{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Garfield Smith | image = Garfield Smith.jpeg | width = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 235 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|11|18}} | birth_place = Campbellsville, Kentucky, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | high_school = Campbellsville<br>(Campbellsville, Kentucky) | college = Eastern Kentucky (1965–1968) | draft_year = 1968 | draft_round = 3 | draft_pick = 32 | draft_team = Boston Celtics | career_start = | career_end = | career_number = 33, 42 | career_position = Center / power forward | years1 = {{nbay|1970|start}}–{{nbay|1971|end}} | team1 = Boston Celtics | years2 = 1972–1973 | team2 = San Diego Conquistadors | highlights = }}
'''Garfield Smith''' (born November 18, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA). He was drafted with the tenth pick in the third round of the 1968 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. In two seasons in the NBA, Smith averaged 2.7 points per game and 2.1 rebounds per game. Smith also played one season in the ABA for the San Diego Conquistadors where he averaged 3.7 points per game and 4.3 rebounds per game.<ref name=bbr>{{cite web|title=Garfield Smith NBA & ABA statistics|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/smithga01.html|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=28 November 2024}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
===NBA/ABA=== Source<ref name=bbr/>
====Regular season==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! 3P% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1970}} | style="text-align:left;"|Boston (NBA) | 37 || 7.6 || .362 || || '''.393''' || 2.6 || .2 || 2.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1971}} | style="text-align:left;"|Boston (NBA) | 26 || 5.2 || .424 || || .194 || 1.4 || .3 || 2.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1972}} | style="text-align:left;"|San Diego (ABA) | '''71''' || '''14.9''' || '''.475''' || – || .301 || '''4.3''' || '''.5''' || '''3.7''' |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (NBA) | 63 || 6.6 || .385 || || .322 || 2.1 || .3 || 2.7 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (overall) | 134 || 11.0 || .437 || – || .311 || 3.3 || .4 || 3.2 {{s-end}}
====Playoffs==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! 3P% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"|1972 | style="text-align:left;"|Boston (NBA) | '''4''' || 1.5 || .200 || || .000 || .3 || .0 || .5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1973 | style="text-align:left;"|San Diego (ABA) | '''4''' || '''15.8''' || '''.294''' || – || '''.286''' || '''5.3''' || '''.3''' || '''3.0''' |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (overall) | 8 || 8.6 || .273 || – || .200 || 2.8 || .1 || 1.8 {{s-end}}
==References== {{reflist}} {{Portal|United States|Sports|California}}
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