Player Profile
Travis Best | 6
Position:  G
Born: Jul 12, 1972
Height: 5-11 /  1,80
Weight: 182  lbs. / 82,6  kg.
College : Georgia Tech

 NBA Playoffs
                  REBOUNDS PER GAME  
 G GS MPG FGM-A FG% 3PM-A 3P% FTM-A FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
First Round
  4 0 20.5 9-22 .409 1-9 .111 8-9 .889 .5 1.0 1.5 2.3 .25 .00 .75 2.30 6.8
Cumulative Playoff Statistics
  4 0 20.5 9-22 .409 1-9 .111 8-9 .889 .5 1.0 1.5 2.3 .25 .00 .75 2.30 6.8
 2004-05 Statistics
                    REBOUNDS PER GAME  
 Team G GS MPG FGM-A FG% 3PM-A 3P% FTM-A FT% OFF DEF TOT APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
  NJN  76 6 19.2 190-452 .420 26-85 .306 108-122 .885 .3 1.2 1.4 1.9 .87 .12 .88 1.90 6.8
Career Highlights

  • Appeared in all six games of the 2000 NBA Finals against the L.A. Lakers averaging 5.8 ppg in 16.3 mpg
  • Registered a career playoff-high 24 points against the New York Knicks in Game 5 of the 2000 Eastern Conference Semifinals

Personal

Full name is Travis Eric Best… His mother named him after a movie character that got away with stealing $1 million… As his mother, Bobbie, and his father, Leo, left the movie theater, his father suggested that if they had a boy, they name him "Travis" after the character because he was going to be a $1 million baby… Is the youngest of five children… Majored in business management at Georgia Tech… Enjoys resting and watching movies in his free time… Lists the Godfather Trilogy as his favorite movies… Spent the summer of 1997, filming Spike Lee’s He Got Game, along with Denzel Washington… In addition to basketball he also enjoys football and boxing… Likes to listen to R&B, hip-hop and jazz music… As a high school senior, he was a first team Parade Magazine All-America choice… Was a second team choice as a junior and also named to the McDonald’s All-America Team, a prep All-American by Converse and a second team All-America by Basketball Times… Was the first three-time recipient of the John Lahovich Award (symbolic of Western Massachusetts’ top high school player), an award his father won twice in the 1950s.

 Season Highs / Career Highs
  2004-05 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS
 Points24 vs. Boston 01/21/0530 @ Dallas 11/02/00
 Field Goals Made8 vs. Boston 01/21/0512 2 Times
 Field Goals Attempted19 @ Atlanta 12/11/0420 @ Dallas 11/02/00
 Three Point Field Goals Made 3 vs. Boston 01/21/054 2 Times
 Three Point Field Goals Attempted5 2 Times7 @ Orlando 02/04/97
 Free Throws Made7 @ Indiana 04/13/0512 @ Philadelphia 04/04/97
 Free Throws Attempted8 @ Indiana 04/13/0515 @ Philadelphia 04/04/97
 Offensive Rebounds2 @ Cleveland 04/05/053 6 Times
 Defensive Rebounds5 2 Times10 @ Dallas 11/02/00
 Total Rebounds6 @ Cleveland 04/05/0511 @ Dallas 11/02/00
 Assists9 vs. New Orleans 12/10/0413 @ Minnesota 12/16/00
 Steals5 vs. Orlando 04/02/056 3 Times
 Blocks1 9 Times2 2 Times
 Minutes Played40 @ Seattle 11/26/0450 2 Times
 CAREER AVERAGES
                REBOUNDS PER GAME  
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
 95-96 IND   59 1 9.7 .423 .320 .833 .2 .6 .7 1.6 .34 .05 1.07 1.40 3.7
 96-97 IND   76 46 27.2 .442 .368 .756 .5 1.7 2.2 4.2 1.29 .07 2.01 2.90 9.9
 97-98 IND   82 0 18.9 .419 .300 .855 .3 1.1 1.5 3.4 1.04 .06 1.35 2.40 6.5
 98-99 IND   49 0 21.3 .416 .373 .843 .4 1.2 1.6 3.4 .86 .08 1.27 2.30 7.1
 99-00 IND   82 0 20.6 .483 .376 .821 .2 1.5 1.7 3.3 .93 .06 1.30 2.50 8.9
 00-01 IND   77 21 31.9 .440 .381 .827 .5 2.4 2.9 6.1 1.43 .14 1.65 3.20 11.9
 01-02 IND   44 3 21.7 .439 .382 .877 .2 1.4 1.6 4.0 1.30 .14 1.34 2.30 6.9
 01-02 CHI   30 18 26.4 .441 .320 .922 .3 2.4 2.7 5.0 1.07 .03 1.33 2.40 9.3
 01-02 --   74 21 23.6 .440 .356 .897 .3 1.8 2.0 4.4 1.20 .09 1.34 2.30 7.9
 02-03 MIA   72 52 25.1 .396 .330 .854 .4 1.7 2.0 3.5 .61 .10 1.47 2.40 8.4
 03-04 DAL   61 1 12.5 .372 .150 .870 .3 .8 1.1 1.8 .51 .07 .54 1.10 2.8
 04-05 NJN   76 6 19.2 .420 .306 .885 .3 1.2 1.4 1.9 .87 .12 .88 1.90 6.8
 Career   708 148 21.4 .431 .345 .835 .3 1.4 1.8 3.5 .93 .00 1.31 2.30 7.6
 Playoff     63 4 19.4 .413 .303 .875 .5 1.5 2.0 2.7 .71 .13 1.22 2.60 7.0