Purvis Short (born July 2, 1957, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a retired American professional basketball player, who starred with the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association during the 1980s. A 6'7" small forward, Short averaged 17.3 points per game over his twelve-season career in the NBA. On November 17, 1984 in game against New Jersey, Short scored a career high 59 points. At the time, only 9 other players had scored more points in one game (Wilt Chamberlain doing it several times). After leaving the NBA in 1990, Short took a year off Basketball. In early 1991 he returned to play, this time in Israel For Hapoel Tel Aviv. Short led the team to a successful season that ended in a 3-2 loss to arch rivals Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Playoff Final series. He retired after the end of the season, in 1992.
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1053-641 (.622)
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Points - 2434, Purvis Short (1974 - 78) • Rebounds - 1610, Cornell Warner (1966 - 70) • Assists - 514, John Taylor (1990 - 94) • Points Per Game - 25.3, Trey Johnson (2005 - 07)
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1997 • 2000 • 2007
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1978 • 1991 • 1997 • 2000 • 2007
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