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1981-82 Phoenix Suns Roster and Statistics

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46-36, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: John MacLeod (46-36)

Points Per Game: 106.2 (17th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 102.7 (3rd of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 50-32 (6th of 23)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 487,215 (7th of 23)

SRS: 3.05 (6th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 99.5 (15th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 105.8 (16th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.4 (4th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Denver Nuggets

1981-82 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 6 University of Oklahoma
7 Dudley Bradley G-F 6-6 195 March 19, 1957 2 University of North Carolina
45 Jeff Cook F-C 6-10 215 October 21, 1956 2 Idaho State University
6 Walter Davis G-F 6-6 193 September 9, 1954 4 University of North Carolina
35 Craig Dykema F 6-8 190 June 11, 1959 R California State University, Long Beach
24 Dennis Johnson G 6-4 185 September 18, 1954 5 Pepperdine University
53 Rich Kelley C-F 7-0 235 March 23, 1953 6 Stanford University
50 Joel Kramer F-C 6-7 203 November 30, 1955 3 San Diego State University
4 Kyle Macy G 6-3 175 April 9, 1957 1 University of Kentucky
8 John McCullough G 6-4 190 October 5, 1956 R University of Oklahoma
22 Larry Nance F-C 6-10 205 February 12, 1959 R Clemson University
21 Truck Robinson F-C 6-7 225 October 4, 1951 7 Tennessee State University
14 Alvin Scott F-G 6-7 185 September 14, 1955 4 Oral Roberts University

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 19830 3508 7140 .491 54 174 .310 1635 2157 .758 1123 2517 3640 2223 753 429 1528 2029 8705 106.2
Opponent 82 19830 3350 7186 .466 51 200 .255 1671 2215 .754 1158 2366 3524 1949 775 360 1391 2064 8422 102.7

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 Dennis Johnson 27 80 77 2937 577 1228 .470 8 42 .190 399 495 .806 142 268 410 369 105 55 233 253 1561
2 Truck Robinson 30 74 72 2745 579 1128 .513 1 1 1.000 255 371 .687 202 519 721 179 42 28 202 215 1414
3 Alvan Adams 27 79 75 2393 507 1027 .494 0 1 .000 182 233 .781 138 448 586 356 114 78 196 269 1196
4 Kyle Macy 24 82 72 2845 486 945 .514 39 100 .390 152 169 .899 78 183 261 384 143 9 125 185 1163
5 Walter Davis 27 55 12 1182 350 669 .523 3 16 .188 91 111 .820 21 82 103 162 46 3 112 104 794
6 Rich Kelley 28 81 39 1892 236 505 .467 0 1 .000 167 223 .749 168 329 497 293 64 71 244 292 639
7 Larry Nance 22 80 0 1186 227 436 .521 0 1 .000 75 117 .641 95 161 256 82 42 71 104 169 529
8 Alvin Scott 26 81 38 1740 189 380 .497 0 2 .000 108 148 .730 97 197 294 149 59 70 98 169 486
9 Jeff Cook 25 76 22 1298 151 358 .422 0 2 .000 89 134 .664 112 189 301 100 37 23 80 174 391
10 Dudley Bradley 24 64 3 937 125 281 .445 1 4 .250 74 100 .740 30 57 87 80 78 10 71 115 325
11 Joel Kramer 26 56 0 549 55 133 .414 0 0 33 42 .786 36 72 108 51 19 11 26 62 143
12 Craig Dykema 22 32 0 103 17 37 .459 2 4 .500 7 9 .778 3 9 12 15 2 0 7 19 43
13 John McCullough 25 8 0 23 9 13 .692 0 0 3 5 .600 1 3 4 3 2 0 3 3 21

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 Dennis Johnson 27 80 77 36.7 7.2 15.4 .470 0.1 0.5 .190 5.0 6.2 .806 1.8 3.4 5.1 4.6 1.3 0.7 2.9 3.2 19.5
2 Truck Robinson 30 74 72 37.1 7.8 15.2 .513 0.0 0.0 1.000 3.4 5.0 .687 2.7 7.0 9.7 2.4 0.6 0.4 2.7 2.9 19.1
3 Alvan Adams 27 79 75 30.3 6.4 13.0 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 2.9 .781 1.7 5.7 7.4 4.5 1.4 1.0 2.5 3.4 15.1
4 Walter Davis 27 55 12 21.5 6.4 12.2 .523 0.1 0.3 .188 1.7 2.0 .820 0.4 1.5 1.9 2.9 0.8 0.1 2.0 1.9 14.4
5 Kyle Macy 24 82 72 34.7 5.9 11.5 .514 0.5 1.2 .390 1.9 2.1 .899 1.0 2.2 3.2 4.7 1.7 0.1 1.5 2.3 14.2
6 Rich Kelley 28 81 39 23.4 2.9 6.2 .467 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 2.8 .749 2.1 4.1 6.1 3.6 0.8 0.9 3.0 3.6 7.9
7 Larry Nance 22 80 0 14.8 2.8 5.5 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.5 .641 1.2 2.0 3.2 1.0 0.5 0.9 1.3 2.1 6.6
8 Alvin Scott 26 81 38 21.5 2.3 4.7 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.8 .730 1.2 2.4 3.6 1.8 0.7 0.9 1.2 2.1 6.0
9 Jeff Cook 25 76 22 17.1 2.0 4.7 .422 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.8 .664 1.5 2.5 4.0 1.3 0.5 0.3 1.1 2.3 5.1
10 Dudley Bradley 24 64 3 14.6 2.0 4.4 .445 0.0 0.1 .250 1.2 1.6 .740 0.5 0.9 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.2 1.1 1.8 5.1
11 Joel Kramer 26 56 0 9.8 1.0 2.4 .414 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .786 0.6 1.3 1.9 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.1 2.6
12 John McCullough 25 8 0 2.9 1.1 1.6 .692 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 .600 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.4 2.6
13 Craig Dykema 22 32 0 3.2 0.5 1.2 .459 0.1 0.1 .500 0.2 0.3 .778 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.3

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 John McCullough 25 8 0 23 14.1 20.3 .692 0.0 0.0 4.7 7.8 .600 1.6 4.7 6.3 4.7 3.1 0.0 4.7 4.7 32.9
2 Walter Davis 27 55 12 1182 10.7 20.4 .523 0.1 0.5 .188 2.8 3.4 .820 0.6 2.5 3.1 4.9 1.4 0.1 3.4 3.2 24.2
3 Dennis Johnson 27 80 77 2937 7.1 15.1 .470 0.1 0.5 .190 4.9 6.1 .806 1.7 3.3 5.0 4.5 1.3 0.7 2.9 3.1 19.1
4 Truck Robinson 30 74 72 2745 7.6 14.8 .513 0.0 0.0 1.000 3.3 4.9 .687 2.6 6.8 9.5 2.3 0.6 0.4 2.6 2.8 18.5
5 Alvan Adams 27 79 75 2393 7.6 15.5 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.5 .781 2.1 6.7 8.8 5.4 1.7 1.2 2.9 4.0 18.0
6 Larry Nance 22 80 0 1186 6.9 13.2 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.6 .641 2.9 4.9 7.8 2.5 1.3 2.2 3.2 5.1 16.1
7 Craig Dykema 22 32 0 103 5.9 12.9 .459 0.7 1.4 .500 2.4 3.1 .778 1.0 3.1 4.2 5.2 0.7 0.0 2.4 6.6 15.0
8 Kyle Macy 24 82 72 2845 6.1 12.0 .514 0.5 1.3 .390 1.9 2.1 .899 1.0 2.3 3.3 4.9 1.8 0.1 1.6 2.3 14.7
9 Dudley Bradley 24 64 3 937 4.8 10.8 .445 0.0 0.2 .250 2.8 3.8 .740 1.2 2.2 3.3 3.1 3.0 0.4 2.7 4.4 12.5
10 Rich Kelley 28 81 39 1892 4.5 9.6 .467 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 4.2 .749 3.2 6.3 9.5 5.6 1.2 1.4 4.6 5.6 12.2
11 Jeff Cook 25 76 22 1298 4.2 9.9 .422 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.7 .664 3.1 5.2 8.3 2.8 1.0 0.6 2.2 4.8 10.8
12 Alvin Scott 26 81 38 1740 3.9 7.9 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.1 .730 2.0 4.1 6.1 3.1 1.2 1.4 2.0 3.5 10.1
13 Joel Kramer 26 56 0 549 3.6 8.7 .414 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.8 .786 2.4 4.7 7.1 3.3 1.2 0.7 1.7 4.1 9.4

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 Kyle Macy 24 82 2845 15.7 .570 .535 3.1 6.9 5.1 18.9 2.4 0.2 10.9 16.6 117 104 5.4 3.8 9.2
2 Dennis Johnson 27 80 2937 16.7 .540 .473 5.5 9.8 7.7 18.3 1.7 1.1 13.9 23.6 108 104 4.1 4.0 8.1
3 Alvan Adams 27 79 2393 18.6 .529 .494 6.6 20.2 13.6 22.1 2.3 1.9 14.8 22.8 106 99 2.5 4.7 7.2
4 Truck Robinson 30 74 2745 16.1 .548 .514 8.4 20.4 14.5 9.7 0.7 0.6 13.5 22.4 106 103 2.9 4.0 6.9
5 Alvin Scott 26 81 1740 11.7 .546 .497 6.3 12.2 9.4 11.0 1.6 2.3 18.0 12.9 107 103 1.2 2.7 3.8
6 Walter Davis 27 55 1182 18.3 .553 .525 2.0 7.5 4.8 23.3 1.9 0.1 13.5 29.0 105 105 1.2 1.4 2.7
7 Rich Kelley 28 81 1892 12.5 .530 .467 10.1 18.8 14.5 20.4 1.6 2.1 28.8 18.5 95 101 -0.9 3.4 2.5
8 Larry Nance 22 80 1186 14.7 .543 .521 9.1 14.6 11.9 10.0 1.7 3.4 17.6 20.6 101 101 0.3 2.1 2.4
9 Jeff Cook 25 76 1298 10.2 .469 .422 9.8 15.7 12.8 10.0 1.4 1.0 16.1 15.8 98 103 0.0 2.0 2.0
10 Dudley Bradley 24 64 937 10.9 .500 .447 3.6 6.6 5.1 11.4 4.0 0.6 17.9 17.4 96 101 -0.3 1.7 1.4
11 Joel Kramer 26 56 549 10.4 .472 .414 7.5 14.2 10.9 11.8 1.7 1.1 14.6 13.3 103 103 0.2 0.8 1.0
12 Craig Dykema 22 32 103 11.1 .525 .486 3.3 9.4 6.4 20.2 0.9 0.0 14.6 19.2 106 106 0.1 0.1 0.2
13 John McCullough 25 8 23 30.7 .691 .692 4.9 14.1 9.6 26.4 4.2 0.0 16.5 32.6 115 99 0.1 0.0 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 Dennis Johnson 27 7 271 63 132 0 3 30 39 13 31 32 15 4 25 28 156 .477 .000 .769 38.7 22.3 4.4 4.6
2 Walter Davis 27 7 173 52 116 1 3 22 24 5 22 30 5 1 12 19 127 .448 .333 .917 24.7 18.1 3.1 4.3
3 Alvan Adams 27 7 233 48 92 0 0 22 28 19 51 26 14 10 21 22 118 .522 .786 33.3 16.9 7.3 3.7
4 Kyle Macy 24 7 243 38 89 4 11 15 16 11 22 28 7 1 13 21 95 .427 .364 .938 34.7 13.6 3.1 4.0
5 Truck Robinson 30 7 213 45 80 0 0 3 10 14 53 19 5 1 10 17 93 .563 .300 30.4 13.3 7.6 2.7
6 Rich Kelley 28 7 191 27 54 0 0 14 20 18 48 30 6 3 12 25 68 .500 .700 27.3 9.7 6.9 4.3
7 Larry Nance 22 7 128 25 41 0 0 4 8 13 32 7 10 11 12 15 54 .610 .500 18.3 7.7 4.6 1.0
8 Alvin Scott 26 7 127 14 32 0 4 4 8 8 16 14 8 13 5 12 32 .438 .000 .500 18.1 4.6 2.3 2.0
9 Joel Kramer 26 4 20 5 7 0 0 2 3 2 5 1 1 0 1 2 12 .714 .667 5.0 3.0 1.3 0.3
10 Jeff Cook 25 7 45 4 8 0 0 0 0 6 9 7 2 2 2 5 8 .500 6.4 1.1 1.3 1.0
11 Dudley Bradley 24 7 24 2 8 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 1 1 5 3 5 .250 1.000 3.4 0.7 0.1 0.7
12 Craig Dykema 22 6 12 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 2 2 .167 2.0 0.3 0.7 0.2

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 27 7 233 18.9 .566 .522 8.6 15.6 11.9 14.7 2.8 2.3 16.8 21.1 109 110 0.3 0.1 0.5
2 Rich Kelley 28 7 191 15.4 .541 .500 9.9 17.8 13.7 19.1 1.5 0.8 16.0 15.4 114 113 0.3 0.0 0.4
3 Truck Robinson 30 7 213 15.7 .551 .563 6.9 20.8 13.6 11.8 1.1 0.2 10.6 17.4 111 113 0.3 0.0 0.3
4 Walter Davis 27 7 173 20.0 .502 .453 3.0 11.2 6.9 26.1 1.3 0.3 8.7 31.5 108 116 0.3 0.0 0.3
5 Dennis Johnson 27 7 271 16.2 .523 .477 5.0 7.5 6.2 16.1 2.6 0.8 14.4 25.3 104 114 0.2 0.0 0.3
6 Larry Nance 22 7 128 18.1 .606 .610 10.7 16.8 13.6 7.1 3.6 4.5 21.2 17.4 104 106 0.1 0.1 0.2
7 Joel Kramer 26 4 20 23.4 .721 .714 10.5 17.0 13.6 7.0 2.3 0.0 10.7 18.3 135 112 0.1 0.0 0.1
8 Kyle Macy 24 7 243 11.3 .495 .449 4.8 5.1 4.9 14.3 1.3 0.2 11.9 17.6 106 118 0.2 -0.1 0.1
9 Jeff Cook 25 7 45 13.0 .500 .500 14.0 7.6 10.9 17.8 2.1 2.4 20.0 8.7 118 114 0.1 0.0 0.1
10 Alvin Scott 26 7 127 13.2 .450 .438 6.6 7.2 6.9 12.9 2.9 5.4 12.3 12.5 103 110 0.0 0.1 0.1
11 Dudley Bradley 24 7 24 -0.9 .296 .250 0.0 4.7 2.3 23.6 1.9 2.2 37.2 22.0 55 115 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
12 Craig Dykema 22 6 12 -4.4 .167 .167 0.0 37.8 18.2 9.5 0.0 0.0 14.3 22.9 42 111 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Walter Davis *$565,000
2 Dennis Johnson *$438,750
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)