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Micheal Williams

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Micheal Williams
Personal information
Born (1966-07-23) July 23, 1966 (age 58)
Dallas, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolDavid W. Carter (Dallas, Texas)
CollegeBaylor (1984–1988)
NBA draft1988: 2nd round, 48th overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career1988–1999
PositionPoint guard
Number24, 21, 4, 14
Career history
1988–1989Detroit Pistons
1989Phoenix Suns
1990Charlotte Hornets
1990–1992Indiana Pacers
1992–1998Minnesota Timberwolves
1999Toronto Raptors
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points4,533 (11.0 ppg)
Assists2,385 (5.8 apg)
Steals717 (1.7 spg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Micheal Douglas Williams (born July 23, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player who played the point guard position in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He holds the NBA record for most consecutive free throws made with 97.

NBA career

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Out of Baylor University, Williams was selected with the 48th overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons with whom he played 49 games in his rookie season, averaging 2.4 points and 1.4 assists per game. The Pistons won the NBA championship in his rookie year.

Williams was traded by Detroit to the Phoenix Suns on draft day of 1989, along with the Pistons' first-round draft pick (27th overall) of the 1989 NBA draft, Kenny Battle, in exchange for the Suns' first-round draft choice (24th overall pick), Anthony Cook. That season was spent split between the Phoenix Suns and the Charlotte Hornets averaging 5.6 points and 2.9 assists per game, before being acquired by the Indiana Pacers in 1990.

He thrived during his two seasons in Indiana, averaging 13.2 points, 6.5 assists and shooting 87.5% from the free-throw line. Prior to the 1992–93 season, he was traded along with Chuck Person to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Sam Mitchell and Pooh Richardson. He continued his solid play in Minnesota for the following two seasons but, due to various injuries, in his final four years with the Wolves he participated in just 35 games (including missing the entire 1996–97 season). On January 21, 1999, Minnesota traded him, along with Željko Rebrača, to the Toronto Raptors in a three-team deal. By then his career was on the decline, and he only played two games for the Raptors before retiring that year.

At the conclusion of 1992–93, Williams ranked fourth in the league in free-throw accuracy at 90.7 percent after making his final 84 attempts. In the process, he broke Calvin Murphy's 1981 record of 78 successive free throws, continuing his streak into the following season (1993–94), making his first 13 attempts. As of 2022 he still holds the NBA record for consecutive free throws made during the regular season at 97, spanning 19 regular-season games from March 24 to November 9, 1993.[1][2]

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
 †  Won an NBA championship

NBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1988–89† Detroit 49 0 7.3 .364 .222 .660 .6 1.4 .3 .1 2.6
1989–90 Phoenix 6 0 4.3 .200 — .500 .2 .7 .0 .0 .8
Charlotte 22 1 13.8 .532 .000 .795 1.4 3.5 1.0 .0 6.9
1990–91 Indiana 73 37 23.4 .499 .143 .879 2.4 4.8 2.1 .2 11.1
1991–92 Indiana 79 76 34.8 .490 .242 .871 3.6 8.2 2.9 .3 15.0
1992–93 Minnesota 76 76 35.0 .446 .243 .907 3.6 8.7 2.2 .3 15.1
1993–94 Minnesota 71 66 31.1 .457 .222 .839 3.1 7.2 1.7 .3 13.7
1994–95 Minnesota 1 1 28.0 .250 — .800 1.0 3.0 2.0 .0 6.0
1995–96 Minnesota 9 7 21.0 .325 .333 .848 2.6 3.4 .6 .3 6.1
1997–98 Minnesota 25 0 6.4 .333 .000 .970 .6 1.3 .4 .1 2.6
1998–99 Toronto 2 0 7.5 .200 — — .5 .0 .0 .0 1.0
Career 413 264 25.2 .464 .227 .868 2.5 5.8 1.7 .2 11.0

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1989† Detroit 4 0 1.5 — — 1.000 .5 .5 .3 .0 .5
1991 Indiana 5 5 36.6 .462 .000 .896 3.2 8.4 2.8 .0 20.6
1992 Indiana 3 3 35.3 .419 .333 .733 2.7 8.0 3.0 .0 16.7
1998 Minnesota 4 0 14.3 .400 .500 .778 2.3 2.8 .8 .3 5.0
Career 16 8 22.0 .439 .333 .851 2.2 4.9 1.7 .1 10.9

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "NBA.com: Regular Season Records: Free Throws". NBA Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Lynch, Mike (October 29, 2010). "Rondo's triple-double is one for the ages". ESPN. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
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