1971-72 Phoenix Suns Roster and Stats

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)

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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

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	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

									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

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	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

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	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

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	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

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	TRB%	AST%	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

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