1976-1977 Phoenix Suns: 34-48 .415
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 26-15 (4444 points scored, 4162 allowed) Road record: 8-32 (4071 points scored, 4292 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (88 points scored, 89 allowed) Head Coach: John MacLeod 8603 points scored (15th of 22 teams), 8543 points allowed (5th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Alvan Adams 6'9 210 22 Oklahoma Dennis Awtrey 6'10 235 28 Santa Clara Keith Erickson 6'5 195 32 UCLA Butch Feher 6'4 185 22 Vanderbilt Garfield Heard 6'6 219 28 Oklahoma Ron Lee 6'3 193 24 Oregon Curtis Perry 6'7 220 28 Southwest Missouri State Dale Schlueter 6'10 225 31 Colorado State Ricky Sobers 6'3 198 23 Nevada - Las Vegas Ira Terrell 6'8 200 22 Southern Methodist Dick Van Arsdale 6'4 210 33 Indiana Tom Van Arsdale 6'5 202 33 Indiana Paul Westphal 6'4 195 26 Southern California Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Paul Westphal 81 2600 682 1317 0 0 362 439 57 133 190 459 134 21 0 171 1726 21.3 C Alvan Adams 72 2278 522 1102 0 0 252 334 180 472 652 322 95 87 0 260 1296 18.0 G Ricky Sobers 79 2005 414 834 0 0 243 289 82 152 234 238 93 14 0 258 1071 13.6 G Ron Lee 82 1849 347 786 0 0 142 210 99 200 299 263 156 33 0 276 836 10.2 F Ira Terrell 78 1751 277 545 0 0 111 176 99 288 387 103 41 47 0 165 665 8.5 G Dick Van Arsdale 78 1535 227 498 0 0 145 166 31 86 117 120 35 5 0 94 599 7.7 F Curtis Perry 44 1391 179 414 0 0 112 142 149 246 395 79 49 28 0 163 470 10.7 F Garfield Heard 46 1363 173 457 0 0 100 138 120 320 440 89 55 55 0 139 446 9.7 F Tom Van Arsdale 77 1425 171 395 0 0 102 145 47 137 184 67 20 3 0 163 444 5.8 C Dennis Awtrey 72 1760 160 373 0 0 91 126 111 245 356 182 23 31 0 170 411 5.7 F Keith Erickson 50 949 142 294 0 0 37 50 36 108 144 104 30 7 0 122 321 6.4 G Butch Feher 48 487 86 162 0 0 76 99 18 56 74 36 11 7 0 46 248 5.2 C Dale Schlueter 39 337 26 72 0 0 18 31 30 50 80 38 8 8 0 62 70 1.8
1976 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 10 Ron Lee 448 Oregon
2 30 Al Fleming 20 Arizona [pick acquired from BUF]
2 33 Butch Feher 48 Vanderbilt [pick acquired from BOS]
3 45 Ira Terrell 127 Southern Methodist
4 62 Paul Miller Oregon State
5 79 Ralph Walker St. Mary's (CA)
6 97 Carl Brown Eastern Kentucky
7 115 Brad Warble East Illinois
8 133 Tom DeBerry Northern Arizona
9 150 John Irving Hofstra
10 166 Gary Jackson Arizona State
Traded draft picks:
#2 to ATL (Bob Carrington)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/22/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 98-111 0-1 10/23/1976 at Houston Rockets L 126-129 0-2 10/27/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 106-115 0-3 10/29/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 95-82 1-3 10/30/1976 at Denver Nuggets L 107-113 1-4 11/05/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 84-88 1-5 11/11/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 108-98 2-5 11/13/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 90-103 2-6 11/17/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 103-95 3-6 11/18/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 111-131 3-7 11/19/1976 vs New York Nets L 88-90 3-8 11/21/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 101-96 4-8 11/25/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 104-98 5-8 11/27/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 119-107 6-8 11/30/1976 at Indiana Pacers L 97-103 6-9 12/01/1976 at New York Nets W 106-96 7-9 12/03/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 99-113 7-10 12/05/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs W 103-98 8-10 12/08/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 116-95 9-10 12/10/1976 at Boston Celtics W 107-103 10-10 12/11/1976 at New York Knicks L 96-112 10-11 12/12/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 106-91 11-11 12/14/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 99-108 11-12 12/15/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 87-97 11-13 12/17/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-118 11-14 12/18/1976 vs Kansas City Kings L 89-90 11-15 12/23/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 107-92 12-15 12/25/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 113-96 13-15 12/28/1976 at Denver Nuggets L 102-110 13-16 12/29/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 97-87 14-16 01/02/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 88-89 14-17 01/04/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 111-139 14-18 01/05/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 115-118 14-19 01/07/1977 at Washington Bullets L 89-99 14-20 01/08/1977 at New York Knicks L 95-102 14-21 01/10/1977 at Atlanta Hawks W 93-92 15-21 01/11/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 90-93 15-22 01/13/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 131-101 16-22 01/15/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 94-79 17-22 01/19/1977 vs New York Knicks W 97-90 18-22 01/20/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 103-107 18-23 01/21/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 125-96 19-23 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/23/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 98-88 20-23 01/25/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs L 108-116 20-24 01/27/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 111-94 21-24 01/29/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 118-102 22-24 01/30/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 91-97 22-25 02/02/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 130-113 23-25 02/04/1977 vs Golden State Warriors L 106-109 23-26 02/06/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 115-104 24-26 02/08/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 117-104 25-26 02/10/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 103-109 25-27 02/15/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 96-102 25-28 02/16/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 93-111 25-29 02/18/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers W 102-96 26-29 02/19/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 88-92 26-30 02/20/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 107-109 26-31 02/22/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 114-115 26-32 02/24/1977 vs Houston Rockets L 106-109 26-33 02/26/1977 vs Boston Celtics L 104-108 26-34 03/02/1977 vs Chicago Bulls L 104-108 26-35 03/04/1977 vs Golden State Warriors L 87-101 26-36 03/06/1977 at Washington Bullets L 110-118 26-37 03/08/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 115-122 26-38 03/09/1977 at Houston Rockets L 100-105 26-39 03/11/1977 at New York Nets L 73-82 26-40 03/13/1977 at Boston Celtics L 107-124 26-41 03/16/1977 vs New York Knicks W 124-91 27-41 03/18/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz L 100-104 27-42 03/20/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 126-106 28-42 03/24/1977 vs Buffalo Braves L 102-107 28-43 03/25/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 93-118 28-44 03/26/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 102-109 28-45 03/27/1977 at Seattle Supersonics W 121-100 29-45 03/29/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks W 122-110 30-45 03/30/1977 at New Orleans Jazz L 100-112 30-46 04/01/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 133-116 31-46 04/03/1977 vs Denver Nuggets L 109-124 31-47 04/05/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 108-102 32-47 04/07/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 121-110 33-47 04/08/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 111-122 33-48 04/10/1977 vs New York Nets W 128-104 34-48 |