Eric Fernsten

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Professional career

Fernsten played in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics, and New York Knicks. He averaged 2.4 points per game and 1.7 rebounds per game in his NBA career and participated on Boston's 1981 NBA Championship team. In the NBA finals, he scored 2 points and grabbed 2 rebounds in Boston's game 5 blowout win against Houston. Eric also played basketball in Europe for several years. Fernsten was key practice player whom pushed the veterans to work harder. Fernsten's career high in points came in 1980 against the Cavaliers when he scored 11 points while making 5 of 6 field goals.[1][2]

Fernsten won Continental Basketball Association championships with the Tampa Bay Thrillers in 1986[3] and Albany Patroons in 1988.[4]

Career statistics

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

Source[5]

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1975–76 Cleveland 4 2.3 .000 .3 .0 .0 .0 .0
1975–76 Chicago 33 0 7.8 .393 .703 2.1 .6 .2 .4 2.8
1976–77 Chicago 5 0 12.2 .200 .727 3.2 1.2 .2 .6 2.8
1979–80 Boston 55 0 7.7 .464 .635 1.7 .5 .3 .2 3.1
1980–81 Boston 45 0 6.2 .481 .667 1.4 .2 .1 .2 2.1
1981–82 Boston 43 0 4.7 .388 .633 1.0 .2 .1 .2 2.3
1983–84 New York 32 0 12.6 .558 .735 2.7 .3 .5 .3 2.6
Career 218 0 7.5 .445 .675 1.7 .4 .2 .2 2.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1980 Boston 5 3.6 .333 .667 1.0 .0 .0 .6 1.2
1981 Boston 8 1.8 .000 .667 .5 .1 .1 .0 .3
1982 Boston 5 2.2 .500 .500 .4 .0 .0 .2 .6
1984 New York 2 1.5 .500 .0 .0 .0 .0 1.0
Career 20 2.3 .308 .625 .6 .1 .1 .2 .7

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