1977-78 Phoenix Suns Roster and Statistics

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

PTS/G: 112.3 (5th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 108.6 (10th of 22)
SRS: 3.50 (3rd of 22) ▪ Pace: 111.4 (1st of 22)
Off Rtg: 100.3 (13th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 97.0 (1st of 22)
Expected W-L: 51-31 (3rd of 22)

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

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

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Roster

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

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	19780	3731	7836	.476	1749	2329	.751	1166	2579	3745	2338	1059	372	1766	1956	9211	112.3
Lg Rank		15	5	3	9	11	9	12	18	17	17	1	1	16	20	17	5	5
Opponent	82	19780	3578	7622	.469	1749	2319	.754	1202	2743	3945	1988	937	372	1969	2178	8905	108.6
Lg Rank		15	11	11	11	13	13	12	10	17	16	7	22	4	2	18	10	10

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	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

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	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

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	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

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
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	.187
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	.190
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	.113
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	.123
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	.103
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	.126
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	.094
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	.102
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	.077
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	.030
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	.022
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	-0.011

Playoffs

			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

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	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	.157
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	.146
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	.147
4	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	.034
5	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	.008
6	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	.244
7	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	.022
8	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	-0.247
9	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	.015
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	-0.079
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	-0.040

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