1978-1979 Phoenix Suns: 50-32 .610
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 32-9 (4883 points scored, 4522 allowed) Road record: 18-23 (4576 points scored, 4634 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: John MacLeod 9459 points scored (2nd of 22 teams), 9156 points allowed (14th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Alvan Adams 6'9 210 24 Oklahoma Mike Bratz 6'2 185 23 Stanford Don Buse 6'4 190 28 Evansville Marty Byrnes 6'7 215 22 Syracuse Walter Davis 6'6 193 24 North Carolina Bayard Forrest 6'10 235 24 Grand Canyon Garfield Heard 6'6 219 30 Oklahoma Joel Kramer 6'7 203 23 San Diego State Ron Lee 6'3 193 26 Oregon Ted McClain 6'1 180 32 Tennessee State Truck Robinson 6'7 225 27 Tennessee State Alvin Scott 6'7 185 23 Oral Roberts Paul Westphal 6'4 195 28 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 2641 801 1496 0 0 339 405 35 124 159 529 111 26 232 159 1941 24.0 G Walter Davis 79 2437 764 1362 0 0 340 409 111 262 373 339 147 26 293 250 1868 23.6 C Alvan Adams 77 2364 569 1073 0 0 231 289 220 485 705 360 110 63 279 246 1369 17.8 G Don Buse 82 2544 285 576 0 0 70 91 44 173 217 356 156 18 96 149 640 7.8 G Mike Bratz 77 1297 242 533 0 0 139 170 55 86 141 179 64 7 135 151 623 8.1 F Alvin Scott 81 1737 212 396 0 0 120 168 104 256 360 126 80 62 99 139 544 6.7 F Joel Kramer 82 1401 181 370 0 0 125 176 134 203 337 92 45 23 98 224 487 5.9 G Ron Lee 43 948 173 383 0 0 74 104 42 71 113 132 69 4 116 138 420 9.8 F Truck Robinson 26 756 169 333 0 0 79 123 56 169 225 39 17 12 90 76 417 16.0 F Garfield Heard 63 1213 162 367 0 0 71 103 98 253 351 60 53 57 60 141 395 6.3 C Bayard Forrest 75 1243 118 272 0 0 62 115 110 205 315 167 29 37 107 151 298 4.0 F Marty Byrnes 43 734 109 223 0 0 73 100 49 48 97 61 15 2 79 69 291 6.8 G Ted McClain 36 465 62 132 0 0 42 46 25 44 69 60 19 0 54 51 166 4.6
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 19 Marty Byrnes 263 Syracuse
3 63 Joel Kramer 328 San Diego State
4 85 Bob Miller 2 Cincinnati
4 88 Wayne Smith California-Irvine [pick acquired from POR]
5 107 Andre Wakefield 81 Loyola (IL)
6 128 Charles Thompson Houston
7 149 Steve Malovic 39 San Diego State
8 167 George Fowler Pacific
9 184 Nate Stokes Grand Canyon
10 199 Lewis Cohen Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Traded draft picks:
#2 to BUF (Jerome Whitehead)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western First Round
04/10/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 107-103
04/13/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 92-96
04/15/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 101-91
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Western Semifinals
04/17/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 102-99
04/20/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 91-111
04/22/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 108-93
04/25/1979 at Kansas City Kings W 108-94
04/27/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 120-99
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Western Finals
05/01/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 93-108
05/04/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 97-103
05/06/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 113-103
05/08/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 100-91
05/11/1979 at Seattle Supersonics W 99-93
05/13/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 105-106
05/17/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 110-114
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 15 534 142 287 52 66 7 26 33 64 15 5 38 38 336 22.4
G Walter Davis 15 490 127 244 78 96 24 45 69 79 26 5 66 41 332 22.1
G Mike Bratz 15 293 57 115 45 59 10 11 21 30 15 3 29 42 159 10.6
F Truck Robinson 15 392 56 139 45 69 38 83 121 10 6 12 31 52 157 10.5
C Alvan Adams 12 372 66 139 22 31 25 65 90 53 11 12 36 41 154 12.8
G Don Buse 15 512 47 116 24 33 17 38 55 52 23 5 15 31 118 7.9
F Joel Kramer 15 257 32 59 26 36 21 36 57 19 9 7 16 44 90 6.0
F Garfield Heard 15 320 32 86 18 30 24 82 106 13 12 26 21 39 82 5.5
F Alvin Scott 15 217 20 52 13 21 14 28 42 22 6 16 14 20 53 3.5
G Ted McClain 14 103 15 34 13 16 5 11 16 13 6 0 16 20 43 3.1
C Bayard Forrest 14 110 10 18 2 10 9 20 29 11 4 2 10 21 22 1.6
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1978 vs San Diego Clippers W 128-114 1-0 10/15/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 129-110 2-0 10/17/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 107-110 2-1 10/18/1978 at Golden State Warriors W 122-112 3-1 10/22/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers W 124-116 4-1 10/24/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 124-116 5-1 10/25/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 104-108 5-2 10/27/1978 at Chicago Bulls W 115-110 6-2 10/28/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 102-112 6-3 10/31/1978 vs New York Knicks W 120-108 7-3 11/02/1978 at New Orleans Jazz W 106-99 8-3 11/04/1978 at Houston Rockets L 103-110 8-4 11/08/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 118-96 9-4 11/10/1978 vs Denver Nuggets L 132-150 9-5 11/12/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 128-122 10-5 11/15/1978 at San Antonio Spurs W 125-119 11-5 11/17/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 94-95 11-6 11/18/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 119-105 12-6 11/21/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 110-108 13-6 11/22/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 115-110 14-6 11/24/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 120-113 15-6 11/26/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 125-109 16-6 11/28/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 112-124 16-7 11/30/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 119-109 17-7 12/01/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 122-130 17-8 12/02/1978 vs Golden State Warriors L 108-116 17-9 12/06/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 136-109 18-9 12/08/1978 at Boston Celtics W 124-104 19-9 12/09/1978 at Washington Bullets L 98-101 19-10 12/12/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 114-120 19-11 12/16/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 119-100 20-11 12/17/1978 at San Diego Clippers L 110-116 20-12 12/20/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 129-137 20-13 12/22/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 123-103 21-13 12/26/1978 at Denver Nuggets W 106-102 22-13 12/28/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 129-127 23-13 12/29/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 92-119 23-14 12/30/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 112-109 24-14 01/02/1979 at New York Knicks W 114-102 25-14 01/05/1979 at Washington Bullets L 94-104 25-15 01/06/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers W 143-139 26-15 01/07/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 112-117 26-16 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/11/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 106-109 26-17 01/13/1979 vs Indiana Pacers L 99-102 26-18 01/17/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 118-123 26-19 01/18/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 97-87 27-19 01/20/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 116-97 28-19 01/24/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 101-94 29-19 01/26/1979 vs New York Knicks W 108-107 30-19 01/28/1979 vs New Jersey Nets L 114-117 30-20 01/31/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 123-118 31-20 02/02/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 133-108 32-20 02/06/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 93-110 32-21 02/09/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks L 102-105 32-22 02/11/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 136-101 33-22 02/15/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 119-108 34-22 02/16/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 104-119 34-23 02/17/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 136-112 35-23 02/20/1979 at New York Knicks W 117-107 36-23 02/21/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 112-123 36-24 02/23/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 112-121 36-25 02/24/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 85-110 36-26 02/28/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 103-102 37-26 03/02/1979 vs Denver Nuggets L 105-119 37-27 03/04/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 119-94 38-27 03/08/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 132-117 39-27 03/11/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 111-112 39-28 03/13/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 124-120 40-28 03/14/1979 at Boston Celtics W 126-117 41-28 03/16/1979 at San Antonio Spurs W 128-122 42-28 03/17/1979 at Houston Rockets L 122-134 42-29 03/18/1979 at New Orleans Jazz L 117-121 42-30 03/21/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 134-113 43-30 03/23/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 126-107 44-30 03/25/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 111-95 45-30 03/28/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 112-106 46-30 03/30/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 113-111 47-30 04/01/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 116-105 48-30 04/04/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 106-95 49-30 04/06/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 118-117 50-30 04/07/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 116-120 50-31 04/08/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 103-111 50-32 |