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1977-78 Phoenix Suns Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 49-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: John MacLeod (49-33)

PTS/G: 112.3 (5th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 108.6 (10th of 22)

SRS: 3.50 (3rd of 22) Pace: 111.4 (1st of 22)

Off Rtg: 100.3 (13th of 22) Def Rtg: 97.0 (1st of 22) Net Rtg: +3.3 (3rd of 22)

Expected W-L: 51-31 (3rd of 22)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1978 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (0-2) versus Milwaukee Bucks (Series Stats)

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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	Birth	Exp	College
33	Alvan Adams	C	6-9	210	July 19, 1954	us US	2	Oklahoma
21	Dennis Awtrey	C	6-10	235	February 22, 1948	us US	7	Santa Clara
23	Mike Bratz	PG	6-2	185	October 17, 1955	us US	R	Stanford
10	Don Buse	PG	6-4	190	August 10, 1950	us US	5	University of Evansville
6	Walter Davis	SF	6-6	193	September 9, 1954	us US	R	UNC
35	Bayard Forrest	C	6-10	235	July 8, 1954	us US	R	Grand Canyon University
25	Greg Griffin	SF	6-7	190	September 6, 1952	us US	R	Idaho State University
24	Gar Heard	PF	6-6	219	May 3, 1948	us US	7	Oklahoma
30	Ron Lee	PG	6-4	193	November 2, 1952	us US	1	Oregon
18	Curtis Perry	PF	6-7	220	September 13, 1948	us US	7	Missouri State
14	Alvin Scott	SF	6-7	185	September 14, 1955	us US	R	Oral Roberts
44	Paul Westphal	SG	6-4	195	November 30, 1950	us US	5	USC

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

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Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	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	Walter Davis	23	81		32.0	9.7	18.4	.526				9.7	18.4	.526	.526	4.8	5.8	.830	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.0	24.2
2	Don Buse	27	82	82	31.1	3.5	7.6	.458				3.5	7.6	.458	.458	1.4	1.7	.824	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.8	2.3	0.2	1.5	1.8	8.4
3	Paul Westphal	27	80		31.0	10.1	19.6	.516				10.1	19.6	.516	.516	5.0	6.1	.813	0.5	1.5	2.1	5.5	1.7	0.4	3.5	2.0	25.2
4	Alvan Adams	23	70		27.3	6.2	12.8	.485				6.2	12.8	.485	.485	3.1	4.2	.730	2.3	5.8	8.1	3.2	1.2	0.9	3.3	3.5	15.5
5	Gar Heard	29	80		26.2	3.3	7.8	.424				3.3	7.8	.424	.424	1.1	1.8	.612	2.1	6.1	8.2	1.7	1.6	1.3	1.5	2.7	7.8
6	Ron Lee	25	82		23.5	5.1	11.6	.439				5.1	11.6	.439	.439	2.1	2.8	.746	1.2	1.9	3.1	3.7	2.7	0.2	2.7	3.1	12.2
7	Dennis Awtrey	29	81		20.0	1.4	3.3	.424				1.4	3.3	.424	.424	0.9	1.3	.633	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.0	0.2	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.6
8	Alvin Scott	22	81		19.0	2.2	4.6	.488				2.2	4.6	.488	.488	1.6	2.4	.691	1.7	2.7	4.4	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.0	2.0	6.1
9	Curtis Perry	29	45		18.2	2.4	5.4	.453				2.4	5.4	.453	.453	1.1	1.4	.785	1.9	3.6	5.6	1.1	0.8	0.5	1.4	2.7	6.0
10	Bayard Forrest	23	64		13.9	1.7	3.7	.466				1.7	3.7	.466	.466	0.8	1.6	.476	1.3	2.6	3.9	2.0	0.4	0.5	1.3	1.6	4.2
11	Mike Bratz	22	80		11.7	2.0	4.9	.403				2.0	4.9	.403	.403	0.7	0.9	.824	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.5	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.3	4.7
12	Greg Griffin	25	36		11.7	1.7	4.7	.361				1.7	4.7	.361	.361	0.6	1.0	.639	1.2	1.6	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.6	4.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	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	Don Buse	27	2		38.0	2.0	5.5	.364				2.0	5.5	.364	.364	0.0	0.0		0.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	4.0
2	Alvan Adams	23	2		35.5	7.5	16.5	.455				7.5	16.5	.455	.455	1.0	1.0	1.000	4.0	4.0	8.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	4.5	4.0	16.0
3	Walter Davis	23	2		33.0	9.5	20.0	.475				9.5	20.0	.475	.475	6.0	8.0	.750	2.0	6.5	8.5	4.0	1.5	0.0	3.0	4.0	25.0
4	Paul Westphal	27	2		33.0	11.0	23.5	.468				11.0	23.5	.468	.468	4.0	4.5	.889	1.5	1.5	3.0	9.5	0.5	0.0	2.5	2.0	26.0
5	Gar Heard	29	2		31.0	3.0	8.5	.353				3.0	8.5	.353	.353	0.5	1.0	.500	2.0	6.0	8.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	6.5
6	Ron Lee	25	2		20.5	2.5	8.0	.313				2.5	8.0	.313	.313	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	3.5	6.0
7	Alvin Scott	22	2		18.5	2.0	4.0	.500				2.0	4.0	.500	.500	2.5	3.0	.833	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	6.5
8	Greg Griffin	25	2		12.5	1.5	3.5	.429				1.5	3.5	.429	.429	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	2.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.0
9	Dennis Awtrey	29	2		12.0	0.5	2.0	.250				0.5	2.0	.250	.250	0.5	0.5	1.000	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5
10	Mike Bratz	22	2		4.5	0.5	2.5	.200				0.5	2.5	.200	.200	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
11	Bayard Forrest	23	1		3.0	1.0	1.0	1.000				1.0	1.0	1.000	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	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	Walter Davis	23	81		2590	786	1494	.526				786	1494	.526	.526	387	466	.830	158	326	484	273	113	20	283	242	1959
2	Don Buse	27	82	82	2547	287	626	.458				287	626	.458	.458	112	136	.824	59	190	249	391	185	14	124	144	686
3	Paul Westphal	27	80		2481	809	1568	.516				809	1568	.516	.516	396	487	.813	41	123	164	437	138	31	280	162	2014
4	Gar Heard	29	80		2099	265	625	.424				265	625	.424	.424	90	147	.612	166	486	652	132	129	101	120	213	620
5	Ron Lee	25	82		1928	417	950	.439				417	950	.439	.439	170	228	.746	95	159	254	305	225	17	221	257	1004
6	Alvan Adams	23	70		1914	434	895	.485				434	895	.485	.485	214	293	.730	158	407	565	225	86	63	234	242	1082
7	Dennis Awtrey	29	81		1623	112	264	.424				112	264	.424	.424	69	109	.633	97	205	302	163	19	25	127	153	293
8	Alvin Scott	22	81		1538	180	369	.488				180	369	.488	.488	132	191	.691	135	222	357	88	52	40	85	158	492
9	Mike Bratz	22	80		933	159	395	.403				159	395	.403	.403	56	68	.824	42	73	115	123	39	5	89	104	374
10	Bayard Forrest	23	64		887	111	238	.466				111	238	.466	.466	49	103	.476	84	166	250	129	23	34	84	105	271
11	Curtis Perry	29	45		818	110	243	.453				110	243	.453	.453	51	65	.785	87	163	250	48	34	22	63	120	271
12	Greg Griffin	25	36		422	61	169	.361				61	169	.361	.361	23	36	.639	44	59	103	24	16	0	39	56	145
			82		19780	3731	7836	.476				3731	7836	.476	.476	1749	2329	.751	1166	2579	3745	2338	1059	372	1766	1956	9211

Totals Table
Rk	Player	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	Don Buse	27	2		76	4	11	.364				4	11	.364	.364	0	0		0	5	5	4	4	0	1	3	8
2	Alvan Adams	23	2		71	15	33	.455				15	33	.455	.455	2	2	1.000	8	8	16	4	2	1	9	8	32
3	Walter Davis	23	2		66	19	40	.475				19	40	.475	.475	12	16	.750	4	13	17	8	3	0	6	8	50
4	Paul Westphal	27	2		66	22	47	.468				22	47	.468	.468	8	9	.889	3	3	6	19	1	0	5	4	52
5	Gar Heard	29	2		62	6	17	.353				6	17	.353	.353	1	2	.500	4	12	16	5	2	4	2	4	13
6	Ron Lee	25	2		41	5	16	.313				5	16	.313	.313	2	2	1.000	2	4	6	3	4	0	4	7	12
7	Alvin Scott	22	2		37	4	8	.500				4	8	.500	.500	5	6	.833	2	4	6	3	2	0	2	3	13
8	Greg Griffin	25	2		25	3	7	.429				3	7	.429	.429	0	0		2	2	4	3	1	1	2	5	6
9	Dennis Awtrey	29	2		24	1	4	.250				1	4	.250	.250	1	1	1.000	2	0	2	3	1	0	1	0	3
10	Mike Bratz	22	2		9	1	5	.200				1	5	.200	.200	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
11	Bayard Forrest	23	1		3	1	1	1.000				1	1	1.000	1.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	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	Walter Davis	23	81	2590	22.1	.577		.312	6.2	13.2	9.6	16.5	1.9	0.4	14.3	28.5		6.7	3.4	10.1	.187		3.7	-0.4	3.3	3.5
2	Don Buse	27	82	2547	12.5	.500		.217	2.3	7.8	5.0	18.5	3.1	0.3	15.3	11.8		2.4	3.6	6.0	.113		-1.1	2.1	1.0	1.9
3	Paul Westphal	27	80	2481	23.8	.565		.311	1.7	5.2	3.4	28.5	2.4	0.6	13.6	30.9		6.9	2.9	9.8	.190		4.7	0.0	4.7	4.2
4	Gar Heard	29	80	2099	12.9	.449		.235	8.0	24.2	16.0	7.7	2.6	2.5	14.8	14.4		0.1	4.4	4.5	.103		-1.5	1.7	0.2	1.2
5	Ron Lee	25	82	1928	16.2	.478		.240	5.0	8.6	6.8	21.8	5.0	0.5	17.4	24.5		0.0	3.8	3.8	.094		-1.4	2.7	1.3	1.6
6	Alvan Adams	23	70	1914	17.7	.528		.327	8.4	22.2	15.2	16.4	1.9	1.7	18.6	24.5		1.5	3.4	4.9	.123		0.1	0.9	1.0	1.5
7	Dennis Awtrey	29	81	1623	6.1	.470		.413	6.0	13.2	9.6	11.5	0.5	0.8	28.9	10.1		-0.6	1.6	1.0	.030		-2.9	-0.2	-3.1	-0.5
8	Alvin Scott	22	81	1538	12.3	.543		.518	8.9	15.1	11.9	6.9	1.5	1.3	15.8	13.0		1.9	2.1	4.0	.126		-0.8	0.3	-0.5	0.6
9	Mike Bratz	22	80	933	9.5	.440		.172	4.6	8.2	6.3	17.1	1.8	0.3	17.3	20.5		-0.6	1.0	0.4	.022		-3.2	-0.7	-4.0	-0.5
10	Bayard Forrest	23	64	887	12.2	.478		.433	9.6	19.6	14.5	17.8	1.1	2.0	22.9	15.4		0.1	1.3	1.4	.077		-1.3	1.2	-0.1	0.4
11	Curtis Perry	29	45	818	11.8	.499		.267	10.8	20.8	15.7	7.3	1.8	1.4	18.8	15.2		0.4	1.4	1.7	.102		-2.3	0.3	-2.0	0.0
12	Greg Griffin	25	36	422	6.8	.392		.213	10.6	14.6	12.6	7.1	1.6	0.0	17.4	19.7		-0.6	0.5	-0.1	-0.011		-4.9	-1.6	-6.5	-0.5

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	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	Don Buse	27	2	76	5.2	.364		.000	0.0	9.0	3.6	6.7	2.5	0.0	8.3	6.4		0.0	0.1	0.0	.022		-5.9	1.1	-4.8	-0.1
2	Alvan Adams	23	2	71	10.7	.472		.061	10.4	15.5	12.4	8.9	1.3	0.9	21.0	24.4		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.040		-3.7	-2.3	-6.0	-0.1
3	Walter Davis	23	2	66	23.9	.531		.400	5.6	27.0	14.2	21.8	2.2	0.0	11.3	32.5		0.1	0.1	0.2	.146		4.0	0.7	4.8	0.1
4	Paul Westphal	27	2	66	26.3	.510		.191	4.2	6.2	5.0	56.4	0.7	0.0	8.9	34.2		0.2	0.0	0.2	.157		8.4	-1.3	7.2	0.2
5	Gar Heard	29	2	62	11.1	.364		.118	6.0	26.5	14.2	10.8	1.5	3.9	10.1	12.9		-0.1	0.1	0.0	.034		-2.4	0.9	-1.4	0.0
6	Ron Lee	25	2	41	5.8	.355		.125	4.5	13.4	8.1	10.1	4.6	0.0	19.2	20.6		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.079		-8.6	1.5	-7.1	-0.1
7	Alvin Scott	22	2	37	15.1	.611		.750	5.0	14.8	8.9	11.0	2.6	0.0	15.8	13.8		0.1	0.0	0.1	.147		-0.2	0.8	0.6	0.0
8	Greg Griffin	25	2	25	8.1	.429		.000	7.4	11.0	8.8	16.6	1.9	2.4	22.2	14.5		0.0	0.0	0.0	.008		-4.9	0.9	-3.9	0.0
9	Dennis Awtrey	29	2	24	7.7	.338		.250	7.7	0.0	4.6	15.6	2.0	0.0	18.4	9.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	.015		-1.3	-1.1	-2.3	0.0
10	Mike Bratz	22	2	9	-2.0	.200		.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	22.4		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.247		-7.3	-5.9	-13.3	0.0
11	Bayard Forrest	23	1	3	25.9	1.000		.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5		0.0	0.0	0.0	.244		7.9	0.3	8.2	0.0

Players on League Leaderboards

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