Sam Lacey

Seasons 1970-71–1982-83 · 13 on record · Ht 6-10 · b. 1948

All-Star

Player info

10.3 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 3.7 APG · 1002 games · .441 FG% · .188 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1970-71	CIN	22	81	32.7	.418	—	.687	11.3	1.4	—	—	13.5	12.5	.448
1971-72	CIN	23	81	35.0	.422	—	.704	12.0	2.1	—	—	11.6	12.1	.449
1972-73	KCO	24	79	37.1	.474	—	.708	11.8	2.4	—	—	13.5	13.8	.498
1973-74	KCO	25	79	39.3	.476	—	.749	13.4	3.8	1.6	2.3	14.2	17.5	.513
1974-75	KCO	26	81	41.7	.427	—	.754	14.2	5.3	1.7	2.1	11.5	15.3	.464
1975-76	KCK	27	81	38.1	.401	—	.759	12.6	4.7	1.6	1.7	12.8	15.5	.452
1976-77	KCK	28	82	31.6	.422	—	.762	9.0	4.7	1.5	1.6	10.6	15.8	.484
1977-78	KCK	29	77	27.7	.449	—	.717	8.3	3.9	1.6	1.4	8.6	15.2	.494
1978-79	KCK	30	82	32.0	.502	—	.739	8.6	5.2	1.3	1.7	10.6	15.3	.544
1979-80	KCK	31	81	29.8	.448	0.000	.741	8.0	5.7	1.4	1.3	9.2	14.9	.490
1980-81	KCK	32	82	27.2	.442	.200	.786	7.1	4.9	1.2	1.5	6.9	13.5	.483
1981-82	2TM	33	56	12.0	.435	0.000	.730	1.9	1.4	0.4	0.7	2.9	7.4	.473
	KCK	33	2	10.0	.600	—	0.000	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	3.0	15.6	.510
	NJN	33	54	12.0	.430	0.000	.771	1.9	1.4	0.4	0.7	2.9	7.2	.471
1982-83	CLE	34	60	20.5	.420	.222	.784	3.9	2.0	0.5	0.4	4.2	6.5	.451

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1970-71	CIN	81	—	2,648	467	1,117	.418	—	—	156	227	913	117	—	—	—	1,090
1971-72	CIN	81	—	2,832	410	972	.422	—	—	119	169	968	173	—	—	—	939
1972-73	KCO	79	—	2,930	471	994	.474	—	—	126	178	933	189	—	—	—	1,068
1973-74	KCO	79	—	3,107	467	982	.476	—	—	185	247	1055	299	126	184	—	1,119
1974-75	KCO	81	—	3,378	392	917	.427	—	—	144	191	1149	428	139	168	—	928
1975-76	KCK	81	—	3,083	409	1,019	.401	—	—	217	286	1024	378	132	134	—	1,035
1976-77	KCK	82	—	2,595	327	774	.422	—	—	215	282	734	386	119	133	—	869
1977-78	KCK	77	—	2,131	265	590	.449	—	—	134	187	642	300	120	108	186	664
1978-79	KCK	82	—	2,627	350	697	.502	—	—	167	226	702	430	106	141	245	867
1979-80	KCK	81	—	2,412	303	677	.448	0	1	137	185	645	460	111	109	211	743
1980-81	KCK	82	—	2,228	237	536	.442	1	5	92	117	584	399	95	120	182	567
1981-82	2TM	56	7	670	67	154	.435	0	1	27	37	107	77	22	38	56	161
	KCK	2	1	20	3	5	.600	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	1	2	6
	NJN	54	6	650	64	149	.430	0	1	27	35	103	73	20	37	54	155
1982-83	CLE	60	33	1,232	111	264	.420	2	9	29	37	231	118	29	25	98	253
Career		1002	—	—	4,276	9,693	.441	3	16	1748	2369	9687	3754	999	1160	978	10,303

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1970-71	CIN	81	32.7	6.3	15.2	.418	—	—	2.1	3.1	12.4	1.6	—	—	—	14.8
1971-72	CIN	81	35.0	5.2	12.4	.422	—	—	1.5	2.1	12.3	2.2	—	—	—	11.9
1972-73	KCO	79	37.1	5.8	12.2	.474	—	—	1.5	2.2	11.5	2.3	—	—	—	13.1
1973-74	KCO	79	39.3	5.4	11.4	.476	—	—	2.1	2.9	12.2	3.5	1.5	2.1	—	13.0
1974-75	KCO	81	41.7	4.2	9.8	.427	—	—	1.5	2.0	12.2	4.6	1.5	1.8	—	9.9
1975-76	KCK	81	38.1	4.8	11.9	.401	—	—	2.5	3.3	12.0	4.4	1.5	1.6	—	12.1
1976-77	KCK	82	31.6	4.5	10.7	.422	—	—	3.0	3.9	10.2	5.4	1.7	1.8	—	12.1
1977-78	KCK	77	27.7	4.5	10.0	.449	—	—	2.3	3.2	10.8	5.1	2.0	1.8	3.1	11.2
1978-79	KCK	82	32.0	4.8	9.6	.502	—	—	2.3	3.1	9.6	5.9	1.5	1.9	3.4	11.9
1979-80	KCK	81	29.8	4.5	10.1	.448	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.8	9.6	6.9	1.7	1.6	3.1	11.1
1980-81	KCK	82	27.2	3.8	8.7	.442	0.0	0.1	1.5	1.9	9.4	6.4	1.5	1.9	2.9	9.2
1981-82	2TM	56	12.0	3.6	8.3	.435	0.0	0.1	1.5	2.0	5.7	4.1	1.2	2.0	3.0	8.7
	KCK	2	10.0	5.4	9.0	.600	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	7.2	7.2	3.6	1.8	3.6	10.8
	NJN	54	12.0	3.5	8.3	.430	0.0	0.1	1.5	1.9	5.7	4.0	1.1	2.0	3.0	8.6
1982-83	CLE	60	20.5	3.2	7.7	.420	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.1	6.8	3.4	0.8	0.7	2.9	7.4

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1970-71	CIN	81	2,648	12.5	.448	—	-0.9	2.2	1.2	.023	—	—	—	—
1971-72	CIN	81	2,832	12.1	.449	—	-1.0	1.2	0.3	.004	—	—	—	—
1972-73	KCO	79	2,930	13.8	.498	—	2.3	0.3	2.7	.044	—	—	—	—
1973-74	KCO	79	3,107	17.5	.513	—	3.2	4.6	7.7	.119	+1.3	+1.4	+2.7	+3.7
1974-75	KCO	81	3,378	15.3	.464	—	1.1	6.3	7.4	.105	+0.5	+2.6	+3.1	+4.3
1975-76	KCK	81	3,083	15.5	.452	—	0.4	4.7	5.0	.079	-0.1	+1.6	+1.5	+2.7
1976-77	KCK	82	2,595	15.8	.484	—	1.6	4.0	5.6	.104	+0.6	+2.2	+2.7	+3.1
1977-78	KCK	77	2,131	15.2	.494	15.3	1.0	3.4	4.3	.098	+0.2	+2.8	+3.0	+2.7
1978-79	KCK	82	2,627	15.3	.544	15.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	.119	+0.8	+3.1	+3.9	+3.9
1979-80	KCK	81	2,412	14.9	.490	16.1	0.8	4.8	5.6	.112	+0.0	+3.6	+3.6	+3.4
1980-81	KCK	82	2,228	13.5	.483	14.3	0.2	3.8	4.0	.086	-0.9	+3.5	+2.6	+2.6
1981-82	2TM	56	670	7.4	.473	13.5	-0.6	1.1	0.6	.041	-5.0	+2.7	-2.2	+0.0
	KCK	2	20	15.6	.510	16.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.058	-3.7	+0.8	-2.8	+0.0
	NJN	54	650	7.2	.471	13.4	-0.5	1.1	0.5	.040	-5.0	+2.8	-2.2	+0.0
1982-83	CLE	60	1,232	6.5	.451	12.9	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-.004	-4.6	+0.7	-3.9	-0.6
Career		1002	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.8	—	—	—	—	+25.8

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1974-75	6	44.0	9.5	15.7	5.0	1.8	1.5	.377	—	.414
1978-79	5	35.2	9.4	10.2	4.2	1.8	2.0	.381	—	.467
1979-80	3	33.7	6.7	7.3	4.3	2.3	0.7	.381	1.000	.439
1980-81	15	35.5	10.0	8.0	5.3	1.7	1.4	.420	0.000	.473
Career	29	37.0	9.4	9.9	5.0	1.8	1.4	.401	.250	.456

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	494	11.0	10.2	3.8	301–193
Away	507	9.6	9.2	3.6	151–356
In wins	452	10.8	10.2	4.1	452–0
In losses	549	9.9	9.2	3.3	0–549

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	48	10.4	9.8	3.7	25–23
BOS Boston Celtics	52	10.1	9.7	3.2	19–33
BKN Brooklyn Nets	21	8.7	8.5	3.4	12–9
CHI Chicago Bulls	68	9.2	10.4	3.8	33–35
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	49	10.3	10.9	4.2	33–16
DAL Dallas Mavericks	10	5.4	6.7	4.0	8–2
DEN Denver Nuggets	28	7.0	7.1	4.4	15–13
DET Detroit Pistons	61	10.8	9.2	3.5	28–33
GSW Golden State Warriors	57	12.0	10.6	3.5	23–34
HOU Houston Rockets	48	10.6	8.6	3.7	23–25
IND Indiana Pacers	25	7.4	7.0	4.0	13–12
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	18	9.2	6.4	4.8	13–5
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	55	12.1	11.4	4.5	16–39
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	64	12.1	9.9	4.0	19–45
NYK New York Knicks	46	10.9	10.1	3.5	17–29
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	47	8.7	9.3	3.0	16–31
PHX Phoenix Suns	56	10.8	10.1	3.3	26–30
POR Portland Trail Blazers	51	9.8	9.8	3.7	23–28
SAC Sacramento Kings	3	2.7	2.7	1.3	1–2
SAS San Antonio Spurs	25	9.8	6.6	4.3	6–19
UTA Utah Jazz	34	10.7	9.1	4.3	22–12

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Sam Lacey plays C for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Sam Lacey has averaged 10.3 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 3.7 APG over 13 seasons (1970-71–1982-83).

Sam Lacey is 6-10 (235 lb).

Sam Lacey was drafted in 1970, round 1, pick 5.