1975-76 Phoenix Suns Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 42-40
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 10-9 Lost finals
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Seattle Supersonics 4-2
Conference Finals - Defeated Golden State Warriors 4-3
Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-2
Coach: John MacLeod (42-40)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 295,293, Avg. 7,202 in 41 home dates

1975-76 Phoenix Suns Roster
1975-76 Phoenix Suns Results

The Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 42 wins and 40 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 10-9.

The Suns scored 8,620 points and allowed 8,570. Paul Westphal netted a team-leading 1,679 points for Phoenix, and Alvan Adams contributed 17 or more per game, too. Alvan Adams accounted for 727 rebounds. Alvan Adams dished out 450 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Paul Westphal added 210 steals.

John MacLeod coached the team. The 1975-76 Phoenix Suns lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Paul Westphal	G	82	79	2960	1329	657			440	365	74	185	259	440	210	38	218	1679
Alvan Adams	C-F	80	79	2656	1341	629			355	261	215	512	727	450	121	116	274	1519
Curtis Perry	F	71	71	2353	776	386			239	175	197	487	684	182	84	66	269	947
Dick Van Arsdale	G-F	58	54	1870	570	276			235	195	39	98	137	140	52	11	113	747
Keith Erickson	F-G	74	40	1850	649	305			157	134	106	226	332	185	79	6	196	744
Ricky Sobers	G	78	29	1898	623	280			192	158	80	179	259	215	106	7	253	718
John Shumate	F-C	43	11	930	338	186			183	115	61	179	240	62	44	16	76	487
Nate Hawthorne	G	79	1	1144	423	182			170	115	86	123	209	46	33	15	147	479
Garfield Heard	F	36	36	1220	409	185			113	76	109	249	358	64	51	41	120	446
Dennis Awtrey	C	74	3	1376	304	142			109	75	93	200	293	159	21	22	153	359
Pat Riley	G-F	60	6	790	288	112			74	54	15	32	47	57	21	5	107	278
Phil Lumpkin	G	34	0	370	65	22			30	26	7	16	23	48	15	0	26	70
John Wetzel	G-F	37	0	249	46	22			24	20	8	30	38	19	9	3	30	64
Fred Saunders	F	17	0	146	64	28			11	6	11	26	37	13	5	1	23	62
Mike Bantom	F-C	7	1	68	26	8			5	5	7	16	23	3	2	2	13	21
Totals		830	410	19880	7251	3420	0	0	2337	1780	1108	2558	3666	2083	853	349	2018	8620

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Paul Westphal	G	82	79	36.1	49.4	83.0	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.4	2.6	0.5	2.7	20.5
Alvan Adams	C-F	80	79	33.2	46.9	73.5	2.7	6.4	9.1	5.6	1.5	1.5	3.4	19.0
Curtis Perry	F	71	71	33.1	49.7	73.2	2.8	6.9	9.6	2.6	1.2	0.9	3.8	13.3
Dick Van Arsdale	G-F	58	54	32.2	48.4	83.0	0.7	1.7	2.4	2.4	0.9	0.2	1.9	12.9
Keith Erickson	F-G	74	40	25.0	47.0	85.4	1.4	3.1	4.5	2.5	1.1	0.1	2.6	10.1
Ricky Sobers	G	78	29	24.3	44.9	82.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	2.8	1.4	0.1	3.2	9.2
John Shumate	F-C	43	11	21.6	55.0	62.8	1.4	4.2	5.6	1.4	1.0	0.4	1.8	11.3
Nate Hawthorne	G	79	1	14.5	43.0	67.6	1.1	1.6	2.6	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.9	6.1
Garfield Heard	F	36	36	33.9	45.2	67.3	3.0	6.9	9.9	1.8	1.4	1.1	3.3	12.4
Dennis Awtrey	C	74	3	18.6	46.7	68.8	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.1	0.3	0.3	2.1	4.9
Pat Riley	G-F	60	6	13.2	38.9	73.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.8	4.6
Phil Lumpkin	G	34	0	10.9	33.8	86.7	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.8	2.1
John Wetzel	G-F	37	0	6.7	47.8	83.3	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.8	1.7
Fred Saunders	F	17	0	8.6	43.8	54.5	0.6	1.5	2.2	0.8	0.3	0.1	1.4	3.6
Mike Bantom	F-C	7	1	9.7	30.8	100.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.9	3.0
Averages		830	410	24.0	47.2	76.2	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.5	1.0	0.4	2.4	10.4

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Paul Westphal	G	19	685	323	165			93	71	14	33	47	96	34	9	61	401
Alvan Adams	C-F	19	668	303	137			82	67	54	137	191	98	24	20	60	341
Garfield Heard	F	19	721	238	105			81	55	53	144	197	33	39	37	56	265
Ricky Sobers	G	19	563	205	96			66	55	20	43	63	79	18	6	77	247
Curtis Perry	F	19	615	218	99			68	44	63	83	146	36	12	17	78	242
Keith Erickson	F-G	19	426	173	80			68	55	15	52	67	35	11	4	61	215
Dick Van Arsdale	G-F	19	472	125	61			46	40	10	13	23	38	13	2	41	162
Dennis Awtrey	C	19	286	45	21			33	18	17	46	63	25	5	9	38	60
Phil Lumpkin	G	17	136	30	10			14	11	5	8	13	21	2	0	8	31
Nate Hawthorne	G	15	81	26	9			11	8	5	11	16	4	5	1	20	26
Pat Riley	G-F	5	27	15	6			1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	13
John Wetzel	G-F	2	5	0	0			2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2
Totals		191	4685	1701	789	0	0	565	427	256	572	828	470	163	105	505	2005

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Paul Westphal	G	19	36.1	51.1	76.3	0.7	1.7	2.5	5.1	1.8	0.5	3.2	21.1
Alvan Adams	C-F	19	35.2	45.2	81.7	2.8	7.2	10.1	5.2	1.3	1.1	3.2	17.9
Garfield Heard	F	19	37.9	44.1	67.9	2.8	7.6	10.4	1.7	2.1	1.9	2.9	13.9
Ricky Sobers	G	19	29.6	46.8	83.3	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.2	0.9	0.3	4.1	13.0
Curtis Perry	F	19	32.4	45.4	64.7	3.3	4.4	7.7	1.9	0.6	0.9	4.1	12.7
Keith Erickson	F-G	19	22.4	46.2	80.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.8	0.6	0.2	3.2	11.3
Dick Van Arsdale	G-F	19	24.8	48.8	87.0	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.0	0.7	0.1	2.2	8.5
Dennis Awtrey	C	19	15.1	46.7	54.5	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	3.2
Phil Lumpkin	G	17	8.0	33.3	78.6	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.8
Nate Hawthorne	G	15	5.4	34.6	72.7	0.3	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.3	1.7
Pat Riley	G-F	5	5.4	40.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.6
John Wetzel	G-F	2	2.5		100.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
Averages		830	24.5	46.4	75.6	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.5	0.9	0.5	2.6	10.5

1975-76 Phoenix Suns Statistics

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