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1971-72 Phoenix Suns Roster and Stats

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Record: 49-33, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (49-33)

PTS/G: 116.3 (2nd of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 110.8 (8th of 17)
SRS: 5.57 (4th of 17)
Expected W-L: 54-28 (4th of 17)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 342,922 (8th of 17)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
31 Mel Counts C 7-0 230 October 16, 1941 7 Oregon State University
16 Lamar Green PF 6-7 210 March 22, 1947 2 Morehead State University
23 Art Harris SG 6-4 185 January 13, 1947 3 Stanford University
11 Clem Haskins PG 6-3 195 July 11, 1943 4 Western Kentucky University
42 Connie Hawkins SF 6-8 210 July 17, 1942 4 University of Iowa
1 Mo Layton PG 6-1 180 December 24, 1948 R University of Southern California
34 Otto Moore C 6-11 205 August 27, 1946 3 University of Texas-Pan American
33 Charlie Scott PG 6-5 175 December 15, 1948 1 University of North Carolina
29 Paul Silas PF 6-7 220 July 12, 1943 7 Creighton University
10 Fred Taylor SG 6-5 180 February 5, 1948 1 University of Texas-Pan American
5 Dick Van Arsdale SG 6-5 210 February 22, 1943 6 Indiana University
41 Neal Walk C 6-10 220 July 29, 1948 2 University of Florida
10 Jeff Webb SG 6-4 170 July 6, 1948 1 Kansas State University
25 John Wetzel SG 6-5 190 October 22, 1944 2 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 19880 3599 7877 .457 2336 2999 .779 4301 1976 2026 9534 116.3
Lg Rank 1 4 7 7 1 1 1 7 9 5 2 2
Opponent 82 19880 3568 7896 .452 1947 2658 .733 4009 1929 2182 9083 110.8
Lg Rank 1 10 11 7 11 12 2 4 8 17 8 8

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 54 28 5.50 0.07 5.57 .457 .297 .452 .247 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 342,922
Lg Rank 4 4 4 7 4 7 1 7 8 8

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 28 82 3096 545 1178 .463 529 626 .845 334 297 232 1619
2 Connie Hawkins 29 76 2798 571 1244 .459 456 565 .807 633 296 235 1598
3 Paul Silas 28 80 3082 485 1031 .470 433 560 .773 955 343 201 1403
4 Neal Walk 23 81 2142 506 1057 .479 256 344 .744 665 151 295 1268
5 Clem Haskins 28 79 2453 509 1054 .483 220 258 .853 270 290 194 1238
6 Mo Layton 23 80 1849 304 717 .424 122 165 .739 164 247 219 730
7 Otto Moore 25 81 1624 260 597 .436 94 156 .603 540 88 212 614
8 Mel Counts 30 76 906 147 344 .427 101 140 .721 257 96 159 395
9 Lamar Green 24 67 991 133 298 .446 66 90 .733 348 45 134 332
10 Charlie Scott 23 6 177 48 113 .425 17 21 .810 23 26 19 113
11 John Wetzel 27 51 419 31 82 .378 24 30 .800 65 56 71 86
12 Jeff Webb 23 27 129 31 65 .477 5 10 .500 17 16 21 67
13 Art Harris 25 21 145 23 70 .329 9 21 .429 13 18 26 55
14 Fred Taylor 23 13 69 6 27 .222 4 13 .308 17 7 8 16

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 Connie Hawkins 29 76 36.8 7.5 16.4 .459 6.0 7.4 .807 8.3 3.9 3.1 21.0
2 Dick Van Arsdale 28 82 37.8 6.6 14.4 .463 6.5 7.6 .845 4.1 3.6 2.8 19.7
3 Charlie Scott 23 6 29.5 8.0 18.8 .425 2.8 3.5 .810 3.8 4.3 3.2 18.8
4 Paul Silas 28 80 38.5 6.1 12.9 .470 5.4 7.0 .773 11.9 4.3 2.5 17.5
5 Clem Haskins 28 79 31.1 6.4 13.3 .483 2.8 3.3 .853 3.4 3.7 2.5 15.7
6 Neal Walk 23 81 26.4 6.2 13.0 .479 3.2 4.2 .744 8.2 1.9 3.6 15.7
7 Mo Layton 23 80 23.1 3.8 9.0 .424 1.5 2.1 .739 2.1 3.1 2.7 9.1
8 Otto Moore 25 81 20.0 3.2 7.4 .436 1.2 1.9 .603 6.7 1.1 2.6 7.6
9 Mel Counts 30 76 11.9 1.9 4.5 .427 1.3 1.8 .721 3.4 1.3 2.1 5.2
10 Lamar Green 24 67 14.8 2.0 4.4 .446 1.0 1.3 .733 5.2 0.7 2.0 5.0
11 Art Harris 25 21 6.9 1.1 3.3 .329 0.4 1.0 .429 0.6 0.9 1.2 2.6
12 Jeff Webb 23 27 4.8 1.1 2.4 .477 0.2 0.4 .500 0.6 0.6 0.8 2.5
13 John Wetzel 27 51 8.2 0.6 1.6 .378 0.5 0.6 .800 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.7
14 Fred Taylor 23 13 5.3 0.5 2.1 .222 0.3 1.0 .308 1.3 0.5 0.6 1.2

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 Charlie Scott 23 6 177 9.8 23.0 .425 3.5 4.3 .810 4.7 5.3 3.9 23.0
2 Neal Walk 23 81 2142 8.5 17.8 .479 4.3 5.8 .744 11.2 2.5 5.0 21.3
3 Connie Hawkins 29 76 2798 7.3 16.0 .459 5.9 7.3 .807 8.1 3.8 3.0 20.6
4 Dick Van Arsdale 28 82 3096 6.3 13.7 .463 6.2 7.3 .845 3.9 3.5 2.7 18.8
5 Jeff Webb 23 27 129 8.7 18.1 .477 1.4 2.8 .500 4.7 4.5 5.9 18.7
6 Clem Haskins 28 79 2453 7.5 15.5 .483 3.2 3.8 .853 4.0 4.3 2.8 18.2
7 Paul Silas 28 80 3082 5.7 12.0 .470 5.1 6.5 .773 11.2 4.0 2.3 16.4
8 Mel Counts 30 76 906 5.8 13.7 .427 4.0 5.6 .721 10.2 3.8 6.3 15.7
9 Mo Layton 23 80 1849 5.9 14.0 .424 2.4 3.2 .739 3.2 4.8 4.3 14.2
10 Art Harris 25 21 145 5.7 17.4 .329 2.2 5.2 .429 3.2 4.5 6.5 13.7
11 Otto Moore 25 81 1624 5.8 13.2 .436 2.1 3.5 .603 12.0 2.0 4.7 13.6
12 Lamar Green 24 67 991 4.8 10.8 .446 2.4 3.3 .733 12.6 1.6 4.9 12.1
13 Fred Taylor 23 13 69 3.1 14.1 .222 2.1 6.8 .308 8.9 3.7 4.2 8.3
14 John Wetzel 27 51 419 2.7 7.0 .378 2.1 2.6 .800 5.6 4.8 6.1 7.4

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 Paul Silas 28 80 3082 18.3 .549 .470 14.8 14.9 6.1 5.0 11.0 .172
2 Dick Van Arsdale 28 82 3096 16.0 .557 .463 5.2 13.2 7.4 3.0 10.4 .161
3 Connie Hawkins 29 76 2798 18.7 .535 .459 10.8 15.1 5.8 3.8 9.6 .165
4 Neal Walk 23 81 2142 18.4 .525 .479 14.9 10.5 3.9 3.2 7.1 .159
5 Clem Haskins 28 79 2453 15.4 .530 .483 5.3 16.9 4.3 2.6 6.8 .133
6 Otto Moore 25 81 1624 12.1 .461 .436 15.9 7.3 -0.2 2.4 2.3 .067
7 Lamar Green 24 67 991 12.1 .492 .446 16.8 5.9 0.5 1.5 2.0 .097
8 Mo Layton 23 80 1849 10.6 .462 .424 4.2 18.0 0.0 1.9 1.9 .049
9 Mel Counts 30 76 906 13.8 .487 .427 13.6 14.3 0.5 1.4 1.9 .101
10 John Wetzel 27 51 419 7.3 .452 .378 7.4 16.1 0.0 0.5 0.5 .056
11 Jeff Webb 23 27 129 13.3 .483 .477 6.3 18.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 .080
12 Charlie Scott 23 6 177 16.4 .462 .425 6.2 23.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 .054
13 Fred Taylor 23 13 69 2.6 .244 .222 11.8 12.4 -0.4 0.1 -0.3 -0.206
14 Art Harris 25 21 145 4.8 .347 .329 4.3 16.6 -0.5 0.1 -0.4 -0.119