Walter Davis Playoffs Advanced Game Log

Walter Paul Davis

(Walt, Greyhound, Sweet D, Candyman, Man with the Velvet Touch)

Position: Shooting Guard and Small Forward ▪ Shoots: Right

6-6, 193lb (198cm, 87kg)

Born: September 9, 1954 in Pineville, North Carolina us

Died: November 2, 2023

Relatives: Nephew Hubert Davis

College: UNC

High School: South Mecklenburg in Charlotte, North Carolina

Draft: Phoenix Suns, 1st round (5th pick, 5th overall), 1977 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: October 18, 1977

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2024 (Full List)

Career Length: 15 years

Hall of Fame
6x All Star
2x All-NBA
1977-78 All-Rookie
1977-78 ROY

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SUMMARY

Career

1033

PTS

18.9

TRB

3.0

AST

3.8

FG%

51.1

FG3%

27.2

FT%

85.1

eFG%

51.6

PER

19.1

76.9

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Playoffs

Playoffs Table
Rk	G	1978 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
1	1	1978-04-11	WC1	PHO		MIL	1	L (-8)	1	34:00	.662	.632											26.1
2	2	1978-04-14	WC1	PHO	@	MIL	2	L (-4)	1	32:00	.402	.333											8.0
Rk	G	1979 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
3	1	1979-04-10	WC1	PHO		POR	1	W (+4)	1	33:00	.517	.500											16.6
4	2	1979-04-13	WC1	PHO	@	POR	2	L (-4)	1	35:00	.755	.706											25.3
5	3	1979-04-15	WC1	PHO		POR	3	W (+10)	1	32:00	.621	.533											18.1

6	4	1979-04-17	WCS	PHO		KCK	1	W (+3)	1	36:00	.527	.476
7	5	1979-04-20	WCS	PHO	@	KCK	2	L (-20)	1	28:00	.454	.400
8	6	1979-04-22	WCS	PHO		KCK	3	W (+15)	1	33:00	.604	.563											15.1
9	7	1979-04-25	WCS	PHO	@	KCK	4	W (+14)	1	35:00	.672	.600
10	8	1979-04-27	WCS	PHO		KCK	5	W (+21)	1	28:00	.682	.636

11	9	1979-05-01	WCF	PHO	@	SEA	1	L (-15)	1	32:00	.553	.500											3.7
12	10	1979-05-04	WCF	PHO	@	SEA	2	L (-6)	1	40:00	.527	.389											13.8
13	11	1979-05-06	WCF	PHO		SEA	3	W (+10)	1	33:00	.503	.476											13.9
14	12	1979-05-08	WCF	PHO		SEA	4	W (+9)	1	33:00	.676	.625											29.0
15	13	1979-05-11	WCF	PHO	@	SEA	5	W (+6)	1	24:00	.594	.538											14.6
16	14	1979-05-13	WCF	PHO		SEA	6	L (-1)	1	37:00	.630	.556											18.5
17	15	1979-05-17	WCF	PHO	@	SEA	7	L (-4)	1	31:00	.495	.429											19.3
Rk	G	1980 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
18	1	1980-04-02	WC1	PHO		KCK	1	W (+3)	1	33:00	.489	.474
19	2	1980-04-04	WC1	PHO	@	KCK	2	L (-10)	1	25:00	.447	.412
20	3	1980-04-06	WC1	PHO		KCK	3	W (+15)	1	32:00	.488	.474

21	4	1980-04-08	WCS	PHO	@	LAL	1	L (-9)	1	32:00	.706	.706											18.2
22	5	1980-04-09	WCS	PHO	@	LAL	2	L (-3)	1	33:00	.644	.615											11.0
23	6	1980-04-11	WCS	PHO		LAL	3	L (-3)	1	38:00	.459	.444											18.4
24	7	1980-04-13	WCS	PHO		LAL	4	W (+26)	1	25:00	.554	.400											9.1
25	8	1980-04-15	WCS	PHO	@	LAL	5	L (-25)	1	27:00	.633	.533											14.4
Rk	G	1981 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
26	1	1981-04-07	WCS	PHO		KCK	1	W (+22)	1	25:00	.621	.583
27	2	1981-04-08	WCS	PHO		KCK	2	L (-5)	1	27:00	.500	.500
28	3	1981-04-10	WCS	PHO	@	KCK	3	L (-1)	1	26:00	.525	.500
29	4	1981-04-12	WCS	PHO	@	KCK	4	L (-7)	1	30:00	.433	.412
30	5	1981-04-15	WCS	PHO		KCK	5	W (+12)	1	29:00	.518	.500
31	6	1981-04-17	WCS	PHO	@	KCK	6	W (+5)	1	30:00	.412	.421
32	7	1981-04-19	WCS	PHO		KCK	7	L (-7)	1	32:00	.500	.500
Rk	G	1982 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
33	1	1982-04-20	WC1	PHO	@	DEN	1	L (-16)	0	24:00	.514	.526											12.8
34	2	1982-04-23	WC1	PHO		DEN	2	W (+16)	0	20:00	.743	.727											15.3
35	3	1982-04-24	WC1	PHO	@	DEN	3	W (+5)	0	28:00	.716	.618											26.4

36	4	1982-04-27	WCS	PHO	@	LAL	1	L (-19)	0	22:00	.202	.143											-2.1
37	5	1982-04-28	WCS	PHO	@	LAL	2	L (-19)	0	25:00	.388	.333											7.4
38	6	1982-04-30	WCS	PHO		LAL	3	L (-8)	0	29:00	.444	.381											8.5
39	7	1982-05-02	WCS	PHO		LAL	4	L (-5)	0	25:00	.533	.500											13.2
Rk	G	1983 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
40	1	1983-04-19	WC1	PHO		DEN	1	W (+13)	1	33:00	.393	.364	3.1	10.9	6.7	7.2	4.1	5.2	11.6	29.5	87	99	10.1
41	2	1983-04-21	WC1	PHO	@	DEN	2	L (-14)	1	35:00	.644	.595	2.5	12.8	7.1	23.3	1.4	0.0	0.0	27.8	136	115	26.0
42	3	1983-04-24	WC1	PHO		DEN	3	L (-5)	1	45:00	.464	.385	6.9	6.5	6.7	24.8	2.2	2.4	6.0	29.6	107	107	21.7
Rk	G	1984 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
43	1	1984-04-18	WC1	PHO	@	POR	1	W (+7)	1	39:00	.640	.600	0.0	6.2	3.4	42.2	2.6	0.0	18.9	24.1	124	113	21.2
44	2	1984-04-20	WC1	PHO	@	POR	2	L (-6)	1	32:00	.687	.656	4.7	14.3	10.1	15.0	1.5	0.0	5.2	26.5	133	120	19.8
45	3	1984-04-22	WC1	PHO		POR	3	W (+3)	1	34:00	.683	.667	0.0	3.1	1.7	54.2	3.0	0.0	0.0	24.8	155	111	26.5
46	4	1984-04-24	WC1	PHO		POR	4	L (-3)	1	37:00	.578	.500	3.7	2.8	3.2	38.3	2.8	0.0	10.7	31.7	125	122	20.9
47	5	1984-04-26	WC1	PHO	@	POR	5	W (+12)	1	30:00	.599	.545	0.0	8.7	5.2	55.6	3.1	2.0	7.6	36.0	127	101	25.4

48	6	1984-04-29	WCS	PHO	@	UTA	1	L (-10)	1	33:00	.442	.409	2.6	9.4	5.0	39.3	4.2	0.0	11.2	33.2	87	100	13.8
49	7	1984-05-02	WCS	PHO	@	UTA	2	W (+5)	1	41:00	.565	.522	5.3	9.0	7.3	24.3	1.3	0.0	3.9	26.8	129	109	22.7
50	8	1984-05-04	WCS	PHO		UTA	3	W (+12)	1	39:00	.573	.542	2.8	6.2	4.4	17.0	3.9	0.0	10.3	31.3	116	100	20.5
51	9	1984-05-06	WCS	PHO		UTA	4	W (+1)	1	44:00	.546	.518	4.6	2.4	3.5	23.9	3.5	1.5	3.3	29.2	123	107	23.6
52	10	1984-05-08	WCS	PHO	@	UTA	5	L (-12)	1	34:00	.447	.412	6.0	0.0	3.3	17.6	4.3	0.0	5.3	22.5	106	120	13.1
53	11	1984-05-10	WCS	PHO		UTA	6	W (+20)	1	34:00	.573	.529			3.4	29.9		0.0	9.8	26.3	104	75	17.7

54	12	1984-05-12	WCF	PHO	@	LAL	1	L (-16)	1	27:00	.607	.583	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.1	0.0	2.1	20.2	38.0	100	120	10.8
55	13	1984-05-15	WCF	PHO	@	LAL	2	L (-16)	1	38:00	.549	.455	5.5	7.4	6.3	29.1	0.0	0.0	13.6	16.4	118	122	13.1
56	14	1984-05-18	WCF	PHO		LAL	3	W (+8)	1	43:00	.633	.545	0.0	9.9	5.1	12.9	2.1	0.0	15.7	29.4	117	108	22.4
57	15	1984-05-20	WCF	PHO		LAL	4	L (-11)	1	37:00	.610	.538	0.0	3.3	1.9	26.0	0.0	0.0	11.9	20.3	123	134	13.3
58	16	1984-05-23	WCF	PHO	@	LAL	5	W (+5)	1	42:00	.650	.632	0.0	2.3	1.4	28.4	1.1	0.0	12.6	24.0	124	119	23.0
59	17	1984-05-25	WCF	PHO		LAL	6	L (-2)	1	39:00	.597	.550	2.3	8.6	5.1	15.1	1.3	0.0	15.5	26.2	113	106	16.3
Rk	G	1989 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
60	1	1989-04-28	WC1	DEN	@	PHO	1	L (-1)	0	33:00	.553	.517	2.6	2.9	2.7	15.2	2.6	0.0	11.5	40.3	97	98	18.9
61	2	1989-04-30	WC1	DEN	@	PHO	2	L (-18)	0	31:00	.467	.375	0.0	3.4	1.7	4.7	0.0	0.0	5.2	25.4	97	129	6.2
62	3	1989-05-02	WC1	DEN		PHO	3	L (-9)	0	30:00	.737	.667	3.0	3.9	3.4	5.2	1.5	0.0	14.5	26.4	129	124	18.0
Rk	G	1990 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
63	1	1990-04-26	WC1	DEN	@	SAS	1	L (-16)	0	19:00	.656	.636	5.6	19.8	13.2	19.2	2.4	0.0	14.9	29.4	106	109	12.4
64	2	1990-04-28	WC1	DEN	@	SAS	2	L (-9)	0	25:00	.398	.333	10.9	0.0	5.7	21.7	0.0	0.0	10.9	27.3	92	122	6.6
65	3	1990-05-01	WC1	DEN		SAS	3	L (-11)	0	26:00	.352	.316	0.0	4.7	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	30.3	74	129	1.6
Rk	G	1991 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
66	1	1991-04-26	WC1	POR		SEA	1	W (+8)	0	6:00	.333	.333	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	21.9	79	120	0.3
67	2	1991-04-28	WC1	POR		SEA	2	W (+9)	0	10:00	.410	.250	41.1	0.0	18.7	14.0	0.0	0.0	29.1	28.1	90	113	2.0
68	3	1991-04-30	WC1	POR	@	SEA	3	L (-3)	0	12:00	.521	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.1	0.0	0.0	11.5	110	107	2.8
69	4	1991-05-02	WC1	POR	@	SEA	4	L (-12)	0	2:00	.000	.000	55.8	0.0	26.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	87.1	15	119	-2.4
70	5	1991-05-04	WC1	POR		SEA	5	W (+12)	0	7:00	.000	.000	0.0	20.8	8.6	30.5	0.0	0.0	33.3	32.7	21	113	-3.5

71	6	1991-05-07	WCS	POR		UTA	1	W (+20)	0	13:00	.667	.667	8.0	22.2	15.4	16.9	0.0	0.0	10.0	32.1	121	101	9.4
72	7	1991-05-09	WCS	POR		UTA	2	W (+2)	0	12:00	1.000	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	11.2	98	132	2.0
73	8	1991-05-11	WCS	POR	@	UTA	3	L (-6)	0	11:00	.333	.333	0.0	18.6	8.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.9	75	110	0.9
74	9	1991-05-12	WCS	POR	@	UTA	4	W (+3)	0	5:00			0.0	0.0	0.0	24.6	0.0	0.0		0.0	200	121	0.7
75	10	1991-05-14	WCS	POR		UTA	5	W (+7)	0	4:00	.000	.000	0.0	35.3	15.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	21.4	0	107	-1.1

76	11	1991-05-18	WCF	POR		LAL	1	L (-5)	0	3:00	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.1	0	126	-0.7
77	12	1991-05-24	WCF	POR	@	LAL	3	L (-14)	0	4:00	.532	.000	23.1	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	19.2	153	125	2.0
78	13	1991-05-26	WCF	POR	@	LAL	4	L (-21)	0	22:00	.500	.500	5.2	5.6	5.4	8.8	4.5	0.0	0.0	26.1	112	115	10.7

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