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. Paul Westphal netted a team-leading 1,941 points for Phoenix, while Walter Davis scored 18 or more per game, too. Alvan Adams contributed 705 rebounds. Paul Westphal dished out 529 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Don Buse added 156 thefts.

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

1978-79 Phoenix Suns Statistics

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