Purvis Short is a retired American professional basketball

Basketball

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 player, who starred with the Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors

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 of the National Basketball Association

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 during the 1980s. A 6'7" small forward

Small forward

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, Short averaged 17.3 points per game over his twelve-season career in the NBA.
On November 17, 1984 in game against New Jersey, Short scored a career high 59 points. At the time, only 9 other players had scored more points in one game (Wilt Chamberlain doing it several times).
After leaving the NBA in 1990, Short took a year off Basketball. In early 1991 he returned to play, this time in Israel

Israel

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 For Hapoel Tel Aviv

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Short led the team to a successful season that ended in a 3-2 loss to arch rivals Maccabi Tel Aviv

Maccabi Tel Aviv (basketball)

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 in the Playoff

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 Final series.
He retired after the end of the season, in 1992.

External links

• Career statistics @ basketball-reference.com