Sam Jones vs. Mike Muscala Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Muscala and Sam Jones, 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.

Sam Jones played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than Mike Muscala, who played 11. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Mike Muscala had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Sam Jones	12	12	1957-58 to 1968-69
Mike Muscala	11	6	2013-14 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sam Jones	Mike Muscala
Season	1957-58	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Sam Jones	56	10.6	4.6	-	-	2.9	0.7	-	-	-	0.8	1.8	4.2	.429	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.714
Mike Muscala	20	10.8	3.8	0.9	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.6	1.5	1.6	3.7	.425	0.0	0.2	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	8	9.4	3.9	-	-	3.0	0.5	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	2.8	.455	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.688
Mike Muscala	2	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Sam Jones	Mike Muscala
Season	1958-59	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
Sam Jones	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
Mike Muscala	40	12.6	4.9	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.3	2.1	3.8	.550	0.2	0.6	.409	0.6	0.6	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	11	17.5	10.3	-	-	5.7	1.5	-	-	-	1.3	3.6	9.8	.370	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.846
Mike Muscala	10	10.2	4.2	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.3	2.0	3.3	.606	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Sam Jones	Mike Muscala
Season	1959-60	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Sam Jones	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
Mike Muscala	60	9.4	3.3	0.6	1.3	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.2	1.3	2.5	.500	0.2	0.7	.308	0.5	0.7	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	13	15.2	8.2	-	-	3.2	1.4	-	-	-	1.2	3.5	9.0	.385	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.810
Mike Muscala	9	7.4	2.7	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.1	2.2	.500	0.2	0.7	.333	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 4
	Sam Jones	Mike Muscala
Season	1960-61	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Sam Jones	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
Mike Muscala	70	17.7	6.2	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.4	2.4	4.8	.504	0.7	1.6	.418	0.7	0.9	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	10	25.8	13.1	-	-	5.4	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	5.0	11.2	.446	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.886
Mike Muscala	6	13.5	2.8	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	2.0	0.8	3.0	.278	0.0	0.7	.000	1.2	1.3	.875


Season 5
	Sam Jones	Mike Muscala
Season	1961-62	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	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		%
Sam Jones	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818
Mike Muscala	53	20.0	7.6	1.1	3.3	4.3	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.8	1.5	2.7	5.9	.458	1.2	3.2	.371	1.1	1.2	.919

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	14	36.0	20.6	-	-	7.1	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.700
Mike Muscala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Sam Jones	Mike Muscala
Season	1962-63	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Sam Jones	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
Mike Muscala	64	20.4	7.0	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.2	0.3	0.6	0.8	2.0	2.3	5.6	.402	1.4	4.0	.348	1.1	1.3	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	13	34.6	23.8	-	-	6.2	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	9.2	19.1	.484	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.831
Mike Muscala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Sam Jones	Mike Muscala
Season	1963-64	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder 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		%
Sam Jones	76	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783
Mike Muscala	47	12.2	4.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.2	1.6	4.0	.407	1.1	3.0	.378	0.4	0.5	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	10	35.6	23.2	-	-	4.7	2.3	-	-	-	2.4	9.1	18.0	.506	-	-	-	5.0	6.8	.735
Mike Muscala	2	10.0	1.5	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Sam Jones	Mike Muscala
Season	1964-65	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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		%
Sam Jones	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820
Mike Muscala	35	18.4	9.7	0.5	3.2	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.5	3.4	7.6	.446	1.9	5.3	.370	0.9	1.0	.917

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	12	41.3	28.6	-	-	4.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	11.3	24.5	.459	-	-	-	6.1	7.0	.869
Mike Muscala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Sam Jones	Mike Muscala
Season	1965-66	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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		%
Sam Jones	67	32.2	23.5	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.5	9.3	19.9	.469	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.799
Mike Muscala	43	13.8	8.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.6	5.8	.456	1.6	3.8	.429	1.1	1.3	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	17	35.4	24.8	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.1	20.2	.449	-	-	-	6.7	8.0	.838
Mike Muscala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Sam Jones	Mike Muscala
Season	1966-67	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Celtics 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		%
Sam Jones	72	32.3	22.1	-	-	4.7	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	8.9	19.5	.454	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.857
Mike Muscala	63	15.0	6.1	0.6	2.6	3.2	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.6	.449	1.3	3.3	.391	0.6	0.8	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	9	36.2	26.7	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	23.0	.459	-	-	-	5.6	6.4	.862
Mike Muscala	6	3.5	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	0.5	0.7	.750


Season 11
	Sam Jones	Mike Muscala
Season	1967-68	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	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		%
Sam Jones	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827
Mike Muscala	53	11.3	3.0	0.7	1.6	2.4	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.0	1.1	2.9	.359	0.5	1.8	.292	0.3	0.5	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	19	36.1	20.5	-	-	3.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	8.5	19.3	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.786
Mike Muscala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Sam Jones	Mike Muscala
Season	1968-69	-
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		%
Sam Jones	70	26.0	16.3	-	-	3.8	2.6	-	-	-	1.7	7.1	15.8	.450	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783
Mike Muscala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797
Mike Muscala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sam Jones vs. Mike Muscala Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Muscala and Sam Jones, 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