Bob Cousy vs. Maurice Lucas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Maurice Lucas and Bob Cousy, 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.

Bob Cousy played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Maurice Lucas, who played 12. Bob Cousy had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, 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
Bob Cousy	14	13	1950-51 to 1969-70
Maurice Lucas	12	9	1976-77 to 1987-88

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob Cousy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1950-51	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Bob Cousy	69	-	15.6	-	-	6.9	4.9	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	16.5	.352	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.756
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		%
Bob Cousy	2	-	14.0	-	-	7.5	6.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	21.0	.214	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	.833
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
	Bob Cousy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1951-52	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Bob Cousy	66	40.6	21.7	-	-	6.4	6.7	-	-	-	2.9	7.8	21.0	.369	-	-	-	6.2	7.7	.808
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		%
Bob Cousy	3	46.0	31.0	-	-	4.0	6.3	-	-	-	4.3	8.7	21.7	.400	-	-	-	13.7	14.7	.932
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
	Bob Cousy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1952-53	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Bob Cousy	71	41.5	19.8	-	-	6.3	7.7	-	-	-	3.2	6.5	18.6	.352	-	-	-	6.7	8.3	.816
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		%
Bob Cousy	6	45.0	25.5	-	-	4.2	6.2	-	-	-	3.5	7.7	20.0	.383	-	-	-	10.2	12.2	.836
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
	Bob Cousy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1953-54	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Bob Cousy	72	39.7	19.2	-	-	5.5	7.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.8	17.5	.385	-	-	-	5.7	7.3	.787
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		%
Bob Cousy	6	43.3	21.0	-	-	5.3	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.5	19.3	.284	-	-	-	10.0	12.5	.800
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bob Cousy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1954-55	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Bob Cousy	71	38.7	21.2	-	-	6.0	7.8	-	-	-	2.3	7.4	18.5	.397	-	-	-	6.5	8.0	.807
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		%
Bob Cousy	7	42.7	21.7	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	3.7	7.6	19.9	.381	-	-	-	6.6	6.9	.958
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bob Cousy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1955-56	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Bob Cousy	72	38.4	18.8	-	-	6.8	8.9	-	-	-	2.9	6.1	17.0	.360	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.844
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		%
Bob Cousy	3	41.3	26.3	-	-	8.0	8.7	-	-	-	1.3	9.3	18.7	.500	-	-	-	7.7	8.3	.920
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Bob Cousy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1956-57	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Cousy	64	36.9	20.6	-	-	4.8	7.5	-	-	-	2.1	7.5	19.8	.378	-	-	-	5.7	6.9	.821
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		%
Bob Cousy	10	44.0	20.2	-	-	6.1	9.3	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	20.7	.324	-	-	-	6.8	9.1	.747
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
	Bob Cousy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1957-58	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Bob Cousy	65	34.2	18.0	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	2.1	6.8	19.4	.353	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.850
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		%
Bob Cousy	11	41.5	18.0	-	-	6.5	7.5	-	-	-	1.8	6.1	17.8	.342	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.853
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
	Bob Cousy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1958-59	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Cousy	65	37.0	20.0	-	-	5.5	8.6	-	-	-	2.1	7.4	19.4	.384	-	-	-	5.1	5.9	.855
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		%
Bob Cousy	11	41.8	19.5	-	-	6.9	10.8	-	-	-	2.5	6.5	20.1	.326	-	-	-	6.4	8.5	.745
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
	Bob Cousy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1959-60	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Cousy	75	34.5	19.4	-	-	4.7	9.5	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	19.7	.384	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.792
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		%
Bob Cousy	13	36.0	15.3	-	-	3.7	8.9	-	-	-	2.1	6.2	20.2	.305	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.765
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
	Bob Cousy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1960-61	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Cousy	76	32.5	18.1	-	-	4.4	7.7	-	-	-	2.6	6.8	18.2	.371	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.779
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		%
Bob Cousy	10	33.7	16.7	-	-	4.3	9.1	-	-	-	3.3	5.0	14.7	.340	-	-	-	6.7	8.8	.761
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
	Bob Cousy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1961-62	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Cousy	75	28.2	15.7	-	-	3.5	7.8	-	-	-	1.8	6.2	15.7	.391	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.754
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		%
Bob Cousy	14	33.9	16.0	-	-	4.6	8.8	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	17.2	.357	-	-	-	3.7	5.4	.684
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


Season 13
	Bob Cousy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1962-63	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Bob Cousy	76	26.0	13.2	-	-	2.5	6.8	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	13.0	.397	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.735
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	13	30.2	14.1	-	-	2.5	8.9	-	-	-	3.4	5.5	15.7	.353	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	.830
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bob Cousy didn't play in 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68 and 1968-69.


Season 14
	Bob Cousy	Maurice Lucas
Season	1969-70	-
Team	Cincinnati Royals	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Bob Cousy	7	4.9	0.7	-	-	0.7	1.4	-	-	-	1.6	0.1	0.4	.333	-	-	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Cousy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bob Cousy vs. Maurice Lucas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Maurice Lucas and Bob Cousy, 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

Season 13

Season 14