1978-79 Phoenix Suns Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 50-32
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 9-6 Lost conference finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Portland Trail Blazers 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Kansas City Kings 4-1
Conference Finals - Lost to Seattle Supersonics 4-3
Coach: John MacLeod (50-32)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 465,010, Avg. 11,342 in 41 home dates

1978-79 Phoenix Suns Roster
1978-79 Phoenix Suns Results

The Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 50 wins and 32 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 9-6.

The Suns poured in 9,459 points and yielded 9,156.

John MacLeod coached the team. The 1978-79 Phoenix Suns lost in the conference finals.

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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
Paul Westphal	G	81	81	2641	1496	801			405	339	35	124	159	529	111	26	232	159	1941
Walter Davis	G-F	79	78	2437	1362	764			409	340	111	262	373	339	147	26	293	250	1868
Alvan Adams	C-F	77	74	2364	1073	569			289	231	220	485	705	360	110	63	279	246	1369
Don Buse	G	82	82	2544	576	285			91	70	44	173	217	356	156	18	96	149	640
Mike Bratz	G	77	0	1297	533	242			170	139	55	86	141	179	64	7	135	151	623
Alvin Scott	F-G	81	28	1737	396	212			168	120	104	256	360	126	80	62	99	139	544
Joel Kramer	F-C	82	1	1401	370	181			176	125	134	203	337	92	45	23	98	224	487
Ron Lee	G	43	1	948	383	173			104	74	42	71	113	132	69	4	116	138	420
Truck Robinson	F-C	26	20	756	333	169			123	79	56	169	225	39	17	12	90	76	417
Garfield Heard	F	63	37	1213	367	162			103	71	98	253	351	60	53	57	60	141	395
Bayard Forrest	C	75	8	1243	272	118			115	62	110	205	315	167	29	37	107	151	298
Marty Byrnes	F	43	0	734	223	109			100	73	49	48	97	61	15	2	79	69	291
Ted McClain	G	36	0	465	132	62			46	42	25	44	69	60	19	0	54	51	166
Totals		845	410	19780	7516	3847	0	0	2299	1765	1083	2379	3462	2500	915	337	1738	1944	9459

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Paul Westphal	G	81	81	32.6	53.5	83.7	0.4	1.5	2.0	6.5	1.4	0.3	2.9	2.0	24.0
Walter Davis	G-F	79	78	30.8	56.1	83.1	1.4	3.3	4.7	4.3	1.9	0.3	3.7	3.2	23.6
Alvan Adams	C-F	77	74	30.7	53.0	79.9	2.9	6.3	9.2	4.7	1.4	0.8	3.6	3.2	17.8
Don Buse	G	82	82	31.0	49.5	76.9	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.9	0.2	1.2	1.8	7.8
Mike Bratz	G	77	0	16.8	45.4	81.8	0.7	1.1	1.8	2.3	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.0	8.1
Alvin Scott	F-G	81	28	21.4	53.5	71.4	1.3	3.2	4.4	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.2	1.7	6.7
Joel Kramer	F-C	82	1	17.1	48.9	71.0	1.6	2.5	4.1	1.1	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.7	5.9
Ron Lee	G	43	1	22.0	45.2	71.2	1.0	1.7	2.6	3.1	1.6	0.1	2.7	3.2	9.8
Truck Robinson	F-C	26	20	29.1	50.8	64.2	2.2	6.5	8.7	1.5	0.7	0.5	3.5	2.9	16.0
Garfield Heard	F	63	37	19.3	44.1	68.9	1.6	4.0	5.6	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.0	2.2	6.3
Bayard Forrest	C	75	8	16.6	43.4	53.9	1.5	2.7	4.2	2.2	0.4	0.5	1.4	2.0	4.0
Marty Byrnes	F	43	0	17.1	48.9	73.0	1.1	1.1	2.3	1.4	0.3	0.0	1.8	1.6	6.8
Ted McClain	G	36	0	12.9	47.0	91.3	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.7	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.4	4.6
Averages		845	410	23.4	51.2	76.8	1.3	2.8	4.1	3.0	1.1	0.4	2.1	2.3	11.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Paul Westphal	G	15	534	287	142			66	52	7	26	33	64	15	5	38	38	336
Walter Davis	G-F	15	490	244	127			96	78	24	45	69	79	26	5	66	41	332
Mike Bratz	G	15	293	115	57			59	45	10	11	21	30	15	3	29	42	159
Truck Robinson	F-C	15	392	139	56			69	45	38	83	121	10	6	12	31	52	157
Alvan Adams	C-F	12	372	139	66			31	22	25	65	90	53	11	12	36	41	154
Don Buse	G	15	512	116	47			33	24	17	38	55	52	23	5	15	31	118
Joel Kramer	F-C	15	257	59	32			36	26	21	36	57	19	9	7	16	44	90
Garfield Heard	F	15	320	86	32			30	18	24	82	106	13	12	26	21	39	82
Alvin Scott	F-G	15	217	52	20			21	13	14	28	42	22	6	16	14	20	53
Ted McClain	G	14	103	34	15			16	13	5	11	16	13	6	0	16	20	43
Bayard Forrest	C	14	110	18	10			10	2	9	20	29	11	0	2	10	21	22
Totals		160	3600	1289	604	0	0	467	338	194	445	639	366	129	93	292	389	1546

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Paul Westphal	G	15	35.6	49.5	78.8	0.5	1.7	2.2	4.3	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.5	22.4
Walter Davis	G-F	15	32.7	52.0	81.3	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	1.7	0.3	4.4	2.7	22.1
Mike Bratz	G	15	19.5	49.6	76.3	0.7	0.7	1.4	2.0	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.8	10.6
Truck Robinson	F-C	15	26.1	40.3	65.2	2.5	5.5	8.1	0.7	0.4	0.8	2.1	3.5	10.5
Alvan Adams	C-F	12	31.0	47.5	71.0	2.1	5.4	7.5	4.4	0.9	1.0	3.0	3.4	12.8
Don Buse	G	15	34.1	40.5	72.7	1.1	2.5	3.7	3.5	1.5	0.3	1.0	2.1	7.9
Joel Kramer	F-C	15	17.1	54.2	72.2	1.4	2.4	3.8	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.1	2.9	6.0
Garfield Heard	F	15	21.3	37.2	60.0	1.6	5.5	7.1	0.9	0.8	1.7	1.4	2.6	5.5
Alvin Scott	F-G	15	14.5	38.5	61.9	0.9	1.9	2.8	1.5	0.4	1.1	0.9	1.3	3.5
Ted McClain	G	14	7.4	44.1	81.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.4	3.1
Bayard Forrest	C	14	7.9	55.6	20.0	0.6	1.4	2.1	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.7	1.5	1.6
Averages		845	22.5	46.9	72.4	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.3	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.4	9.7