1974–75 Phoenix Suns season

The 1974–75 Phoenix Suns season was the seventh season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns' roster averaged 2.8 years of professional experience, and included four one-year players in addition to three rookies. Coming off a 30–52 season, the Suns only improved by two games, finishing 32–50 under second-year head coach John MacLeod. All home games were played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

1974–75 Phoenix Suns season
Head coachJohn MacLeod
General managerJerry Colangelo
OwnersRichard Bloch
ArenaArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record32–50 (.390)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Pacific)
Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
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Coming off an All-Star season, guard/forward Charlie Scott led the Suns in both points and assists with averages of 24.3 and 4.5 a game. For Scott, it was the third and final NBA All-Star Game selection of his career. 31-year-old Dick Van Arsdale, the only player remaining from the Suns' inaugural season roster, was second in scoring with a 16.1 average. Fourth-year forward Curtis Perry enjoyed his first season with Phoenix, posting career-highs in both points and rebounds, averaging 13.4 points and a team-high 11.9 rebounds per game.

Offseason

NBA Draft
Main article: 1974 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 4 John Shumate Forward  United States Notre Dame
2 31 Fred Saunders Forward  United States Syracuse
3 40 George Gervin Guard  United States Eastern Michigan
3 49 Earl Williams Center  United States Winston-Salem State
4 58 Randy Allen Guard  United States Indiana (PA)
5 76 Ralph Bobik Guard  United States Creighton
6 94 Collis Temple Forward  United States Louisiana State
7 112 Clyde Dickey Guard  United States Boise State
8 130 Tom Holland Forward  United States Oklahoma
9 148 Ted Evans Forward  United States Oklahoma
10 165 Mark Wasley Forward  United States Arizona State

Roster
Phoenix Suns roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOB (Y-M-D)From
C 21 Awtrey, Dennis 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1948-02-22 Santa Clara
F/C 40 Bantom, Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1951-12-03 Saint Joseph's
G/F 14 Erickson, Keith  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1944-04-19 UCLA
G 32 Hawthorne, Nate 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1950-01-15 Southern Illinois
G 24 Jackson, Greg 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1952-08-02 Guilford
G 25 Melchionni, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1951-01-19 Duke
G/F 45 Owens, Jim 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1950-05-01 Arizona State
F 18 Perry, Curtis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1948-09-13 Missouri State
F 30 Saunders, Fred 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1951-06-13 Syracuse
G 33 Scott, Charlie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1948-12-15 North Carolina
F/C 34 Shumate, John  (IN) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1952-04-06 Notre Dame
G/F 5 Van Arsdale, Dick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1943-02-22 Indiana
F/C 55 Williams, Earl 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1951-03-24 Winston-Salem State
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-Golden State Warriors 4834.585–31–1017–2419–11
x-Seattle SuperSonics 4339.524524–1619–2318–12
Portland Trail Blazers 3844.4631029–139–3116–14
Phoenix Suns 3250.3901622–1910–3112–18
Los Angeles Lakers 3052.3661821–209–3210–20
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Golden State Warriors4834.585–
2 y-Chicago Bulls4735.5731
3 x-Kansas City–Omaha Kings4438.5374
4 x-Seattle SuperSonics4339.5245
5 x-Detroit Pistons4042.4888
6 Portland Trail Blazers3844.46310
6 Milwaukee Bucks3844.46310
8 Phoenix Suns3250.39016
9 Los Angeles Lakers3052.36618

Record vs. opponents
1974–75 NBA records
Team ATL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NOJ NYK PHI PHO POR SEA WAS
Atlanta —0–41–30–43–42–21–32–52–22–22–23–50–42–24–01–33–13–5
Boston 4–0—5–43–13–13–11–34–02–24–04–04–07–25–33–14–02–22–2
Buffalo 3–14–5—1–33–12–23–12–21–34–01–34–05–36–33–12–23–12–2
Chicago 4–01–33–1—2–24–53–12–24–53–13–54–03–12–22–22–24–01–3
Cleveland 4–31–31–32–2—2–22–24–42–22–21–36–11–33–12–22–22–23–5
Detroit 2–21–32–25–42–2—1–32–22–63–13–64–02–23–12–23–12–21–3
Golden State 3–13–11–31–32–23–1—2–22–25–23–12–23–13–15–35–34–31–3
Houston 5–20–42–22–24–42–22–2—4–02–23–15–31–32–22–22–21–32–5
Kansas City-Omaha 2–22–23–15–42–26–22–20–4—3–16–32–22–21–33–13–11–31–3
Los Angeles 2–20–40–41–32–21–32–52–21–3—4–03–10–43–14–42–52–61–3
Milwaukee 2–20–43–15–33–16–31–31–33–60–4—3–13–13–12–22–21–30–4
New Orleans 5–30–40–40–41–60–42–23–52–21–31–3—2–22–21–32–21–30–7
New York 4–02–73–51–33–12–21–33–12–24–01–32–2—4–53–12–22–21–3
Philadelphia 2–23–53–62–21–31–31–32–23–11–31–32–25–4—2–22–22–21–3
Phoenix 0–41–31–32–22–22–23–52–21–34–42–23–11–32–2—1–64–31–3
Portland 3–10–42–22–22–21–33–52–21–35–22–22–22–22–26–1—2–61–3
Seattle 1–32–21–30–42–22–23–43–13–16–23–13–12–22–23–46–2—1–3
Washington 5–32–22–23–15–33–13–15–23–13–14–07–03–13–13–13–13–1—

Game log
1974–75 game log
Total: 32–50 (Home: 22–19; Road: 10–31)
October: 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2)
November: 6–9 (Home: 3–3; Road: 3–6)
December: 6–6 (Home: 6–3; Road: 0–3)
January: 5–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 2–5)
February: 8–6 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–4)
March: 3–15 (Home: 2–5; Road: 1–10)
April: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)
1974–75 schedule

Awards and honors

All-Star
  • Charlie Scott was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game, which was played in Phoenix for the first time. Scott finished third in voting among Western Conference guards with 40,736 votes. It was his third consecutive All-Star selection.
  • Other Suns players who received All-Star votes were Keith Erickson (23,171), Curtis Perry (22,574), and Dick Van Arsdale (19,395).

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
Dennis Awtrey827334.6.470.6778.64.2.7.69.9
Mike Bantom825027.3.461.7146.71.9.8.612.5
Corky Calhoun*1308.3.375.933^2.50.3.5.22.9
Keith Erickson492430.0.425.833^5.03.51.0.212.3
Nate Hawthorne50212.4.411.6491.80.8.6.45.9
Greg Jackson441817.6.416.5811.52.1.5.24.0
Gary Melchionni682922.5.430.8092.82.3.7.28.5
Jim Owens41510.5.386.7501.01.2.4.03.0
Curtis Perry797834.0.477.71911.92.41.41.013.4
Fred Saunders691215.3.433.6953.71.2.6.26.1
Charlie Scott696037.6.441.7814.04.51.6.324.3
Dick Van Arsdale705034.6.470.8322.72.81.2.216.1
Earl Williams79913.2.414.4375.81.2.4.44.7

* – Stats with the Suns.
^ – Minimum 125 free throws made.

Transactions

Trades
September 6, 1974
 To Washington Bullets---- To Phoenix Suns----
September 16, 1974
 To New Orleans Jazz---- To Phoenix Suns----
November 27, 1974
 To Los Angeles Lakers---- To Phoenix Suns----

Free agents

References

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