1970-71 Phoenix Suns Schedule and Results

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Record: 48-34, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (48-34)

PTS/G: 113.8 (9th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 111.9 (7th of 17)

SRS: 2.33 (5th of 17) Pace: 115.3 (10th of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.2 (6th of 17) Def Rtg: 96.6 (9th of 17) Net Rtg: +1.6 (6th of 17)

Expected W-L: 46-36 (6th of 17)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Oct 15, 1970	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		119	100	1	0	W 1	7,523
2	Sat, Oct 17, 1970	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		107	110	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Oct 20, 1970	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	L		114	115	1	2	L 2
4	Wed, Oct 21, 1970	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		106	110	1	3	L 3
5	Fri, Oct 23, 1970	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		108	104	2	3	W 1
6	Sun, Oct 25, 1970	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		117	98	3	3	W 2
7	Wed, Oct 28, 1970	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		105	118	3	4	L 1
8	Fri, Oct 30, 1970	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		112	127	3	5	L 2	5,392
9	Sat, Oct 31, 1970	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		103	106	3	6	L 3
10	Mon, Nov 2, 1970	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		110	102	4	6	W 1
11	Wed, Nov 4, 1970	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		133	115	5	6	W 2
12	Fri, Nov 6, 1970	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		105	102	6	6	W 3
13	Sat, Nov 7, 1970	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		107	100	7	6	W 4
14	Sun, Nov 8, 1970	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		105	125	7	7	L 1
15	Wed, Nov 11, 1970	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		114	100	8	7	W 1
16	Fri, Nov 13, 1970	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		115	109	9	7	W 2
17	Sun, Nov 15, 1970	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		108	104	10	7	W 3
18	Tue, Nov 17, 1970	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		100	103	10	8	L 1
19	Thu, Nov 19, 1970	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		110	112	10	9	L 2
20	Fri, Nov 20, 1970	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		110	121	10	10	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Nov 21, 1970	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		125	119	11	10	W 1
22	Sun, Nov 22, 1970	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		114	99	12	10	W 2
23	Tue, Nov 24, 1970	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		106	112	12	11	L 1
24	Thu, Nov 26, 1970	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		126	115	13	11	W 1
25	Fri, Nov 27, 1970	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		116	105	14	11	W 2
26	Sat, Nov 28, 1970	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	L		116	117	14	12	L 1
27	Wed, Dec 2, 1970	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		126	112	15	12	W 1
28	Fri, Dec 4, 1970	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		126	121	16	12	W 2
29	Sat, Dec 5, 1970	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		105	100	17	12	W 3			at Oakland, CA
30	Sun, Dec 6, 1970	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		108	102	18	12	W 4
31	Tue, Dec 8, 1970	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		112	121	18	13	L 1
32	Fri, Dec 11, 1970	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	L		104	110	18	14	L 2
33	Sat, Dec 12, 1970	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		113	111	19	14	W 1
34	Tue, Dec 15, 1970	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		123	129	19	15	L 1
35	Thu, Dec 17, 1970	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W	OT	117	114	20	15	W 1
36	Sat, Dec 19, 1970	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		131	135	20	16	L 1
37	Sun, Dec 20, 1970	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		118	133	20	17	L 2
38	Tue, Dec 22, 1970	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	OT	129	133	20	18	L 3
39	Fri, Dec 25, 1970	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		127	115	21	18	W 1
40	Sat, Dec 26, 1970	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		115	103	22	18	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Dec 27, 1970	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	128	22	19	L 1
42	Wed, Dec 30, 1970	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		132	114	23	19	W 1
43	Sat, Jan 2, 1971	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W	OT	122	116	24	19	W 2
44	Sun, Jan 3, 1971	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		102	81	25	19	W 3
45	Fri, Jan 8, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		114	122	25	20	L 1	7,124
46	Sat, Jan 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		112	123	25	21	L 2
47	Sun, Jan 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		116	105	26	21	W 1
48	Thu, Jan 14, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		107	88	27	21	W 2
49	Sat, Jan 16, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		117	100	28	21	W 3
50	Mon, Jan 18, 1971	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		118	99	29	21	W 4			at Omaha, NE
51	Wed, Jan 20, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		114	126	29	22	L 1
52	Fri, Jan 22, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		116	117	29	23	L 2
53	Sun, Jan 24, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		113	112	30	23	W 1
54	Tue, Jan 26, 1971	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		114	82	31	23	W 2
55	Thu, Jan 28, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		118	112	32	23	W 3
56	Fri, Jan 29, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		131	122	33	23	W 4
57	Sat, Jan 30, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		134	116	34	23	W 5
58	Thu, Feb 4, 1971	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		105	117	34	24	L 1
59	Sat, Feb 6, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		119	91	35	24	W 1
60	Mon, Feb 8, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		94	118	35	25	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		120	115	36	25	W 1
62	Fri, Feb 12, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		114	105	37	25	W 2
63	Sat, Feb 13, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		97	114	37	26	L 1
64	Sun, Feb 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		108	97	38	26	W 1
65	Tue, Feb 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		119	116	39	26	W 2	6,091
66	Wed, Feb 17, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		133	117	40	26	W 3
67	Fri, Feb 19, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		116	112	41	26	W 4	12,281
68	Sun, Feb 21, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		97	125	41	27	L 1
69	Fri, Feb 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		108	94	42	27	W 1
70	Sat, Feb 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		124	117	43	27	W 2
71	Wed, Mar 3, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		115	90	44	27	W 3
72	Sun, Mar 7, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		108	117	44	28	L 1
73	Tue, Mar 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		114	108	45	28	W 1	4,269
74	Wed, Mar 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		98	139	45	29	L 1
75	Fri, Mar 12, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		92	116	45	30	L 2
76	Sat, Mar 13, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		99	111	45	31	L 3
77	Sun, Mar 14, 1971	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Bucks	W		125	113	46	31	W 1			at Madison, WI
78	Tue, Mar 16, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		111	119	46	32	L 1
79	Thu, Mar 18, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	123	131	46	33	L 2
80	Fri, Mar 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		111	106	47	33	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 20, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		114	107	48	33	W 2
82	Sun, Mar 21, 1971	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	L		114	132	48	34	L 1

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