Bill Closs stats
Bio
- Age
- 104 yearsJan 8, 1922
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 195 lbs
Stats
Per game
Career regular season
- PTS
- 9.0
- REB
- 3.3
- AST
- 1.9
- TS%
- 38.2
- MIN
- 6.0
- GP
- 186
Career Postseason
- PTS
- 9.4
- REB
- 1.5
- AST
- 2.1
- TS%
- 36.9
- MIN
- 1.9
- GP
- 11
Per 36 min
Career regular season
- PTS
- 54.0
- REB
- 19.6
- AST
- 11.1
- TS%
- 38.2
- MIN
- 6.0
- GP
- 186
Per 36 minutes: each per-game figure scaled by 36 ÷ minutes played. Derived here, and shooting percentages are left untouched because they do not scale.
Bio
- Age
- 104 yearsJan 8, 1922
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 195 lbs
- Experience
- 3 yearsDebut 1949
- College
- Rice
Latest performance
Bill Closs
Mar 18 · @ SAC · L 95-78
- MIN
- 21
- PTS
- 5
- REB
- 8
- AST
- 4
- FG%
- 16.7
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | PTS | REB | AST | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Mar 18 | at SACL 95-78 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| Sun, Mar 16 | vsOLYW 111-92 | 4 | — | — | 0 |
| Thu, Mar 13 | vsSACL 86-84 | 3 | — | — | 0 |
| Sun, Mar 09 | vs NYW 80-79 | 11 | — | — | 0 |
| Fri, Mar 07 | atHAWL 75-74 | 5 | — | — | 0 |
| Thu, Mar 06 | vs PHIL 83-81 | 1 | — | — | 0 |
What were Bill Closs's career stats?
Bill Closs played 3 seasons for the Packers, the Warriors and the Pistons. He scored 1,669 points with 605 rebounds and 346 assists in 186 games — 9.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. His best season was 1949-50: 752 points and 160 assists.
More on Bill Closs
Playoff series
Bill Closs played 11 games across 3 NBA postseasons in 5 series — 2 won, 3 lost.
| 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-52 | SAC | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 |
| 1950-51 | PHI | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.5 |
| 1949-50 | HAW | Won 2-1 | 3 | 9.3 | — | — |
| 1949-50 | OLY | Won 2-1 | 3 | 11.0 | — | — |
| 1949-50 |  LAL | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 14.0 | — | 2.0 |
Bill Closs’s playoff series, round by round
Per game, from NBA game logs since the 1946-47 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Bill Closs against each club
- vs Waterloo Hawks (32)
- vs Indianapolis Olympians (24)
- vs Philadelphia 76ers (22)
- vs Los Angeles Lakers (18)
- vs Baltimore Bullets (17)
- vs Sacramento Kings (17)
- vs Boston Celtics (15)
- vs New York Knicks (15)
- vs Detroit Pistons (8)
- vs Denver Nuggets (7)
- vs Golden State Warriors (7)
- vs Sheboygan Redskins (7)
- vs Washington Capitols (5)
- vs Chicago Stags (2)
- vs St. Louis Bombers (2)
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