1971-72 Phoenix Suns Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 49-33
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (49-33)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 342,922, Avg. 8,364 in 41 home dates

1971-72 Phoenix Suns Roster
1971-72 Phoenix Suns Results

The Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 49 wins and 33 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference.

Phoenix tossed in 9,534 points and surrendered 9,083. Dick Van Arsdale netted a team-leading 1,619 points for the Suns, and Connie Hawkins scored 19 or more per game also. Paul Silas contributed 955 rebounds. Paul Silas dished out 343 assists for the squad.

Cotton Fitzsimmons coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dick Van Arsdale	G-F	82	3096	1178	545			626	529	334	297	232	1619
Connie Hawkins	F-C	76	2798	1244	571			565	456	633	296	235	1598
Paul Silas	F-C	80	3082	1031	485			560	433	955	343	201	1403
Neal Walk	C	81	2142	1057	506			344	256	665	151	295	1268
Clem Haskins	G	79	2453	1054	509			258	220	270	290	194	1238
Mo Layton	G	80	1849	717	304			165	122	164	247	219	730
Otto Moore	C-F	81	1624	597	260			156	94	540	88	212	614
Mel Counts	C-F	76	906	344	147			140	101	257	96	159	395
Lamar Green	F-C	67	991	298	133			90	66	348	45	134	332
Charlie Scott	G-F	6	177	113	48			21	17	23	26	19	113
John Wetzel	G-F	51	419	82	31			30	24	65	56	71	86
Jeff Webb	G	27	129	65	31			10	5	17	16	21	67
Art Harris	G	21	145	70	23			21	9	13	18	26	55
Fred Taylor	G-F	13	69	27	6			13	4	17	7	8	16
Totals		820	19880	7877	3599	0	0	2999	2336	4301	1976	2026	9534

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Dick Van Arsdale	G-F	82	37.8	46.3	84.5	4.1	3.6	2.8	19.7
Connie Hawkins	F-C	76	36.8	45.9	80.7	8.3	3.9	3.1	21.0
Paul Silas	F-C	80	38.5	47.0	77.3	11.9	4.3	2.5	17.5
Neal Walk	C	81	26.4	47.9	74.4	8.2	1.9	3.6	15.7
Clem Haskins	G	79	31.1	48.3	85.3	3.4	3.7	2.5	15.7
Mo Layton	G	80	23.1	42.4	73.9	2.1	3.1	2.7	9.1
Otto Moore	C-F	81	20.0	43.6	60.3	6.7	1.1	2.6	7.6
Mel Counts	C-F	76	11.9	42.7	72.1	3.4	1.3	2.1	5.2
Lamar Green	F-C	67	14.8	44.6	73.3	5.2	0.7	2.0	5.0
Charlie Scott	G-F	6	29.5	42.5	81.0	3.8	4.3	3.2	18.8
John Wetzel	G-F	51	8.2	37.8	80.0	1.3	1.1	1.4	1.7
Jeff Webb	G	27	4.8	47.7	50.0	0.6	0.6	0.8	2.5
Art Harris	G	21	6.9	32.9	42.9	0.6	0.9	1.2	2.6
Fred Taylor	G-F	13	5.3	22.2	30.8	1.3	0.5	0.6	1.2
Averages		820	24.2	45.7	77.9	5.2	2.4	2.5	11.6

1971-72 Phoenix Suns Statistics

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