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1982-83 Phoenix Suns Roster and Statistics

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53-29, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: John MacLeod (53-29)

Points Per Game: 107.0 (16th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 102.0 (3rd of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 54-28 (4th of 23)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 465,603 (10th of 23)

SRS: 4.61 (4th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.6 (17th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 105.1 (12th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 100.1 (4th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Denver Nuggets

1982-83 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 7 University of Oklahoma
45 Jeff Cook F-C 6-10 215 October 21, 1956 3 Idaho State University
6 Walter Davis G-F 6-6 193 September 9, 1954 5 University of North Carolina
53 James Edwards C-F 7-0 225 November 22, 1955 5 University of Washington
11 Johnny High G 6-3 185 April 25, 1957 2 University of Nevada, Reno
24 Dennis Johnson G 6-4 185 September 18, 1954 6 Pepperdine University
50 Joel Kramer F-C 6-7 203 November 30, 1955 4 San Diego State University
20 Maurice Lucas F-C 6-9 215 February 18, 1952 8 Marquette University
4 Kyle Macy G 6-3 175 April 9, 1957 2 University of Kentucky
22 Larry Nance F-C 6-10 205 February 12, 1959 1 Clemson University
32 Charles Pittman F 6-8 220 March 23, 1958 R University of Maryland
14 Alvin Scott F-G 6-7 185 September 14, 1955 5 Oral Roberts University
40 David Thirdkill F-G 6-7 195 April 12, 1960 R Bradley University
7 Rory White F 6-8 210 August 16, 1959 R University of South Alabama

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 19730 3555 7158 .497 40 158 .253 1626 2189 .743 1094 2518 3612 2300 749 495 1545 2062 8776 107.0
Opponent 82 19730 3305 7265 .455 44 199 .221 1707 2268 .753 1210 2326 3536 1988 712 343 1560 2039 8361 102.0

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 Walter Davis 28 80 79 2491 665 1289 .516 7 23 .304 184 225 .818 63 134 197 397 117 12 188 186 1521
2 Larry Nance 23 82 82 2914 588 1069 .550 1 3 .333 193 287 .672 239 471 710 197 99 217 190 254 1370
3 Maurice Lucas 30 77 71 2586 495 1045 .474 1 3 .333 278 356 .781 201 598 799 219 56 43 221 274 1269
4 Alvan Adams 28 80 75 2447 477 981 .486 1 3 .333 180 217 .829 161 387 548 376 114 74 242 287 1135
5 Dennis Johnson 28 77 74 2551 398 861 .462 5 31 .161 292 369 .791 92 243 335 388 97 39 204 204 1093
6 Kyle Macy 25 82 9 1836 328 634 .517 23 76 .303 129 148 .872 41 124 165 278 64 8 90 130 808
7 Alvin Scott 27 81 9 1139 124 259 .479 0 2 .000 81 110 .736 60 164 224 97 48 31 64 133 329
8 Rory White 23 65 0 626 127 234 .543 0 1 .000 70 109 .642 47 58 105 30 16 2 51 54 324
9 Johnny High 25 82 2 1155 100 217 .461 1 5 .200 63 136 .463 45 105 150 153 85 34 106 205 264
10 David Thirdkill 22 49 2 521 74 170 .435 1 7 .143 45 78 .577 28 44 72 36 19 4 48 93 194
11 Jeff Cook 26 45 2 551 61 142 .430 0 2 .000 41 54 .759 44 85 129 58 12 13 56 89 163
12 James Edwards 27 16 1 285 55 113 .487 0 0 31 47 .660 19 40 59 27 5 5 19 49 141
13 Joel Kramer 27 54 4 458 44 104 .423 0 1 .000 14 16 .875 41 47 88 37 15 6 22 63 102
14 Charles Pittman 24 28 0 170 19 40 .475 0 1 .000 25 37 .676 13 18 31 7 2 7 22 41 63

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 Walter Davis 28 80 79 31.1 8.3 16.1 .516 0.1 0.3 .304 2.3 2.8 .818 0.8 1.7 2.5 5.0 1.5 0.2 2.4 2.3 19.0
2 Larry Nance 23 82 82 35.5 7.2 13.0 .550 0.0 0.0 .333 2.4 3.5 .672 2.9 5.7 8.7 2.4 1.2 2.6 2.3 3.1 16.7
3 Maurice Lucas 30 77 71 33.6 6.4 13.6 .474 0.0 0.0 .333 3.6 4.6 .781 2.6 7.8 10.4 2.8 0.7 0.6 2.9 3.6 16.5
4 Alvan Adams 28 80 75 30.6 6.0 12.3 .486 0.0 0.0 .333 2.3 2.7 .829 2.0 4.8 6.9 4.7 1.4 0.9 3.0 3.6 14.2
5 Dennis Johnson 28 77 74 33.1 5.2 11.2 .462 0.1 0.4 .161 3.8 4.8 .791 1.2 3.2 4.4 5.0 1.3 0.5 2.6 2.6 14.2
6 Kyle Macy 25 82 9 22.4 4.0 7.7 .517 0.3 0.9 .303 1.6 1.8 .872 0.5 1.5 2.0 3.4 0.8 0.1 1.1 1.6 9.9
7 James Edwards 27 16 1 17.8 3.4 7.1 .487 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.9 .660 1.2 2.5 3.7 1.7 0.3 0.3 1.2 3.1 8.8
8 Rory White 23 65 0 9.6 2.0 3.6 .543 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.7 .642 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.8 5.0
9 Alvin Scott 27 81 9 14.1 1.5 3.2 .479 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.4 .736 0.7 2.0 2.8 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.8 1.6 4.1
10 David Thirdkill 22 49 2 10.6 1.5 3.5 .435 0.0 0.1 .143 0.9 1.6 .577 0.6 0.9 1.5 0.7 0.4 0.1 1.0 1.9 4.0
11 Jeff Cook 26 45 2 12.2 1.4 3.2 .430 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.2 .759 1.0 1.9 2.9 1.3 0.3 0.3 1.2 2.0 3.6
12 Johnny High 25 82 2 14.1 1.2 2.6 .461 0.0 0.1 .200 0.8 1.7 .463 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.9 1.0 0.4 1.3 2.5 3.2
13 Charles Pittman 24 28 0 6.1 0.7 1.4 .475 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.3 .676 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.5 2.3
14 Joel Kramer 27 54 4 8.5 0.8 1.9 .423 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.3 .875 0.8 0.9 1.6 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.2 1.9

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 28 80 79 2491 9.6 18.6 .516 0.1 0.3 .304 2.7 3.3 .818 0.9 1.9 2.8 5.7 1.7 0.2 2.7 2.7 22.0
2 Rory White 23 65 0 626 7.3 13.5 .543 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 6.3 .642 2.7 3.3 6.0 1.7 0.9 0.1 2.9 3.1 18.6
3 James Edwards 27 16 1 285 6.9 14.3 .487 0.0 0.0 3.9 5.9 .660 2.4 5.1 7.5 3.4 0.6 0.6 2.4 6.2 17.8
4 Maurice Lucas 30 77 71 2586 6.9 14.5 .474 0.0 0.0 .333 3.9 5.0 .781 2.8 8.3 11.1 3.0 0.8 0.6 3.1 3.8 17.7
5 Larry Nance 23 82 82 2914 7.3 13.2 .550 0.0 0.0 .333 2.4 3.5 .672 3.0 5.8 8.8 2.4 1.2 2.7 2.3 3.1 16.9
6 Alvan Adams 28 80 75 2447 7.0 14.4 .486 0.0 0.0 .333 2.6 3.2 .829 2.4 5.7 8.1 5.5 1.7 1.1 3.6 4.2 16.7
7 Kyle Macy 25 82 9 1836 6.4 12.4 .517 0.5 1.5 .303 2.5 2.9 .872 0.8 2.4 3.2 5.5 1.3 0.2 1.8 2.5 15.8
8 Dennis Johnson 28 77 74 2551 5.6 12.2 .462 0.1 0.4 .161 4.1 5.2 .791 1.3 3.4 4.7 5.5 1.4 0.6 2.9 2.9 15.4
9 David Thirdkill 22 49 2 521 5.1 11.7 .435 0.1 0.5 .143 3.1 5.4 .577 1.9 3.0 5.0 2.5 1.3 0.3 3.3 6.4 13.4
10 Charles Pittman 24 28 0 170 4.0 8.5 .475 0.0 0.2 .000 5.3 7.8 .676 2.8 3.8 6.6 1.5 0.4 1.5 4.7 8.7 13.3
11 Jeff Cook 26 45 2 551 4.0 9.3 .430 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 3.5 .759 2.9 5.6 8.4 3.8 0.8 0.8 3.7 5.8 10.6
12 Alvin Scott 27 81 9 1139 3.9 8.2 .479 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 3.5 .736 1.9 5.2 7.1 3.1 1.5 1.0 2.0 4.2 10.4
13 Johnny High 25 82 2 1155 3.1 6.8 .461 0.0 0.2 .200 2.0 4.2 .463 1.4 3.3 4.7 4.8 2.6 1.1 3.3 6.4 8.2
14 Joel Kramer 27 54 4 458 3.5 8.2 .423 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 1.3 .875 3.2 3.7 6.9 2.9 1.2 0.5 1.7 5.0 8.0

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 Larry Nance 23 82 2914 18.7 .573 .551 9.5 17.1 13.5 9.7 1.6 4.2 13.7 19.4 111 98 4.8 5.6 10.5
2 Walter Davis 28 80 2491 19.1 .548 .519 2.9 5.7 4.4 25.1 2.2 0.3 11.9 25.8 109 103 4.9 3.2 8.1
3 Maurice Lucas 30 77 2586 16.1 .528 .474 9.0 24.5 17.1 11.9 1.0 0.9 15.5 22.5 103 99 2.4 4.7 7.1
4 Dennis Johnson 28 77 2551 14.8 .534 .465 4.2 10.1 7.2 20.4 1.8 0.9 16.6 19.6 106 102 3.0 3.6 6.6
5 Alvan Adams 28 80 2447 16.8 .527 .487 7.6 16.7 12.4 21.8 2.2 1.7 18.4 22.0 102 98 2.0 4.5 6.5
6 Kyle Macy 25 82 1836 16.1 .578 .535 2.6 7.1 5.0 21.0 1.6 0.2 11.4 17.5 118 104 4.3 2.2 6.4
7 Alvin Scott 27 81 1139 11.8 .535 .479 6.1 15.2 10.9 10.8 2.0 1.5 17.2 13.3 106 99 0.9 2.0 2.9
8 Rory White 23 65 626 14.7 .575 .543 8.7 9.8 9.3 6.9 1.2 0.2 15.3 21.7 106 104 0.8 0.7 1.5
9 Johnny High 25 82 1155 8.6 .477 .463 4.5 9.6 7.2 16.3 3.5 1.6 27.7 13.5 87 98 -1.0 2.2 1.2
10 James Edwards 27 16 285 14.4 .527 .487 7.7 14.9 11.4 13.4 0.8 1.0 12.4 21.9 106 102 0.4 0.4 0.8
11 Joel Kramer 27 54 458 8.8 .459 .423 10.3 10.9 10.6 10.0 1.5 0.7 16.5 11.9 101 102 0.2 0.6 0.8
12 Jeff Cook 26 45 551 9.0 .492 .430 9.2 16.3 12.9 13.3 1.0 1.3 25.3 16.4 92 101 -0.2 0.8 0.6
13 David Thirdkill 22 49 521 7.5 .475 .438 6.2 8.9 7.6 9.1 1.7 0.4 19.0 19.8 89 102 -0.4 0.7 0.3
14 Charles Pittman 24 28 170 6.8 .560 .475 8.8 11.2 10.1 5.2 0.6 2.3 28.1 18.8 91 102 -0.1 0.2 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 Walter Davis 28 3 113 30 69 1 2 17 21 5 15 13 6 5 5 6 78 .435 .500 .810 37.7 26.0 5.0 4.3
2 Dennis Johnson 28 3 108 22 48 0 1 10 12 6 23 17 5 2 8 9 54 .458 .000 .833 36.0 18.0 7.7 5.7
3 Larry Nance 23 3 103 14 35 0 0 8 10 10 25 3 3 6 6 12 36 .400 .800 34.3 12.0 8.3 1.0
4 Alvan Adams 28 3 84 15 32 0 0 5 7 3 18 14 2 5 5 15 35 .469 .714 28.0 11.7 6.0 4.7
5 Kyle Macy 25 3 72 15 35 0 3 5 7 2 8 9 1 0 1 6 35 .429 .000 .714 24.0 11.7 2.7 3.0
6 James Edwards 27 3 54 11 26 0 0 6 6 6 18 4 1 1 5 7 28 .423 1.000 18.0 9.3 6.0 1.3
7 Maurice Lucas 30 2 57 12 21 0 0 2 4 5 12 8 3 0 4 5 26 .571 .500 28.5 13.0 6.0 4.0
8 Rory White 23 3 40 7 14 0 1 2 4 1 10 0 0 0 1 4 16 .500 .000 .500 13.3 5.3 3.3 0.0
9 Alvin Scott 27 3 62 6 13 0 0 2 2 4 12 5 2 5 4 6 14 .462 1.000 20.7 4.7 4.0 1.7
10 Johnny High 25 3 45 5 11 0 1 0 2 7 10 6 3 1 1 7 10 .455 .000 .000 15.0 3.3 3.3 2.0
11 Charles Pittman 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Joel Kramer 27 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 28 3 113 21.9 .498 .442 4.3 9.6 6.8 17.6 2.5 2.4 6.0 29.0 109 106 0.2 0.1 0.3
2 Alvan Adams 28 3 84 15.3 .499 .469 3.5 19.4 11.0 22.5 1.1 3.3 12.5 18.8 105 106 0.1 0.1 0.2
3 Dennis Johnson 28 3 108 17.9 .507 .458 5.4 17.1 11.0 22.0 2.2 1.0 13.1 22.3 105 106 0.1 0.1 0.2
4 Johnny High 25 3 45 13.6 .421 .455 15.2 7.3 11.5 16.5 3.1 1.2 7.8 11.3 112 106 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 James Edwards 27 3 54 15.2 .489 .423 10.9 24.2 17.2 10.3 0.9 1.0 14.9 24.5 99 107 0.0 0.0 0.1
6 Larry Nance 23 3 103 11.4 .457 .400 9.5 15.8 12.5 3.7 1.4 3.2 13.2 17.3 96 106 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 Alvin Scott 27 3 62 10.9 .504 .462 6.3 14.0 10.0 9.8 1.5 4.5 22.4 11.3 97 105 0.0 0.1 0.1
8 Kyle Macy 25 3 72 13.8 .460 .429 2.7 9.1 5.7 17.6 0.7 0.0 2.6 21.3 108 112 0.1 0.0 0.1
9 Maurice Lucas 30 2 57 18.2 .571 .571 8.6 13.4 10.9 19.8 2.5 0.0 14.9 18.5 111 108 0.1 0.0 0.1
10 Charles Pittman 24 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 116 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Joel Kramer 27 2 6 -10.3 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.1 0 116 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Rory White 23 3 40 10.3 .508 .500 2.5 24.5 12.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 16.5 103 110 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Walter Davis *$600,000
2 James Edwards *$553,000
3 Dennis Johnson *$427,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)