Paul Westphal

Paul Douglas Westphal
Position: G
Height: 6' 4'' Weight: 195
Born: 11/30/1950, in Torrance, CA, USA
High School:Aviation, in Redondo Beach, CA
College:University of Southern California

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Draft History
1972 NBA - Round 1 by BOS
1972 ABA - Round 0 by DEN
1974 ABA - Round 4 by CAR (ABA Draft of NBA Players)

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Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO	PF	?	?
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1972-73	22	BOS	NBA	60	482	245	4.1	89	212	.420	67	86	.779	0	0	.000	0	0	67	1.1	69	1.2	0	0	0	88	??	?
1973-74	23	BOS	NBA	82	1165	588	7.2	238	475	.501	112	153	.732	0	0	.000	49	94	143	1.7	171	2.1	39	34	0	173	??	?
1974-75	24	BOS	NBA	82	1581	803	9.8	342	670	.510	119	156	.763	0	0	.000	44	119	163	2.0	235	2.9	78	33	0	192	??	?
1975-76	25	PHO	NBA	82	2960	1679	20.5	657	1329	.494	365	440	.830	0	0	.000	74	185	259	3.2	440	5.4	210	38	0	218	??	?
1976-77	26	PHO	NBA	81	2600	1726	21.3	682	1317	.518	362	439	.825	0	0	.000	57	133	190	2.3	459	5.7	134	21	0	171	N A	?
1977-78	27	PHO	NBA	80	2481	2014	25.2	809	1568	.516	396	487	.813	0	0	.000	41	123	164	2.1	437	5.5	138	31	280	162	A	?
1978-79	28	PHO	NBA	81	2641	1941	24.0	801	1496	.535	339	405	.837	0	0	.000	35	124	159	2.0	529	6.5	111	26	232	159	N A	?
1979-80	29	PHO	NBA	82	2665	1792	21.9	692	1317	.525	382	443	.862	26	93	.280	46	141	187	2.3	416	5.1	119	35	207	162	N A	?
1980-81	30	SEA	NBA	36	1078	601	16.7	221	500	.442	153	184	.832	6	25	.240	11	57	68	1.9	148	4.1	46	14	78	70	A	?
1981-82	31	NYK	NBA	18	451	210	11.7	86	194	.443	36	47	.766	2	8	.250	9	13	22	1.2	100	5.6	19	8	47	61	A	?
1982-83	32	NYK	NBA	80	1978	798	10.0	318	693	.459	148	184	.804	14	48	.292	19	96	115	1.4	439	5.5	87	16	196	180	??	?
1983-84	33	PHO	NBA	59	865	412	7.0	144	313	.460	117	142	.824	7	26	.269	8	35	43	0.7	148	2.5	41	6	77	69	??	?
12 Season Totals		?	?	823	20947	12809	15.6	5079	10084	.504	2596	3166	.820	55	200	.275	393	1120	1580	1.9	3591	4.4	1022	262	1117	1705	?	?

M - MVP
N - All NBA First Team
A - All Star

Extended Stats Explanations

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Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	MPG	PPG	EFF	AV	VI	PPFGA	PPR	RbRate
1972-73	22	BOS	NBA	60	8.0	4.1	3.98	2.9	1.8	0.981	0.00	6.3
1973-74	23	BOS	NBA	82	14.2	7.2	8.50	6.4	3.0	1.084	0.00	6.0
1974-75	24	BOS	NBA	82	19.3	9.8	11.55	8.1	3.8	1.087	0.00	5.1
1975-76	25	PHO	NBA	82	36.1	20.5	22.91	13.6	7.1	1.103	0.00	4.7
1976-77	26	PHO	NBA	81	32.1	21.3	22.44	13.2	6.5	1.143	0.00	4.0
1977-78	27	PHO	NBA	80	31.0	25.2	20.68	12.3	6.6	1.130	0.46	3.4
1978-79	28	PHO	NBA	81	32.6	24.0	21.89	13.0	6.8	1.159	4.57	3.4
1979-80	29	PHO	NBA	82	32.5	21.9	20.20	12.3	6.4	1.185	2.64	3.9
1980-81	30	SEA	NBA	36	29.9	16.7	13.58	4.9	5.1	1.034	1.92	3.5
1981-82	31	NYK	NBA	18	25.1	11.7	10.72	2.4	4.3	0.978	4.36	2.8
1982-83	32	NYK	NBA	80	24.7	10.0	10.60	7.5	4.3	1.031	4.89	3.4
1983-84	33	PHO	NBA	59	14.7	7.0	6.42	4.0	2.3	1.097	2.51	2.9
12 Season Totals		?	?	823	25.5	15.6	15.28	56.5	5.1	1.116	5.98	0.0

Playoff Stats

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Year	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO
1972-73	BOS	NBA	11	109	43	3.9	19	39	.487	5	7	.714	0	0	.000	0	0	7	0.6	9	0.8	0	0	0
1973-74	BOS	NBA	18	241	103	5.7	46	100	.460	11	15	.733	0	0	.000	0	0	21	1.2	31	1.7	0	0	0
1974-75	BOS	NBA	11	183	88	8.0	38	81	.469	12	18	.667	0	0	.000	0	0	13	1.2	32	2.9	0	0	0
1975-76	PHO	NBA	19	685	401	21.1	165	323	.511	71	93	.763	0	0	.000	0	0	47	2.5	96	5.1	0	0	0
1977-78	PHO	NBA	2	66	52	26.0	22	47	.468	8	9	.889	0	0	.000	0	0	6	3.0	19	9.5	1	0	0
1978-79	PHO	NBA	15	534	336	22.4	142	287	.495	52	66	.788	0	0	.000	0	0	33	2.2	64	4.3	15	5	0
1979-80	PHO	NBA	8	253	167	20.9	69	142	.486	28	32	.875	1	12	.083	2	8	10	1.3	31	3.9	11	3	13
1982-83	NYK	NBA	6	156	57	9.5	22	50	.440	10	13	.769	3	8	.375	0	8	8	1.3	34	5.7	2	2	9
1983-84	PHO	NBA	17	222	90	5.3	30	80	.375	28	32	.875	2	9	.222	3	5	8	0.5	37	2.2	12	0	24
Totals		?	107	2449	1337	12.5	553	1149	.481	225	285	.789	6	29	.207	5	21	153	1.4	353	3.3	41	10	46

All Star Stats

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Year	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	3PM	3PA	OREB	DREB	TREB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	?
1976-77	PHO	NBA	1	31	20	10	16	0	0	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-
1977-78	PHO	NBA	1	24	20	9	14	2	5	-	-	-	-	0	5	-	-	-	-
1978-79	PHO	NBA	1	21	17	8	12	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-
1979-80	PHO	NBA	1	27	21	8	14	5	6	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-
1980-81	SEA	NBA	1	25	19	8	12	3	3	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-
Totals		NBA	5	?	97	43	68	11	16	0	0	0	0	7	24	0	0	0	0	?

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Updated 28 September 2026