| 33 || 19 || 27.5 || .487 || .000 || .753 || 6.9 || 1.5 || .8 || 1.7 || 11.2 |- |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career | 920 || 795 || 33.4 || .546 || .145 || .755 || 8.0 || 2.6 || .9 || 2.2 || 17.1 |-class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan="2"| All-Star | 3 || 0 || 14.7 || .714 || .000 || .750 || 4.7 || .7 || .7 || 1.3 || 11.0 Playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1982 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 7 || 0 || 18.3 || .610 || .000 || .500 || 4.6 || 1.0 || 1.4 || 1.6 || 7.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1983 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 3 || 0 || 34.3 || .400 || .000 || .800 || 8.3 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 2.0 || 12.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1984 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 17 || 0 || 37.2 || .590 || .000 || .671 || 8.7 || 2.4 || .9 || 2.0 || 16.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1988 | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 5 || 5 || 40.0 || .531 || .000 || .889 || 7.2 || 3.6 || .4 || 2.2 || 16.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1989 | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 5 || 5 || 39.0 || .551 || .000 || .656 || 7.8 || 3.2 || .6 || 2.4 || 19.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1990 | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 5 || 5 || 31.8 || .578 || .000 || .750 || 4.8 || 2.4 || .6 || 2.0 || 12.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1992 | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 17 || 17 || 40.1 || .494 || .000 || .829 || 9.2 || 2.5 || .8 || 2.7 || 18.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1993 | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 9 || 9 || 36.6 || .565 || .000 || .767 || 8.2 || 2.3 || .9 || 1.6 || 16.1 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career | 68 || 41 || 35.7 || .541 || .000 || .742 || 7.9 || 2.4 || .9 || 2.1 || 15.7 Personal life Nance's son, Larry Nance Jr., played college basketball for Wyoming before being selected with the 27th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. He played two and a half seasons with the Lakers before being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in February 2018. Nance granted the Cavaliers permission to let his son