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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.

John LucasWWikipedia↗

Guard · 6′3″ 175 lb · Born 1953-10-31 · High school: Hillside · College: Maryland · 1976 NBA draft, round 1, pick 1 by Houston Rockets

Seasons

14

Teams

6

NBA playoff seasons

8

Awards and honours

• NBA All-Rookie Team (first team): 1976-77
• NCAA Consensus All-America Team (first team) ×2: 1974-75, 1975-76

NBA NBA career game logs →

4 × 12 min, 24-second clock, arc 23 ft 9 in (22 ft corners). 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	GS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1976-77	Rockets	82		30.9	11.1	2.7	5.6	1.5	0.2	.477		.789
1977-78	Rockets	82		35.8	12.4	3.1	9.4	2.0	0.1	.435		.772
1978-79	Warriors	82		37.7	16.1	3.0	9.3	1.9	0.1	.462		.822
1979-80	Warriors	80		34.5	12.6	2.8	7.5	1.7	0.0	.467	.286	.768
1980-81	Warriors	66		29.1	8.4	2.3	7.0	1.3	0.0	.439	.167	.738
1981-82	Bullets	79	53	24.6	8.4	2.1	7.0	1.2	0.1	.426	.091	.784
1982-83	Bullets	35	0	11.0	4.1	0.8	2.9	0.7	0.0	.473	.000	.500
1983-84	Spurs	63	39	28.7	10.9	2.9	10.7	1.5	0.1	.462	.275	.764
1984-85	Rockets	47	21	24.6	11.4	1.8	6.8	1.3	0.0	.462	.318	.798
1985-86	Rockets	65	65	32.6	15.5	2.2	8.8	1.2	0.1	.446	.308	.775
1986-87	Bucks	43	40	31.6	17.5	2.9	6.7	1.7	0.1	.457	.365	.787
1987-88	Bucks	81	22	21.8	9.2	2.0	4.8	1.1	0.0	.445	.338	.802
1988-89	SuperSonics	74	8	11.4	4.2	1.1	3.5	0.8	0.0	.398	.265	.701
1989-90	Rockets	49	18	19.1	5.8	1.8	4.9	0.9	0.0	.375	.299	.764

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1976-77	Rockets	12		35.8	14.7	2.8	6.9	2.0	0.3	.540		.765
1981-82	Bullets	7		10.6	4.4	1.1	2.9	0.4	0.1	.538	.333	.667
1984-85	Rockets	5	4	30.4	13.6	4.2	5.4	1.2	0.0	.325	.143	.636
1986-87	Bucks	12	12	30.2	15.6	2.1	5.2	1.2	0.1	.453	.333	.813
1987-88	Bucks	5	0	16.0	5.8	1.6	3.8	1.0	0.0	.370	.231	.667
1988-89	SuperSonics	4	0	9.3	2.8	0.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	.294	.000	.500