Lloyd Neal Explained

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:
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]

Career statistics

Regular season

|-| 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

Regular season

|-| 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

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Notes and References

  1. News: Arnold . Geoffrey . Uthman, Daniel . The 1976-77 NBA champion Portland Trail Blazers: 30 years later . OregonLive.com . 2007-06-04 . 2007-06-04 .