1979-80 Phoenix Suns Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 55-27
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 3-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Kansas City Kings 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
Coach: John MacLeod (55-27)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 480,659, Avg. 11,723 in 41 home dates

1979-80 Phoenix Suns Roster
1979-80 Phoenix Suns Results

The Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 55 wins and 27 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-5.

Phoenix tossed in 9,114 points and gave up 8,819. Paul Westphal netted a team-leading 1,792 points for the Suns, while Walter Davis scored 18 or more per game, too. Truck Robinson accounted for 770 rebounds. Paul Westphal dished out 416 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Don Buse added 132 thefts.

John MacLeod coached the team. The 1979-80 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
Paul Westphal	G	82	82	2665	1317	692	93	26	443	382	46	141	187	416	119	35	207	162	1792
Walter Davis	G-F	75	73	2309	1166	657	4	0	365	299	75	197	272	337	114	19	242	202	1613
Truck Robinson	F-C	82	82	2710	1064	545	0	0	487	325	213	557	770	142	58	59	251	262	1415
Alvan Adams	C-F	75	64	2168	875	465	2	0	236	188	158	451	609	322	108	55	218	237	1118
Mike Bratz	G	82	1	1589	687	269	86	21	162	141	50	117	167	223	93	9	135	165	700
Don Buse	G	81	81	2499	589	261	79	19	128	85	70	163	233	320	132	10	91	111	626
Johnny High	G	82	0	1121	323	144	7	1	178	120	69	104	173	119	71	15	123	172	409
Garfield Heard	F	82	5	1403	410	171	2	0	86	64	118	262	380	97	84	49	88	177	406
Jeff Cook	F-C	66	14	904	275	129	3	0	129	104	90	151	241	84	28	18	71	102	362
Alvin Scott	F-G	79	4	1303	301	127	3	1	122	95	89	139	228	98	47	53	92	101	350
Joel Kramer	F-C	54	4	711	143	67	1	0	70	56	49	102	151	75	26	5	51	104	190
Rich Kelley	C-F	23	0	373	85	43	0	0	60	47	44	74	118	50	28	17	46	58	133
Totals		863	410	19755	7235	3570	280	68	2466	1906	1071	2458	3529	2283	908	344	1615	1853	9114

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Paul Westphal	G	82	82	32.5	52.5	28.0	86.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	2.5	2.0	21.9
Walter Davis	G-F	75	73	30.8	56.3	0.0	81.9	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.5	1.5	0.3	3.2	2.7	21.5
Truck Robinson	F-C	82	82	33.0	51.2		66.7	2.6	6.8	9.4	1.7	0.7	0.7	3.1	3.2	17.3
Alvan Adams	C-F	75	64	28.9	53.1	0.0	79.7	2.1	6.0	8.1	4.3	1.4	0.7	2.9	3.2	14.9
Mike Bratz	G	82	1	19.4	39.2	24.4	87.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.7	1.1	0.1	1.6	2.0	8.5
Don Buse	G	81	81	30.9	44.3	24.1	66.4	0.9	2.0	2.9	4.0	1.6	0.1	1.1	1.4	7.7
Johnny High	G	82	0	13.7	44.6	14.3	67.4	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.5	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.1	5.0
Garfield Heard	F	82	5	17.1	41.7	0.0	74.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.2	1.0	0.6	1.1	2.2	5.0
Jeff Cook	F-C	66	14	13.7	46.9	0.0	80.6	1.4	2.3	3.7	1.3	0.4	0.3	1.1	1.5	5.5
Alvin Scott	F-G	79	4	16.5	42.2	33.3	77.9	1.1	1.8	2.9	1.2	0.6	0.7	1.2	1.3	4.4
Joel Kramer	F-C	54	4	13.2	46.9	0.0	80.0	0.9	1.9	2.8	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.9	3.5
Rich Kelley	C-F	23	0	16.2	50.6		78.3	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.2	1.2	0.7	2.0	2.5	5.8
Averages		863	410	22.9	49.3	24.3	77.3	1.2	2.8	4.1	2.6	1.1	0.4	1.9	2.1	10.6

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	8	253	142	69	12	1	32	28	2	8	10	31	11	3	13	20	167
Walter Davis	G-F	8	245	137	69	3	0	38	28	9	14	23	35	4	1	20	20	166
Alvan Adams	C-F	8	251	99	56	0	0	19	17	18	59	77	46	7	10	24	24	129
Mike Bratz	G	8	169	84	43	23	9	10	9	6	14	20	16	9	0	13	20	104
Don Buse	G	8	236	64	28	13	5	11	7	8	13	21	44	6	0	13	15	68
Garfield Heard	F	8	223	56	22	0	0	15	11	19	32	51	12	9	11	8	23	55
Jeff Cook	F-C	7	98	24	16	0	0	26	22	5	16	21	7	4	2	5	10	54
Rich Kelley	C-F	8	146	44	19	1	0	10	9	14	22	36	22	9	7	10	17	47
Alvin Scott	F-G	8	140	33	17	2	0	8	4	8	14	22	10	4	5	7	8	38
Johnny High	G	8	120	31	12	2	0	16	8	10	15	25	20	6	2	7	20	32
Truck Robinson	F-C	3	64	16	6	0	0	7	5	0	0	20	4	3	2	8	6	17
Totals		82	1945	730	357	56	15	192	148	99	207	326	247	72	43	128	183	877

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Paul Westphal	G	8	31.6	48.6	8.3	87.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.9	1.4	0.4	1.6	2.5	20.9
Walter Davis	G-F	8	30.6	50.4	0.0	73.7	1.1	1.8	2.9	4.4	0.5	0.1	2.5	2.5	20.8
Alvan Adams	C-F	8	31.4	56.6		89.5	2.3	7.4	9.6	5.8	0.9	1.3	3.0	3.0	16.1
Mike Bratz	G	8	21.1	51.2	39.1	90.0	0.8	1.8	2.5	2.0	1.1	0.0	1.6	2.5	13.0
Don Buse	G	8	29.5	43.8	38.5	63.6	1.0	1.6	2.6	5.5	0.8	0.0	1.6	1.9	8.5
Garfield Heard	F	8	27.9	39.3		73.3	2.4	4.0	6.4	1.5	1.1	1.4	1.0	2.9	6.9
Jeff Cook	F-C	7	14.0	66.7		84.6	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.4	7.7
Rich Kelley	C-F	8	18.3	43.2	0.0	90.0	1.8	2.8	4.5	2.8	1.1	0.9	1.3	2.1	5.9
Alvin Scott	F-G	8	17.5	51.5	0.0	50.0	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.3	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.0	4.8
Johnny High	G	8	15.0	38.7	0.0	50.0	1.3	1.9	3.1	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.5	4.0
Truck Robinson	F-C	3	21.3	37.5		71.4	0.0	0.0	6.7	1.3	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.0	5.7
Averages		863	23.7	48.9	26.8	77.1	1.2	2.5	4.0	3.0	0.9	0.5	1.6	2.2	10.7

1979-80 Phoenix Suns Statistics

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