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Bill Bridges
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Birthdate: 4/4/1939    
Height / Weight: 6' 6"  /  228 lbs. Position: F
College: Kansas

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A noted aggressive defensive basketball player, Bill Bridges strung together a very fine NBA career, 1962-1975. As a fact, his all-around play helped his teams reach the playoffs in 12 of the 13 seasons he played.

Bill Bridges made the second team All-Defensive NBA Team two straight seasons, 1968-69 and 1969-70. He was also a very solid shooter, 11012 career points, 4181 FGM in 9463 FGA, a nice .442 percentage, and averaged 11.9 points per game. And, he pulled down 11054 rebounds in 926 regular season games for a 11.9 rpg average.

Bill Bridges led the NBA in personel fouls with 366 in 1969-70. And, although he was only 6-ft 6-inches he ranked in the top-10 in rebounding almost every year of his career, and in 1969-70 pulled in 14.4 rebounds per game, the fourth highest in the NBA, trailing Basketball Hall of Famers Elvin Hayes, 16.9 rpg, Wes Unseld, 16.7, and Lew Alcindor (Abdul-Jabbar), 14.5.

Regular Season Statistics
Year Team G MIN FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% STL BLK TO Rebs AST PTS
62-63 STL (NBA) 27 13.85 2.4-5.93 .413 0.0-0.0 .000 1.2-1.9 .627 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 0.9 6.07
63-64 STL (NBA) 80 24.36 3.4-8.44 .397 0.0-0.0 .000 1.8-2.8 .652 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.5 2.3 8.53
64-65 STL (NBA) 79 29.90 4.6-11.87 .386 0.0-0.0 .000 2.4-3.5 .676 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.8 2.4 11.52
65-66 STL (NBA) 78 34.32 4.8-11.89 .407 0.0-0.0 .000 3.3-4.7 .706 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.2 2.7 12.96
66-67 STL (NBA) 79 39.62 6.4-14.00 .455 0.0-0.0 .000 4.6-6.6 .702 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.1 2.8 17.38
67-68 STL (NBA) 82 38.99 5.7-12.31 .462 0.0-0.0 .000 4.2-5.9 .717 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.4 3.1 15.60
68-69 ATL (NBA) 80 36.63 4.4-9.69 .453 0.0-0.0 .000 3.0-4.4 .677 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.2 3.7 11.76
69-70 ATL (NBA) 82 39.87 5.4-11.37 .475 0.0-0.0 .000 4.0-5.5 .734 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.4 4.2 14.84
70-71 ATL (NBA) 82 38.29 4.7-10.17 .458 0.0-0.0 .000 2.6-4.0 .639 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.0 2.9 11.89
71-72 ATL (NBA) 14 39.00 3.6-9.57 .381 0.0-0.0 .000 2.2-3.1 .705 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.6 2.9 9.50
71-72 PHI (NBA) 64 34.53 5.1-10.08 .509 0.0-0.0 .000 3.0-4.3 .702 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5 2.5 13.23
71-72 total (NBA) 78 35.33 4.9-9.99 .487 0.0-0.0 .000 2.8-4.1 .703 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5 2.5 12.56
72-73 LAL (NBA) 72 34.60 4.0-8.29 .479 0.0-0.0 .000 1.8-2.6 .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.9 2.7 9.79
72-73 PHI (NBA) 10 37.60 4.7-12.50 .376 0.0-0.0 .000 4.6-6.5 .708 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.2 2.3 14.00
72-73 total (NBA) 82 34.96 4.1-8.81 .461 0.0-0.0 .000 2.2-3.1 .702 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0 2.7 10.31
73-74 LAL (NBA) 65 27.88 3.3-7.89 .421 0.0-0.0 .000 1.8-2.5 .707 0.9 0.5 0.0 7.7 2.3 8.43
74-75 GSW (NBA) 15 7.20 1.0-2.40 .417 0.0-0.0 .000 0.1-0.3 .250 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.3 2.07
74-75 LAL (NBA) 17 18.06 1.2-3.35 .351 0.0-0.0 .000 0.9-1.8 .533 0.4 0.3 0.0 5.5 1.6 3.29
74-75 total (NBA) 32 12.97 1.1-2.91 .376 0.0-0.0 .000 0.5-1.1 .500 0.3 0.2 0.0 4.2 1.0 2.72
19 years   926 33.35 4.5-10.2 .442 0.0-0.0 .0 2.9-4.1 .693 0.1 0.0 0.0 11.9 2.8 11.89



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