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1979-80 Phoenix Suns Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 55-27, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: John MacLeod (55-27)

PTS/G: 111.1 (7th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 107.5 (8th of 22)

SRS: 3.25 (6th of 22) Pace: 104.8 (6th of 22)

Off Rtg: 105.6 (10th of 22) Def Rtg: 102.2 (5th of 22) Net Rtg: +3.4 (6th of 22)

Expected W-L: 50-32 (6th of 22)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1980 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Kansas City Kings (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (1-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

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	4	Oklahoma
23	Mike Bratz	PG	6-2	185	October 17, 1955	us	2	Stanford
10	Don Buse	PG	6-4	190	August 10, 1950	us	7	University of Evansville
45	Jeff Cook	PF	6-10	215	October 21, 1956	us	R	Idaho State University
6	Walter Davis	SF	6-6	193	September 9, 1954	us	2	UNC
24	Gar Heard	PF	6-6	219	May 3, 1948	us	9	Oklahoma
12, 22	Johnny High	PG	6-3	185	April 25, 1957	us	R	Nevada
53	Rich Kelley	C	7-0	235	March 23, 1953	us	4	Stanford
50	Joel Kramer	C	6-7	203	November 30, 1955	us	1	San Diego State
21	Truck Robinson	PF	6-7	225	October 4, 1951	us	5	Tennessee State
14	Alvin Scott	SF	6-7	185	September 14, 1955	us	2	Oral Roberts
44	Paul Westphal	SG	6-4	195	November 30, 1950	us	7	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

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	Truck Robinson	28	82		33.0	6.6	13.0	.512	0.0	0.0		6.6	13.0	.512	.512	4.0	5.9	.667	2.6	6.8	9.4	1.7	0.7	0.7	3.1	3.2	17.3
2	Paul Westphal	29	82		32.5	8.4	16.1	.525	0.3	1.1	.280	8.1	14.9	.544	.535	4.7	5.4	.862	0.6	1.7	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	2.5	2.0	21.9
3	Don Buse	29	81		30.9	3.2	7.3	.443	0.2	1.0	.241	3.0	6.3	.475	.459	1.0	1.6	.664	0.9	2.0	2.9	4.0	1.6	0.1	1.1	1.4	7.7
4	Walter Davis	25	75		30.8	8.8	15.5	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	8.8	15.5	.565	.563	4.0	4.9	.819	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.5	1.5	0.3	3.2	2.7	21.5
5	Alvan Adams	25	75		28.9	6.2	11.7	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	6.2	11.6	.533	.531	2.5	3.1	.797	2.1	6.0	8.1	4.3	1.4	0.7	2.9	3.2	14.9
6	Mike Bratz	24	82		19.4	3.3	8.4	.392	0.3	1.0	.244	3.0	7.3	.413	.407	1.7	2.0	.870	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.7	1.1	0.1	1.6	2.0	8.5
7	Gar Heard	31	82		17.1	2.1	5.0	.417	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	5.0	.419	.417	0.8	1.0	.744	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.2	1.0	0.6	1.1	2.2	5.0
8	Alvin Scott	24	79		16.5	1.6	3.8	.422	0.0	0.0	.333	1.6	3.8	.423	.424	1.2	1.5	.779	1.1	1.8	2.9	1.2	0.6	0.7	1.2	1.3	4.4
9	Rich Kelley	26	23		16.2	1.9	3.7	.506	0.0	0.0		1.9	3.7	.506	.506	2.0	2.6	.783	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.2	1.2	0.7	2.0	2.5	5.8
10	Jeff Cook	23	66		13.7	2.0	4.2	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	4.1	.474	.469	1.6	2.0	.806	1.4	2.3	3.7	1.3	0.4	0.3	1.1	1.5	5.5
11	Johnny High	22	82		13.7	1.8	3.9	.446	0.0	0.1	.143	1.7	3.9	.453	.447	1.5	2.2	.674	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.5	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.1	5.0
12	Joel Kramer	24	54		13.2	1.2	2.6	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.6	.472	.469	1.0	1.3	.800	0.9	1.9	2.8	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.9	3.5

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	Paul Westphal	29	8		31.6	8.6	17.8	.486	0.1	1.5	.083	8.5	16.3	.523	.489	3.5	4.0	.875	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.9	1.4	0.4	1.6	2.5	20.9
2	Alvan Adams	25	8		31.4	7.0	12.4	.566	0.0	0.0		7.0	12.4	.566	.566	2.1	2.4	.895	2.3	7.4	9.6	5.8	0.9	1.3	3.0	3.0	16.1
3	Walter Davis	25	8		30.6	8.6	17.1	.504	0.0	0.4	.000	8.6	16.8	.515	.504	3.5	4.8	.737	1.1	1.8	2.9	4.4	0.5	0.1	2.5	2.5	20.8
4	Don Buse	29	8		29.5	3.5	8.0	.438	0.6	1.6	.385	2.9	6.4	.451	.477	0.9	1.4	.636	1.0	1.6	2.6	5.5	0.8	0.0	1.6	1.9	8.5
5	Gar Heard	31	8		27.9	2.8	7.0	.393	0.0	0.0		2.8	7.0	.393	.393	1.4	1.9	.733	2.4	4.0	6.4	1.5	1.1	1.4	1.0	2.9	6.9
6	Truck Robinson	28	3		21.3	2.0	5.3	.375	0.0	0.0		2.0	5.3	.375	.375	1.7	2.3	.714	1.7	5.0	6.7	1.3	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.0	5.7
7	Mike Bratz	24	8		21.1	5.4	10.5	.512	1.1	2.9	.391	4.3	7.6	.557	.565	1.1	1.3	.900	0.8	1.8	2.5	2.0	1.1	0.0	1.6	2.5	13.0
8	Rich Kelley	26	8		18.3	2.4	5.5	.432	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	5.4	.442	.432	1.1	1.3	.900	1.8	2.8	4.5	2.8	1.1	0.9	1.3	2.1	5.9
9	Alvin Scott	24	8		17.5	2.1	4.1	.515	0.0	0.3	.000	2.1	3.9	.548	.515	0.5	1.0	.500	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.3	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.0	4.8
10	Johnny High	22	8		15.0	1.5	3.9	.387	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	3.6	.414	.387	1.0	2.0	.500	1.3	1.9	3.1	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.5	4.0
11	Jeff Cook	23	7		14.0	2.3	3.4	.667	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.4	.667	.667	3.1	3.7	.846	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.4	7.7

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	Truck Robinson	28	82		2710	545	1064	.512	0	0		545	1064	.512	.512	325	487	.667	213	557	770	142	58	59	251	262	1415
2	Paul Westphal	29	82		2665	692	1317	.525	26	93	.280	666	1224	.544	.535	382	443	.862	46	141	187	416	119	35	207	162	1792
3	Don Buse	29	81		2499	261	589	.443	19	79	.241	242	510	.475	.459	85	128	.664	70	163	233	320	132	10	91	111	626
4	Walter Davis	25	75		2309	657	1166	.563	0	4	.000	657	1162	.565	.563	299	365	.819	75	197	272	337	114	19	242	202	1613
5	Alvan Adams	25	75		2168	465	875	.531	0	2	.000	465	873	.533	.531	188	236	.797	158	451	609	322	108	55	218	237	1118
6	Mike Bratz	24	82		1589	269	687	.392	21	86	.244	248	601	.413	.407	141	162	.870	50	117	167	223	93	9	135	165	700
7	Gar Heard	31	82		1403	171	410	.417	0	2	.000	171	408	.419	.417	64	86	.744	118	262	380	97	84	49	88	177	406
8	Alvin Scott	24	79		1303	127	301	.422	1	3	.333	126	298	.423	.424	95	122	.779	89	139	228	98	47	53	92	101	350
9	Johnny High	22	82		1121	144	323	.446	1	7	.143	143	316	.453	.447	120	178	.674	69	104	173	119	71	15	123	172	409
10	Jeff Cook	23	66		904	129	275	.469	0	3	.000	129	272	.474	.469	104	129	.806	90	151	241	84	28	18	71	102	362
11	Joel Kramer	24	54		711	67	143	.469	0	1	.000	67	142	.472	.469	56	70	.800	49	102	151	75	26	5	51	104	190
12	Rich Kelley	26	23		373	43	85	.506	0	0		43	85	.506	.506	47	60	.783	44	74	118	50	28	17	46	58	133
			82		19755	3570	7235	.493	68	280	.243	3502	6955	.504	.498	1906	2466	.773	1071	2458	3529	2283	908	344	1629	1853	9114

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	29	8		253	69	142	.486	1	12	.083	68	130	.523	.489	28	32	.875	2	8	10	31	11	3	13	20	167
2	Alvan Adams	25	8		251	56	99	.566	0	0		56	99	.566	.566	17	19	.895	18	59	77	46	7	10	24	24	129
3	Walter Davis	25	8		245	69	137	.504	0	3	.000	69	134	.515	.504	28	38	.737	9	14	23	35	4	1	20	20	166
4	Don Buse	29	8		236	28	64	.438	5	13	.385	23	51	.451	.477	7	11	.636	8	13	21	44	6	0	13	15	68
5	Gar Heard	31	8		223	22	56	.393	0	0		22	56	.393	.393	11	15	.733	19	32	51	12	9	11	8	23	55
6	Mike Bratz	24	8		169	43	84	.512	9	23	.391	34	61	.557	.565	9	10	.900	6	14	20	16	9	0	13	20	104
7	Rich Kelley	26	8		146	19	44	.432	0	1	.000	19	43	.442	.432	9	10	.900	14	22	36	22	9	7	10	17	47
8	Alvin Scott	24	8		140	17	33	.515	0	2	.000	17	31	.548	.515	4	8	.500	8	14	22	10	4	5	7	8	38
9	Johnny High	22	8		120	12	31	.387	0	2	.000	12	29	.414	.387	8	16	.500	10	15	25	20	6	2	7	20	32
10	Jeff Cook	23	7		98	16	24	.667	0	0		16	24	.667	.667	22	26	.846	5	16	21	7	4	2	5	10	54
11	Truck Robinson	28	3		64	6	16	.375	0	0		6	16	.375	.375	5	7	.714	5	15	20	4	3	2	8	6	17

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	Truck Robinson	28	82	2710	15.3	.553	.000	.458	8.8	22.1	15.6	7.5	1.0	1.2	16.4	22.4		2.1	3.9	6.0	.106		-0.8	-0.9	-1.7	0.2
2	Paul Westphal	29	82	2665	21.1	.593	.071	.336	1.9	5.7	3.9	24.2	2.0	0.7	12.0	25.6		7.7	2.8	10.5	.189		4.0	0.0	3.9	4.0
3	Don Buse	29	81	2499	10.7	.485	.134	.217	3.1	7.0	5.1	16.0	2.4	0.2	12.4	11.7		1.7	2.9	4.6	.088		-1.1	1.2	0.2	1.4
4	Walter Davis	25	75	2309	21.3	.608	.003	.313	3.6	9.2	6.5	23.6	2.3	0.5	15.4	27.0		5.5	2.8	8.3	.173		3.4	0.2	3.6	3.3
5	Alvan Adams	25	75	2168	19.2	.571	.002	.270	8.2	22.4	15.4	21.6	2.3	1.4	18.2	21.9		3.1	3.9	7.0	.155		1.7	1.9	3.6	3.1
6	Mike Bratz	24	82	1589	11.6	.462	.125	.236	3.5	7.9	5.8	19.1	2.7	0.3	15.1	22.3		-0.5	2.0	1.5	.046		-2.5	0.1	-2.5	-0.2
7	Gar Heard	31	82	1403	11.5	.453	.005	.210	9.4	20.1	14.9	8.8	2.7	1.9	16.4	15.2		-0.3	2.6	2.3	.080		-2.4	1.6	-0.9	0.4
8	Alvin Scott	24	79	1303	9.9	.493	.010	.405	7.7	11.5	9.6	9.3	1.7	2.2	20.6	13.6		0.0	1.7	1.7	.062		-1.6	0.8	-0.8	0.4
9	Johnny High	22	82	1121	10.1	.510	.022	.551	6.9	10.0	8.5	13.7	2.9	0.7	23.5	18.6		-0.5	1.6	1.1	.047		-3.3	0.9	-2.4	-0.1
10	Jeff Cook	23	66	904	14.4	.546	.011	.469	11.2	18.0	14.6	12.2	1.4	1.1	17.6	17.7		1.1	1.3	2.4	.126		-0.3	0.1	-0.2	0.4
11	Joel Kramer	24	54	711	10.0	.547	.007	.490	7.7	15.4	11.7	13.0	1.7	0.4	22.7	12.6		0.5	0.9	1.4	.095		-2.2	0.8	-1.4	0.1
12	Rich Kelley	26	23	373	16.5	.597	.000	.706	13.2	21.3	17.4	17.0	3.4	2.5	29.2	16.8		0.3	0.8	1.1	.145		-0.7	3.1	2.4	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	Paul Westphal	29	8	253	18.8	.535	.085	.225	0.9	3.4	2.2	19.0	2.1	0.6	7.7	27.5		0.5	0.0	0.6	.106		2.3	-0.8	1.5	0.2
2	Alvan Adams	25	8	251	21.9	.601	.000	.192	7.9	25.5	16.8	26.4	1.3	2.2	18.3	21.6		0.5	0.3	0.8	.157		4.2	2.1	6.2	0.5
3	Walter Davis	25	8	245	18.3	.540	.022	.277	4.0	6.2	5.1	22.5	0.8	0.2	11.5	29.2		0.4	0.0	0.4	.080		2.6	-2.4	0.2	0.1
4	Don Buse	29	8	236	11.2	.494	.203	.172	3.7	6.0	4.9	23.3	1.2	0.0	15.9	14.3		0.2	0.0	0.2	.041		0.3	-1.2	-1.0	0.1
5	Gar Heard	31	8	223	10.9	.439	.000	.268	9.4	15.5	12.5	6.6	1.9	2.7	11.3	13.0		0.1	0.2	0.2	.054		-1.4	0.4	-1.0	0.1
6	Mike Bratz	24	8	169	18.1	.588	.274	.119	3.9	9.0	6.5	14.3	2.5	0.0	12.8	24.7		0.3	0.1	0.4	.105		2.2	-0.2	2.0	0.2
7	Rich Kelley	26	8	146	16.0	.486	.023	.227	10.6	16.3	13.5	19.1	2.9	2.6	17.1	16.5		0.1	0.2	0.3	.097		0.8	2.6	3.4	0.2
8	Alvin Scott	24	8	140	10.8	.520	.061	.242	6.3	10.8	8.6	9.0	1.4	2.0	16.1	12.8		0.1	0.1	0.1	.039		-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	0.1
9	Johnny High	22	8	120	11.2	.421	.065	.516	9.2	13.5	11.4	20.4	2.4	0.9	15.5	15.5		0.0	0.1	0.1	.045		-1.6	1.1	-0.5	0.0
10	Jeff Cook	23	7	98	22.9	.762	.000	1.083	5.6	17.7	11.7	9.5	2.0	1.1	12.4	17.0		0.5	0.1	0.5	.268		4.8	1.4	6.1	0.2
11	Truck Robinson	28	3	64	8.6	.445	.000	.438	8.6	25.4	17.1	7.6	2.2	1.7	29.5	17.4		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.039		-4.4	-0.1	-4.5	0.0

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