|| 0.7 || 13.0 |- | align="left" | 1977–78 | align="left" | Buffalo | 78 || - || 35.6 || .504 || - || .765 || 13.2 || 2.8 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 15.5 |- | align="left" | 1978–79 | align="left" | San Diego | 79 || - || 25.4 || .569 || - || .800 || 8.9 || 1.8 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 10.7 |- | align="left" | 1979–80 | align="left" | San Diego | 81 || - || 35.3 || .554 || .000 || .718 || style="background:#cfecec;" | 15.0* || 2.9 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 13.4 |- | align="left" | 1980–81 | align="left" | San Diego | 82 || - || 34.3 || .553 || .000 || .795 || 12.4 || 2.4 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 15.6 |- | align="left" | 1981–82 | align="left" | San Diego | 21 || 7 || 27.4 || .577 || 1.000 || .747 || 9.1 || 1.4 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 12.5 |- | align="left" | 1982–83 | align="left" | San Diego | 7 || 0 || 7.3 || .300 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.9 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 2.3 |- | align="left" | 1983–84 | align="left" | Los Angeles | 69 || 0 || 12.0 || .490 || .000 || .692 || 3.8 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 4.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 489 || 7 || 28.4 || .537 || .250 || .760 || 10.8 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 12.2 |} Playoffs |- | align="left" | 1983–84 | align="left" | Los Angeles | 17 || - || 8.6 || .500 || .000 || .769 || 2.4 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 3.4 |} After the NBA He built the basketball program at Christian Heritage College in San Diego, California, and coached from 1985 to 1995. He left the position because it "was high on work and low on pay.” He was living in El Cajon, California, where his two daughters were born and raised. Nater later lived in Enumclaw, Washington, where he went to work for Costco, for whom he was a sporting goods assistant buyer. and then in Des Moines, Washington overlooking Puget Sound, with his wife Dr. Wendy Ghiora. Nater has also co-authored books with basketball coaches Wooden and Pete Newell. Publications See also List of National Basketball Association