 9 20 12 5 3 9 8 100 .500 .000 .867 40.7 33.3 6.7 4.0
1980-81 28 SAS NBA 7 274 77 154 0 3 36 45 9 35 24 5 5 20 19 190 .500 .000 .800 39.1 27.1 5.0 3.4
1981-82 29 SAS NBA 9 373 103 228 0 3 59 71 19 66 41 10 4 31 36 265 .452 .000 .831 41.4 29.4 7.3 4.6
1982-83 30 SAS NBA 11 437 108 208 0 2 61 69 21 74 37 12 4 46 39 277 .519 .000 .884 39.7 25.2 6.7 3.4
1984-85 32 SAS NBA 5 183 42 79 0 3 27 34 3 18 14 3 3 20 19 111 .532 .000 .794 36.6 22.2 3.6 2.8
1985-86 33 CHI NBA 2 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 .000 5.5 0.0 0.5 0.5
Career TOT 84 3192 859 1716 5 34 500 610 204 579 240 84 82 252 294 2223 .501 .147 .820 38.0 26.5 6.9 2.9
NBA 59 2202 622 1225 0 13 348 424 110 341 186 69 52 187 207 1592 .508 .000 .821 37.3 27.0 5.8 3.2
ABA 25 990 237 491 5 21 152 186 94 238 54 15 30 65 87 631 .483 .238 .817 39.6 25.2 9.5 2.2

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1973-74 21 VIR ABA 1 21 3 9 .333 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 1 5 3 0 0 2 1 9
1974-75 22 SAA ABA 1 30 8 15 .533 0 1 .000 7 8 .875 2 6 3 6 5 2 2 23
1975-76 23 SAA ABA 1 16 3 13 .231 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 6 1 1 8
1976-77 24 SAS NBA 1 12 0 6 .000 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
1977-78 25 SAS NBA 1 18 4 11 .364 1 3 .333 2 1 1 2 2 9
1978-79 26 SAS NBA 1 34 8 16 .500 10 11 .909 6 2 1 3 4 26
1979-80 27 SAS NBA 1 40 14 26 .538 0 0 6 9 .667 10 3 0 3 2 34
1980-81 28 SAS NBA 1 24 5 9 .556 0 0 1 2 .500 3 0 1 2 3 11
1981-82 29 SAS NBA 1 27 5 14 .357 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 6 1 3 3 0 3 12
1982-83 30 SAS NBA 1 14 3 8 .375 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 9
1983-84 31 SAS NBA 1 21 5 6 .833 0 0 3 3 1.000 0 2 1 0 1 6 5 13
1984-85 32 SAS NBA 1 25 10 12 .833 0 0 3 4 .750 0 3 1 3 1 4 2 23
Career TOT 12 282 68 145 .469 2 5 .400 39 50 .780 4 50 19 14 14 24 29 177
NBA 9 215 54 108 .500 1 1 1.000 28 36 .778 1 33 12 8 9 20 25 137
ABA 3 67 14 37 .378 1 4 .250 11 14 .786 3 17 7 6 5 4 4 40

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1970-71 18 emichigan 9 300 65 123 28 39 104 29 158 .528 .718 33.3 17.6 11.6 3.2
1971-72 19 emichigan 30 1098 339 571 208 265 458 103 886 .594 .785 36.6 29.5 15.3 3.4
Career 39 1398 404 694 236 304 562 132 1044 .582 .776 35.8 26.8 14.4 3.4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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