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1995-96 Phoenix Suns Roster and Statistics

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41-41, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Paul Westphal (14-19), Cotton Fitzsimmons (27-22)

Points Per Game: 104.3 (4th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.0 (25th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 42-40 (16th of 29)

Arena: America West Arena ▪ Attendance: 779,943 (8th of 29)

SRS: 0.28 (16th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 93.2 (9th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 110.3 (7th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 110.0 (23rd of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus San Antonio Spurs

1995-96 Phoenix Suns:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
34 Charles Barkley F 6-6 252 February 20, 1963 11 Auburn University
8 Mario Bennett F 6-6 235 August 1, 1973 R Arizona State University
43 Chris Carr G 6-5 207 March 12, 1974 R Southern Illinois University
40 John Coker C 7-0 253 October 28, 1971 R Boise State University
4 Michael Finley G-F 6-7 215 March 6, 1973 R University of Wisconsin
45 A.C. Green F-C 6-9 220 October 4, 1963 10 Oregon State University
7 Kevin Johnson G 6-1 180 March 4, 1966 8 University of California
35 Joe Kleine C 6-11 255 January 4, 1962 10 University of Arkansas
15 Danny Manning F-C 6-10 230 May 17, 1966 7 University of Kansas
2 Elliot Perry G 6-0 150 March 28, 1969 3 University of Memphis
Wesley Person G 6-6 195 March 28, 1971 1 Auburn University
14 Terrence Rencher G 6-3 185 February 19, 1973 R University of Texas at Austin
51 Stefano Rusconi C-F 6-9 240 October 2, 1968 R
14 Tony Smith G 6-3 185 June 14, 1968 5 Marquette University
23 Wayman Tisdale F-C 6-9 240 June 9, 1964 10 University of Oklahoma
18 Hot Rod Williams F-C 6-11 215 August 9, 1962 9 Tulane University
10 David Wood F 6-9 227 November 30, 1964 5 University of Nevada, Reno

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 19955 3159 6673 .473 327 984 .332 1907 2472 .771 1009 2501 3510 2001 623 331 1207 1776 8552 104.3
Opponent 82 19955 3217 6837 .471 551 1492 .369 1540 2083 .739 1003 2382 3385 2088 586 420 1191 2011 8525 104.0

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 Charles Barkley 32 71 71 2632 580 1160 .500 49 175 .280 440 566 .777 243 578 821 262 114 56 218 208 1649
2 Michael Finley 22 82 72 3212 465 976 .476 61 186 .328 242 323 .749 139 235 374 289 85 31 133 199 1233
3 Kevin Johnson 29 56 55 2007 342 674 .507 21 57 .368 342 398 .859 42 179 221 517 82 13 170 144 1047
4 Wesley Person 24 82 47 2609 390 877 .445 117 313 .374 148 192 .771 56 265 321 138 55 22 89 148 1045
5 Elliot Perry 26 81 26 1668 261 549 .475 24 59 .407 151 194 .778 34 102 136 353 87 5 146 140 697
6 Wayman Tisdale 31 63 6 1152 279 564 .495 0 0 114 149 .765 55 159 214 58 15 36 63 188 672
7 A.C. Green 32 82 36 2113 215 444 .484 14 52 .269 168 237 .709 166 388 554 72 45 23 79 141 612
8 Hot Rod Williams 33 62 58 1652 180 397 .453 0 1 .000 95 130 .731 129 243 372 62 46 90 62 170 455
9 Danny Manning 29 33 4 816 178 388 .459 3 14 .214 82 109 .752 30 113 143 65 38 24 77 121 441
10 Chris Carr 21 60 10 590 90 217 .415 11 42 .262 49 60 .817 27 75 102 43 10 5 40 77 240
11 Tony Smith 27 34 2 528 70 173 .405 25 77 .325 24 37 .649 24 32 56 86 21 5 40 60 189
12 Joe Kleine 34 56 9 663 71 169 .420 2 7 .286 20 25 .800 36 96 132 44 13 6 37 113 164
13 Mario Bennett 22 19 14 230 29 64 .453 0 1 .000 27 42 .643 21 28 49 6 11 11 11 46 85
14 Stefano Rusconi 27 7 0 30 3 9 .333 0 0 2 5 .400 3 3 6 3 0 2 3 10 8
15 John Coker 24 5 0 11 4 5 .800 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 8
16 David Wood 31 4 0 34 1 6 .167 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 3 5 2 1 0 2 9 4
17 Terrence Rencher 22 2 0 8 1 1 1.000 0 0 1 3 .333 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 3

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 Charles Barkley 32 71 71 37.1 8.2 16.3 .500 0.7 2.5 .280 6.2 8.0 .777 3.4 8.1 11.6 3.7 1.6 0.8 3.1 2.9 23.2
2 Kevin Johnson 29 56 55 35.8 6.1 12.0 .507 0.4 1.0 .368 6.1 7.1 .859 0.8 3.2 3.9 9.2 1.5 0.2 3.0 2.6 18.7
3 Michael Finley 22 82 72 39.2 5.7 11.9 .476 0.7 2.3 .328 3.0 3.9 .749 1.7 2.9 4.6 3.5 1.0 0.4 1.6 2.4 15.0
4 Danny Manning 29 33 4 24.7 5.4 11.8 .459 0.1 0.4 .214 2.5 3.3 .752 0.9 3.4 4.3 2.0 1.2 0.7 2.3 3.7 13.4
5 Wesley Person 24 82 47 31.8 4.8 10.7 .445 1.4 3.8 .374 1.8 2.3 .771 0.7 3.2 3.9 1.7 0.7 0.3 1.1 1.8 12.7
6 Wayman Tisdale 31 63 6 18.3 4.4 9.0 .495 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.4 .765 0.9 2.5 3.4 0.9 0.2 0.6 1.0 3.0 10.7
7 Elliot Perry 26 81 26 20.6 3.2 6.8 .475 0.3 0.7 .407 1.9 2.4 .778 0.4 1.3 1.7 4.4 1.1 0.1 1.8 1.7 8.6
8 A.C. Green 32 82 36 25.8 2.6 5.4 .484 0.2 0.6 .269 2.0 2.9 .709 2.0 4.7 6.8 0.9 0.5 0.3 1.0 1.7 7.5
9 Hot Rod Williams 33 62 58 26.6 2.9 6.4 .453 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.1 .731 2.1 3.9 6.0 1.0 0.7 1.5 1.0 2.7 7.3
10 Tony Smith 27 34 2 15.5 2.1 5.1 .405 0.7 2.3 .325 0.7 1.1 .649 0.7 0.9 1.6 2.5 0.6 0.1 1.2 1.8 5.6
11 Mario Bennett 22 19 14 12.1 1.5 3.4 .453 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 2.2 .643 1.1 1.5 2.6 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.4 4.5
12 Chris Carr 21 60 10 9.8 1.5 3.6 .415 0.2 0.7 .262 0.8 1.0 .817 0.5 1.3 1.7 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.7 1.3 4.0
13 Joe Kleine 34 56 9 11.8 1.3 3.0 .420 0.0 0.1 .286 0.4 0.4 .800 0.6 1.7 2.4 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.7 2.0 2.9
14 John Coker 24 5 0 2.2 0.8 1.0 .800 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 1.6
15 Terrence Rencher 22 2 0 4.0 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 .333 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.5 1.5
16 Stefano Rusconi 27 7 0 4.3 0.4 1.3 .333 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 .400 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.4 1.4 1.1
17 David Wood 31 4 0 8.5 0.3 1.5 .167 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.5 2.3 1.0

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 Coker 24 5 0 11 13.1 16.4 .800 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 0.0 6.5 3.3 0.0 3.3 0.0 3.3 26.2
2 Charles Barkley 32 71 71 2632 7.9 15.9 .500 0.7 2.4 .280 6.0 7.7 .777 3.3 7.9 11.2 3.6 1.6 0.8 3.0 2.8 22.6
3 Wayman Tisdale 31 63 6 1152 8.7 17.6 .495 0.0 0.0 3.6 4.7 .765 1.7 5.0 6.7 1.8 0.5 1.1 2.0 5.9 21.0
4 Danny Manning 29 33 4 816 7.9 17.1 .459 0.1 0.6 .214 3.6 4.8 .752 1.3 5.0 6.3 2.9 1.7 1.1 3.4 5.3 19.5
5 Kevin Johnson 29 56 55 2007 6.1 12.1 .507 0.4 1.0 .368 6.1 7.1 .859 0.8 3.2 4.0 9.3 1.5 0.2 3.0 2.6 18.8
6 Elliot Perry 26 81 26 1668 5.6 11.8 .475 0.5 1.3 .407 3.3 4.2 .778 0.7 2.2 2.9 7.6 1.9 0.1 3.2 3.0 15.0
7 Chris Carr 21 60 10 590 5.5 13.2 .415 0.7 2.6 .262 3.0 3.7 .817 1.6 4.6 6.2 2.6 0.6 0.3 2.4 4.7 14.6
8 Wesley Person 24 82 47 2609 5.4 12.1 .445 1.6 4.3 .374 2.0 2.6 .771 0.8 3.7 4.4 1.9 0.8 0.3 1.2 2.0 14.4
9 Michael Finley 22 82 72 3212 5.2 10.9 .476 0.7 2.1 .328 2.7 3.6 .749 1.6 2.6 4.2 3.2 1.0 0.3 1.5 2.2 13.8
10 Terrence Rencher 22 2 0 8 4.5 4.5 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.5 13.5 .333 0.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 4.5 13.5
11 Mario Bennett 22 19 14 230 4.5 10.0 .453 0.0 0.2 .000 4.2 6.6 .643 3.3 4.4 7.7 0.9 1.7 1.7 1.7 7.2 13.3
12 Tony Smith 27 34 2 528 4.8 11.8 .405 1.7 5.2 .325 1.6 2.5 .649 1.6 2.2 3.8 5.9 1.4 0.3 2.7 4.1 12.9
13 A.C. Green 32 82 36 2113 3.7 7.6 .484 0.2 0.9 .269 2.9 4.0 .709 2.8 6.6 9.4 1.2 0.8 0.4 1.3 2.4 10.4
14 Hot Rod Williams 33 62 58 1652 3.9 8.7 .453 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 2.8 .731 2.8 5.3 8.1 1.4 1.0 2.0 1.4 3.7 9.9
15 Stefano Rusconi 27 7 0 30 3.6 10.8 .333 0.0 0.0 2.4 6.0 .400 3.6 3.6 7.2 3.6 0.0 2.4 3.6 12.0 9.6
16 Joe Kleine 34 56 9 663 3.9 9.2 .420 0.1 0.4 .286 1.1 1.4 .800 2.0 5.2 7.2 2.4 0.7 0.3 2.0 6.1 8.9
17 David Wood 31 4 0 34 1.1 6.4 .167 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.000 2.1 3.2 5.3 2.1 1.1 0.0 2.1 9.5 4.2

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 Charles Barkley 32 71 2632 24.8 .585 .521 10.9 25.0 18.1 17.4 2.2 1.6 13.4 27.5 115 105 7.0 3.5 10.5
2 Kevin Johnson 29 56 2007 22.8 .617 .523 2.5 10.2 6.4 41.5 2.1 0.5 16.7 22.6 122 111 6.9 1.3 8.2
3 Michael Finley 22 82 3212 14.0 .551 .508 5.1 8.3 6.7 13.9 1.4 0.7 10.6 17.3 114 113 5.0 1.3 6.3
4 A.C. Green 32 82 2113 12.9 .558 .500 9.2 20.9 15.2 4.9 1.1 0.8 12.6 13.2 115 109 2.7 1.7 4.4
5 Wesley Person 24 82 2609 12.6 .543 .511 2.5 11.6 7.1 8.2 1.1 0.6 8.5 17.9 110 112 2.9 1.2 4.0
6 Elliot Perry 26 81 1668 16.2 .549 .497 2.4 7.0 4.7 33.3 2.7 0.2 18.7 20.8 108 111 1.9 1.1 3.1
7 Hot Rod Williams 33 62 1652 12.4 .501 .453 9.2 16.8 13.0 5.5 1.4 4.1 12.0 13.9 106 108 1.0 1.7 2.8
8 Wayman Tisdale 31 63 1152 16.4 .534 .495 5.6 15.7 10.8 9.2 0.7 2.3 9.1 26.8 106 111 1.2 0.8 2.0
9 Tony Smith 27 34 528 12.2 .499 .477 5.3 6.9 6.1 24.7 2.0 0.7 17.4 19.3 102 112 0.2 0.3 0.5
10 Mario Bennett 22 19 230 13.3 .515 .453 10.7 13.9 12.3 3.9 2.5 3.6 11.8 18.1 107 106 0.2 0.3 0.5
11 Danny Manning 29 33 816 14.7 .506 .463 4.3 15.8 10.1 13.9 2.4 2.2 15.0 28.0 95 107 -0.5 0.9 0.4
12 Chris Carr 21 60 590 10.5 .493 .440 5.4 14.5 10.0 11.4 0.9 0.6 14.1 21.4 98 112 -0.1 0.3 0.3
13 Joe Kleine 34 56 663 6.8 .456 .426 6.4 16.5 11.5 9.7 1.0 0.7 17.1 14.6 93 111 -0.3 0.4 0.1
14 John Coker 24 5 11 37.3 .800 .800 21.4 0.0 10.5 21.2 0.0 6.8 0.0 20.2 166 114 0.1 0.0 0.1
15 Terrence Rencher 22 2 8 4.4 .647 1.000 0.0 28.5 14.5 0.0 0.0 9.3 46.3 24.0 56 103 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 David Wood 31 4 34 -0.6 .291 .167 6.9 10.0 8.5 7.7 1.5 0.0 22.5 11.6 72 112 -0.1 0.0 0.0
17 Stefano Rusconi 27 7 30 2.4 .357 .333 11.8 11.4 11.6 14.5 0.0 5.0 21.1 21.1 78 111 -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 Charles Barkley 32 4 164 31 70 3 12 37 47 18 54 15 4 4 6 15 102 .443 .250 .787 41.0 25.5 13.5 3.8
2 Kevin Johnson 29 4 151 27 57 1 4 14 17 2 17 43 2 2 11 8 69 .474 .250 .824 37.8 17.3 4.3 10.8
3 Wesley Person 24 4 183 22 56 9 29 4 5 8 23 3 3 1 5 7 57 .393 .310 .800 45.8 14.3 5.8 0.8
4 Danny Manning 29 4 90 22 48 0 1 5 8 4 11 5 4 1 6 15 49 .458 .000 .625 22.5 12.3 2.8 1.3
5 Hot Rod Williams 33 4 115 14 32 0 0 8 12 11 26 1 0 7 6 17 36 .438 .667 28.8 9.0 6.5 0.3
6 Chris Carr 21 3 36 9 14 2 3 4 5 3 7 4 2 1 4 6 24 .643 .667 .800 12.0 8.0 2.3 1.3
7 Wayman Tisdale 31 4 67 10 30 0 0 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 7 21 .333 .500 16.8 5.3 1.0 0.5
8 A.C. Green 32 4 87 6 17 0 3 7 8 6 18 2 1 0 2 7 19 .353 .000 .875 21.8 4.8 4.5 0.5
9 Elliot Perry 26 4 51 7 14 0 0 0 1 0 2 12 2 0 0 3 14 .500 .000 12.8 3.5 0.5 3.0
10 Mario Bennett 22 2 8 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 .500 4.0 2.0 1.5 0.0
11 Joe Kleine 34 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .000 4.0 0.0 0.5 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 Charles Barkley 32 4 164 27.5 .562 .464 11.5 27.5 18.8 15.4 1.3 1.7 6.2 26.1 125 117 0.7 0.0 0.7
2 Kevin Johnson 29 4 151 20.7 .535 .482 1.4 12.5 6.4 47.3 0.7 0.9 14.6 22.1 114 123 0.4 -0.1 0.2
3 Elliot Perry 26 4 51 16.3 .485 .500 0.0 4.9 2.2 36.5 2.1 0.0 0.0 12.5 126 123 0.1 0.0 0.1
4 Chris Carr 21 3 36 28.2 .741 .714 8.7 13.9 11.1 20.9 2.9 1.9 19.8 24.8 124 117 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 Mario Bennett 22 2 8 10.1 .500 .500 26.1 15.7 21.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 33.2 76 125 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 A.C. Green 32 4 87 8.6 .463 .353 7.2 17.3 11.8 3.2 0.6 0.0 8.9 11.4 107 123 0.1 -0.1 0.0
7 Joe Kleine 34 2 8 -6.6 .000 .000 13.0 0.0 7.1 0.0 6.6 0.0 33.3 16.6 22 114 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
8 Danny Manning 29 4 90 13.8 .476 .458 4.6 9.8 7.0 10.3 2.4 0.8 10.4 28.3 95 120 0.0 0.0 -0.1
9 Wesley Person 24 4 183 9.5 .490 .473 4.6 10.3 7.2 2.5 0.9 0.4 7.9 15.3 103 124 0.1 -0.2 -0.1
10 Hot Rod Williams 33 4 115 10.5 .483 .438 10.0 16.4 12.9 1.3 0.0 4.2 13.9 16.6 99 121 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
11 Wayman Tisdale 31 4 67 4.0 .340 .333 4.7 1.9 3.4 4.7 0.8 1.0 3.1 21.0 81 125 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Danny Manning $6,833,000
2 A.C. Green $6,473,000
3 Charles Barkley $4,760,000
4 Hot Rod Williams $4,151,000
5 Wayman Tisdale $3,475,000
6 Kevin Johnson $2,900,000
7 Elliot Perry $2,025,000
8 Jerrod Mustaf *$1,600,000
9 Joe Kleine $1,040,000
10 Wesley Person $845,000
11 Michael Finley $628,000
12 Tony Smith $500,000
13 Mario Bennett $480,000
14 Stefano Rusconi $415,000
15 David Wood $350,000
16 Terrence Rencher $200,000
17 Chris Carr $200,000
18 John Coker $200,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)