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1977-78 Phoenix Suns Roster and Statistics

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49-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: John MacLeod (49-33)

Points Per Game: 112.3 (5th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 108.6 (10th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 51-31 (3rd of 22)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 470,009 (11th of 21)

SRS: 3.50 (3rd of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 111.4 (1st of 22)
Offensive Rating: 100.3 (13th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 97.0 (1st of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-0) versus Milwaukee Bucks

1977-78 Phoenix Suns:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
33 Alvan Adams C-F 6-9 210 July 19, 1954 2 University of Oklahoma
21 Dennis Awtrey C 6-10 235 February 22, 1948 7 Santa Clara University
23 Mike Bratz G 6-2 185 October 17, 1955 R Stanford University
10 Don Buse G 6-4 190 August 10, 1950 5 University of Evansville
6 Walter Davis G-F 6-6 193 September 9, 1954 R University of North Carolina
35 Bayard Forrest C 6-10 235 July 8, 1954 R Grand Canyon University
25 Greg Griffin F 6-7 190 September 6, 1952 R Idaho State University
24 Gar Heard F 6-6 219 May 3, 1948 7 University of Oklahoma
30 Ron Lee G 6-4 193 November 2, 1952 1 University of Oregon
18 Curtis Perry F 6-7 220 September 13, 1948 7 Missouri State University
14 Alvin Scott F-G 6-7 185 September 14, 1955 R Oral Roberts University
44 Paul Westphal G 6-4 195 November 30, 1950 5 University of Southern California

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19780 3731 7836 .476 1749 2329 .751 1166 2579 3745 2338 1059 372 1766 1956 9211 112.3
Opponent 82 19780 3578 7622 .469 1749 2319 .754 1202 2743 3945 1988 937 372 1969 2178 8905 108.6

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 27 80 2481 809 1568 .516 396 487 .813 41 123 164 437 138 31 280 162 2014
2 Walter Davis 23 81 2590 786 1494 .526 387 466 .830 158 326 484 273 113 20 283 242 1959
3 Alvan Adams 23 70 1914 434 895 .485 214 293 .730 158 407 565 225 86 63 234 242 1082
4 Ron Lee 25 82 1928 417 950 .439 170 228 .746 95 159 254 305 225 17 221 257 1004
5 Don Buse 27 82 2547 287 626 .458 112 136 .824 59 190 249 391 185 14 124 144 686
6 Gar Heard 29 80 2099 265 625 .424 90 147 .612 166 486 652 132 129 101 120 213 620
7 Alvin Scott 22 81 1538 180 369 .488 132 191 .691 135 222 357 88 52 40 85 158 492
8 Mike Bratz 22 80 933 159 395 .403 56 68 .824 42 73 115 123 39 5 89 104 374
9 Dennis Awtrey 29 81 1623 112 264 .424 69 109 .633 97 205 302 163 19 25 127 153 293
10 Curtis Perry 29 45 818 110 243 .453 51 65 .785 87 163 250 48 34 22 63 120 271
11 Bayard Forrest 23 64 887 111 238 .466 49 103 .476 84 166 250 129 23 34 84 105 271
12 Greg Griffin 25 36 422 61 169 .361 23 36 .639 44 59 103 24 16 0 39 56 145

Per Game

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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 27 80 31.0 10.1 19.6 .516 5.0 6.1 .813 0.5 1.5 2.1 5.5 1.7 0.4 3.5 2.0 25.2
2 Walter Davis 23 81 32.0 9.7 18.4 .526 4.8 5.8 .830 2.0 4.0 6.0 3.4 1.4 0.2 3.5 3.0 24.2
3 Alvan Adams 23 70 27.3 6.2 12.8 .485 3.1 4.2 .730 2.3 5.8 8.1 3.2 1.2 0.9 3.3 3.5 15.5
4 Ron Lee 25 82 23.5 5.1 11.6 .439 2.1 2.8 .746 1.2 1.9 3.1 3.7 2.7 0.2 2.7 3.1 12.2
5 Don Buse 27 82 31.1 3.5 7.6 .458 1.4 1.7 .824 0.7 2.3 3.0 4.8 2.3 0.2 1.5 1.8 8.4
6 Gar Heard 29 80 26.2 3.3 7.8 .424 1.1 1.8 .612 2.1 6.1 8.2 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.5 2.7 7.8
7 Alvin Scott 22 81 19.0 2.2 4.6 .488 1.6 2.4 .691 1.7 2.7 4.4 1.1 0.6 0.5 1.0 2.0 6.1
8 Curtis Perry 29 45 18.2 2.4 5.4 .453 1.1 1.4 .785 1.9 3.6 5.6 1.1 0.8 0.5 1.4 2.7 6.0
9 Mike Bratz 22 80 11.7 2.0 4.9 .403 0.7 0.9 .824 0.5 0.9 1.4 1.5 0.5 0.1 1.1 1.3 4.7
10 Bayard Forrest 23 64 13.9 1.7 3.7 .466 0.8 1.6 .476 1.3 2.6 3.9 2.0 0.4 0.5 1.3 1.6 4.2
11 Greg Griffin 25 36 11.7 1.7 4.7 .361 0.6 1.0 .639 1.2 1.6 2.9 0.7 0.4 0.0 1.1 1.6 4.0
12 Dennis Awtrey 29 81 20.0 1.4 3.3 .424 0.9 1.3 .633 1.2 2.5 3.7 2.0 0.2 0.3 1.6 1.9 3.6

Per 36 Minutes

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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 27 80 2481 11.7 22.8 .516 5.7 7.1 .813 0.6 1.8 2.4 6.3 2.0 0.4 4.1 2.4 29.2
2 Walter Davis 23 81 2590 10.9 20.8 .526 5.4 6.5 .830 2.2 4.5 6.7 3.8 1.6 0.3 3.9 3.4 27.2
3 Alvan Adams 23 70 1914 8.2 16.8 .485 4.0 5.5 .730 3.0 7.7 10.6 4.2 1.6 1.2 4.4 4.6 20.4
4 Ron Lee 25 82 1928 7.8 17.7 .439 3.2 4.3 .746 1.8 3.0 4.7 5.7 4.2 0.3 4.1 4.8 18.7
5 Mike Bratz 22 80 933 6.1 15.2 .403 2.2 2.6 .824 1.6 2.8 4.4 4.7 1.5 0.2 3.4 4.0 14.4
6 Greg Griffin 25 36 422 5.2 14.4 .361 2.0 3.1 .639 3.8 5.0 8.8 2.0 1.4 0.0 3.3 4.8 12.4
7 Curtis Perry 29 45 818 4.8 10.7 .453 2.2 2.9 .785 3.8 7.2 11.0 2.1 1.5 1.0 2.8 5.3 11.9
8 Alvin Scott 22 81 1538 4.2 8.6 .488 3.1 4.5 .691 3.2 5.2 8.4 2.1 1.2 0.9 2.0 3.7 11.5
9 Bayard Forrest 23 64 887 4.5 9.7 .466 2.0 4.2 .476 3.4 6.7 10.1 5.2 0.9 1.4 3.4 4.3 11.0
10 Gar Heard 29 80 2099 4.5 10.7 .424 1.5 2.5 .612 2.8 8.3 11.2 2.3 2.2 1.7 2.1 3.7 10.6
11 Don Buse 27 82 2547 4.1 8.8 .458 1.6 1.9 .824 0.8 2.7 3.5 5.5 2.6 0.2 1.8 2.0 9.7
12 Dennis Awtrey 29 81 1623 2.5 5.9 .424 1.5 2.4 .633 2.2 4.5 6.7 3.6 0.4 0.6 2.8 3.4 6.5

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Walter Davis 23 81 2590 22.1 .577 .526 6.2 13.2 9.6 16.5 1.9 0.4 14.3 28.5 108 99 6.7 3.4 10.1
2 Paul Westphal 27 80 2481 23.8 .565 .516 1.7 5.2 3.4 28.5 2.4 0.6 13.6 30.9 107 100 6.9 2.9 9.8
3 Don Buse 27 82 2547 12.5 .500 .458 2.3 7.8 5.0 18.5 3.1 0.3 15.3 11.8 105 98 2.4 3.6 6.0
4 Alvan Adams 23 70 1914 17.7 .528 .485 8.4 22.2 15.2 16.4 1.9 1.7 18.6 24.5 98 95 1.5 3.4 4.9
5 Gar Heard 29 80 2099 12.9 .449 .424 8.0 24.2 16.0 7.7 2.6 2.5 14.8 14.4 93 92 0.1 4.4 4.5
6 Alvin Scott 22 81 1538 12.3 .543 .488 8.9 15.1 11.9 6.9 1.5 1.3 15.8 13.0 107 98 1.9 2.1 4.0
7 Ron Lee 25 82 1928 16.2 .478 .439 5.0 8.6 6.8 21.8 5.0 0.5 17.4 24.5 93 93 0.0 3.8 3.8
8 Curtis Perry 29 45 818 11.8 .499 .453 10.8 20.8 15.7 7.3 1.8 1.4 18.8 15.2 97 96 0.4 1.4 1.7
9 Bayard Forrest 23 64 887 12.2 .478 .466 9.6 19.6 14.5 17.8 1.1 2.0 22.9 15.4 94 97 0.1 1.3 1.4
10 Dennis Awtrey 29 81 1623 6.1 .470 .424 6.0 13.2 9.6 11.5 0.5 0.8 28.9 10.1 88 101 -0.6 1.6 1.0
11 Mike Bratz 22 80 933 9.5 .440 .403 4.6 8.2 6.3 17.1 1.8 0.3 17.3 20.5 88 100 -0.6 1.0 0.4
12 Greg Griffin 25 36 422 6.8 .392 .361 10.6 14.6 12.6 7.1 1.6 0.0 17.4 19.7 81 99 -0.6 0.5 -0.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Paul Westphal 27 2 66 22 47 8 9 3 6 19 1 0 5 4 52 .468 .889 33.0 26.0 3.0 9.5
2 Walter Davis 23 2 66 19 40 12 16 4 17 8 3 0 6 8 50 .475 .750 33.0 25.0 8.5 4.0
3 Alvan Adams 23 2 71 15 33 2 2 8 16 4 2 1 9 8 32 .455 1.000 35.5 16.0 8.0 2.0
4 Gar Heard 29 2 62 6 17 1 2 4 16 5 2 4 2 4 13 .353 .500 31.0 6.5 8.0 2.5
5 Alvin Scott 22 2 37 4 8 5 6 2 6 3 2 0 2 3 13 .500 .833 18.5 6.5 3.0 1.5
6 Ron Lee 25 2 41 5 16 2 2 2 6 3 4 0 4 7 12 .313 1.000 20.5 6.0 3.0 1.5
7 Don Buse 27 2 76 4 11 0 0 0 5 4 4 0 1 3 8 .364 38.0 4.0 2.5 2.0
8 Greg Griffin 25 2 25 3 7 0 0 2 4 3 1 1 2 5 6 .429 12.5 3.0 2.0 1.5
9 Dennis Awtrey 29 2 24 1 4 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 3 .250 1.000 12.0 1.5 1.0 1.5
10 Bayard Forrest 23 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.000 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
11 Mike Bratz 22 2 9 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 .200 4.5 1.0 0.0 0.5

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Paul Westphal 27 2 66 26.3 .510 .468 4.2 6.2 5.0 56.4 0.7 0.0 8.9 34.2 107 107 0.2 0.0 0.2
2 Walter Davis 23 2 66 23.9 .531 .475 5.6 27.0 14.2 21.8 2.2 0.0 11.3 32.5 103 100 0.1 0.1 0.2
3 Alvin Scott 22 2 37 15.1 .611 .500 5.0 14.8 8.9 11.0 2.6 0.0 15.8 13.8 115 101 0.1 0.0 0.1
4 Dennis Awtrey 29 2 24 7.7 .338 .250 7.7 0.0 4.6 15.6 2.0 0.0 18.4 9.2 89 105 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Mike Bratz 22 2 9 -2.0 .200 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.4 54 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Gar Heard 29 2 62 11.1 .364 .353 6.0 26.5 14.2 10.8 1.5 3.9 10.1 12.9 84 98 -0.1 0.1 0.0
7 Greg Griffin 25 2 25 8.1 .429 .429 7.4 11.0 8.8 16.6 1.9 2.4 22.2 14.5 84 101 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Bayard Forrest 23 1 3 25.9 1.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5 200 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Don Buse 27 2 76 5.2 .364 .364 0.0 9.0 3.6 6.7 2.5 0.0 8.3 6.4 80 103 0.0 0.1 0.0
10 Ron Lee 25 2 41 5.8 .355 .313 4.5 13.4 8.1 10.1 4.6 0.0 19.2 20.6 69 97 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
11 Alvan Adams 23 2 71 10.7 .472 .455 10.4 15.5 12.4 8.9 1.3 0.9 21.0 24.4 83 103 -0.1 0.1 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Paul Westphal *$303,750
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)