Don Buse Career Splits

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

Career Splits

Game & Season level advanced stats calculations differ slightly · For reg. season games 1946-47 to 2024-25

Career Splits Table
		Totals																	Shooting			Advanced				Per Game
Split	Value	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
	Total	648	428	17083	1829	4161			658	846		1507	2917				973	4485	.440		.778	.495				26.4	6.9	2.3	4.5
Split	Value	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
Place	Home	322	217	8512	959	2115			338	437		783	1528				502	2335	.453		.773	.506				26.4	7.3	2.4	4.7
	Road	326	211	8571	870	2046			320	409		724	1389				471	2150	.425		.782	.483				26.3	6.6	2.2	4.3
Split	Value	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
All-Star	Pre	379	271	10618	1123	2528			432	556		962	1812				588	2765	.444		.777	.499				28.0	7.3	2.5	4.8
	Post	269	157	6465	706	1633			226	290		545	1105				385	1720	.432		.779	.488				24.0	6.4	2.0	4.1
Split	Value	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
Result	Win	340	234	9056	1013	2186			378	486		847	1569				509	2469	.463		.778	.514				26.6	7.3	2.5	4.6
	Loss	308	194	8027	816	1975			280	360		660	1348				464	2016	.413		.778	.472				26.1	6.5	2.1	4.4
Split	Value	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
Month	October	39	35	1251	125	282			48	76		126	180				77	304	.443		.632	.482				32.1	7.8	3.2	4.6
	November	96	67	2700	283	632			89	120		249	493				123	676	.448		.742	.494				28.1	7.0	2.6	5.1
	December	115	84	3213	334	791			131	159		282	545				184	827	.422		.824	.480				27.9	7.2	2.5	4.7
	January	116	76	3115	339	736			147	181		283	527				175	856	.461		.812	.525				26.9	7.4	2.4	4.5
	February	105	65	2649	308	676			120	152		227	461				164	769	.456		.789	.518				25.2	7.3	2.2	4.4
	March	137	76	3216	338	808			85	116		269	559				195	800	.418		.733	.466				23.5	5.8	2.0	4.1
	April	40	25	939	102	236			38	42		71	152				55	253	.432		.905	.497				23.5	6.3	1.8	3.8
Split	Value	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
Day	Sunday	98	70	2629	260	605			114	144		221	446				164	655	.430		.792	.490				26.8	6.7	2.3	4.6
	Monday	7	4	156	22	38			3	4		10	29				5	47	.579		.750	.591				22.3	6.7	1.4	4.1
	Tuesday	119	72	3034	307	726			106	150		259	506				169	754	.423		.707	.476				25.5	6.3	2.2	4.3
	Wednesday	107	80	2950	322	740			115	149		268	529				164	788	.435		.772	.489				27.6	7.4	2.5	4.9
	Thursday	76	43	1894	214	480			85	101		141	324				90	530	.446		.842	.505				24.9	7.0	1.9	4.3
	Friday	131	90	3538	393	869			120	150		340	574				216	944	.452		.800	.505				27.0	7.2	2.6	4.4
	Saturday	110	69	2882	311	703			115	148		268	509				165	767	.442		.777	.499				26.2	7.0	2.4	4.6
Split	Value	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
Role	Starter	428	428	13614	1458	3236			508	655		1218	2269				734	3531	.451		.776	.501				31.8	8.3	2.8	5.3
	Reserve	220	0	3469	371	925			150	191		289	648				239	954	.401		.785	.473				15.8	4.3	1.3	2.9
Split	Value	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
Minutes	40+	41	41	1734	162	376			84	111		158	329				79	411	.431		.757	.484				42.3	10.0	3.9	8.0
	30-39	252	247	8557	931	2036			314	406		768	1413				439	2240	.457		.773	.506				34.0	8.9	3.0	5.6
	20-29	182	128	4530	505	1160			170	220		388	750				267	1240	.435		.773	.493				24.9	6.8	2.1	4.1
	10-19	145	12	2108	220	554			86	105		184	391				175	567	.397		.819	.472				14.5	3.9	1.3	2.7
	0-9	28	0	154	11	35			4	4		9	34				13	27	.314		1.000	.367				5.5	1.0	0.3	1.2
Split	Value	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
Rest	0 Days	187	126	5001	536	1188			202	259		440	827				287	1330	.451		.780	.511				26.7	7.1	2.4	4.4
	1 Day	262	172	6894	722	1696			263	341		592	1163				377	1768	.426		.771	.479				26.3	6.7	2.3	4.4
	2 Days	122	82	3246	340	776			126	158		294	580				189	841	.438		.797	.497				26.6	6.9	2.4	4.8
	3+ Days	77	48	1942	231	501			67	88		181	347				120	546	.461		.761	.506				25.2	7.1	2.4	4.5
Split	Value	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
Conference	Eastern	291	207	8057	862	1969			340	432		732	1358				474	2150	.438		.787	.498				27.7	7.4	2.5	4.7
	Western	357	221	9026	967	2192			318	414		775	1559				499	2335	.441		.768	.492				25.3	6.5	2.2	4.4
Split	Value	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
Division	Atlantic	136	97	3751	396	914			165	208		333	634				193	998	.433		.793	.496				27.6	7.3	2.4	4.7
	Central	155	110	4306	466	1055			175	224		399	724				281	1152	.442		.781	.499				27.8	7.4	2.6	4.7
	Midwest	184	113	4763	520	1152			171	230		428	838				279	1251	.451		.743	.499				25.9	6.8	2.3	4.6
	Pacific	173	108	4263	447	1040			147	184		347	721				220	1084	.430		.799	.484				24.6	6.3	2.0	4.2
Split	Value	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
Opponent	Atlanta	27	16	707	64	146			22	26		60	110				61	155	.438		.846	.492				26.2	5.7	2.2	4.1
	Boston	26	18	723	73	176			33	44		66	109				46	186	.415		.750	.476				27.8	7.2	2.5	4.2
	Chicago	32	23	944	108	238			39	53		86	158				58	265	.454		.736	.507				29.5	8.3	2.7	4.9
	Cleveland	27	18	685	64	164			34	44		57	121				44	169	.390		.773	.461				25.4	6.3	2.1	4.5
	Dallas	16	2	304	26	68			8	11		24	46				29	62	.382		.727	.426				19.0	3.9	1.5	2.9
	DEN, DNA, DNR	35	22	965	106	247			41	51		76	200				37	264	.429		.804	.490				27.6	7.5	2.2	5.7
	Detroit	28	22	822	96	215			33	38		82	145				48	237	.447		.868	.511				29.4	8.5	2.9	5.2
	Golden State	32	20	766	80	208			19	24		82	134				42	184	.385		.792	.421				23.9	5.8	2.6	4.2
	Houston	31	16	729	80	187			26	30		68	113				35	194	.428		.867	.485				23.5	6.3	2.2	3.6
	INA, IND	15	11	417	43	90			12	16		47	67				24	98	.478		.750	.505				27.8	6.5	3.1	4.5
	BUF, LAC, SDC	32	20	786	92	188			49	57		68	128				35	240	.489		.860	.563				24.6	7.5	2.1	4.0
	LA Lakers	34	20	832	91	188			18	22		58	153				45	210	.484		.818	.531				24.5	6.2	1.7	4.5
	Milwaukee	31	24	912	102	228			33	49		80	134				67	248	.447		.673	.497				29.4	8.0	2.6	4.3
	NJN, NYA, NYN	28	21	792	92	194			49	62		72	134				41	240	.474		.790	.542				28.3	8.6	2.6	4.8
	New York	27	18	735	89	185			29	36		75	127				25	215	.481		.806	.535				27.2	8.0	2.8	4.7
	Oklahoma City	34	24	906	87	221			48	58		71	150				50	230	.394		.828	.466				26.6	6.8	2.1	4.4
	Philadelphia	27	19	748	71	172			21	27		54	134				46	174	.413		.778	.473				27.7	6.4	2.0	5.0
	Phoenix	18	10	420	40	106			15	19		34	85				26	103	.377		.789	.450				23.3	5.7	1.9	4.7
	Portland	31	22	813	84	189			18	27		61	123				35	191	.444		.667	.475				26.2	6.2	2.0	4.0
	KCK, KCO	25	19	666	59	149			21	28		61	105				46	140	.396		.750	.434				26.6	5.6	2.4	4.2
	DLC, SAA, SAS	29	18	705	86	170			30	37		54	145				53	209	.506		.811	.561				24.3	7.2	1.9	5.0
	NOJ, UTA	35	24	939	118	240			37	56		99	165				47	284	.492		.661	.537				26.8	8.1	2.8	4.7
	BAL, CAP, WSB	28	21	767	78	192			23	31		72	131				33	187	.406		.742	.455				27.4	6.7	2.6	4.7

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