Phil Smith (basketball)

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Phil Smith
San Diego Clippers
1982–1983Seattle SuperSonics
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points
9,924 (15.1 ppg)
Rebounds1,978 (3.0 rpg)
Assists2,561 (3.9 apg)
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Philip Arnold Smith (April 22, 1952 – July 29, 2002) was an American professional

San Diego Clippers and Seattle SuperSonics. Smith played college basketball for the San Francisco Dons
.

Collegiate career

A 6'4"

All-American team his senior year. Scoring 1,523 career points, he excelled at USF becoming the ninth-leading scorer in school history. On February 17, 2001 his number 20 was retired at halftime during a home game against the University of San Diego
. He is one of only five players to have their number retired by USF. He was named one of the Top-50 WCC athletes of all-time in 2001.

Professional career

After his senior year, Smith was selected by the

San Diego Clippers, and the Seattle SuperSonics
. Smith finished his NBA career with 9,924 total points and a 15.1 ppg career average. A ruptured Achilles tendon prior to the start of the 1979–80 campaign caused the decline of his career.

Personal life

Was the third of nine children born to Ben and Thelma Smith of San Francisco. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Angela, and their five children: Alicia, Philip, Amber, Martin and Peter, and 11 grandchildren. Martin played collegiately for the

Concordia University
(class of 2012).

September 27 is Phil Smith Day in

San Francisco, California as decreed by former Mayor Willie Brown
.

A scholarship endowment in Smith's name and the name of Arthur Zief, Jr. was established at the University of San Francisco by Art Zief.

Death

Philip Smith died at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, California from complications with multiple myeloma cancer, after a five-year battle with the disease. He was 50.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an NBA championship

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1974–75† Golden State 74 – 14.3 .476 – .804 1.9 1.8 0.8 0.0 7.7
1975–76 Golden State 82 – 34.1 .477 – .788 4.6 4.4 1.3 0.2 20.0
1976–77 Golden State 82 – 35.1 .479 – .785 4.0 4.0 1.2 0.4 19.0
1977–78 Golden State 82 – 35.9 .472 – .812 3.7 4.8 1.3 0.3 19.7
1978–79 Golden State 59 – 38.8 .501 – .761 3.6 4.4 1.7 0.4 19.9
1979–80 Golden State 51 – 30.4 .474 .318 .789 2.9 3.7 1.2 0.3 15.5
1980–81 San Diego 76 – 31.3 .491 .222 .757 2.1 4.9 1.1 0.2 16.8
1981–82 San Diego 48 39 30.1 .440 .208 .732 2.4 4.9 0.9 0.4 13.2
1981–82 Seattle 26 2 22.9 .468 .000 .727 2.7 2.8 0.8 0.3 8.2
1982–83 Seattle 79 17 15.7 .438 .375 .759 1.6 2.7 0.6 0.1 5.7
Career 659 58 29.1 .476 .253 .779 3.0 3.9 1.1 0.3 15.1
All-Star 2 0 20.0 .450 – .333 3.5 4.0 0.5 0.0 10.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1975
†
Golden State
 16 – 14.7 .375 – .625 1.8 1.9 0.6 0.4 6.4
1976
Golden State
 13 – 37.9 .518 – .734 4.7 4.6 1.6 0.5 24.0
1977
Golden State
 10 – 37.1 .402 – .800 5.0 4.5 1.4 0.4 14.2
1982
Seattle
 8 – 11.5 .400 .000 .333 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.1 3.1
1983
Seattle
 2 – 9.5 .500 – – 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 3.0
Career 49 – 24.7 .453 .000 .719 3.1 2.9 1.0 0.4 12.0

References

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