Robert Reid (basketball)

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Robert Reid
Personal information
Born(1955-08-30)August 30, 1955
Yakima Sun Kings
2003Texas Rim Rockers
2004Lakeland Blue Ducks
2004–2005Debreceni Vadkakasok
Career NBA statistics
Points
10,448 (11.4 ppg)
Rebounds4,168 (4.5 rpg)
Assists2,500 (2.7 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Robert Keith Reid (August 30, 1955 – February 19, 2024) was an American professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Career

An

Pentecostal faith.[2] After a year away from the NBA, he returned to Houston after they drafted Ralph Sampson with the first overall pick in the 1983 NBA draft.[3] One of Reid's most notable moments in the NBA was his three-point shot in Game 5 of the 1986 Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers that tied the game with just seconds left, helping rally the Rockets into defeating the Lakers and reaching the 1986 NBA Finals
. Reid, not known for passing the ball much, registered a surprising 8.7 assists per game during those Finals.

When he concluded his NBA career in 1991, Reid had tallied 10,448 career points, 4,168 career rebounds, and 2,500 career assists.

Personal life

In recent years, Reid hosted basketball clinics for young athletes in several countries, such as India.[4]

Reid died at the age of 68 at his home in Houston, Texas, on February 19, 2024, from cancer.[5][6]

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
 *  Led the league

NBA

Source[7]

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1977–78 Houston 80 23.1 .455 .656 4.5 1.5 .8 .6 7.3
1978–79 Houston 82* 27.5 .492 .704 5.9 2.8 .9 .6 10.9
1979–80 Houston 76 30.3 .487 .000 .736 5.8 3.2 1.7 .8 13.0
1980–81 Houston 82 82 36.1 .482 .000 .756 7.1 4.2 2.0 .8 15.9
1981–82 Houston 77 75 37.8 .456 .100 .748 6.6 4.1 1.5 .6 13.4
1983–84 Houston 64 28 30.3 .474 .250 .659 5.3 3.4 1.4 .5 14.0
1984–85 Houston 82* 0 21.5 .481 .063 .698 3.3 2.1 .6 .3 8.7
1985–86 Houston 82 5 26.3 .464 .182 .757 3.7 2.7 1.1 .2 12.0
1986–87 Houston 75 63 34.6 .417 .327 .768 3.9 4.3 1.0 .3 13.7
1987–88 Houston 62 31 15.8 .463 .382 .794 2.0 1.1 .4 .1 6.3
1988–89 Charlotte 82* 54 26.2 .428 .327 .776 3.7 1.9 .6 .2 14.7
1989–90 Portland 12 1 7.1 .394 .333 .500 .7 .7 .2 .2 2.6
1989–90 Charlotte 60 27 18.6 .391 .310 .641 2.4 1.4 .6 .2 6.4
1990–91 Philadelphia 3 0 12.3 .143 – – 3.0 1.3 .3 1.0 1.3
Career 919 366 27.3 .458 .291 .732 4.5 2.7 1.1 .4 11.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1979 Houston 2 22.5 .412 .667 4.5 1.0 .5 1.0 10.0
1980 Houston 7 38.0 .510 .000 .846 7.9 3.7 .9 1.0 18.0
1981 Houston 21* 41.3 .459 .000 .663 6.8 4.7 2.4 1.1 16.1
1982 Houston 3 38.3 .484 – .800 8.7 3.0 1.7 .7 11.3
1985 Houston 5 0 17.4 .422 .000 – 3.4 1.0 .8 .4 7.6
1986 Houston 20* 20* 38.7 .431 .143 .797 4.2 6.9 1.4 .1 14.9
1987 Houston 10 10 43.1 .361 .118 .652 3.6 4.8 1.0 .3 12.9
1988 Houston 4 4 28.5 .455 .429 .667 3.8 2.0 .5 .0 8.8
1991 Philadelphia 7 0 5.9 .333 .000 – 1.1 .3 .1 .0 .9
Career 79 34 34.7 .437 .151 .724 4.9 4.2 1.3 .5 13.0

References

  1. ^ "1981 NBA Finals Series Stats"
  2. ^ "Rockets’ Reid Retires"
  3. Grantland.com
  4. ^ "NBA legend Robert Reid breathes new life into Indian basketball"
  5. ^ Young, Matt (February 20, 2024). "Former Houston Rockets star Robert Reid, a key member of two NBA Finals teams, dies at 68". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "Former Houston Rockets player Robert Reid dies at 68". Fox26Houston.com.
  7. Basketball Reference
    . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

External links

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