Gary A. Phillips (December 7, 1939 – January 26, 2025) was an American basketball player.

A 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) guard, Phillips starred at the University of Houston during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He was the University of Houston's first All-American basketball player, earning Second-team All-American honors in 1959–60 and First-team honors in 1960–61. A two-time All-Missouri Valley Conference selection, Phillips ended his college career having scored 1,452 points.

He played five seasons (1961–1966) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Boston Celtics and San Francisco Warriors.

Phillips died on January 26, 2025, at the age of 85.[1]

Career statistics

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
 †  Won an NBA championship

NBA

Source[2]

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1961–62† Boston 67 10.6 .355 .581 1.6 1.0 4.0
1962–63 San Francisco 75 24.0 .398 .638 3.0 1.8 8.1
1963–64 San Francisco 66 30.5 .370 .670 3.8 3.1 10.0
1964–65 San Francisco 73 21.1 .358 .603 2.6 2.0 7.1
1965–66 San Francisco 67 12.9 .350 .621 2.0 1.7 4.0
Career 348 19.9 .370 .629 2.6 1.9 6.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1962† Boston 6 5.3 .063 .727 .5 .2 1.7
1964 San Francisco 11 23.3 .361 .650 2.2 1.8 8.7
Career 17 16.9 .319 .667 1.6 1.2 6.2

References

  1. ^ "Gary Phillips, UH's first All-American and NBA champion with Boston Celtics, dies at 85". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  2. ^ "Gary Phillips NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 21, 2024.


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