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No game in our box scores falls on September 16. The nearest date before it · September 15, 2020: the Denver Nuggets visited the Los Angeles Clippers, in the playoffs. Denver Nuggets 104, Los Angeles Clippers 89. WWikipedia↗

From the vault · March 30, 2019 · 2019 NCAA tournament, Elite Eight: The Virginia Cavaliers beat the Purdue Boilermakers 80–75 in overtime in the Elite Eight of the 2019 NCAA tournament.

Clyde LovelletteWWikipedia↗

Center · 6′9″ 234 lb · Born 1929-09-07 · High school: Garfield · College: Kansas · 1952 NBA draft, round 1, pick 9 by Minneapolis Lakers

Seasons

11

Teams

4

Championships

NBA 1953-54, NBA 1962-63, NBA 1963-64

NBA playoff seasons

10

Awards and honours

• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, class of 1988 (player)
• NBA All-NBA Team (second team): 1955-56
• NBA All-Star Game selection ×4: 1955-56, 1956-57, 1959-60, 1960-61
• NCAA Consensus All-America Team (first team) ×2: 1950-51, 1951-52
• NCAA NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player: 1951-52

NBA NBA career game logs →

4 × 12 min, 24-second clock, no three-point line. Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Per-game averages as published: these seasons have no box scores here, so no season totals.

Season	Team	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FG%	FT%
1953-54	Lakers	72	17.4	8.2	5.8	0.7	.423	.695
1954-55	Lakers	70	33.7	18.7	11.5	1.4	.435	.686
1955-56	Lakers	71	35.5	21.5	14.0	2.3	.434	.721
1956-57	Lakers	69	36.1	20.8	13.5	2.0	.426	.717
1957-58	Royals	71	36.5	23.4	12.1	1.9	.441	.743
1958-59	Hawks	70	22.8	14.4	8.6	1.3	.454	.820
1959-60	Hawks	68	28.7	20.8	10.6	1.9	.468	.821
1960-61	Hawks	67	31.5	22.0	10.1	2.6	.453	.830
1961-62	Hawks	40	29.8	20.9	8.8	1.7	.471	.829
1962-63	Celtics	61	9.3	6.5	2.9	0.4	.428	.745
1963-64	Celtics	45	9.7	6.7	2.8	0.5	.420	.789

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FG%	FT%
1953-54	Lakers	13	20.4	10.5	9.7	0.5	.450	.483
1954-55	Lakers	7	28.1	16.7	9.1	0.4	.449	.725
1955-56	Lakers	3	23.0	19.0	8.3	2.0	.487	.594
1956-57	Lakers	5	36.2	24.2	9.4	2.2	.432	.731
1957-58	Royals	2	36.0	16.5	10.5	0.5	.387	.643
1958-59	Hawks	6	26.8	15.3	9.8	1.3	.500	.786
1959-60	Hawks	14	30.4	17.6	10.8	2.8	.393	.824
1960-61	Hawks	8	23.9	15.4	6.5	1.4	.404	.660
1962-63	Celtics	6	6.7	3.0	0.8	0.2	.269	.667
1963-64	Celtics	5	8.0	4.0	1.4	0.4	.235	1.000