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1983-84 Phoenix Suns Roster and Statistics

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41-41, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 111.0 points per game, Allowed 110.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 43-39)
Coached by John MacLeod (41-41)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 445,703 (11th of 23)

SRS: 0.65 (10th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.4 (11th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 108.9 (10th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.0 (12th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Utah Jazz
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus Portland Trail Blazers

1983-84 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule

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 8 University of Oklahoma
6 Walter Davis G-F 6-6 193 September 9, 1954 6 University of North Carolina
53 James Edwards C-F 7-0 225 November 22, 1955 6 University of Washington
10 Rod Foster G 6-1 160 October 10, 1960 R University of California, Los Angeles
11 Johnny High G 6-3 185 April 25, 1957 3 University of Nevada, Reno
20 Maurice Lucas F-C 6-9 215 February 18, 1952 9 Marquette University
4 Kyle Macy G 6-3 175 April 9, 1957 3 University of Kentucky
22 Larry Nance F-C 6-10 205 February 12, 1959 2 Clemson University
32 Charles Pittman F 6-8 220 March 23, 1958 1 University of Maryland
8 Rick Robey C-F 6-11 230 January 30, 1956 5 University of Kentucky
7 Mike Sanders F-G 6-6 210 May 7, 1960 1 University of California, Los Angeles
14 Alvin Scott F-G 6-7 185 September 14, 1955 6 Oral Roberts University
44 Paul Westphal G 6-4 195 November 30, 1950 11 University of Southern California
7 Rory White F 6-8 210 August 16, 1959 1 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 19780 3677 7220 .509 74 291 .254 1673 2204 .759 1066 2298 3364 2214 693 388 1451 2147 9101 111.0
Opponent 82 19780 3509 7061 .497 54 219 .247 1956 2540 .770 1065 2333 3398 2059 675 298 1480 2038 9028 110.1

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 29 78 70 2546 652 1274 .512 20 87 .230 233 270 .863 38 164 202 429 107 12 213 202 1557
2 Larry Nance 24 82 82 2899 601 1044 .576 0 7 .000 249 352 .707 227 451 678 214 86 174 177 274 1451
3 Maurice Lucas 31 75 69 2309 451 908 .497 0 5 .000 293 383 .765 208 517 725 203 55 39 177 235 1195
4 James Edwards 28 72 67 1897 438 817 .536 0 1 .000 183 254 .720 108 240 348 184 23 30 140 254 1059
5 Kyle Macy 26 82 45 2402 357 713 .501 23 70 .329 95 114 .833 49 137 186 353 123 6 116 181 832
6 Alvan Adams 29 70 13 1452 269 582 .462 0 4 .000 132 160 .825 118 201 319 219 73 31 117 195 670
7 Rod Foster 23 80 34 1424 260 580 .448 22 84 .262 122 155 .787 39 81 120 172 54 9 108 193 664
8 Paul Westphal 33 59 2 865 144 313 .460 7 26 .269 117 142 .824 8 35 43 148 41 6 77 69 412
9 Rick Robey 28 61 4 856 140 257 .545 1 1 1.000 61 88 .693 80 118 198 65 20 14 77 120 342
10 Charles Pittman 25 69 8 989 126 209 .603 0 2 .000 69 101 .683 76 138 214 70 16 22 81 129 321
11 Mike Sanders 23 50 0 586 97 203 .478 0 0 29 42 .690 40 63 103 44 23 12 44 101 223
12 Alvin Scott 28 65 5 735 55 124 .444 1 2 .500 56 72 .778 29 71 100 48 19 20 42 85 167
13 Rory White 24 22 2 308 69 144 .479 0 0 24 42 .571 30 32 62 14 13 2 18 25 162
14 Johnny High 26 29 9 512 18 52 .346 0 2 .000 10 29 .345 16 50 66 51 40 11 38 84 46

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 29 78 70 32.6 8.4 16.3 .512 0.3 1.1 .230 3.0 3.5 .863 0.5 2.1 2.6 5.5 1.4 0.2 2.7 2.6 20.0
2 Larry Nance 24 82 82 35.4 7.3 12.7 .576 0.0 0.1 .000 3.0 4.3 .707 2.8 5.5 8.3 2.6 1.0 2.1 2.2 3.3 17.7
3 Maurice Lucas 31 75 69 30.8 6.0 12.1 .497 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 5.1 .765 2.8 6.9 9.7 2.7 0.7 0.5 2.4 3.1 15.9
4 James Edwards 28 72 67 26.3 6.1 11.3 .536 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.5 .720 1.5 3.3 4.8 2.6 0.3 0.4 1.9 3.5 14.7
5 Kyle Macy 26 82 45 29.3 4.4 8.7 .501 0.3 0.9 .329 1.2 1.4 .833 0.6 1.7 2.3 4.3 1.5 0.1 1.4 2.2 10.1
6 Alvan Adams 29 70 13 20.7 3.8 8.3 .462 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.3 .825 1.7 2.9 4.6 3.1 1.0 0.4 1.7 2.8 9.6
7 Rod Foster 23 80 34 17.8 3.3 7.3 .448 0.3 1.1 .262 1.5 1.9 .787 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.2 0.7 0.1 1.4 2.4 8.3
8 Rory White 24 22 2 14.0 3.1 6.5 .479 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.9 .571 1.4 1.5 2.8 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.1 7.4
9 Paul Westphal 33 59 2 14.7 2.4 5.3 .460 0.1 0.4 .269 2.0 2.4 .824 0.1 0.6 0.7 2.5 0.7 0.1 1.3 1.2 7.0
10 Rick Robey 28 61 4 14.0 2.3 4.2 .545 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.0 1.4 .693 1.3 1.9 3.2 1.1 0.3 0.2 1.3 2.0 5.6
11 Charles Pittman 25 69 8 14.3 1.8 3.0 .603 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.5 .683 1.1 2.0 3.1 1.0 0.2 0.3 1.2 1.9 4.7
12 Mike Sanders 23 50 0 11.7 1.9 4.1 .478 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .690 0.8 1.3 2.1 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.9 2.0 4.5
13 Alvin Scott 28 65 5 11.3 0.8 1.9 .444 0.0 0.0 .500 0.9 1.1 .778 0.4 1.1 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.3 2.6
14 Johnny High 26 29 9 17.7 0.6 1.8 .346 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 1.0 .345 0.6 1.7 2.3 1.8 1.4 0.4 1.3 2.9 1.6

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 29 78 70 2546 9.2 18.0 .512 0.3 1.2 .230 3.3 3.8 .863 0.5 2.3 2.9 6.1 1.5 0.2 3.0 2.9 22.0
2 James Edwards 28 72 67 1897 8.3 15.5 .536 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 4.8 .720 2.0 4.6 6.6 3.5 0.4 0.6 2.7 4.8 20.1
3 Rory White 24 22 2 308 8.1 16.8 .479 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.9 .571 3.5 3.7 7.2 1.6 1.5 0.2 2.1 2.9 18.9
4 Maurice Lucas 31 75 69 2309 7.0 14.2 .497 0.0 0.1 .000 4.6 6.0 .765 3.2 8.1 11.3 3.2 0.9 0.6 2.8 3.7 18.6
5 Larry Nance 24 82 82 2899 7.5 13.0 .576 0.0 0.1 .000 3.1 4.4 .707 2.8 5.6 8.4 2.7 1.1 2.2 2.2 3.4 18.0
6 Paul Westphal 33 59 2 865 6.0 13.0 .460 0.3 1.1 .269 4.9 5.9 .824 0.3 1.5 1.8 6.2 1.7 0.2 3.2 2.9 17.1
7 Rod Foster 23 80 34 1424 6.6 14.7 .448 0.6 2.1 .262 3.1 3.9 .787 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.3 1.4 0.2 2.7 4.9 16.8
8 Alvan Adams 29 70 13 1452 6.7 14.4 .462 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 4.0 .825 2.9 5.0 7.9 5.4 1.8 0.8 2.9 4.8 16.6
9 Rick Robey 28 61 4 856 5.9 10.8 .545 0.0 0.0 1.000 2.6 3.7 .693 3.4 5.0 8.3 2.7 0.8 0.6 3.2 5.0 14.4
10 Mike Sanders 23 50 0 586 6.0 12.5 .478 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.6 .690 2.5 3.9 6.3 2.7 1.4 0.7 2.7 6.2 13.7
11 Kyle Macy 26 82 45 2402 5.4 10.7 .501 0.3 1.0 .329 1.4 1.7 .833 0.7 2.1 2.8 5.3 1.8 0.1 1.7 2.7 12.5
12 Charles Pittman 25 69 8 989 4.6 7.6 .603 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.7 .683 2.8 5.0 7.8 2.5 0.6 0.8 2.9 4.7 11.7
13 Alvin Scott 28 65 5 735 2.7 6.1 .444 0.0 0.1 .500 2.7 3.5 .778 1.4 3.5 4.9 2.4 0.9 1.0 2.1 4.2 8.2
14 Johnny High 26 29 9 512 1.3 3.7 .346 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 2.0 .345 1.1 3.5 4.6 3.6 2.8 0.8 2.7 5.9 3.2

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 24 82 2899 19.4 .605 .576 9.1 18.3 13.7 10.2 1.4 3.5 12.9 19.5 118 106 6.2 3.7 9.8
2 Maurice Lucas 31 75 2309 18.1 .555 .497 10.5 26.3 18.4 12.0 1.1 1.0 14.1 22.3 111 106 3.6 2.8 6.4
3 Walter Davis 29 78 2546 18.5 .559 .520 1.7 7.6 4.6 25.0 2.0 0.3 13.3 25.9 110 110 4.2 2.0 6.2
4 Kyle Macy 26 82 2402 13.2 .545 .517 2.4 6.7 4.5 18.8 2.4 0.1 13.2 15.0 112 109 2.9 2.0 5.0
5 James Edwards 28 72 1897 16.2 .570 .536 6.6 14.9 10.7 13.9 0.6 0.9 13.1 23.1 111 110 3.0 1.4 4.4
6 Alvan Adams 29 70 1452 16.6 .513 .462 9.5 16.3 12.9 20.3 2.4 1.2 15.2 21.7 107 106 1.5 1.8 3.3
7 Charles Pittman 25 69 989 11.3 .633 .603 8.9 16.4 12.7 8.8 0.8 1.3 24.2 13.9 108 109 0.8 0.9 1.7
8 Rod Foster 23 80 1424 11.9 .512 .467 3.2 6.7 4.9 16.2 1.8 0.4 14.3 21.8 102 110 0.6 1.0 1.6
9 Paul Westphal 33 59 865 14.6 .549 .471 1.1 4.8 2.9 22.4 2.2 0.4 17.0 21.5 107 110 0.9 0.7 1.5
10 Rick Robey 28 61 856 12.8 .578 .547 10.9 16.2 13.5 9.9 1.1 0.9 20.7 17.9 105 109 0.6 0.8 1.4
11 Alvin Scott 28 65 735 7.6 .536 .448 4.6 11.4 8.0 7.6 1.2 1.6 21.2 11.0 102 109 0.1 0.6 0.8
12 Mike Sanders 23 50 586 10.5 .503 .478 7.9 12.6 10.3 9.8 1.9 1.2 16.6 18.6 98 108 0.0 0.6 0.6
13 Rory White 24 22 308 15.3 .499 .479 11.3 12.2 11.8 6.4 2.0 0.4 10.0 24.0 103 108 0.2 0.3 0.5
14 Johnny High 26 29 512 4.5 .355 .346 3.6 11.5 7.5 11.1 3.7 1.2 37.0 8.2 71 104 -0.8 0.7 -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 29 17 623 175 327 3 11 70 78 15 46 109 29 3 43 55 423 .535 .273 .897 36.6 24.9 2.7 6.4
2 Maurice Lucas 31 17 570 116 227 0 0 63 78 42 169 61 12 8 29 66 295 .511 .808 33.5 17.4 9.9 3.6
3 Larry Nance 24 17 633 118 200 0 0 51 76 51 148 40 16 34 31 59 287 .590 .671 37.2 16.9 8.7 2.4
4 James Edwards 28 17 463 93 189 0 0 48 68 22 91 27 4 11 31 62 234 .492 .706 27.2 13.8 5.4 1.6
5 Kyle Macy 26 17 620 77 157 10 22 12 16 14 54 98 22 2 25 43 176 .490 .455 .750 36.5 10.4 3.2 5.8
6 Alvan Adams 29 17 312 53 126 0 0 36 53 27 87 42 17 11 34 53 142 .421 .679 18.4 8.4 5.1 2.5
7 Paul Westphal 33 17 222 30 80 2 9 28 32 3 8 37 12 0 24 23 90 .375 .222 .875 13.1 5.3 0.5 2.2
8 Charles Pittman 25 17 253 28 51 0 1 18 29 25 64 12 5 5 16 31 74 .549 .000 .621 14.9 4.4 3.8 0.7
9 Mike Sanders 23 15 152 22 46 0 0 16 17 10 20 7 6 4 14 31 60 .478 .941 10.1 4.0 1.3 0.5
10 Rod Foster 23 16 128 10 39 0 5 9 9 6 13 18 5 1 13 21 29 .256 .000 1.000 8.0 1.8 0.8 1.1
11 Alvin Scott 28 16 111 10 26 1 1 4 6 10 24 7 2 2 7 14 25 .385 1.000 .667 6.9 1.6 1.5 0.4
12 Rick Robey 28 10 43 7 16 0 1 4 8 7 10 2 2 0 4 5 18 .438 .000 .500 4.3 1.8 1.0 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 Walter Davis 29 17 623 22.7 .585 .540 2.8 5.5 4.2 28.5 2.3 0.3 10.6 27.3 119 112 1.9 0.4 2.3
2 Maurice Lucas 31 17 570 19.7 .564 .511 8.7 24.8 17.0 15.5 1.0 0.8 10.0 21.4 119 108 1.3 0.6 2.0
3 Larry Nance 24 17 633 18.8 .615 .590 9.5 17.1 13.4 8.9 1.2 3.2 11.7 17.6 121 108 1.4 0.7 2.1
4 James Edwards 28 17 463 13.6 .534 .492 5.6 16.6 11.3 8.4 0.4 1.4 12.4 22.7 105 111 0.3 0.3 0.6
5 Kyle Macy 26 17 620 12.1 .536 .522 2.7 7.2 5.0 20.5 1.7 0.2 13.2 12.8 114 112 0.7 0.4 1.1
6 Alvan Adams 29 17 312 15.0 .475 .421 10.2 21.4 16.0 18.6 2.7 2.1 18.5 24.7 96 105 -0.2 0.5 0.3
7 Paul Westphal 33 17 222 9.9 .478 .388 1.6 2.5 2.1 21.9 2.7 0.0 20.3 22.4 94 112 -0.2 0.1 0.0
8 Charles Pittman 25 17 253 11.4 .580 .549 11.7 17.2 14.5 6.0 1.0 1.2 20.1 13.3 109 110 0.2 0.2 0.4
9 Mike Sanders 23 15 152 9.7 .561 .478 7.8 7.3 7.6 6.1 1.9 1.6 20.7 18.7 101 111 0.0 0.1 0.1
10 Rod Foster 23 16 128 2.8 .338 .256 5.5 6.1 5.8 17.2 1.9 0.5 23.2 18.4 76 112 -0.3 0.1 -0.3
11 Alvin Scott 28 16 111 7.0 .436 .404 10.7 14.1 12.4 7.8 0.9 1.1 19.6 13.5 93 111 -0.1 0.1 0.0
12 Rick Robey 28 10 43 11.5 .461 .438 19.3 7.8 13.3 6.4 2.3 0.0 17.0 23.0 95 111 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Walter Davis *$635,000
2 James Edwards *$479,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)