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George T. Johnson

{{Short description|American basketball player (1948)}}

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = George T. Johnson

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 205

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|12|18}}

| birth_place = Tylertown, Mississippi, U.S.

| high_school = Gulledge (Tylertown, Mississippi)

| college = Dillard (1966–1970)

| draft_year = 1970

| draft_round = 5

| draft_pick = 79

| draft_team = Chicago Bulls

| career_start = 1972

| career_end = 1986

| career_position = Center / power forward

| career_number = 52, 43

| years1 = {{nbay|1972|start}}–{{nbay|1976|end}}

| team1 = Golden State Warriors

| years2 = {{nbay|1976|end}}

| team2 = Buffalo Braves

| years3 = {{nbay|1977|start}}–{{nbay|1979|end}}

| team3 = New Jersey Nets

| years4 = {{nbay|1980|start}}–{{nbay|1981|end}}

| team4 = San Antonio Spurs

| years5 = {{nbay|1982|full=y}}

| team5 = Atlanta Hawks

| years6 = {{nbay|1984|full=y}}

| team6 = New Jersey Nets

| years7 = {{nbay|1985|full=y}}

| team7 = Seattle SuperSonics

| highlights =

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 4,369 (4.8 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 5,887 (6.5 rpg)

| stat3label = Blocks

| stat3value = 2,082 (2.5 bpg)

}}

George Thomas Johnson (born December 18, 1948) is an American retired professional basketball player. A 6'11" power forward/center born in Tylertown, Mississippi and from Dillard University, he played in 13 National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons (1972–1983; 1984–1986) as a member of the Golden State Warriors, the Buffalo Braves, the New Jersey Nets, the San Antonio Spurs, the Atlanta Hawks, and the Seattle SuperSonics.

Johnson was a key reserve on the Warriors team that won the NBA Championship in 1975, and he grabbed 5,887 rebounds in his career. Johnson led the NBA in blocked shots per game three times, led the NBA in disqualifications in 1977–78 with 20, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 1980–81. He blocked at least 10 shots in a game six times during his NBA career.

Johnson recorded the first five-by-five in NBA history, and is one of only twelve players to accomplish one. On March 26, 1978, he had 15 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals and 7 blocks in a 118–104 victory over the Washington Bullets.{{cite web |title=George Johnson posted 15 points versus the Washington Bullets on March 26, 1978. StatMuse |url=https://www.statmuse.com/musings/16c3659a-3944-4695-b355-9a3fccc05535 |website=statmuse |publisher=statmuse |access-date=15 August 2018}}[https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197803260WSB.html New Jersey Nets at Washington Bullets Box Score, March 26, 1978 | Basketball-Reference.com]

In 1981–82, Johnson started 62 games for the Spurs, helping them win the Midwest Division championship and reach the Western Conference finals. After San Antonio was swept by the eventual champion Los Angeles Lakers in a series in which Johnson was badly outplayed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spurs coach Stan Albeck determined the team was seriously deficient in the low post. Albeck sought a premier center, and got it by trading for Chicago Bulls All-Star Artis Gilmore, signaling the end of Johnson's time in San Antonio.

Inspired by his teammate Rick Barry, Johnson shot his free throws underhanded.{{citation|last=O'Connor |first=Ian |title=Barry Cries Foul Has Underhanded Plan For Shaq |newspaper=New York Daily News |date=June 3, 1995 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/1995/06/03/1995-06-03_barry_cries_foul_has_underha.html }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

NBA career statistics

{{NBA player statistics legend|champion=y|leader=y}}

= Regular season =

{{NBA player statistics start}}

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1972}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Golden State

| 56 || – || 6.2 || .410 || – || .412 || 2.5 || 0.1 || – || – || 1.6

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1973}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Golden State

| 66 || – || 19.6 || .483 || – || .551 || 7.9 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 1.9 || 6.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|{{Nbay|1974}}†

| style="text-align:left;"|Golden State

| 82 || – || 17.5 || .476 || – || .659 || 7.0 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 1.7 || 4.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1975}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Golden State

| 82 || – || 21.3 || .484 || – || .673 || 7.6 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 2.1 || 4.9

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1976}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Golden State

| 39 || – || 15.3 || .487 || – || .806 || 5.4 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 1.9 || 4.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1976}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo

| 39 || – || 27.1 || .448 || – || .687 || 10.3 || 2.0 || 0.6 || 2.7 || 7.6

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1977}}

| style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey

| 81 || – || 29.8 || .395 || – || .719 || 9.6 || 1.4 || 1.0 ||style="background:#cfecec;"| 3.4* || 8.7

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1978}}

| style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey

| 78 || – || 26.4 || .427 || – || .761 || 7.9 || 1.1 || 0.9 || 3.2 || 6.6

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1979}}

| style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey

| 81 || – || 26.2 || .457 || .000 || .706 || 7.4 || 2.1 || 0.7 || 3.2 || 7.2

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1980}}

| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio

| 82 || – || 23.6 || .473 || – || .734 || 7.3 || 1.1 || 0.6 ||style="background:#cfecec;"| 3.4* || 5.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1981}}

| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio

| 75 || 62 || 21.0 || .467 || – || .672 || 6.1 || 1.1 || 0.3 ||style="background:#cfecec;"| 3.1* || 3.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1982}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta

| 37 || 0 || 12.5 || .439 || – || .737 || 3.2 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 1.6 || 1.7

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1984}}

| style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey

| 65 || 0 || 12.3 || .532 || 1.000 || .815 || 2.8 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 1.2 || 1.6

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1985}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Seattle

| 41 || 0 || 6.4 || .522 || – || .688 || 1.5 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.9 || 0.9

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 904 || 62 || 20.0 || .451 || .500 || .694 || 6.5 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 2.5 || 4.8

{{S-end}}

= Playoffs =

{{NBA player statistics start}}

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|1973

|style="text-align:left;”|Golden State

|9||–||5.0||.400||–||.250||1.6||0.3||–||–||1.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|1975†

|style="text-align:left;”|Golden State

|17||–||18.9||.571||–||.593||7.4||0.9||0.5||2.4||5.2

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|1976

|style="text-align:left;”|Golden State

|13||–||20.1||.574||–||.737||6.7||1.3||1.1||1.8||5.8

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|1979

|style="text-align:left;”|New Jersey

|2||–||35.0||.667||–||.333||12.5||1.0||1.0||3.5||14.5

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|1981

|style="text-align:left;”|San Antonio

|7||–||23.6||.462||–||.700||9.0||0.9||0.4||2.3||4.4

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|1982

|style="text-align:left;”|San Antonio

|9||–||19.4||.500||–||.600||5.1||1.3||0.7||1.7||1.2

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|1983

|style="text-align:left;”|Atlanta

|1||0||4.0||–||–||–||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 59 || 0 || 17.7 || .551 || – || .618 || 6.1 || 0.9 || 0.7 || 2.0 || 4.2

{{S-end}}

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/johnsge02.html Career Stats]

{{Golden State Warriors 1974–75 NBA champions}}

{{NBA blocks leaders}}

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