1975-76 Phoenix Suns Roster and Stats

Record: 42-40, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John MacLeod (42-40)

PTS/G: 105.1 (8th of 18) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 104.5 (8th of 18)
SRS: 0.59 (6th of 18) ▪ Pace: 105.6 (10th of 18)
Off Rtg: 98.5 (8th of 18) ▪ Def Rtg: 97.9 (7th of 18)
Expected W-L: 43-39 (6th of 18)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 295,293 (13th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-3) versus Golden State Warriors
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Seattle SuperSonics

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Western Conf. Champs

Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
33	Alvan Adams	C	6-9	210	July 19, 1954	R	University of Oklahoma
21	Dennis Awtrey	C	6-10	235	February 22, 1948	5	Santa Clara University
40	Mike Bantom	SF	6-9	200	December 3, 1951	2	Saint Joseph's University
14	Keith Erickson	SF	6-5	195	April 19, 1944	10	University of California, Los Angeles
32	Nate Hawthorne	SG	6-4	190	January 15, 1950	2	Southern Illinois University
24	Gar Heard	PF	6-6	219	May 3, 1948	5	University of Oklahoma
10	Phil Lumpkin	PG	6-0	165	December 20, 1951	1	Miami University
18	Curtis Perry	PF	6-7	220	September 13, 1948	5	Missouri State University
12	Pat Riley	SG	6-4	205	March 20, 1945	8	University of Kentucky
30	Fred Saunders	SF	6-7	210	June 13, 1951	1	Syracuse University
34	John Shumate	PF	6-9	235	April 6, 1952	R	University of Notre Dame
4-40	Ricky Sobers	SG	6-3	198	January 15, 1953	R	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
5	Dick Van Arsdale	SG	6-5	210	February 22, 1943	10	Indiana University
44	Paul Westphal	PG	6-4	195	November 30, 1950	3	University of Southern California
25	John Wetzel	SG	6-5	190	October 22, 1944	6	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Team and Opponent Stats

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	19880	3420	7251	.472	1780	2337	.762	1108	2558	3666	2083	853	349	1852	2018	8620	105.1
Lg Rank		2	12	17	4	6	6	7	13	15	18	4	3	11	17	11	8	8
Opponent	82	19880	3444	7357	.468	1682	2265	.743	1143	2513	3656	1979	912	336	1746	2163	8570	104.5
Lg Rank		2	9	3	16	11	12	6	7	2	2	12	17	8	5	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	43	39	0.61	-0.02	0.59	98.5	97.9	105.6	.472	18.3	30.6	.245	.468	17.3	69.1	.229	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	295,293
Lg Rank	6	6	6	12	6	8	7	10	4	17	8	3	16	2	12	11		13

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Paul Westphal	25	82	2960	657	1329	.494	365	440	.830	74	185	259	440	210	38	218	1679
2	Alvan Adams	21	80	2656	629	1341	.469	261	355	.735	215	512	727	450	121	116	274	1519
3	Curtis Perry	27	71	2353	386	776	.497	175	239	.732	197	487	684	182	84	66	269	947
4	Dick Van Arsdale	32	58	1870	276	570	.484	195	235	.830	39	98	137	140	52	11	113	747
5	Keith Erickson	31	74	1850	305	649	.470	134	157	.854	106	226	332	185	79	6	196	744
6	Ricky Sobers	23	78	1898	280	623	.449	158	192	.823	80	179	259	215	106	7	253	718
7	John Shumate	23	43	930	186	338	.550	115	183	.628	61	179	240	62	44	16	76	487
8	Nate Hawthorne	26	79	1144	182	423	.430	115	170	.676	86	123	209	46	33	15	147	479
9	Gar Heard	27	36	1220	185	409	.452	76	113	.673	109	249	358	64	51	41	120	446
10	Dennis Awtrey	27	74	1376	142	304	.467	75	109	.688	93	200	293	159	21	22	153	359
11	Pat Riley	30	60	790	112	288	.389	54	74	.730	15	32	47	57	21	5	107	278
12	Phil Lumpkin	24	34	370	22	65	.338	26	30	.867	7	16	23	48	15	0	26	70
13	John Wetzel	31	37	249	22	46	.478	20	24	.833	8	30	38	19	9	3	30	64
14	Fred Saunders	24	17	146	28	64	.438	6	11	.545	11	26	37	13	5	1	23	62
15	Mike Bantom	24	7	68	8	26	.308	5	5	1.000	7	16	23	3	2	2	13	21

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Paul Westphal	25	82	36.1	8.0	16.2	.494	4.5	5.4	.830	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.4	2.6	0.5	2.7	20.5
2	Alvan Adams	21	80	33.2	7.9	16.8	.469	3.3	4.4	.735	2.7	6.4	9.1	5.6	1.5	1.5	3.4	19.0
3	Curtis Perry	27	71	33.1	5.4	10.9	.497	2.5	3.4	.732	2.8	6.9	9.6	2.6	1.2	0.9	3.8	13.3
4	Dick Van Arsdale	32	58	32.2	4.8	9.8	.484	3.4	4.1	.830	0.7	1.7	2.4	2.4	0.9	0.2	1.9	12.9
5	Gar Heard	27	36	33.9	5.1	11.4	.452	2.1	3.1	.673	3.0	6.9	9.9	1.8	1.4	1.1	3.3	12.4
6	John Shumate	23	43	21.6	4.3	7.9	.550	2.7	4.3	.628	1.4	4.2	5.6	1.4	1.0	0.4	1.8	11.3
7	Keith Erickson	31	74	25.0	4.1	8.8	.470	1.8	2.1	.854	1.4	3.1	4.5	2.5	1.1	0.1	2.6	10.1
8	Ricky Sobers	23	78	24.3	3.6	8.0	.449	2.0	2.5	.823	1.0	2.3	3.3	2.8	1.4	0.1	3.2	9.2
9	Nate Hawthorne	26	79	14.5	2.3	5.4	.430	1.5	2.2	.676	1.1	1.6	2.6	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.9	6.1
10	Dennis Awtrey	27	74	18.6	1.9	4.1	.467	1.0	1.5	.688	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.1	0.3	0.3	2.1	4.9
11	Pat Riley	30	60	13.2	1.9	4.8	.389	0.9	1.2	.730	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.8	4.6
12	Fred Saunders	24	17	8.6	1.6	3.8	.438	0.4	0.6	.545	0.6	1.5	2.2	0.8	0.3	0.1	1.4	3.6
13	Mike Bantom	24	7	9.7	1.1	3.7	.308	0.7	0.7	1.000	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.9	3.0
14	Phil Lumpkin	24	34	10.9	0.6	1.9	.338	0.8	0.9	.867	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.8	2.1
15	John Wetzel	31	37	6.7	0.6	1.2	.478	0.5	0.6	.833	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.8	1.7

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Alvan Adams	21	80	2656	8.5	18.2	.469	3.5	4.8	.735	2.9	6.9	9.9	6.1	1.6	1.6	3.7	20.6
2	Paul Westphal	25	82	2960	8.0	16.2	.494	4.4	5.4	.830	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.4	2.6	0.5	2.7	20.4
3	John Shumate	23	43	930	7.2	13.1	.550	4.5	7.1	.628	2.4	6.9	9.3	2.4	1.7	0.6	2.9	18.9
4	Fred Saunders	24	17	146	6.9	15.8	.438	1.5	2.7	.545	2.7	6.4	9.1	3.2	1.2	0.2	5.7	15.3
5	Nate Hawthorne	26	79	1144	5.7	13.3	.430	3.6	5.3	.676	2.7	3.9	6.6	1.4	1.0	0.5	4.6	15.1
6	Curtis Perry	27	71	2353	5.9	11.9	.497	2.7	3.7	.732	3.0	7.5	10.5	2.8	1.3	1.0	4.1	14.5
7	Keith Erickson	31	74	1850	5.9	12.6	.470	2.6	3.1	.854	2.1	4.4	6.5	3.6	1.5	0.1	3.8	14.5
8	Dick Van Arsdale	32	58	1870	5.3	11.0	.484	3.8	4.5	.830	0.8	1.9	2.6	2.7	1.0	0.2	2.2	14.4
9	Ricky Sobers	23	78	1898	5.3	11.8	.449	3.0	3.6	.823	1.5	3.4	4.9	4.1	2.0	0.1	4.8	13.6
10	Gar Heard	27	36	1220	5.5	12.1	.452	2.2	3.3	.673	3.2	7.3	10.6	1.9	1.5	1.2	3.5	13.2
11	Pat Riley	30	60	790	5.1	13.1	.389	2.5	3.4	.730	0.7	1.5	2.1	2.6	1.0	0.2	4.9	12.7
12	Mike Bantom	24	7	68	4.2	13.8	.308	2.6	2.6	1.000	3.7	8.5	12.2	1.6	1.1	1.1	6.9	11.1
13	Dennis Awtrey	27	74	1376	3.7	8.0	.467	2.0	2.9	.688	2.4	5.2	7.7	4.2	0.5	0.6	4.0	9.4
14	John Wetzel	31	37	249	3.2	6.7	.478	2.9	3.5	.833	1.2	4.3	5.5	2.7	1.3	0.4	4.3	9.3
15	Phil Lumpkin	24	34	370	2.1	6.3	.338	2.5	2.9	.867	0.7	1.6	2.2	4.7	1.5	0.0	2.5	6.8

Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Paul Westphal	25	82	2960	19.9	.551	.494	2.7	6.7	4.8	23.3	3.2	0.7	98	6.3	3.2	9.6	.155
2	Alvan Adams	21	80	2656	21.7	.507	.469	8.9	20.7	14.9	27.2	2.1	2.4	95	3.3	3.9	7.2	.130
3	Curtis Perry	27	71	2353	15.8	.537	.497	9.2	22.2	15.8	11.1	1.6	1.5	96	2.8	3.2	6.0	.122
4	Dick Van Arsdale	32	58	1870	12.4	.555	.484	2.3	5.6	4.0	10.5	1.3	0.3	102	3.1	0.9	4.0	.102
5	Keith Erickson	31	74	1850	14.1	.518	.470	6.3	13.1	9.7	14.4	1.9	0.2	99	2.0	1.8	3.8	.098
6	John Shumate	23	43	930	19.0	.582	.550	7.2	20.7	14.0	10.1	2.1	0.9	96	1.8	1.3	3.1	.158
7	Ricky Sobers	23	78	1898	13.1	.507	.449	4.6	10.1	7.4	15.9	2.5	0.2	98	0.9	1.9	2.8	.072
8	Gar Heard	27	36	1220	14.1	.486	.452	9.8	21.9	15.9	7.4	1.9	1.8	95	0.6	1.7	2.3	.092
9	Dennis Awtrey	27	74	1376	11.2	.510	.467	7.4	15.6	11.6	15.3	0.7	0.9	100	0.7	1.1	1.8	.062
10	Nate Hawthorne	26	79	1144	11.7	.481	.430	8.3	11.6	9.9	5.7	1.3	0.7	100	0.2	0.9	1.1	.046
11	John Wetzel	31	37	249	10.1	.566	.478	3.5	12.9	8.3	9.9	1.6	0.7	99	0.2	0.2	0.4	.083
12	Phil Lumpkin	24	34	370	8.2	.448	.338	2.1	4.6	3.4	16.2	1.8	0.0	102	0.0	0.2	0.2	.022
13	Fred Saunders	24	17	146	12.7	.450	.438	8.3	19.1	13.8	13.3	1.6	0.4	98	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.026
14	Mike Bantom	24	7	68	9.1	.372	.308	11.3	25.3	18.4	5.9	1.3	1.6	95	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.020
15	Pat Riley	30	60	790	7.6	.434	.389	2.1	4.4	3.2	10.0	1.2	0.3	103	-0.6	0.4	-0.3	-0.017

Playoffs Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Paul Westphal	25	19	685	165	323	.511	71	93	.763	14	33	47	96	34	9	61	401
2	Alvan Adams	21	19	668	137	303	.452	67	82	.817	54	137	191	98	24	20	60	341
3	Gar Heard	27	19	721	105	238	.441	55	81	.679	53	144	197	33	39	37	56	265
4	Ricky Sobers	23	19	563	96	205	.468	55	66	.833	20	43	63	79	18	6	77	247
5	Curtis Perry	27	19	615	99	218	.454	44	68	.647	63	83	146	36	12	17	78	242
6	Keith Erickson	31	19	426	80	173	.462	55	68	.809	15	52	67	35	11	4	61	215
7	Dick Van Arsdale	32	19	472	61	125	.488	40	46	.870	10	13	23	38	13	2	41	162
8	Dennis Awtrey	27	19	286	21	45	.467	18	33	.545	17	46	63	25	5	9	38	60
9	Phil Lumpkin	24	17	136	10	30	.333	11	14	.786	5	8	13	21	2	0	8	31
10	Nate Hawthorne	26	15	81	9	26	.346	8	11	.727	5	11	16	4	5	1	20	26
11	Pat Riley	30	5	27	6	15	.400	1	1	1.000	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	13
12	John Wetzel	31	2	5	0	0		2	2	1.000	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2

Playoffs Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Paul Westphal	25	19	36.1	8.7	17.0	.511	3.7	4.9	.763	0.7	1.7	2.5	5.1	1.8	0.5	3.2	21.1
2	Alvan Adams	21	19	35.2	7.2	15.9	.452	3.5	4.3	.817	2.8	7.2	10.1	5.2	1.3	1.1	3.2	17.9
3	Gar Heard	27	19	37.9	5.5	12.5	.441	2.9	4.3	.679	2.8	7.6	10.4	1.7	2.1	1.9	2.9	13.9
4	Ricky Sobers	23	19	29.6	5.1	10.8	.468	2.9	3.5	.833	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.2	0.9	0.3	4.1	13.0
5	Curtis Perry	27	19	32.4	5.2	11.5	.454	2.3	3.6	.647	3.3	4.4	7.7	1.9	0.6	0.9	4.1	12.7
6	Keith Erickson	31	19	22.4	4.2	9.1	.462	2.9	3.6	.809	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.8	0.6	0.2	3.2	11.3
7	Dick Van Arsdale	32	19	24.8	3.2	6.6	.488	2.1	2.4	.870	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.0	0.7	0.1	2.2	8.5
8	Dennis Awtrey	27	19	15.1	1.1	2.4	.467	0.9	1.7	.545	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	3.2
9	Pat Riley	30	5	5.4	1.2	3.0	.400	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.6
10	Phil Lumpkin	24	17	8.0	0.6	1.8	.333	0.6	0.8	.786	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.8
11	Nate Hawthorne	26	15	5.4	0.6	1.7	.346	0.5	0.7	.727	0.3	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.3	1.7
12	John Wetzel	31	2	2.5	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Paul Westphal	25	19	685	8.7	17.0	.511	3.7	4.9	.763	0.7	1.7	2.5	5.0	1.8	0.5	3.2	21.1
2	Alvan Adams	21	19	668	7.4	16.3	.452	3.6	4.4	.817	2.9	7.4	10.3	5.3	1.3	1.1	3.2	18.4
3	Keith Erickson	31	19	426	6.8	14.6	.462	4.6	5.7	.809	1.3	4.4	5.7	3.0	0.9	0.3	5.2	18.2
4	Pat Riley	30	5	27	8.0	20.0	.400	1.3	1.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.7	0.0	0.0	4.0	17.3
5	Ricky Sobers	23	19	563	6.1	13.1	.468	3.5	4.2	.833	1.3	2.7	4.0	5.1	1.2	0.4	4.9	15.8
6	John Wetzel	31	2	5	0.0	0.0		14.4	14.4	1.000	0.0	14.4	14.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.4	14.4
7	Curtis Perry	27	19	615	5.8	12.8	.454	2.6	4.0	.647	3.7	4.9	8.5	2.1	0.7	1.0	4.6	14.2
8	Gar Heard	27	19	721	5.2	11.9	.441	2.7	4.0	.679	2.6	7.2	9.8	1.6	1.9	1.8	2.8	13.2
9	Dick Van Arsdale	32	19	472	4.7	9.5	.488	3.1	3.5	.870	0.8	1.0	1.8	2.9	1.0	0.2	3.1	12.4
10	Nate Hawthorne	26	15	81	4.0	11.6	.346	3.6	4.9	.727	2.2	4.9	7.1	1.8	2.2	0.4	8.9	11.6
11	Phil Lumpkin	24	17	136	2.6	7.9	.333	2.9	3.7	.786	1.3	2.1	3.4	5.6	0.5	0.0	2.1	8.2
12	Dennis Awtrey	27	19	286	2.6	5.7	.467	2.3	4.2	.545	2.1	5.8	7.9	3.1	0.6	1.1	4.8	7.6

Playoffs Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Paul Westphal	25	19	685	19.1	.551	.511	2.1	5.3	3.7	23.3	2.3	0.7	101	1.3	0.6	1.9	.134
2	Alvan Adams	21	19	668	19.8	.503	.452	8.5	22.5	15.4	23.0	1.7	1.6	96	0.7	0.9	1.7	.122
3	Gar Heard	27	19	721	15.0	.484	.441	7.7	21.9	14.7	6.6	2.5	2.8	94	0.3	1.2	1.5	.103
4	Curtis Perry	27	19	615	13.2	.488	.454	10.8	14.8	12.7	8.6	0.9	1.5	100	0.3	0.6	0.9	.070
5	Ricky Sobers	23	19	563	14.7	.528	.468	3.7	8.4	6.0	20.9	1.5	0.6	102	0.5	0.4	0.9	.080
6	Keith Erickson	31	19	426	14.7	.530	.462	3.7	13.4	8.4	12.6	1.2	0.5	101	0.4	0.4	0.8	.090
7	Dick Van Arsdale	32	19	472	10.9	.558	.488	2.2	3.0	2.6	11.3	1.3	0.2	104	0.6	0.2	0.8	.084
8	Dennis Awtrey	27	19	286	9.7	.504	.467	6.2	17.7	11.8	11.4	0.8	1.7	99	0.0	0.3	0.3	.051
9	Pat Riley	30	5	27	10.5	.421	.400	0.0	0.0	0.0	29.9	0.0	0.0	108	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.069
10	John Wetzel	31	2	5	13.8	1.136		0.0	43.9	21.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	94	0.0	0.0	0.0	.160
11	Phil Lumpkin	24	17	136	9.2	.429	.333	3.9	6.5	5.1	20.1	0.7	0.0	105	0.0	0.1	0.0	.011
12	Nate Hawthorne	26	15	81	8.7	.422	.346	6.5	14.9	10.6	6.8	2.8	0.7	97	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.018

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