and he absorbed a lot of space. With those behind-the-back and over-the-head passes, he was very good. He understood the game and he played intelligent basketball." He was survived by his wife of 41 years, Linda, son Jeff and daughter Gretchen. Career statistics NBA Regular season {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;" |+NBA regular season playing statistics !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Team !scope="col"|GP !scope="col"|MPG !scope="col"|FG% !scope="col"|FT% !scope="col"|RPG !scope="col"|APG !scope="col"|SPG !scope="col"|BPG !scope="col"|PPG |- !scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 80 || 29.6 || .383 || .653 || 11.1 || 2.2 || – || – || 9.8 |- !scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 81 || 28.8 || .449 ||.664 || 12.5 || 2.8 || – || – || 10.4 |- !scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 82 || 28.9 || .485 || .724 || 13.8 || 4.8 || – || – || 10.8 |- !scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 80 || 25.3 || .438 || .656 || 11.2 || 3.5 || – || – || 7.0 |- !scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 8 || 22.0 || .375 || .600 || 6.8 || 5.0 || – || – || 3.8 |- !scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 46 || 13.1 || .487 || .700 || 4.6 || 2.0 || .3 || .4 || 3.4 |- !scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 80 || 14.7 || .487 || .768 || 4.8 || 3.4 || .4 || .6 || 4.2 |- !scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 74 || 27.6 || .500 || .667 || 10.7 || 3.8 || .6 || .7 || 8.8 |- !scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 82 || 13.0 || .491 || .540 || 3.8 || 2.3 || .2 || .2 || 3.7 |- !scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 22 || 10.3 || .460 || .769 || 2.7 || 2.0 || .1 || .2 || 2.5 |- class="sortbottom" !scope="row" style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career | 635 || 22.7 || .453 || .675 || 9.0 || 3.2 || .4 || .5 || 7.2 Playoffs {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;" |+NBA playoff playing statistics !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Team !scope="col"|GP !scope="col"|MPG !scope="col"|FG% !scope="col"|FT% !scope="col"|RPG !scope="col"|APG !scope="col"|SPG !scope="col"|BPG !scope="col"|PPG |- !scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| 1970 | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 5 || 35.4 || .506 || .615 || 14.4 || 3.2 || – || – || 17.6 |- !scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|1971 | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 7 || 24.1 || .463 || .714 || 9.6 || 4.4 || – || – || 6.1 |- !scope="row"