1975-76 Phoenix Suns Schedule and Results

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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

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 25, 1975	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		89	88	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Oct 26, 1975	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		99	113	1	1	L 1
3	Sat, Nov 1, 1975	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		100	106	1	2	L 2
4	Tue, Nov 4, 1975	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		96	80	2	2	W 1
5	Fri, Nov 7, 1975	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		99	103	2	3	L 1
6	Sat, Nov 8, 1975	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		105	110	2	4	L 2
7	Tue, Nov 11, 1975	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	81	3	4	W 1
8	Thu, Nov 13, 1975	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		106	103	4	4	W 2
9	Fri, Nov 14, 1975	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		107	114	4	5	L 1
10	Wed, Nov 19, 1975	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		94	96	4	6	L 2
11	Fri, Nov 21, 1975	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		107	92	5	6	W 1
12	Wed, Nov 26, 1975	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		107	106	6	6	W 2
13	Fri, Nov 28, 1975	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		110	101	7	6	W 3
14	Sat, Nov 29, 1975	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		100	112	7	7	L 1
15	Tue, Dec 2, 1975	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		115	98	8	7	W 1
16	Fri, Dec 5, 1975	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		87	92	8	8	L 1
17	Sun, Dec 7, 1975	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		114	97	9	8	W 1
18	Tue, Dec 9, 1975	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		104	89	10	8	W 2
19	Wed, Dec 10, 1975	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		105	91	11	8	W 3
20	Thu, Dec 11, 1975	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		106	110	11	9	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 13, 1975	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		116	108	12	9	W 1
22	Sun, Dec 14, 1975	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		105	96	13	9	W 2
23	Wed, Dec 17, 1975	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		116	111	14	9	W 3
24	Fri, Dec 19, 1975	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L	2OT	124	128	14	10	L 1
25	Sun, Dec 21, 1975	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	L		107	120	14	11	L 2
26	Thu, Dec 25, 1975	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		122	111	15	11	W 1
27	Fri, Dec 26, 1975	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		106	112	15	12	L 1	11,842
28	Sun, Dec 28, 1975	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		85	88	15	13	L 2
29	Tue, Dec 30, 1975	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		88	114	15	14	L 3
30	Thu, Jan 1, 1976	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		103	114	15	15	L 4
31	Sat, Jan 3, 1976	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		100	89	16	15	W 1
32	Sun, Jan 4, 1976	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		86	98	16	16	L 1
33	Wed, Jan 7, 1976	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		110	114	16	17	L 2
34	Thu, Jan 8, 1976	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		113	129	16	18	L 3
35	Fri, Jan 9, 1976	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L	OT	110	112	16	19	L 4
36	Sun, Jan 11, 1976	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		98	99	16	20	L 5
37	Thu, Jan 15, 1976	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	L		119	126	16	21	L 6
38	Sat, Jan 17, 1976	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		85	105	16	22	L 7
39	Sun, Jan 18, 1976	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		122	118	17	22	W 1
40	Tue, Jan 20, 1976	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		103	112	17	23	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 21, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		100	114	17	24	L 2	11,562
42	Fri, Jan 23, 1976	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		124	115	18	24	W 1
43	Sat, Jan 24, 1976	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		84	100	18	25	L 1
44	Wed, Jan 28, 1976	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		118	121	18	26	L 2
45	Thu, Jan 29, 1976	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		96	105	18	27	L 3
46	Sat, Jan 31, 1976	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		119	105	19	27	W 1
47	Fri, Feb 6, 1976	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		118	111	20	27	W 2
48	Sun, Feb 8, 1976	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W	OT	107	101	21	27	W 3
49	Wed, Feb 11, 1976	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		123	94	22	27	W 4
50	Fri, Feb 13, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		108	109	22	28	L 1	8,130
51	Sat, Feb 14, 1976	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		112	93	23	28	W 1
52	Tue, Feb 17, 1976	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L	OT	111	114	23	29	L 1
53	Wed, Feb 18, 1976	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		94	105	23	30	L 2
54	Fri, Feb 20, 1976	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		103	102	24	30	W 1
55	Sat, Feb 21, 1976	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W	OT	110	108	25	30	W 2
56	Tue, Feb 24, 1976	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L	OT	117	120	25	31	L 1
57	Thu, Feb 26, 1976	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		115	97	26	31	W 1
58	Sat, Feb 28, 1976	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		89	92	26	32	L 1
59	Sun, Feb 29, 1976	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		109	98	27	32	W 1
60	Wed, Mar 3, 1976	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		108	92	28	32	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Mar 5, 1976	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		99	97	29	32	W 3
62	Sat, Mar 6, 1976	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		99	118	29	33	L 1
63	Sun, Mar 7, 1976	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		106	84	30	33	W 1
64	Wed, Mar 10, 1976	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	125	30	34	L 1
65	Thu, Mar 11, 1976	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		104	99	31	34	W 1
66	Sat, Mar 13, 1976	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		77	99	31	35	L 1
67	Sun, Mar 14, 1976	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		108	106	32	35	W 1
68	Tue, Mar 16, 1976	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		87	120	32	36	L 1
69	Thu, Mar 18, 1976	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		106	100	33	36	W 1
70	Sat, Mar 20, 1976	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		106	93	34	36	W 2
71	Tue, Mar 23, 1976	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		104	97	35	36	W 3
72	Thu, Mar 25, 1976	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		107	98	36	36	W 4
73	Sat, Mar 27, 1976	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		117	100	37	36	W 5
74	Sun, Mar 28, 1976	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		100	97	38	36	W 6
75	Tue, Mar 30, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		113	97	39	36	W 7
76	Wed, Mar 31, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	122	39	37	L 1	8,200
77	Fri, Apr 2, 1976	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		106	103	40	37	W 1
78	Sat, Apr 3, 1976	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		97	112	40	38	L 1
79	Sun, Apr 4, 1976	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		89	117	40	39	L 2
80	Tue, Apr 6, 1976	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L	OT	106	111	40	40	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Thu, Apr 8, 1976	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		113	98	41	40	W 1
82	Sat, Apr 10, 1976	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		121	95	42	40	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Apr 13, 1976	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		99	102	0	1	L 1
2	Thu, Apr 15, 1976	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		116	111	1	1	W 1
3	Sun, Apr 18, 1976	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		103	91	2	1	W 2
4	Tue, Apr 20, 1976	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		130	114	3	1	W 3
5	Sun, Apr 25, 1976	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		108	114	3	2	L 1
6	Tue, Apr 27, 1976	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		123	112	4	2	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
7	Sun, May 2, 1976	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		103	128	4	3	L 1
8	Wed, May 5, 1976	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		108	101	5	3	W 1
9	Fri, May 7, 1976	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		91	99	5	4	L 1
10	Sun, May 9, 1976	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W	2OT	133	129	6	4	W 1
11	Wed, May 12, 1976	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		95	111	6	5	L 1
12	Fri, May 14, 1976	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		105	104	7	5	W 1
13	Sun, May 16, 1976	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		94	86	8	5	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
14	Sun, May 23, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		87	98	8	6	L 1	15,320
15	Thu, May 27, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		90	105	8	7	L 2	15,320
16	Sun, May 30, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		105	98	9	7	W 1	12,884
17	Wed, Jun 2, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		109	107	10	7	W 2	13,306
18	Fri, Jun 4, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	3OT	126	128	10	8	L 1	15,320	3:08	The Greatest Game Ever Played
19	Sun, Jun 6, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		80	87	10	9	L 2	13,306

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