Dave Cowens 
#31 C | 6-9, 253lbs | Celtics | Experience: 11 years
Born: 10/25/1948 (33) | College: Florida State

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 Potential: - - - - - - - - - - - -          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988 
 Value: $150,000  $150,000  $150,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 3                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1981 NBA BOS 82 0 25.5 7.1 1.5 4.2 1.5 1.2 1.24 0.8 0.4 3.2 .480 .818 .000  
 1980 NBA BOS 82 82 27.9 8.5 1.3 4.8 1.4 1.4 1.03 0.6 0.5 3.1 .477 .826 .000  
 1979 NBA BOS 82 82 28.3 12.4 1.5 4.7 1.4 1.4 0.97 0.6 0.5 3.4 .479 .789 .000  
 1978 NBA BOS 68 0 37.0 16.6 2.2 7.4 3.6 2.6 1.39 1.1 0.8 3.9 .483 .807 .000  
 1977 NBA BOS 77 0 41.8 18.6 3.2 10.8 4.6 2.8 1.62 1.3 0.9 3.9 .490 .842 .000  
 1976 NBA BOS 50 0 37.8 16.4 2.9 11.0 5.0 0.0 248.00 0.9 1.0 3.6 .434 .818 .000  
 1975 NBA BOS 78 0 39.8 19.0 4.3 11.7 4.2 0.0 325.00 1.2 0.9 4.0 .468 .756 .000  
 1974 NBA BOS 65 0 40.5 20.4 3.5 11.2 4.6 0.0 296.00 1.3 1.1 3.7 .475 .783 .000  
 1973 NBA BOS 80 0 41.9 19.0 3.3 12.4 4.4 0.0 354.00 1.2 1.3 3.7 .437 .832 .000  
 1972 NBA BOS 82 0 41.8 20.5 5.7 10.5 4.1 0.0 333.00 0.0 0.0 3.8 .452 .779 .000  
 1971 NBA BOS 79 0 40.3 18.8 5.2 10.0 3.1 0.0 245.00 0.0 0.0 4.0 .484 .720 .000  
 1970 NBA BOS 81 0 38.0 17.0 5.8 9.2 2.8 0.0 228.00 0.0 0.0 4.3 .422 .732 .000  
 Career     906 164 36.5 16.1 3.4 8.9 3.3 0.8 4.14 0.7 0.6 3.7 .463 .787 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1981 NBA BOS 2.9 6.0 .480 1.3 1.6 .818 2.1 3.6 .583 0.8 2.4 .327 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NBA BOS 3.3 6.8 .477 2.0 2.4 .826 2.4 4.3 .557 0.9 2.5 .341 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1979 NBA BOS 4.8 10.1 .479 2.7 3.5 .789 3.6 6.6 .548 1.2 3.5 .348 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1978 NBA BOS 7.2 14.9 .483 2.2 2.8 .807 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NBA BOS 7.8 15.8 .490 3.1 3.7 .842 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NBA BOS 6.6 15.1 .434 3.2 4.0 .818 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1975 NBA BOS 7.8 16.7 .468 3.3 4.4 .756 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1974 NBA BOS 8.8 18.4 .475 2.9 3.8 .783 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1973 NBA BOS 8.1 18.4 .437 2.9 3.4 .832 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1972 NBA BOS 9.0 20.0 .452 2.5 3.2 .779 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1971 NBA BOS 8.3 17.2 .484 2.2 3.1 .720 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1970 NBA BOS 6.8 16.1 .422 3.4 4.6 .732 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     6.7 14.5 .463 2.6 3.3 .787 0.7 1.3 .559 0.3 0.8 .340 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1981 82 0 2093 237 494 108 132 0 0 582 126 473 119 69 96 69 33 266 400 
 1980 82 82 2291 267 560 161 195 0 0 695 107 499 118 53 115 53 39 257 422 
 1979 82 82 2324 395 825 224 284 0 0 1014 127 511 112 47 116 47 45 282 231 
 1978 68 0 2517 488 1010 151 187 0 0 1127 152 652 242 76 174 76 51 263 0 
 1977 77 0 3215 598 1220 239 284 0 0 1435 248 1078 351 102 217 102 67 297 0 
 1976 50 0 1888 328 756 162 198 0 0 818 147 697 248 46 0 46 49 181 0 
 1975 78 0 3101 611 1305 257 340 0 0 1479 335 1246 325 94 0 94 71 314 0 
 1974 65 0 2632 569 1199 191 244 0 0 1329 229 958 296 87 0 87 73 243 0 
 1973 80 0 3352 645 1475 228 274 0 0 1518 264 1257 354 95 0 95 101 294 0 
 1972 82 0 3425 740 1637 204 262 0 0 1684 469 1329 333 0 0 0 0 311 0 
 1971 79 0 3186 657 1357 175 243 0 0 1489 411 1203 245 0 0 0 0 314 0 
 1970 81 0 3076 550 1302 273 373 0 0 1373 467 1216 228 0 0 0 0 350 0 
 Career 906 164 33100 6085 13140 2373 3016 0 0 14543 3082 11119 2971 669 718 669 529 3372 1053 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1981 NBA BOS .527 1.18 15.5 12.5 13.0 7.2 20.4 13.7 11.5 28.5 0.9 4.9 108.6 99.1  
 1980 NBA BOS .539 1.24 13.4 13.1 13.7 5.6 19.9 12.9 11.7 36.2 1.2 5.1 109.3 100.0  
 1979 NBA BOS .534 1.23 9.5 9.8 19.1 6.4 20.0 13.1 15.1 155.5 5.2 2.8 107.1 101.5  
 1978 NBA BOS .516 1.12 16.0 11.5 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NBA BOS .534 1.18 18.3 11.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NBA BOS .485 1.08 22.7 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1975 NBA BOS .509 1.13 18.3 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1974 NBA BOS .508 1.11 18.5 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1973 NBA BOS .476 1.03 18.2 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1972 NBA BOS .481 1.03 16.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1971 NBA BOS .508 1.10 14.3 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1970 NBA BOS .468 1.05 13.5 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .503 1.11 16.4 4.0 3.1 6.4 20.1 13.2 11.8 220.2 7.3 1.2 108.3 100.2  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1981 NBA BOS 17 0 26.3 7.6 1.2 4.0 1.2 1.8 0.70 0.9 0.4 2.9 .477 .824 .000  
 1980 NBA BOS 18 18 29.8 10.0 1.9 4.3 1.7 1.1 1.63 0.8 0.4 3.4 .560 .698 .000  
 1979 NBA BOS 7 7 26.9 10.1 1.0 3.9 1.1 2.6 0.44 0.4 0.3 4.6 .435 .733 .000  
 Career     42 25 27.9 9.1 1.5 4.1 1.4 1.6 0.90 0.8 0.4 3.4 .503 .750 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1981 NBA BOS 3.0 6.3 .477 1.6 2.0 .824 1.9 3.7 .508 1.1 2.5 .442 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1980 NBA BOS 4.2 7.4 .560 1.7 2.4 .698 3.3 5.2 .634 0.9 2.3 .390 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1979 NBA BOS 4.3 9.9 .435 1.6 2.1 .733 3.0 5.9 .512 1.3 4.0 .321 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     3.7 7.4 .503 1.6 2.2 .750 2.7 4.7 .569 1.0 2.7 .393 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1981 17 0 447 51 107 28 34 0 1 130 20 88 21 15 30 15 7 49 -70 
 1980 18 18 537 75 134 30 43 0 0 180 34 111 31 14 19 14 7 62 4 
 1979 7 7 188 30 69 11 15 0 0 71 7 34 8 3 18 3 2 32 11 
 Career 42 25 1172 156 310 69 92 0 1 381 61 233 60 32 67 32 16 143 -55 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1981 NBA BOS .533 1.21 12.1 17.3 13.0 5.2 18.5 11.7 8.2 -15.8 -0.5 -4.1 96.3 104.4  
 1980 NBA BOS .588 1.34 15.3 9.4 13.6 7.5 18.2 12.7 11.6 7.6 0.3 0.2 108.1 107.4  
 1979 NBA BOS .474 1.03 7.8 17.6 21.0 4.6 18.4 11.4 4.3 -17.6 -0.6 1.6 103.7 99.7  
 Career     .543 1.23 12.6 14.0 9.6 6.2 18.4 12.1 9.2 -25.8 -0.9 -1.3 102.9 105.1  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 17 5 13 5 3 2 5 8 14 7 8 0 0  
 Playoff 24 6 11 6 3 2 6 10 15 5 8 0 1  
 Career 30 6 19 6 4 3 6 12 24 13 14 0 1  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/21 NYK L 30 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 2 9 2 0 0 0 6 -25
 10/23 SDC L 26 2 7 2 2 0 0 6 3 7 1 2 0 0 5 -9
 10/25 PHI W 27 5 7 0 0 0 0 10 6 12 0 0 1 1 1 20
 10/29 SAS W 20 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 -1
 10/31 WAS W 24 1 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 4 1 1 1 2 15
 11/1 DAL L 21 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 -8
 11/4 PHI L 25 3 9 2 2 0 0 8 2 7 4 1 3 0 4 0
 11/5 CHI W 31 5 8 0 0 0 0 10 3 13 2 1 1 0 2 25
 11/9 MIL W 25 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 4
 11/10 MIL W 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 1 0 4 -5
 11/12 IND L 34 6 13 0 0 0 0 12 5 8 2 2 1 0 4 -11
 11/14 NYK L 23 3 3 2 2 0 0 8 1 4 0 0 1 0 4 -8
 11/15 DET W 25 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 3 4 0 0 1 0 2 -6
 11/17 SAS L 28 5 7 0 0 0 0 10 2 6 1 2 0 0 2 9
 11/19 SDC W 20 2 5 2 2 0 0 6 3 4 2 2 0 1 2 -9
 11/22 WAS W 27 4 9 0 0 0 0 8 1 8 1 1 1 2 3 4
 11/23 SEA W 27 4 6 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 3 1 1 0 3 -20
 11/25 POR W 30 8 13 1 2 0 0 17 3 5 0 0 0 1 2 13
 11/27 CHI W 22 2 4 2 2 0 0 6 2 5 0 1 0 0 4 13
 11/29 SAS L 28 2 7 7 7 0 0 11 3 7 2 0 1 0 1 -2
 12/1 GSW W 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 3 2 1 0 5 7
 12/2 NYK W 23 6 7 0 0 0 0 12 3 4 1 1 2 0 3 12
 12/6 NJN W 23 2 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 8 2 2 0 1 3 5
 12/7 MIA W 23 6 7 2 2 0 0 14 0 4 0 0 0 1 4 11
 12/10 WAS W 27 4 7 6 8 0 0 14 1 8 0 0 1 0 1 12
 12/11 POR W 21 2 7 2 2 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 3
 12/13 ATL L 25 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 3 2 0 0 2 -6
 12/14 WAS W 31 2 4 3 4 0 0 7 0 9 2 4 2 0 3 29
 12/17 NYK W 31 5 6 0 0 0 0 10 0 8 4 0 0 0 1 19
 12/18 CHI W 21 3 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 2 1 5 14
 12/23 PHX W 25 4 4 0 0 0 0 8 2 8 1 1 1 1 2 27
 12/24 DAL W 26 3 6 4 4 0 0 10 2 6 2 0 1 0 2 11
 12/27 SEA W 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 3 11 2 1 2 2 2 9
 12/28 HOU W 25 2 10 0 0 0 0 4 3 8 0 2 2 0 2 0
 12/30 PHI L 25 1 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 0 1 0 0 5 1
 12/31 DEN W 27 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 4 0 1 4 13
 1/3 MIA W 25 4 6 2 2 0 0 10 1 8 1 5 0 0 6 23
 1/4 WAS W 24 0 5 2 4 0 0 2 3 9 0 1 1 0 4 -1
 1/8 PHX W 27 3 7 0 0 0 0 6 2 9 1 4 2 1 4 21
 1/9 PHI L 32 5 11 0 0 0 0 10 3 7 4 0 1 1 4 7
 1/12 SLS W 27 3 4 2 2 0 0 8 0 5 0 0 0 1 3 5
 1/13 DAL W 26 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 2 8 1 2 0 0 2 9
 1/17 NJN W 16 3 3 0 2 0 0 6 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 7
 1/18 IND W 22 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 10
 1/22 NYK W 28 3 7 2 2 0 0 8 3 9 2 1 1 0 1 9
 1/24 DET W 26 0 5 2 4 0 0 2 1 6 3 1 2 1 4 0
 1/26 MIL W 32 2 5 4 4 0 0 8 4 7 0 0 1 0 3 9
 1/30 MIA L 29 4 6 4 4 0 0 12 1 2 5 1 1 2 5 -2
 1/31 WAS W 30 3 9 1 2 0 0 7 1 7 2 3 1 2 3 5
 2/4 MIA W 18 3 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 2 1 1 0 5 7
 2/9 CHI L 24 3 6 2 2 0 0 8 1 3 2 2 1 0 2 -7
 2/10 ATL W 22 3 7 0 0 0 0 6 2 3 0 2 1 0 5 13
 2/14 DET W 24 4 7 3 6 0 0 11 0 3 1 1 2 1 6 -5
 2/15 DET W 24 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 2 10 1 0 0 0 4 2
 2/17 NJN W 27 5 9 4 4 0 0 14 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 8
 2/19 DET W 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 21
 2/21 CLE W 25 3 8 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 1 1 0 1 4 5
 2/22 MIL W 22 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 3 6 0 3 1 0 1 4
 2/24 SLS W 28 5 7 2 2 0 0 12 3 9 4 3 1 0 3 9
 2/26 NYK W 24 6 14 2 4 0 0 14 5 9 0 1 1 0 4 -12
 2/28 NJN W 25 1 6 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 2 0 1 0 4 13
 3/1 WAS W 20 4 9 1 2 0 0 9 5 6 0 1 1 0 4 8
 3/3 ATL L 22 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 3
 3/5 MIL L 30 4 8 0 0 0 0 8 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 2
 3/7 KCK L 27 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 3 2 0 1 2 -3
 3/8 PHI W 26 6 8 5 5 0 0 17 2 7 4 2 2 1 3 17
 3/10 KCK L 28 4 8 0 0 0 0 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 1 -1
 3/12 PHI W 30 4 7 0 0 0 0 8 1 6 3 0 2 0 3 21
 3/13 CHI W 21 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 2 1 0 0 2 11
 3/16 DEN L 24 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 1 0 3 -4
 3/17 NYK L 22 3 4 2 2 0 0 8 2 6 0 2 2 0 3 -7
 3/19 CLE L 19 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 3 -3
 3/21 SDC W 26 4 6 1 3 0 0 9 3 5 4 0 1 0 3 22
 3/23 ATL W 25 3 5 4 4 0 0 10 1 4 2 1 2 0 5 1
 3/24 PHI W 22 4 5 0 0 0 0 8 2 5 2 4 0 1 4 -4
 3/29 GSW W 24 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 5 -6
 3/30 MIA W 29 3 7 3 4 0 0 9 2 4 5 1 0 0 3 5
 4/3 HOU L 33 4 9 6 6 0 0 14 2 8 0 2 0 0 4 -9
 4/4 LAL W 29 1 6 2 2 0 0 4 1 7 0 0 0 2 4 6
 4/6 NJN L 22 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 5 4
 4/7 IND L 33 2 5 2 2 0 0 6 2 9 1 1 1 0 5 -9
 4/11 IND W 29 1 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 2 0 2 5 0
 4/12 CLE L 25 3 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 2 2 0 0 5 -9
 4/14 CLE W 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 1 1 2 0 6 11
 4/15 ATL W 28 1 2 3 4 0 0 5 1 11 0 0 1 0 4 9
 4/19 LAL W 22 2 3 4 5 0 0 8 0 3 0 1 1 0 5 1
 4/20 MIA W 32 1 2 3 4 0 0 5 0 4 2 2 1 1 2 3
 4/22 NJN L 29 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 5 0 1 2 4 -3
 5/2 PHI W 31 3 5 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 1 1 1 0 5 8
 5/3 PHI L 21 5 6 4 4 0 0 14 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 -9
 5/5 PHI W 30 5 10 0 0 0 0 10 1 3 2 2 1 1 3 -3
 5/6 PHI W 26 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 7 3 1 1 1 2 9
 5/8 PHI W 29 2 3 4 4 0 0 8 0 9 0 3 0 1 5 -11
 5/14 MIL W 25 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 2 6 2 3 1 1 1 5
 5/15 MIL W 25 3 4 2 2 0 0 8 1 3 1 1 2 0 5 -12
 5/17 MIL L 22 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 -14
 5/18 MIL L 28 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 2 2 2 0 4 0
 5/20 MIL W 21 6 9 0 0 0 0 12 1 5 1 1 1 0 4 5
 5/22 MIL W 26 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 0 1 -2
 5/26 SAS W 25 5 12 5 6 0 1 15 2 11 0 2 1 0 2 3
 5/27 SAS W 26 5 6 2 2 0 0 12 0 3 2 2 0 1 2 5
 5/29 SAS L 35 3 12 2 6 0 0 8 0 5 2 4 2 0 2 -33
 5/30 SAS L 27 0 3 4 4 0 0 4 1 6 0 3 1 0 3 -23
 5/31 SAS L 24 4 7 2 2 0 0 10 2 7 2 1 0 0 2 15
 6/2 SAS L 26 2 5 1 2 0 0 5 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 -13

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 1

 Transactions
 Date Action
 7/20/1981 Re-signed with the Celtics for $450,000 over 3 years.

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