George Gervin vs. Maurice Lucas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Maurice Lucas and George Gervin, 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.

George Gervin played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Maurice Lucas, who played 12. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Maurice Lucas had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
George Gervin	10	9	1976-77 to 1985-86
Maurice Lucas	12	9	1976-77 to 1987-88

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Gervin	Maurice Lucas
Season	1976-77	1976-77
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
George Gervin	82	33.0	23.1	1.6	3.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	-	3.5	8.9	16.3	.544	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.833
Maurice Lucas	79	36.2	20.2	3.4	7.9	11.4	2.9	1.1	0.7	-	3.7	8.0	17.2	.466	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	2	31.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	-	4.5	9.5	22.0	.432	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.800
Maurice Lucas	19	38.5	21.2	2.3	7.6	9.9	4.2	1.5	1.2	-	4.2	8.6	16.6	.519	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.743


Season 2
	George Gervin	Maurice Lucas
Season	1977-78	1977-78
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
George Gervin	82	34.8	27.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	10.5	19.6	.536	-	-	-	6.1	7.4	.830
Maurice Lucas	68	31.2	16.4	2.7	6.4	9.1	2.5	0.9	0.8	2.8	3.3	6.7	14.5	.458	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	6	37.8	33.2	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	13.0	23.7	.549	-	-	-	7.2	9.3	.768
Maurice Lucas	6	38.8	17.2	3.2	9.3	12.5	2.5	0.7	0.3	3.2	4.7	7.7	18.0	.426	-	-	-	1.8	3.2	.579


Season 3
	George Gervin	Maurice Lucas
Season	1978-79	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	80	36.1	29.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	11.8	21.9	.541	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.826
Maurice Lucas	69	35.7	20.4	2.8	7.6	10.4	3.1	1.0	1.2	3.4	3.7	8.2	17.5	.470	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.1	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808
Maurice Lucas	3	34.7	11.0	0.7	10.0	10.7	6.0	1.0	0.3	3.7	4.0	4.7	13.7	.341	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.714


Season 4
	George Gervin	Maurice Lucas
Season	1979-80	1979-80
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
George Gervin	78	37.6	33.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.7	13.1	24.9	.528	0.4	1.3	.314	6.5	7.6	.852
Maurice Lucas	63	29.9	14.7	2.3	6.3	8.5	3.3	0.7	1.0	3.5	3.5	5.9	12.9	.456	0.0	0.1	.222	2.8	3.8	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	3	40.7	33.3	3.0	3.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.7	12.3	24.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	8.7	10.0	.867
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	George Gervin	Maurice Lucas
Season	1980-81	1980-81
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
George Gervin	82	33.7	27.1	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.1	2.6	10.4	21.1	.492	0.1	0.4	.257	6.2	7.6	.826
Maurice Lucas	68	31.8	14.7	2.3	6.2	8.5	2.5	0.8	0.9	2.6	3.8	5.9	12.3	.484	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.7	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	7	39.1	27.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	2.9	2.7	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.4	.800
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	George Gervin	Maurice Lucas
Season	1981-82	1981-82
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
George Gervin	79	35.7	32.3	1.7	3.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.7	12.6	25.2	.500	0.1	0.5	.278	7.0	8.1	.864
Maurice Lucas	80	33.4	15.8	3.4	7.9	11.3	2.2	0.9	0.9	2.2	3.9	6.3	12.5	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	4.4	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	9	41.4	29.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	4.0	11.4	25.3	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	6.6	7.9	.831
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	George Gervin	Maurice Lucas
Season	1982-83	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	78	36.3	26.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	9.7	19.9	.487	0.2	0.4	.364	6.6	7.8	.853
Maurice Lucas	77	33.6	16.5	2.6	7.8	10.4	2.8	0.7	0.6	2.9	3.6	6.4	13.6	.474	0.0	0.0	.333	3.6	4.6	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	11	39.7	25.2	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	9.8	18.9	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.3	.884
Maurice Lucas	2	28.5	13.0	2.5	3.5	6.0	4.0	1.5	0.0	2.0	2.5	6.0	10.5	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 8
	George Gervin	Maurice Lucas
Season	1983-84	1983-84
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
George Gervin	76	34.0	25.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	10.1	20.5	.490	0.1	0.3	.417	5.6	6.7	.842
Maurice Lucas	75	30.8	15.9	2.8	6.9	9.7	2.7	0.7	0.5	2.4	3.1	6.0	12.1	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.1	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Lucas	17	33.5	17.4	2.5	7.5	9.9	3.6	0.7	0.5	1.7	3.9	6.8	13.4	.511	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.6	.808


Season 9
	George Gervin	Maurice Lucas
Season	1984-85	1984-85
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	72	29.0	21.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	2.9	8.3	16.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.3	.844
Maurice Lucas	63	26.5	13.4	2.2	6.7	8.8	2.3	0.6	0.3	2.4	2.9	5.5	11.5	.476	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.2	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	5	36.6	22.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.0	3.8	8.4	15.8	.532	0.0	0.6	.000	5.4	6.8	.794
Maurice Lucas	3	28.0	19.7	4.0	7.0	11.0	3.3	0.7	0.7	2.7	4.0	7.3	15.7	.468	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	6.3	.789


Season 10
	George Gervin	Maurice Lucas
Season	1985-86	1985-86
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
George Gervin	82	25.2	16.2	1.0	1.7	2.6	1.8	0.6	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.5	3.9	.879
Maurice Lucas	77	22.7	10.2	2.1	5.2	7.4	1.1	0.6	0.3	1.6	3.3	3.9	8.5	.462	0.0	0.0	.500	2.3	3.0	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Maurice Lucas	14	22.8	9.4	2.1	4.4	6.5	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.9	3.8	4.2	8.0	.527	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.737


Season 11
	George Gervin	Maurice Lucas
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Lucas	63	17.8	7.9	1.4	3.5	4.9	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.7	2.8	6.2	.451	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.0	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Lucas	14	18.9	7.0	1.4	3.3	4.6	1.4	0.9	0.4	1.3	3.1	2.5	6.4	.389	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.737


Season 12
	George Gervin	Maurice Lucas
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Lucas	73	16.3	6.1	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.3	0.5	0.1	1.0	2.6	2.3	5.1	.450	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Lucas	4	15.8	2.5	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.0	1.0	3.3	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500

George Gervin vs. Maurice Lucas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Maurice Lucas and George Gervin, 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

Season 12