John Lucas vs Pooh Richardson

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John Lucas and Pooh Richardson compared on their NBA careers: John Lucas played 14 seasons, 1976-77 to 1989-90, Pooh Richardson 10 seasons, 1989-90 to 1998-99. John Lucas averaged 10.7 points a game to Pooh Richardson's 11.1. They have faced each other 3 times: John Lucas's team won 1, Pooh Richardson's 2.

Who has the better career numbers?

Pooh Richardson leads in 3 of the 5 lines, John Lucas in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

John Lucas and Pooh Richardson career per game
928GP639
27.5MIN30.4
10.7PTS11.1, better
2.3REB2.8, better
7, betterAST6.5
1.4, betterSTL1.3
0.1BLK0.2, better
—FG%44.4
—3P%32.9
—FT%65.2
—TS%48.6

John Lucas: no career line is published, so it is worked out from the seasons on file — career totals divided by games played.

John Lucas vs Pooh Richardson head to head

They have faced each other 3 times: John Lucas's team won 1, Pooh Richardson's 2.

John Lucas and Pooh Richardson, record against each other
GamesPlayedJohn Lucas wonPooh Richardson won
Regular season312, better
John Lucas and Pooh Richardson, averages in their games against each other
5.3PTS14.7, better
0.3REB4.0, better
3.7AST10.0, better
11.7MIN46.7

Every game against each other

John Lucas vs Pooh Richardson, every game
Feb 20, 1990HOU at MINL 97-922 PTS, 0 REB, 3 AST, 10 MIN17 PTS, 4 REB, 14 AST, 48 MIN
Feb 6, 1990MIN at HOUW 108-1019 PTS, 0 REB, 3 AST, 11 MIN9 PTS, 3 REB, 9 AST, 44 MIN
Dec 27, 1989HOU at MINL 108-915 PTS, 1 REB, 5 AST, 14 MIN18 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 48 MIN

Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.

Where each stands all time

John Lucas and Pooh Richardson all-time places
—Assists113th (4,180), better
—Steals248th (817), better

Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

John Lucas and Pooh Richardson titles and awards
—Championships—
1All-Rookie First Team1

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

John Lucas and Pooh Richardson season by season
PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.
1st1976-7711.12.7, better5.61989-9011.4, better2.66.8, better
2nd1977-7812.43.19.4, better1990-9117.1, better3.5, better9.0
3rd1978-7916.13.09.3, better1991-9216.5, better3.7, better8.4
4th1979-8012.6, better2.87.51992-9310.43.6, better7.7, better
5th1980-818.42.37.0, better1993-9410.0, better3.0, better6.4
6th1981-828.42.17.01994-9510.9, better3.3, better7.9, better
7th1982-834.10.82.91995-9611.7, better2.5, better5.4, better
8th1983-8410.9, better2.9, better10.7, better1996-975.61.72.9
9th1984-8511.4, better1.8, better6.8, better1997-984.21.43.3
10th1985-8615.5, better2.2, better8.8, better1998-992.51.22.7
11th1986-8717.52.96.7————
12th1987-889.22.04.8————
13th1988-894.21.13.5————
14th1989-905.81.84.9————

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST