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1980-81 Phoenix Suns Roster and Stats

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Record: 57-25, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John MacLeod (57-25)

PTS/G: 110.0 (7th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 104.5 (3rd of 23)
SRS: 4.83 (4th of 23) ▪ Pace: 104.7 (3rd of 23)
Off Rtg: 104.6 (15th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 99.4 (1st of 23)
Expected W-L: 55-27 (4th of 23)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 482,693 (6th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Kansas City Kings

Pacific Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
33 Alvan Adams C 6-9 210 July 19, 1954 5 University of Oklahoma
45 Jeff Cook SF 6-10 215 October 21, 1956 1 Idaho State University
6 Walter Davis SG 6-6 193 September 9, 1954 3 University of North Carolina
22 Johnny High PG 6-3 185 April 25, 1957 1 University of Nevada, Reno
24 Dennis Johnson PG 6-4 185 September 18, 1954 4 Pepperdine University
53 Rich Kelley C 7-0 235 March 23, 1953 5 Stanford University
50 Joel Kramer PF 6-7 203 November 30, 1955 2 San Diego State University
4 Kyle Macy PG 6-3 175 April 9, 1957 R University of Kentucky
40 Mike Niles SF 6-6 225 March 31, 1955 R California State University, Fullerton
21 Truck Robinson PF 6-7 225 October 4, 1951 6 Tennessee State University
14 Alvin Scott SF 6-7 185 September 14, 1955 3 Oral Roberts University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19755 3587 7326 .490 35 161 .217 1810 2430 .745 1234 2490 3724 2205 876 416 1733 1996 9019 110.0
Lg Rank 17 6 8 9 11 12 14 10 8 15 8 6 4 6 2 13 22 16 7 7
Opponent 82 19755 3368 7221 .466 69 209 .330 1762 2383 .739 1160 2284 3444 1970 912 401 1752 2116 8567 104.5
Lg Rank 17 3 14 6 23 22 23 11 12 2 10 7 5 5 23 10 2 18 3 3

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 55 27 5.51 -0.68 4.83 104.6 99.4 104.7 .492 17.1 35.1 .247 .471 17.5 68.2 .244 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 482,693
Lg Rank 4 4 4 22 4 15 1 3 9 20 6 11 6 2 4 11 6

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 Truck Robinson 29 82 3088 647 1280 .505 0 0 249 396 .629 216 573 789 206 68 38 250 220 1543
2 Dennis Johnson 26 79 2615 532 1220 .436 11 51 .216 411 501 .820 160 203 363 291 136 61 208 244 1486
3 Walter Davis 26 78 2182 593 1101 .539 7 17 .412 209 250 .836 63 137 200 302 97 12 222 192 1402
4 Alvan Adams 26 75 2054 458 870 .526 0 0 199 259 .768 157 389 546 344 106 69 226 226 1115
5 Johnny High 23 81 1750 246 576 .427 2 24 .083 183 264 .693 89 139 228 202 129 26 188 251 677
6 Jeff Cook 24 79 2192 286 616 .464 0 5 .000 100 155 .645 170 297 467 201 82 54 146 236 672
7 Kyle Macy 23 82 1469 272 532 .511 12 51 .235 107 119 .899 44 88 132 160 76 5 95 120 663
8 Rich Kelley 27 81 1686 196 387 .506 0 2 .000 175 231 .758 131 310 441 282 79 63 209 210 567
9 Alvin Scott 25 82 1423 173 348 .497 1 6 .167 97 127 .764 101 167 268 114 60 70 77 124 444
10 Joel Kramer 25 82 1065 136 258 .527 0 1 .000 63 91 .692 77 155 232 88 35 17 67 132 335
11 Mike Niles 25 44 231 48 138 .348 2 4 .500 17 37 .459 26 32 58 15 8 1 25 41 115

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 Truck Robinson 29 82 37.7 7.9 15.6 .505 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.8 .629 2.6 7.0 9.6 2.5 0.8 0.5 3.0 2.7 18.8
2 Dennis Johnson 26 79 33.1 6.7 15.4 .436 0.1 0.6 .216 5.2 6.3 .820 2.0 2.6 4.6 3.7 1.7 0.8 2.6 3.1 18.8
3 Walter Davis 26 78 28.0 7.6 14.1 .539 0.1 0.2 .412 2.7 3.2 .836 0.8 1.8 2.6 3.9 1.2 0.2 2.8 2.5 18.0
4 Alvan Adams 26 75 27.4 6.1 11.6 .526 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.5 .768 2.1 5.2 7.3 4.6 1.4 0.9 3.0 3.0 14.9
5 Jeff Cook 24 79 27.7 3.6 7.8 .464 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 2.0 .645 2.2 3.8 5.9 2.5 1.0 0.7 1.8 3.0 8.5
6 Johnny High 23 81 21.6 3.0 7.1 .427 0.0 0.3 .083 2.3 3.3 .693 1.1 1.7 2.8 2.5 1.6 0.3 2.3 3.1 8.4
7 Kyle Macy 23 82 17.9 3.3 6.5 .511 0.1 0.6 .235 1.3 1.5 .899 0.5 1.1 1.6 2.0 0.9 0.1 1.2 1.5 8.1
8 Rich Kelley 27 81 20.8 2.4 4.8 .506 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 2.9 .758 1.6 3.8 5.4 3.5 1.0 0.8 2.6 2.6 7.0
9 Alvin Scott 25 82 17.4 2.1 4.2 .497 0.0 0.1 .167 1.2 1.5 .764 1.2 2.0 3.3 1.4 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.5 5.4
10 Joel Kramer 25 82 13.0 1.7 3.1 .527 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.1 .692 0.9 1.9 2.8 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.6 4.1
11 Mike Niles 25 44 5.3 1.1 3.1 .348 0.0 0.1 .500 0.4 0.8 .459 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.9 2.6

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 Walter Davis 26 78 2182 9.8 18.2 .539 0.1 0.3 .412 3.4 4.1 .836 1.0 2.3 3.3 5.0 1.6 0.2 3.7 3.2 23.1
2 Dennis Johnson 26 79 2615 7.3 16.8 .436 0.2 0.7 .216 5.7 6.9 .820 2.2 2.8 5.0 4.0 1.9 0.8 2.9 3.4 20.5
3 Alvan Adams 26 75 2054 8.0 15.2 .526 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.5 .768 2.8 6.8 9.6 6.0 1.9 1.2 4.0 4.0 19.5
4 Truck Robinson 29 82 3088 7.5 14.9 .505 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.6 .629 2.5 6.7 9.2 2.4 0.8 0.4 2.9 2.6 18.0
5 Mike Niles 25 44 231 7.5 21.5 .348 0.3 0.6 .500 2.6 5.8 .459 4.1 5.0 9.0 2.3 1.2 0.2 3.9 6.4 17.9
6 Kyle Macy 23 82 1469 6.7 13.0 .511 0.3 1.2 .235 2.6 2.9 .899 1.1 2.2 3.2 3.9 1.9 0.1 2.3 2.9 16.2
7 Johnny High 23 81 1750 5.1 11.8 .427 0.0 0.5 .083 3.8 5.4 .693 1.8 2.9 4.7 4.2 2.7 0.5 3.9 5.2 13.9
8 Rich Kelley 27 81 1686 4.2 8.3 .506 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 4.9 .758 2.8 6.6 9.4 6.0 1.7 1.3 4.5 4.5 12.1
9 Joel Kramer 25 82 1065 4.6 8.7 .527 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 3.1 .692 2.6 5.2 7.8 3.0 1.2 0.6 2.3 4.5 11.3
10 Alvin Scott 25 82 1423 4.4 8.8 .497 0.0 0.2 .167 2.5 3.2 .764 2.6 4.2 6.8 2.9 1.5 1.8 1.9 3.1 11.2
11 Jeff Cook 24 79 2192 4.7 10.1 .464 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.5 .645 2.8 4.9 7.7 3.3 1.3 0.9 2.4 3.9 11.0

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 Dennis Johnson 26 79 2615 17.0 .516 .441 6.9 8.4 7.7 15.8 2.4 1.3 12.6 24.6 108 100 4.0 4.4 8.4 .154
2 Alvan Adams 26 75 2054 20.3 .567 .526 8.6 20.5 14.7 24.5 2.4 1.9 18.7 23.0 108 96 3.3 4.5 7.7 .180
3 Truck Robinson 29 82 3088 14.9 .531 .505 7.9 20.1 14.1 9.6 1.0 0.7 14.7 21.5 103 100 2.4 5.3 7.6 .119
4 Walter Davis 26 78 2182 18.4 .579 .542 3.2 6.8 5.1 21.8 2.0 0.3 15.5 25.6 109 102 4.0 3.2 7.1 .157
5 Jeff Cook 24 79 2192 11.2 .491 .464 8.7 14.7 11.7 11.8 1.7 1.4 17.6 14.8 100 100 0.6 3.8 4.5 .098
6 Kyle Macy 23 82 1469 14.5 .567 .523 3.4 6.5 5.0 15.1 2.4 0.2 14.0 18.0 112 102 2.3 2.2 4.5 .148
7 Rich Kelley 27 81 1686 14.4 .580 .506 8.7 19.9 14.4 21.1 2.1 2.1 30.0 16.1 101 97 0.7 3.6 4.3 .121
8 Alvin Scott 25 82 1423 13.4 .550 .499 8.0 12.7 10.4 10.2 1.9 2.8 16.0 13.2 111 99 1.6 2.6 4.3 .144
9 Joel Kramer 25 82 1065 11.8 .562 .527 8.1 15.8 12.0 10.6 1.5 0.9 18.4 13.4 108 100 1.0 1.8 2.9 .129
10 Johnny High 23 81 1750 10.8 .489 .429 5.7 8.6 7.2 15.0 3.4 0.8 21.4 19.6 93 98 -0.8 3.3 2.5 .069
11 Mike Niles 25 44 231 6.7 .373 .355 12.6 15.0 13.8 9.3 1.6 0.2 13.9 30.3 80 100 -0.7 0.4 -0.3 -0.062

Playoffs 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 Dennis Johnson 26 7 267 52 110 .473 1 5 .200 32 42 .762 7 26 33 20 9 9 19 18 137
2 Walter Davis 26 7 199 51 106 .481 0 1 .000 10 17 .588 7 12 19 22 7 1 17 17 112
3 Truck Robinson 29 7 233 27 77 .351 0 0 20 34 .588 23 52 75 13 5 2 13 15 74
4 Alvan Adams 26 7 218 27 60 .450 0 0 20 28 .714 11 30 41 26 4 1 19 20 74
5 Jeff Cook 24 7 206 25 54 .463 1 1 1.000 14 19 .737 17 30 47 11 1 0 10 29 65
6 Kyle Macy 23 7 102 19 36 .528 4 8 .500 7 7 1.000 2 11 13 11 5 0 7 8 49
7 Alvin Scott 25 7 120 14 30 .467 0 0 10 15 .667 8 11 19 7 4 6 7 6 38
8 Johnny High 23 7 117 14 33 .424 0 0 9 14 .643 9 10 19 6 6 2 6 24 37
9 Rich Kelley 27 7 113 10 25 .400 0 1 .000 9 14 .643 13 22 35 13 6 3 14 12 29
10 Joel Kramer 25 7 101 13 25 .520 0 0 1 2 .500 2 14 16 4 2 2 1 18 27
11 Mike Niles 25 2 4 0 5 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Playoffs 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 Dennis Johnson 26 7 38.1 7.4 15.7 .473 0.1 0.7 .200 4.6 6.0 .762 1.0 3.7 4.7 2.9 1.3 1.3 2.7 2.6 19.6
2 Walter Davis 26 7 28.4 7.3 15.1 .481 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 2.4 .588 1.0 1.7 2.7 3.1 1.0 0.1 2.4 2.4 16.0
3 Truck Robinson 29 7 33.3 3.9 11.0 .351 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.9 .588 3.3 7.4 10.7 1.9 0.7 0.3 1.9 2.1 10.6
4 Alvan Adams 26 7 31.1 3.9 8.6 .450 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.0 .714 1.6 4.3 5.9 3.7 0.6 0.1 2.7 2.9 10.6
5 Jeff Cook 24 7 29.4 3.6 7.7 .463 0.1 0.1 1.000 2.0 2.7 .737 2.4 4.3 6.7 1.6 0.1 0.0 1.4 4.1 9.3
6 Kyle Macy 23 7 14.6 2.7 5.1 .528 0.6 1.1 .500 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.3 1.6 1.9 1.6 0.7 0.0 1.0 1.1 7.0
7 Alvin Scott 25 7 17.1 2.0 4.3 .467 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.1 .667 1.1 1.6 2.7 1.0 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.9 5.4
8 Johnny High 23 7 16.7 2.0 4.7 .424 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.0 .643 1.3 1.4 2.7 0.9 0.9 0.3 0.9 3.4 5.3
9 Rich Kelley 27 7 16.1 1.4 3.6 .400 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 2.0 .643 1.9 3.1 5.0 1.9 0.9 0.4 2.0 1.7 4.1
10 Joel Kramer 25 7 14.4 1.9 3.6 .520 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 .500 0.3 2.0 2.3 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 2.6 3.9
11 Mike Niles 25 2 2.0 0.0 2.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs 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 Walter Davis 26 7 199 9.2 19.2 .481 0.0 0.2 .000 1.8 3.1 .588 1.3 2.2 3.4 4.0 1.3 0.2 3.1 3.1 20.3
2 Dennis Johnson 26 7 267 7.0 14.8 .473 0.1 0.7 .200 4.3 5.7 .762 0.9 3.5 4.4 2.7 1.2 1.2 2.6 2.4 18.5
3 Kyle Macy 23 7 102 6.7 12.7 .528 1.4 2.8 .500 2.5 2.5 1.000 0.7 3.9 4.6 3.9 1.8 0.0 2.5 2.8 17.3
4 Alvan Adams 26 7 218 4.5 9.9 .450 0.0 0.0 3.3 4.6 .714 1.8 5.0 6.8 4.3 0.7 0.2 3.1 3.3 12.2
5 Jeff Cook 24 7 206 4.4 9.4 .463 0.2 0.2 1.000 2.4 3.3 .737 3.0 5.2 8.2 1.9 0.2 0.0 1.7 5.1 11.4
6 Johnny High 23 7 117 4.3 10.2 .424 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.3 .643 2.8 3.1 5.8 1.8 1.8 0.6 1.8 7.4 11.4
7 Truck Robinson 29 7 233 4.2 11.9 .351 0.0 0.0 3.1 5.3 .588 3.6 8.0 11.6 2.0 0.8 0.3 2.0 2.3 11.4
8 Alvin Scott 25 7 120 4.2 9.0 .467 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.5 .667 2.4 3.3 5.7 2.1 1.2 1.8 2.1 1.8 11.4
9 Joel Kramer 25 7 101 4.6 8.9 .520 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .500 0.7 5.0 5.7 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.4 6.4 9.6
10 Rich Kelley 27 7 113 3.2 8.0 .400 0.0 0.3 .000 2.9 4.5 .643 4.1 7.0 11.2 4.1 1.9 1.0 4.5 3.8 9.2
11 Mike Niles 25 2 4 0.0 45.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 Dennis Johnson 26 7 267 17.4 .533 .477 3.0 10.5 6.9 13.5 1.8 2.1 12.9 24.4 106 97 0.4 0.5 0.9 .161
2 Jeff Cook 24 7 206 11.0 .521 .472 9.5 15.6 12.7 8.5 0.3 0.0 13.8 15.5 108 99 0.2 0.4 0.6 .136
3 Alvan Adams 26 7 218 12.2 .512 .450 5.8 14.8 10.5 19.0 1.0 0.3 20.8 18.5 98 98 0.1 0.4 0.5 .101
4 Kyle Macy 23 7 102 19.2 .627 .583 2.3 11.6 7.1 19.1 2.6 0.0 15.2 20.0 118 96 0.3 0.2 0.5 .224
5 Walter Davis 26 7 199 16.2 .493 .481 4.1 6.5 5.3 22.4 1.8 0.3 13.0 29.0 98 99 0.1 0.3 0.4 .099
6 Truck Robinson 29 7 233 12.0 .402 .351 11.4 24.0 17.9 8.8 1.1 0.5 12.4 19.9 91 95 -0.1 0.5 0.4 .080
7 Joel Kramer 25 7 101 9.8 .522 .520 2.3 14.9 8.8 6.4 1.0 1.2 3.7 11.8 115 97 0.1 0.2 0.3 .155
8 Johnny High 23 7 117 10.4 .472 .424 8.9 9.2 9.0 8.1 2.7 1.1 13.3 17.1 100 96 0.0 0.3 0.3 .121
9 Alvin Scott 25 7 120 13.9 .519 .467 7.7 9.8 8.8 9.2 1.7 3.1 16.1 16.1 103 97 0.1 0.2 0.3 .132
10 Rich Kelley 27 7 113 12.5 .465 .400 13.3 20.9 17.2 17.4 2.8 1.7 31.0 17.7 86 91 -0.1 0.3 0.2 .069
11 Mike Niles 25 2 4 -29.9 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.1 0.0 0.0 55.2 0 80 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.990