1982-83 Phoenix Suns Statistics
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 53-29
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Denver Nuggets 2-1
Coach: John MacLeod (53-29)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 465,603, Avg. 11,356 in 41 home dates
1982-83 Phoenix Suns RosterTeam Record: 53-29
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Denver Nuggets 2-1
Coach: John MacLeod (53-29)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 465,603, Avg. 11,356 in 41 home dates
1982-83 Phoenix Suns Results
The Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association ended the 1982-83 season with a record of 53 wins and 29 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.
Phoenix racked up 8,776 points and allowed 8,361. Walter Davis netted a team-leading 1,521 points for the Suns, and Maurice Lucas contributed 799 rebounds. Walter Davis dished out 397 assists for the squad.
On defense, Walter Davis added 117 steals, while Larry Nance blocked 217 shots.
John MacLeod coached the team. The 1982-83 Phoenix Suns lost in the conference first round.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Davis | G-F | 80 | 79 | 2491 | 1289 | 665 | 23 | 7 | 225 | 184 | 63 | 134 | 197 | 397 | 117 | 12 | 188 | 186 | 1521 |
| Larry Nance | F-C | 82 | 82 | 2914 | 1069 | 588 | 3 | 1 | 287 | 193 | 239 | 471 | 710 | 197 | 99 | 217 | 190 | 254 | 1370 |
| Maurice Lucas | F-C | 77 | 71 | 2586 | 1045 | 495 | 3 | 1 | 356 | 278 | 201 | 598 | 799 | 219 | 56 | 43 | 221 | 274 | 1269 |
| Alvan Adams | C-F | 80 | 75 | 2447 | 981 | 477 | 3 | 1 | 217 | 180 | 161 | 387 | 548 | 376 | 114 | 74 | 242 | 287 | 1135 |
| Dennis Johnson | G | 77 | 74 | 2551 | 861 | 398 | 31 | 5 | 369 | 292 | 92 | 243 | 335 | 388 | 97 | 39 | 204 | 204 | 1093 |
| Kyle Macy | G | 82 | 9 | 1836 | 634 | 328 | 76 | 23 | 148 | 129 | 41 | 124 | 165 | 278 | 64 | 8 | 90 | 130 | 808 |
| Alvin Scott | F-G | 81 | 9 | 1139 | 259 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 81 | 60 | 164 | 224 | 97 | 48 | 31 | 64 | 133 | 329 |
| Rory White | F | 65 | 0 | 626 | 234 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 70 | 47 | 58 | 105 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 51 | 54 | 324 |
| Johnny High | G | 82 | 2 | 1155 | 217 | 100 | 5 | 1 | 136 | 63 | 45 | 105 | 150 | 153 | 85 | 34 | 106 | 205 | 264 |
| David Thirdkill | F-G | 49 | 2 | 521 | 170 | 74 | 7 | 1 | 78 | 45 | 28 | 44 | 72 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 48 | 93 | 194 |
| Jeff Cook | F-C | 45 | 2 | 551 | 142 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 41 | 44 | 85 | 129 | 58 | 12 | 13 | 56 | 89 | 163 |
| James Edwards | C-F | 16 | 1 | 285 | 113 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 31 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 49 | 141 |
| Joel Kramer | F-C | 54 | 4 | 458 | 104 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 41 | 47 | 88 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 63 | 102 |
| Charlie Pittman | F | 28 | 0 | 170 | 40 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 41 | 63 |
| Totals | 898 | 410 | 19730 | 7158 | 3555 | 158 | 40 | 2189 | 1626 | 1094 | 2518 | 3612 | 2300 | 749 | 495 | 1523 | 2062 | 8776 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Davis | G-F | 80 | 79 | 31.1 | 51.6 | 30.4 | 81.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 19.0 |
| Larry Nance | F-C | 82 | 82 | 35.5 | 55.0 | 33.3 | 67.2 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 8.7 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 16.7 |
| Maurice Lucas | F-C | 77 | 71 | 33.6 | 47.4 | 33.3 | 78.1 | 2.6 | 7.8 | 10.4 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 16.5 |
| Alvan Adams | C-F | 80 | 75 | 30.6 | 48.6 | 33.3 | 82.9 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 14.2 |
| Dennis Johnson | G | 77 | 74 | 33.1 | 46.2 | 16.1 | 79.1 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 14.2 |
| Kyle Macy | G | 82 | 9 | 22.4 | 51.7 | 30.3 | 87.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 9.9 |
| Alvin Scott | F-G | 81 | 9 | 14.1 | 47.9 | 0.0 | 73.6 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 4.1 |
| Rory White | F | 65 | 0 | 9.6 | 54.3 | 0.0 | 64.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| Johnny High | G | 82 | 2 | 14.1 | 46.1 | 20.0 | 46.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| David Thirdkill | F-G | 49 | 2 | 10.6 | 43.5 | 14.3 | 57.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| Jeff Cook | F-C | 45 | 2 | 12.2 | 43.0 | 0.0 | 75.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.6 |
| James Edwards | C-F | 16 | 1 | 17.8 | 48.7 | 66.0 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 8.8 | |
| Joel Kramer | F-C | 54 | 4 | 8.5 | 42.3 | 0.0 | 87.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Charlie Pittman | F | 28 | 0 | 6.1 | 47.5 | 0.0 | 67.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| Averages | 898 | 410 | 22.0 | 49.7 | 25.3 | 74.3 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 9.8 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Davis | G-F | 3 | 113 | 69 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 78 |
| Dennis Johnson | G | 3 | 108 | 48 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 54 |
| Larry Nance | F-C | 3 | 103 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 36 |
| Alvan Adams | C-F | 3 | 84 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 35 |
| Kyle Macy | G | 3 | 72 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 35 |
| James Edwards | C-F | 3 | 54 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 28 |
| Maurice Lucas | F-C | 2 | 57 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 26 |
| Rory White | F | 3 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| Alvin Scott | F-G | 3 | 62 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| Johnny High | G | 3 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| Joel Kramer | F-C | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Pittman | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 745 | 306 | 137 | 8 | 1 | 75 | 57 | 49 | 102 | 151 | 79 | 26 | 25 | 40 | 77 | 332 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Davis | G-F | 3 | 37.7 | 43.5 | 50.0 | 81.0 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| Dennis Johnson | G | 3 | 36.0 | 45.8 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 18.0 |
| Larry Nance | F-C | 3 | 34.3 | 40.0 | 80.0 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 8.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 12.0 | |
| Alvan Adams | C-F | 3 | 28.0 | 46.9 | 71.4 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 11.7 | |
| Kyle Macy | G | 3 | 24.0 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 71.4 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 11.7 |
| James Edwards | C-F | 3 | 18.0 | 42.3 | 100.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 9.3 | |
| Maurice Lucas | F-C | 2 | 28.5 | 57.1 | 50.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 13.0 | |
| Rory White | F | 3 | 13.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 5.3 |
| Alvin Scott | F-G | 3 | 20.7 | 46.2 | 100.0 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 4.7 | |
| Johnny High | G | 3 | 15.0 | 45.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
| Joel Kramer | F-C | 2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Charlie Pittman | F | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Averages | 898 | 23.3 | 44.8 | 12.5 | 76.0 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 10.4 |
