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Mel Daniels Playoffs Advanced Game Log

Melvin Joe Daniels

(Big Mel, Big D)

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right

6-9, 220lb (206cm, 99kg)

Born: July 20, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan us

Died: October 30, 2015

Colleges: Southeastern Iowa Community College, West Burlington Campus, New Mexico

High School: Pershing in Detroit, Michigan

Draft: Cincinnati Royals, 1st round (9th pick, 9th overall), 1967 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: October 22, 1976 ▪ ABA Debut: October 22, 1967

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2012 (Full List)

Career Length: 9 years

Hall of Fame
7x All Star
3x ABA Champ
5x All-ABA
1967-68 All-Rookie
1967-68 ROY
2x MVP
1970-71 AS MVP
ABA All-Time Team

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SUMMARY

Career

639

PTS

18.4

TRB

14.9

AST

1.8

FG%

46.8

FG3%

8.8

FT%

65.7

eFG%

46.8

PER

20.1

64.8

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Playoffs

Playoffs Table
Rk	G	1968 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg
1	1	1968-03-24	EDS	MNM		KEN	1	W (+13)			.549	.485
2	2	1968-03-26	EDS	MNM		KEN	2	L (-5)			.266	.211
3	3	1968-03-27	EDS	MNM	@	KEN	3	W (+9)			.580	.571
4	4	1968-03-29	EDS	MNM	@	KEN	4	L (-8)			.413	.375
5	5	1968-03-30	EDS	MNM		KEN	5	W (+6)			.383	.350

6	6	1968-04-04	EDF	MNM	@	PTP	1	L (-8)	1		.485	.375
7	7	1968-04-06	EDF	MNM	@	PTP	2	W (+14)	1		.528	.500
8	8	1968-04-10	EDF	MNM		PTP	3	L (-8)
9	9	1968-04-13	EDF	MNM		PTP	4	L (-9)
10	10	1968-04-14	EDF	MNM	@	PTP	5	L (-9)	1		.417	.438
Rk	G	1969 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg
11	1	1969-04-08	EDS	INA		KEN	1	L (-10)			.434	.421
12	2	1969-04-09	EDS	INA		KEN	2	W (+5)	1		.501	.438
13	3	1969-04-10	EDS	INA	@	KEN	3	L (-19)			.543	.467
14	4	1969-04-13	EDS	INA	@	KEN	4	L (-1)			.337	.280
15	5	1969-04-14	EDS	INA		KEN	5	W (+19)			.253	.111
16	6	1969-04-15	EDS	INA	@	KEN	6	W (+18)			.408	.333
17	7	1969-04-17	EDS	INA		KEN	7	W (+9)			.432	.467

18	8	1969-04-20	EDF	INA		MMF	1	W (+16)	1		.630	.571
19	9	1969-04-22	EDF	INA		MMF	2	W (+15)	1		.430	.444
20	10	1969-04-23	EDF	INA	@	MMF	3	W (+14)			.551	.500
21	11	1969-04-25	EDF	INA	@	MMF	4	L (-4)			.524	.545
22	12	1969-04-26	EDF	INA		MMF	5	W (+22)	1		.606	.556

23	13	1969-04-30	FIN	INA	@	OAK	1	L (-9)	1		.417	.350
24	14	1969-05-02	FIN	INA	@	OAK	2	W (+28)	1	17:00	.306	.300
25	15	1969-05-03	FIN	INA		OAK	3	L (-8)	1	44:00	.525	.480
26	16	1969-05-05	FIN	INA		OAK	4	L (-27)	1	25:00	.453	.412
27	17	1969-05-07	FIN	INA	@	OAK	5	L (-4)	1	40:00	.506	.474
Rk	G	1970 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg
28	1	1970-04-18	EDS	INA		CAR	1	W (+18)	1	35:00	.547	.529
29	2	1970-04-19	EDS	INA		CAR	2	W (+5)	1	32:00	.508	.450
30	3	1970-04-22	EDS	INA	@	CAR	3	W (+9)	1	38:00	.435	.353
31	4	1970-04-24	EDS	INA	@	CAR	4	W (+4)	1	26:00	.482	.500

32	5	1970-05-01	EDF	INA		KEN	1	L (-4)	1	44:00	.514	.444
33	6	1970-05-02	EDF	INA		KEN	2	W (+11)	1	24:00	.333	.333
34	7	1970-05-03	EDF	INA	@	KEN	3	W (+4)	1	44:00	.416	.333
35	8	1970-05-05	EDF	INA	@	KEN	4	W (+8)	1	39:00	.498	.385
36	9	1970-05-06	EDF	INA		KEN	5	W (+14)	1	42:00	.615	.563

37	10	1970-05-15	FIN	INA		LAS	1	W (+16)		23:00	.480	.529
38	11	1970-05-17	FIN	INA		LAS	2	W (+3)		44:00	.605	.579
39	12	1970-05-18	FIN	INA	@	LAS	3	L (-3)		35:00	.597	.533
40	13	1970-05-19	FIN	INA	@	LAS	4	W (+22)		32:00	.501	.300
41	14	1970-05-23	FIN	INA		LAS	5	L (-4)		32:00	.455	.455
42	15	1970-05-25	FIN	INA	@	LAS	6	W (+4)		43:00	.406	.294
Rk	G	1971 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg
43	1	1971-04-02	WDS	INA		MMP	1	W (+16)	1	39:00	.508	.474
44	2	1971-04-03	WDS	INA		MMP	2	W (+2)	1	48:00	.652	.636
45	3	1971-04-05	WDS	INA	@	MMP	3	W (+1)	1	47:00	.418	.333
46	4	1971-04-07	WDS	INA	@	MMP	4	W (+1)	1	53:00	.544	.500

47	5	1971-04-12	WDF	INA		UTS	1	L (-2)	1	39:00	.752	.714
48	6	1971-04-14	WDF	INA		UTS	2	W (+13)	1	34:00	.444	.353
49	7	1971-04-17	WDF	INA	@	UTS	3	L (-13)	1	39:00	.369	.292
50	8	1971-04-20	WDF	INA	@	UTS	4	L (-27)	1	35:00	.336	.353
51	9	1971-04-22	WDF	INA		UTS	5	W (+18)	1	44:00	.699	.667
52	10	1971-04-24	WDF	INA	@	UTS	6	W (+3)	1	34:00	.588	.500
53	11	1971-04-28	WDF	INA		UTS	7	L (-7)	1	47:00	.628	.615
Rk	G	1972 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg
54	1	1972-03-31	WDS	INA		DNR	1	W (+6)	1	36:00	.491	.444
55	2	1972-04-01	WDS	INA		DNR	2	L (-1)	1	46:00	.375	.350
56	3	1972-04-04	WDS	INA	@	DNR	3	W (+2)	1	38:00	.393	.364
57	4	1972-04-06	WDS	INA	@	DNR	4	L (-16)	1	19:00	.672	.714
58	5	1972-04-08	WDS	INA		DNR	5	W (+12)	1	36:00	.344	.222
59	6	1972-04-09	WDS	INA	@	DNR	6	L (-7)	1	46:00	.651	.563
60	7	1972-04-13	WDS	INA		DNR	7	W (+2)	1	46:00	.558	.444

61	8	1972-04-15	WDF	INA	@	UTS	1	L (-8)	1	31:00	.468	.462
62	9	1972-04-17	WDF	INA	@	UTS	2	L (-8)	1	35:00	.309	.200
63	10	1972-04-19	WDF	INA		UTS	3	W (+5)	1	38:00	.601	.583
64	11	1972-04-22	WDF	INA		UTS	4	W (+10)	1	37:00	.531	.462
65	12	1972-04-24	WDF	INA	@	UTS	5	L (-9)	1	48:00	.597	.526
66	13	1972-04-26	WDF	INA		UTS	6	W (+6)	1	34:00	.704	.667
67	14	1972-05-01	WDF	INA	@	UTS	7	W (+4)	1	39:00	.620	.571

68	15	1972-05-06	FIN	INA		NYA	1	W (+21)		43:00	.505	.476
69	16	1972-05-09	FIN	INA		NYA	2	L (-2)		37:00	.486	.500
70	17	1972-05-12	FIN	INA	@	NYA	3	W (+6)		33:00	.371	.333
71	18	1972-05-15	FIN	INA	@	NYA	4	L (-5)		35:00	.540	.538
72	19	1972-05-18	FIN	INA		NYA	5	W (+1)		36:00	.521	.467
73	20	1972-05-20	FIN	INA	@	NYA	6	W (+3)		31:00	.765	.700
Rk	G	1973 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg
74	1	1973-03-31	WDS	INA		DNR	1	W (+23)	1	17:00	.778	.714
75	2	1973-04-01	WDS	INA		DNR	2	W (+13)	1	32:00	.713	.571
76	3	1973-04-03	WDS	INA	@	DNR	3	L (-11)	1	29:00	.286	.286
77	4	1973-04-05	WDS	INA	@	DNR	4	W (+2)	1	38:00	.636	.588
78	5	1973-04-07	WDS	INA		DNR	5	W (+14)	1	45:00	.722	.706

79	6	1973-04-12	WDF	INA	@	UTS	1	L (-17)	1	39:00	.676	.667
80	7	1973-04-14	WDF	INA	@	UTS	2	W (+6)	1	29:00	.317	.286
81	8	1973-04-16	WDF	INA		UTS	3	W (+10)	1	29:00	.539	.500
82	9	1973-04-18	WDF	INA		UTS	4	L (-1)	1	46:00	.362	.308
83	10	1973-04-19	WDF	INA	@	UTS	5	W (+2)	1	36:00	.652	.600
84	11	1973-04-21	WDF	INA		UTS	6	W (+9)	1	36:00	.543	.462

85	12	1973-04-28	FIN	INA	@	KEN	1	W (+4)		40:00	.469	.450
86	13	1973-04-30	FIN	INA	@	KEN	2	L (-12)		35:00	.362	.333
87	14	1973-05-03	FIN	INA		KEN	3	L (-4)		28:00	.540	.526
88	15	1973-05-05	FIN	INA		KEN	4	W (+4)		36:00	.480	.385
89	16	1973-05-08	FIN	INA	@	KEN	5	W (+3)		48:00	.399	.350
90	17	1973-05-10	FIN	INA		KEN	6	L (-16)		45:00	.412	.389
91	18	1973-05-12	FIN	INA	@	KEN	7	W (+7)		18:00	.489	.286
Rk	G	1974 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg
92	1	1974-03-30	WDS	INA		SAA	1	L (-4)	1	27:00	.669	.583
93	2	1974-04-01	WDS	INA		SAA	2	W (+27)	1	13:00	.500	.500
94	3	1974-04-03	WDS	INA	@	SAA	3	L (-19)	1	39:00	.214	.214
95	4	1974-04-04	WDS	INA	@	SAA	4	W (+2)	1	43:00	.474	.462
96	5	1974-04-06	WDS	INA		SAA	5	W (+5)	1	31:00	.431	.400
97	6	1974-04-10	WDS	INA	@	SAA	6	L (-16)	1	37:00	.354	.333
98	7	1974-04-12	WDS	INA		SAA	7	W (+7)	1	37:00	.339	.308

99	8	1974-04-13	WDF	INA	@	UTS	1	L (-9)	1	36:00	.364	.364
100	9	1974-04-15	WDF	INA	@	UTS	2	L (-4)	1	46:00	.510	.400
101	10	1974-04-17	WDF	INA		UTS	3	L (-9)	1	45:00	.455	.444
102	11	1974-04-18	WDF	INA		UTS	4	W (+11)	1	46:00	.420	.231
103	12	1974-04-22	WDF	INA	@	UTS	5	W (+9)	1	43:00	.586	.565
104	13	1974-04-25	WDF	INA		UTS	6	W (+2)	1	31:00	.460	.400
105	14	1974-04-27	WDF	INA	@	UTS	7	L (-22)	1	24:00	.429	.429
Rk	G	1975 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg
106	1	1975-04-06	EDS	MMS	@	KEN	1	L (-7)	0	8:00	.579	.667
107	2	1975-04-08	EDS	MMS	@	KEN	2	L (-14)	0	18:00	.523	.500
108	3	1975-04-10	EDS	MMS		KEN	3	L (-21)	0	14:00	.403	.250
109	4	1975-04-13	EDS	MMS	@	KEN	5	L (-12)	0	14:00	.667	.667

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