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1979-80 Phoenix Suns Roster and Statistics

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55-27, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: John MacLeod (55-27)

Points Per Game: 111.1 (7th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.5 (8th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 50-32 (6th of 22)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 480,659 (7th of 22)

SRS: 3.25 (6th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 104.8 (6th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 105.6 (10th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.2 (5th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Kansas City Kings

1979-80 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 4 University of Oklahoma
23 Mike Bratz G 6-2 185 October 17, 1955 2 Stanford University
10 Don Buse G 6-4 190 August 10, 1950 7 University of Evansville
45 Jeff Cook F-C 6-10 215 October 21, 1956 R Idaho State University
6 Walter Davis G-F 6-6 193 September 9, 1954 2 University of North Carolina
24 Gar Heard F 6-6 219 May 3, 1948 9 University of Oklahoma
12-22 Johnny High G 6-3 185 April 25, 1957 R University of Nevada, Reno
53 Rich Kelley C-F 7-0 235 March 23, 1953 4 Stanford University
50 Joel Kramer F-C 6-7 203 November 30, 1955 1 San Diego State University
21 Truck Robinson F-C 6-7 225 October 4, 1951 5 Tennessee State University
14 Alvin Scott F-G 6-7 185 September 14, 1955 2 Oral Roberts University
44 Paul Westphal G 6-4 195 November 30, 1950 7 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 19755 3570 7235 .493 68 280 .243 1906 2466 .773 1071 2458 3529 2283 908 344 1629 1853 9114 111.1
Opponent 82 19755 3563 7480 .476 100 297 .337 1593 2119 .752 1216 2447 3663 2026 882 389 1663 2051 8819 107.5

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 29 82 2665 692 1317 .525 26 93 .280 382 443 .862 46 141 187 416 119 35 207 162 1792
2 Walter Davis 25 75 2309 657 1166 .563 0 4 .000 299 365 .819 75 197 272 337 114 19 242 202 1613
3 Truck Robinson 28 82 2710 545 1064 .512 0 0 325 487 .667 213 557 770 142 58 59 251 262 1415
4 Alvan Adams 25 75 2168 465 875 .531 0 2 .000 188 236 .797 158 451 609 322 108 55 218 237 1118
5 Mike Bratz 24 82 1589 269 687 .392 21 86 .244 141 162 .870 50 117 167 223 93 9 135 165 700
6 Don Buse 29 81 2499 261 589 .443 19 79 .241 85 128 .664 70 163 233 320 132 10 91 111 626
7 Johnny High 22 82 1121 144 323 .446 1 7 .143 120 178 .674 69 104 173 119 71 15 123 172 409
8 Gar Heard 31 82 1403 171 410 .417 0 2 .000 64 86 .744 118 262 380 97 84 49 88 177 406
9 Jeff Cook 23 66 904 129 275 .469 0 3 .000 104 129 .806 90 151 241 84 28 18 71 102 362
10 Alvin Scott 24 79 1303 127 301 .422 1 3 .333 95 122 .779 89 139 228 98 47 53 92 101 350
11 Joel Kramer 24 54 711 67 143 .469 0 1 .000 56 70 .800 49 102 151 75 26 5 51 104 190
12 Rich Kelley 26 23 373 43 85 .506 0 0 47 60 .783 44 74 118 50 28 17 46 58 133

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 29 82 32.5 8.4 16.1 .525 0.3 1.1 .280 4.7 5.4 .862 0.6 1.7 2.3 5.1 1.5 0.4 2.5 2.0 21.9
2 Walter Davis 25 75 30.8 8.8 15.5 .563 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 4.9 .819 1.0 2.6 3.6 4.5 1.5 0.3 3.2 2.7 21.5
3 Truck Robinson 28 82 33.0 6.6 13.0 .512 0.0 0.0 4.0 5.9 .667 2.6 6.8 9.4 1.7 0.7 0.7 3.1 3.2 17.3
4 Alvan Adams 25 75 28.9 6.2 11.7 .531 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.1 .797 2.1 6.0 8.1 4.3 1.4 0.7 2.9 3.2 14.9
5 Mike Bratz 24 82 19.4 3.3 8.4 .392 0.3 1.0 .244 1.7 2.0 .870 0.6 1.4 2.0 2.7 1.1 0.1 1.6 2.0 8.5
6 Don Buse 29 81 30.9 3.2 7.3 .443 0.2 1.0 .241 1.0 1.6 .664 0.9 2.0 2.9 4.0 1.6 0.1 1.1 1.4 7.7
7 Rich Kelley 26 23 16.2 1.9 3.7 .506 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.6 .783 1.9 3.2 5.1 2.2 1.2 0.7 2.0 2.5 5.8
8 Jeff Cook 23 66 13.7 2.0 4.2 .469 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.0 .806 1.4 2.3 3.7 1.3 0.4 0.3 1.1 1.5 5.5
9 Johnny High 22 82 13.7 1.8 3.9 .446 0.0 0.1 .143 1.5 2.2 .674 0.8 1.3 2.1 1.5 0.9 0.2 1.5 2.1 5.0
10 Gar Heard 31 82 17.1 2.1 5.0 .417 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.0 .744 1.4 3.2 4.6 1.2 1.0 0.6 1.1 2.2 5.0
11 Alvin Scott 24 79 16.5 1.6 3.8 .422 0.0 0.0 .333 1.2 1.5 .779 1.1 1.8 2.9 1.2 0.6 0.7 1.2 1.3 4.4
12 Joel Kramer 24 54 13.2 1.2 2.6 .469 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.3 .800 0.9 1.9 2.8 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.9 3.5

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 25 75 2309 10.2 18.2 .563 0.0 0.1 .000 4.7 5.7 .819 1.2 3.1 4.2 5.3 1.8 0.3 3.8 3.1 25.1
2 Paul Westphal 29 82 2665 9.3 17.8 .525 0.4 1.3 .280 5.2 6.0 .862 0.6 1.9 2.5 5.6 1.6 0.5 2.8 2.2 24.2
3 Truck Robinson 28 82 2710 7.2 14.1 .512 0.0 0.0 4.3 6.5 .667 2.8 7.4 10.2 1.9 0.8 0.8 3.3 3.5 18.8
4 Alvan Adams 25 75 2168 7.7 14.5 .531 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 3.9 .797 2.6 7.5 10.1 5.3 1.8 0.9 3.6 3.9 18.6
5 Mike Bratz 24 82 1589 6.1 15.6 .392 0.5 1.9 .244 3.2 3.7 .870 1.1 2.7 3.8 5.1 2.1 0.2 3.1 3.7 15.9
6 Jeff Cook 23 66 904 5.1 11.0 .469 0.0 0.1 .000 4.1 5.1 .806 3.6 6.0 9.6 3.3 1.1 0.7 2.8 4.1 14.4
7 Johnny High 22 82 1121 4.6 10.4 .446 0.0 0.2 .143 3.9 5.7 .674 2.2 3.3 5.6 3.8 2.3 0.5 4.0 5.5 13.1
8 Rich Kelley 26 23 373 4.2 8.2 .506 0.0 0.0 4.5 5.8 .783 4.2 7.1 11.4 4.8 2.7 1.6 4.4 5.6 12.8
9 Gar Heard 31 82 1403 4.4 10.5 .417 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.2 .744 3.0 6.7 9.8 2.5 2.2 1.3 2.3 4.5 10.4
10 Alvin Scott 24 79 1303 3.5 8.3 .422 0.0 0.1 .333 2.6 3.4 .779 2.5 3.8 6.3 2.7 1.3 1.5 2.5 2.8 9.7
11 Joel Kramer 24 54 711 3.4 7.2 .469 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.5 .800 2.5 5.2 7.6 3.8 1.3 0.3 2.6 5.3 9.6
12 Don Buse 29 81 2499 3.8 8.5 .443 0.3 1.1 .241 1.2 1.8 .664 1.0 2.3 3.4 4.6 1.9 0.1 1.3 1.6 9.0

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 29 82 2665 21.1 .593 .535 1.9 5.7 3.9 24.2 2.0 0.7 12.0 25.6 116 105 7.7 2.8 10.5
2 Walter Davis 25 75 2309 21.3 .608 .563 3.6 9.2 6.5 23.6 2.3 0.5 15.4 27.0 112 104 5.5 2.8 8.3
3 Alvan Adams 25 75 2168 19.2 .571 .531 8.2 22.4 15.4 21.6 2.3 1.4 18.2 21.9 107 99 3.1 3.9 7.0
4 Truck Robinson 28 82 2710 15.3 .553 .512 8.8 22.1 15.6 7.5 1.0 1.2 16.4 22.4 102 102 2.1 3.9 6.0
5 Don Buse 29 81 2499 10.7 .485 .459 3.1 7.0 5.1 16.0 2.4 0.2 12.4 11.7 106 104 1.7 2.9 4.6
6 Jeff Cook 23 66 904 14.4 .546 .469 11.2 18.0 14.6 12.2 1.4 1.1 17.6 17.7 108 102 1.1 1.3 2.4
7 Gar Heard 31 82 1403 11.5 .453 .417 9.4 20.1 14.9 8.8 2.7 1.9 16.4 15.2 95 98 -0.3 2.6 2.3
8 Alvin Scott 24 79 1303 9.9 .493 .424 7.7 11.5 9.6 9.3 1.7 2.2 20.6 13.6 97 103 0.0 1.7 1.7
9 Mike Bratz 24 82 1589 11.6 .462 .407 3.5 7.9 5.8 19.1 2.7 0.3 15.1 22.3 94 103 -0.5 2.0 1.5
10 Joel Kramer 24 54 711 10.0 .547 .469 7.7 15.4 11.7 13.0 1.7 0.4 22.7 12.6 105 103 0.5 0.9 1.4
11 Rich Kelley 26 23 373 16.5 .597 .506 13.2 21.3 17.4 17.0 3.4 2.5 29.2 16.8 104 96 0.3 0.8 1.1
12 Johnny High 22 82 1121 10.1 .510 .447 6.9 10.0 8.5 13.7 2.9 0.7 23.5 18.6 93 102 -0.5 1.6 1.1

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 29 8 253 69 142 1 12 28 32 2 10 31 11 3 13 20 167 .486 .083 .875 31.6 20.9 1.3 3.9
2 Walter Davis 25 8 245 69 137 0 3 28 38 9 23 35 4 1 20 20 166 .504 .000 .737 30.6 20.8 2.9 4.4
3 Alvan Adams 25 8 251 56 99 0 0 17 19 18 77 46 7 10 24 24 129 .566 .895 31.4 16.1 9.6 5.8
4 Mike Bratz 24 8 169 43 84 9 23 9 10 6 20 16 9 0 13 20 104 .512 .391 .900 21.1 13.0 2.5 2.0
5 Don Buse 29 8 236 28 64 5 13 7 11 8 21 44 6 0 13 15 68 .438 .385 .636 29.5 8.5 2.6 5.5
6 Gar Heard 31 8 223 22 56 0 0 11 15 19 51 12 9 11 8 23 55 .393 .733 27.9 6.9 6.4 1.5
7 Jeff Cook 23 7 98 16 24 0 0 22 26 5 21 7 4 2 5 10 54 .667 .846 14.0 7.7 3.0 1.0
8 Rich Kelley 26 8 146 19 44 0 1 9 10 14 36 22 9 7 10 17 47 .432 .000 .900 18.3 5.9 4.5 2.8
9 Alvin Scott 24 8 140 17 33 0 2 4 8 8 22 10 4 5 7 8 38 .515 .000 .500 17.5 4.8 2.8 1.3
10 Johnny High 22 8 120 12 31 0 2 8 16 10 25 20 6 2 7 20 32 .387 .000 .500 15.0 4.0 3.1 2.5
11 Truck Robinson 28 3 64 6 16 0 0 5 7 5 20 4 3 2 8 6 17 .375 .714 21.3 5.7 6.7 1.3

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 Alvan Adams 25 8 251 21.9 .601 .566 7.9 25.5 16.8 26.4 1.3 2.2 18.3 21.6 112 104 0.5 0.3 0.8
2 Paul Westphal 29 8 253 18.8 .535 .489 0.9 3.4 2.2 19.0 2.1 0.6 7.7 27.5 109 112 0.5 0.0 0.6
3 Jeff Cook 23 7 98 22.9 .762 .667 5.6 17.7 11.7 9.5 2.0 1.1 12.4 17.0 143 106 0.5 0.1 0.5
4 Mike Bratz 24 8 169 18.1 .588 .565 3.9 9.0 6.5 14.3 2.5 0.0 12.8 24.7 108 109 0.3 0.1 0.4
5 Walter Davis 25 8 245 18.3 .540 .504 4.0 6.2 5.1 22.5 0.8 0.2 11.5 29.2 106 114 0.4 0.0 0.4
6 Rich Kelley 26 8 146 16.0 .486 .432 10.6 16.3 13.5 19.1 2.9 2.6 17.1 16.5 104 104 0.1 0.2 0.3
7 Gar Heard 31 8 223 10.9 .439 .393 9.4 15.5 12.5 6.6 1.9 2.7 11.3 13.0 100 106 0.1 0.2 0.2
8 Don Buse 29 8 236 11.2 .494 .477 3.7 6.0 4.9 23.3 1.2 0.0 15.9 14.3 105 113 0.2 0.0 0.2
9 Johnny High 22 8 120 11.2 .421 .387 9.2 13.5 11.4 20.4 2.4 0.9 15.5 15.5 98 107 0.0 0.1 0.1
10 Alvin Scott 24 8 140 10.8 .520 .515 6.3 10.8 8.6 9.0 1.4 2.0 16.1 12.8 101 110 0.1 0.1 0.1
11 Truck Robinson 28 3 64 8.6 .445 .375 8.6 25.4 17.1 7.6 2.2 1.7 29.5 17.4 78 103 -0.1 0.1 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Gar Heard $150,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)