
1981-82 Phoenix Suns Statistics
Team Record: 46-36
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 2-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Denver Nuggets 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-0
Coach: John MacLeod (46-36)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 487,215, Avg. 11,883 in 41 home dates
1981-82 Phoenix Suns Results
The Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association ended the 1981-82 season with a record of 46 wins and 36 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-5.
Phoenix tossed in 8,705 points and allowed 8,422. Dennis Johnson netted a team-leading 1,561 points for the Suns, while Truck Robinson scored 17 or more per game also. Truck Robinson accounted for 721 rebounds. Kyle Macy dished out 384 assists for the squad.
On the defensive side of the ball, Kyle Macy added 143 thefts.
John MacLeod coached the team. The 1981-82 Phoenix Suns lost in the conference semifinals.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Johnson | G | 80 | 77 | 2937 | 1228 | 577 | 42 | 8 | 495 | 399 | 142 | 268 | 410 | 369 | 105 | 55 | 233 | 253 | 1561 |
Truck Robinson | F-C | 74 | 72 | 2745 | 1128 | 579 | 1 | 1 | 371 | 255 | 202 | 519 | 721 | 179 | 42 | 28 | 202 | 215 | 1414 |
Alvan Adams | C-F | 79 | 75 | 2393 | 1027 | 507 | 1 | 0 | 233 | 182 | 138 | 448 | 586 | 356 | 114 | 78 | 196 | 269 | 1196 |
Kyle Macy | G | 82 | 72 | 2845 | 945 | 486 | 100 | 39 | 169 | 152 | 78 | 183 | 261 | 384 | 143 | 9 | 125 | 185 | 1163 |
Walter Davis | G-F | 55 | 12 | 1182 | 669 | 350 | 16 | 3 | 111 | 91 | 21 | 82 | 103 | 162 | 46 | 3 | 112 | 104 | 794 |
Rich Kelley | C-F | 81 | 39 | 1892 | 505 | 236 | 1 | 0 | 223 | 167 | 168 | 329 | 497 | 293 | 64 | 71 | 244 | 292 | 639 |
Larry Nance | F-C | 80 | 0 | 1186 | 436 | 227 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 75 | 95 | 161 | 256 | 82 | 42 | 71 | 104 | 169 | 529 |
Alvin Scott | F-G | 81 | 38 | 1740 | 380 | 189 | 2 | 0 | 148 | 108 | 97 | 197 | 294 | 149 | 59 | 70 | 98 | 169 | 486 |
Jeff Cook | F-C | 76 | 22 | 1298 | 358 | 151 | 2 | 0 | 134 | 89 | 112 | 189 | 301 | 100 | 37 | 23 | 80 | 174 | 391 |
Dudley Bradley | G-F | 64 | 3 | 937 | 281 | 125 | 4 | 1 | 100 | 74 | 30 | 57 | 87 | 80 | 78 | 10 | 71 | 115 | 325 |
Joel Kramer | F-C | 56 | 0 | 549 | 133 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 33 | 36 | 72 | 108 | 51 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 62 | 143 |
Craig Dykema | F | 32 | 0 | 103 | 37 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 43 |
John McCullough | G | 8 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
Totals | 848 | 410 | 19830 | 7140 | 3508 | 174 | 54 | 2157 | 1635 | 1123 | 2517 | 3640 | 2223 | 753 | 429 | 1501 | 2029 | 8705 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Johnson | G | 80 | 77 | 36.7 | 47.0 | 19.0 | 80.6 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 19.5 |
Truck Robinson | F-C | 74 | 72 | 37.1 | 51.3 | 100.0 | 68.7 | 2.7 | 7.0 | 9.7 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 19.1 |
Alvan Adams | C-F | 79 | 75 | 30.3 | 49.4 | 0.0 | 78.1 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 15.1 |
Kyle Macy | G | 82 | 72 | 34.7 | 51.4 | 39.0 | 89.9 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 14.2 |
Walter Davis | G-F | 55 | 12 | 21.5 | 52.3 | 18.8 | 82.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 14.4 |
Rich Kelley | C-F | 81 | 39 | 23.4 | 46.7 | 0.0 | 74.9 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 7.9 |
Larry Nance | F-C | 80 | 0 | 14.8 | 52.1 | 0.0 | 64.1 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 6.6 |
Alvin Scott | F-G | 81 | 38 | 21.5 | 49.7 | 0.0 | 73.0 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 6.0 |
Jeff Cook | F-C | 76 | 22 | 17.1 | 42.2 | 0.0 | 66.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 5.1 |
Dudley Bradley | G-F | 64 | 3 | 14.6 | 44.5 | 25.0 | 74.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 5.1 |
Joel Kramer | F-C | 56 | 0 | 9.8 | 41.4 | 78.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.6 | |
Craig Dykema | F | 32 | 0 | 3.2 | 45.9 | 50.0 | 77.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
John McCullough | G | 8 | 0 | 2.9 | 69.2 | 60.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.6 | |
Averages | 848 | 410 | 23.4 | 49.1 | 31.0 | 75.8 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 10.3 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Johnson | G | 7 | 271 | 132 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 25 | 28 | 156 |
Walter Davis | G-F | 7 | 173 | 116 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 127 |
Alvan Adams | C-F | 7 | 233 | 92 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 22 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 118 |
Kyle Macy | G | 7 | 243 | 89 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 95 |
Truck Robinson | F-C | 7 | 213 | 80 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 93 |
Rich Kelley | C-F | 7 | 191 | 54 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 68 |
Larry Nance | F-C | 7 | 128 | 41 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 54 |
Alvin Scott | F-G | 7 | 127 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 32 |
Joel Kramer | F-C | 4 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
Jeff Cook | F-C | 7 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
Dudley Bradley | G-F | 7 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Craig Dykema | F | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Totals | 80 | 1680 | 665 | 324 | 21 | 5 | 157 | 117 | 95 | 146 | 294 | 200 | 74 | 47 | 119 | 171 | 770 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Johnson | G | 7 | 38.7 | 47.7 | 0.0 | 76.9 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 22.3 |
Walter Davis | G-F | 7 | 24.7 | 44.8 | 33.3 | 91.7 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 18.1 |
Alvan Adams | C-F | 7 | 33.3 | 52.2 | 78.6 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 16.9 | |
Kyle Macy | G | 7 | 34.7 | 42.7 | 36.4 | 93.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 13.6 |
Truck Robinson | F-C | 7 | 30.4 | 56.3 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 13.3 | |
Rich Kelley | C-F | 7 | 27.3 | 50.0 | 70.0 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 9.7 | |
Larry Nance | F-C | 7 | 18.3 | 61.0 | 50.0 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 7.7 | |
Alvin Scott | F-G | 7 | 18.1 | 43.8 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 4.6 |
Joel Kramer | F-C | 4 | 5.0 | 71.4 | 66.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 3.0 | |
Jeff Cook | F-C | 7 | 6.4 | 50.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | ||
Dudley Bradley | G-F | 7 | 3.4 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | |
Craig Dykema | F | 6 | 2.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||
Averages | 848 | 21.0 | 48.7 | 23.8 | 74.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 9.6 |