Mike Newlin Explained

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:
  • 3× First-team All-WAC (1969–1971)
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.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

|-| 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

Playoffs

|-| 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

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