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Calvin Murphy

Calvin Jerome Murphy (Cal)
Position: G
Height: 5' 9'' Weight: 165
Born: 5/9/1948, in Norwalk, CT, USA
High School:Norwalk, in Norwalk, CT
College:Niagara University

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Draft History
1970 ABA - Round 0 by PTC
1970 NBA - Round 2 by SDR
1974 ABA - Round 4 by VIR (ABA Draft of NBA Players)

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Hall of Fame
Regular Season Stats
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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 ? ?
1970-71 22 SDR NBA 82 2020 1298 15.8 471 1029 .458 356 434 .820 0 0 .000 0 0 245 3.0 329 4.0 0 0 0 263 ?? ?
1971-72 23 HOU NBA 82 2538 1491 18.2 571 1255 .455 349 392 .890 0 0 .000 0 0 258 3.1 393 4.8 0 0 0 298 ?? ?
1972-73 24 HOU NBA 77 1697 1001 13.0 381 820 .465 239 269 .888 0 0 .000 0 0 149 1.9 262 3.4 0 0 0 211 ?? ?
1973-74 25 HOU NBA 81 2922 1652 20.4 671 1285 .522 310 357 .868 0 0 .000 51 137 188 2.3 603 7.4 157 4 0 310 ?? ?
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 78 2513 1455 18.7 557 1152 .484 341 386 .883 0 0 .000 52 121 173 2.2 381 4.9 128 4 0 281 ?? ?
1975-76 27 HOU NBA 82 2995 1722 21.0 675 1369 .493 372 410 .907 0 0 .000 52 157 209 2.5 596 7.3 151 6 0 294 ?? ?
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 82 2764 1464 17.9 596 1216 .490 272 307 .886 0 0 .000 54 118 172 2.1 386 4.7 144 8 0 281 ?? ?
1977-78 29 HOU NBA 76 2900 1949 25.6 852 1737 .491 245 267 .918 0 0 .000 57 107 164 2.2 259 3.4 112 3 173 241 ?? ?
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 82 2941 1660 20.2 707 1424 .496 246 265 .928 0 0 .000 78 95 173 2.1 351 4.3 117 6 187 288 A ?
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 76 2676 1520 20.0 624 1267 .493 271 302 .897 1 25 .040 68 82 150 2.0 299 3.9 143 9 162 269 ?? ?
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 76 2014 1266 16.7 528 1074 .492 206 215 .958 4 17 .235 33 54 87 1.1 222 2.9 111 6 129 209 ?? ?
1981-82 33 HOU NBA 64 1204 655 10.2 277 648 .427 100 110 .909 1 16 .063 20 41 61 1.0 163 2.5 43 1 82 142 ?? ?
1982-83 34 HOU NBA 64 1423 816 12.8 337 754 .447 138 150 .920 4 14 .286 34 40 74 1.2 158 2.5 59 4 89 163 ?? ?
13 Season Totals ? ? 1002 30607 17949 17.9 7247 15030 .482 3445 3864 .892 10 72 .139 499 952 2103 2.1 4402 4.4 1165 51 822 3250 ? ?

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
1970-71 22 SDR NBA 82 24.6 15.8 15.07 9.9 5.7 1.064 0.00 5.3
1971-72 23 HOU NBA 82 31.0 18.2 17.26 11.0 6.5 1.044 0.00 4.6
1972-73 24 HOU NBA 77 22.0 13.0 12.25 8.1 4.4 1.067 0.00 4.1
1973-74 25 HOU NBA 81 36.1 20.4 23.99 13.9 7.0 1.146 0.00 3.4
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 78 32.2 18.7 19.24 11.5 5.9 1.101 0.00 3.9
1975-76 27 HOU NBA 82 36.5 21.0 23.80 14.0 7.3 1.111 0.00 3.8
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 82 33.7 17.9 18.52 11.6 5.6 1.084 0.00 3.4
1977-78 29 HOU NBA 76 38.2 25.6 18.51 10.9 5.8 1.051 -0.01 3.0
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 82 35.9 20.2 16.88 10.8 5.7 1.078 1.60 3.2
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 76 35.2 20.0 16.91 10.2 5.4 1.086 1.40 3.1
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 76 26.5 16.7 13.26 8.5 3.8 1.083 0.94 2.4
1981-82 33 HOU NBA 64 18.8 10.2 7.19 4.7 2.9 0.941 2.22 2.8
1982-83 34 HOU NBA 64 22.2 12.8 9.27 5.7 3.4 0.995 1.15 2.8
13 Season Totals ? ? 1002 30.5 17.9 16.61 69.8 5.5 1.073 6.81 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
1974-75 HOU NBA 8 305 195 24.4 72 156 .462 51 57 .895 0 0 .000 0 0 19 2.4 45 5.6 0 0 0
1976-77 HOU NBA 12 420 232 19.3 102 213 .479 28 30 .933 0 0 .000 0 0 19 1.6 75 6.3 0 0 0
1978-79 HOU NBA 2 73 26 13.0 9 31 .290 8 9 .889 0 0 .000 0 0 3 1.5 6 3.0 8 1 0
1979-80 HOU NBA 7 265 131 18.7 58 108 .537 13 13 1.000 2 4 .500 4 6 10 1.4 26 3.7 11 0 16
1980-81 HOU NBA 19 540 344 18.1 142 287 .495 58 60 .967 2 7 .286 7 17 24 1.3 57 3.0 26 0 42
1981-82 HOU NBA 3 57 17 5.7 5 22 .227 7 8 .875 0 3 .000 2 1 3 1.0 4 1.3 1 0 4
Totals ? 51 1660 945 18.5 388 817 .475 165 177 .932 4 14 .286 13 24 78 1.5 213 4.2 46 1 62

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 ?
1978-79 HOU NBA 1 15 6 3 5 0 0 - - - - 1 5 - - - -
Totals NBA 1 ? 6 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 ?

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