The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24

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JL

John Lucas

Houston Rockets · 1976-77–1989-90

1 All-Rk

Scoring

59th

Efficiency

44th

Playmaking

94th

Rebounding

32nd

Defense

62nd

35

Career-high PTS

0

40-pt games

1

Triple-Dbls

928

Games

Per Game

	Games		Field Goals			3-Pointers			Shooting	Free Throws			Rebounds			Playmaking					Scoring	Awards
Season	GP	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1976-77	82	29.1	4.7	8.9	46.3%	—	—	—	—	1.6	2.1	78.9%	0.1	0.4	2.6	5.3	1.0	0.2	—	1.8	11.1	R1
1977-78	82	35.0	5.0	10.4	43.4%	—	—	—	—	2.4	3.0	77.2%	0.1	0.8	3.1	9.2	1.7	0.1	0.7	2.2	12.4
1978-79	82	37.7	6.5	14.0	46.2%	—	—	—	—	3.2	3.9	82.2%	0.8	2.2	3.0	9.3	1.9	0.1	3.1	2.8	16.1
1979-80	80	34.5	4.8	10.4	46.7%	0.1	0.5	28.6%	47.4%	2.8	3.6	76.8%	0.7	2.0	2.8	7.5	1.6	0.0	2.3	2.5	12.6
1980-81	66	29.1	3.4	7.7	43.9%	0.1	0.3	18.2%	44.3%	1.6	2.2	73.8%	0.5	1.7	2.3	7.0	1.2	0.0	2.7	2.1	8.4
1981-82	79	24.6	3.3	7.8	42.6%	0.0	0.1	11.1%	42.7%	1.7	2.2	78.4%	0.1	0.3	2.1	7.0	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.3	8.4
1982-83	35	11.0	1.8	3.7	47.3%	0	0.1	0.0%	47.3%	0.6	1.2	50.0%	0.1	0.3	0.8	2.9	0.5	0	0.7	0.5	4.1
1983-84	63	28.7	4.4	9.4	46.2%	0.3	1.1	27.5%	47.8%	1.9	2.5	76.4%	0.4	2.5	2.9	10.7	1.5	0.1	2.3	2.0	10.9
1984-85	47	24.6	4.4	9.5	46.2%	0.4	1.4	32.3%	48.5%	2.2	2.7	79.8%	0.4	1.4	1.8	6.8	1.3	0.0	2.1	1.7	11.4
1985-86	65	32.6	5.6	12.6	44.6%	0.7	2.2	30.8%	47.4%	3.6	4.6	77.8%	0.5	1.7	2.2	8.8	1.2	0.1	2.3	1.9	15.5
1986-87	43	31.6	6.6	14.5	45.7%	1.1	2.9	36.5%	49.4%	3.2	4.0	78.7%	0.7	2.2	2.9	6.7	1.7	0.1	2.1	1.9	17.5
1987-88	81	21.8	3.5	7.8	44.5%	0.6	1.9	33.8%	48.6%	1.6	2	80.2%	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.8	1.1	0.0	1.5	1.3	9.2
1988-89	74	11.4	1.6	4.0	39.8%	0.2	0.9	26.5%	42.8%	0.7	1.0	70.1%	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.5	0.8	0.0	0.9	0.7	4.2
1989-90	49	19.1	2.2	5.9	37.5%	0.5	1.8	29.9%	41.9%	0.9	1.1	76.4%	0.4	1.4	1.8	4.9	0.9	0.0	1.7	1.2	5.8
Career	928	27.3	4.2	9.2	44.8%	0.3	0.9	30.8%	46.6%	2.0	2.6	77.6%	0.4	1.4	2.3	6.9	1.2	0.1	1.6	1.8	10.7
5 yrs	325	29.1	4.6	9.7	44.2%	0.3	0.9	30.9%	46.7%	2.2	2.8	78.0%	0.3	1.1	2.4	7.1	1.2	0.1	1.2	1.8	11.6
3 yrs	228	34.1	5	10.9	45.9%	0.1	0.3	25.0%	46.2%	2.6	3.3	78.5%	0.7	2.0	2.7	8.0	1.6	0.1	2.7	2.5	12.7
2 yrs	114	20.4	2.9	6.6	43.4%	0.0	0.1	7.7%	43.5%	1.4	1.9	72.9%	0.1	0.3	1.7	5.7	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.1	7.1
1 yrs	63	28.7	4.4	9.4	46.2%	0.3	1.1	27.5%	47.8%	1.9	2.5	76.4%	0.4	2.5	2.9	10.7	1.5	0.1	2.3	2.0	10.9
2 yrs	124	25.2	4.6	10.1	45.1%	0.8	2.2	35.0%	49.0%	2.2	2.7	79.5%	0.5	1.8	2.3	5.5	1.3	0.1	1.7	1.5	12.1
1 yrs	74	11.4	1.6	4.0	39.8%	0.2	0.9	26.5%	42.8%	0.7	1.0	70.1%	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.5	0.8	0.0	0.9	0.7	4.2

Advanced

	Shooting				Usage			Rebound %			Value						Impact		Clutch
Season	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	USG%	AST%	TOV%	OREB%	DREB%	TRB%	PER	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP	PIE	On/Off	+/-	Clutch PTS	Clutch TS%
1976-77	50.0%	—	—	0.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977-78	47.9%	—	—	0.3	—	—	16.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978-79	51.4%	—	—	0.3	—	32.9%	16.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979-80	52.7%	47.4%	0.1	0.3	—	29.2%	16.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980-81	48.7%	44.3%	0.0	0.3	—	30.7%	24.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981-82	47.9%	42.7%	0.0	0.3	—	39.2%	16.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982-83	48.5%	47.3%	0.0	0.3	26.8%	39.1%	25.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983-84	51.9%	47.8%	0.1	0.3	19.1%	44.2%	18.0%	—	—	—	22.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984-85	53.3%	48.5%	0.1	0.3	44.5%	35.6%	16.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1985-86	53.0%	47.4%	0.2	0.4	20.1%	34.6%	13.6%	1.6%	5.6%	3.6%	17.4	5.7	0.1	2.3	2.3	8.2%	—	—	—	—
1986-87	53.7%	49.4%	0.2	0.3	23.8%	31.3%	11.3%	2.4%	8.0%	5.2%	19.5	4.2	0.1	4.8	2.4	8.7%	—	—	—	—
1987-88	52.9%	48.6%	0.2	0.3	19.9%	32.5%	15.1%	1.8%	8.3%	5.1%	16.1	3.8	0.1	2.7	2.1	5.4%	—	—	—	—
1988-89	46.6%	42.8%	0.2	0.3	19.0%	41.1%	16.5%	2.8%	7.9%	5.2%	16.7	1.9	0.1	4.4	1.4	2.9%	—	—	—	—
1989-90	45.4%	41.9%	0.3	0.2	17.6%	33.9%	21.2%	2.2%	7.8%	5.1%	11.4	1.0	0.0	0.8	0.7	3.7%	—	—	—	—
Career	50.8%	46.6%	0.1	0.3	20.3%	—	16.6%	2.0%	7.3%	4.7%	17.7	16.6	0.1	3.0	8.8	14.5%	—	—	—	—

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