1977-1978 Phoenix Suns: 49-33 .598
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 34-7 (4760 points scored, 4293 allowed) Road record: 13-25 (4123 points scored, 4292 allowed) Other sites: 2-1 (328 points scored, 320 allowed) Head Coach: John MacLeod 9211 points scored (5th of 22 teams), 8905 points allowed (10th) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Alvan Adams 6'9 210 23 Oklahoma Dennis Awtrey 6'10 235 29 Santa Clara Mike Bratz 6'2 185 22 Stanford Don Buse 6'4 190 27 Evansville Walter Davis 6'6 193 23 North Carolina Bayard Forrest 6'10 235 23 Grand Canyon Greg Griffin 6'7 190 25 Idaho State Garfield Heard 6'6 219 29 Oklahoma Ron Lee 6'3 193 25 Oregon Curtis Perry 6'7 220 29 Southwest Missouri State Alvin Scott 6'7 185 22 Oral Roberts Paul Westphal 6'4 195 27 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 80 2481 809 1568 0 0 396 487 41 123 164 437 138 31 280 162 2014 25.2 G Walter Davis 81 2590 786 1494 0 0 387 466 158 326 484 273 113 20 283 242 1959 24.2 C Alvan Adams 70 1914 434 895 0 0 214 293 158 407 565 225 86 63 234 242 1082 15.5 G Ron Lee 82 1928 417 950 0 0 170 228 95 159 254 305 225 17 221 257 1004 12.2 G Don Buse 82 2547 287 626 0 0 112 136 59 190 249 391 185 14 124 144 686 8.4 F Garfield Heard 80 2099 265 625 0 0 90 147 166 486 652 132 129 101 120 213 620 7.8 F Alvin Scott 81 1538 180 369 0 0 132 191 135 222 357 88 52 40 85 158 492 6.1 G Mike Bratz 80 933 159 395 0 0 56 68 42 73 115 123 39 5 89 104 374 4.7 C Dennis Awtrey 81 1623 112 264 0 0 69 109 97 205 302 163 19 25 127 153 293 3.6 F Curtis Perry 45 818 110 243 0 0 51 65 87 163 250 48 34 22 63 120 271 6.0 C Bayard Forrest 64 887 111 238 0 0 49 103 84 166 250 129 23 34 84 105 271 4.2 F Greg Griffin 36 422 61 169 0 0 23 36 44 59 103 24 16 0 39 56 145 4.0
1977 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 5 Walter Davis 1033 North Carolina
3 66 Mike Bratz 586 Stanford [pick acquired from LA]
4 71 Greg Griffin 36 Idaho State
5 93 Cecil Rellford St. John's
6 115 Billy McKinney 476 Northwestern
7 136 Alvin Scott 627 Oral Roberts
8 156 Alvin Joseph California-Riverside
Traded draft picks:
#2 to MIL via BUF (Glenn Williams)
#3 to ATL (Eddie Johnson)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western First Round
04/11/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 103-111
04/14/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 90-94
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G Paul Westphal 2 66 22 47 8 9 3 3 6 19 1 0 5 4 52 26.0
G Walter Davis 2 66 19 40 12 16 4 13 17 8 3 0 6 8 50 25.0
C Alvan Adams 2 71 15 33 2 2 8 8 16 4 2 1 9 8 32 16.0
F Garfield Heard 2 62 6 17 1 2 4 12 16 5 2 4 2 4 13 6.5
F Alvin Scott 2 37 4 8 5 6 2 4 6 3 2 0 2 3 13 6.5
G Ron Lee 2 41 5 16 2 2 2 4 6 3 4 0 4 7 12 6.0
G Don Buse 2 76 4 11 0 0 0 5 5 4 4 0 1 3 8 4.0
F Greg Griffin 2 25 3 7 0 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 2 5 6 3.0
C Dennis Awtrey 2 24 1 4 1 1 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 3 1.5
C Bayard Forrest 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0
G Mike Bratz 2 9 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 100-83 1-0 10/23/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers W 104-101 2-0 10/25/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 93-86 3-0 10/28/1977 at New Orleans Jazz L 107-114 3-1 10/29/1977 at Houston Rockets L 112-125 3-2 10/31/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs L 143-145 3-3 11/03/1977 at San Antonio Spurs W 110-89 4-3 11/04/1977 at Washington Bullets L 96-113 4-4 11/05/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 94-111 4-5 11/10/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 127-111 5-5 11/13/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 116-107 6-5 11/18/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 103-101 7-5 11/20/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 134-112 8-5 11/22/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 118-107 9-5 11/24/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 82-97 9-6 11/25/1977 at Indiana Pacers W 118-110 10-6 11/27/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 115-97 11-6 11/29/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 96-108 11-7 12/02/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 103-106 11-8 12/04/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks L 89-96 11-9 12/06/1977 at Kansas City Kings W 103-92 12-9 12/07/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 113-107 13-9 12/10/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 110-93 14-9 12/14/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 113-103 15-9 12/16/1977 at New Orleans Jazz W 126-113 16-9 12/17/1977 at Houston Rockets W 101-97 17-9 12/18/1977 at Atlanta Hawks L 129-134 17-10 12/20/1977 at New York Knicks W 110-99 18-10 12/21/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 119-125 18-11 12/23/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 129-110 19-11 12/26/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 108-127 19-12 12/27/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 131-105 20-12 12/29/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 110-104 21-12 12/30/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 110-121 21-13 01/03/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks W 125-103 22-13 01/04/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 83-115 22-14 01/05/1978 at Boston Celtics W 121-111 23-14 01/07/1978 at Buffalo Braves W 107-97 24-14 01/11/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 142-99 25-14 01/13/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 111-100 26-14 01/15/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 113-104 27-14 01/19/1978 vs New York Knicks W 134-114 28-14 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/20/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 104-119 28-15 01/22/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 114-101 29-15 01/25/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 118-96 30-15 01/27/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 110-101 31-15 01/29/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 131-100 32-15 01/31/1978 at Kansas City Kings W 112-102 33-15 02/01/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 120-127 33-16 02/03/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 115-105 34-16 02/09/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 125-98 35-16 02/12/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 121-109 36-16 02/14/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 100-113 36-17 02/16/1978 vs Boston Celtics L 95-98 36-18 02/17/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 92-111 36-19 02/18/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 114-101 37-19 02/21/1978 at Buffalo Braves W 114-111 38-19 02/22/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 95-107 38-20 02/24/1978 at Washington Bullets L 120-121 38-21 02/25/1978 at New York Knicks L 115-122 38-22 02/28/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 115-126 38-23 03/01/1978 vs Detroit Pistons L 102-115 38-24 03/03/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 132-126 39-24 03/05/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 92-104 39-25 03/07/1978 at Denver Nuggets W 126-112 40-25 03/09/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 112-103 41-25 03/11/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 120-114 42-25 03/12/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 112-128 42-26 03/14/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 106-121 42-27 03/15/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 98-117 42-28 03/17/1978 at Boston Celtics L 108-115 42-29 03/19/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 123-112 43-29 03/21/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 115-119 43-30 03/23/1978 vs New York Knicks W 120-108 44-30 03/25/1978 vs Buffalo Braves W 112-106 45-30 03/29/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 127-94 46-30 03/31/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 136-112 47-30 04/02/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 105-99 48-30 04/04/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 119-125 48-31 04/06/1978 vs Denver Nuggets L 105-111 48-32 04/07/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 83-95 48-33 04/08/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 120-109 49-33 |