Lloyd Neal | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 7 |
Weight Lb: | 225 |
Birth Date: | 10 December 1950 |
Birth Place: | Talbotton, Georgia |
Nationality: | American |
High School: | Talbotton (Talbotton, Georgia) |
College: | Tennessee State (1968–1972) |
Draft Year: | 1972 |
Draft Round: | 3 |
Draft Pick: | 31 |
Draft Team: | Portland Trail Blazers |
Career Start: | 1972 |
Career End: | 1979 |
Career Position: | Center / power forward |
Career Number: | 36 |
Years1: | – |
Team1: | Portland Trail Blazers |
Highlights: |
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Stat1label: | Points |
Stat1value: | 4,846 (11.1 ppg) |
Stat2label: | Rebounds |
Stat2value: | 3,370 (7.7 rpg) |
Stat3label: | Assists |
Stat3value: | 632 (1.5 apg) |
Bbr: | nealll01 |
Lloyd Neal (born December 10, 1950) is an American former professional basketball player born in Talbotton, Georgia.
A 6'7" center/forward from Tennessee State University, Neal spent his entire professional career (1972 - 1979) with the National Basketball Association's Portland Trail Blazers. Though undersized for his position, he endeared himself to fans with his hard work and tenacity, and he averaged a double-double (13.4 points, 11.8 rebounds) during the 1972–73 NBA season. After his career was cut short by a knee injury in 1979, the Blazers retired his #36 jersey. He finished college in 1980 and moved on to a long career with the Internal Revenue Service in Portland before retiring. [1]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Portland| style="background:#cfecec;"|82* || || 33.2 || .494 || || .638 || 11.8 || 1.8 || || || 13.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Portland| 80 || || 19.0 || .490 || || .696 || 6.2 || 1.1 || .6 || .9 || 7.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Portland| 82 || || 27.8 || .471 || || .641 || 8.4 || 1.7 || .5 || 1.1 || 12.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Portland| 68 || || 34.1 || .481 || || .694 || 8.6 || 1.7 || .8 || 1.6 || 15.5|-| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"| †| style="text-align:left;"| Portland| 58 || || 16.5 || .471 || || .675 || 4.4 || 1.0 || .1 || .6 || 6.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Portland| 61 || || 19.2 || .504 || || .718 || 6.1 || 1.3 || .5 || .3 || 11.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Portland| 4 || || 12.0 || .364 || || 1.000 || 2.3 || .3 || .0 || .3 || 2.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 435 || || 25.3 || .485 || || .672 || 7.7 || 1.5 || .5 || .9 || 11.1
|-| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"| 1977†| style="text-align:left;"| Portland| style="background:#cfecec;"|19* || || 10.8 || .476 || || .654 || 3.7 || .9 || .1 || .4 || 4.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1978| style="text-align:left;"| Portland| 3 || || 15.7 || .333 || || 1.000 || 3.7 || .7 || .0 || 1.3 || 5.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 22 || || 11.5 || .440 || || .667 || 3.7 || .9 || .1 || .5 || 4.2