Kevin Gilbert "Big Bird" Restani (December 23, 1951 – April 25, 2010) was an American professional

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in the

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, Restani played in eight seasons with the

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, and Cavaliers. While with the Spurs, he was a member of the "Bruise Brothers" along with George Johnson, Paul Griffin,

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, and

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. Restani was a

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. 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

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, 82 , , - , , 20.1 , , .475 , , - , , .571 , , 4.6 , , 1.2 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 6.0 , - , align="left" , 1976–77 , align="left" ,

, 64 , , - , , 17.4 , , .518 , , - , , .500 , , 4.1 , , 1.4 , , 0.5 , , 0.2 , , 5.6 , - , align="left" , 1977–78 , align="left" ,

, 8 , , - , , 10.5 , , .464 , , - , , .000 , , 1.8 , , 1.1 , , 0.0 , , 0.1 , , 3.3 , - , align="left" , 1977–78 , align="left" ,

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, 46 , , - , , 10.1 , , .424 , , - , , .818 , , 2.0 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 2.8 , - , align="left" , 1978–79 , align="left" ,

, 81 , , - , , 19.7 , , .495 , , - , , .699 , , 4.8 , , 1.5 , , 0.4 , , 0.3 , , 7.1 , - , align="left" , 1979–80 , align="left" ,

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, 82 , , - , , 24.0 , , .508 , , .172 , , .814 , , 4.7 , , 2.3 , , 0.7 , , 0.1 , , 10.7 , - , align="left" , 1980–81 , align="left" ,

, 64 , , - , , 15.6 , , .520 , , .375 , , .705 , , 2.7 , , 1.3 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 7.0 , - , align="left" , 1981–82 , align="left" ,

, 13 , , 0 , , 11.2 , , .321 , , .000 , , .750 , , 2.7 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 0.3 , , 1.6 , - , align="left" , 1981–82 , align="left" ,

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, 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

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, 3 , , - , , 11.0 , , .200 , , - , , .000 , , 1.7 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 0.7 , - , align="left" , 1979–80 , align="left" ,

, 3 , , - , , 24.7 , , .607 , , .000 , , .444 , , 5.3 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.3 , , 12.7 , - , align="left" , 1980–81 , align="left" ,

, 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

References

External links

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