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1980-81 Phoenix Suns Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 57-25, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: John MacLeod (57-25)

PTS/G: 110.0 (7th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 104.5 (3rd of 23)

SRS: 4.83 (4th of 23) Pace: 104.7 (3rd of 23)

Off Rtg: 104.6 (15th of 23) Def Rtg: 99.4 (1st of 23) Net Rtg: +5.2 (4th of 23)

Expected W-L: 55-27 (4th of 23)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 482,693 (6th of 23)

NBA 1981 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (3-4) versus Kansas City Kings (Series Stats)

Pacific Div Champs

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	5	Oklahoma
45	Jeff Cook	SF	6-10	215	October 21, 1956	us	1	Idaho State University
6	Walter Davis	SG	6-6	193	September 9, 1954	us	3	UNC
22	Johnny High	PG	6-3	185	April 25, 1957	us	1	Nevada
24	Dennis Johnson	PG	6-4	185	September 18, 1954	us	4	Pepperdine
53	Rich Kelley	C	7-0	235	March 23, 1953	us	5	Stanford
50	Joel Kramer	PF	6-7	203	November 30, 1955	us	2	San Diego State
4	Kyle Macy	PG	6-3	175	April 9, 1957	us	R	Purdue, Kentucky
40	Mike Niles	SF	6-6	225	March 31, 1955	us	R	Cal State Fullerton
21	Truck Robinson	PF	6-7	225	October 4, 1951	us	6	Tennessee State
14	Alvin Scott	SF	6-7	185	September 14, 1955	us	3	Oral Roberts

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	29	82		37.7	7.9	15.6	.505	0.0	0.0		7.9	15.6	.505	.505	3.0	4.8	.629	2.6	7.0	9.6	2.5	0.8	0.5	3.0	2.7	18.8
2	Dennis Johnson	26	79		33.1	6.7	15.4	.436	0.1	0.6	.216	6.6	14.8	.446	.441	5.2	6.3	.820	2.0	2.6	4.6	3.7	1.7	0.8	2.6	3.1	18.8
3	Walter Davis	26	78		28.0	7.6	14.1	.539	0.1	0.2	.412	7.5	13.9	.541	.542	2.7	3.2	.836	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.8	2.5	18.0
4	Jeff Cook	24	79		27.7	3.6	7.8	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	3.6	7.7	.468	.464	1.3	2.0	.645	2.2	3.8	5.9	2.5	1.0	0.7	1.8	3.0	8.5
5	Alvan Adams	26	75		27.4	6.1	11.6	.526	0.0	0.0		6.1	11.6	.526	.526	2.7	3.5	.768	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.4	0.9	3.0	3.0	14.9
6	Johnny High	23	81		21.6	3.0	7.1	.427	0.0	0.3	.083	3.0	6.8	.442	.429	2.3	3.3	.693	1.1	1.7	2.8	2.5	1.6	0.3	2.3	3.1	8.4
7	Rich Kelley	27	81		20.8	2.4	4.8	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	4.8	.509	.506	2.2	2.9	.758	1.6	3.8	5.4	3.5	1.0	0.8	2.6	2.6	7.0
8	Kyle Macy	23	82		17.9	3.3	6.5	.511	0.1	0.6	.235	3.2	5.9	.541	.523	1.3	1.5	.899	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.0	0.9	0.1	1.2	1.5	8.1
9	Alvin Scott	25	82		17.4	2.1	4.2	.497	0.0	0.1	.167	2.1	4.2	.503	.499	1.2	1.5	.764	1.2	2.0	3.3	1.4	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.5	5.4
10	Joel Kramer	25	82		13.0	1.7	3.1	.527	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	3.1	.529	.527	0.8	1.1	.692	0.9	1.9	2.8	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.6	4.1
11	Mike Niles	25	44		5.3	1.1	3.1	.348	0.0	0.1	.500	1.0	3.0	.343	.355	0.4	0.8	.459	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.9	2.6

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	Dennis Johnson	26	7		38.1	7.4	15.7	.473	0.1	0.7	.200	7.3	15.0	.486	.477	4.6	6.0	.762	1.0	3.7	4.7	2.9	1.3	1.3	2.7	2.6	19.6
2	Truck Robinson	29	7		33.3	3.9	11.0	.351	0.0	0.0		3.9	11.0	.351	.351	2.9	4.9	.588	3.3	7.4	10.7	1.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.1	10.6
3	Alvan Adams	26	7		31.1	3.9	8.6	.450	0.0	0.0		3.9	8.6	.450	.450	2.9	4.0	.714	1.6	4.3	5.9	3.7	0.6	0.1	2.7	2.9	10.6
4	Jeff Cook	24	7		29.4	3.6	7.7	.463	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	7.6	.453	.472	2.0	2.7	.737	2.4	4.3	6.7	1.6	0.1	0.0	1.4	4.1	9.3
5	Walter Davis	26	7		28.4	7.3	15.1	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	7.3	15.0	.486	.481	1.4	2.4	.588	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.1	1.0	0.1	2.4	2.4	16.0
6	Alvin Scott	25	7		17.1	2.0	4.3	.467	0.0	0.0		2.0	4.3	.467	.467	1.4	2.1	.667	1.1	1.6	2.7	1.0	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.9	5.4
7	Johnny High	23	7		16.7	2.0	4.7	.424	0.0	0.0		2.0	4.7	.424	.424	1.3	2.0	.643	1.3	1.4	2.7	0.9	0.9	0.3	0.9	3.4	5.3
8	Rich Kelley	27	7		16.1	1.4	3.6	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	3.4	.417	.400	1.3	2.0	.643	1.9	3.1	5.0	1.9	0.9	0.4	2.0	1.7	4.1
9	Kyle Macy	23	7		14.6	2.7	5.1	.528	0.6	1.1	.500	2.1	4.0	.536	.583	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.6	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.1	7.0
10	Joel Kramer	25	7		14.4	1.9	3.6	.520	0.0	0.0		1.9	3.6	.520	.520	0.1	0.3	.500	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.1	2.6	3.9
11	Mike Niles	25	2		2.0	0.0	2.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	2.5	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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	Truck Robinson	29	82		3088	647	1280	.505	0	0		647	1280	.505	.505	249	396	.629	216	573	789	206	68	38	250	220	1543
2	Dennis Johnson	26	79		2615	532	1220	.436	11	51	.216	521	1169	.446	.441	411	501	.820	160	203	363	291	136	61	208	244	1486
3	Jeff Cook	24	79		2192	286	616	.464	0	5	.000	286	611	.468	.464	100	155	.645	170	297	467	201	82	54	146	236	672
4	Walter Davis	26	78		2182	593	1101	.539	7	17	.412	586	1084	.541	.542	209	250	.836	63	137	200	302	97	12	222	192	1402
5	Alvan Adams	26	75		2054	458	870	.526	0	0		458	870	.526	.526	199	259	.768	157	389	546	344	106	69	226	226	1115
6	Johnny High	23	81		1750	246	576	.427	2	24	.083	244	552	.442	.429	183	264	.693	89	139	228	202	129	26	188	251	677
7	Rich Kelley	27	81		1686	196	387	.506	0	2	.000	196	385	.509	.506	175	231	.758	131	310	441	282	79	63	209	210	567
8	Kyle Macy	23	82		1469	272	532	.511	12	51	.235	260	481	.541	.523	107	119	.899	44	88	132	160	76	5	95	120	663
9	Alvin Scott	25	82		1423	173	348	.497	1	6	.167	172	342	.503	.499	97	127	.764	101	167	268	114	60	70	77	124	444
10	Joel Kramer	25	82		1065	136	258	.527	0	1	.000	136	257	.529	.527	63	91	.692	77	155	232	88	35	17	67	132	335
11	Mike Niles	25	44		231	48	138	.348	2	4	.500	46	134	.343	.355	17	37	.459	26	32	58	15	8	1	25	41	115
			82		19755	3587	7326	.490	35	161	.217	3552	7165	.496	.492	1810	2430	.745	1234	2490	3724	2205	876	416	1733	1996	9019

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	Dennis Johnson	26	7		267	52	110	.473	1	5	.200	51	105	.486	.477	32	42	.762	7	26	33	20	9	9	19	18	137
2	Truck Robinson	29	7		233	27	77	.351	0	0		27	77	.351	.351	20	34	.588	23	52	75	13	5	2	13	15	74
3	Alvan Adams	26	7		218	27	60	.450	0	0		27	60	.450	.450	20	28	.714	11	30	41	26	4	1	19	20	74
4	Jeff Cook	24	7		206	25	54	.463	1	1	1.000	24	53	.453	.472	14	19	.737	17	30	47	11	1	0	10	29	65
5	Walter Davis	26	7		199	51	106	.481	0	1	.000	51	105	.486	.481	10	17	.588	7	12	19	22	7	1	17	17	112
6	Alvin Scott	25	7		120	14	30	.467	0	0		14	30	.467	.467	10	15	.667	8	11	19	7	4	6	7	6	38
7	Johnny High	23	7		117	14	33	.424	0	0		14	33	.424	.424	9	14	.643	9	10	19	6	6	2	6	24	37
8	Rich Kelley	27	7		113	10	25	.400	0	1	.000	10	24	.417	.400	9	14	.643	13	22	35	13	6	3	14	12	29
9	Kyle Macy	23	7		102	19	36	.528	4	8	.500	15	28	.536	.583	7	7	1.000	2	11	13	11	5	0	7	8	49
10	Joel Kramer	25	7		101	13	25	.520	0	0		13	25	.520	.520	1	2	.500	2	14	16	4	2	2	1	18	27
11	Mike Niles	25	2		4	0	5	.000	0	0		0	5	.000	.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

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	29	82	3088	14.9	.531	.000	.309	7.9	20.1	14.1	9.6	1.0	0.7	14.7	21.5		2.4	5.3	7.6	.119		-0.3	-0.4	-0.7	1.0
2	Dennis Johnson	26	79	2615	17.0	.516	.042	.411	6.9	8.4	7.7	15.8	2.4	1.3	12.6	24.6		4.0	4.4	8.4	.154		1.0	0.8	1.8	2.5
3	Jeff Cook	24	79	2192	11.2	.491	.008	.252	8.7	14.7	11.7	11.8	1.7	1.4	17.6	14.8		0.6	3.8	4.5	.098		-1.5	1.2	-0.3	1.0
4	Walter Davis	26	78	2182	18.4	.579	.015	.227	3.2	6.8	5.1	21.8	2.0	0.3	15.5	25.6		4.0	3.2	7.1	.157		1.8	0.1	1.9	2.1
5	Alvan Adams	26	75	2054	20.3	.567	.000	.298	8.6	20.5	14.7	24.5	2.4	1.9	18.7	23.0		3.3	4.5	7.7	.180		2.5	2.6	5.1	3.7
6	Johnny High	23	81	1750	10.8	.489	.042	.458	5.7	8.6	7.2	15.0	3.4	0.8	21.4	19.6		-0.8	3.3	2.5	.069		-3.4	1.9	-1.5	0.2
7	Rich Kelley	27	81	1686	14.4	.580	.005	.597	8.7	19.9	14.4	21.1	2.1	2.1	30.0	16.1		0.7	3.6	4.3	.121		-0.5	2.9	2.3	1.9
8	Kyle Macy	23	82	1469	14.5	.567	.096	.224	3.4	6.5	5.0	15.1	2.4	0.2	14.0	18.0		2.3	2.2	4.5	.148		-0.2	1.1	0.8	1.1
9	Alvin Scott	25	82	1423	13.4	.550	.017	.365	8.0	12.7	10.4	10.2	1.9	2.8	16.0	13.2		1.6	2.6	4.3	.144		0.1	2.2	2.3	1.6
10	Joel Kramer	25	82	1065	11.8	.562	.004	.353	8.1	15.8	12.0	10.6	1.5	0.9	18.4	13.4		1.0	1.8	2.9	.129		-1.3	1.2	-0.1	0.5
11	Mike Niles	25	44	231	6.7	.373	.029	.268	12.6	15.0	13.8	9.3	1.6	0.2	13.9	30.3		-0.7	0.4	-0.3	-0.062		-6.7	-2.1	-8.8	-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	Dennis Johnson	26	7	267	17.4	.533	.045	.382	3.0	10.5	6.9	13.5	1.8	2.1	12.9	24.4		0.4	0.5	0.9	.161		2.8	0.5	3.3	0.4
2	Truck Robinson	29	7	233	12.0	.402	.000	.442	11.4	24.0	17.9	8.8	1.1	0.5	12.4	19.9		-0.1	0.5	0.4	.080		-0.5	-1.3	-1.9	0.0
3	Alvan Adams	26	7	218	12.2	.512	.000	.467	5.8	14.8	10.5	19.0	1.0	0.3	20.8	18.5		0.1	0.4	0.5	.101		0.1	-0.3	-0.2	0.1
4	Jeff Cook	24	7	206	11.0	.521	.019	.352	9.5	15.6	12.7	8.5	0.3	0.0	13.8	15.5		0.2	0.4	0.6	.136		-0.8	-1.4	-2.1	0.0
5	Walter Davis	26	7	199	16.2	.493	.009	.160	4.1	6.5	5.3	22.4	1.8	0.3	13.0	29.0		0.1	0.3	0.4	.099		1.8	-1.0	0.8	0.1
6	Alvin Scott	25	7	120	13.9	.519	.000	.500	7.7	9.8	8.8	9.2	1.7	3.1	16.1	16.1		0.1	0.2	0.3	.132		1.6	0.9	2.6	0.1
7	Johnny High	23	7	117	10.4	.472	.000	.424	8.9	9.2	9.0	8.1	2.7	1.1	13.3	17.1		0.0	0.3	0.3	.121		-3.0	1.6	-1.4	0.0
8	Rich Kelley	27	7	113	12.5	.465	.040	.560	13.3	20.9	17.2	17.4	2.8	1.7	31.0	17.7		-0.1	0.3	0.2	.069		-0.9	1.6	0.7	0.1
9	Kyle Macy	23	7	102	19.2	.627	.222	.194	2.3	11.6	7.1	19.1	2.6	0.0	15.2	20.0		0.3	0.2	0.5	.224		3.7	1.6	5.2	0.2
10	Joel Kramer	25	7	101	9.8	.522	.000	.080	2.3	14.9	8.8	6.4	1.0	1.2	3.7	11.8		0.1	0.2	0.3	.155		-2.1	1.0	-1.2	0.0
11	Mike Niles	25	2	4	-29.9	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.1	0.0	0.0	55.2		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.990		-27.5	-9.9	-37.3	0.0

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