Norm Van Lier vs Slick Watts

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Norm Van Lier and Slick Watts compared on their NBA careers: Norm Van Lier played 10 seasons, 1969-70 to 1978-79, Slick Watts 6 seasons, 1973-74 to 1978-79. Norm Van Lier averaged 11.8 points a game to Slick Watts's 8.9. They have faced each other 25 times: Norm Van Lier's team won 16, Slick Watts's 9.

Who has the better career numbers?

Norm Van Lier leads in 3 of the 5 lines, Slick Watts in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Norm Van Lier and Slick Watts career per game
746GP437
35.1MIN26.3
11.8, betterPTS8.9
4.8, betterREB3.2
7, betterAST6.1
1STL2.2, better
0.1BLK0.3, better

Norm Van Lier and Slick Watts: no career line is published, so it is worked out from the seasons on file — career totals divided by games played.

Norm Van Lier vs Slick Watts head to head

They have faced each other 25 times: Norm Van Lier's team won 16, Slick Watts's 9.

Norm Van Lier and Slick Watts, record against each other
GamesPlayedNorm Van Lier wonSlick Watts won
Regular season2516, better9
Norm Van Lier and Slick Watts, averages in their games against each other
12.8, betterPTS7.8
4.9, betterREB2.6
6.3AST6.8, better
33.6MIN27.2

Every game against each other

Norm Van Lier vs Slick Watts, every game
Jan 8, 1979HOU at MILW 116-1046 PTS, 3 REB, 9 AST, 21 MIN5 PTS, 1 REB, 8 AST, 29 MIN
Dec 29, 1978MIL at HOUL 106-1032 PTS, 0 REB, 9 AST, 22 MIN2 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 10 MIN
Feb 14, 1978UTAH at CHIW 102-952 PTS, 3 REB, 9 AST, 0 MIN4 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 0 MIN
Feb 1, 1978CHI at UTAHL 117-1116 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 31 MIN12 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 24 MIN
Nov 25, 1977CHI at OKCW 106-892 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 20 MIN7 PTS, 1 REB, 6 AST, 26 MIN
Oct 29, 1977OKC at CHIW 101-9720 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 38 MIN16 PTS, 0 REB, 2 AST, 29 MIN
Mar 19, 1977OKC at CHIW 104-9211 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 43 MIN6 PTS, 3 REB, 10 AST, 37 MIN
Jan 2, 1977CHI at OKCL 83-792 PTS, 4 REB, 9 AST, 44 MIN7 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 30 MIN
Dec 21, 1976OKC at CHIW 103-10118 PTS, 9 REB, 9 AST, 49 MIN20 PTS, 5 REB, 18 AST, 58 MIN
Nov 26, 1976CHI at OKCL 101-976 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST, 38 MIN11 PTS, 9 REB, 10 AST, 41 MIN
Apr 7, 1976CHI at OKCL 115-1149 PTS, 3 REB, 10 AST, 42 MIN4 PTS, 2 REB, 11 AST, 32 MIN
Mar 9, 1976OKC at CHIW 102-10113 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 40 MIN11 PTS, 2 REB, 12 AST, 42 MIN
Dec 10, 1975CHI at OKCL 99-790 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 19 MIN8 PTS, 5 REB, 11 AST, 28 MIN
Nov 19, 1975CHI at OKCL 97-8712 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 44 MIN10 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 37 MIN
Oct 28, 1975OKC at CHIW 101-9010 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 24 MIN18 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 34 MIN
Jan 24, 1975OKC at CHIW 86-814 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 37 MIN2 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 19 MIN
Jan 12, 1975CHI at OKCW 127-12342 PTS, 9 REB, 9 AST, 54 MIN2 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 14 MIN
Dec 17, 1974OKC at CHIW 87-8416 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 40 MIN6 PTS, 0 REB, 7 AST, 20 MIN
Nov 22, 1974CHI at OKCW 93-8924 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 43 MIN0 PTS, 0 REB, 5 AST, 31 MIN
Mar 24, 1974CHI at OKCW 122-11321 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 23 MIN0 PTS, 0 REB, 2 AST, 9 MIN
Jan 25, 1974OKC at CHIW 104-999 PTS, 4 REB, 10 AST, 40 MIN1 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 6 MIN
Jan 4, 1974CHI at OKCL 103-10112 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 34 MIN14 PTS, 4 REB, 17 AST, 40 MIN
Dec 18, 1973OKC at CHIL 93-9215 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 29 MIN11 PTS, 4 REB, 12 AST, 44 MIN
Dec 4, 1973OKC at CHIW 130-10727 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 30 MIN11 PTS, 1 REB, 6 AST, 28 MIN
Nov 11, 1973CHI at OKCW 116-9830 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 34 MIN6 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 12 MIN

Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.

Titles and awards

Norm Van Lier and Slick Watts titles and awards
—Championships—
5, betterAll-Defensive Second Team—
1, betterAll-NBA Second Team—
3, betterAll-Defensive First Team—

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Norm Van Lier and Slick Watts season by season
PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.
1st1969-709.5, better5.0, better6.2, better1973-748.02.95.7
2nd1970-7116.0, better7.1, better10.1, better1974-756.83.26.1
3rd1971-7211.54.56.91975-7613.0, better4.58.1, better
4th1972-7313.9, better5.5, better7.11976-7713.03.98.0, better
5th1973-7414.3, better4.7, better6.9, better1977-787.52.54.1
6th1974-7515.0, better4.7, better5.8, better1978-793.71.74.0
7th1975-7612.65.46.6————
8th1976-7710.24.57.8————
9th1977-787.33.66.8————
10th1978-792.81.14.2————

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST