Patrick Ewing vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond and Patrick Ewing, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.
Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.
Patrick Ewing played 17 years in the NBA, 3 more than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Patrick Ewing had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Nate Thurmond had his rookie season in 1963-64. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.
Their Careers |
Player |
Total Seasons |
Playoffs Played |
NBA Years |
Patrick Ewing |
17 |
14 |
1985-86 to 2001-02 |
Nate Thurmond |
14 |
9 |
1963-64 to 1976-77 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
63 |
35.0 |
21.5 |
2.5 |
6.3 |
8.8 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
2.3 |
3.6 |
3.9 |
8.4 |
16.7 |
.503 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.7 |
6.6 |
.713 |
Nate Thurmond |
77 |
41.2 |
16.5 |
- |
- |
18.1 |
2.0 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
6.7 |
16.1 |
.419 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
4.6 |
.658 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
82 |
31.0 |
20.2 |
3.0 |
5.3 |
8.2 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
4.0 |
8.0 |
14.4 |
.555 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
4.2 |
5.8 |
.716 |
Nate Thurmond |
73 |
39.6 |
16.3 |
- |
- |
18.0 |
1.5 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
6.2 |
15.3 |
.406 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
5.9 |
.654 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
4 |
38.3 |
18.8 |
4.0 |
8.8 |
12.8 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
3.3 |
2.8 |
4.3 |
7.0 |
14.3 |
.491 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
4.8 |
5.5 |
.864 |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
80 |
36.2 |
22.7 |
2.7 |
6.6 |
9.3 |
2.4 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
3.9 |
9.1 |
16.0 |
.567 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.5 |
6.1 |
.746 |
Nate Thurmond |
65 |
42.5 |
18.7 |
- |
- |
21.3 |
2.6 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
7.2 |
16.4 |
.437 |
- |
- |
- |
4.3 |
6.8 |
.629 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
9 |
37.8 |
19.9 |
2.6 |
7.4 |
10.0 |
2.2 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
1.7 |
3.9 |
7.8 |
16.0 |
.486 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.3 |
5.8 |
.750 |
Nate Thurmond |
15 |
46.0 |
15.9 |
- |
- |
23.1 |
3.1 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
6.2 |
14.3 |
.433 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
6.1 |
.571 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
82 |
38.6 |
28.6 |
2.9 |
8.0 |
10.9 |
2.2 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
3.4 |
4.0 |
11.2 |
20.4 |
.551 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.250 |
6.1 |
7.9 |
.775 |
Nate Thurmond |
51 |
43.6 |
20.5 |
- |
- |
22.0 |
4.2 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
7.5 |
18.2 |
.411 |
- |
- |
- |
5.5 |
8.6 |
.644 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
10 |
39.5 |
29.4 |
2.1 |
8.4 |
10.5 |
3.1 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
4.1 |
11.4 |
21.9 |
.521 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.500 |
6.5 |
7.9 |
.823 |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
81 |
38.3 |
26.6 |
2.4 |
8.8 |
11.2 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
10.4 |
20.3 |
.514 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
5.7 |
7.7 |
.745 |
Nate Thurmond |
71 |
45.2 |
21.5 |
- |
- |
19.7 |
3.6 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
8.0 |
19.6 |
.410 |
- |
- |
- |
5.4 |
8.7 |
.615 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
3 |
36.7 |
16.7 |
0.7 |
9.3 |
10.0 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
1.7 |
3.7 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
15.0 |
.400 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.7 |
6.0 |
.778 |
Nate Thurmond |
6 |
43.8 |
16.7 |
- |
- |
19.5 |
4.7 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
6.7 |
17.0 |
.392 |
- |
- |
- |
3.3 |
5.7 |
.588 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
82 |
38.4 |
24.0 |
2.8 |
8.5 |
11.2 |
1.9 |
1.1 |
3.0 |
2.5 |
3.4 |
9.7 |
18.6 |
.522 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.167 |
4.6 |
6.2 |
.738 |
Nate Thurmond |
43 |
44.6 |
21.9 |
- |
- |
17.7 |
3.5 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
7.9 |
19.2 |
.414 |
- |
- |
- |
6.1 |
8.0 |
.754 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
12 |
40.2 |
22.7 |
2.8 |
8.3 |
11.1 |
2.3 |
0.6 |
2.6 |
1.9 |
4.1 |
9.1 |
19.9 |
.456 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.5 |
6.1 |
.740 |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
81 |
37.1 |
24.2 |
2.4 |
9.7 |
12.1 |
1.9 |
0.9 |
2.0 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
9.6 |
19.1 |
.503 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.143 |
4.9 |
6.9 |
.719 |
Nate Thurmond |
82 |
40.9 |
20.0 |
- |
- |
13.8 |
3.1 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
7.6 |
17.1 |
.445 |
- |
- |
- |
4.8 |
6.6 |
.730 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
15 |
40.3 |
25.5 |
2.9 |
8.1 |
10.9 |
2.4 |
1.1 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
4.0 |
11.0 |
21.5 |
.512 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
1.000 |
3.4 |
5.3 |
.638 |
Nate Thurmond |
5 |
38.4 |
17.6 |
- |
- |
10.2 |
3.0 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
7.2 |
19.4 |
.371 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
4.0 |
.800 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
79 |
37.6 |
24.5 |
2.8 |
8.4 |
11.2 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
9.4 |
19.0 |
.496 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.286 |
5.6 |
7.4 |
.765 |
Nate Thurmond |
78 |
43.1 |
21.4 |
- |
- |
16.1 |
2.9 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
8.1 |
18.6 |
.432 |
- |
- |
- |
5.3 |
7.2 |
.743 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
25 |
41.3 |
21.9 |
3.5 |
8.2 |
11.7 |
2.6 |
1.3 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
8.4 |
19.2 |
.437 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
.364 |
4.9 |
6.5 |
.755 |
Nate Thurmond |
5 |
46.0 |
25.4 |
- |
- |
17.8 |
5.2 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
10.6 |
24.4 |
.434 |
- |
- |
- |
4.2 |
5.6 |
.750 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
79 |
37.0 |
23.9 |
2.0 |
9.0 |
11.0 |
2.7 |
0.9 |
2.0 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
9.2 |
18.4 |
.503 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.286 |
5.3 |
7.1 |
.750 |
Nate Thurmond |
79 |
43.3 |
17.1 |
- |
- |
17.1 |
3.5 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
6.5 |
14.7 |
.446 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
5.6 |
.718 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
11 |
36.3 |
19.0 |
1.5 |
8.1 |
9.6 |
2.5 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
4.6 |
7.3 |
14.2 |
.513 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.333 |
4.4 |
6.4 |
.686 |
Nate Thurmond |
11 |
41.8 |
14.5 |
- |
- |
13.2 |
3.6 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
5.8 |
14.6 |
.398 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
3.6 |
.800 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
76 |
36.6 |
22.5 |
2.1 |
8.5 |
10.6 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
3.3 |
8.9 |
19.2 |
.466 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.143 |
4.6 |
6.1 |
.761 |
Nate Thurmond |
62 |
39.7 |
13.0 |
4.0 |
10.1 |
14.2 |
2.7 |
0.7 |
2.9 |
- |
2.9 |
5.0 |
11.2 |
.444 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
4.6 |
.666 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
8 |
41.0 |
21.5 |
1.4 |
9.3 |
10.6 |
1.9 |
0.1 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
2.8 |
8.1 |
17.1 |
.474 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.500 |
5.1 |
7.9 |
.651 |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
78 |
37.0 |
22.4 |
2.2 |
8.4 |
10.7 |
2.0 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
8.4 |
17.2 |
.488 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.222 |
5.6 |
7.5 |
.754 |
Nate Thurmond |
80 |
34.5 |
7.9 |
3.2 |
8.1 |
11.3 |
4.1 |
0.6 |
2.4 |
- |
3.4 |
3.1 |
8.6 |
.364 |
- |
- |
- |
1.7 |
2.8 |
.589 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
9 |
39.7 |
22.6 |
2.9 |
7.7 |
10.6 |
1.9 |
0.3 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
9.8 |
18.6 |
.527 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
3.0 |
4.7 |
.643 |
Nate Thurmond |
13 |
19.5 |
3.5 |
1.8 |
4.8 |
6.7 |
2.4 |
0.4 |
1.6 |
- |
2.8 |
1.1 |
2.9 |
.368 |
- |
- |
- |
1.4 |
2.8 |
.486 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
26 |
32.6 |
20.8 |
2.3 |
7.9 |
10.2 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
2.2 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
7.8 |
15.5 |
.504 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
5.2 |
7.2 |
.720 |
Nate Thurmond |
78 |
17.9 |
4.4 |
1.5 |
3.8 |
5.3 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
- |
2.1 |
1.8 |
4.3 |
.421 |
- |
- |
- |
0.8 |
1.6 |
.504 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
4 |
33.3 |
14.0 |
2.3 |
5.8 |
8.0 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
14.0 |
.357 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.0 |
6.8 |
.593 |
Nate Thurmond |
13 |
28.8 |
6.7 |
2.9 |
6.1 |
9.0 |
2.2 |
0.5 |
2.2 |
- |
4.0 |
2.8 |
6.1 |
.468 |
- |
- |
- |
1.0 |
2.5 |
.406 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
38 |
34.2 |
17.3 |
1.9 |
8.0 |
9.9 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
6.5 |
14.9 |
.435 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.3 |
6.1 |
.706 |
Nate Thurmond |
49 |
20.3 |
5.5 |
2.5 |
5.2 |
7.6 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
1.7 |
- |
2.6 |
2.0 |
5.0 |
.407 |
- |
- |
- |
1.4 |
2.2 |
.642 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
11 |
31.5 |
13.1 |
1.3 |
7.5 |
8.7 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
3.2 |
5.3 |
12.3 |
.430 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.5 |
3.3 |
.778 |
Nate Thurmond |
1 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
62 |
32.8 |
15.0 |
2.3 |
7.5 |
9.7 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
1.4 |
2.3 |
3.2 |
5.8 |
12.5 |
.466 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
3.3 |
4.6 |
.731 |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
14 |
32.9 |
14.6 |
2.1 |
7.4 |
9.5 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
3.4 |
5.1 |
12.1 |
.418 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.4 |
6.4 |
.697 |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
79 |
26.7 |
9.6 |
1.6 |
5.8 |
7.4 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
2.9 |
3.7 |
8.7 |
.430 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
2.2 |
3.2 |
.685 |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
65 |
13.9 |
6.0 |
0.9 |
3.1 |
4.0 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
5.1 |
.444 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
.701 |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Patrick Ewing |
4 |
17.0 |
6.5 |
1.3 |
4.3 |
5.5 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
6.3 |
.320 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
2.5 |
4.3 |
.588 |
Nate Thurmond |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |