Mike Newlin | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lb: | 200 |
Birth Date: | 2 January 1949 |
Birth Place: | Portland, Oregon |
Nationality: | American |
High School: | Saint Francis (La Cañada Flintridge, California) |
College: | Utah (1968–1971) |
Draft Year: | 1971 |
Draft Round: | 2 |
Draft Pick: | 24 |
Draft Team: | San Diego Rockets |
Career Start: | 1971 |
Career End: | 1982 |
Career Number: | 14 |
Career Position: | Shooting guard |
Years1: | – |
Team1: | Houston Rockets |
Years2: | – |
Team2: | New Jersey Nets |
Team3: | New York Knicks |
Highlights: |
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Stats League: | NBA |
Stat1label: | Points |
Stat1value: | 12,507 (14.9 ppg) |
Stat2label: | Rebounds |
Stat2value: | 2,494 (3.0 rpg) |
Stat3label: | Assists |
Stat3value: | 3,364 (4.0 apg) |
Bbr: | newlimi01 |
Michael F. Newlin (born January 2, 1949) is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A feisty 6'4" (1.93 m), 200 lb (91 kg) guard from the University of Utah, he played 11 professional seasons (1971–1982), spending most of his time with the Houston Rockets. He played in several playoff series, including the 1977 Eastern Conference Finals, which the Rockets would lose to the Philadelphia 76ers led by Julius Erving. He also played for the New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks. Michael had his finest season in 1980–81, when he averaged 21.4 points per game for the Nets, and he retired in 1982 with 12,507 career points. He currently lives in Texas with his wife and has no children.
|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|Houston| 82 || || 18.2 || .414 || || .750 || 2.8 || 1.6 || || || 7.6|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|Houston| style="background:#cfecec;"| 82* || || 32.4 || .443 || || .886 || 4.1 || 5.0 || || || 17.0|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|Houston| 76 || || 34.1 || .448 || || .856 || 3.4 || 4.8 || 1.1 || .1 || 18.4|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|Houston| 79 || || 34.3 || .482 || || .869 || 3.3 || 5.1 || 1.4 || .1 || 14.4|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|Houston| 82 || 82 || 37.4 || .507 || || .865 || 4.1 || 5.6 || 1.3 || .1 || 18.6|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|Houston| 82 || || 25.8 || .455 || || .885 || 2.5 || 3.9 || .7 || .0 || 12.7|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|Houston| 45 || || 26.2 || .436 || || .874 || 2.7 || 4.5 || 1.2 || .2 || 13.0|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|Houston| 76 || || 24.1 || .487 || || .872 || 2.2 || 3.8 || .7 || .1 || 10.2|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey| 78 || || 32.2 || .460 || .296 || .884 || 3.4 || 4.0 || 1.5 || .1 || 20.9|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey| 79 || || 36.8 || .497 || .333 || .888 || 2.8 || 3.8 || 1.1 || .1 || 21.4|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|New York| 76 || 32 || 19.8 || .465 || .304 || .857 || 1.2 || 2.2 || .4 || .0 || 9.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 837 || 114 || 29.4 || .466 || .302 || .870 || 3.0 || 4.0 || 1.0 || .1 || 14.9
|-| style="text-align:left;"|1975| style="text-align:left;"|Houston| 8 || || 37.4 || .486 || || .897 || 4.1 || 5.6 || 1.5 || .0 || 16.3|-| style="text-align:left;"|1977| style="text-align:left;"|Houston| 12 || || 26.3 || .524 || || .750 || 2.8 || 4.4 || 1.3 || .0 || 14.3|-| style="text-align:left;"|1979| style="text-align:left;"|Houston| 2 || || 33.5 || .400 || || 1.000 || 3.0 || 2.5 || .5 || .5 || 12.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 22 || || 31.0 || .500 || || .846 || 3.3 || 4.7 || 1.3 || .0 || 14.8