Grant Hill vs. Mel Payton Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mel Payton and Grant Hill, 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.
Grant Hill played 18 years in the NBA, 16 more than Mel Payton, who played 2. Grant Hill had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Mel Payton had his rookie season in 1951-52. 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 |
Grant Hill |
18 |
8 |
1994-95 to 2012-13 |
Mel Payton |
2 |
2 |
1951-52 to 1952-53 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
70 |
38.3 |
19.9 |
1.8 |
4.6 |
6.4 |
5.0 |
1.8 |
0.9 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
7.3 |
15.2 |
.477 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.148 |
5.3 |
7.3 |
.732 |
Mel Payton |
45 |
10.5 |
2.9 |
- |
- |
1.8 |
1.0 |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 |
1.2 |
3.1 |
.386 |
- |
- |
- |
0.5 |
0.6 |
.750 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mel Payton |
3 |
6.0 |
1.3 |
- |
- |
1.0 |
0.3 |
- |
- |
- |
2.0 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
.500 |
- |
- |
- |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.000 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
80 |
40.8 |
20.2 |
1.6 |
8.2 |
9.8 |
6.9 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
3.3 |
3.0 |
7.1 |
15.3 |
.462 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.192 |
6.1 |
8.1 |
.751 |
Mel Payton |
66 |
21.6 |
7.1 |
- |
- |
4.7 |
1.2 |
- |
- |
- |
1.8 |
2.6 |
7.3 |
.357 |
- |
- |
- |
1.8 |
2.4 |
.745 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
3 |
38.3 |
19.0 |
1.3 |
6.0 |
7.3 |
3.7 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
2.7 |
4.3 |
7.3 |
13.0 |
.564 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
.500 |
4.0 |
4.7 |
.857 |
Mel Payton |
2 |
18.0 |
10.5 |
- |
- |
3.0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
3.5 |
8.5 |
.412 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
4.0 |
.875 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
80 |
39.3 |
21.4 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
9.0 |
7.3 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
3.2 |
2.3 |
7.8 |
15.7 |
.496 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.303 |
5.6 |
7.9 |
.711 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
5 |
40.8 |
23.6 |
2.6 |
4.2 |
6.8 |
5.4 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
3.8 |
2.8 |
9.0 |
20.6 |
.437 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
5.6 |
7.8 |
.718 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Season 4 |
|
Grant Hill |
Mel Payton |
Season |
1997-98 | - |
Team |
Detroit Pistons | - |
Honors & Awards |
All-NBA Second Team | - |
All-Star Game | - |
Playoffs |
Did Not Play | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
81 |
40.7 |
21.1 |
1.1 |
6.5 |
7.7 |
6.8 |
1.8 |
0.7 |
3.5 |
2.4 |
7.6 |
16.8 |
.452 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.143 |
5.9 |
8.0 |
.740 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
50 |
37.0 |
21.1 |
1.3 |
5.8 |
7.1 |
6.0 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
3.7 |
2.3 |
7.7 |
16.0 |
.479 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
5.7 |
7.6 |
.752 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
5 |
35.0 |
19.4 |
1.4 |
5.8 |
7.2 |
7.4 |
2.0 |
0.4 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
8.4 |
18.4 |
.457 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
2.6 |
3.2 |
.813 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
74 |
37.5 |
25.8 |
1.3 |
5.3 |
6.6 |
5.2 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
3.2 |
2.6 |
9.4 |
19.2 |
.489 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
.347 |
6.5 |
8.2 |
.795 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
2 |
28.0 |
11.0 |
0.0 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
4.5 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
5.0 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
8.0 |
.375 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
.500 |
4.5 |
5.0 |
.900 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
4 |
33.3 |
13.8 |
2.0 |
4.3 |
6.3 |
6.3 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
2.8 |
2.3 |
4.8 |
10.8 |
.442 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.000 |
4.0 |
6.5 |
.615 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
14 |
36.6 |
16.8 |
2.1 |
6.9 |
8.9 |
4.6 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
2.6 |
2.9 |
5.9 |
13.9 |
.426 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.9 |
5.7 |
.863 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
29 |
29.1 |
14.5 |
1.4 |
5.7 |
7.1 |
4.2 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
2.9 |
1.6 |
5.2 |
10.6 |
.492 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.250 |
4.1 |
5.0 |
.819 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Grant Hill didn't play in 2003-04.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
67 |
34.9 |
19.7 |
1.1 |
3.6 |
4.7 |
3.3 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
7.7 |
15.1 |
.509 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.231 |
4.2 |
5.1 |
.821 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
21 |
29.2 |
15.1 |
0.7 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
1.7 |
2.4 |
5.7 |
11.6 |
.490 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.250 |
3.7 |
4.9 |
.765 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
65 |
30.9 |
14.4 |
0.8 |
2.8 |
3.6 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
5.3 |
10.2 |
.518 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.167 |
3.8 |
5.0 |
.765 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
4 |
35.8 |
15.0 |
0.5 |
5.0 |
5.5 |
3.8 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
4.8 |
9.5 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
5.5 |
8.3 |
.667 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
70 |
31.7 |
13.1 |
1.1 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
2.9 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
5.1 |
10.2 |
.503 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
.317 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
.867 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
3 |
22.7 |
3.7 |
1.0 |
4.3 |
5.3 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
3.7 |
.455 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.000 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
82 |
29.8 |
12.0 |
0.8 |
4.2 |
4.9 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
4.8 |
9.1 |
.523 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
.316 |
2.2 |
2.7 |
.808 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
81 |
30.0 |
11.3 |
0.9 |
4.6 |
5.5 |
2.4 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
4.1 |
8.7 |
.478 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
.438 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
.817 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
16 |
28.3 |
9.6 |
0.8 |
5.1 |
5.8 |
2.3 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
2.9 |
3.7 |
7.7 |
.480 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
.188 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
.868 |
Mel Payton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
80 |
30.1 |
13.2 |
1.0 |
3.3 |
4.2 |
2.5 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
5.0 |
10.3 |
.484 |
0.6 |
1.4 |
.395 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
.829 |
Mel Payton |
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Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
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Mel Payton |
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Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
49 |
28.1 |
10.2 |
0.6 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
2.2 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
4.1 |
9.2 |
.446 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
.264 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
.761 |
Mel Payton |
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Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
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Mel Payton |
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Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
29 |
15.1 |
3.2 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
3.4 |
.388 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.273 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
.583 |
Mel Payton |
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Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
1 |
20.0 |
4.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
Mel Payton |
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