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1969-1970 Phoenix Suns: 39-43 .476
Next Season Home record: 22-15 (4441 points scored, 4436 allowed) Road record: 11-25 (4252 points scored, 4426 allowed) Other sites: 6-3 (1093 points scored, 1065 allowed)

Head Coaches: Red Kerr (15-23), Jerry Colangelo (24-20) 9786 points scored (3rd of 14 teams), 9927 points allowed (13th) NBA Averages: 116.7 points/game (9569.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jerry Chambers 6'5 185 26 Utah Jim Fox 6'10 230 26 South Carolina Gail Goodrich 6'1 170 26 UCLA Lamar Green 6'7 210 22 Morehead State Art Harris 6'4 185 22 Stanford Connie Hawkins 6'8 210 27 Iowa Neil Johnson 6'7 220 26 Creighton Stan McKenzie 6'5 195 25 New York University Paul Silas 6'7 220 26 Creighton Dick Snyder 6'5 207 25 Davidson Dick Van Arsdale 6'4 210 26 Indiana Neal Walk 6'10 220 21 Florida
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Connie Hawkins 81 3312 709 1447 0 0 577 741 0 0 846 391 0 0 0 287 1995 24.6 G Dick Van Arsdale 77 2966 592 1166 0 0 459 575 0 0 264 338 0 0 0 282 1643 21.3 G Gail Goodrich 81 3234 568 1251 0 0 488 604 0 0 340 605 0 0 0 251 1624 20.0 C Jim Fox 81 2041 413 788 0 0 218 283 0 0 570 93 0 0 0 261 1044 12.9 F Paul Silas 78 2836 373 804 0 0 250 412 0 0 916 214 0 0 0 266 996 12.8 C Neal Walk 82 1394 257 547 0 0 155 242 0 0 455 80 0 0 0 225 669 8.2 F Jerry Chambers 79 1139 283 658 0 0 91 125 0 0 219 54 0 0 0 162 657 8.3 G Art Harris 76 1375 257 650 0 0 82 125 0 0 142 211 0 0 0 209 596 7.8 F Lamar Green 58 700 101 234 0 0 41 70 0 0 276 17 0 0 0 115 243 4.2 F Stan McKenzie 58 525 81 206 0 0 58 73 0 0 93 52 0 0 0 67 220 3.8 G Dick Snyder 6 147 22 45 0 0 7 8 0 0 15 9 0 0 0 20 51 8.5 F Neil Johnson 28 136 20 60 0 0 8 12 0 0 47 12 0 0 0 38 48 1.7
1969 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1    2  Neal Walk                568          Florida                        
  2   24  Gene Williams                     1   Kansas State                     [pick acquired from BOS]
  3   30  Floyd Kerr                            Colorado State                 
  3   33  Lamar Green              360     51   Morehead State                   [pick acquired from DET]
  3   39  Lloyd Kerr                            Colorado State                   [pick acquired from ATL]
  4   44  Dennis Stewart             2     10   Michigan                       
  5   58  Rich Jones                34    474   Memphis State                  
  6   72  Dan Sadlier                           Dayton                         
  7   86  Bill Sweet                            UCLA                           
  8  100  Bob Edwards                           Arizona State                  
  9  114  Steve Jennings                        USC                            
 10  128  Rich Abrahamson                       Oregon                         
 11  142  Fred Lind                             Duke                           
 12  156  Bob Miller                            Toledo                         
 13  169  Andy White                            Texas-El Paso                  
 14  180  Marv Schmitt                          West Mexico                    
 15  189  Bob Beamon                            Texas-El Paso                  
 16  195  Wayne Huckel                          Davidson                       
 17  201  Howie Dickerman                       Central Connecticut            
 18  207  Al Nuness                             Minnesota                      
 19  212  Solomon Davis                         Kentucky State                 
 20  216  Jim Plump                             Northern Arizona               

Traded draft picks:

#2 to CHI (Simmie Hill)


Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 03/25/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 112-128 03/29/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers W 114-101 04/02/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 112-98 04/04/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 112-102 04/05/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 121-138 04/07/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 93-104 04/09/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 94-129
Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Connie Hawkins 7 328 62 150 54 66 97 41 22 178 25.4 G Gail Goodrich 7 265 56 118 30 35 32 38 21 142 20.3 G Dick Van Arsdale 7 255 43 100 29 33 18 29 23 115 16.4 F Paul Silas 7 286 46 109 21 32 111 30 29 113 16.1 C Jim Fox 6 174 25 69 17 24 64 8 20 67 11.2 C Neal Walk 5 63 17 43 6 8 35 2 13 40 8.0 F Jerry Chambers 7 73 14 37 5 8 17 7 6 33 4.7 G Art Harris 7 89 15 42 0 2 13 12 13 30 4.3 F Stan McKenzie 7 71 8 29 4 5 9 3 14 20 2.9 F Lamar Green 6 69 8 28 2 5 23 5 8 18 3.0 F Neil Johnson 2 7 1 3 0 0 4 0 4 2 1.0

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/16/1969 vs San Diego Rockets W 116-114 1-0 10/18/1969 at Atlanta Hawks L 116-121 1-1 10/21/1969 at New York Knicks L 116-140 1-2 10/22/1969 at Philadelphia 76ers L 119-122 1-3 10/24/1969 vs Chicago Bulls L 115-116 1-4 10/25/1969 at San Diego Rockets W 115-107 2-4 10/26/1969 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 99-119 2-5 10/30/1969 vs Cincinnati Royals W 106-104 3-5 11/04/1969 vs New York Knicks L 99-116 3-6 11/07/1969 at Los Angeles Lakers W 122-120 4-6 11/09/1969 vs Detroit Pistons W 140-129 5-6 11/13/1969 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 110-124 5-7 11/14/1969 at Los Angeles Lakers L 112-127 5-8 11/15/1969 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 114-111 6-8 11/16/1969 vs Atlanta Hawks W 139-118 7-8 11/18/1969 at Boston Celtics L 119-120 7-9 11/19/1969 at Baltimore Bullets L 118-133 7-10 11/21/1969 at Baltimore Bullets L 116-126 7-11 11/22/1969 at New York Knicks L 114-128 7-12 11/23/1969 at Cincinnati Royals L 123-137 7-13 11/25/1969 vs Baltimore Bullets L 124-134 7-14 11/29/1969 at Seattle Supersonics L 129-130 7-15 11/30/1969 vs Seattle Supersonics W 116-108 8-15 12/02/1969 vs Chicago Bulls W 121-110 9-15 12/04/1969 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 119-109 10-15 12/05/1969 vs Chicago Bulls W 114-113 11-15 12/07/1969 vs Detroit Pistons L 113-118 11-16 12/09/1969 at Chicago Bulls L 102-109 11-17 12/10/1969 at Baltimore Bullets W 137-107 12-17 12/12/1969 at Seattle Supersonics W 130-116 13-17 12/13/1969 vs Cincinnati Royals W 126-110 14-17 12/14/1969 vs Cincinnati Royals L 130-137 14-18 12/16/1969 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 119-141 14-19 12/20/1969 at Detroit Pistons L 113-114 14-20 12/21/1969 at Milwaukee Bucks L 111-118 14-21 12/25/1969 vs Boston Celtics W 127-116 15-21 12/28/1969 vs New York Knicks L 116-135 15-22 12/30/1969 at Seattle Supersonics L 121-134 15-23 01/02/1970 vs San Diego Rockets W 121-120 16-23 01/03/1970 vs Detroit Pistons W 114-109 17-23 01/04/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 112-120 17-24 01/06/1970 at Cincinnati Royals L 124-128 17-25
Date Opponent Result Record 01/08/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 123-152 17-26 01/09/1970 at Milwaukee Bucks L 116-120 17-27 01/10/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers W 119-117 18-27 01/11/1970 at Cincinnati Royals W 125-118 19-27 01/12/1970 vs New York Knicks L 114-130 19-28 01/15/1970 vs Baltimore Bullets W 124-115 20-28 01/17/1970 vs Seattle Supersonics L 131-134 20-29 01/18/1970 vs Baltimore Bullets W 134-133 21-29 01/22/1970 at Seattle Supersonics W 129-120 22-29 01/23/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors L 132-138 22-30 01/24/1970 at San Francisco Warriors W 109-99 23-30 01/25/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 106-118 23-31 01/29/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks W 111-102 24-31 01/30/1970 at San Francisco Warriors L 116-125 24-32 01/31/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 106-107 24-33 02/01/1970 at San Diego Rockets W 105-103 25-33 02/03/1970 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 131-123 26-33 02/06/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors W 122-117 27-33 02/07/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 121-117 28-33 02/10/1970 at Boston Celtics W 122-117 29-33 02/11/1970 at Milwaukee Bucks L 120-127 29-34 02/12/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 121-122 29-35 02/13/1970 at Detroit Pistons L 120-132 29-36 02/15/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers L 125-159 29-37 02/17/1970 at Seattle Supersonics W 129-118 30-37 02/18/1970 vs Boston Celtics L 113-116 30-38 02/20/1970 vs San Diego Rockets W 126-117 31-38 02/22/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 124-144 31-39 02/24/1970 at New York Knicks L 105-121 31-40 02/26/1970 at Detroit Pistons W 131-123 32-40 02/27/1970 at Boston Celtics W 134-125 33-40 03/01/1970 at Atlanta Hawks W 109-98 34-40 03/03/1970 vs Chicago Bulls L 111-123 34-41 03/06/1970 at San Francisco Warriors L 97-107 34-42 03/08/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks W 130-119 35-42 03/15/1970 at Atlanta Hawks L 111-126 35-43 03/17/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors W 133-121 36-43 03/19/1970 vs Boston Celtics W 127-123 37-43 03/20/1970 vs San Diego Rockets W 127-104 38-43 03/22/1970 at San Diego Rockets W 130-129 39-43

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