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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
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%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Paul Westphal	25	82		36.1	8.0	16.2	.494				8.0	16.2	.494	.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				5.1	11.4	.452	.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				7.9	16.8	.469	.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				5.4	10.9	.497	.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				4.8	9.8	.484	.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				4.1	8.8	.470	.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				3.6	8.0	.449	.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				4.3	7.9	.550	.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				1.9	4.1	.467	.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				2.3	5.4	.430	.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				1.9	4.8	.389	.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				0.6	1.9	.338	.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				1.1	3.7	.308	.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				1.6	3.8	.438	.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				0.6	1.2	.478	.478	0.5	0.6	.833	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.1		0.8	1.7

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Gar Heard	27	19		37.9	5.5	12.5	.441				5.5	12.5	.441	.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				8.7	17.0	.511	.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				7.2	15.9	.452	.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				5.2	11.5	.454	.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				5.1	10.8	.468	.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				3.2	6.6	.488	.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				4.2	9.1	.462	.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				1.1	2.4	.467	.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	1.8	.333	.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				0.6	1.7	.346	.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				1.2	3.0	.400	.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					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

Totals

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Paul Westphal	25	82		2960	657	1329	.494				657	1329	.494	.494	365	440	.830	74	185	259	440	210	38		218	1679
2	Alvan Adams	21	80		2656	629	1341	.469				629	1341	.469	.469	261	355	.735	215	512	727	450	121	116		274	1519
3	Curtis Perry	27	71		2353	386	776	.497				386	776	.497	.497	175	239	.732	197	487	684	182	84	66		269	947
4	Ricky Sobers	23	78		1898	280	623	.449				280	623	.449	.449	158	192	.823	80	179	259	215	106	7		253	718
5	Dick Van Arsdale	32	58		1870	276	570	.484				276	570	.484	.484	195	235	.830	39	98	137	140	52	11		113	747
6	Keith Erickson	31	74		1850	305	649	.470				305	649	.470	.470	134	157	.854	106	226	332	185	79	6		196	744
7	Dennis Awtrey	27	74		1376	142	304	.467				142	304	.467	.467	75	109	.688	93	200	293	159	21	22		153	359
8	Gar Heard	27	36		1220	185	409	.452				185	409	.452	.452	76	113	.673	109	249	358	64	51	41		120	446
9	Nate Hawthorne	26	79		1144	182	423	.430				182	423	.430	.430	115	170	.676	86	123	209	46	33	15		147	479
10	John Shumate	23	43		930	186	338	.550				186	338	.550	.550	115	183	.628	61	179	240	62	44	16		76	487
11	Pat Riley	30	60		790	112	288	.389				112	288	.389	.389	54	74	.730	15	32	47	57	21	5		107	278
12	Phil Lumpkin	24	34		370	22	65	.338				22	65	.338	.338	26	30	.867	7	16	23	48	15	0		26	70
13	John Wetzel	31	37		249	22	46	.478				22	46	.478	.478	20	24	.833	8	30	38	19	9	3		30	64
14	Fred Saunders	24	17		146	28	64	.438				28	64	.438	.438	6	11	.545	11	26	37	13	5	1		23	62
15	Mike Bantom	24	7		68	8	26	.308				8	26	.308	.308	5	5	1.000	7	16	23	3	2	2		13	21
			82		19880	3420	7251	.472				3420	7251	.472	.472	1780	2337	.762	1108	2558	3666	2083	853	349	1852	2018	8620

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Gar Heard	27	19		721	105	238	.441				105	238	.441	.441	55	81	.679	53	144	197	33	39	37		56	265
2	Paul Westphal	25	19		685	165	323	.511				165	323	.511	.511	71	93	.763	14	33	47	96	34	9		61	401
3	Alvan Adams	21	19		668	137	303	.452				137	303	.452	.452	67	82	.817	54	137	191	98	24	20		60	341
4	Curtis Perry	27	19		615	99	218	.454				99	218	.454	.454	44	68	.647	63	83	146	36	12	17		78	242
5	Ricky Sobers	23	19		563	96	205	.468				96	205	.468	.468	55	66	.833	20	43	63	79	18	6		77	247
6	Dick Van Arsdale	32	19		472	61	125	.488				61	125	.488	.488	40	46	.870	10	13	23	38	13	2		41	162
7	Keith Erickson	31	19		426	80	173	.462				80	173	.462	.462	55	68	.809	15	52	67	35	11	4		61	215
8	Dennis Awtrey	27	19		286	21	45	.467				21	45	.467	.467	18	33	.545	17	46	63	25	5	9		38	60
9	Phil Lumpkin	24	17		136	10	30	.333				10	30	.333	.333	11	14	.786	5	8	13	21	2	0		8	31
10	Nate Hawthorne	26	15		81	9	26	.346				9	26	.346	.346	8	11	.727	5	11	16	4	5	1		20	26
11	Pat Riley	30	5		27	6	15	.400				6	15	.400	.400	1	1	1.000	0	0	0	5	0	0		3	13
12	John Wetzel	31	2		5	0	0					0	0			2	2	1.000	0	2	2	0	0	0		2	2

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		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

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		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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