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1976-77 Phoenix Suns Roster and Statistics

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34-48, Finished 5th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John MacLeod (34-48)

PTS/G: 104.9 (15th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 104.2 (5th of 22)
SRS: 0.64 (11th of 22) ▪ Pace: 106.6 (14th of 22)
Off Rtg: 98.1 (16th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 97.5 (3rd of 22)
Expected W-L: 43-39 (11th of 22)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 411,294 (14th of 22)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
33 Alvan Adams C-F 6-9 210 July 19, 1954 1 University of Oklahoma
21 Dennis Awtrey C 6-10 235 February 22, 1948 6 Santa Clara University
14 Keith Erickson F-G 6-5 195 April 19, 1944 11 University of California, Los Angeles
7 Butch Feher G 6-4 185 May 19, 1954 R Vanderbilt University
24 Gar Heard F 6-6 219 May 3, 1948 6 University of Oklahoma
30 Ron Lee G 6-4 193 November 2, 1952 R University of Oregon
18 Curtis Perry F 6-7 220 September 13, 1948 6 Missouri State University
54 Dale Schlueter C 6-10 225 November 12, 1945 8 Colorado State University
40 Ricky Sobers G 6-3 198 January 15, 1953 1 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
32 Ira Terrell F-C 6-8 200 June 19, 1954 R Southern Methodist University
5 Dick Van Arsdale G-F 6-5 210 February 22, 1943 11 Indiana University
4 Tom Van Arsdale F-G 6-5 202 February 22, 1943 11 Indiana University
44 Paul Westphal G 6-4 195 November 30, 1950 4 University of Southern California

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19730 3406 7249 .470 1791 2345 .764 1059 2493 3552 2100 750 346 1830 2089 8603 104.9
Lg Rank 15 18 19 10 7 8 5 21 21 22 4 13 18 20 11 15 15
Opponent 82 19730 3320 7192 .462 1903 2525 .754 1180 2594 3774 1856 897 440 1835 2325 8543 104.2
Lg Rank 15 4 4 8 19 20 15 9 8 7 6 21 14 3 22 5 5

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 Paul Westphal 26 81 2600 682 1317 .518 362 439 .825 57 133 190 459 134 21 171 1726
2 Alvan Adams 22 72 2278 522 1102 .474 252 334 .754 180 472 652 322 95 87 260 1296
3 Ricky Sobers 24 79 2005 414 834 .496 243 289 .841 82 152 234 238 93 14 258 1071
4 Ron Lee 24 82 1849 347 786 .441 142 210 .676 99 200 299 263 156 33 276 836
5 Ira Terrell 22 78 1751 277 545 .508 111 176 .631 99 288 387 103 41 47 165 665
6 Dick Van Arsdale 33 78 1535 227 498 .456 145 166 .873 31 86 117 120 35 5 94 599
7 Curtis Perry 28 44 1391 179 414 .432 112 142 .789 149 246 395 79 49 28 163 470
8 Gar Heard 28 46 1363 173 457 .379 100 138 .725 120 320 440 89 55 55 139 446
9 Tom Van Arsdale 33 77 1425 171 395 .433 102 145 .703 47 137 184 67 20 3 163 444
10 Dennis Awtrey 28 72 1760 160 373 .429 91 126 .722 111 245 356 182 23 31 170 411
11 Keith Erickson 32 50 949 142 294 .483 37 50 .740 36 108 144 104 30 7 122 321
12 Butch Feher 22 48 487 86 162 .531 76 99 .768 18 56 74 36 11 7 46 248
13 Dale Schlueter 31 39 337 26 72 .361 18 31 .581 30 50 80 38 8 8 62 70

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 Paul Westphal 26 81 32.1 8.4 16.3 .518 4.5 5.4 .825 0.7 1.6 2.3 5.7 1.7 0.3 2.1 21.3
2 Alvan Adams 22 72 31.6 7.3 15.3 .474 3.5 4.6 .754 2.5 6.6 9.1 4.5 1.3 1.2 3.6 18.0
3 Ricky Sobers 24 79 25.4 5.2 10.6 .496 3.1 3.7 .841 1.0 1.9 3.0 3.0 1.2 0.2 3.3 13.6
4 Curtis Perry 28 44 31.6 4.1 9.4 .432 2.5 3.2 .789 3.4 5.6 9.0 1.8 1.1 0.6 3.7 10.7
5 Ron Lee 24 82 22.5 4.2 9.6 .441 1.7 2.6 .676 1.2 2.4 3.6 3.2 1.9 0.4 3.4 10.2
6 Gar Heard 28 46 29.6 3.8 9.9 .379 2.2 3.0 .725 2.6 7.0 9.6 1.9 1.2 1.2 3.0 9.7
7 Ira Terrell 22 78 22.4 3.6 7.0 .508 1.4 2.3 .631 1.3 3.7 5.0 1.3 0.5 0.6 2.1 8.5
8 Dick Van Arsdale 33 78 19.7 2.9 6.4 .456 1.9 2.1 .873 0.4 1.1 1.5 1.5 0.4 0.1 1.2 7.7
9 Keith Erickson 32 50 19.0 2.8 5.9 .483 0.7 1.0 .740 0.7 2.2 2.9 2.1 0.6 0.1 2.4 6.4
10 Tom Van Arsdale 33 77 18.5 2.2 5.1 .433 1.3 1.9 .703 0.6 1.8 2.4 0.9 0.3 0.0 2.1 5.8
11 Dennis Awtrey 28 72 24.4 2.2 5.2 .429 1.3 1.8 .722 1.5 3.4 4.9 2.5 0.3 0.4 2.4 5.7
12 Butch Feher 22 48 10.1 1.8 3.4 .531 1.6 2.1 .768 0.4 1.2 1.5 0.8 0.2 0.1 1.0 5.2
13 Dale Schlueter 31 39 8.6 0.7 1.8 .361 0.5 0.8 .581 0.8 1.3 2.1 1.0 0.2 0.2 1.6 1.8

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 Paul Westphal 26 81 2600 9.4 18.2 .518 5.0 6.1 .825 0.8 1.8 2.6 6.4 1.9 0.3 2.4 23.9
2 Alvan Adams 22 72 2278 8.2 17.4 .474 4.0 5.3 .754 2.8 7.5 10.3 5.1 1.5 1.4 4.1 20.5
3 Ricky Sobers 24 79 2005 7.4 15.0 .496 4.4 5.2 .841 1.5 2.7 4.2 4.3 1.7 0.3 4.6 19.2
4 Butch Feher 22 48 487 6.4 12.0 .531 5.6 7.3 .768 1.3 4.1 5.5 2.7 0.8 0.5 3.4 18.3
5 Ron Lee 24 82 1849 6.8 15.3 .441 2.8 4.1 .676 1.9 3.9 5.8 5.1 3.0 0.6 5.4 16.3
6 Dick Van Arsdale 33 78 1535 5.3 11.7 .456 3.4 3.9 .873 0.7 2.0 2.7 2.8 0.8 0.1 2.2 14.0
7 Ira Terrell 22 78 1751 5.7 11.2 .508 2.3 3.6 .631 2.0 5.9 8.0 2.1 0.8 1.0 3.4 13.7
8 Keith Erickson 32 50 949 5.4 11.2 .483 1.4 1.9 .740 1.4 4.1 5.5 3.9 1.1 0.3 4.6 12.2
9 Curtis Perry 28 44 1391 4.6 10.7 .432 2.9 3.7 .789 3.9 6.4 10.2 2.0 1.3 0.7 4.2 12.2
10 Gar Heard 28 46 1363 4.6 12.1 .379 2.6 3.6 .725 3.2 8.5 11.6 2.4 1.5 1.5 3.7 11.8
11 Tom Van Arsdale 33 77 1425 4.3 10.0 .433 2.6 3.7 .703 1.2 3.5 4.6 1.7 0.5 0.1 4.1 11.2
12 Dennis Awtrey 28 72 1760 3.3 7.6 .429 1.9 2.6 .722 2.3 5.0 7.3 3.7 0.5 0.6 3.5 8.4
13 Dale Schlueter 31 39 337 2.8 7.7 .361 1.9 3.3 .581 3.2 5.3 8.5 4.1 0.9 0.9 6.6 7.5

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 Westphal 26 81 2600 21.4 .571 .518 2.4 5.5 3.9 29.4 2.3 0.4 99 6.9 2.7 9.6 .178
2 Alvan Adams 22 72 2278 20.2 .519 .474 8.5 22.3 15.4 22.3 1.9 2.1 94 2.3 4.0 6.3 .134
3 Ricky Sobers 24 79 2005 16.5 .557 .496 4.4 8.1 6.3 18.1 2.1 0.4 99 3.0 2.2 5.3 .126
4 Ira Terrell 22 78 1751 12.8 .534 .508 6.1 17.7 11.9 8.3 1.1 1.5 97 1.3 2.3 3.6 .097
5 Curtis Perry 28 44 1391 12.7 .493 .432 11.6 19.0 15.3 7.7 1.6 1.1 96 0.7 2.0 2.8 .096
6 Ron Lee 24 82 1849 15.6 .476 .441 5.8 11.6 8.7 21.1 3.8 1.0 94 -0.5 3.2 2.8 .072
7 Dick Van Arsdale 33 78 1535 11.1 .524 .456 2.2 6.0 4.1 10.9 1.0 0.2 102 1.7 1.1 2.7 .086
8 Dennis Awtrey 28 72 1760 9.6 .480 .429 6.8 15.0 10.9 13.4 0.6 1.0 100 0.3 1.8 2.1 .057
9 Gar Heard 28 46 1363 12.6 .431 .379 9.5 25.2 17.4 8.9 1.8 2.2 93 -0.8 2.5 1.7 .062
10 Butch Feher 22 48 487 15.9 .603 .531 4.0 12.4 8.2 10.8 1.0 0.8 100 1.0 0.5 1.5 .145
11 Keith Erickson 32 50 949 11.1 .508 .483 4.1 12.2 8.2 15.4 1.4 0.4 99 0.4 1.0 1.4 .071
12 Tom Van Arsdale 33 77 1425 7.7 .484 .433 3.6 10.3 7.0 6.3 0.6 0.1 101 0.0 1.1 1.1 .037
13 Dale Schlueter 31 39 337 8.5 .409 .361 9.6 15.9 12.8 14.3 1.1 1.3 98 -0.4 0.4 0.1 .009