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Larry Nance

Larry Donell Nance
Position: F
Height: 6' 10'' Weight: 205
Born: 2/12/1959, in Anderson, SC, USA
High School:McDuffie, in Anderson, SC
College:Clemson University

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Draft History
1981 NBA - Round 1 by PHO

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Regular Season Stats
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Year Age Team Lg G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP ORB DRB TRB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO PF ? ?
1981-82 22 PHO NBA 80 1186 529 6.6 227 436 .521 75 117 .641 0 1 .000 95 161 256 3.2 82 1.0 42 71 104 169 ?? ?
1982-83 23 PHO NBA 82 2914 1370 16.7 588 1069 .550 193 287 .672 1 3 .333 239 471 710 8.7 197 2.4 99 217 190 254 ?? ?
1983-84 24 PHO NBA 82 2899 1451 17.7 601 1044 .576 249 352 .707 0 7 .000 227 451 678 8.3 214 2.6 86 174 177 274 ?? ?
1984-85 25 PHO NBA 61 2202 1211 19.9 515 877 .587 180 254 .709 1 2 .500 195 341 536 8.8 159 2.6 88 104 136 185 A ?
1985-86 26 PHO NBA 73 2484 1474 20.2 582 1001 .581 310 444 .698 0 8 .000 169 449 618 8.5 240 3.3 70 130 210 247 ?? ?
1986-87 27 PHO NBA 69 2569 1552 22.5 585 1062 .551 381 493 .773 1 5 .200 188 411 599 8.7 233 3.4 86 148 149 223 ?? ?
1987-88 28 CLE NBA 27 906 437 16.2 160 304 .526 117 141 .830 0 1 .000 74 139 213 7.9 84 3.1 18 63 49 90 ?? ?
1987-88 28 PHO NBA 40 1477 843 21.1 327 616 .531 187 249 .751 2 5 .400 119 275 394 9.9 123 3.1 45 96 106 152 ?? ?
1988-89 29 CLE NBA 73 2526 1259 17.2 496 920 .539 267 334 .799 0 4 .000 156 425 581 8.0 159 2.2 57 206 117 186 A ?
1989-90 30 CLE NBA 62 2065 1011 16.3 412 807 .511 186 239 .778 1 1 1.000 162 354 516 8.3 161 2.6 54 122 110 185 ?? ?
1990-91 31 CLE NBA 80 2927 1537 19.2 635 1211 .524 265 330 .803 2 8 .250 201 485 686 8.6 237 3.0 66 200 131 219 ?? ?
1991-92 32 CLE NBA 81 2880 1375 17.0 556 1032 .539 263 320 .822 0 6 .000 213 457 670 8.3 232 2.9 80 243 87 200 ?? Log
1992-93 33 CLE NBA 77 2753 1268 16.5 533 971 .549 202 247 .818 0 4 .000 184 484 668 8.7 223 2.9 54 198 107 223 A Log
1993-94 34 CLE NBA 33 909 370 11.2 153 314 .487 64 85 .753 0 0 .000 77 150 227 6.9 49 1.5 27 55 38 96 ?? Log
13 Season Totals ? ? 920 30697 15687 17.1 6370 11664 .546 2939 3892 .755 8 55 .145 2299 5053 7352 8.0 2393 2.6 872 2027 1711 2703 ? ?

M - MVP
N - All NBA First Team
A - All Star

Extended Stats Explanations

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Year Age Team Lg G MPG PPG EFF AV VI PPFGA PPR RbRate
1981-82 22 PHO NBA 80 14.8 6.6 7.81 6.0 2.8 1.085 -4.16 12.0
1982-83 23 PHO NBA 82 35.5 16.7 22.29 13.3 7.0 1.146 -2.01 13.5
1983-84 24 PHO NBA 82 35.4 17.7 22.93 13.6 7.3 1.210 -1.18 13.7
1984-85 25 PHO NBA 61 36.1 19.9 25.02 11.6 7.7 1.225 -1.36 13.8
1985-86 26 PHO NBA 73 34.0 20.2 24.23 13.0 8.3 1.232 -2.01 14.3
1986-87 27 PHO NBA 69 37.2 22.5 27.25 13.6 8.7 1.214 0.25 13.1
1987-88 28 CLE NBA 27 33.6 16.2 22.15 5.8 7.4 1.194 0.71 0.0
1987-88 28 PHO NBA 40 36.9 21.1 26.10 8.7 8.6 1.162 -1.68 0.0
1988-89 29 CLE NBA 73 34.6 17.2 22.66 12.3 6.7 1.180 -0.44 13.0
1989-90 30 CLE NBA 62 33.3 16.3 21.06 10.3 7.1 1.108 -0.13 14.0
1990-91 31 CLE NBA 80 36.6 19.2 24.43 14.0 7.9 1.133 0.92 13.6
1991-92 32 CLE NBA 81 35.6 17.0 24.44 14.1 7.4 1.172 2.35 13.0
1992-93 33 CLE NBA 77 35.8 16.5 23.65 13.2 7.5 1.174 1.51 13.9
1993-94 34 CLE NBA 33 27.5 11.2 15.39 5.1 4.9 1.053 -0.59 14.5
13 Season Totals ? ? 920 33.4 17.1 22.14 81.2 7.1 1.173 -0.43 0.0

Playoff Stats

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Year Team Lg G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP ORB DRB TRB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO
1981-82 PHO NBA 7 128 54 7.7 25 41 .610 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 13 19 32 4.6 7 1.0 10 11 12
1982-83 PHO NBA 3 103 36 12.0 14 35 .400 8 10 .800 0 0 .000 10 15 25 8.3 3 1.0 3 6 6
1983-84 PHO NBA 17 633 287 16.9 118 200 .590 51 76 .671 0 0 .000 51 97 148 8.7 40 2.4 16 34 31
1987-88 CLE NBA 5 200 84 16.8 34 64 .531 16 18 .889 0 0 .000 10 26 36 7.2 18 3.6 2 11 14
1988-89 CLE NBA 5 195 97 19.4 38 69 .551 21 32 .656 0 0 .000 16 23 39 7.8 16 3.2 3 12 9
1989-90 CLE NBA 5 159 61 12.2 26 45 .578 9 12 .750 0 0 .000 4 20 24 4.8 12 2.4 3 10 2
1991-92 CLE NBA 17 681 306 18.0 124 251 .494 58 70 .829 0 1 .000 45 112 157 9.2 43 2.5 14 46 26
1992-93 CLE NBA 9 329 145 16.1 61 108 .565 23 30 .767 0 0 .000 35 39 74 8.2 21 2.3 8 14 6
Totals ? 68 2428 1070 15.7 440 813 .541 190 256 .742 0 1 .000 184 351 535 7.9 160 2.4 59 144 106

All Star Stats

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Year Team Lg G Min Pts FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA OREB DREB TREB AST STL BLK TO PF ?
1984-85 PHO NBA 1 15 16 7 8 2 2 - - - - 5 0 - - - -
1988-89 CLE NBA 1 17 10 5 9 0 0 - - - - 6 1 - - - -
1992-93 CLE NBA 1 12 7 3 4 1 2 0 - - - 3 1 - - - -
Totals NBA 3 ? 33 15 21 3 4 0 0 0 0 14 2 0 0 0 0 ?

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