Kevin Restani

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Kevin Restani
Personal information
Born(1951-12-23)December 23, 1951
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedApril 25, 2010(2010-04-25) (aged 58)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High schoolArchbishop Riordan
(San Francisco, California)
CollegeSan Francisco (1971–1974)
NBA draft1974: 3rd round, 39th overall pick
Drafted byCleveland Cavaliers
Playing career1974–1988
PositionPower forward / center
Number18, 31, 24
Coaching career1988–1991
Career history
Playing
1974–1977Milwaukee Bucks
1977–1978Kansas City Kings
1978–1979Milwaukee Bucks
1979–1981San Antonio Spurs
1981–1982Cleveland Cavaliers
1982–1986Libertas Livorno
1986–1987Libertas Forlì
1987–1988AMG Sebastiani Rieti
Coaching
1988–1989Libertas Livorno
1989–1991Rovereto Basket
Career highlights
  • First-team All-WCC (1974)
Career NBA statistics
Points3,386 (6.2 ppg)
Rebounds2,206 (4.0 rpg)
Assists747 (1.4 apg)
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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Kevin Gilbert "Big Bird" Restani (December 23, 1951 – April 25, 2010[1]) was an American professional basketball player from San Francisco, California.[2]

After being selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1974 NBA draft, Restani played in eight seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs, and Cavaliers. While with the Spurs, he was a member of the "Bruise Brothers" along with George Johnson, Paul Griffin, Dave Corzine, and Mark Olberding.

Restani was a Catholic.[3]

In more recent years he was a high school counselor at Balboa High School in San Francisco.[2]

Restani died of a heart attack on April 25, 2010.[4]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1974–75 Milwaukee 76 - 23.1 .440 - .714 5.3 1.6 0.5 0.3 5.4
1975–76 Milwaukee 82 - 20.1 .475 - .571 4.6 1.2 0.4 0.1 6.0
1976–77 Milwaukee 64 - 17.4 .518 - .500 4.1 1.4 0.5 0.2 5.6
1977–78 Milwaukee 8 - 10.5 .464 - .000 1.8 1.1 0.0 0.1 3.3
1977–78 Kansas City 46 - 10.1 .424 - .818 2.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 2.8
1978–79 Milwaukee 81 - 19.7 .495 - .699 4.8 1.5 0.4 0.3 7.1
1979–80 San Antonio 82 - 24.0 .508 .172 .814 4.7 2.3 0.7 0.1 10.7
1980–81 San Antonio 64 - 15.6 .520 .375 .705 2.7 1.3 0.3 0.2 7.0
1981–82 San Antonio 13 0 11.2 .321 .000 .750 2.7 0.5 0.1 0.3 1.6
1981–82 Cleveland 34 0 9.9 .383 .000 .583 2.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 1.6
Career 550 0 18.4 .486 .205 .717 4.0 1.4 0.4 0.2 6.2

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1975–76 Milwaukee 3 - 11.0 .200 - .000 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.7
1979–80 San Antonio 3 - 24.7 .607 .000 .444 5.3 1.0 0.0 0.3 12.7
1980–81 San Antonio 3 - 3.7 .333 .000 .000 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7
Career 9 - 13.1 .528 .000 .444 2.6 0.4 0.1 0.2 4.7

References

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  1. ^ Charles F. Gardner. "Restani plied his trade with Bucks". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. April 26, 2010. Retrieved on April 26, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Ex-NBA Player Restani Dies", San Francisco Chronicle (April 27, 2010)
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  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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