NBA.com: Chris Mills Bio

After a high-scoring collegiate career at Kentucky and then Arizona, Mills at the forward position has been a player filling scoring, rebounding and defensive roles for the various teams he has played for that include the Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks and Golden State Warriors.

2002-03:
Led or tied team in rebounds once and blocks twice...10-or-more points five times...14 points, eight rebounds in 27 minutes at Denver (2/24)...13 points at Memphis (12/16)...Made 2002-03 debut vs. Dallas (12/7) after being activated from the injured list prior to game...Was originally placed on the injured list (tendinitis, left Achilles tendon) on 10/28...Missed 39 games due to injury, including first 19 of season and the final 19 games of campaign from 3/11 - 4/16...Missed three games (12/22 - 12/28) serving NBA suspension for role in altercation vs. Portland on 12/20...19 DNP-CDs.

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2001-02:
Appeared in 66 games, averaging 7.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 18.9 minutes...20 points (7-10 FG, 4-5 3FG, 2-3 FT), five rebounds and seven assists at Orlando (1/5)...17 points at Memphis (11/12)...20 points at L.A. Clippers (11/3)...17 points at Memphis (11/12)...16 points and eight rebounds vs. Phoenix (11/1)...Missed 11 games overall due to injury and DNP-CD five times...Shot 79.4% (85-107 FT) from the free throw line, snapping a streak that saw him shoot 80.0%-or-better from the free throw line in seven straight seasons.

2000-01:
Appeared in 15 games (eight starts), averaging 12.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 32.9 minutes...Missed the final 64 contests with an inflamed right ankle, with a DNP-CD in the previous contest...Final appearance of season was vs. Dallas (12/2)…Placed on the injured list on 12/12…Underwent surgery on 2/3 to remove bone spurs from the ankle...Shot 86.1% (31-36 FT) from the free throw line, eclipsing the 80-percent mark for the seventh consecutive season...Tied or led team in scoring twice, rebounds twice and steals once...Recorded double figures in rebounds twice...Recorded his only double-double with 12 points and a career-high 17 rebounds in a season-high 45 minutes vs. Chicago (11/21)...Season-high-tying 19 points vs. Phoenix (10/31) on opening night – which included the game-winning three-pointer with 4.7 seconds remaining in a 96-94 victory. .

1999-2000:
Placed on the injured list on 1/9 with bone spurs in his right ankle...Posted 23 points and 7 rebounds in a 102-97 win over Miami on 12/14...Notched 23 points in a 104-76 win in Minnesota on 12/11...Scored 24 points and snared 10 boards in a 94-82 loss to Utah on 12/4...Tallied 20 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds in a 103-93 win in Vancouver on 11/12...Totaled 21 points and 9 rebounds in a 120-97 loss to Dallas on 11/6.

1998-99:
Registered 15 points and 9 rebounds in a 91-83 victory over the Vancouver Grizzlies on 5/3...Scored 23 points (10-19 FG, 3-3 FT) and grabbed 5 rebounds against the Utah Jazz on 4/29...Posted a team-high 19 points (7-13 FG) and 10 rebounds against the Sacramento Kings on 4/21...Totaled 18 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists against the Utah Jazz on 4/8...Recorded 21 points (9-14 FG, 3-4 FT) and 4 rebounds against the Sacramento Kings on 3/15...Scored his 5,000th career point against the Orlando Magic on 3/13...Registered a team-high 21 points (3-6 3FG), 7 rebounds and 3 assists against the Minnesota Timberwolves on 3/2...Posted 11 points and a team-high 10 rebounds, for his first double-double with the Warriors, in a 94-89 victory over the L.A. Clippers on 2/23...Hit the game-tying three-pointer in the 1st overtime and the go-ahead jumper in the 2nd overtime, totaling 13 points and 8 rebounds, in a 105-100 double-overtime win over the Portland Trail Blazers on 2/14.

1997-98:
Registered 19 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists against the Chicago Bulls on 4/18...Posted 21 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in a 108-79 win over the Toronto Raptors on 4/16...Recorded 15 points (6-9 FG), 5 rebounds and 3 assists against the Utah Jazz on 3/22...Totaled 18 points (3-6 3FG) and 4 rebounds in a 102-90 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on 2/26...Registered a season-high 23 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists in a 98-82 victory over the Boston Celtics on 1/19...Posted 15 points and 7 rebounds against the Washington Wizards on 1/5...Scored 20 points (8-13 FG, 2-2 3FG, 2-2 FT) and grabbed 5 rebounds in an 88-84 win over the Orlando Magic on 1/3...Recorded 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals against the Chicago Bulls on 12/9...Totaled 13 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds in a 104-84 victory over the Vancouver Grizzlies on 11/23...Registered 15 points (7-10 FG) and 6 rebounds in a 100-79 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on 11/20...Posted 17 points and 10 rebounds in a 102-70 victory over the Boston Celtics on 11/4.

1996-97:
Mills ranked second on the team in both scoring and rebounding, averaging 13.4 points and a career-high 6.2 rebounds in a team-high 39.6 minutes per game. His 2.5 assists ad 1.08 steals per game also were career highs, and his 86 three-pointers made and .391 shooting percentage from behind the arc (24th in the NBA) were just off the career highs of 94 and .392 which he set two years ago...He scored 20 points or more in 16 games, and the Cavaliers won 11 of them...He twice burned Philadelphia for a season-high 25 points, in a 105-89 win on Nov. 15 and a 125-118 win on April 12, and he led the Cavs in scoring 10 times and rebounding on 13 occasions...One of his best overall games came in a 93-73 win at New York on April 8, when he played 47 minutes and had 21 points (including three three-pointers), 12 rebounds and six assists...Mills' total of 3,167 minutes was the second-highest in Cavs history and marked the third year in a row he has led the team in minutes played...That despite the fact that he sat out two games, on Jan. 29 vs. Charlotte due to inflammation of his left heel and on March 20 vs. the Lakers due to a sinus infection...He also ranked 21st in the NBA in free throw percentage with a career-high .842.

1995-96:
Mills improved his scoring average for the third straight year to a career-high 15.1 points per game, second-highest on the Cavs, shooting a career-high .468 from the field...His free throw percentage of .829 also was a career high, ranking 29th in the NBA...He started 80 games for Cleveland, missing one because of a surgery to repair a fractured nose and one when he was suspended by the NBA for an altercation with Miami's Sasha Danilovic...Mills also averaged a career-high 5.5 rebounds game, tied for second-highest on the team, and had 2.4 assists in a team-high 38.3 minutes per game...His 3,060 minutes played were the fifth highest in team history, and he played the entire 58 minutes of a double overtime game against Seattle on March 5...Mills scored a career-high 30 points against Boston on March 14 and had 20 or more points on 20 occasions, the Cavs going 16-4 in those games...He led the team in scoring 14 times and hit the game-winning basket against Milwaukee on Nov. 25 with 0.3 seconds left...He reached double figures in rebounds four times and led the team nine times, and matched his career high of seven assists at Toronto on Feb. 15...In three postseason outings against New York, Mills averaged 7.7 points and 5.3 rebounds in 35.0 minutes per game, shooting only .333 from the field.

1994-95:
Playing in his second NBA campaign, Mills saw his playing time increase for the injury-depleted Cleveland Cavaliers...A starter throughout the season, he led the team in minutes played (2,814) and was first on the club in field-goals attempted (855) and second in field-goals made (359)...He averaged 12.3 points, a jump of nearly 3 points compared with his rookie year...He also performed well from beyond the three-point line, hitting 94 of 240 attempts for a .392 percentage, 24th in the NBA...Mills scored 20 points or more eight times during the year, including an outing on March 25 against the Charlotte Hornets in which he scored a career-high 26...On February 16 he hit 10 of 16 field-goal attempts, passed for a career-high 7 assists, and scored 23 points against the Milwaukee Bucks...Two nights later he struck for 23 points against the New Jersey Nets, hitting 6 of 9 three-point attempts...Mills was one of the steadiest performers in the Cavs brief appearance in the playoffs...Cleveland squared off against New York in the first round but yielded to the Knicks in four games...Mills ranked third on the team in scoring for the series (13.3 ppg), and his game-winning three-pointer in Game 2 gave the Cavs their only victory.

1993-94:
He started the first 18 games of the season for the Cavs before moving to the bench for the rest of the year...In 79 appearances overall he averaged 9.4 points and 5.1 rebounds...He scored a season-high 22 points against the Portland Trail Blazers on December 7 and grabbed 14 rebounds against the Bucks at Milwaukee on April 16...Along with guard Bobby Phills and forward Tyrone Hill, Mills formed part of a hustling trio of unsung players affectionately dubbed the Law Firm: Hill, Mills, and Phills by the Cleveland coaching staff.

COLLEGE:
Mills spent his first collegiate season at Kentucky...He then transferred to Arizona, where he put in three fine seasons, leaving school as the Wildcats' No. 4 all-time scorer...In 1993 he was named the Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year for a senior season in which he averaged 20.4 points and 7.6 rebounds...He started every college game he ever played in, including 32 at the University of Kentucky as a freshman and then 94 in three seasons at the University of Arizona.