Otis Birdsong 
#25 PG | 6-4, 201lbs | Pacers | Experience: 6 years
Born: 12/9/1955 (28) | College: Houston

 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
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $975,000  $1,087,500  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 6                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NBA IND 78 78 39.1 24.0 2.5 3.0 3.7 2.8 1.30 2.7 0.2 2.8 .439 .677 .263  
 1982 NBA IND 82 82 35.9 22.9 2.4 3.0 3.5 2.8 1.26 2.3 0.2 2.9 .424 .665 .230  
 1981 NBA KCK 77 77 35.3 23.3 2.2 2.4 2.8 2.3 1.23 1.7 0.2 2.6 .451 .683 .269  
 1980 NBA KCK 82 82 41.6 25.3 2.4 2.6 3.3 2.5 1.32 1.8 0.1 3.0 .422 .692 .221  
 1979 NBA KCK 66 66 38.7 22.5 2.0 2.5 3.4 2.4 1.40 2.0 0.3 3.2 .429 .697 .209  
 1978 NBA KCK 82 0 34.6 21.7 2.1 2.2 3.4 2.4 1.41 1.5 0.2 3.1 .509 .725 .000  
 1977 NBA KCK 73 0 25.7 15.8 1.0 1.4 2.4 2.0 1.20 1.0 0.2 2.5 .492 .697 .000  
 Career     540 385 35.9 22.3 2.1 2.5 3.2 2.5 1.30 1.9 0.2 2.9 .448 .690 .238  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NBA IND 9.7 22.0 .439 4.1 6.1 .677 3.5 5.0 .703 5.7 15.0 .376 0.5 2.0 .263  
 1982 NBA IND 9.6 22.6 .424 3.2 4.8 .665 3.1 4.8 .647 5.9 15.4 .384 0.5 2.3 .230  
 1981 NBA KCK 9.8 21.7 .451 3.2 4.7 .683 3.4 5.1 .668 5.9 14.7 .400 0.5 1.9 .269  
 1980 NBA KCK 10.7 25.4 .422 3.3 4.8 .692 3.2 4.9 .663 7.0 18.2 .383 0.5 2.3 .221  
 1979 NBA KCK 9.1 21.1 .429 4.0 5.7 .697 3.4 5.2 .664 5.2 13.9 .373 0.4 2.0 .209  
 1978 NBA KCK 9.0 17.8 .509 3.6 5.0 .725 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NBA KCK 6.4 13.1 .492 3.0 4.2 .697 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     9.2 20.6 .448 3.5 5.0 .690 2.4 3.6 .669 4.2 11.1 .384 0.4 1.5 .238  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 78 78 3053 754 1716 320 473 41 156 1869 196 430 288 213 222 213 17 218 474 
 1982 82 82 2941 786 1852 260 391 44 191 1876 195 444 285 186 227 186 15 237 -1 
 1981 77 77 2718 754 1670 248 363 39 145 1795 167 352 214 133 174 133 16 200 -24 
 1980 82 82 3410 878 2080 274 396 42 190 2072 196 410 273 151 207 151 12 244 -17 
 1979 66 66 2555 598 1395 264 379 28 134 1488 133 301 226 129 161 129 17 209 -117 
 1978 82 0 2839 741 1456 296 408 0 0 1778 176 354 281 125 200 125 17 255 0 
 1977 73 0 1878 470 955 216 310 0 0 1156 70 175 174 74 145 74 12 179 0 
 Career 540 385 19394 4981 11124 1878 2720 194 816 12034 1133 2466 1741 1011 1336 1011 106 1542 315 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NBA IND .485 1.09 11.8 9.1 28.0 6.7 7.6 7.2 19.4 383.6 12.8 6.1 105.7 98.4  
 1982 NBA IND .463 1.01 11.2 9.0 30.5 6.8 10.0 8.3 18.9 367.9 12.3 0.0 101.2 101.0  
 1981 NBA KCK .491 1.07 9.6 7.8 31.2 7.3 8.9 8.1 20.9 420.8 14.0 -0.3 103.6 104.2  
 1980 NBA KCK .460 1.00 10.0 7.6 30.7 6.5 7.8 7.1 17.8 373.9 12.5 -0.2 102.0 102.1  
 1979 NBA KCK .476 1.07 11.6 8.3 28.7 6.1 8.2 7.1 17.7 275.9 9.2 -1.8 100.9 103.1  
 1978 NBA KCK .543 1.22 13.3 9.4 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NBA KCK .530 1.21 12.3 10.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .488 1.08 11.3 8.7 22.6 6.7 8.4 7.5 19.0 1822.2 60.7 0.6 102.8 101.6  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NBA IND 5 5 36.4 19.0 1.0 2.6 4.6 3.6 1.28 2.4 0.2 3.0 .430 .650 .200  
 1982 NBA IND 13 13 35.6 23.2 3.1 3.5 4.2 2.5 1.67 1.8 0.2 3.9 .395 .767 .351  
 1980 NBA KCK 2 2 47.0 25.5 3.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 1.0 0.5 2.5 .365 .500 .500  
 Career     20 20 37.0 22.4 2.6 3.4 4.4 3.0 1.45 1.9 0.2 3.6 .398 .721 .333  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NBA IND 8.0 18.6 .430 2.6 4.0 .650 1.2 2.4 .500 6.4 14.2 .451 0.4 2.0 .200  
 1982 NBA IND 9.3 23.5 .395 3.5 4.6 .767 2.4 3.8 .620 5.9 16.8 .352 1.0 2.8 .351  
 1980 NBA KCK 11.5 31.5 .365 1.5 3.0 .500 3.0 6.0 .500 7.5 23.5 .319 1.0 2.0 .500  
 Career     9.2 23.1 .398 3.1 4.3 .721 2.2 3.7 .581 6.2 16.9 .368 0.9 2.6 .333  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 5 5 182 40 93 13 20 2 10 95 5 18 23 12 18 12 1 15 -40 
 1982 13 13 463 121 306 46 60 13 37 301 40 86 55 23 33 23 2 51 7 
 1980 2 2 94 23 63 3 6 2 4 51 7 16 9 2 9 2 1 5 -19 
 Career 20 20 739 184 462 62 86 17 51 447 52 120 87 37 60 37 4 71 -52 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NBA IND .471 1.02 16.1 12.6 28.0 2.7 7.5 5.1 11.8 2.1 0.1 -8.0 96.1 104.9  
 1982 NBA IND .452 0.98 13.1 7.9 30.4 8.2 10.6 9.4 15.6 36.0 1.2 0.5 101.2 100.6  
 1980 NBA KCK .394 0.81 10.7 10.7 34.0 7.0 12.7 9.4 7.9 -3.4 -0.1 -9.5 96.9 106.7  
 Career     .448 0.97 13.4 9.3 30.0 6.8 10.1 8.3 13.7 34.7 1.2 -2.6 99.5 102.3  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 43 7 12 8 7 2 8 16 37 16 25 2 7  
 Playoff 40 5 11 10 6 1 7 18 37 6 8 3 6  
 Career 53 7 13 10 7 2 9 19 38 16 25 3 7  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/18 POR W 39 11 30 2 2 0 1 24 3 10 4 3 4 0 3 3
 10/20 LAL L 39 16 31 3 4 2 2 37 1 5 1 1 1 0 3 -18
 10/21 NJN L 35 6 15 2 4 0 0 14 1 3 4 2 2 0 5 -7
 10/24 SAS W 42 7 19 4 9 0 3 18 0 3 8 4 4 1 2 5
 10/27 MIA W 28 5 13 4 5 0 1 14 1 2 1 4 3 1 4 17
 10/28 CLE W 30 6 16 2 2 0 0 14 1 5 3 2 6 0 4 5
 11/1 LAL W 37 9 14 5 6 0 1 23 3 6 4 3 2 0 5 17
 11/2 SDC W 40 9 27 0 0 0 2 18 3 4 4 2 3 1 0 18
 11/4 NOJ W 34 14 26 0 0 0 1 28 2 3 3 2 4 0 4 9
 11/5 PHI W 48 15 29 9 10 0 1 39 1 3 5 2 3 0 3 8
 11/7 CHI L 38 8 21 1 2 1 3 18 5 6 2 1 0 0 2 3
 11/9 DEN W 38 12 26 4 6 0 2 28 1 2 4 2 2 0 3 15
 11/13 DEN W 40 8 24 5 8 0 3 21 4 10 0 0 1 0 5 18
 11/15 CHI W 41 16 29 3 4 0 2 35 3 6 2 4 1 0 2 11
 11/19 NJN W 42 10 26 3 4 0 1 23 2 5 7 2 4 0 0 8
 11/20 WAS W 42 12 19 2 2 1 1 27 5 7 4 1 2 1 1 3
 11/23 CLE L 43 7 27 3 4 1 7 18 6 9 2 3 3 0 3 -8
 11/24 NJN L 44 5 19 2 2 0 2 12 2 2 5 1 4 0 3 -16
 11/27 BOS L 40 7 20 2 6 1 3 17 1 7 8 3 0 0 4 -11
 11/28 SAS W 36 6 16 2 2 0 1 14 1 2 4 3 2 0 4 16
 12/1 MIA W 39 9 27 2 2 0 3 20 0 6 2 5 4 0 4 2
 12/2 NJN L 38 9 20 9 10 0 2 27 3 6 1 4 1 0 2 -25
 12/5 MIL W 43 7 18 8 10 1 1 23 4 5 5 2 4 0 3 13
 12/6 PHX W 32 14 21 3 4 2 2 33 1 3 3 3 2 0 0 32
 12/8 DET W 33 11 21 4 6 2 4 28 2 5 2 2 5 0 2 26
 12/10 PHI L 43 8 16 3 6 0 1 19 2 3 2 2 1 1 3 3
 12/12 CHI L 36 13 27 0 0 0 2 26 6 8 1 3 3 1 4 -4
 12/26 SAC W 46 7 23 5 6 0 2 19 3 7 4 4 1 1 0 5
 12/27 PHI W 46 8 15 5 8 0 0 21 1 3 5 3 3 0 4 3
 12/30 MIA L 41 13 32 16 25 1 2 43 3 7 1 7 2 0 4 2
 12/31 SDC W 47 8 23 9 11 2 3 27 4 8 6 1 4 1 3 2
 1/2 POR W 43 11 18 8 12 0 0 30 1 7 4 8 7 1 2 2
 1/4 BOS W 41 13 21 2 2 0 0 28 2 4 6 4 4 0 1 6
 1/6 STL W 37 12 18 7 12 1 2 32 3 6 5 4 1 0 4 20
 1/7 DET W 40 11 18 9 21 0 1 31 0 6 1 6 2 1 4 14
 1/11 WAS W 39 3 12 9 14 0 3 15 1 4 6 1 2 0 5 8
 1/13 NYK L 44 13 32 1 2 0 1 27 7 12 3 5 7 2 1 -9
 1/14 WAS W 41 13 24 2 4 2 3 30 0 3 6 3 1 0 2 6
 1/17 DET L 37 10 23 5 6 2 3 27 3 6 5 3 2 0 1 -11
 1/18 SLS W 44 11 24 3 6 0 1 25 2 4 3 2 4 0 2 9
 1/21 NJN W 41 8 18 0 2 1 3 17 2 5 4 1 4 0 1 22
 1/22 NJN L 39 6 23 1 2 0 3 13 3 9 3 1 5 0 4 -18
 1/26 NYK L 35 6 27 0 0 1 3 13 6 10 3 6 3 0 1 -23
 1/27 WAS W 31 11 17 6 8 1 1 29 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 38
 1/31 PHX W 33 11 15 10 12 0 0 32 2 5 2 2 2 0 1 21
 2/1 NOJ W 36 8 18 2 4 2 3 20 1 4 0 2 4 0 2 25
 2/4 NYK W 48 11 27 1 2 0 2 23 3 6 7 6 2 0 3 1
 2/5 NOJ W 25 9 18 0 0 0 2 18 2 2 2 2 1 0 3 21
 2/8 GSW W 47 3 17 11 14 1 1 18 3 6 3 2 2 0 2 10
 2/9 CHI L 34 11 21 3 4 1 2 26 2 3 5 3 2 0 4 3
 2/14 CLE W 48 14 27 6 10 1 3 35 4 8 7 6 4 0 3 -2
 2/15 MIA W 34 7 18 5 5 0 1 19 3 9 2 1 2 0 4 27
 2/17 DET L 40 7 17 10 12 1 3 25 2 5 4 2 3 0 3 -1
 2/18 SAC W 36 13 28 0 0 1 5 27 3 8 1 1 5 0 2 12
 2/21 DAL W 47 11 28 3 4 0 1 25 2 6 3 6 3 0 3 -2
 2/24 BOS L 42 13 28 3 4 0 2 29 2 4 6 3 3 1 2 2
 2/25 BOS L 32 6 15 0 0 0 0 12 2 4 4 1 4 0 4 -15
 2/27 ATL W 42 15 37 11 16 0 1 41 6 9 6 1 4 1 3 10
 2/29 MIL L 35 5 22 2 2 0 0 12 5 9 3 2 0 0 0 -25
 3/3 MIA W 43 7 23 6 13 1 7 21 4 6 3 3 3 0 3 -4
 3/4 PHI L 41 5 22 0 0 1 4 11 2 4 2 5 2 0 4 -10
 3/7 SAS W 43 12 27 5 6 2 4 31 0 6 6 1 2 0 1 5
 3/8 LAL W 41 16 33 2 3 2 4 36 2 8 4 3 2 0 1 14
 3/11 DET W 31 6 11 2 2 0 0 14 1 5 3 3 4 1 4 6
 3/12 HOU L 38 9 18 2 4 0 0 20 1 5 4 4 1 0 4 -1
 3/14 ATL W 30 7 12 3 6 0 1 17 2 3 1 2 1 0 4 22
 3/16 MIL W 42 15 26 2 5 1 4 33 2 5 5 3 0 0 3 4
 3/18 ATL W 32 9 21 3 4 2 4 23 1 2 1 4 4 0 1 25
 3/19 SLS W 38 9 20 3 6 1 1 22 3 4 3 0 4 0 3 14
 3/22 CLE L 42 10 26 0 0 0 3 20 4 7 1 4 6 2 5 -1
 3/23 STL W 28 7 16 0 0 0 0 14 1 4 1 2 1 0 3 17
 3/26 NYK W 45 14 25 13 16 0 1 41 1 4 6 7 4 0 3 11
 3/27 BOS L 46 7 23 3 5 0 2 17 4 8 4 3 4 0 5 -4
 3/31 SEA L 35 9 21 3 6 0 1 21 1 4 1 2 1 0 5 -16
 4/1 CLE W 42 12 25 0 2 1 3 25 3 5 7 1 2 0 4 11
 4/5 MIA W 33 9 14 6 12 0 1 24 0 1 7 0 1 0 2 14
 4/6 GSW W 46 12 29 0 0 2 3 26 2 7 4 6 5 0 2 12
 4/9 SEA L 44 8 26 6 8 0 2 22 7 10 5 2 1 1 4 -4
 4/11 ATL W 38 6 18 10 14 0 1 22 2 6 8 3 6 0 4 5
 4/12 PHI W 31 6 14 10 12 1 3 23 1 6 3 2 0 0 5 14
 4/15 HOU W 34 7 10 3 6 0 2 17 1 4 5 2 4 1 3 19
 4/16 DAL L 36 16 37 5 7 0 1 37 5 6 3 1 3 0 2 -24
 4/18 NOJ W 37 8 19 7 8 0 1 23 0 4 3 6 5 0 3 24
 4/19 NOJ W 39 11 23 1 4 0 1 23 5 8 6 2 1 0 5 20
 4/21 NYK L 41 9 17 1 2 1 1 20 0 2 4 4 6 0 2 -23
 4/22 NYK L 28 5 13 4 6 1 4 15 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 -27
 4/24 NYK W 43 14 31 3 6 0 2 31 2 7 6 2 1 0 2 13
 4/25 NYK W 35 6 16 3 4 0 1 15 2 5 4 3 4 0 4 -1
 4/27 NYK L 35 6 16 2 2 0 2 14 1 3 7 7 1 0 3 -2

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 79
 Total Player of the Week: 1
 Total All-Star Appearances: 1
 Total All-League Third Team: 1
 Total All-Defensive First Team: 1
 Total Steals Leader: 1
 1980 NBA All-Star
 1980 NBA All-League Third Team
 1983 NBA All-Defensive First Team
 1983 NBA Steals Leader

 Transactions
 Date Action
 7/18/1981 Re-signed with the Kings for $3,675,000 over 4 years.
 1/11/1983 Traded to the Pacers

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