Clyde Lovellette vs. P.J. Tucker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Tucker and Clyde Lovellette, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Clyde Lovellette played 11 years in the NBA, 2 less than P.J. Tucker, who played 13. Clyde Lovellette had the first of his seasons in 1953-54, while P.J. Tucker had his rookie season in 2006-07. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Clyde Lovellette	P.J. Tucker
Season	1953-54	2006-07
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	72	17.4	8.2	-	-	5.8	0.7	-	-	-	2.9	3.3	7.8	.423	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.695
P.J. Tucker	17	4.9	1.8	0.6	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.571
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	13	20.4	10.5	-	-	9.7	0.5	-	-	-	2.8	4.2	9.2	.450	-	-	-	2.2	4.5	.483
P.J. Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: P.J. Tucker didn't play in 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.

Season 3
	Clyde Lovellette	P.J. Tucker
Season	1955-56	2013-14
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	71	35.5	21.5	-	-	14.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.5	8.4	19.3	.434	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.721
P.J. Tucker	81	30.7	9.4	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.7	1.4	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.3	7.6	.431	0.9	2.4	.387	1.9	2.5	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	3	23.0	19.0	-	-	8.3	2.0	-	-	-	4.3	6.3	13.0	.487	-	-	-	6.3	10.7	.594
P.J. Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Clyde Lovellette	P.J. Tucker
Season	1956-57	2014-15
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	69	36.1	20.8	-	-	13.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.3	19.5	.426	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	.717
P.J. Tucker	78	30.6	9.1	1.5	5.0	6.4	1.6	1.4	0.3	1.2	2.3	3.3	7.6	.438	1.1	3.2	.345	1.3	1.8	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	5	36.2	24.2	-	-	9.4	2.2	-	-	-	4.2	10.2	23.6	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.731
P.J. Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Clyde Lovellette	P.J. Tucker
Season	1959-60	2017-18
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	68	28.7	20.8	-	-	10.6	1.9	-	-	-	3.6	8.1	17.3	.468	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.821
P.J. Tucker	82	27.8	6.1	1.1	4.4	5.6	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.4	.390	1.4	3.8	.371	0.5	0.7	.717
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	14	30.4	17.6	-	-	10.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	17.3	.393	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.824
P.J. Tucker	17	33.5	8.9	1.4	5.2	6.5	1.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.7	3.1	6.4	.481	2.1	4.4	.467	0.7	1.1	.667

Season 8
	Clyde Lovellette	P.J. Tucker
Season	1960-61	2018-19
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	67	31.5	22.0	-	-	10.1	2.6	-	-	-	3.7	8.9	19.7	.453	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.830
P.J. Tucker	82	34.2	7.3	1.5	4.4	5.8	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.8	3.1	2.5	6.4	.396	1.8	4.7	.377	0.5	0.7	.695
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	8	23.9	15.4	-	-	6.5	1.4	-	-	-	2.9	5.8	14.3	.404	-	-	-	3.9	5.9	.660
P.J. Tucker	11	38.7	11.4	1.7	5.7	7.5	1.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	3.2	3.6	8.0	.455	2.4	5.2	.456	1.7	2.1	.826

Season 10
	Clyde Lovellette	P.J. Tucker
Season	1962-63	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	61	9.3	6.5	-	-	2.9	1.6	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	6.2	.428	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.745
P.J. Tucker	52	26.1	3.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.4	1.3	3.4	.373	0.8	2.3	.336	0.4	0.5	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	6	6.7	3.0	-	-	0.8	0.2	-	-	-	2.2	1.2	4.3	.269	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667
P.J. Tucker	23	29.6	4.3	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.4	3.3	1.7	4.3	.388	0.8	2.6	.322	0.1	0.2	.750

Season 11
	Clyde Lovellette	P.J. Tucker
Season	1963-64	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	45	9.7	6.7	-	-	2.8	0.5	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	6.8	.420	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.789
P.J. Tucker	71	27.9	7.6	1.4	4.0	5.5	2.1	0.8	0.2	0.9	2.3	2.9	6.0	.484	1.1	2.7	.415	0.6	0.9	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	5	8.0	4.0	-	-	1.4	0.4	-	-	-	1.6	1.6	6.8	.235	-	-	-	0.8	0.8	1.000
P.J. Tucker	18	28.3	7.9	1.9	3.7	5.7	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.7	2.8	3.0	6.1	.495	1.3	2.8	.451	0.6	0.9	.688