Don Buse Playoffs Game Log

Donald R. Buse

(Boo)

Position: Point Guard and Shooting Guard ▪ Shoots: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: August 10, 1950 in Huntingburg, Indiana us

College: University of Evansville

High School: Holland in Holland, Indiana

Draft: Phoenix Suns, 3rd round (4th pick, 34th overall), 1972 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: October 21, 1976 ▪ ABA Debut: October 12, 1972

Career Length: 13 years

2x All Star
1976-77 AST Champ
1976-77 STL Champ
1973 ABA Champ
6x All-Defensive
1975-76 All-ABA

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SUMMARY

Career

966

PTS

7.1

TRB

2.7

AST

4.6

FG%

44.0

FG3%

33.0

FT%

77.9

eFG%

46.5

PER

13.1

57.1

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Game Log Summary

MP

0-9	11
10-19	16
20-29	19
30-39	28
40+	10

PTS

0-9	64
10-19	20

TRB

0-4	72
5-9	12

AST

0-4	55
5-9	28
10-14	1

STL

BLK

PF

0	15
1-2	42
3-4	22
5	5

41 Wins, 43 Losses

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
Rk	G	1973 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
1	1	1973-03-31	WDS	INA		DNR	1	W (+23)	0	7:00	0	2	.000	0	2	.000	2	2	1.000			1	1	1	0	0	0	2
2	2	1973-04-03	WDS	INA	@	DNR	3	L (-11)	0	5:00	1	2	.500	0	0		0	0				1	2	0	0	0	2	2
3	3	1973-04-07	WDS	INA		DNR	5	W (+14)	0	10:00	0	3	.000	0	0		0	0				2	1	0	0		4	0

4	4	1973-04-12	WDF	INA	@	UTS	1	L (-17)	0	5:00	1	3	.333	0	0		1	2	.500			1	1	0	1	0	0	3
5	5	1973-04-14	WDF	INA	@	UTS	2	W (+6)	0	13:00	2	2	1.000	0	0		0	0				2	5	1	0	0	5	4
6	6	1973-04-16	WDF	INA		UTS	3	W (+10)	0	19:00	1	4	.250	0	2	.000	2	4	.500			1	1	0	0	2	3	4
7	7	1973-04-18	WDF	INA		UTS	4	L (-1)	0	22:00	4	9	.444	0	0		3	5	.600			2	4	3	0	1	5	11
8	8	1973-04-19	WDF	INA	@	UTS	5	W (+2)	0	18:00	2	5	.400	0	1	.000	0	0				2	0	0	0	1	4	4
9	9	1973-04-21	WDF	INA		UTS	6	W (+9)	0	10:00	2	4	.500	0	1	.000	0	1	.000	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4.0

10	10	1973-04-28	FIN	INA	@	KEN	1	W (+4)		4:00	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0.6
11	11	1973-05-05	FIN	INA		KEN	4	W (+4)		10:00	2	6	.333	0	1	.000	0	0		1	1	2	1	1	0	1	3	4	1.1
12	12	1973-05-08	FIN	INA	@	KEN	5	W (+3)		22:00	1	4	.250	0	0		4	6	.667	1	3	4	1	5	0	0	2	6	9.3
13	13	1973-05-10	FIN	INA		KEN	6	L (-16)		14:00	0	1	.000	0	0		1	1	1.000	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	2.5
14	14	1973-05-12	FIN	INA	@	KEN	7	W (+7)		4:00	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Rk	G	1974 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
15	1	1974-03-30	WDS	INA		SAA	1	L (-4)	0	13:00	1	1	1.000	0	0		2	2	1.000	1	2	3	4	1	0	1	1	4	7.4
16	2	1974-04-01	WDS	INA		SAA	2	W (+27)	1	22:00	1	2	.500	0	1	.000	0	0		0	2	2	1	3	0	1	4	2	2.7
17	3	1974-04-03	WDS	INA	@	SAA	3	L (-19)	1	30:00	5	9	.556	1	2	.500	0	0				3	2	1	0		3	11
18	4	1974-04-04	WDS	INA	@	SAA	4	W (+2)	1	41:00	4	9	.444	2	4	.500	2	2	1.000			4	2	2	1		1	12
19	5	1974-04-06	WDS	INA		SAA	5	W (+5)	1	20:00	2	6	.333	1	3	.333	0	0		1	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	5	7.3
20	6	1974-04-10	WDS	INA	@	SAA	6	L (-16)	1	21:00	1	5	.200	0	2	.000	1	3	.333			5	2	0	0		1	3
21	7	1974-04-12	WDS	INA		SAA	7	W (+7)	1	29:00	2	4	.500	0	1	.000	0	0		2	0	2	2	2	0	1	3	4	4.6

22	8	1974-04-13	WDF	INA	@	UTS	1	L (-9)	0	7:00	0	1	.000	0	0		0	0				0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	9	1974-04-15	WDF	INA	@	UTS	2	L (-4)	0	16:00	1	2	.500	0	0		0	1	.000			4	2				2	2
24	10	1974-04-17	WDF	INA		UTS	3	L (-9)	1	37:00	4	11	.364	1	5	.200	0	0		0	1	1	6	5	0	0	2	9	11.6
25	11	1974-04-18	WDF	INA		UTS	4	W (+11)	0	27:00	4	7	.571	1	1	1.000	1	1	1.000	5	0	5	3	4	0	2	2	10	13.5
26	12	1974-04-22	WDF	INA	@	UTS	5	W (+9)	1	26:00	3	5	.600	1	1	1.000	0	0				1	3	1	0	1	0	7
27	13	1974-04-25	WDF	INA		UTS	6	W (+2)	1	30:00	2	5	.400	0	1	.000	0	0				5	6				1	4
28	14	1974-04-27	WDF	INA	@	UTS	7	L (-22)	1	12:00	0	1	.000	0	1	.000	0	0				1	1	0	0	2	0	0
Rk	G	1975 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
29	1	1975-04-05	WDS	INA	@	SAA	1	W (+3)	1	45:00	2	4	.500	0	2	.000	1	2	.500			6	5	2	0	2	4	5
30	2	1975-04-07	WDS	INA	@	SAA	2	W (+5)	1	43:00	3	9	.333	1	2	.500	4	8	.500			2	7	4	0	1	3	11
31	3	1975-04-10	WDS	INA		SAA	3	W (+10)	1	53:00	4	14	.286	1	3	.333	1	1	1.000	3	4	7	6	4	0	0	4	10	11.7
32	4	1975-04-12	WDS	INA		SAA	4	L (-1)	1	37:00	2	7	.286	0	3	.000	0	0		0	4	4	6	3	0	0	5	4	6.3
33	5	1975-04-14	WDS	INA	@	SAA	5	L (-6)	1	33:00	3	7	.429	1	2	.500	1	2	.500	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	3	8	9.5
34	6	1975-04-16	WDS	INA		SAA	6	W (+15)	1	30:00	2	4	.500	1	2	.500	1	2	.500	1	3	4	5	3	0	0	1	6	11.3

35	7	1975-04-20	WDF	INA	@	DNA	1	L (-3)	1	33:00	4	6	.667	0	1	.000	1	1	1.000			2	6				3	9
36	8	1975-04-22	WDF	INA	@	DNA	2	W (+7)	0	17:00	0	4	.000	0	1	.000	0	0				1	3				1	0
37	9	1975-04-24	WDF	INA		DNA	3	W (+6)	0	23:00	2	2	1.000	0	0		0	1	.000	0	2	2	2				5	4
38	10	1975-04-25	WDF	INA		DNA	4	L (-17)	0	26:00	1	5	.200	0	1	.000	0	0		0	3	3	3				1	2
39	11	1975-04-27	WDF	INA	@	DNA	5	W (+19)	1	42:00	3	8	.375	1	2	.500	6	9	.667			4	5	4			1	13
40	12	1975-04-30	WDF	INA		DNA	6	L (-5)	1	33:00	2	5	.400	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	1	9				3	4
41	13	1975-05-03	WDF	INA	@	DNA	7	W (+8)	1	30:00	3	6	.500	0	1	.000	0	0				1	2	4			1	6

42	14	1975-05-13	FIN	INA	@	KEN	1	L (-26)		22:00	0	1	.000	0	1	.000	0	0		0	2	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.0
43	15	1975-05-15	FIN	INA	@	KEN	2	L (-2)		39:00	3	5	.600	0	1	.000	1	2	.500	0	5	5	7	3	0	0	2	7	12.9
44	16	1975-05-17	FIN	INA		KEN	3	L (-8)		37:00	4	11	.364	1	1	1.000	0	0		2	0	2	5	2	0	1	1	9	8.4
45	17	1975-05-19	FIN	INA		KEN	4	W (+8)		24:00	1	5	.200	0	2	.000	0	0		3	2	5	2	2	0	1	3	2	2.8
46	18	1975-05-22	FIN	INA	@	KEN	5	L (-5)		9:00	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.0
Rk	G	1976 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
47	1	1976-04-08	1ST	INA	@	KEN	1	L (-11)	1	48:00	6	15	.400	2	6	.333	2	2	1.000			4	5	0		4	3	16
48	2	1976-04-10	1ST	INA		KEN	2	W (+14)	1	44:00	6	9	.667	1	1	1.000	2	2	1.000			5	12	5		2	3	15
49	3	1976-04-12	1ST	INA	@	KEN	3	L (-1)	1	46:00	3	9	.333	0	2	.000	0	0				5	9	2		1	1	6
Rk	G	1978 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
50	1	1978-04-11	WC1	PHO		MIL	1	L (-8)	1	38:00	0	4	.000				0	0		2	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	-0.5
51	2	1978-04-14	WC1	PHO	@	MIL	2	L (-4)	1	38:00	4	7	.571				0	0		3	0	3	3	3	0	1	1	8	10.5
Rk	G	1979 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
52	1	1979-04-10	WC1	PHO		POR	1	W (+4)	1	41:00	5	10	.500				3	4	.750	2	1	3	2	2	0	0	2	13	11.9
53	2	1979-04-13	WC1	PHO	@	POR	2	L (-4)	1	36:00	2	7	.286				0	0		1	3	4	3	1	0	2	2	4	1.8
54	3	1979-04-15	WC1	PHO		POR	3	W (+10)	1	33:00	1	5	.200				1	1	1.000	0	7	7	2	0	1	2	3	3	0.9

55	4	1979-04-17	WCS	PHO		KCK	1	W (+3)	1	38:00	4	8	.500				8	8	1.000			9	5	4	0	2	0	16
56	5	1979-04-20	WCS	PHO	@	KCK	2	L (-20)	1	31:00	2	8	.250				0	0				3	3	0	0	0	0	4
57	6	1979-04-22	WCS	PHO		KCK	3	W (+15)	1	33:00	5	9	.556				0	1	.000			3	5	2	0	2	3	10
58	7	1979-04-25	WCS	PHO	@	KCK	4	W (+14)	1	41:00	5	8	.625				0	0				4	5	3	0	1	2	10
59	8	1979-04-27	WCS	PHO		KCK	5	W (+21)	1	27:00	3	10	.300				3	3	1.000			2	2	1	0	3	2	9

60	9	1979-05-01	WCF	PHO	@	SEA	1	L (-15)	1	33:00	4	10	.400				3	4	.750	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	3	11	6.3
61	10	1979-05-04	WCF	PHO	@	SEA	2	L (-6)	1	33:00	1	6	.167				0	4	.000	4	2	6	5	2	2	1	1	2	5.5
62	11	1979-05-06	WCF	PHO		SEA	3	W (+10)	1	29:00	4	7	.571				1	2	.500	2	2	4	4	1	1	1	5	9	8.8
63	12	1979-05-08	WCF	PHO		SEA	4	W (+9)	1	28:00	2	7	.286				1	2	.500	1	1	2	5	1	0	1	1	5	4.6
64	13	1979-05-11	WCF	PHO	@	SEA	5	W (+6)	1	34:00	3	6	.500				4	4	1.000	0	3	3	2	1	0	0	4	10	8.7
65	14	1979-05-13	WCF	PHO		SEA	6	L (-1)	1	37:00	3	8	.375				0	0		1	1	2	0	2	1	0	2	6	4.5
66	15	1979-05-17	WCF	PHO	@	SEA	7	L (-4)	1	38:00	3	7	.429				0	0		0	1	1	8	2	0	0	1	6	9.8
Rk	G	1980 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
67	1	1980-04-02	WC1	PHO		KCK	1	W (+3)	1	34:00	4	10	.400	1	3	.333	2	4	.500			3	6	1	0	2	1	11
68	2	1980-04-04	WC1	PHO	@	KCK	2	L (-10)	1	20:00	2	4	.500	0	0		0	0				3	4	0	0	1	2	4
69	3	1980-04-06	WC1	PHO		KCK	3	W (+15)	1	25:00	5	9	.556	0	2	.000	0	0				3	4	2	0	1	2	10

70	4	1980-04-08	WCS	PHO	@	LAL	1	L (-9)	1	27:00	2	6	.333	1	1	1.000	0	0		2	0	2	9	1	0	0	2	5	9.5
71	5	1980-04-09	WCS	PHO	@	LAL	2	L (-3)	1	35:00	8	12	.667	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	1	6	1	0	1	4	16	13.7
72	6	1980-04-11	WCS	PHO		LAL	3	L (-3)	1	33:00	2	7	.286	0	0		0	1	.000	1	1	2	5	1	0	4	1	4	0.6
73	7	1980-04-13	WCS	PHO		LAL	4	W (+26)	1	30:00	5	11	.455	3	4	.750	4	4	1.000	2	2	4	6	0	0	2	1	17	15.1
74	8	1980-04-15	WCS	PHO	@	LAL	5	L (-25)	1	32:00	0	5	.000	0	2	.000	1	2	.500	0	3	3	4	0	0	2	2	1	-2.0
Rk	G	1981 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
75	1	1981-03-31	EC1	IND	@	PHI	1	L (-16)	0	18:00	1	4	.250	1	2	.500	2	2	1.000	0	3	3	5	3	0	4	2	5	5.2
76	2	1981-04-02	EC1	IND		PHI	2	L (-11)	0	17:00	0	4	.000	0	2	.000	0	0		0	2	2	2	0	0		2	0
Rk	G	1983 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
77	1	1983-04-20	WC1	POR	@	SEA	1	W (+11)	0	5:00	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0

78	2	1983-04-24	WCS	POR	@	LAL	1	L (-21)	0	2:00	0	1	.000	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1.7
79	3	1983-04-29	WCS	POR		LAL	3	L (-6)	0	5:00	0	1	.000	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.0
80	4	1983-05-01	WCS	POR		LAL	4	W (+13)	0	13:00	2	4	.500	0	0		3	4	.750	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	7	6.3
81	5	1983-05-03	WCS	POR	@	LAL	5	L (-8)	0	6:00	0	2	.000	0	0		0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.1
Rk	G	1984 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
82	1	1984-04-18	WC1	KCK	@	LAL	1	L (-11)	0	11:00	4	6	.667	2	2	1.000	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	8.1
83	2	1984-04-20	WC1	KCK	@	LAL	2	L (-7)	0	20:00	1	4	.250	0	1	.000	4	4	1.000	0	1	1	4	1	1	1	3	6	6.2
84	3	1984-04-22	WC1	KCK		LAL	3	L (-6)	0	19:00	2	6	.333	1	3	.333	0	2	.000	0	2	2	6	0	0	2	2	5	2.8

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