Clyde Lovellette vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 1 more than Willis Reed, who played 10. Clyde Lovellette had the first of his seasons in 1953-54, while Willis Reed had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Clyde Lovellette	11	10	1953-54 to 1963-64
Willis Reed	10	7	1964-65 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Clyde Lovellette	Willis Reed
Season	1953-54	1964-65
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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
Willis Reed	80	38.0	19.5	-	-	14.7	1.7	-	-	-	4.2	7.9	18.2	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.742

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
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Clyde Lovellette	Willis Reed
Season	1954-55	1965-66
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
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	70	33.7	18.7	-	-	11.5	1.4	-	-	-	3.7	7.4	17.0	.435	-	-	-	3.9	5.7	.686
Willis Reed	76	33.4	15.5	-	-	11.6	1.2	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	13.3	.434	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	7	28.1	16.7	-	-	9.1	0.4	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	14.0	.449	-	-	-	4.1	5.7	.725
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Clyde Lovellette	Willis Reed
Season	1955-56	1966-67
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Knicks Lost East Div 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	71	35.5	21.5	-	-	14.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.5	8.4	19.3	.434	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.721
Willis Reed	78	36.2	20.9	-	-	14.6	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	16.6	.489	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.735

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
Willis Reed	4	37.0	27.5	-	-	13.8	1.8	-	-	-	4.8	10.8	20.0	.538	-	-	-	6.0	6.3	.960


Season 4
	Clyde Lovellette	Willis Reed
Season	1956-57	1967-68
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Knicks Lost East Div 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	69	36.1	20.8	-	-	13.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.3	19.5	.426	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	.717
Willis Reed	81	35.5	20.8	-	-	13.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	16.6	.490	-	-	-	4.5	6.3	.721

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
Willis Reed	6	35.0	21.3	-	-	10.3	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	8.8	16.3	.541	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.733


Season 5
	Clyde Lovellette	Willis Reed
Season	1957-58	1968-69
Team	Cincinnati Royals	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	Knicks Lost East Div 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	71	36.5	23.4	-	-	12.1	1.9	-	-	-	3.3	9.6	21.7	.441	-	-	-	4.2	5.7	.743
Willis Reed	82	37.9	21.1	-	-	14.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	8.6	16.5	.521	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	2	36.0	16.5	-	-	10.5	0.5	-	-	-	4.5	6.0	15.5	.387	-	-	-	4.5	7.0	.643
Willis Reed	10	42.9	25.7	-	-	14.1	1.9	-	-	-	4.0	10.1	19.8	.510	-	-	-	5.5	7.0	.786


Season 6
	Clyde Lovellette	Willis Reed
Season	1958-59	1969-70
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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	70	22.8	14.4	-	-	8.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.1	5.7	12.6	.454	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.820
Willis Reed	81	38.1	21.7	-	-	13.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	17.1	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	6	26.8	15.3	-	-	9.8	1.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.8	11.7	.500	-	-	-	3.7	4.7	.786
Willis Reed	18	40.7	23.7	-	-	13.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.3	9.9	21.0	.471	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.737


Season 7
	Clyde Lovellette	Willis Reed
Season	1959-60	1970-71
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Knicks 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	68	28.7	20.8	-	-	10.6	1.9	-	-	-	3.6	8.1	17.3	.468	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.821
Willis Reed	73	39.1	20.9	-	-	13.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.4	18.2	.462	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.785

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
Willis Reed	12	42.0	15.7	-	-	12.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.8	16.3	.413	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667


Season 8
	Clyde Lovellette	Willis Reed
Season	1960-61	1971-72
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA 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	67	31.5	22.0	-	-	10.1	2.6	-	-	-	3.7	8.9	19.7	.453	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.830
Willis Reed	11	33.0	13.4	-	-	8.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.7	5.5	12.5	.438	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.692

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
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Clyde Lovellette	Willis Reed
Season	1961-62	1972-73
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	40	29.8	20.9	-	-	8.8	1.7	-	-	-	3.4	8.5	18.1	.471	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.829
Willis Reed	69	27.2	11.0	-	-	8.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	10.2	.474	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857


Season 10
	Clyde Lovellette	Willis Reed
Season	1962-63	1973-74
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	61	9.3	6.5	-	-	2.9	1.6	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	6.2	.428	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.745
Willis Reed	19	26.3	11.1	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.6	0.6	1.1	-	2.6	4.4	9.7	.457	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.792

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
Willis Reed	11	12.0	3.4	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	-	2.4	1.5	4.1	.378	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.600


Season 11
	Clyde Lovellette	Willis Reed
Season	1963-64	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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	45	9.7	6.7	-	-	2.8	0.5	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	6.8	.420	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.789
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Clyde Lovellette vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11