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1970-71 Phoenix Suns Roster and Stats

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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)

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

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV 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

Team Miscellaneous

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

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV 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

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV 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

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV 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

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg 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