1976–77 Phoenix Suns season

1976–77 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach John MacLeod
General manager Jerry Colangelo
Owner(s) Richard Bloch
Arena Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record 34–48 (.415)
Place Division: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television KTAR-TV
Radio KTAR

The 1976–77 Phoenix Suns season was the ninth season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. With injuries limiting the team to only six games with a full roster, the Suns plummeted to the bottom of the Pacific division standings, missing the playoffs after appearing in the Finals just one season prior.[1] The Suns were led by head coach John MacLeod and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 10 Ron Lee Guard  United States Oregon
2 30 Al Fleming Forward  United States Arizona
2 33 Raymond "Butch" Feher Guard  United States Vanderbilt
3 45 Ira Terrell Forward  United States Southern Methodist
4 62 Paul Miller Forward  United States Oregon
5 79 Ralph Walker Guard  United States Saint Mary's (CA)
6 97 Carl Brown Guard  United States Eastern Kentucky
7 115 Brad Warble Forward  United States Eastern Illinois
8 133 Tom DeBerry Guard  United States Northern Arizona
9 150 John Irving Center  United States Hofstra
10 166 Gary Jackson Forward  United States Arizona State

Roster

Phoenix Suns roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOB (Y-M-D)From
F/C 33 United States Adams, Alvan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1954-07-19 Oklahoma
C 21 United States Awtrey, Dennis  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1948-02-22 Santa Clara
G/F 14 United States Erickson, Keith 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1944-04-19 UCLA
G 7 United States Feher, Butch 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1954-05-19 Vanderbilt
F 24 United States Heard, Garfield  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1948-05-03 Oklahoma
G 30 United States Lee, Ron 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1952-11-02 Oregon
F 18 United States Perry, Curtis  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1948-09-13 Missouri State
C 54 United States Schlueter, Dale 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1945-11-12 Colorado State
G 40 United States Sobers, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1953-01-15 UNLV
F 32 United States Terrell, Ira 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1954-06-19 SMU
G/F 5 United States Van Arsdale, Dick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1943-02-22 Indiana
G/F 4 United States Van Arsdale, Tom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1943-02-22 Indiana
G 44 United States Westphal, Paul 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1950-11-30 Southern California
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 5329.646–37–416–2511–5
x-Portland Trail Blazers 4933.598435–614–2710–6
x-Golden State Warriors 4636.561729–1217–248–8
Seattle SuperSonics 4042.4881327–1413–286–10
Phoenix Suns 3448.4151926–158–335–11
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers5329.646–
2 y-Denver Nuggets5032.6103
3 x-Portland Trail Blazers4933.5984
4 x-Golden State Warriors4636.5617
5 x-Detroit Pistons4438.5379
6 x-Chicago Bulls4438.5379
7 Kansas City Kings4042.48813
7 Seattle SuperSonics4042.48813
9 Indiana Pacers3646.43917
10 Phoenix Suns3448.41519
11 Milwaukee Bucks3052.36623

Record vs. opponents

1976–77 NBA records
Team ATL BOS BUF CHI CLE DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAL MIL NOJ NYK NYN PHI PHO POR SAS SEA WAS
Atlanta —0–44–02–22–22–20–40–41–30–41–22–22–21–31–33–11–30–43–14–01–21–3
Boston 4–0—3–12–21–33–12–21–32–21–23–12–13–12–22–23–11–32–21–34–02–20–4
Buffalo 0–41–3—1–32–22–23–10–31–31–30–31–33–13–11–32–22–23–11–30–43–10–4
Chicago 2–22–23–1—3–11–32–22–21–32–22–23–13–14–02–22–12–22–20–43–12–21–2
Cleveland 2–23–12–21–3—2–21–32–21–32–13–12–24–02–22–23–11–32–12–22–23–11–3
Denver 2–21–32–23–12–2—3–12–23–03–13–12–23–13–12–23–11–33–12–21–24–02–2
Detroit 4–02–21–32–23–11–3—3–12–22–24–01–33–13–11–23–12–22–22–21–21–31–3
Golden State 4–03–13–02–22–22–21–3—2–14–01–32–21–31–31–33–13–14–01–32–21–33–1
Houston 3–12–23–13–13–10–32–21–2—4–02–22–23–12–22–22–21–33–13–12–23–13–1
Indiana 4–02–13–12–21–21–32–20–40–4—2–21–32–22–22–24–02–22–20–42–22–20–4
Kansas City 2–11–33–02–21–31–30–43–12–22–2—1–32–22–24–04–01–33–12–21–31–32–2
Los Angeles 2–21–23–11–32–22–23–12–22–23–13–1—3–13–01–34–02–23–13–13–13–14–0
Milwaukee 2–21–31–31–30–41–31–33–11–32–22–21–3—1–21–33–11–21–32–23–11–31–3
New Orleans 3–12–21–30–42–21–31–33–12–22–22–20–32–1—3–12–20–43–12–21–31–32–2
N.Y. Knicks 3–12–23–12–22–22–22–13–12–22–20–43–13–11–3—2–21–32–21–31–31–22–2
N.Y. Nets 1–31–32–21–21–31–31–31–32–20–40–40–41–32–22–2—1–32–20–31–31–31–3
Philadelphia 3–13–12–22–23–13–12–21–33–12–23–12–22–14–03–13–1—1–22–21–32–23–1
Phoenix 4–02–21–32–21–21–32–20–41–32–21–31–33–11–32–22–22–1—1–31–33–11–3
Portland 1–33–13–14–02–22–22–23–11–34–02–21–32–22–23–13–02–23–1—2–23–11–2
San Antonio 0–40–44–01–32–22–12–12–22–22–23–11–31–33–13–13–13–13–12–2—3–12–2
Seattle 2–12–21–32–21–30–43–13–11–32–23–11–33–13–12–13–12–21–31–31–3—3–1
Washington 3–14–04–02–13–12–23–11–31–34–02–20–43–12–22–23–11–33–12–12–21–3—

Game log

1976–77 game log
Total: 34–48 (Home: 26–15; Road: 8–33)
1976–77 season schedule

Awards and honors

All-Star

  • Paul Westphal was voted as a starter for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his first All-Star selection. Westphal finished first in voting among Western Conference guards with 163,173 votes.

Season

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 PPG  Points per game

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Alvan Adams726731.6.474.7549.1+4.51.31.218.0
Dennis Awtrey722624.4.429.7224.92.5.3.45.7
Keith Erickson50319.0.483.7402.92.1.6.16.4
Butch Feher48910.1.531+.7681.50.8.2.15.2
Garfield Heard463529.6.379.7259.6+1.91.21.29.7
Ron Lee823422.5.441.6763.63.21.9.410.2
Curtis Perry444231.6.432.7899.01.81.1.610.7
Dale Schlueter3908.6.361.5812.11.0.2.21.8
Ricky Sobers794825.4.496.8413.03.01.2.213.6
Ira Terrell783622.4.508.6315.01.3.5.68.5
Dick Van Arsdale78319.7.456.8731.51.5.4.17.7
Tom Van Arsdale772818.5.433.7032.40.9.3.05.8
Paul Westphal817932.1.518+.8252.35.71.7.321.3

+ – Minimum 50 games played.

Transactions

Trades

August 25, 1976
 To Buffalo Braves----
1977 second-round draft pick (United States Glenn Williams)
Cash considerations
 To Phoenix Suns----

United States Tom Van Arsdale

March 18, 1977
 To Seattle SuperSonics----
1979 second-round draft pick (United States Paul Mokeski)
Cash considerations
 To Phoenix Suns----

Rights to United States Bayard Forrest

Free agents

Additions

Date Player Contract Old Team
September 23, 1976 Marv Roberts Undisclosed Virginia Squires (ABA)
December 7, 1976 Dale Schlueter Undisclosed Buffalo Braves

Subtractions

Date Player Reason Left New Team
August 26, 1976 John Wetzel Retired
September 15, 1976 Paul Miller Waived
September 21, 1976 Pat Riley Retired
October 3, 1976 Carl Brown Waived
October 4, 1976 Al Fleming Waived Indiana Pacers
October 15, 1976 Marv Roberts Waived Los Angeles Lakers
October 15, 1976 Nate Hawthorne Waived
October 15, 1976 Phil Lumpkin Waived

References

  1. ↑ "SUNS: 1976–77". nba.com/history.
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