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Dave Cowens

“Big Red”

Career (regular season)

GP
766
PTS
17.6
REB
13.6
AST
3.8

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) · 104 kg (229 lb)
Born
October 25, 1948 (age 77)
Birthplace
Newport, Estados Unidos
School / club
Florida State
Draft
1970: round 1, pick 4
NBA career
1970-1982 · 11 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1970-71 BOS 81 1,373 1,216 228 3,076 — — — 42.2 — 73.2
1971-72 BOS 79 1,489 1,203 245 3,186 — — — 48.4 — 72.0
1972-73 BOS 82 1,684 1,329 333 3,425 — — — 45.2 — 77.9
1973-74 BOS 80 1,518 1,257 354 3,352 95 101 — 43.7 — 83.2
1974-75 BOS 65 1,329 958 296 2,632 87 73 — 47.5 — 78.3
1975-76 BOS 78 1,479 1,246 325 3,101 94 71 — 46.8 — 75.6
1976-77 BOS 50 818 697 248 1,888 46 49 — 43.4 — 81.8
1977-78 BOS 77 1,435 1,078 351 3,215 102 67 217 49.0 — 84.2
1978-79 BOS 68 1,127 652 242 2,517 76 51 174 48.3 — 80.7
1979-80 BOS 66 940 534 206 2,159 69 61 108 45.3 8.3 77.9
1982-83 MIL 40 324 274 82 1,014 30 15 44 44.4 0.0 82.5
Career 766 13,516 10,444 2,910 29,565 599 488 543 46.0 7.1 78.3

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1971-72 BOS 11 170 152 33 441 — — — 45.5 — 59.6
1972-73 BOS 13 285 216 48 598 — — — 47.3 — 65.9
1973-74 BOS 18 369 240 66 772 21 17 — 43.5 — 79.7
1974-75 BOS 11 225 181 46 479 18 6 — 42.8 — 88.5
1975-76 BOS 18 378 296 83 798 22 13 — 45.7 — 75.9
1976-77 BOS 9 149 134 36 379 8 13 — 44.6 — 77.3
1979-80 BOS 9 108 66 21 301 9 7 8 47.6 0.0 90.9
Career 89 1,684 1,285 333 3,768 78 56 8 45.1 0.0 74.4

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 1991 (as a player)
  • NBA champion (2): 1973-74, 1975-76
  • Most Valuable Player: 1972-73
  • Rookie of the Year: 1970-71
  • All-Star Game MVP: 1972-73
  • All-NBA Second Team (3): 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76
  • All-Defensive First Team: 1975-76
  • All-Defensive Second Team (2): 1974-75, 1979-80
  • All-Rookie First Team: 1970-71
  • 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996): 1996-97
  • All-Star (7): 1972 (starter), 1973 (starter), 1974 (starter), 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (starter)

Championship rings (2)

  • Drawing of the Boston Celtics championship ring, 1973-7419741973-74

    Maker: Balfour

    Oro de 14 quilates: «N.B.A. WORLD CHAMPIONS» alrededor de un diamante central, «PRIDE» y el logo de los Celtics en un lateral; punzón «Balfour 14k» (el anillo de Red Auerbach, según la casa de subastas).

    Boston Celtics

  • Drawing of the Boston Celtics championship ring, 1975-7619761975-76

    Maker: Balfour

    Oro de 14 quilates con punzón de Balfour (ejemplar de Jerome Anderson, según la casa de subastas).

    Boston Celtics

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Retired number

  • Boston Celtics: No. 18 (1970-1980 with the team)
    No. 18 had been previously retired in honor of Jim Loscutoff

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Boston Celtics traded Dave Cowens to the Milwaukee Bucks for Quinn Buckner.

  2. · Waived

    The Milwaukee Bucks waived Dave Cowens.

  3. Detroit nombra asistentes técnicos a Darrell Walker, Pat Sullivan y Harold Ellis. Continúa Dave Cowens, en la franquicia desde 2006.

  4. · Waived

    Detroit despide al entrenador jefe Michael Curry. El asistente Dave Cowens también deja su puesto de asistente.

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