Tom Heinsohn vs. George Lynch Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Lynch and Tom Heinsohn, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Tom Heinsohn played 9 years in the NBA, 3 less than George Lynch, who played 12. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while George Lynch had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tom Heinsohn	George Lynch
Season	1956-57	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
George Lynch	71	24.8	9.6	3.1	2.7	5.8	1.4	1.4	0.4	1.2	2.5	4.1	8.1	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.3	.596
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	37.0	22.9	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	23.1	.390	-	-	-	4.9	6.9	.710
George Lynch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	George Lynch
Season	1958-59	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
George Lynch	76	13.3	3.8	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.5	3.6	.430	0.1	0.2	.308	0.7	1.1	.663
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.6	19.9	-	-	8.9	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.3	20.0	.414	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	.661
George Lynch	2	7.5	2.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	George Lynch
Season	1959-60	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Vancouver Grizzlies
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
George Lynch	41	25.8	8.3	2.4	4.0	6.4	1.9	1.5	0.4	1.6	2.4	3.3	7.1	.471	0.2	0.8	.258	1.5	2.4	.619
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	13	32.5	21.8	-	-	9.7	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	8.6	20.5	.419	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.750
George Lynch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	George Lynch
Season	1960-61	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Vancouver Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
George Lynch	82	18.2	7.5	1.8	2.6	4.4	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.3	2.0	3.0	6.3	.481	0.1	0.4	.300	1.4	1.9	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	29.1	19.7	-	-	9.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.2	20.1	.408	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.767
George Lynch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	George Lynch
Season	1961-62	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
George Lynch	43	30.6	8.3	2.6	3.9	6.5	1.8	2.0	0.5	1.8	3.3	3.4	8.1	.421	0.2	0.5	.391	1.2	2.0	.631
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	14	31.8	20.7	-	-	8.2	2.4	-	-	-	4.1	8.3	20.8	.399	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.763
George Lynch	8	31.1	9.0	3.5	3.1	6.6	2.0	2.3	0.3	1.6	3.8	3.6	8.1	.446	0.3	0.8	.333	1.5	2.1	.706

Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	George Lynch
Season	1962-63	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
George Lynch	75	32.2	9.6	2.9	4.9	7.8	1.8	1.6	0.5	1.6	3.1	4.0	8.6	.461	0.2	0.5	.417	1.5	2.4	.617
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	13	31.8	24.7	-	-	8.9	1.2	-	-	-	4.2	9.5	20.8	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.765
George Lynch	10	29.4	5.9	2.6	4.5	7.1	1.4	0.9	0.5	0.8	3.3	2.2	6.5	.338	0.1	0.7	.143	1.4	1.8	.778

Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	George Lynch
Season	1963-64	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost NBA 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
George Lynch	82	32.3	8.4	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.7	1.2	0.4	1.3	2.7	3.3	7.5	.445	0.2	0.7	.263	1.5	2.1	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	30.8	17.4	-	-	8.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.6	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.810
George Lynch	10	22.1	5.7	2.0	3.1	5.1	1.2	1.3	0.2	1.3	3.0	2.4	5.0	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.643

Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	George Lynch
Season	1964-65	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
George Lynch	45	19.8	3.8	1.6	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.7	1.6	4.4	.369	0.0	0.1	.167	0.6	0.9	.625
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	12	23.0	12.7	-	-	7.0	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	15.1	.365	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625
George Lynch	9	31.9	7.7	3.6	4.9	8.4	1.6	1.1	0.7	1.1	2.9	3.2	6.6	.492	0.2	0.7	.333	1.0	1.4	.692