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1975-76 Phoenix Suns Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 42-40, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: John MacLeod (42-40)

PTS/G: 105.1 (8th of 18) Opp PTS/G: 104.5 (8th of 18)

SRS: 0.59 (6th of 18) Pace: 105.6 (10th of 18)

Off Rtg: 98.5 (8th of 18) Def Rtg: 97.9 (7th of 18) Net Rtg: +0.6 (6th of 18)

Expected W-L: 43-39 (6th of 18)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1976 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-3) versus Golden State Warriors (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (2-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Western Conference Champions

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
33	Alvan Adams	C	6-9	210	July 19, 1954	us	R	Oklahoma
21	Dennis Awtrey	C	6-10	235	February 22, 1948	us	5	Santa Clara
40	Mike Bantom	SF	6-9	200	December 3, 1951	us	2	Saint Joseph's
14	Keith Erickson	SF	6-5	195	April 19, 1944	us	10	UCLA
32	Nate Hawthorne	SG	6-4	190	January 15, 1950	us	2	Southern Illinois
24	Gar Heard	PF	6-6	219	May 3, 1948	us	5	Oklahoma
10	Phil Lumpkin	PG	6-0	165	December 20, 1951	us	1	Miami University
18	Curtis Perry	PF	6-7	220	September 13, 1948	us	5	Missouri State University
12	Pat Riley	SG	6-4	205	March 20, 1945	us	8	Kentucky
30	Fred Saunders	SF	6-7	210	June 13, 1951	us	1	Syracuse
34	John Shumate	PF	6-9	235	April 6, 1952	us	R	Notre Dame
4-40	Ricky Sobers	SG	6-3	198	January 15, 1953	us	R	UNLV
5	Dick Van Arsdale	SG	6-5	210	February 22, 1943	us	10	Indiana
44	Paul Westphal	PG	6-4	195	November 30, 1950	us	3	USC
25	John Wetzel	SG	6-5	190	October 22, 1944	us	6	Virginia Tech

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS/G
1	Paul Westphal	25	82		36.1	8.0	16.2	.494	4.5	5.4	.830	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.4	2.6	0.5	2.7	20.5
2	Gar Heard	27	36		33.9	5.1	11.4	.452	2.1	3.1	.673	3.0	6.9	9.9	1.8	1.4	1.1	3.3	12.4
3	Alvan Adams	21	80		33.2	7.9	16.8	.469	3.3	4.4	.735	2.7	6.4	9.1	5.6	1.5	1.5	3.4	19.0
4	Curtis Perry	27	71		33.1	5.4	10.9	.497	2.5	3.4	.732	2.8	6.9	9.6	2.6	1.2	0.9	3.8	13.3
5	Dick Van Arsdale	32	58		32.2	4.8	9.8	.484	3.4	4.1	.830	0.7	1.7	2.4	2.4	0.9	0.2	1.9	12.9
6	Keith Erickson	31	74		25.0	4.1	8.8	.470	1.8	2.1	.854	1.4	3.1	4.5	2.5	1.1	0.1	2.6	10.1
7	Ricky Sobers	23	78		24.3	3.6	8.0	.449	2.0	2.5	.823	1.0	2.3	3.3	2.8	1.4	0.1	3.2	9.2
8	John Shumate	23	43		21.6	4.3	7.9	.550	2.7	4.3	.628	1.4	4.2	5.6	1.4	1.0	0.4	1.8	11.3
9	Dennis Awtrey	27	74		18.6	1.9	4.1	.467	1.0	1.5	.688	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.1	0.3	0.3	2.1	4.9
10	Nate Hawthorne	26	79		14.5	2.3	5.4	.430	1.5	2.2	.676	1.1	1.6	2.6	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.9	6.1
11	Pat Riley	30	60		13.2	1.9	4.8	.389	0.9	1.2	.730	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.8	4.6
12	Phil Lumpkin	24	34		10.9	0.6	1.9	.338	0.8	0.9	.867	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.8	2.1
13	Mike Bantom	24	7		9.7	1.1	3.7	.308	0.7	0.7	1.000	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.9	3.0
14	Fred Saunders	24	17		8.6	1.6	3.8	.438	0.4	0.6	.545	0.6	1.5	2.2	0.8	0.3	0.1	1.4	3.6
15	John Wetzel	31	37		6.7	0.6	1.2	.478	0.5	0.6	.833	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.8	1.7

Totals

Per 36 Minutes

Per 100 Poss

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Paul Westphal	25	82	2960	19.9	.551	.331	2.7	6.7	4.8	23.3	3.2	0.7		6.3	3.2	9.6	.155		2.3	0.8	3.1	3.8
2	Alvan Adams	21	80	2656	21.7	.507	.265	8.9	20.7	14.9	27.2	2.1	2.4		3.3	3.9	7.2	.130		3.0	1.4	4.4	4.3
3	Curtis Perry	27	71	2353	15.8	.537	.308	9.2	22.2	15.8	11.1	1.6	1.5		2.8	3.2	6.0	.122		0.2	0.2	0.5	1.5
4	Ricky Sobers	23	78	1898	13.1	.507	.308	4.6	10.1	7.4	15.9	2.5	0.2		0.9	1.9	2.8	.072		-2.0	0.4	-1.6	0.2
5	Dick Van Arsdale	32	58	1870	12.4	.555	.412	2.3	5.6	4.0	10.5	1.3	0.3		3.1	0.9	4.0	.102		-0.4	-1.0	-1.3	0.3
6	Keith Erickson	31	74	1850	14.1	.518	.242	6.3	13.1	9.7	14.4	1.9	0.2		2.0	1.8	3.8	.098		-0.3	-0.2	-0.6	0.7
7	Dennis Awtrey	27	74	1376	11.2	.510	.359	7.4	15.6	11.6	15.3	0.7	0.9		0.7	1.1	1.8	.062		-1.1	-0.3	-1.3	0.2
8	Gar Heard	27	36	1220	14.1	.486	.276	9.8	21.9	15.9	7.4	1.9	1.8		0.6	1.7	2.3	.092		-0.6	-0.1	-0.7	0.4
9	Nate Hawthorne	26	79	1144	11.7	.481	.402	8.3	11.6	9.9	5.7	1.3	0.7		0.2	0.9	1.1	.046		-2.4	-1.6	-4.0	-0.6
10	John Shumate	23	43	930	19.0	.582	.541	7.2	20.7	14.0	10.1	2.1	0.9		1.8	1.3	3.1	.158		2.1	0.2	2.3	1.0
11	Pat Riley	30	60	790	7.6	.434	.257	2.1	4.4	3.2	10.0	1.2	0.3		-0.6	0.4	-0.3	-0.017		-4.8	-1.7	-6.5	-0.9
12	Phil Lumpkin	24	34	370	8.2	.448	.462	2.1	4.6	3.4	16.2	1.8	0.0		0.0	0.2	0.2	.022		-3.0	-0.2	-3.2	-0.1
13	John Wetzel	31	37	249	10.1	.566	.522	3.5	12.9	8.3	9.9	1.6	0.7		0.2	0.2	0.4	.083		-2.4	0.4	-1.9	0.0
14	Fred Saunders	24	17	146	12.7	.450	.172	8.3	19.1	13.8	13.3	1.6	0.4		-0.1	0.2	0.1	.026		-3.1	-0.5	-3.7	-0.1
15	Mike Bantom	24	7	68	9.1	.372	.192	11.3	25.3	18.4	5.9	1.3	1.6		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.020		-4.4	-0.4	-4.9	-0.1

Adjusted Shooting

Playoffs Totals

Playoffs Per Game

Playoffs Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG	FT	FTA	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS/G
1	Gar Heard	27	19		37.9	5.5	12.5	.441	2.9	4.3	.679	2.8	7.6	10.4	1.7	2.1	1.9	2.9	13.9
2	Paul Westphal	25	19		36.1	8.7	17.0	.511	3.7	4.9	.763	0.7	1.7	2.5	5.1	1.8	0.5	3.2	21.1
3	Alvan Adams	21	19		35.2	7.2	15.9	.452	3.5	4.3	.817	2.8	7.2	10.1	5.2	1.3	1.1	3.2	17.9
4	Curtis Perry	27	19		32.4	5.2	11.5	.454	2.3	3.6	.647	3.3	4.4	7.7	1.9	0.6	0.9	4.1	12.7
5	Ricky Sobers	23	19		29.6	5.1	10.8	.468	2.9	3.5	.833	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.2	0.9	0.3	4.1	13.0
6	Dick Van Arsdale	32	19		24.8	3.2	6.6	.488	2.1	2.4	.870	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.0	0.7	0.1	2.2	8.5
7	Keith Erickson	31	19		22.4	4.2	9.1	.462	2.9	3.6	.809	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.8	0.6	0.2	3.2	11.3
8	Dennis Awtrey	27	19		15.1	1.1	2.4	.467	0.9	1.7	.545	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	3.2
9	Phil Lumpkin	24	17		8.0	0.6	1.8	.333	0.6	0.8	.786	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.8
10	Nate Hawthorne	26	15		5.4	0.6	1.7	.346	0.5	0.7	.727	0.3	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.3	1.7
11	Pat Riley	30	5		5.4	1.2	3.0	.400	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.6
12	John Wetzel	31	2		2.5	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Playoffs Per 100 Poss

Playoffs Advanced

Playoffs Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Gar Heard	27	19	721	15.0	.484	.340	7.7	21.9	14.7	6.6	2.5	2.8		0.3	1.2	1.5	.103		0.7	1.2	1.9	0.7
2	Paul Westphal	25	19	685	19.1	.551	.288	2.1	5.3	3.7	23.3	2.3	0.7		1.3	0.6	1.9	.134		3.0	0.1	3.0	0.8
3	Alvan Adams	21	19	668	19.8	.503	.271	8.5	22.5	15.4	23.0	1.7	1.6		0.7	0.9	1.7	.122		3.1	0.9	4.1	1.0
4	Curtis Perry	27	19	615	13.2	.488	.312	10.8	14.8	12.7	8.6	0.9	1.5		0.3	0.6	0.9	.070		-0.4	-1.0	-1.4	0.1
5	Ricky Sobers	23	19	563	14.7	.528	.322	3.7	8.4	6.0	20.9	1.5	0.6		0.5	0.4	0.9	.080		0.1	-0.4	-0.3	0.2
6	Dick Van Arsdale	32	19	472	10.9	.558	.368	2.2	3.0	2.6	11.3	1.3	0.2		0.6	0.2	0.8	.084		-0.3	-0.6	-0.8	0.1
7	Keith Erickson	31	19	426	14.7	.530	.393	3.7	13.4	8.4	12.6	1.2	0.5		0.4	0.4	0.8	.090		-0.4	-0.7	-1.0	0.1
8	Dennis Awtrey	27	19	286	9.7	.504	.733	6.2	17.7	11.8	11.4	0.8	1.7		0.0	0.3	0.3	.051		-1.5	0.8	-0.8	0.1
9	Phil Lumpkin	24	17	136	9.2	.429	.467	3.9	6.5	5.1	20.1	0.7	0.0		0.0	0.1	0.0	.011		-1.5	-1.6	-3.1	0.0
10	Nate Hawthorne	26	15	81	8.7	.422	.423	6.5	14.9	10.6	6.8	2.8	0.7		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.018		-6.0	0.5	-5.5	-0.1
11	Pat Riley	30	5	27	10.5	.421	.067	0.0	0.0	0.0	29.9	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.069		-1.9	-3.3	-5.2	0.0
12	John Wetzel	31	2	5	13.8	1.136		0.0	43.9	21.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	.160		-7.9	2.4	-5.5	0.0

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