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Bryon Russell



Position: Small Forward
Full Name: Bryon Demetrise Russell
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Born: December 31, 1970 in San Bernardino, California
Height: 6-7
Weight: 225
High School: San Bernardino in San Bernardino, California
College: California State University, Long Beach
Drafted: 2nd Round, 18th Pick - Utah Jazz, 1993
Jersey#: 3, 34 (Utah), 9 (Denver)

Played for the Lakers from 2003 to 2004


Russell has played for Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers, Washington Wizards and Utah Jazz, with whom he played for nine seasons after being drafted in 1993.

Russell, although known for hard-nosed defense, is most remembered for an unsuccessful defensive play. Near the end of Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals, he was assigned the task of defending Michael Jordan on the Chicago Bulls' final possession. Jordan bumped Russell to the floor as Russell tried to follow him. Jordan sank the shot that would win the Bulls the game and the championship in his last NBA Finals appearance.

Russell had his best season with the Jazz in 1999-2000, when he averaged 14.1 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.



Regular Season Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1994 UTA 67 1121 135 279 .484 62 101 .614 2 22 .091 181 2.7 54 138 68 55 19 334 5.0
1995 UTA 63 860 104 238 .437 62 93 .667 13 44 .295 148 2.3 34 100 48 42 11 283 4.5
1996 UTA 59 577 56 142 .394 48 67 .716 14 40 .350 90 1.5 29 66 29 36 8 174 2.9
1997 UTA 81 2525 297 620 .479 171 244 .701 108 264 .409 331 4.1 123 237 129 94 27 873 10.8
1998 UTA 82 2219 226 525 .430 213 278 .766 73 214 .341 326 4.0 101 229 90 81 32 738 9.0
1999 UTA 50 1770 217 468 .464 136 171 .795 52 147 .354 266 5.3 74 154 76 76 15 622 12.4
2000 UTA 82 2900 408 914 .446 237 316 .750 106 268 .396 427 5.2 158 255 128 101 23 1159 14.1
2001 UTA 78 2473 308 700 .440 222 285 .779 95 230 .413 330 4.2 160 229 96 113 20 933 12.0
2002 UTA 66 2000 222 584 .380 115 140 .821 77 226 .341 295 4.5 136 205 64 110 19 636 9.6
2003 WAS 70 1388 108 306 .353 53 69 .768 46 140 .329 208 3.0 72 130 70 55 7 315 4.5
2004 LAL 72 945 98 244 .402 50 65 .769 43 112 .384 146 2.0 71 110 32 37 12 289 4.0
2005 DEN 70 1026 95 252 .377 61 77 .792 56 149 .376 172 2.5 72 130 44 35 11 307 4.4
2006 DEN 1 3 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAREER 841 19807 2274 5272 .431 1430 1906 .750 685 1856 .369 2921 3.5 1085 1983 874 835 204 6663 7.9


Playoff Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1994 UTA 6 36 4 10 .400 6 6 1.000 2 3 .667 9 1.5 3 3 0 1 0 16 2.7
1995 UTA 2 13 4 7 .571 1 2 .500 2 4 .500 2 1.0 3 2 1 0 0 11 5.5
1996 UTA 18 459 58 124 .468 31 38 .816 25 53 .472 75 4.2 22 43 23 10 9 172 9.6
1997 UTA 20 758 89 193 .461 31 43 .721 36 101 .356 92 4.6 27 59 21 20 6 245 12.3
1998 UTA 20 698 69 147 .469 58 81 .716 23 63 .365 93 4.7 22 49 21 17 5 219 10.9
1999 UTA 11 387 49 115 .426 26 36 .722 9 36 .250 67 6.1 13 37 20 11 2 133 12.1
2000 UTA 10 371 48 114 .421 31 41 .756 13 45 .289 52 5.2 21 27 16 15 5 140 14.0
2001 UTA 5 214 25 56 .446 11 12 .917 10 22 .455 36 7.2 15 13 3 2 1 71 14.2
2002 UTA 4 120 9 36 .250 4 4 1.000 6 15 .400 17 4.3 7 15 4 9 0 28 7.0
2004 LAL 6 16 0 3 - 0 0 - 0 2 - 1 0.2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
2005 DEN 3 9 0 1 - 3 3 1.000 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.0
CAREER 105 3081 355 806 .440 202 266 .759 126 345 .365 444 4.2 135 250 110 85 28 1038 9.9