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1978-79 Phoenix Suns Roster and Statistics

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50-32, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: John MacLeod (50-32)

Points Per Game: 115.4 (2nd of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 111.7 (14th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 50-32 (3rd of 22)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 465,010 (9th of 22)

SRS: 3.55 (3rd of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 108.5 (4th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 105.7 (7th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.4 (6th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-3) versus Seattle Supersonics
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Kansas City Kings
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers

1978-79 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 3 University of Oklahoma
23 Mike Bratz G 6-2 185 October 17, 1955 1 Stanford University
10 Don Buse G 6-4 190 August 10, 1950 6 University of Evansville
45 Marty Byrnes F 6-7 215 April 30, 1956 R Syracuse University
6 Walter Davis G-F 6-6 193 September 9, 1954 1 University of North Carolina
35 Bayard Forrest C 6-10 235 July 8, 1954 1 Grand Canyon University
24 Gar Heard F 6-6 219 May 3, 1948 8 University of Oklahoma
50 Joel Kramer F-C 6-7 203 November 30, 1955 R San Diego State University
30 Ron Lee G 6-4 193 November 2, 1952 2 University of Oregon
12 Ted McClain G 6-1 180 August 30, 1946 7 Tennessee State University
21 Truck Robinson F-C 6-7 225 October 4, 1951 4 Tennessee State University
14 Alvin Scott F-G 6-7 185 September 14, 1955 1 Oral Roberts University
44 Paul Westphal G 6-4 195 November 30, 1950 6 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 3847 7516 .512 1765 2299 .768 1083 2379 3462 2500 915 337 1760 1944 9459 115.4
Opponent 82 19780 3775 7626 .495 1606 2127 .755 1238 2424 3662 2091 890 402 1841 2144 9156 111.7

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 28 81 2641 801 1496 .535 339 405 .837 35 124 159 529 111 26 232 159 1941
2 Walter Davis 24 79 2437 764 1362 .561 340 409 .831 111 262 373 339 147 26 293 250 1868
3 Alvan Adams 24 77 2364 569 1073 .530 231 289 .799 220 485 705 360 110 63 279 246 1369
4 Don Buse 28 82 2544 285 576 .495 70 91 .769 44 173 217 356 156 18 96 149 640
5 Mike Bratz 23 77 1297 242 533 .454 139 170 .818 55 86 141 179 64 7 135 151 623
6 Alvin Scott 23 81 1737 212 396 .535 120 168 .714 104 256 360 126 80 62 99 139 544
7 Joel Kramer 23 82 1401 181 370 .489 125 176 .710 134 203 337 92 45 23 98 224 487
8 Ron Lee 26 43 948 173 383 .452 74 104 .712 42 71 113 132 69 4 116 138 420
9 Truck Robinson 27 26 756 169 333 .508 79 123 .642 56 169 225 39 17 12 90 76 417
10 Gar Heard 30 63 1213 162 367 .441 71 103 .689 98 253 351 60 53 57 60 141 395
11 Bayard Forrest 24 75 1243 118 272 .434 62 115 .539 110 205 315 167 29 37 107 151 298
12 Marty Byrnes 22 43 734 109 223 .489 73 100 .730 49 48 97 61 15 2 79 69 291
13 Ted McClain 32 36 465 62 132 .470 42 46 .913 25 44 69 60 19 0 54 51 166

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 28 81 32.6 9.9 18.5 .535 4.2 5.0 .837 0.4 1.5 2.0 6.5 1.4 0.3 2.9 2.0 24.0
2 Walter Davis 24 79 30.8 9.7 17.2 .561 4.3 5.2 .831 1.4 3.3 4.7 4.3 1.9 0.3 3.7 3.2 23.6
3 Alvan Adams 24 77 30.7 7.4 13.9 .530 3.0 3.8 .799 2.9 6.3 9.2 4.7 1.4 0.8 3.6 3.2 17.8
4 Truck Robinson 27 26 29.1 6.5 12.8 .508 3.0 4.7 .642 2.2 6.5 8.7 1.5 0.7 0.5 3.5 2.9 16.0
5 Ron Lee 26 43 22.0 4.0 8.9 .452 1.7 2.4 .712 1.0 1.7 2.6 3.1 1.6 0.1 2.7 3.2 9.8
6 Mike Bratz 23 77 16.8 3.1 6.9 .454 1.8 2.2 .818 0.7 1.1 1.8 2.3 0.8 0.1 1.8 2.0 8.1
7 Don Buse 28 82 31.0 3.5 7.0 .495 0.9 1.1 .769 0.5 2.1 2.6 4.3 1.9 0.2 1.2 1.8 7.8
8 Marty Byrnes 22 43 17.1 2.5 5.2 .489 1.7 2.3 .730 1.1 1.1 2.3 1.4 0.3 0.0 1.8 1.6 6.8
9 Alvin Scott 23 81 21.4 2.6 4.9 .535 1.5 2.1 .714 1.3 3.2 4.4 1.6 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.7 6.7
10 Gar Heard 30 63 19.3 2.6 5.8 .441 1.1 1.6 .689 1.6 4.0 5.6 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.0 2.2 6.3
11 Joel Kramer 23 82 17.1 2.2 4.5 .489 1.5 2.1 .710 1.6 2.5 4.1 1.1 0.5 0.3 1.2 2.7 5.9
12 Ted McClain 32 36 12.9 1.7 3.7 .470 1.2 1.3 .913 0.7 1.2 1.9 1.7 0.5 0.0 1.5 1.4 4.6
13 Bayard Forrest 24 75 16.6 1.6 3.6 .434 0.8 1.5 .539 1.5 2.7 4.2 2.2 0.4 0.5 1.4 2.0 4.0

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 Walter Davis 24 79 2437 11.3 20.1 .561 5.0 6.0 .831 1.6 3.9 5.5 5.0 2.2 0.4 4.3 3.7 27.6
2 Paul Westphal 28 81 2641 10.9 20.4 .535 4.6 5.5 .837 0.5 1.7 2.2 7.2 1.5 0.4 3.2 2.2 26.5
3 Alvan Adams 24 77 2364 8.7 16.3 .530 3.5 4.4 .799 3.4 7.4 10.7 5.5 1.7 1.0 4.2 3.7 20.8
4 Truck Robinson 27 26 756 8.0 15.9 .508 3.8 5.9 .642 2.7 8.0 10.7 1.9 0.8 0.6 4.3 3.6 19.9
5 Mike Bratz 23 77 1297 6.7 14.8 .454 3.9 4.7 .818 1.5 2.4 3.9 5.0 1.8 0.2 3.7 4.2 17.3
6 Ron Lee 26 43 948 6.6 14.5 .452 2.8 3.9 .712 1.6 2.7 4.3 5.0 2.6 0.2 4.4 5.2 15.9
7 Marty Byrnes 22 43 734 5.3 10.9 .489 3.6 4.9 .730 2.4 2.4 4.8 3.0 0.7 0.1 3.9 3.4 14.3
8 Ted McClain 32 36 465 4.8 10.2 .470 3.3 3.6 .913 1.9 3.4 5.3 4.6 1.5 0.0 4.2 3.9 12.9
9 Joel Kramer 23 82 1401 4.7 9.5 .489 3.2 4.5 .710 3.4 5.2 8.7 2.4 1.2 0.6 2.5 5.8 12.5
10 Gar Heard 30 63 1213 4.8 10.9 .441 2.1 3.1 .689 2.9 7.5 10.4 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.8 4.2 11.7
11 Alvin Scott 23 81 1737 4.4 8.2 .535 2.5 3.5 .714 2.2 5.3 7.5 2.6 1.7 1.3 2.1 2.9 11.3
12 Don Buse 28 82 2544 4.0 8.2 .495 1.0 1.3 .769 0.6 2.4 3.1 5.0 2.2 0.3 1.4 2.1 9.1
13 Bayard Forrest 24 75 1243 3.4 7.9 .434 1.8 3.3 .539 3.2 5.9 9.1 4.8 0.8 1.1 3.1 4.4 8.6

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 28 81 2641 22.6 .580 .535 1.5 5.1 3.3 29.9 1.9 0.5 12.2 27.8 114 106 8.2 2.2 10.4
2 Walter Davis 24 79 2437 23.0 .606 .561 5.1 11.8 8.5 21.1 2.7 0.6 16.0 29.0 110 102 6.3 3.1 9.4
3 Alvan Adams 24 77 2364 20.4 .570 .530 10.5 22.4 16.6 20.8 2.1 1.4 18.9 24.1 106 100 3.9 3.7 7.6
4 Don Buse 28 82 2544 11.5 .519 .495 2.0 7.4 4.7 16.3 2.7 0.4 13.5 10.8 110 103 2.6 2.8 5.4
5 Alvin Scott 23 81 1737 13.2 .579 .535 6.8 16.1 11.5 8.5 2.0 1.9 17.4 12.6 110 101 2.0 2.4 4.4
6 Joel Kramer 23 82 1401 11.3 .544 .489 10.8 15.8 13.4 7.8 1.4 0.9 18.0 15.0 106 103 1.4 1.6 3.0
7 Gar Heard 30 63 1213 12.6 .479 .441 9.1 22.8 16.1 5.9 1.9 2.4 12.7 15.0 100 99 0.6 2.0 2.6
8 Mike Bratz 23 77 1297 12.6 .513 .454 4.8 7.3 6.0 17.6 2.2 0.3 18.2 22.0 98 104 0.5 1.3 1.7
9 Bayard Forrest 24 75 1243 9.6 .462 .434 10.0 18.0 14.1 15.3 1.0 1.5 24.9 13.3 94 103 -0.2 1.5 1.2
10 Truck Robinson 27 26 756 14.2 .539 .508 8.4 24.4 16.5 6.9 1.0 0.8 18.9 24.3 95 102 0.0 1.0 1.0
11 Ron Lee 26 43 948 11.1 .490 .452 5.0 8.2 6.6 17.6 3.2 0.2 21.3 22.1 91 102 -0.6 1.2 0.6
12 Marty Byrnes 22 43 734 9.4 .545 .489 7.5 7.2 7.3 10.1 0.9 0.1 22.8 18.1 97 107 0.1 0.5 0.5
13 Ted McClain 32 36 465 10.1 .545 .470 6.1 10.3 8.2 15.4 1.8 0.0 26.2 17.1 96 104 0.0 0.4 0.5

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 28 15 534 142 287 52 66 7 33 64 15 5 38 38 336 .495 .788 35.6 22.4 2.2 4.3
2 Walter Davis 24 15 490 127 244 78 96 24 69 79 26 5 66 41 332 .520 .813 32.7 22.1 4.6 5.3
3 Mike Bratz 23 15 293 57 115 45 59 10 21 30 15 3 29 42 159 .496 .763 19.5 10.6 1.4 2.0
4 Truck Robinson 27 15 392 56 139 45 69 38 121 10 6 12 31 52 157 .403 .652 26.1 10.5 8.1 0.7
5 Alvan Adams 24 12 372 66 139 22 31 25 90 53 11 12 36 41 154 .475 .710 31.0 12.8 7.5 4.4
6 Don Buse 28 15 512 47 116 24 33 17 55 52 23 5 15 31 118 .405 .727 34.1 7.9 3.7 3.5
7 Joel Kramer 23 15 257 32 59 26 36 21 57 19 9 7 16 44 90 .542 .722 17.1 6.0 3.8 1.3
8 Gar Heard 30 15 320 32 86 18 30 24 106 13 12 26 21 39 82 .372 .600 21.3 5.5 7.1 0.9
9 Alvin Scott 23 15 217 20 52 13 21 14 42 22 6 16 14 20 53 .385 .619 14.5 3.5 2.8 1.5
10 Ted McClain 32 14 103 15 34 13 16 5 16 13 6 0 16 20 43 .441 .813 7.4 3.1 1.1 0.9
11 Bayard Forrest 24 14 110 10 18 2 10 9 29 11 4 2 10 21 22 .556 .200 7.9 1.6 2.1 0.8

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 Walter Davis 24 15 490 21.8 .580 .520 5.5 9.3 7.5 27.8 2.5 0.5 18.7 28.9 105 98 1.0 0.8 1.7
2 Paul Westphal 28 15 534 17.8 .532 .495 1.5 4.9 3.3 20.9 1.3 0.5 10.7 26.6 105 102 0.9 0.6 1.5
3 Don Buse 28 15 512 10.0 .452 .405 3.7 7.5 5.7 13.6 2.1 0.5 10.3 11.4 102 100 0.3 0.7 1.0
4 Joel Kramer 23 15 257 13.9 .601 .542 9.1 14.2 11.8 10.3 1.6 1.4 17.6 14.2 113 97 0.5 0.4 0.9
5 Alvan Adams 24 12 372 15.1 .504 .475 7.5 17.7 12.8 21.5 1.4 1.7 19.1 20.4 97 96 0.1 0.7 0.8
6 Mike Bratz 23 15 293 15.2 .564 .496 3.8 3.8 3.8 15.9 2.4 0.5 17.1 23.3 104 100 0.4 0.4 0.8
7 Truck Robinson 27 15 392 11.4 .464 .403 10.8 21.4 16.4 3.7 0.7 1.6 15.5 20.5 92 96 -0.1 0.7 0.6
8 Gar Heard 30 15 320 11.2 .413 .372 8.4 25.9 17.6 5.5 1.8 4.3 17.5 15.1 84 91 -0.3 0.8 0.5
9 Alvin Scott 23 15 217 10.7 .433 .385 7.2 13.1 10.3 13.6 1.3 3.9 18.6 13.9 91 97 -0.1 0.4 0.3
10 Bayard Forrest 24 14 110 7.9 .491 .556 9.1 18.4 14.0 13.4 1.7 1.0 30.9 11.8 85 95 -0.1 0.2 0.1
11 Ted McClain 32 14 103 10.0 .524 .441 5.4 10.8 8.2 18.2 2.7 0.0 28.1 22.3 88 97 -0.1 0.2 0.1