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Brian Taylor
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Birthdate: 6/9/1951    
Height / Weight: 6' 2"  /  185 lbs. Position: G
College: Princeton

Basketball Historian Biography

A top-notch hardcourt marksman, Brian Taylor connected on over 50% of his field goals attempted in five of his professional seasons, and made .487 percent of his career field goals.

In 1979 while playing with the San Diego Clippers Brian Taylor led the NBA with 90 3-pointers made and in 3-point attempts with 239 for a .377 percentage, 5th best in the NBA. The next season he led all NBA players with a very fine .383% in 3-pointers made.

Regular Season Statistics
Year Team G MIN FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% STL BLK TO Rebs AST PTS
72-73 NYN (ABA) 63 32.35 6.3-12.18 .515 0.1-0.4 .160 2.7-3.6 .743 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.2 2.8 15.27
73-74 NYN (ABA) 75 33.40 4.8-10.16 .476 0.1-0.4 .276 1.3-1.9 .699 2.1 0.3 2.2 2.9 4.5 11.12
74-75 NYN (ABA) 79 33.05 6.0-11.65 .513 0.1-0.6 .217 1.9-2.5 .765 2.8 0.3 1.9 2.9 3.6 13.98
75-76 NYN (ABA) 54 32.09 6.6-13.41 .489 0.6-1.4 .421 3.0-3.8 .792 2.3 0.4 2.8 3.0 3.8 16.74
76-77 KCK (NBA) 72 34.56 7.0-13.82 .504 0.0-0.0 .000 3.1-3.8 .818 2.8 0.2 0.0 3.3 4.4 17.04
77-78 DEN (NBA) 39 31.33 4.7-10.33 .452 0.0-0.0 .000 2.3-2.9 .765 1.8 0.2 2.0 2.5 3.4 11.59
78-79 SDC (NBA) 20 10.60 1.5-4.15 .361 0.0-0.0 .000 0.8-0.9 .889 1.2 0.0 0.9 1.3 1.0 3.80
79-80 SDC (NBA) 78 35.31 5.4-11.47 .467 1.2-3.1 .377 1.7-2.1 .802 1.9 0.3 1.8 2.4 4.3 13.54
80-81 SDC (NBA) 80 28.90 3.9-7.39 .525 0.6-1.4 .383 1.8-2.3 .789 1.5 0.3 1.4 1.9 5.5 10.13
81-82 SDC (NBA) 41 31.07 4.0-8.00 .503 0.6-1.5 .365 2.2-2.7 .818 1.1 0.2 2.0 2.3 5.6 10.81
10 years   601 31.86 5.3-10.8 .493 0.4-1.0 .356 2.1-2.7 .780 1.8 0.3 1.7 2.7 4.1 13.09



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