Lucius Allen

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Lucius Allen
Kansas City Kings
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points
9,407 (13.4 ppg)
Rebounds2,205 (3.1 rpg)
Assists3,174 (4.5 apg)
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Lucius Oliver Allen, Jr. (born September 26, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player. He is one of only a select few players to have won at least one high school state championship, collegiate national championship, and NBA championship.

Early life

Allen was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas, and played basketball for Wyandotte High School. During this time, he was a prep All-American player under head coach Walter Shublom and was named consensus first-team all-state as a junior and senior as he led Wyandotte to back-to-back Class AA state championships in 1964 and 1965.

College career

During his freshman year, Allen scored the very first points ever scored in

NCAA Championship while playing alongside Abdul-Jabbar. He was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team and was selected as a second-team All-American
.

Professional career

Following his junior year, Allen entered the

Kansas City Kings
, winning the division championship in 1979, and retired from basketball after that season.

Allen played 10 years in the NBA for four teams. His highest scoring average was 19.1 points per game, during the 1974–75 season.[2] Part of the way through that season he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers after playing with the Milwaukee Bucks since the 1970–71 season.

Later life

After finishing his basketball career, which included a high school state championship, college national championship, and an NBA championship, Allen turned his attention to coaching aspiring players in the Los Angeles area.[3]

Legacy and awards

In 1999,

Pac-12 Conference men's basketball Hall of Honor on March 16, 2013.[5]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Source[6]

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1969–70 Seattle 81 22.4 .442 .731 2.6 4.2 — — 9.8
1970–71† Milwaukee 61 19.0 .447 .700 2.5 2.6 — — 7.1
1971–72 Milwaukee 80 29.0 .505 .764 3.2 4.2 — — 13.5
1972–73
Milwaukee
 80 33.7 .484 .715 3.5 5.3 — — 15.5
1973–74
Milwaukee
 72 33.2 .495 .788 4.0 5.2 1.9 0.3 17.6
1974–75 Milwaukee 10 34.2 .415 .838 3.1 5.3 1.4 0.1 16.7
1974–75
L.A. Lakers
 56 35.9 .440 .770 4.4 5.7 2.2 0.5 19.5
1975–76
L.A. Lakers
 76 31.4 .459 .776 2.8 4.7 1.3 0.3 14.7
1976–77 L.A. Lakers 78 31.8 .456 .774 3.2 5.2 1.5 0.2 14.6
1977–78 Kansas City 77 27.9 .441 .791 3.0 4.7 1.2 0.4 11.9
1978–79 Kansas City 31 13.3 .397 .576 1.5 1.4 0.7 0.2 5.1
Career 702 28.7 .463 .760 3.1 4.5 1.5 0.3 13.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1971† Milwaukee 14 22.3 .506 .714 2.9 3.7 — — 7.3
1972 Milwaukee 11 35.1 .470 .759 3.5 3.8 — — 17.9
1973
Milwaukee
 6 33.8 .404 .786 2.7 3.5 — — 15.7
1977 L.A. Lakers 7 26.6 .390 .684 4.6 3.4 1.6 0.4 11.0
1979 Kansas City 5 14.6 .469 1.000 1.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 7.2
Playoffs 43 27.0 .449 .756 3.1 3.3 1.1 0.3 11.8

References

  1. ^ "Milwaukee Bucks at Detroit Pistons Box Score, January 2, 1974".
  2. ^ Lucius Allen. NBA.com.
  3. ^ "Train with Lucius, a Basketball coach on CoachUp".
  4. ^ "RANKED: The Best Basketball Player of All-Time From Each State".
  5. ^ "Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor to induct 2012-13 class".
  6. Basketball Reference
    . Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

External links

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