Kevin Restani

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox NBA biography Kevin Gilbert "Big Bird" Restani (December 23, 1951 – April 25, 2010) was an American professional basketball player from San Francisco, California.

After being selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1974 NBA draft, Restani played in eight seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs, and Cavaliers. While with the Spurs, he was a member of the "Bruise Brothers" along with George Johnson, Paul Griffin, Dave Corzine, and Mark Olberding.

Restani was a Catholic.

In more recent years he was a high school counselor at Balboa High School in San Francisco.

Restani died of a heart attack on April 25, 2010.

Career statistics

Regular season

Template:NBA player statistics start |- | align="left" | 1974–75 | align="left" | Milwaukee | 76 || - || 23.1 || .440 || - || .714 || 5.3 || 1.6 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 5.4 |- | align="left" | 1975–76 | align="left" | Milwaukee | 82 || - || 20.1 || .475 || - || .571 || 4.6 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 6.0 |- | align="left" | 1976–77 | align="left" | Milwaukee | 64 || - || 17.4 || .518 || - || .500 || 4.1 || 1.4 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 5.6 |- | align="left" | 1977–78 | align="left" | Milwaukee | 8 || - || 10.5 || .464 || - || .000 || 1.8 || 1.1 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 3.3 |- | align="left" | 1977–78 | align="left" | Kansas City | 46 || - || 10.1 || .424 || - || .818 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 2.8 |- | align="left" | 1978–79 | align="left" | Milwaukee | 81 || - || 19.7 || .495 || - || .699 || 4.8 || 1.5 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 7.1 |- | align="left" | 1979–80 | align="left" | San Antonio | 82 || - || 24.0 || .508 || .172 || .814 || 4.7 || 2.3 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 10.7 |- | align="left" | 1980–81 | align="left" | San Antonio | 64 || - || 15.6 || .520 || .375 || .705 || 2.7 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 7.0 |- | align="left" | 1981–82 | align="left" | San Antonio | 13 || 0 || 11.2 || .321 || .000 || .750 || 2.7 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 1.6 |- | align="left" | 1981–82 | align="left" | Cleveland | 34 || 0 || 9.9 || .383 || .000 || .583 || 2.3 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 1.6 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 550 || 0 || 18.4 || .486 || .205 || .717 || 4.0 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 6.2 |}

Playoffs

Template:NBA player statistics start |- | align="left" | 1975–76 | align="left" | Milwaukee | 3 || - || 11.0 || .200 || - || .000 || 1.7 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.7 |- | align="left" | 1979–80 | align="left" | San Antonio | 3 || - || 24.7 || .607 || .000 || .444 || 5.3 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 12.7 |- | align="left" | 1980–81 | align="left" | San Antonio | 3 || - || 3.7 || .333 || .000 || .000 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.7 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 9 || - || 13.1 || .528 || .000 || .444 || 2.6 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 4.7 |}

External links

• Career stats at basketball-reference.com