cotton fitzsimmons coaching record in elimination games

Cotton Fitzsimmons was 6-12 in elimination games in his coaching career.

	TEAM	COACH	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Hawks	Cotton Fitzsimmons	4/13/1973	0-1	ATL	vs	BOS	L 103-121	.000	240	103	54	22			44	108	40.7				15	22	68.2	43.8				22
2	Kings	Cotton Fitzsimmons	4/27/1979	0-1	KCK	@	PHX	L 99-120	.000	240	99	55	18	13	6	38	103	36.9				23	35	65.7	41.8			21	32
3	Kings	Cotton Fitzsimmons	4/4/1980	1-0	KCK	vs	PHX	W 106-96	1.000	240	106	41	30	13	3	46	90	51.1	0	2	0.0	14	23	60.9	52.9			11	13
4	Kings	Cotton Fitzsimmons	4/6/1980	0-1	KCK	@	PHX	L 99-114	.000	240	99	52	17	3	1	39	93	41.9	3	6	50.0	18	25	72.0	47.6			20	26
5	Kings	Cotton Fitzsimmons	4/5/1981	1-0	KCK	@	POR	W 104-95	1.000	240	104	44	21	5	2	43	82	52.4	0	0		18	21	85.7	57.0	13	31	18	15
6	Kings	Cotton Fitzsimmons	4/19/1981	1-0	KCK	@	PHX	W 95-88	1.000	240	95	32	24	9	5	35	72	48.6	1	3	33.3	24	32	75.0	55.2			14	20
7	Kings	Cotton Fitzsimmons	4/29/1981	0-1	KCK	vs	HOU	L 88-97	.000	240	88	39	18	11	2	34	75	45.3	0	5	0.0	20	27	74.1	50.6			17	28
8	Kings	Cotton Fitzsimmons	4/22/1984	0-1	KCK	vs	LAL	L 102-108	.000	240	102	43	29	6	6	41	97	42.3	1	5	20.0	19	26	73.1	47.0	20	23	15	27
9	Spurs	Cotton Fitzsimmons	4/26/1985	1-0	SAS	vs	DEN	W 116-111	1.000	240	116	41	33	7	8	46	70	65.7	0	3	0.0	24	35	68.6	67.9	7	34	24	31
10	Spurs	Cotton Fitzsimmons	4/28/1985	0-1	SAS	@	DEN	L 99-126	.000	240	99	42	15	12	3	31	79	39.2	1	9	11.1	36	48	75.0	49.4	14	28	24	32
11	Spurs	Cotton Fitzsimmons	4/23/1986	0-1	SAS	vs	LAL	L 94-114	.000	240	94	33	22	5	4	37	89	41.6	1	5	20.0	19	25	76.0	47.0	10	23	11	28
12	Suns	Cotton Fitzsimmons	5/28/1989	0-1	PHX	vs	LAL	L 117-122	.000	240	117	37	28	9	7	45	94	47.9	3	11	27.3	24	27	88.9	55.3	13	24	14	24
13	Suns	Cotton Fitzsimmons	5/6/1990	1-0	PHX	@	UTA	W 104-102	1.000	240	104	37	16	4	9	36	70	51.4	2	4	50.0	30	35	85.7	60.9	3	34	14	23
14	Suns	Cotton Fitzsimmons	5/31/1990	0-1	PHX	vs	POR	L 109-112	.000	240	109	44	22	9	7	35	78	44.9	0	6	0.0	39	48	81.3	55.0	12	32	19	21
15	Suns	Cotton Fitzsimmons	5/2/1991	0-1	PHX	@	UTA	L 93-101	.000	240	93	37	23	5	7	35	83	42.2	2	6	33.3	21	29	72.4	48.6	10	27	14	29
16	Suns	Cotton Fitzsimmons	5/14/1992	0-1	PHX	@	POR	L 106-118	.000	240	106	37	26	9	4	39	88	44.3	3	11	27.3	25	33	75.8	51.7	6	31	14	19
17	Suns	Cotton Fitzsimmons	5/1/1996	1-0	PHX	vs	SAS	W 94-93	1.000	240	94	53	18	3	3	36	86	41.9	4	11	36.4	18	22	81.8	49.1	20	33	13	16
18	Suns	Cotton Fitzsimmons	5/3/1996	0-1	PHX	vs	SAS	L 98-116	.000	240	98	30	26	7	5	39	86	45.3	4	13	30.8	16	22	72.7	51.2	10	20	7	19
	Average								.333	240.0	101.4	41.7	22.7	7.6	4.8	38.8	85.7	45.3	1.6	6.3	25.0	22.4	29.7	75.3	51.3				23.6
	Total			6-12					.333	4,320	1,826	751	408	130	82	699	1,543	45.3	25	100	25.0	403	535	75.3	51.3				425

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