an All-NBA second-team selection in 1976 and a 1976 All-NBA defensive second-team selection. He played for 9 seasons (1974–1983) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), for the Warriors, the San Diego Clippers, and the Seattle SuperSonics. Smith finished his NBA career with 9,924 total points and a 15.1 ppg career average. A ruptured Achilles tendon prior to the start of the 1979–80 campaign caused the decline of his career. He won the NBA championship during his rookie season with the Golden State Warriors. Personal life Was the third of nine children born to Ben and Thelma Smith of San Francisco. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Angela, and their five children: Alicia, Philip, Amber, Martin and Peter, and 11 grandchildren. Martin played collegiately for the California Golden Bears from 2002–2006; Peter played for his parents' alma mater, the University of San Francisco before transferring to Concordia University (class of 2012). September 27 is Phil Smith Day in San Francisco, California as decreed by former Mayor Willie Brown. A scholarship endowment in Smith's name and the name of Arthur Zief, Jr. was established at the University of San Francisco by Art Zief. Death Philip Smith died at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, California from complications with multiple myeloma cancer, after a five-year battle with the disease. He was 50. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| † | style="text-align:left;"|Golden State | 74 || – || 14.3 || .476 || – || .804 || 1.9 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 7.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Golden State | 82 || – || 34.1 || .477 || – || .788 || 4.6 || 4.4 || 1.3 || 0.2 || 20.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Golden State | 82 || – || 35.1 || .479 || – || .785 || 4.0 || 4.0 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 19.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Golden State | 82 || – || 35.9 || .472 || – || .812 || 3.7 || 4.8 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 19.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Golden State | 59 || – || 38.8 || .501 || – || .761 || 3.6 || 4.4 || 1.7 || 0.4 || 19.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Golden State | 51 || – || 30.4 || .474 || .318 || .789 || 2.9 || 3.7 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 15.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|San