Don Nelson Playoffs Advanced Game Log

Donald Arvid Nelson

(Nellie)

Position: Small Forward and Power Forward ▪ Shoots: Right

6-6, 210lb (198cm, 95kg)

Born: May 15, 1940 in Muskegon, Michigan us

College: Iowa

High School: Rock Island in Rock Island, Illinois

Draft: Chicago Zephyrs, 3rd round (1st pick, 19th overall), 1962 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: October 16, 1962

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

Career Length: 14 years

Hall of Fame
5x NBA Champ

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SUMMARY

Career

1053

PTS

10.3

TRB

4.9

AST

1.4

FG%

48.0

FT%

76.5

PER

16.1

74.6

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Playoffs

Playoffs Table
Rk	G	1964 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	ORtg	DRtg
1	1	1964-03-21	WDS	LAL	@	STL	1	L (-11)		17:00	.563
2	2	1964-03-22	WDS	LAL	@	STL	2	L (-16)		5:00	1.000
3	3	1964-03-25	WDS	LAL		STL	3	W (+2)		9:00	.694
4	4	1964-03-28	WDS	LAL		STL	4	W (+9)		10:00	.333
5	5	1964-03-30	WDS	LAL	@	STL	5	L (-13)		15:00	.667
Rk	G	1965 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	ORtg	DRtg
6	1	1965-04-03	WDF	LAL		BAL	1	W (+6)			.521
7	2	1965-04-05	WDF	LAL		BAL	2	W (+3)			.452
8	3	1965-04-07	WDF	LAL	@	BAL	3	L (-7)			.333
9	4	1965-04-09	WDF	LAL	@	BAL	4	L (-2)			.846
10	5	1965-04-11	WDF	LAL		BAL	5	W (+8)			.580
11	6	1965-04-13	WDF	LAL	@	BAL	6	W (+2)			.563

12	7	1965-04-18	FIN	LAL	@	BOS	1	L (-32)		17:00	.484
13	8	1965-04-19	FIN	LAL	@	BOS	2	L (-6)		19:00	.510
14	9	1965-04-21	FIN	LAL		BOS	3	W (+21)		21:00	.571
15	10	1965-04-23	FIN	LAL		BOS	4	L (-13)		25:00	.470
16	11	1965-04-25	FIN	LAL	@	BOS	5	L (-33)		21:00	.381
Rk	G	1966 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	ORtg	DRtg
17	1	1966-03-23	EDS	BOS		CIN	1	L (-4)			.571
18	2	1966-03-26	EDS	BOS	@	CIN	2	W (+7)			.773
19	3	1966-03-27	EDS	BOS		CIN	3	L (-6)			.359
20	4	1966-03-30	EDS	BOS	@	CIN	4	W (+17)			.773
21	5	1966-04-01	EDS	BOS		CIN	5	W (+9)			.580

22	6	1966-04-03	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	1	W (+19)		20:00	.521
23	7	1966-04-06	EDF	BOS		PHI	2	W (+21)		18:00	.660
24	8	1966-04-07	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	3	L (-6)		18:00	1.136
25	9	1966-04-10	EDF	BOS		PHI	4	W (+6)		14:00	.265
26	10	1966-04-12	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	5	W (+8)		18:00	.750

27	11	1966-04-17	FIN	BOS		LAL	1	L (-4)		23:00	.328
28	12	1966-04-19	FIN	BOS		LAL	2	W (+20)		28:00	.477
29	13	1966-04-20	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	3	W (+14)		17:00	.276
30	14	1966-04-22	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	4	W (+5)		24:00	.770
31	15	1966-04-24	FIN	BOS		LAL	5	L (-4)		14:00	.563
32	16	1966-04-26	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	6	L (-8)		11:00	.436
33	17	1966-04-28	FIN	BOS		LAL	7	W (+2)		28:00	.372
Rk	G	1967 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	ORtg	DRtg
34	1	1967-03-21	EDS	BOS		NYK	1	W (+30)		18:00	.658
35	2	1967-03-25	EDS	BOS	@	NYK	2	W (+7)		17:00	.590
36	3	1967-03-26	EDS	BOS		NYK	3	L (-11)		14:00	.461
37	4	1967-03-28	EDS	BOS	@	NYK	4	W (+9)		34:00	.404

38	5	1967-03-31	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	1	L (-14)		18:00	.500
39	6	1967-04-02	EDF	BOS		PHI	2	L (-5)		11:00	.500
40	7	1967-04-05	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	3	L (-11)		13:00	1.000
41	8	1967-04-09	EDF	BOS		PHI	4	W (+4)		6:00	.333
42	9	1967-04-11	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	5	L (-24)		11:00	.375
Rk	G	1968 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	ORtg	DRtg
43	1	1968-03-24	EDS	BOS		DET	1	W (+7)		18:00	.535
44	2	1968-03-25	EDS	BOS	@	DET	2	L (-10)		26:00	.511
45	3	1968-03-27	EDS	BOS		DET	3	L (-11)		21:00	.707
46	4	1968-03-28	EDS	BOS	@	DET	4	W (+25)		33:00	.833
47	5	1968-03-31	EDS	BOS		DET	5	W (+14)		27:00	.527
48	6	1968-04-01	EDS	BOS	@	DET	6	W (+8)		27:00	.444

49	7	1968-04-05	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	1	W (+9)		18:00	.667
50	8	1968-04-10	EDF	BOS		PHI	2	L (-9)		21:00	.436
51	9	1968-04-11	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	3	L (-8)		23:00	.533
52	10	1968-04-14	EDF	BOS		PHI	4	L (-5)		29:00	.349
53	11	1968-04-15	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	5	W (+18)		28:00	.540
54	12	1968-04-17	EDF	BOS		PHI	6	W (+8)		15:00	.571
55	13	1968-04-19	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	7	W (+4)		17:00	.556

56	14	1968-04-21	FIN	BOS		LAL	1	W (+6)		27:00	.754
57	15	1968-04-24	FIN	BOS		LAL	2	L (-10)		27:00	.622
58	16	1968-04-26	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	3	W (+8)		21:00	.625
59	17	1968-04-28	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	4	L (-13)		22:00	.732
60	18	1968-04-30	FIN	BOS		LAL	5	W (+3)		43:00	.574
61	19	1968-05-02	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	6	W (+15)		25:00	.368
Rk	G	1969 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	ORtg	DRtg
62	1	1969-03-26	EDS	BOS	@	PHI	1	W (+14)		22:00	.551
63	2	1969-03-28	EDS	BOS		PHI	2	W (+31)		24:00	.746
64	3	1969-03-30	EDS	BOS	@	PHI	3	W (+7)		21:00	.795
65	4	1969-04-01	EDS	BOS		PHI	4	L (-3)		19:00	.472
66	5	1969-04-04	EDS	BOS	@	PHI	5	W (+3)		23:00	.654

67	6	1969-04-06	EDF	BOS	@	NYK	1	W (+8)		15:00	.507
68	7	1969-04-09	EDF	BOS		NYK	2	W (+15)		14:00	.658
69	8	1969-04-10	EDF	BOS	@	NYK	3	L (-10)		9:00	.543
70	9	1969-04-13	EDF	BOS		NYK	4	W (+1)		21:00	.727
71	10	1969-04-14	EDF	BOS	@	NYK	5	L (-8)		23:00	.882
72	11	1969-04-18	EDF	BOS		NYK	6	W (+1)		16:00	.521

73	12	1969-04-23	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	1	L (-2)		23:00	.465
74	13	1969-04-25	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	2	L (-6)		16:00	.265
75	14	1969-04-27	FIN	BOS		LAL	3	W (+6)		16:00	.368
76	15	1969-04-29	FIN	BOS		LAL	4	W (+1)		17:00	.178
77	16	1969-05-01	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	5	L (-13)		21:00	.717
78	17	1969-05-03	FIN	BOS		LAL	6	W (+9)		23:00	.590
79	18	1969-05-05	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	7	W (+2)		25:00	.531
Rk	G	1972 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	ORtg	DRtg
80	1	1972-03-29	ECS	BOS		ATL	1	W (+18)	0	22:00	.581
81	2	1972-03-31	ECS	BOS	@	ATL	2	L (-9)		22:00	.363
82	3	1972-04-02	ECS	BOS		ATL	3	W (+23)		24:00	.643
83	4	1972-04-04	ECS	BOS	@	ATL	4	L (-2)		29:00	.521
84	5	1972-04-07	ECS	BOS		ATL	5	W (+10)		26:00	.612
85	6	1972-04-09	ECS	BOS	@	ATL	6	W (+9)		24:00	.530

86	7	1972-04-13	ECF	BOS		NYK	1	L (-22)	0	21:00	.833
87	8	1972-04-16	ECF	BOS	@	NYK	2	L (-1)	0	27:00	.654
88	9	1972-04-19	ECF	BOS		NYK	3	W (+6)	1	37:00	.773
89	10	1972-04-21	ECF	BOS	@	NYK	4	L (-18)	0	34:00	.549
90	11	1972-04-23	ECF	BOS		NYK	5	L (-8)	1	42:00	.568
Rk	G	1973 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	ORtg	DRtg
91	1	1973-04-01	ECS	BOS		ATL	1	W (+25)		19:00	.545
92	2	1973-04-04	ECS	BOS	@	ATL	2	W (+13)	0	20:00	.760
93	3	1973-04-06	ECS	BOS		ATL	3	L (-13)		6:00	.258
94	4	1973-04-08	ECS	BOS	@	ATL	4	L (-3)		18:00	.510
95	5	1973-04-11	ECS	BOS		ATL	5	W (+7)	0	22:00	.823
96	6	1973-04-13	ECS	BOS	@	ATL	6	W (+18)	0	10:00	.595

97	7	1973-04-15	ECF	BOS		NYK	1	W (+26)	0	19:00	.739
98	8	1973-04-18	ECF	BOS	@	NYK	2	L (-33)	0	18:00	.414
99	9	1973-04-20	ECF	BOS		NYK	3	L (-7)	0	14:00	.387
100	10	1973-04-22	ECF	BOS	@	NYK	4	L (-7)	1	53:00	.508
101	11	1973-04-25	ECF	BOS		NYK	5	W (+1)	1	34:00	.446
102	12	1973-04-27	ECF	BOS	@	NYK	6	W (+10)	1	39:00	.622
103	13	1973-04-29	ECF	BOS		NYK	7	L (-16)	1	32:00	.468
Rk	G	1974 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	ORtg	DRtg
104	1	1974-03-30	ECS	BOS		BUF	1	W (+10)	1	31:00	.501
105	2	1974-04-02	ECS	BOS	@	BUF	2	L (-10)	1	28:00	.543
106	3	1974-04-03	ECS	BOS		BUF	3	W (+13)	1	20:00	.400
107	4	1974-04-06	ECS	BOS	@	BUF	4	L (-2)	1	25:00	1.020
108	5	1974-04-09	ECS	BOS		BUF	5	W (+3)	1	27:00	.689
109	6	1974-04-12	ECS	BOS	@	BUF	6	W (+2)	1	27:00	.405

110	7	1974-04-14	ECF	BOS		NYK	1	W (+25)	1	40:00	.527
111	8	1974-04-16	ECF	BOS	@	NYK	2	W (+12)	1	40:00	.640
112	9	1974-04-19	ECF	BOS		NYK	3	L (-3)	1	31:00	.484
113	10	1974-04-21	ECF	BOS	@	NYK	4	W (+7)	1	32:00	.418
114	11	1974-04-24	ECF	BOS		NYK	5	W (+11)	1	31:00	.652

115	12	1974-04-28	FIN	BOS	@	MIL	1	W (+15)	1	22:00	.765
116	13	1974-04-30	FIN	BOS	@	MIL	2	L (-9)	1	40:00	.463
117	14	1974-05-03	FIN	BOS		MIL	3	W (+12)	1	18:00	.387
118	15	1974-05-05	FIN	BOS		MIL	4	L (-8)	1	14:00	.258
119	16	1974-05-07	FIN	BOS	@	MIL	5	W (+9)	1	11:00	.000
120	17	1974-05-10	FIN	BOS		MIL	6	L (-1)	1	13:00	.466
121	18	1974-05-12	FIN	BOS	@	MIL	7	W (+15)	1	17:00	.615
Rk	G	1975 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	ORtg	DRtg
122	1	1975-04-14	ECS	BOS		HOU	1	W (+17)	1	21:00	.717
123	2	1975-04-16	ECS	BOS		HOU	2	W (+12)	1	16:00	.615
124	3	1975-04-19	ECS	BOS	@	HOU	3	L (-15)	1	27:00	.723
125	4	1975-04-22	ECS	BOS	@	HOU	4	W (+5)	1	28:00	.635
126	5	1975-04-24	ECS	BOS		HOU	5	W (+13)	1	24:00	.766

127	6	1975-04-27	ECF	BOS		WSB	1	L (-5)	1	26:00	.417
128	7	1975-04-30	ECF	BOS	@	WSB	2	L (-25)	1	29:00	.593
129	8	1975-05-03	ECF	BOS		WSB	3	W (+11)	1	19:00	.460
130	9	1975-05-07	ECF	BOS	@	WSB	4	L (-11)	1	34:00	.711
131	10	1975-05-09	ECF	BOS		WSB	5	W (+4)	0	29:00	.472
132	11	1975-05-11	ECF	BOS	@	WSB	6	L (-6)	0	21:00	.799
Rk	G	1976 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	ORtg	DRtg
133	1	1976-04-21	ECS	BOS		BUF	1	W (+9)	0	6:00	.400
134	2	1976-04-23	ECS	BOS		BUF	2	W (+5)	1	28:00	.671
135	3	1976-04-25	ECS	BOS	@	BUF	3	L (-5)	1	27:00	.405
136	4	1976-04-28	ECS	BOS	@	BUF	4	L (-2)	1	33:00	.752
137	5	1976-04-30	ECS	BOS		BUF	5	W (+11)	0	26:00	.425
138	6	1976-05-02	ECS	BOS	@	BUF	6	W (+4)	0	19:00	.806

139	7	1976-05-06	ECF	BOS		CLE	1	W (+12)	0	13:00	.654
140	8	1976-05-09	ECF	BOS		CLE	2	W (+5)	0	14:00	.515
141	9	1976-05-11	ECF	BOS	@	CLE	3	L (-5)	0	8:00	.694
142	10	1976-05-14	ECF	BOS	@	CLE	4	L (-19)	0	21:00	.702
143	11	1976-05-16	ECF	BOS		CLE	5	W (+5)	1	28:00	.550
144	12	1976-05-18	ECF	BOS	@	CLE	6	W (+7)	1	24:00	.546

145	13	1976-05-23	FIN	BOS		PHO	1	W (+11)	1	8:00	.532
146	14	1976-05-27	FIN	BOS		PHO	2	W (+15)	1	12:00	.436
147	15	1976-05-30	FIN	BOS	@	PHO	3	L (-7)	0	17:00	.773
148	16	1976-06-02	FIN	BOS	@	PHO	4	L (-2)	0	7:00	.333
149	17	1976-06-04	FIN	BOS		PHO	5	W (+2)	0	20:00	.410
150	18	1976-06-06	FIN	BOS	@	PHO	6	W (+7)	0	4:00

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