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1974-1975 Phoenix Suns: 32-50 .390
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 22-19 (4132 points scored, 4100 allowed) Road record: 9-29 (3868 points scored, 4083 allowed) Other sites: 1-2 (297 points scored, 309 allowed)

Head Coach: John MacLeod 8297 points scored (12th of 18 teams), 8492 points allowed (12th) NBA Averages: 102.6 points/game (8416.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Dennis Awtrey 6'10 235 26 Santa Clara Mike Bantom 6'9 200 23 St. Joseph's Corky Calhoun 6'7 210 24 Penn Keith Erickson 6'5 195 30 UCLA Nate Hawthorne 6'4 190 24 Southern Illinois Greg Jackson 6'0 180 22 Guilford Gary Melchionni 6'2 185 23 Duke Jim Owens 6'5 200 24 Arizona State Curtis Perry 6'7 220 26 Southwest Missouri State Fred Saunders 6'7 210 23 Syracuse Charlie Scott 6'5 175 26 North Carolina Dick Van Arsdale 6'4 210 31 Indiana Earl Williams 6'7 230 23 Winston-Salem State
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Charlie Scott 69 2592 703 1594 0 0 274 351 72 201 273 311 111 24 0 296 1680 24.3 G Dick Van Arsdale 70 2419 421 895 0 0 282 339 52 137 189 195 81 11 0 177 1124 16.1 F Curtis Perry 79 2688 437 917 0 0 184 256 347 593 940 186 108 78 0 288 1058 13.4 F Mike Bantom 82 2239 418 907 0 0 185 259 211 342 553 159 62 47 0 273 1021 12.5 C Dennis Awtrey 82 2837 339 722 0 0 132 195 242 462 704 342 60 52 0 227 810 9.9 F Keith Erickson 49 1469 237 557 0 0 130 156 70 173 243 170 50 12 0 150 604 12.3 G Gary Melchionni 68 1529 232 539 0 0 114 141 45 142 187 156 48 12 0 116 578 8.5 F Fred Saunders 69 1059 176 406 0 0 66 95 82 171 253 80 41 15 0 151 418 6.1 C Earl Williams 79 1040 163 394 0 0 45 103 156 300 456 95 28 32 0 146 371 4.7 G Nate Hawthorne 50 618 118 287 0 0 61 94 34 58 92 39 30 21 0 94 297 5.9 G Greg Jackson 44 775 69 166 0 0 36 62 17 50 67 93 23 9 0 125 174 4.0 F Jim Owens 41 432 56 145 0 0 12 16 7 36 43 49 16 2 0 27 124 3.0 F Corky Calhoun 13 108 12 32 0 0 14 15 14 19 33 4 6 2 0 20 38 2.9
1974 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1    4  John Shumate             318          Notre Dame                     
  2   31  Fred Saunders            210          Syracuse                         [pick acquired from LA]
  3   40  George Gervin            791    269   Eastern Michigan               
  3   49  Earl Williams            146          Winston-Salem State              [pick acquired from WAS]
  4   58  Randy Allen                           Indiana (PA)                   
  5   76  Ralph Bobik                           Creighton                      
  6   94  Collis Temple                    24   Louisiana State                
  7  112  Clyde Dickey                     58   Boise State                    
  8  130  Tom Holland                           Oklahoma                       
  9  148  Ted Evans                             Oklahoma                       
 10  165  Mark Wasley                           Arizona State                  

Traded draft picks:

#2 to WAS via LA  (Truck Robinson)

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/17/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 114-97 1-0 10/19/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 91-94 1-1 10/23/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 100-90 2-1 10/25/1974 at Seattle Supersonics L 97-106 2-2 10/27/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 116-123 2-3 10/30/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 104-99 3-3 11/02/1974 at Washington Bullets L 94-108 3-4 11/03/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-104 3-5 11/07/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 108-109 3-6 11/08/1974 at New Orleans Jazz W 105-102 4-6 11/09/1974 at Houston Rockets W 101-96 5-6 11/13/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 105-100 6-6 11/15/1974 vs Chicago Bulls L 95-102 6-7 11/17/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 105-106 6-8 11/19/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 108-122 6-9 11/20/1974 at Detroit Pistons W 114-106 7-9 11/22/1974 at Boston Celtics L 94-95 7-10 11/23/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 104-117 7-11 11/26/1974 vs New Orleans Jazz W 120-110 8-11 11/28/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 85-88 8-12 11/30/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 112-100 9-12 12/01/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-111 9-13 12/03/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks L 85-91 9-14 12/05/1974 vs Golden State Warriors W 108-106 10-14 12/07/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 92-88 11-14 12/08/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 102-107 11-15 12/11/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 104-100 12-15 12/13/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 85-84 13-15 12/19/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 108-112 13-16 12/21/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 114-104 14-16 12/23/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 94-111 14-17 12/25/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 110-96 15-17 12/27/1974 vs Buffalo Braves L 92-108 15-18 01/02/1975 at New York Knicks L 113-117 15-19 01/03/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 99-126 15-20 01/05/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 86-97 15-21 01/08/1975 vs Washington Bullets L 95-102 15-22 01/10/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 110-113 15-23 01/11/1975 vs New York Knicks W 113-107 16-23 01/17/1975 at Chicago Bulls W 115-105 17-23 01/18/1975 at Detroit Pistons L 77-86 17-24 01/19/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 109-97 18-24
Date Opponent Result Record 01/21/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 95-101 18-25 01/25/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 94-90 19-25 01/28/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers L 107-115 19-26 01/29/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics L 85-99 19-27 01/31/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 105-101 20-27 02/04/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 90-89 21-27 02/05/1975 at Seattle Supersonics W 107-102 22-27 02/06/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics W 112-105 23-27 02/08/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 96-105 23-28 02/12/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 108-96 24-28 02/14/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 106-112 24-29 02/15/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks L 107-111 24-30 02/18/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 109-124 24-31 02/19/1975 at Washington Bullets L 97-120 24-32 02/21/1975 at New Orleans Jazz L 96-98 24-33 02/23/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks W 106-97 25-33 02/25/1975 at Golden State Warriors W 111-97 26-33 02/26/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 108-96 27-33 02/28/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 102-96 28-33 03/02/1975 at Houston Rockets L 104-110 28-34 03/04/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 99-103 28-35 03/06/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 88-65 29-35 03/07/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers L 98-120 29-36 03/08/1975 vs Houston Rockets L 107-112 29-37 03/11/1975 at New York Knicks L 98-103 29-38 03/12/1975 at Boston Celtics L 82-88 29-39 03/14/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 97-108 29-40 03/16/1975 at Atlanta Hawks L 114-117 29-41 03/18/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 103-133 29-42 03/19/1975 vs New York Knicks L 96-101 29-43 03/21/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 108-112 29-44 03/22/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers L 92-94 29-45 03/23/1975 at Seattle Supersonics W 102-96 30-45 03/25/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 92-87 31-45 03/27/1975 vs Detroit Pistons L 79-91 31-46 03/29/1975 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 100-104 31-47 03/30/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers L 90-104 31-48 04/02/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 108-106 32-48 04/04/1975 vs Golden State Warriors L 99-128 32-49 04/06/1975 at Seattle Supersonics L 111-114 32-50

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