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John Lambert

John Edward Lambert

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-10    Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: January 14, 1953 in Berkeley, California
High School: Berkeley in Berkeley, California
College: University of Southern California

Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1st round (15th pick, 15th overall) of the 1975 NBA draft.

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Cleveland Cavaliers
1976-1981		 24
Kansas City Kings
1981-1982		 24
San Antonio Spurs
1982

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 23 CLE NBA 54 333 49 110 .445 25 37 .676 37 65 102 16 8 12 54 123
1976-77 24 CLE NBA 63 555 67 157 .427 25 36 .694 62 92 154 31 16 18 75 159
1977-78 25 CLE NBA 76 1075 142 336 .423 27 48 .563 125 199 324 38 27 50 62 169 311
1978-79 26 CLE NBA 70 1030 148 329 .450 35 55 .636 116 174 290 43 25 29 65 163 331
1979-80 27 CLE NBA 74 1324 165 400 .413 0 3 .000 73 101 .723 138 214 352 56 47 42 64 203 403
1980-81 28 TOT NBA 46 483 68 165 .412 0 2 .000 18 23 .783 28 65 93 27 12 5 19 76 154
1980-81 28 CLE NBA 3 8 3 5 .600 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 2 2 6
1980-81 28 KCK NBA 43 475 65 160 .406 0 2 .000 18 23 .783 27 63 90 24 12 5 17 74 148
1981-82 29 TOT NBA 63 764 86 197 .437 1 7 .143 34 42 .810 55 123 178 37 18 16 48 123 207
1981-82 29 KCK NBA 42 493 60 139 .432 1 6 .167 21 28 .750 36 91 127 24 12 10 38 80 142
1981-82 29 SAS NBA 21 271 26 58 .448 0 1 .000 13 14 .929 19 32 51 13 6 6 10 43 65
Career NBA 446 5564 725 1694 .428 1 12 .083 237 342 .693 561 932 1493 248 153 172 258 863 1688

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 23 CLE NBA 54 6.2 0.9 2.0 .445 0.5 0.7 .676 0.7 1.2 1.9 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.0 2.3
1976-77 24 CLE NBA 63 8.8 1.1 2.5 .427 0.4 0.6 .694 1.0 1.5 2.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.2 2.5
1977-78 25 CLE NBA 76 14.1 1.9 4.4 .423 0.4 0.6 .563 1.6 2.6 4.3 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.8 2.2 4.1
1978-79 26 CLE NBA 70 14.7 2.1 4.7 .450 0.5 0.8 .636 1.7 2.5 4.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.9 2.3 4.7
1979-80 27 CLE NBA 74 17.9 2.2 5.4 .413 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.4 .723 1.9 2.9 4.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.9 2.7 5.4
1980-81 28 TOT NBA 46 10.5 1.5 3.6 .412 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.5 .783 0.6 1.4 2.0 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.7 3.3
1980-81 28 CLE NBA 3 2.7 1.0 1.7 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 2.0
1980-81 28 KCK NBA 43 11.0 1.5 3.7 .406 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.5 .783 0.6 1.5 2.1 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.7 3.4
1981-82 29 TOT NBA 63 12.1 1.4 3.1 .437 0.0 0.1 .143 0.5 0.7 .810 0.9 2.0 2.8 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.8 2.0 3.3
1981-82 29 KCK NBA 42 11.7 1.4 3.3 .432 0.0 0.1 .167 0.5 0.7 .750 0.9 2.2 3.0 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.9 1.9 3.4
1981-82 29 SAS NBA 21 12.9 1.2 2.8 .448 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.7 .929 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.5 2.0 3.1
Career NBA 446 12.5 1.6 3.8 .428 0.0 0.1 .083 0.5 0.8 .693 1.3 2.1 3.3 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.9 3.8

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 23 CLE NBA 54 333 5.3 11.9 .445 2.7 4.0 .676 4.0 7.0 11.0 1.7 0.9 1.3 5.8 13.3
1976-77 24 CLE NBA 63 555 4.3 10.2 .427 1.6 2.3 .694 4.0 6.0 10.0 2.0 1.0 1.2 4.9 10.3
1977-78 25 CLE NBA 76 1075 4.8 11.3 .423 0.9 1.6 .563 4.2 6.7 10.9 1.3 0.9 1.7 2.1 5.7 10.4
1978-79 26 CLE NBA 70 1030 5.2 11.5 .450 1.2 1.9 .636 4.1 6.1 10.1 1.5 0.9 1.0 2.3 5.7 11.6
1979-80 27 CLE NBA 74 1324 4.5 10.9 .413 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.7 .723 3.8 5.8 9.6 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.7 5.5 11.0
1980-81 28 TOT NBA 46 483 5.1 12.3 .412 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 1.7 .783 2.1 4.8 6.9 2.0 0.9 0.4 1.4 5.7 11.5
1980-81 28 CLE NBA 3 8 13.5 22.5 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 13.5 13.5 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 27.0
1980-81 28 KCK NBA 43 475 4.9 12.1 .406 0.0 0.2 .000 1.4 1.7 .783 2.0 4.8 6.8 1.8 0.9 0.4 1.3 5.6 11.2
1981-82 29 TOT NBA 63 764 4.1 9.3 .437 0.0 0.3 .143 1.6 2.0 .810 2.6 5.8 8.4 1.7 0.8 0.8 2.3 5.8 9.8
1981-82 29 KCK NBA 42 493 4.4 10.2 .432 0.1 0.4 .167 1.5 2.0 .750 2.6 6.6 9.3 1.8 0.9 0.7 2.8 5.8 10.4
1981-82 29 SAS NBA 21 271 3.5 7.7 .448 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 1.9 .929 2.5 4.3 6.8 1.7 0.8 0.8 1.3 5.7 8.6
Career NBA 446 5564 4.7 11.0 .428 0.0 0.2 .083 1.5 2.2 .693 3.6 6.0 9.7 1.6 1.0 1.1 2.0 5.6 10.9

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1975-76 23 CLE NBA 54 333 13.9 .487 .445 11.0 20.8 15.7 6.5 1.1 2.0 95 0.8 1.5 2 1 0.5
1976-77 24 CLE NBA 63 555 11.7 .460 .427 11.0 17.4 14.1 7.4 1.4 1.8 97 0.8 2.2 3 3 0.0
1977-78 25 CLE NBA 76 1075 10.8 .435 .423 11.7 18.9 15.3 4.7 1.2 2.4 14.8 15.5 92 98 0.0 4.8 5 7 -1.0
1978-79 26 CLE NBA 70 1030 10.9 .469 .450 11.6 19.7 15.4 5.5 1.1 1.5 15.5 16.1 97 106 0.5 2.2 3 9 -3.0
1979-80 27 CLE NBA 74 1324 10.4 .453 .413 10.5 17.8 14.0 5.1 1.6 1.7 12.6 14.7 100 105 1.0 3.9 5 9 -2.0
1980-81 28 TOT NBA 46 483 8.4 .440 .412 6.5 14.9 10.7 7.7 1.2 0.6 9.8 16.6 95 106 0.0 1.4 1 4 -1.5
1980-81 28 CLE NBA 3 8 24.5 .600 .600 13.2 29.1 20.7 71.6 0.0 0.0 28.6 35.2 103 108 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0
1980-81 28 KCK NBA 43 475 8.1 .435 .406 6.4 14.7 10.5 6.6 1.2 0.6 9.1 16.3 95 106 0.0 1.4 1 4 -1.5
1981-82 29 TOT NBA 63 764 8.2 .480 .439 7.8 18.2 12.9 6.0 1.1 1.2 18.2 14.0 95 107 0.6 2.2 2 6 -2.0
1981-82 29 KCK NBA 42 493 8.1 .469 .435 8.0 21.3 14.5 6.2 1.1 1.2 20.1 15.7 90 106 0.0 1.5 1 5 -2.0
1981-82 29 SAS NBA 21 271 8.3 .507 .448 7.5 12.7 10.1 5.7 1.0 1.2 13.5 10.9 109 109 0.6 0.7 1 1 0.0
Career NBA 446 5564 10.4 .458 .428 10.3 18.3 14.2 5.8 1.3 1.7 14.3 15.3 96 103 3.7 18.2 21 39 -9.0

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1975-76 23 CLE NBA 6 34 5 13 2 2 2 11 1 1 2 7 12 .385 1.000 5.7 2.0 1.8 0.2
1976-77 24 CLE NBA 3 19 2 4 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 4 4 .500 6.3 1.3 1.0 0.0
1977-78 25 CLE NBA 2 19 1 3 1 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 3 3 .333 .500 9.5 1.5 4.0 0.0
1980-81 28 KCK NBA 15 175 22 54 0 3 5 6 19 37 9 5 4 6 21 49 .407 .000 .833 11.7 3.3 2.5 0.6
1981-82 29 SAS NBA 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1.5 0.0 0.5 0.5
Career NBA 28 250 30 75 0 4 8 10 25 60 11 8 6 6 35 68 .400 .000 .800 8.9 2.4 2.1 0.4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (948)