1970-71 Phoenix Suns Roster and Stats

Record: 48-34, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (48-34)

PTS/G: 113.8 (9th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 111.9 (7th of 17)
SRS: 2.33 (5th of 17)
Expected W-L: 46-36 (6th of 17)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 332,945 (7th of 17)

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
31	Mel Counts	C	7-0	230	October 16, 1941	6	Oregon State University
16	Lamar Green	PF	6-7	210	March 22, 1947	1	Morehead State University
23	Art Harris	PG	6-4	185	January 13, 1947	2	Stanford University
11	Clem Haskins	PG	6-3	195	July 11, 1943	3	Western Kentucky University
42	Connie Hawkins	SF	6-8	210	July 17, 1942	3	University of Iowa
44	Greg Howard	PF	6-9	215	January 8, 1948	R	University of New Mexico
29	Paul Silas	PF	6-7	220	July 12, 1943	6	Creighton University
10	Fred Taylor	SG	6-5	180	February 5, 1948	R	University of Texas-Pan American
40	Joe Thomas	SF	6-6	205	March 9, 1948	R	Marquette University
5	Dick Van Arsdale	SG	6-5	210	February 22, 1943	5	Indiana University
41	Neal Walk	C	6-10	220	July 29, 1948	1	University of Florida
25	John Wetzel	SG	6-5	190	October 22, 1944	1	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	19780	3503	8021	.437	2327	3078	.756	4442	1927	2132	9333	113.8
Lg Rank		5	12	9	13	1	1	4	7	11	4	9	9
Opponent	82	19780	3506	7828	.448	2165	2923	.741	4173	2069	2202	9177	111.9
Lg Rank		5	6	7	8	12	12	6	4	13	17	7	7

									Offense Four Factors				Defense Four Factors
	PW	PL	MOV	SOS	SRS	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA	Arena	Attendance
Team	46	36	1.90	0.43	2.33				.437			.290	.448			.277	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	332,945
Lg Rank	6	6	6	5	5				13			1	8			14		7

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dick Van Arsdale	27	81	3157	609	1346	.452	553	682	.811	316	329	246	1771
2	Connie Hawkins	28	71	2662	512	1181	.434	457	560	.816	643	322	197	1481
3	Clem Haskins	27	82	2764	562	1277	.440	338	431	.784	324	383	207	1462
4	Neal Walk	22	82	2033	426	945	.451	205	268	.765	674	117	282	1057
5	Paul Silas	27	81	2944	338	789	.428	285	416	.685	1015	247	227	961
6	Mel Counts	29	80	1669	365	799	.457	149	198	.753	503	136	279	879
7	Art Harris	24	56	952	199	484	.411	69	113	.611	100	132	137	467
8	Lamar Green	23	68	1326	167	369	.453	64	106	.604	466	53	202	398
9	John Wetzel	26	70	1091	124	288	.431	83	101	.822	153	114	156	331
10	Fred Taylor	22	54	552	110	284	.387	78	125	.624	86	51	113	298
11	Greg Howard	23	44	426	68	173	.393	37	58	.638	119	26	67	173
12	Joe Thomas	22	39	204	23	86	.267	9	20	.450	43	17	19	55

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dick Van Arsdale	27	81	39.0	7.5	16.6	.452	6.8	8.4	.811	3.9	4.1	3.0	21.9
2	Connie Hawkins	28	71	37.5	7.2	16.6	.434	6.4	7.9	.816	9.1	4.5	2.8	20.9
3	Clem Haskins	27	82	33.7	6.9	15.6	.440	4.1	5.3	.784	4.0	4.7	2.5	17.8
4	Neal Walk	22	82	24.8	5.2	11.5	.451	2.5	3.3	.765	8.2	1.4	3.4	12.9
5	Paul Silas	27	81	36.3	4.2	9.7	.428	3.5	5.1	.685	12.5	3.0	2.8	11.9
6	Mel Counts	29	80	20.9	4.6	10.0	.457	1.9	2.5	.753	6.3	1.7	3.5	11.0
7	Art Harris	24	56	17.0	3.6	8.6	.411	1.2	2.0	.611	1.8	2.4	2.4	8.3
8	Lamar Green	23	68	19.5	2.5	5.4	.453	0.9	1.6	.604	6.9	0.8	3.0	5.9
9	Fred Taylor	22	54	10.2	2.0	5.3	.387	1.4	2.3	.624	1.6	0.9	2.1	5.5
10	John Wetzel	26	70	15.6	1.8	4.1	.431	1.2	1.4	.822	2.2	1.6	2.2	4.7
11	Greg Howard	23	44	9.7	1.5	3.9	.393	0.8	1.3	.638	2.7	0.6	1.5	3.9
12	Joe Thomas	22	39	5.2	0.6	2.2	.267	0.2	0.5	.450	1.1	0.4	0.5	1.4

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dick Van Arsdale	27	81	3157	6.9	15.3	.452	6.3	7.8	.811	3.6	3.8	2.8	20.2
2	Connie Hawkins	28	71	2662	6.9	16.0	.434	6.2	7.6	.816	8.7	4.4	2.7	20.0
3	Fred Taylor	22	54	552	7.2	18.5	.387	5.1	8.2	.624	5.6	3.3	7.4	19.4
4	Mel Counts	29	80	1669	7.9	17.2	.457	3.2	4.3	.753	10.8	2.9	6.0	19.0
5	Clem Haskins	27	82	2764	7.3	16.6	.440	4.4	5.6	.784	4.2	5.0	2.7	19.0
6	Neal Walk	22	82	2033	7.5	16.7	.451	3.6	4.7	.765	11.9	2.1	5.0	18.7
7	Art Harris	24	56	952	7.5	18.3	.411	2.6	4.3	.611	3.8	5.0	5.2	17.7
8	Greg Howard	23	44	426	5.7	14.6	.393	3.1	4.9	.638	10.1	2.2	5.7	14.6
9	Paul Silas	27	81	2944	4.1	9.6	.428	3.5	5.1	.685	12.4	3.0	2.8	11.8
10	John Wetzel	26	70	1091	4.1	9.5	.431	2.7	3.3	.822	5.0	3.8	5.1	10.9
11	Lamar Green	23	68	1326	4.5	10.0	.453	1.7	2.9	.604	12.7	1.4	5.5	10.8
12	Joe Thomas	22	39	204	4.1	15.2	.267	1.6	3.5	.450	7.6	3.0	3.4	9.7

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	TRB%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Dick Van Arsdale	27	81	3157	16.5	.538	.452	4.6	15.0	7.1	3.1	10.2	.155
2	Connie Hawkins	28	71	2662	19.0	.519	.434	11.1	17.5	4.7	3.9	8.6	.155
3	Paul Silas	27	81	2944	14.1	.494	.428	15.8	10.9	1.9	4.8	6.7	.110
4	Clem Haskins	27	82	2764	15.9	.498	.440	5.4	20.3	3.2	3.2	6.4	.111
5	Neal Walk	22	82	2033	16.1	.497	.451	15.2	8.5	2.1	3.1	5.1	.121
6	Mel Counts	29	80	1669	15.8	.496	.457	13.8	12.2	1.7	2.5	4.2	.121
7	Lamar Green	23	68	1326	10.7	.479	.453	16.1	5.3	0.4	2.0	2.4	.086
8	John Wetzel	26	70	1091	9.4	.498	.431	6.4	13.5	0.7	1.2	2.0	.086
9	Art Harris	24	56	952	11.5	.437	.411	4.8	20.5	-0.6	1.1	0.4	.021
10	Greg Howard	23	44	426	10.8	.436	.393	12.8	8.4	-0.3	0.6	0.3	.034
11	Fred Taylor	22	54	552	10.9	.440	.387	7.2	13.5	-0.4	0.6	0.2	.019
12	Joe Thomas	22	39	204	4.3	.290	.267	9.7	10.8	-0.9	0.3	-0.6	-0.149

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