1979-1980 Phoenix Suns: 55-27 .671
Previous Season Home record: 37-5 (4803 points scored, 4414 allowed) Road record: 18-22 (4311 points scored, 4405 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Previous Season Home record: 37-5 (4803 points scored, 4414 allowed) Road record: 18-22 (4311 points scored, 4405 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Head Coach: John MacLeod 9114 points scored (7th of 22 teams), 8819 points allowed (8th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Alvan Adams 6'9 210 25 Oklahoma Mike Bratz 6'2 185 24 Stanford Don Buse 6'4 190 29 Evansville Jeff Cook 6'10 215 23 Idaho State Walter Davis 6'6 193 25 North Carolina Garfield Heard 6'6 219 31 Oklahoma Johnny High 6'3 185 22 Nevada Rich Kelley 7'0 235 26 Stanford Joel Kramer 6'7 203 24 San Diego State Truck Robinson 6'7 225 28 Tennessee State Alvin Scott 6'7 185 24 Oral Roberts Paul Westphal 6'4 195 29 Southern CaliforniaTeam 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 2665 692 1317 26 93 382 443 46 141 187 416 119 35 207 162 1792 21.9 G Walter Davis 75 2309 657 1166 0 4 299 365 75 197 272 337 114 19 242 202 1613 21.5 F Truck Robinson 82 2710 545 1064 0 0 325 487 213 557 770 142 58 59 251 262 1415 17.3 C Alvan Adams 75 2168 465 875 0 2 188 236 158 451 609 322 108 55 218 237 1118 14.9 G Mike Bratz 82 1589 269 687 21 86 141 162 50 117 167 223 93 9 135 165 700 8.5 G Don Buse 81 2499 261 589 19 79 85 128 70 163 233 320 132 10 91 111 626 7.7 G Johnny High 82 1121 144 323 1 7 120 178 69 104 173 119 71 15 123 172 409 5.0 F Garfield Heard 82 1403 171 410 0 2 64 86 118 262 380 97 84 49 88 177 406 5.0 F Jeff Cook 66 904 129 275 0 3 104 129 90 151 241 84 28 18 71 102 362 5.5 F Alvin Scott 79 1303 127 301 1 3 95 122 89 139 228 98 47 53 92 101 350 4.4 F Joel Kramer 54 711 67 143 0 1 56 70 49 102 151 75 26 5 51 104 190 3.5 C Rich Kelley 23 373 43 85 0 0 47 60 44 74 118 50 28 17 46 58 133 5.8
1979 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 22 Kyle Macy 551 Kentucky [pick acquired from WAS]
2 24 Johnny High 274 Nevada-Reno [pick acquired from BOS]
3 64 Al Green Louisiana State
4 86 Malcolm Cesare Florida
5 107 Mark Eaton 875 Cypress JC
6 127 Dale Shackelford Syracuse
7 147 Ollie Matson Pepperdine
8 165 Charles Jones 726 Albany State
9 183 Hosea Champine Robert Morris
10 201 Korky Nelson Santa Clara
Traded draft picks:
#1 to UTA (Larry Knight)
#2 to HOU via SEA (Paul Mokeski)
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western First Round 04/02/1980 vs Kansas City Kings W 96-93 04/04/1980 at Kansas City Kings L 96-106 04/06/1980 vs Kansas City Kings W 114-99 -------------------------------------------------- Western Semifinals 04/08/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 110-119 04/09/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 128-131 (OT) 04/11/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 105-108 04/13/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 127-101 04/15/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 101-126Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Paul Westphal 8 253 69 142 1 12 28 32 2 8 10 31 11 3 13 20 167 20.9 G Walter Davis 8 245 69 137 0 3 28 38 9 14 23 35 4 1 20 20 166 20.8 C Alvan Adams 8 251 56 99 0 0 17 19 18 59 77 46 7 10 24 24 129 16.1 G Mike Bratz 8 169 43 84 9 23 9 10 6 14 20 16 9 0 13 20 104 13.0 G Don Buse 8 236 28 64 5 13 7 11 8 13 21 44 6 0 13 15 68 8.5 F Garfield Heard 8 223 22 56 0 0 11 15 19 32 51 12 9 11 8 23 55 6.9 F Jeff Cook 7 98 16 24 0 0 22 26 5 16 21 7 4 2 5 10 54 7.7 C Rich Kelley 8 146 19 44 0 1 9 10 14 22 36 22 9 7 10 17 47 5.9 F Alvin Scott 8 140 17 33 0 2 4 8 8 14 22 10 4 5 7 8 38 4.8 G Johnny High 8 120 12 31 0 2 8 16 10 15 25 20 6 2 7 20 32 4.0 F Truck Robinson 3 64 6 16 0 0 5 7 5 15 20 4 3 2 8 6 17 5.7
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/12/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 97-89 1-0
10/14/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 112-102 2-0
10/16/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 102-86 3-0
10/19/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 94-95 3-1
10/20/1979 at Chicago Bulls L 104-116 3-2
10/21/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 85-122 3-3
10/23/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 108-114 3-4
10/24/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 110-108 4-4
10/26/1979 at Seattle Supersonics W 92-86 5-4
10/28/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers W 89-88 6-4
10/30/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 142-109 7-4
11/02/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 110-112 7-5
11/06/1979 at Utah Jazz W 120-107 8-5
11/07/1979 vs San Diego Clippers L 102-114 8-6
11/09/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 110-106 9-6
11/11/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 116-91 10-6
11/14/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 104-100 11-6
11/16/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 98-97 12-6
11/18/1979 vs Golden State Warriors L 95-99 12-7
11/20/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 110-117 12-8
11/21/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 128-120 13-8
11/23/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 126-112 14-8
11/24/1979 at Denver Nuggets W 115-101 15-8
11/25/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers W 87-86 16-8
11/28/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 116-127 16-9
12/01/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 99-86 17-9
12/04/1979 at New York Knicks L 114-118 17-10
12/05/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 100-115 17-11
12/07/1979 at Boston Celtics L 92-100 17-12
12/08/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 96-117 17-13
12/11/1979 at Washington Bullets W 123-99 18-13
12/13/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 121-113 19-13
12/15/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 126-105 20-13
12/19/1979 vs Utah Jazz W 117-99 21-13
12/21/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 127-117 22-13
12/22/1979 at Kansas City Kings W 115-111 23-13
12/23/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 106-103 24-13
12/26/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 119-99 25-13
12/28/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 118-112 26-13
12/30/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-113 26-14
01/02/1980 at San Antonio Spurs L 109-118 26-15
01/05/1980 at Houston Rockets L 110-111 26-16
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/09/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 113-100 27-16
01/12/1980 at Golden State Warriors L 96-107 27-17
01/13/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 106-103 28-17
01/15/1980 at Denver Nuggets W 107-99 29-17
01/16/1980 at Utah Jazz W 115-108 30-17
01/17/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks W 101-99 31-17
01/19/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 137-123 32-17
01/23/1980 vs New York Knicks L 109-119 32-18
01/25/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 110-96 33-18
01/27/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 125-118 34-18
01/29/1980 at San Diego Clippers L 121-133 34-19
01/30/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 122-114 35-19
02/06/1980 vs Kansas City Kings W 97-95 36-19
02/08/1980 at Chicago Bulls W 113-109 37-19
02/10/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks L 107-109 37-20
02/13/1980 vs Boston Celtics W 135-134 38-20
02/15/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 116-104 39-20
02/17/1980 vs New Jersey Nets W 128-98 40-20
02/19/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 109-128 40-21
02/21/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 125-116 41-21
02/22/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 104-111 41-22
02/24/1980 at Indiana Pacers W 113-105 42-22
02/26/1980 at Denver Nuggets L 112-121 42-23
02/27/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 110-119 42-24
02/28/1980 at Utah Jazz W 111-101 43-24
03/02/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 123-115 44-24
03/05/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics W 127-111 45-24
03/07/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 110-94 46-24
03/09/1980 vs Chicago Bulls W 113-103 47-24
03/12/1980 at Golden State Warriors W 122-113 48-24
03/15/1980 at San Diego Clippers L 109-120 48-25
03/16/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 106-128 48-26
03/18/1980 at Kansas City Kings W 112-109 49-26
03/19/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 112-108 50-26
03/21/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers W 111-100 51-26
03/23/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 118-102 52-26
03/25/1980 at Seattle Supersonics L 95-104 52-27
03/26/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics W 109-99 53-27
03/28/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 114-100 54-27
03/30/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 122-104 55-27
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