1975-1976 Phoenix Suns: 42-40 .512
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 27-14 (4495 points scored, 4223 allowed) Road record: 15-26 (4125 points scored, 4347 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 27-14 (4495 points scored, 4223 allowed) Road record: 15-26 (4125 points scored, 4347 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Head Coach: John MacLeod 8620 points scored (8th of 18 teams), 8570 points allowed (8th) NBA Averages: 104.3 points/game (8556.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Alvan Adams 6'9 210 21 Oklahoma Dennis Awtrey 6'10 235 27 Santa Clara Mike Bantom 6'9 200 24 St. Joseph's Keith Erickson 6'5 195 31 UCLA Nate Hawthorne 6'4 190 25 Southern Illinois Garfield Heard 6'6 219 27 Oklahoma Phil Lumpkin 6'0 165 24 Miami Curtis Perry 6'7 220 27 Southwest Missouri State Pat Riley 6'4 205 30 Kentucky Fred Saunders 6'7 210 24 Syracuse John Shumate 6'9 235 23 Notre Dame Ricky Sobers 6'3 198 22 Nevada - Las Vegas Dick Van Arsdale 6'4 210 32 Indiana Paul Westphal 6'4 195 25 Southern California John Wetzel 6'5 190 31 Virginia TechTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Paul Westphal 82 2960 657 1329 0 0 365 440 74 185 259 440 210 38 0 218 1679 20.5 C Alvan Adams 80 2656 629 1341 0 0 261 355 215 512 727 450 121 116 0 274 1519 19.0 F Curtis Perry 71 2353 386 776 0 0 175 239 197 487 684 182 84 66 0 269 947 13.3 G Dick Van Arsdale 58 1870 276 570 0 0 195 235 39 98 137 140 52 11 0 113 747 12.9 F Keith Erickson 74 1850 305 649 0 0 134 157 106 226 332 185 79 6 0 196 744 10.1 G Ricky Sobers 78 1898 280 623 0 0 158 192 80 179 259 215 106 7 0 253 718 9.2 F John Shumate 43 930 186 338 0 0 115 183 61 179 240 62 44 16 0 76 487 11.3 G Nate Hawthorne 79 1144 182 423 0 0 115 170 86 123 209 46 33 15 0 147 479 6.1 F Garfield Heard 36 1220 185 409 0 0 76 113 109 249 358 64 51 41 0 120 446 12.4 C Dennis Awtrey 74 1376 142 304 0 0 75 109 93 200 293 159 21 22 0 153 359 4.9 G Pat Riley 60 790 112 288 0 0 54 74 15 32 47 57 21 5 0 107 278 4.6 G Phil Lumpkin 34 370 22 65 0 0 26 30 7 16 23 48 15 0 0 26 70 2.1 G John Wetzel 37 249 22 46 0 0 20 24 8 30 38 19 9 3 0 30 64 1.7 F Fred Saunders 17 146 28 64 0 0 6 11 11 26 37 13 5 1 0 23 62 3.6 F Mike Bantom 7 68 8 26 0 0 5 5 7 16 23 3 2 2 0 13 21 3.0
1975 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 4 Alvan Adams 988 Oklahoma
1 16 Ricky Sobers 821 Nevada-Las Vegas [pick acquired from BUF]
2 35 Allen Murphy 2 29 Louisville [pick acquired from WAS]
2 36 Jimmy Conner 24 Kentucky [pick acquired from BOS]
3 54 Bayard Forrest 139 Grand Canyon [pick acquired from WAS]
4 58 Sam McCants Oral Roberts
5 76 Joe Pace 79 Coppin State
6 94 Buff Burrell USC
7 112 Dave Edmunds Western Georgia
8 130 Jack Schrader Arizona State
9 147 Owen Brown Maryland
10 163 Mike Moon Arizona State
Traded draft picks:
#2 to MIL via NO (Clyde Mayes)
#3 to GOL (Otis Johnson)
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 04/13/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 99-102 04/15/1976 at Seattle Supersonics W 116-111 04/18/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 103-91 04/20/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 130-114 04/25/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 108-114 04/27/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 123-112 -------------------------------------------------- Western Finals 05/02/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 103-128 05/05/1976 at Golden State Warriors W 108-101 05/07/1976 vs Golden State Warriors L 91-99 05/09/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 133-129 (2OT) 05/12/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 95-111 05/14/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 105-104 05/16/1976 at Golden State Warriors W 94-86 -------------------------------------------------- Finals 05/23/1976 at Boston Celtics L 87-98 05/27/1976 at Boston Celtics L 90-105 05/30/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 105-98 06/02/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 109-107 06/04/1976 at Boston Celtics L 126-128 (3OT) 06/06/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 80-87Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Paul Westphal 19 685 165 323 71 93 14 33 47 96 34 9 61 401 21.1 C Alvan Adams 19 668 137 303 67 82 54 137 191 98 24 20 60 341 17.9 F Garfield Heard 19 721 105 238 55 81 53 144 197 33 39 37 56 265 13.9 G Ricky Sobers 19 563 96 205 55 66 20 43 63 79 18 6 77 247 13.0 F Curtis Perry 19 615 99 218 44 68 63 83 146 36 12 17 78 242 12.7 F Keith Erickson 19 426 80 173 55 68 15 52 67 35 11 4 61 215 11.3 G Dick Van Arsdale 19 472 61 125 40 46 10 13 23 38 13 2 41 162 8.5 C Dennis Awtrey 19 286 21 45 18 33 17 46 63 25 5 9 38 60 3.2 G Phil Lumpkin 17 136 10 30 11 14 5 8 13 21 2 0 8 31 1.8 G Nate Hawthorne 15 81 9 26 8 11 5 11 16 4 5 1 20 26 1.7 G Pat Riley 5 27 6 15 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 13 2.6 G John Wetzel 2 5 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 1.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/25/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers W 89-88 1-0
10/26/1975 at Seattle Supersonics L 99-113 1-1
11/01/1975 at Kansas City Kings L 100-106 1-2
11/04/1975 at Chicago Bulls W 96-80 2-2
11/07/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 99-103 2-3
11/08/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 105-110 2-4
11/11/1975 vs New York Knicks W 112-81 3-4
11/13/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics W 106-103 4-4
11/14/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers L 107-114 4-5
11/19/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 94-96 4-6
11/21/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 107-92 5-6
11/26/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 107-106 6-6
11/28/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 110-101 7-6
11/29/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 100-112 7-7
12/02/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 115-98 8-7
12/05/1975 vs Washington Bullets L 87-92 8-8
12/07/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 114-97 9-8
12/09/1975 at New Orleans Jazz W 104-89 10-8
12/10/1975 at Houston Rockets W 105-91 11-8
12/11/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 106-110 11-9
12/13/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 116-108 12-9
12/14/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers W 105-96 13-9
12/17/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 116-111 14-9
12/19/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 124-128 14-10
12/21/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz L 107-120 14-11
12/25/1975 vs Kansas City Kings W 122-111 15-11
12/26/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 106-112 15-12
12/28/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks L 85-88 15-13
12/30/1975 at New York Knicks L 88-114 15-14
01/01/1976 at Washington Bullets L 103-114 15-15
01/03/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 100-89 16-15
01/04/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 86-98 16-16
01/07/1976 vs Golden State Warriors L 110-114 16-17
01/08/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 113-129 16-18
01/09/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics L 110-112 16-19
01/11/1976 vs New York Knicks L 98-99 16-20
01/15/1976 vs Buffalo Braves L 119-126 16-21
01/17/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 85-105 16-22
01/18/1976 at Detroit Pistons W 122-118 17-22
01/20/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 103-112 17-23
01/21/1976 at Boston Celtics L 100-114 17-24
01/23/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 124-115 18-24
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/24/1976 vs Washington Bullets L 84-100 18-25
01/28/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 118-121 18-26
01/29/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 96-105 18-27
01/31/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 119-105 19-27
02/06/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 118-111 20-27
02/08/1976 at Seattle Supersonics W 107-101 21-27
02/11/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 123-94 22-27
02/13/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 108-109 22-28
02/14/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 112-93 23-28
02/17/1976 at Chicago Bulls L 111-114 23-29
02/18/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 94-105 23-30
02/20/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 103-102 24-30
02/21/1976 at Houston Rockets W 110-108 25-30
02/24/1976 vs Kansas City Kings L 117-120 25-31
02/26/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 115-97 26-31
02/28/1976 at Washington Bullets L 89-92 26-32
02/29/1976 at Detroit Pistons W 109-98 27-32
03/03/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 108-92 28-32
03/05/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 99-97 29-32
03/06/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 99-118 29-33
03/07/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 106-84 30-33
03/10/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 108-125 30-34
03/11/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 104-99 31-34
03/13/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 77-99 31-35
03/14/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 108-106 32-35
03/16/1976 at Chicago Bulls L 87-120 32-36
03/18/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 106-100 33-36
03/20/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 106-93 34-36
03/23/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 104-97 35-36
03/25/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 107-98 36-36
03/27/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 117-100 37-36
03/28/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers W 100-97 38-36
03/30/1976 at New York Knicks W 113-97 39-36
03/31/1976 at Boston Celtics L 102-122 39-37
04/02/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 106-103 40-37
04/03/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 97-112 40-38
04/04/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 89-117 40-39
04/06/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 106-111 40-40
04/08/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 113-98 41-40
04/10/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 121-95 42-40
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