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  • Jason Kapono
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2008 Playoffs Statistics

PPG
15.6
RPG
2.60
APG
0.8
EFF
+ 14.40
Born: Feb 4, 1981
Height: 6-8 /  2,03
Weight: 215  lbs. / 97,5  kg.
College: UCLA
Years Pro: 5

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Background

Has appeared in 173 games (19 starts) during his three-year career and has averaged 6.0 points, 1.7 rebounds, 0.6 assists and 14.9 minutes while shooting 40.9 percent from the field, 41.9 percent from three-point range and 83.1 percent from the free throw line…has missed 16 games due to injury or illness and one game due to personal reasons…has been a DNP-CD on 46 occasions and has been placed on the inactive list as a healthy scratch on 11 occasions…has scored in double figures on 43 occasions (11 times as a starter)…has reached the 20-point mark once…his highest scoring game as a starter is 17 points and his highest scoring output off the bench is 25 points…his longest streak of consecutive games scoring in double figures is five and occurred from Jan. 15-23, 2005…his longest streak of consecutive games with at least one three-point field goal made is nine and has been accomplished twice (Dec. 4-22, 2004 and Jan. 11-27, 2005)…has hit at least 80 percent of his free throw attempts in each of his three seasons…has appeared in one NBA postseason contest and was scoreless in two minutes.

2005-06 SEASON:
Appeared in 51 games (two starts) with the HEAT and averaged 4.1 points (.446 FG%, .848 FT%), 1.8 assists, 1.7 rebounds and 13.0 minutes…missed one game due to personal reasons (Feb. 22 at New York), was a healthy scratch on the inactive list 11 times and was a DNP-CD on 18 occasions…in his two starts he averaged 10.5 points, 2.5 assists, 2.0 rebounds and 30 minutes…scored in double figures three times (twice off the bench)…led the HEAT in minutes played twice and in assists, steals and blocks once each…was the HEAT’s top scorer off the bench four times and topped Miami’s reserves in minutes seven times, assists on six occasions, in rebounds and steals five times each and in blocks twice…connected on 39.6 percent (21-53) of this three-point field goal attempts…took five charges…handed out a career-high six assists at Atlanta on Apr. 18…made his HEAT debut at Memphis on Nov. 2 and tallied nine points, one rebound and one assist in 20:11…Season Highs: 16 points (twice), six assists (at Atlanta, Apr. 18), five rebounds (three times), one steal (seven times), one block (three times) and 33:46 minutes (at Boston, Apr. 19).

2004-05 SEASON:
Saw action in 81 contests (14 starts) for the Charlotte Bobcats and averaged 8.5 points (.401 FG%, .824 FT%), 2.0 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 18.4 minutes...was a DNP-CD once (Mar. 1 vs. Sacramento)…ranked 13th in the NBA in three-point field goal percentage (.412)…led the Bobcats in three-point field goals made (80) and three-point field goals attempted (194)…topped Charlotte in scoring five times…scored in double figures on 36 occasions (28 times as a reserve), including one 20-point performance…scored in double figures in a career-high five consecutive games from Jan. 15-23…hit at least one three-point field goal in a career-high nine consecutive games from Dec. 4-22 and again from Jan. 11-27…in his 14 starts he averaged 10.1 points (.428 FG%, .750 FT%), 3.2 rebounds, 0.6 assists and 24.0 minutes while shooting 41.2 percent from three-point range…started a career-high eight straight contests from Mar. 16–28…set career highs in points scored (25), field goals made (8), free throws made (7) and attempted (8), and minutes (38) at Detroit on Nov. 21…grabbed a career-high eight rebounds against Washington on Mar. 5…handed out a career-high five assists at Boston on Nov. 12…closed the season by hitting his last 13 free throw attempts (a career high), dating back to Apr. 1…Season Highs: 25 points (at Detroit, Nov. 21), eight rebounds (vs. Washington, Mar. 5), five assists (at Boston, Nov. 12), three steals (twice), one block (six times) and 38 minutes (at Detroit, Nov. 21).

2003-04 SEASON:
Played in 41 games (three starts) for the Cleveland Cavaliers and averaged 3.5 points (.403 FG%, .833 FT%), 1.3 rebounds, 0.3 assists and 10.4 minutes…missed 15 games due to injury or illness…missed six games while on the injured list from Jan. 22-Feb. 3 due to right knee tendinitis…sat out two games from Feb. 4-6 with a stomach flu…missed seven games while on the injured list with right knee tendinits from Mar. 19-Apr. 2…was a DNP-CD on 26 occasions…led the Cavaliers in three-point field goal percentage (.477)…averaged 9.7 points in his three starts…scored in double figures four times (twice as a starter)…scored a season-high 19 points on 7-9 shooting, including a perfect 5-5 from three-point range, against New Orleans on Feb. 23 in a season-high 34 minutes…the five three-point field goals made against New Orleans on Feb. 23 are a career high and are his most treys in a game without a miss…made his first career start at Atlanta on Nov. 22 and totaled 13 points, five rebounds (including a career-high three offensive) and one steal in 31 minutes…made his NBA debut at Phoenix on Oct. 30 and totaled four points in six minutes…Season Highs: 19 points (vs. New Orleans, Feb. 23), five rebounds (at Atlanta, Nov. 22), three steals (vs. New Orleans, Feb. 23), two assists (at New Orleans, Feb. 23), one block (at New Orleans, Nov. 26) and 34 minutes (at New Orleans, Nov. 26).

COLLEGE
Saw action in 127 games (126 starts) during his four-year career at UCLA and averaged 16.5 points (.469 FG%, .830 FT%), 5.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists…finished his college career ranked third on UCLA’s all-time scoring list with 2,095 points, ranking behind only Don MacLean (2,608) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2,235)…was the first Bruin to earn First Team All-Pac-10 honors all four years…was the only UCLA player to lead the team in scoring for four straight years…as a senior, started all 29 contests and averaged 16.8 points (.457 FG%, .880 FT%), 5.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists…shared the Coach John Wooden Award as UCLA’s Most Valuable Player with fellow senior Ray Young, making him the only Bruin to receive the award four times…scored at least 20 points on 11 occasions…scored a career-high 44 points in a win at Washington State…as a junior, started all 33 contests and averaged 16.0 points (.519 FG%, .856 FT%), 5.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 34.6 minutes…led UCLA in scoring, minutes, free throw percentage and three-point field goal percentage (.453)…led the Bruins in scoring 11 times and scored 20-or-more points nine times…set a school record with 87 three-point field goals…made at least one trey in 30 of the team’s 33 contests…was a First Team All-Pac-10 selection…was named First Team All-District 15 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)…as a sophomore, appeared in 32 games (31 starts) and averaged 17.2 points (.441 FG%, .869 FT%), 5.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists…scored 20-or-more points on 14 occasions…led the Bruins in scoring 16 times…earned Honorable Mention All-American honors…was a First Team All-Pac-10 selection…was a First Team All-District 15 selection by the NABC…as a freshman, started in all 33 games and averaged 16.0 points and 4.4 rebounds and 32.7 minutes…selected as the National Freshman of the Year…became only the second true freshman in school history to start every game joining current Denver Nuggets guard Earl Watson…led the Bruins in scoring 16 times.


Personal

Full name is Jason Alan Kapono…married his wife Ashley on Aug. 28, 2004…is the son of Joe and Toni Kapono…has one sister (Jillian)…his father-in-law Tony Cline Sr. played football at the University of Miami and with the NFL’s Oakland Raiders…his brother-in-law Tony Cline Jr. played football at Stanford University and with the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers of the NFL…his brother-in-law Darren Cline played football at UCLA…graduated from UCLA with a degree in history…chose his major because he was interested in the past and why things happened…would like to be involved helping children’s hospitals and elderly communities…when his basketball career is done he would like to involve himself in real estate or be a golf pro…says something that most people don’t know about him is that some of his heritage is Hawaiian…when he is not playing basketball he likes to play golf, read and spend time with family and friends…enjoys football and baseball and lists the Miami Dolphins and Florida Marlins as his favorite teams…chose Friends and CSI as his favorite television shows and Wedding Crashers and Cinderella Man as his favorite movies…lists Cold Play, The Dave Matthews Band, Jay-Z and Kanye West among his favorite musical artists…was a member of the gold medal winning U.S. team at the 2001 FIBA World Championship for Young Men in Japan…as a high school senior, earned All-American Second Team honors by USA Today and third team by SLAM magazine...attended the same high school as former NBA players and UCLA standouts Ed and Charles O’Bannon (Artesia H.S. in CA)…was a college teammate Dan Gadzuric, Jerome Moiso and Matt Barnes who have all played in the NBA…chose sushi as his favorite food and Mastro’s in Beverly Hills, CA as his favorite restaurant…says he can cook anything good on the grill…lists Bali as his dream vacation destination and Manzanillo, Mexico as the best place he has visited because it is unknown…has no tattoos…his gameday rituals include eating at a certain time and taking a nap…wears a size 14 shoe.