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1978-79 Phoenix Suns Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 50-32, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: John MacLeod (50-32)

PTS/G: 115.4 (2nd of 22) Opp PTS/G: 111.7 (14th of 22)

SRS: 3.55 (3rd of 22) Pace: 108.5 (4th of 22)

Off Rtg: 105.7 (7th of 22) Def Rtg: 102.4 (6th of 22) Net Rtg: +3.4 (3rd of 22)

Expected W-L: 50-32 (3rd of 22)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Kansas City Kings (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (3-4) versus Seattle SuperSonics (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	3	Oklahoma
23	Mike Bratz	PG	6-2	185	October 17, 1955	us US	1	Stanford
10	Don Buse	PG	6-4	190	August 10, 1950	us US	6	University of Evansville
45	Marty Byrnes	SF	6-7	215	April 30, 1956	us US	R	Syracuse
6	Walter Davis	SF	6-6	193	September 9, 1954	us US	1	UNC
35	Bayard Forrest	C	6-10	235	July 8, 1954	us US	1	Grand Canyon University
24	Gar Heard	PF	6-6	219	May 3, 1948	us US	8	Oklahoma
50	Joel Kramer	PF	6-7	203	November 30, 1955	us US	R	San Diego State
30	Ron Lee	PG	6-4	193	November 2, 1952	us US	2	Oregon
12	Ted McClain	SG	6-1	180	August 30, 1946	us US	7	Tennessee State
21	Truck Robinson	PF	6-7	225	October 4, 1951	us US	4	Tennessee State
14	Alvin Scott	SF	6-7	185	September 14, 1955	us US	1	Oral Roberts
44	Paul Westphal	SG	6-4	195	November 30, 1950	us US	6	USC

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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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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Paul Westphal	28	81		32.6	9.9	18.5	.535	4.2	5.0	.837	0.4	1.5	2.0	6.5	1.4	0.3	2.9	2.0	24.0	AS,NBA1
2	Don Buse	28	82	82	31.0	3.5	7.0	.495	0.9	1.1	.769	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.9	0.2	1.2	1.8	7.8
3	Walter Davis	24	79		30.8	9.7	17.2	.561	4.3	5.2	.831	1.4	3.3	4.7	4.3	1.9	0.3	3.7	3.2	23.6	MVP-10,AS,NBA2
4	Alvan Adams	24	77		30.7	7.4	13.9	.530	3.0	3.8	.799	2.9	6.3	9.2	4.7	1.4	0.8	3.6	3.2	17.8
5	Truck Robinson	27	26		29.1	6.5	12.8	.508	3.0	4.7	.642	2.2	6.5	8.7	1.5	0.7	0.5	3.5	2.9	16.0
6	Ron Lee	26	43		22.0	4.0	8.9	.452	1.7	2.4	.712	1.0	1.7	2.6	3.1	1.6	0.1	2.7	3.2	9.8
7	Alvin Scott	23	81		21.4	2.6	4.9	.535	1.5	2.1	.714	1.3	3.2	4.4	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.2	1.7	6.7
8	Gar Heard	30	63		19.3	2.6	5.8	.441	1.1	1.6	.689	1.6	4.0	5.6	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.0	2.2	6.3
9	Marty Byrnes	22	43		17.1	2.5	5.2	.489	1.7	2.3	.730	1.1	1.1	2.3	1.4	0.3	0.0	1.8	1.6	6.8
10	Joel Kramer	23	82		17.1	2.2	4.5	.489	1.5	2.1	.710	1.6	2.5	4.1	1.1	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.7	5.9
11	Mike Bratz	23	77		16.8	3.1	6.9	.454	1.8	2.2	.818	0.7	1.1	1.8	2.3	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.0	8.1
12	Bayard Forrest	24	75		16.6	1.6	3.6	.434	0.8	1.5	.539	1.5	2.7	4.2	2.2	0.4	0.5	1.4	2.0	4.0
13	Ted McClain	32	36		12.9	1.7	3.7	.470	1.2	1.3	.913	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.7	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.4	4.6
	Team Totals				48.2	46.9	91.7	.512	21.5	28.0	.768	13.2	29.0	42.2	30.5	11.2	4.1	21.5	23.7	115.4

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Paul Westphal	28	15	35.6	9.5	19.1	.495	3.5	4.4	.788	0.5	1.7	2.2	4.3	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.5	22.4
2	Don Buse	28	15	34.1	3.1	7.7	.405	1.6	2.2	.727	1.1	2.5	3.7	3.5	1.5	0.3	1.0	2.1	7.9
3	Walter Davis	24	15	32.7	8.5	16.3	.520	5.2	6.4	.813	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	1.7	0.3	4.4	2.7	22.1
4	Alvan Adams	24	12	31.0	5.5	11.6	.475	1.8	2.6	.710	2.1	5.4	7.5	4.4	0.9	1.0	3.0	3.4	12.8
5	Truck Robinson	27	15	26.1	3.7	9.3	.403	3.0	4.6	.652	2.5	5.5	8.1	0.7	0.4	0.8	2.1	3.5	10.5
6	Gar Heard	30	15	21.3	2.1	5.7	.372	1.2	2.0	.600	1.6	5.5	7.1	0.9	0.8	1.7	1.4	2.6	5.5
7	Mike Bratz	23	15	19.5	3.8	7.7	.496	3.0	3.9	.763	0.7	0.7	1.4	2.0	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.8	10.6
8	Joel Kramer	23	15	17.1	2.1	3.9	.542	1.7	2.4	.722	1.4	2.4	3.8	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.1	2.9	6.0
9	Alvin Scott	23	15	14.5	1.3	3.5	.385	0.9	1.4	.619	0.9	1.9	2.8	1.5	0.4	1.1	0.9	1.3	3.5
10	Bayard Forrest	24	14	7.9	0.7	1.3	.556	0.1	0.7	.200	0.6	1.4	2.1	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.5	1.6
11	Ted McClain	32	14	7.4	1.1	2.4	.441	0.9	1.1	.813	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.4	3.1
	Team Totals			48.0	40.3	85.9	.469	22.5	31.1	.724	12.9	33.6	42.2	24.4	8.9	6.2	19.5	26.1	103.1

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	Paul Westphal	28	81		2641	801	1496	.535				801	1496	.535	.535	339	405	.837	35	124	159	529	111	26	232	159	1941
2	Don Buse	28	82	82	2544	285	576	.495				285	576	.495	.495	70	91	.769	44	173	217	356	156	18	96	149	640
3	Walter Davis	24	79		2437	764	1362	.561				764	1362	.561	.561	340	409	.831	111	262	373	339	147	26	293	250	1868
4	Alvan Adams	24	77		2364	569	1073	.530				569	1073	.530	.530	231	289	.799	220	485	705	360	110	63	279	246	1369
5	Alvin Scott	23	81		1737	212	396	.535				212	396	.535	.535	120	168	.714	104	256	360	126	80	62	99	139	544
6	Joel Kramer	23	82		1401	181	370	.489				181	370	.489	.489	125	176	.710	134	203	337	92	45	23	98	224	487
7	Mike Bratz	23	77		1297	242	533	.454				242	533	.454	.454	139	170	.818	55	86	141	179	64	7	135	151	623
8	Bayard Forrest	24	75		1243	118	272	.434				118	272	.434	.434	62	115	.539	110	205	315	167	29	37	107	151	298
9	Gar Heard	30	63		1213	162	367	.441				162	367	.441	.441	71	103	.689	98	253	351	60	53	57	60	141	395
10	Ron Lee	26	43		948	173	383	.452				173	383	.452	.452	74	104	.712	42	71	113	132	69	4	116	138	420
11	Truck Robinson	27	26		756	169	333	.508				169	333	.508	.508	79	123	.642	56	169	225	39	17	12	90	76	417
12	Marty Byrnes	22	43		734	109	223	.489				109	223	.489	.489	73	100	.730	49	48	97	61	15	2	79	69	291
13	Ted McClain	32	36		465	62	132	.470				62	132	.470	.470	42	46	.913	25	44	69	60	19	0	54	51	166
			82		19780	3847	7516	.512				3847	7516	.512	.512	1765	2299	.768	1083	2379	3462	2500	915	337	1760	1944	9459

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	Paul Westphal	28	15		534	142	287	.495				142	287	.495	.495	52	66	.788	7	26	33	64	15	5	38	38	336
2	Don Buse	28	15		512	47	116	.405				47	116	.405	.405	24	33	.727	17	38	55	52	23	5	15	31	118
3	Walter Davis	24	15		490	127	244	.520				127	244	.520	.520	78	96	.813	24	45	69	79	26	5	66	41	332
4	Truck Robinson	27	15		392	56	139	.403				56	139	.403	.403	45	69	.652	38	83	121	10	6	12	31	52	157
5	Alvan Adams	24	12		372	66	139	.475				66	139	.475	.475	22	31	.710	25	65	90	53	11	12	36	41	154
6	Gar Heard	30	15		320	32	86	.372				32	86	.372	.372	18	30	.600	24	82	106	13	12	26	21	39	82
7	Mike Bratz	23	15		293	57	115	.496				57	115	.496	.496	45	59	.763	10	11	21	30	15	3	29	42	159
8	Joel Kramer	23	15		257	32	59	.542				32	59	.542	.542	26	36	.722	21	36	57	19	9	7	16	44	90
9	Alvin Scott	23	15		217	20	52	.385				20	52	.385	.385	13	21	.619	14	28	42	22	6	16	14	20	53
10	Bayard Forrest	24	14		110	10	18	.556				10	18	.556	.556	2	10	.200	9	20	29	11	4	2	10	21	22
11	Ted McClain	32	14		103	15	34	.441				15	34	.441	.441	13	16	.813	5	11	16	13	6	0	16	20	43

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	Paul Westphal	28	81	2641	22.6	.580		.271	1.5	5.1	3.3	29.9	1.9	0.5	12.2	27.8		8.2	2.2	10.4	.189		4.6	-0.9	3.7	3.8
2	Don Buse	28	82	2544	11.5	.519		.158	2.0	7.4	4.7	16.3	2.7	0.4	13.5	10.8		2.6	2.8	5.4	.101		-0.9	1.7	0.8	1.8
3	Walter Davis	24	79	2437	23.0	.606		.300	5.1	11.8	8.5	21.1	2.7	0.6	16.0	29.0		6.3	3.1	9.4	.184		3.8	0.4	4.2	3.8
4	Alvan Adams	24	77	2364	20.4	.570		.269	10.5	22.4	16.6	20.8	2.1	1.4	18.9	24.1		3.9	3.7	7.6	.154		2.3	1.2	3.4	3.2
5	Alvin Scott	23	81	1737	13.2	.579		.424	6.8	16.1	11.5	8.5	2.0	1.9	17.4	12.6		2.0	2.4	4.4	.121		0.1	1.3	1.4	1.5
6	Joel Kramer	23	82	1401	11.3	.544		.476	10.8	15.8	13.4	7.8	1.4	0.9	18.0	15.0		1.4	1.6	3.0	.103		-1.9	-0.3	-2.2	-0.1
7	Mike Bratz	23	77	1297	12.6	.513		.319	4.8	7.3	6.0	17.6	2.2	0.3	18.2	22.0		0.5	1.3	1.7	.064		-1.8	-0.6	-2.4	-0.1
8	Bayard Forrest	24	75	1243	9.6	.462		.423	10.0	18.0	14.1	15.3	1.0	1.5	24.9	13.3		-0.2	1.5	1.2	.048		-1.9	0.8	-1.1	0.3
9	Gar Heard	30	63	1213	12.6	.479		.281	9.1	22.8	16.1	5.9	1.9	2.4	12.7	15.0		0.6	2.0	2.6	.101		-1.5	0.6	-0.9	0.3
10	Ron Lee	26	43	948	11.1	.490		.272	5.0	8.2	6.6	17.6	3.2	0.2	21.3	22.1		-0.6	1.2	0.6	.028		-3.4	0.3	-3.1	-0.3
11	Truck Robinson	27	26	756	14.2	.539		.369	8.4	24.4	16.5	6.9	1.0	0.8	18.9	24.3		0.0	1.0	1.0	.061		-1.9	-1.5	-3.5	-0.3
12	Marty Byrnes	22	43	734	9.4	.545		.448	7.5	7.2	7.3	10.1	0.9	0.1	22.8	18.1		0.1	0.5	0.5	.036		-2.0	-2.0	-4.0	-0.4
13	Ted McClain	32	36	465	10.1	.545		.348	6.1	10.3	8.2	15.4	1.8	0.0	26.2	17.1		0.0	0.4	0.5	.049		-2.3	-0.5	-2.8	-0.1

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	Paul Westphal	28	15	534	17.8	.532		.230	1.5	4.9	3.3	20.9	1.3	0.5	10.7	26.6		0.9	0.6	1.5	.135		3.3	-1.6	1.8	0.5
2	Don Buse	28	15	512	10.0	.452		.284	3.7	7.5	5.7	13.6	2.1	0.5	10.3	11.4		0.3	0.7	1.0	.095		-0.1	0.8	0.8	0.4
3	Walter Davis	24	15	490	21.8	.580		.393	5.5	9.3	7.5	27.8	2.5	0.5	18.7	28.9		1.0	0.8	1.7	.171		5.8	0.1	5.9	1.0
4	Truck Robinson	27	15	392	11.4	.464		.496	10.8	21.4	16.4	3.7	0.7	1.6	15.5	20.5		-0.1	0.7	0.6	.075		-1.6	-1.9	-3.5	-0.1
5	Alvan Adams	24	12	372	15.1	.504		.223	7.5	17.7	12.8	21.5	1.4	1.7	19.1	20.4		0.1	0.7	0.8	.104		1.6	0.9	2.5	0.4
6	Gar Heard	30	15	320	11.2	.413		.349	8.4	25.9	17.6	5.5	1.8	4.3	17.5	15.1		-0.3	0.8	0.5	.075		-1.6	1.4	-0.2	0.1
7	Mike Bratz	23	15	293	15.2	.564		.513	3.8	3.8	3.8	15.9	2.4	0.5	17.1	23.3		0.4	0.4	0.8	.128		1.3	-0.2	1.0	0.2
8	Joel Kramer	23	15	257	13.9	.601		.610	9.1	14.2	11.8	10.3	1.6	1.4	17.6	14.2		0.5	0.4	0.9	.169		0.9	0.7	1.5	0.2
9	Alvin Scott	23	15	217	10.7	.433		.404	7.2	13.1	10.3	13.6	1.3	3.9	18.6	13.9		-0.1	0.4	0.3	.068		0.3	1.5	1.8	0.2
10	Bayard Forrest	24	14	110	7.9	.491		.556	9.1	18.4	14.0	13.4	1.7	1.0	30.9	11.8		-0.1	0.2	0.1	.055		-2.4	1.0	-1.4	0.0
11	Ted McClain	32	14	103	10.0	.524		.471	5.4	10.8	8.2	18.2	2.7	0.0	28.1	22.3		-0.1	0.2	0.1	.035		-2.9	0.0	-2.9	0.0

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