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Bernie Williams (basketball)

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Bernie Williams
Personal information
Born(1945-12-30)December 30, 1945
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedSeptember 23, 2003(2003-09-23) (aged 57)
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolDeMatha Catholic
(Hyattsville, Maryland)
CollegeLa Salle (1966–1969)
NBA draft1969: 2nd round, 21st overall pick
Selected by the San Diego Rockets
Playing career1969–1974
PositionPoint guard
Number18, 35, 11
Career history
1969–1971San Diego Rockets
1971–1974Virginia Squires
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA and ABA statistics
Points2,622 (9.3 ppg)
Rebounds523 (1.8 rpg)
Assists556 (2.0 apg)
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Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Bernard Williams (December 30, 1945 – September 23, 2003) was an American basketball player who attended DeMatha Catholic High School, a college preparatory high school in Hyattsville, Maryland near Washington, D.C. In 1965 he was a senior and a starter on the DeMatha team that beat New York City's Power Memorial Academy 46–43 on January 30. Power, led by 7' 1" senior Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) had won 71 games in a row. Sports writers at the time and later called it the greatest high school basketball game ever.

Williams went on to play at La Salle University for four years. As a senior in 1968–69, he averaged 18.4 points per game (scoring 1,230 points in 74 games) and led La Salle to a 23–1 record and a No. 2 national ranking.[1] Unfortunately, the Explorers were ineligible for the NCAA and the National Invitational tournaments because of academic and recruiting violations in prior years. In the 1969 NBA draft, Williams was selected by the San Diego Rockets. He played with the Rockets until 1971 and then played three seasons with the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association alongside Julius Erving.

In 1982, Williams was inducted into the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame. He died of colorectal cancer in 2003.[2]

Career statistics

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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

NBA/ABA

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Source[3]

Regular season

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Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1969–70 San Diego (NBA) 72 17.1 .392 .787 2.2 2.3 8.3
1970–71 San Diego (NBA) 56 12.6 .331 .840 1.5 2.0 5.2
1971–72 Virginia (ABA) 78 21.4 .428 .277 .796 2.0 1.7 10.6
1972–73 Virginia (ABA) 71 21.3 .428 .172 .860 1.8 1.9 12.5
1973–74 Virginia (ABA) 6 8.5 .316 .500 1.000 .7 1.2 .2 .0 2.5
Career (NBA) 128 15.1 .371 .808 1.9 2.2 7.0
Career (ABA) 155 20.8 .427 .232 .834 1.8 1.8 .2 .0 11.2
Career (overall) 283 18.3 .406 .232 .824 1.8 2.0 .2 .0 9.3

Playoffs

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Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG PPG
1972 Virginia (ABA) 11 32.4 .442 .500 .704 4.3 2.1 17.2
1973 Virginia (ABA) 3 8.0 .375 .000 1.000 .0 .3 2.3
Career 14 27.1 .439 .400 .714 3.4 1.7 14.0

References

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  1. ^ "Bernard Williams (1979) – Hall of Athletes". La Salle University Athletics. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  2. ^ Giannotto, Mark (January 29, 2015). "The day DeMatha basketball toppled Power Memorial: 50 years ago, the Stags beat Lew Alcindor in a high school game for the ages". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "Bernie Williams NBA/ABA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
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