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1997-98 Phoenix Suns Roster and Statistics

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56-26, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Danny Ainge (56-26)

Points Per Game: 99.6 (6th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 94.4 (12th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 56-26 (6th of 29)

Arena: America West Arena ▪ Attendance: 779,943 (9th of 29)

SRS: 4.44 (7th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.4 (10th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 107.4 (12th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 101.8 (6th of 29)

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

1997-98 Phoenix Suns:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
2 Mark Bryant F-C 6-9 245 April 25, 1965 9 Seton Hall University
1 Cedric Ceballos F 6-6 190 August 2, 1969 7 California State University, Fullerton
3 Rex Chapman G 6-4 185 October 5, 1967 9 University of Kentucky
7 Kevin Johnson G 6-1 180 March 4, 1966 10 University of California
32 Jason Kidd G 6-4 205 March 23, 1973 3 University of California
17 Horacio Llamas Grey C 6-11 285 July 17, 1973 1 Grand Canyon University
15 Danny Manning F-C 6-10 230 May 17, 1966 9 University of Kansas
21 George McCloud G-F 6-6 205 May 27, 1967 7 Florida State University
34 Antonio McDyess F-C 6-9 220 September 7, 1974 2 University of Alabama
20 Marko Milic G-F 6-6 235 May 7, 1977 R
13 Steve Nash G 6-3 195 February 7, 1974 1 Santa Clara University
30 Clifford Robinson F-C 6-10 225 December 16, 1966 8 University of Connecticut
Dennis Scott F 6-8 229 September 5, 1968 7 Georgia Institute of Technology
4 Brooks Thompson G 6-4 193 July 19, 1970 3 Oklahoma State University
18 Hot Rod Williams F-C 6-11 215 August 9, 1962 11 Tulane 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 19955 3138 6710 .468 431 1211 .356 1459 1948 .749 991 2452 3443 2124 756 429 1236 1765 8166 99.6
Opponent 82 19955 2923 6618 .442 394 1091 .361 1501 2051 .732 1051 2343 3394 1803 720 323 1363 1769 7741 94.4

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 Antonio McDyess 23 81 81 2441 497 927 .536 0 2 .000 231 329 .702 206 407 613 106 100 135 142 292 1225
2 Clifford Robinson 31 80 64 2359 429 895 .479 27 84 .321 248 360 .689 152 258 410 170 92 90 140 249 1133
3 Rex Chapman 30 68 67 2263 408 956 .427 120 311 .386 146 187 .781 30 143 173 203 71 14 116 102 1082
4 Jason Kidd 24 82 82 3118 357 859 .416 73 233 .313 167 209 .799 108 402 510 745 162 26 261 142 954
5 Danny Manning 31 70 11 1794 390 756 .516 0 7 .000 167 226 .739 110 282 392 139 71 46 100 201 947
6 Steve Nash 23 76 9 1664 268 584 .459 81 195 .415 74 86 .860 32 128 160 262 63 4 98 145 691
7 Kevin Johnson 31 50 12 1290 155 347 .447 4 26 .154 162 186 .871 35 129 164 245 27 8 101 57 476
8 George McCloud 30 63 13 1213 173 427 .405 71 208 .341 39 51 .765 45 173 218 84 54 13 63 132 456
9 Cedric Ceballos 28 35 16 626 129 258 .500 15 50 .300 60 84 .714 51 98 149 35 22 8 39 59 333
10 Mark Bryant 32 70 22 1110 109 225 .484 0 1 .000 73 95 .768 92 152 244 46 36 15 58 180 291
11 Hot Rod Williams 35 71 30 1333 95 202 .470 0 0 65 93 .699 107 205 312 49 33 60 29 138 255
12 Dennis Scott 29 29 3 493 71 162 .438 31 69 .449 8 12 .667 8 42 50 24 10 7 12 31 181
13 Marko Milic 20 33 0 163 39 64 .609 3 6 .500 11 17 .647 10 15 25 12 10 0 21 17 92
14 Brooks Thompson 27 13 0 46 10 27 .370 5 16 .313 1 3 .333 1 4 5 3 4 0 5 6 26
15 Horacio Llamas Grey 24 8 0 42 8 21 .381 1 3 .333 7 10 .700 4 14 18 1 1 3 9 14 24

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 Rex Chapman 30 68 67 33.3 6.0 14.1 .427 1.8 4.6 .386 2.1 2.8 .781 0.4 2.1 2.5 3.0 1.0 0.2 1.7 1.5 15.9
2 Antonio McDyess 23 81 81 30.1 6.1 11.4 .536 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 4.1 .702 2.5 5.0 7.6 1.3 1.2 1.7 1.8 3.6 15.1
3 Clifford Robinson 31 80 64 29.5 5.4 11.2 .479 0.3 1.1 .321 3.1 4.5 .689 1.9 3.2 5.1 2.1 1.2 1.1 1.8 3.1 14.2
4 Danny Manning 31 70 11 25.6 5.6 10.8 .516 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.2 .739 1.6 4.0 5.6 2.0 1.0 0.7 1.4 2.9 13.5
5 Jason Kidd 24 82 82 38.0 4.4 10.5 .416 0.9 2.8 .313 2.0 2.5 .799 1.3 4.9 6.2 9.1 2.0 0.3 3.2 1.7 11.6
6 Kevin Johnson 31 50 12 25.8 3.1 6.9 .447 0.1 0.5 .154 3.2 3.7 .871 0.7 2.6 3.3 4.9 0.5 0.2 2.0 1.1 9.5
7 Cedric Ceballos 28 35 16 17.9 3.7 7.4 .500 0.4 1.4 .300 1.7 2.4 .714 1.5 2.8 4.3 1.0 0.6 0.2 1.1 1.7 9.5
8 Steve Nash 23 76 9 21.9 3.5 7.7 .459 1.1 2.6 .415 1.0 1.1 .860 0.4 1.7 2.1 3.4 0.8 0.1 1.3 1.9 9.1
9 George McCloud 30 63 13 19.3 2.7 6.8 .405 1.1 3.3 .341 0.6 0.8 .765 0.7 2.7 3.5 1.3 0.9 0.2 1.0 2.1 7.2
10 Dennis Scott 29 29 3 17.0 2.4 5.6 .438 1.1 2.4 .449 0.3 0.4 .667 0.3 1.4 1.7 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.1 6.2
11 Mark Bryant 32 70 22 15.9 1.6 3.2 .484 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.4 .768 1.3 2.2 3.5 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.8 2.6 4.2
12 Hot Rod Williams 35 71 30 18.8 1.3 2.8 .470 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 .699 1.5 2.9 4.4 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.4 1.9 3.6
13 Horacio Llamas Grey 24 8 0 5.3 1.0 2.6 .381 0.1 0.4 .333 0.9 1.3 .700 0.5 1.8 2.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.1 1.8 3.0
14 Marko Milic 20 33 0 4.9 1.2 1.9 .609 0.1 0.2 .500 0.3 0.5 .647 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.5 2.8
15 Brooks Thompson 27 13 0 3.5 0.8 2.1 .370 0.4 1.2 .313 0.1 0.2 .333 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.5 2.0

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 Horacio Llamas Grey 24 8 0 42 6.9 18.0 .381 0.9 2.6 .333 6.0 8.6 .700 3.4 12.0 15.4 0.9 0.9 2.6 7.7 12.0 20.6
2 Brooks Thompson 27 13 0 46 7.8 21.1 .370 3.9 12.5 .313 0.8 2.3 .333 0.8 3.1 3.9 2.3 3.1 0.0 3.9 4.7 20.3
3 Marko Milic 20 33 0 163 8.6 14.1 .609 0.7 1.3 .500 2.4 3.8 .647 2.2 3.3 5.5 2.7 2.2 0.0 4.6 3.8 20.3
4 Cedric Ceballos 28 35 16 626 7.4 14.8 .500 0.9 2.9 .300 3.5 4.8 .714 2.9 5.6 8.6 2.0 1.3 0.5 2.2 3.4 19.2
5 Danny Manning 31 70 11 1794 7.8 15.2 .516 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 4.5 .739 2.2 5.7 7.9 2.8 1.4 0.9 2.0 4.0 19.0
6 Antonio McDyess 23 81 81 2441 7.3 13.7 .536 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 4.9 .702 3.0 6.0 9.0 1.6 1.5 2.0 2.1 4.3 18.1
7 Clifford Robinson 31 80 64 2359 6.5 13.7 .479 0.4 1.3 .321 3.8 5.5 .689 2.3 3.9 6.3 2.6 1.4 1.4 2.1 3.8 17.3
8 Rex Chapman 30 68 67 2263 6.5 15.2 .427 1.9 4.9 .386 2.3 3.0 .781 0.5 2.3 2.8 3.2 1.1 0.2 1.8 1.6 17.2
9 Steve Nash 23 76 9 1664 5.8 12.6 .459 1.8 4.2 .415 1.6 1.9 .860 0.7 2.8 3.5 5.7 1.4 0.1 2.1 3.1 14.9
10 George McCloud 30 63 13 1213 5.1 12.7 .405 2.1 6.2 .341 1.2 1.5 .765 1.3 5.1 6.5 2.5 1.6 0.4 1.9 3.9 13.5
11 Kevin Johnson 31 50 12 1290 4.3 9.7 .447 0.1 0.7 .154 4.5 5.2 .871 1.0 3.6 4.6 6.8 0.8 0.2 2.8 1.6 13.3
12 Dennis Scott 29 29 3 493 5.2 11.8 .438 2.3 5.0 .449 0.6 0.9 .667 0.6 3.1 3.7 1.8 0.7 0.5 0.9 2.3 13.2
13 Jason Kidd 24 82 82 3118 4.1 9.9 .416 0.8 2.7 .313 1.9 2.4 .799 1.2 4.6 5.9 8.6 1.9 0.3 3.0 1.6 11.0
14 Mark Bryant 32 70 22 1110 3.5 7.3 .484 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.1 .768 3.0 4.9 7.9 1.5 1.2 0.5 1.9 5.8 9.4
15 Hot Rod Williams 35 71 30 1333 2.6 5.5 .470 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.5 .699 2.9 5.5 8.4 1.3 0.9 1.6 0.8 3.7 6.9

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 Antonio McDyess 23 81 2441 20.3 .571 .536 10.1 19.0 14.7 7.5 2.2 4.0 11.7 22.5 111 98 4.8 4.6 9.4
2 Jason Kidd 24 82 3118 16.4 .502 .458 4.1 14.7 9.5 35.6 2.7 0.6 21.5 17.6 105 101 3.2 4.8 8.0
3 Clifford Robinson 31 80 2359 17.4 .538 .494 7.7 12.5 10.1 11.9 2.0 2.8 11.7 22.9 108 101 3.6 3.5 7.1
4 Danny Manning 31 70 1794 19.8 .554 .516 7.3 17.9 12.8 13.6 2.1 1.9 10.5 24.1 111 100 3.5 3.0 6.5
5 Steve Nash 23 76 1664 15.6 .556 .528 2.3 8.8 5.6 25.2 2.0 0.2 13.6 19.6 111 105 2.9 1.8 4.8
6 Rex Chapman 30 68 2263 14.5 .521 .490 1.6 7.2 4.5 14.8 1.6 0.4 10.0 23.1 105 106 2.4 2.1 4.5
7 Hot Rod Williams 35 71 1333 11.5 .525 .470 9.6 17.5 13.7 5.1 1.3 3.3 10.7 9.2 117 101 1.7 2.1 3.7
8 Kevin Johnson 31 50 1290 15.6 .555 .452 3.2 11.4 7.4 28.5 1.1 0.4 19.1 18.6 111 106 2.3 1.3 3.5
9 Mark Bryant 32 70 1110 10.2 .545 .484 9.9 15.6 12.8 6.0 1.7 1.0 17.9 13.3 107 102 1.0 1.6 2.5
10 George McCloud 30 63 1213 12.7 .507 .488 4.4 16.2 10.5 10.8 2.3 0.8 12.3 19.2 101 101 0.6 1.9 2.4
11 Cedric Ceballos 28 35 626 19.2 .564 .529 9.8 17.8 13.9 9.6 1.8 0.9 11.7 24.2 110 101 1.2 0.9 2.1
12 Dennis Scott 29 29 493 11.9 .541 .534 1.9 9.7 5.9 7.6 1.1 1.0 6.7 16.5 109 106 0.6 0.5 1.0
13 Marko Milic 20 33 163 18.4 .644 .633 7.3 10.5 9.0 13.5 3.2 0.0 22.7 25.7 101 101 0.1 0.2 0.3
14 Brooks Thompson 27 13 46 11.4 .459 .463 2.6 9.9 6.3 11.5 4.6 0.0 15.0 32.8 83 99 -0.1 0.1 0.0
15 Horacio Llamas Grey 24 8 42 8.6 .472 .405 11.4 38.0 25.0 4.0 1.2 5.2 26.2 37.1 77 92 -0.2 0.1 -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 Antonio McDyess 23 4 147 31 65 0 0 9 14 18 53 4 2 6 5 12 71 .477 .643 36.8 17.8 13.3 1.0
2 George McCloud 30 4 126 21 41 12 21 3 4 2 19 8 1 1 6 15 57 .512 .571 .750 31.5 14.3 4.8 2.0
3 Jason Kidd 24 4 171 22 58 0 7 13 16 5 23 31 16 2 12 13 57 .379 .000 .813 42.8 14.3 5.8 7.8
4 Kevin Johnson 31 4 122 23 42 1 4 8 12 2 9 19 2 1 6 6 55 .548 .250 .667 30.5 13.8 2.3 4.8
5 Mark Bryant 32 4 93 17 34 0 0 6 12 9 23 1 4 2 3 16 40 .500 .500 23.3 10.0 5.8 0.3
6 Clifford Robinson 31 4 92 9 33 0 1 7 9 6 12 3 3 2 5 19 25 .273 .000 .778 23.0 6.3 3.0 0.8
7 Steve Nash 23 4 51 8 18 1 5 5 8 2 10 7 2 0 3 7 22 .444 .200 .625 12.8 5.5 2.5 1.8
8 Rex Chapman 30 2 58 6 23 0 5 6 7 0 0 4 2 0 2 1 18 .261 .000 .857 29.0 9.0 0.0 2.0
9 Dennis Scott 29 4 62 7 17 3 8 0 0 2 8 1 1 0 2 2 17 .412 .375 15.5 4.3 2.0 0.3
10 Hot Rod Williams 35 3 33 2 7 0 0 2 3 2 4 1 0 2 0 8 6 .286 .667 11.0 2.0 1.3 0.3
11 Marko Milic 20 2 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 .667 2.0 2.0 0.5 0.0
12 Mike Brown 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 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 George McCloud 30 4 126 15.9 .667 .659 1.7 16.7 8.5 10.5 0.4 0.6 12.3 17.6 120 113 0.3 0.0 0.3
2 Kevin Johnson 31 4 122 18.4 .582 .560 1.7 7.1 4.2 26.7 0.9 0.7 11.3 19.9 116 115 0.3 0.0 0.3
3 Antonio McDyess 23 4 147 20.7 .499 .477 12.8 29.5 20.4 4.9 0.7 3.3 6.6 23.5 107 107 0.2 0.1 0.3
4 Mark Bryant 32 4 93 16.1 .509 .500 10.1 18.6 14.0 1.8 2.3 1.7 7.1 20.7 106 107 0.1 0.1 0.2
5 Steve Nash 23 4 51 16.5 .511 .472 4.1 19.4 11.1 22.4 2.1 0.0 12.2 21.9 105 109 0.1 0.0 0.1
6 Jason Kidd 24 4 171 16.3 .438 .379 3.1 13.0 7.6 28.2 4.9 1.0 15.6 20.5 95 104 -0.1 0.2 0.1
7 Hot Rod Williams 35 3 33 4.6 .361 .286 6.3 7.5 6.9 4.3 0.0 4.9 0.0 11.5 96 112 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Marko Milic 20 2 4 48.3 .667 .667 0.0 31.0 14.2 0.0 13.1 0.0 0.0 34.1 126 82 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Dennis Scott 29 4 62 8.3 .500 .500 3.4 12.0 7.3 2.5 0.8 0.0 10.5 13.9 97 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Mike Brown 34 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 119 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Clifford Robinson 31 4 92 2.9 .338 .273 6.8 8.1 7.4 4.8 1.7 1.8 11.9 20.7 75 111 -0.3 0.0 -0.2
12 Rex Chapman 30 2 58 4.7 .345 .261 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 1.8 0.0 7.1 22.0 77 115 -0.1 0.0 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Kevin Johnson $8,000,000
2 Danny Manning $6,833,333
3 Jason Kidd $5,223,333
4 Hot Rod Williams $4,550,000
5 Dennis Scott $2,920,000
6 Antonio McDyess $2,876,640
7 Cedric Ceballos $2,605,000
8 Mark Bryant $2,250,000
9 Steve Nash $1,053,360
10 Clifford Robinson $1,000,000
11 Loren Meyer $722,760
12 Rex Chapman $326,700
13 Brooks Thompson *$272,500
14 George McCloud $272,250
15 Horacio Llamas Grey $272,250
16 Marko Milic $242,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)