1971-1972 Phoenix Suns: 49-33 .598
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 30-11 (4811 points scored, 4377 allowed) Road record: 19-20 (4503 points scored, 4478 allowed) Other sites: 0-2 (220 points scored, 228 allowed) Head Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons 9534 points scored (2nd of 17 teams), 9083 points allowed (8th) NBA Averages: 110.2 points/game (9036.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Mel Counts 7'0 230 30 Oregon State Lamar Green 6'7 210 24 Morehead State Art Harris 6'4 185 24 Stanford Clem Haskins 6'3 195 28 Western Kentucky Connie Hawkins 6'8 210 29 Iowa Mo Layton 6'1 180 23 Southern California Otto Moore 6'11 205 25 Texas - Pan American Charlie Scott 6'5 175 23 North Carolina Paul Silas 6'7 220 28 Creighton Fred Taylor 6'5 180 23 Texas - Pan American Dick Van Arsdale 6'4 210 28 Indiana Neal Walk 6'10 220 23 Florida Jeff Webb 6'4 170 23 Kansas State John Wetzel 6'5 190 27 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 82 3096 545 1178 0 0 529 626 0 0 334 297 0 0 0 232 1619 19.7 F Connie Hawkins 76 2798 571 1244 0 0 456 565 0 0 633 296 0 0 0 235 1598 21.0 F Paul Silas 80 3082 485 1031 0 0 433 560 0 0 955 343 0 0 0 201 1403 17.5 C Neal Walk 81 2142 506 1057 0 0 256 344 0 0 665 151 0 0 0 295 1268 15.7 G Clem Haskins 79 2453 509 1054 0 0 220 258 0 0 270 290 0 0 0 194 1238 15.7 G Mo Layton 80 1849 304 717 0 0 122 165 0 0 164 247 0 0 0 219 730 9.1 C Otto Moore 81 1624 260 597 0 0 94 156 0 0 540 88 0 0 0 212 614 7.6 C Mel Counts 76 906 147 344 0 0 101 140 0 0 257 96 0 0 0 159 395 5.2 F Lamar Green 67 991 133 298 0 0 66 90 0 0 348 45 0 0 0 134 332 5.0 G Charlie Scott 6 177 48 113 0 0 17 21 0 0 23 26 0 0 0 19 113 18.8 G John Wetzel 51 419 31 82 0 0 24 30 0 0 65 56 0 0 0 71 86 1.7 G Jeff Webb 27 129 31 65 0 0 5 10 0 0 17 16 0 0 0 21 67 2.5 G Art Harris 21 145 23 70 0 0 9 21 0 0 13 18 0 0 0 26 55 2.6 G Fred Taylor 13 69 6 27 0 0 4 13 0 0 17 7 0 0 0 8 16 1.2
1971 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 14 John Roche 162 South Carolina
3 48 Dennis Layton 264 USC
4 65 Walt Szerbiak 53 George Washington
5 82 Ken Gardner 9 Utah
5 84 Bob Kissane Holy Cross [pick acquired from NYK]
6 99 William Graham Kentucky State
7 116 Ralph Brateris Trenton State
8 133 Vernell Ellzy Florida State
9 149 Mike Johnson Kansas State
10 165 Tom Newell Hawaii
11 179 Paul Leitz Western Carolina
12 192 Floyd Mason Alcorn A&M
13 204 Ron Dorsey 1 Tennessee State
14 213 Ken Booker UCLA
15 222 Curtis Carter Bishop
Traded draft picks:
#2 to CHI (Howard Porter)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/14/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 97-110 0-1 10/16/1971 vs Houston Rockets W 128-108 1-1 10/22/1971 vs Detroit Pistons L 109-116 1-2 10/24/1971 vs Chicago Bulls L 104-105 1-3 10/26/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 126-99 2-3 10/29/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers W 137-135 3-3 10/30/1971 at Baltimore Bullets L 94-101 3-4 11/02/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 101-108 3-5 11/03/1971 at Buffalo Braves W 100-98 4-5 11/05/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 107-87 5-5 11/06/1971 at Cincinnati Royals L 95-110 5-6 11/09/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 113-118 5-7 11/12/1971 vs Boston Celtics W 128-119 6-7 11/14/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 119-105 7-7 11/16/1971 at New York Knicks L 111-112 7-8 11/17/1971 at Boston Celtics L 121-140 7-9 11/18/1971 at Detroit Pistons L 126-128 7-10 11/20/1971 at Atlanta Hawks L 109-115 7-11 11/23/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 128-107 8-11 11/25/1971 vs Detroit Pistons W 122-103 9-11 11/28/1971 at Houston Rockets W 116-110 10-11 11/30/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers W 121-111 11-11 12/01/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 139-103 12-11 12/04/1971 at Golden State Warriors W 128-92 13-11 12/05/1971 vs Golden State Warriors W 120-87 14-11 12/09/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks W 135-115 15-11 12/10/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 117-126 15-12 12/11/1971 vs Houston Rockets L 110-111 15-13 12/14/1971 at New York Knicks W 110-100 16-13 12/15/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 127-108 17-13 12/17/1971 vs Detroit Pistons W 123-102 18-13 12/18/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 106-132 18-14 12/19/1971 at Seattle Supersonics L 127-130 18-15 12/21/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 124-119 19-15 12/23/1971 vs Chicago Bulls L 108-117 19-16 12/25/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics W 116-86 20-16 12/29/1971 at Houston Rockets W 124-106 21-16 12/30/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 123-102 22-16 01/01/1972 vs Boston Celtics W 114-104 23-16 01/02/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks L 111-116 23-17 01/04/1972 at Chicago Bulls W 112-108 24-17 01/07/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 123-110 25-17 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/08/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers L 119-130 25-18 01/09/1972 at Baltimore Bullets L 103-109 25-19 01/11/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks W 115-114 26-19 01/14/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 117-107 27-19 01/15/1972 at Seattle Supersonics L 110-118 27-20 01/16/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets L 104-107 27-21 01/20/1972 vs New York Knicks W 130-109 28-21 01/21/1972 at Seattle Supersonics W 128-113 29-21 01/22/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 116-102 30-21 01/25/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 119-129 30-22 01/28/1972 vs Chicago Bulls L 102-116 30-23 01/29/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 100-111 30-24 01/30/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 105-103 31-24 02/01/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 129-117 32-24 02/02/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 103-106 32-25 02/04/1972 vs Golden State Warriors W 113-105 33-25 02/05/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 118-117 34-25 02/06/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 107-94 35-25 02/08/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 120-108 36-25 02/10/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets W 131-98 37-25 02/12/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals W 117-95 38-25 02/16/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 110-109 39-25 02/18/1972 vs Boston Celtics W 126-115 40-25 02/20/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 121-107 41-25 02/22/1972 at Boston Celtics L 103-114 41-26 02/23/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 118-120 41-27 02/25/1972 at Chicago Bulls L 107-115 41-28 02/26/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 117-119 41-29 02/27/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 127-125 42-29 03/01/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets L 90-95 42-30 03/05/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 131-103 43-30 03/07/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 129-121 44-30 03/08/1972 at Cincinnati Royals L 105-122 44-31 03/11/1972 at New York Knicks W 110-106 45-31 03/15/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 110-106 46-31 03/17/1972 vs New York Knicks W 111-106 47-31 03/18/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 116-134 47-32 03/21/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 160-128 48-32 03/24/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 110-112 48-33 03/25/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 118-99 49-33 |