1970-1971 Phoenix Suns: 48-34 .585
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 27-14 (4741 points scored, 4524 allowed) Road record: 18-20 (4244 points scored, 4341 allowed) Other sites: 3-0 (348 points scored, 312 allowed) Head Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons 9333 points scored (9th of 17 teams), 9177 points allowed (7th) NBA Averages: 112.4 points/game (9218.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Mel Counts 7'0 230 29 Oregon State Lamar Green 6'7 210 23 Morehead State Art Harris 6'4 185 23 Stanford Clem Haskins 6'3 195 27 Western Kentucky Connie Hawkins 6'8 210 28 Iowa Greg Howard 6'9 215 22 New Mexico Paul Silas 6'7 220 27 Creighton Fred Taylor 6'5 180 22 Texas - Pan American Joe Thomas 6'5 205 22 Marquette Dick Van Arsdale 6'4 210 27 Indiana Neal Walk 6'10 220 22 Florida John Wetzel 6'5 190 26 Virginia Tech Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Dick Van Arsdale 81 3157 609 1346 0 0 553 682 0 0 316 329 0 0 0 246 1771 21.9 F Connie Hawkins 71 2662 512 1181 0 0 457 560 0 0 643 322 0 0 0 197 1481 20.9 G Clem Haskins 82 2764 562 1277 0 0 338 431 0 0 324 383 0 0 0 207 1462 17.8 C Neal Walk 82 2033 426 945 0 0 205 268 0 0 674 117 0 0 0 282 1057 12.9 F Paul Silas 81 2944 338 789 0 0 285 416 0 0 1015 247 0 0 0 227 961 11.9 C Mel Counts 80 1669 365 799 0 0 149 198 0 0 503 136 0 0 0 279 879 11.0 G Art Harris 56 952 199 484 0 0 69 113 0 0 100 132 0 0 0 137 467 8.3 F Lamar Green 68 1326 167 369 0 0 64 106 0 0 466 53 0 0 0 202 398 5.9 G John Wetzel 70 1091 124 288 0 0 83 101 0 0 153 114 0 0 0 156 331 4.7 G Fred Taylor 54 552 110 284 0 0 78 125 0 0 86 51 0 0 0 113 298 5.5 F Greg Howard 44 426 68 173 0 0 37 58 0 0 119 26 0 0 0 67 173 3.9 F Joe Thomas 39 204 23 86 0 0 9 20 0 0 43 17 0 0 0 19 55 1.4
1970 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 10 Greg Howard 92 New Mexico
2 27 Fred Taylor 88 Texas-Pan American
2 29 Joe DePre 119 St. John's [pick acquired from PHI]
3 44 Greg McDivitt Ohio
3 48 Vann Williford 38 North Carolina State [pick acquired from ATL]
4 61 Bob Lienhard Georgia
5 78 John Canine Ohio
6 95 Joe Thomas 39 Marquette
7 112 Heyward Dotson Columbia
8 129 Steve Patterson 350 UCLA
9 146 Carl Ashley Wyoming
10 163 Gerhardus Schreur Arizona State
11 178 Jim Walls Clark
12 190 Ric Cobb Marquette
13 200 Fred Carpenter Hawaii
14 210 Chad Calabria Iowa
15 219 Walt Williams Miami (OH)
Traded draft picks:
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/15/1970 vs Boston Celtics W 119-100 1-0 10/17/1970 vs Detroit Pistons L 107-110 1-1 10/20/1970 at San Diego Rockets L 114-115 1-2 10/21/1970 at Seattle Supersonics L 106-110 1-3 10/23/1970 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 108-104 2-3 10/25/1970 vs San Diego Rockets W 117-98 3-3 10/28/1970 vs Chicago Bulls L 105-118 3-4 10/30/1970 at Boston Celtics L 112-127 3-5 10/31/1970 at Baltimore Bullets L 103-106 3-6 11/02/1970 vs Buffalo Braves W 110-102 4-6 11/04/1970 at Cincinnati Royals W 133-115 5-6 11/06/1970 at Chicago Bulls W 105-102 6-6 11/07/1970 at Atlanta Hawks W 107-100 7-6 11/08/1970 at Milwaukee Bucks L 105-125 7-7 11/11/1970 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 114-100 8-7 11/13/1970 vs Cincinnati Royals W 115-109 9-7 11/15/1970 vs Detroit Pistons W 108-104 10-7 11/17/1970 at New York Knicks L 100-103 10-8 11/19/1970 at Detroit Pistons L 110-112 10-9 11/20/1970 at Baltimore Bullets L 110-121 10-10 11/21/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers W 125-119 11-10 11/22/1970 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 114-99 12-10 11/24/1970 at Buffalo Braves L 106-112 12-11 11/26/1970 vs Seattle Supersonics W 126-115 13-11 11/27/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers W 116-105 14-11 11/28/1970 vs San Diego Rockets L 116-117 14-12 12/02/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks W 126-112 15-12 12/04/1970 at Portland Trail Blazers W 126-121 16-12 12/05/1970 at San Francisco Warriors W 105-100 17-12 12/06/1970 vs San Diego Rockets W 108-102 18-12 12/08/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 112-121 18-13 12/11/1970 at San Diego Rockets L 104-110 18-14 12/12/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 113-111 19-14 12/15/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors L 123-129 19-15 12/17/1970 vs Detroit Pistons W 117-114 20-15 12/19/1970 at Seattle Supersonics L 131-135 20-16 12/20/1970 vs New York Knicks L 118-133 20-17 12/22/1970 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 129-133 20-18 12/25/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks W 127-115 21-18 12/26/1970 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 115-103 22-18 12/27/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 110-128 22-19 12/30/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 132-114 23-19 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/02/1971 at San Francisco Warriors W 122-116 24-19 01/03/1971 vs San Francisco Warriors W 102-81 25-19 01/08/1971 at Boston Celtics L 114-122 25-20 01/09/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers L 112-123 25-21 01/10/1971 at Atlanta Hawks W 116-105 26-21 01/14/1971 vs New York Knicks W 107-88 27-21 01/16/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets W 117-100 28-21 01/18/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 118-99 29-21 01/20/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals L 114-126 29-22 01/22/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 116-117 29-23 01/24/1971 vs Chicago Bulls W 113-112 30-23 01/26/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 114-82 31-23 01/28/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 118-112 32-23 01/29/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers W 131-122 33-23 01/30/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics W 134-116 34-23 02/04/1971 vs San Francisco Warriors L 105-117 34-24 02/06/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 119-91 35-24 02/08/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 94-118 35-25 02/09/1971 at Baltimore Bullets W 120-115 36-25 02/12/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 114-105 37-25 02/13/1971 at New York Knicks L 97-114 37-26 02/14/1971 at Buffalo Braves W 108-97 38-26 02/16/1971 at Boston Celtics W 119-116 39-26 02/17/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 133-117 40-26 02/19/1971 vs Boston Celtics W 116-112 41-26 02/21/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 97-125 41-27 02/26/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers W 108-94 42-27 02/27/1971 at Detroit Pistons W 124-117 43-27 03/03/1971 vs Chicago Bulls W 115-90 44-27 03/07/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets L 108-117 44-28 03/09/1971 at Detroit Pistons W 114-108 45-28 03/10/1971 at Atlanta Hawks L 98-139 45-29 03/12/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 92-116 45-30 03/13/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 99-111 45-31 03/14/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks W 125-113 46-31 03/16/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 111-119 46-32 03/18/1971 vs New York Knicks L 123-131 46-33 03/19/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers W 111-106 47-33 03/20/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics W 114-107 48-33 03/21/1971 at San Diego Rockets L 114-132 48-34 |