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Don Nelson



Position: Forward
Full Name: Donald Arvid Nelson
Nickname: Nellie
Born: May 15, 1940 in Muskegon, Michigan
Height: 6-6
Weight: 210
High School: Rock Island in Rock Island, Illinois
College: University of Iowa
Drafted: 3rd Round, 1st Pick - Chicago Zephyrs, 1962
Jersey#: 20, 19 (Boston Celtics, 44 (Chicago Zephyrs)

Played for the Lakers from 1963 to 1965




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
1963 CH2 62 1071 129 293 .440 161 221 .729 0 0 - 279 4.5 72 136 0 0 0 419 6.8
1964 LAL 80 1406 135 323 .418 149 201 .741 0 0 - 323 4.0 76 181 0 0 0 419 5.2
1965 LAL 39 238 36 85 .424 20 26 .769 0 0 - 73 1.9 24 40 0 0 0 92 2.4
1966 BOS 75 1765 271 618 .439 223 326 .684 0 0 - 403 5.4 79 187 0 0 0 765 10.2
1967 BOS 79 1202 227 509 .446 141 190 .742 0 0 - 295 3.7 65 143 0 0 0 595 7.5
1968 BOS 82 1498 312 632 .494 195 268 .728 0 0 - 431 5.3 103 178 0 0 0 819 10.0
1969 BOS 82 1773 374 771 .485 201 259 .776 0 0 - 458 5.6 92 198 0 0 0 949 11.6
1970 BOS 82 2224 461 920 .501 337 435 .775 0 0 - 601 7.3 148 238 0 0 0 1259 15.4
1971 BOS 82 2254 412 881 .468 317 426 .744 0 0 - 565 6.9 153 232 0 0 0 1141 13.9
1972 BOS 82 2086 389 811 .480 356 452 .788 0 0 - 453 5.5 192 220 0 0 0 1134 13.8
1973 BOS 72 1425 309 649 .476 159 188 .846 0 0 - 315 4.4 102 155 0 0 0 777 10.8
1974 BOS 82 1748 364 717 .508 215 273 .788 0 0 - 345 4.2 162 189 19 0 13 943 11.5
1975 BOS 79 2052 423 785 .539 263 318 .827 0 0 - 469 5.9 181 239 32 0 15 1109 14.0
1976 BOS 75 943 175 379 .462 127 161 .789 0 0 - 182 2.4 77 115 14 0 7 477 6.4
CAREER 1053 21685 4017 8373 .480 2864 3744 .765 0 0 - 5192 4.9 1526 2451 65 0 35 10898 10.3


Playoff Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1964 LAL 5 56 7 13 .538 3 3 1.000 0 0 - 13 2.6 2 11 0 0 0 17 3.4
1965 LAL 11 212 24 53 .453 19 25 .760 0 0 - 59 5.4 19 31 0 0 0 67 6.1
1966 BOS 17 316 50 118 .424 42 52 .808 0 0 - 85 5.0 13 50 0 0 0 142 8.4
1967 BOS 9 142 27 59 .458 10 17 .588 0 0 - 42 4.7 9 12 0 0 0 64 7.1
1968 BOS 19 468 91 175 .520 55 74 .743 0 0 - 143 7.5 32 49 0 0 0 237 12.5
1969 BOS 18 348 87 168 .518 50 60 .833 0 0 - 83 4.6 21 51 0 0 0 224 12.4
1972 BOS 11 308 52 99 .525 41 48 .854 0 0 - 61 5.5 21 30 0 0 0 145 13.2
1973 BOS 13 303 47 101 .465 49 56 .875 0 0 - 38 2.9 15 29 0 0 0 143 11.0
1974 BOS 18 467 82 164 .500 41 53 .774 0 0 - 97 5.4 35 54 0 0 0 205 11.4
1975 BOS 11 274 66 117 .564 37 41 .902 0 0 - 45 4.1 26 36 0 0 0 169 15.4
1976 BOS 18 315 52 108 .481 60 69 .870 0 0 - 53 2.9 17 46 0 0 0 164 9.1
CAREER 150 3209 585 1175 .498 407 498 .817 0 0 - 719 4.8 210 399 0 0 0 1577 10.5