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
OwnersKarl Eller, Don Pitt, Don Diamond, Marvin Meyer, Richard L. Bloch
ArenaArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record32–50 (.390)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Pacific)
Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioKTAR

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 United States Awtrey, Dennis 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1948-02-22 Santa Clara
F/C 40 United States Bantom, Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1951-12-03 Saint Joseph's
G/F 14 United States Erickson, Keith Injured 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1944-04-19 UCLA
G 32 United States Hawthorne, Nate 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1950-01-15 Southern Illinois
G 24 United States Jackson, Greg 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1952-08-02 Guilford
G 25 United States Melchionni, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1951-01-19 Duke
G/F 45 United States Owens, Jim 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1950-05-01 Arizona State
F 18 United States Perry, Curtis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1948-09-13 Missouri State
F 30 United States Saunders, Fred 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1951-06-13 Syracuse
G 33 United States Scott, Charlie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1948-12-15 North Carolina
F/C 34 United States Shumate, John Injured (IN) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1952-04-06 Notre Dame
G/F 5 United States Van Arsdale, Dick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1943-02-22 Indiana
F/C 55 United States 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 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		RecordStreak
1 October 17 Seattle W 114–97 Charlie Scott (32) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7,215		 1–0 W 1
2 October 19 Kansas City-Omaha L 91–94 Charlie Scott (22) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,377		 1–1 L 1
3 October 23 Detroit W 100–90 Charlie Scott (23) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,924		 2–1 W 1
4 October 25 @ Seattle L 97–106 Gary Melchionni (20) Seattle Center Coliseum
12,191		 2–2 L 1
5 October 27 @ Los Angeles L 116–123 Keith Erickson (29) The Forum
10,579		 2–3 L 2
6 October 30 @ Philadelphia W 104–99 Charlie Scott (27) The Spectrum
5,089		 3–3 W 1
November: 6–9 (home: 3–3; road: 3–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		RecordStreak
7 November 2 @ Washington L 94–108 Charlie Scott (28) Capital Centre
9,160		 3–4 L 1
8 November 3 @ Cleveland L 101–104 Keith Erickson (19) Coliseum at Richfield
7,354		 3–5 L 2
9 November 7 @ Atlanta L 108–109 Charlie Scott (31) Omni Coliseum
2,847		 3–6 L 3
10 November 8 @ New Orleans W 105–102 Charlie Scott (34) Municipal Auditorium
3,118		 4–6 W 1
11 November 9 @ Houston W 101–96 Charlie Scott (32) Hofheinz Pavilion
2,553		 5–6 W 2
12 November 13 Philadelphia W 105–100 Charlie Scott (41) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,071		 6–6 W 3
13 November 15 Chicago L 95–102 Charlie Scott (26) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7,071		 6–7 L 1
14 November 17 Golden State L 105–106 Charlie Scott (32) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7,820		 6–8 L 2
15 November 19 @ Milwaukee L 108–122 Charlie Scott (32) MECCA Arena
9,187		 6–9 L 3
16 November 20 @ Detroit W 114–106 Charlie Scott (33) Cobo Arena
3,807		 7–9 W 1
17 November 22 @ Boston L 94–95 Charlie Scott (27) Boston Garden
13,756		 7–10 L 1
18 November 23 @ Buffalo L 104–117 Charlie Scott (23) Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
12,743		 7–11 L 2
19 November 26 New Orleans Jazz W 120–110 Charlie Scott (31) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
4,931		 8–11 W 1
20 November 28 Portland L 85–88 Charlie Scott (27) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,461		 8–12 L 1
21 November 30 Houston W 112–100 Gary Melchionni (21) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,187		 9–12 W 1
December: 6–6 (home: 6–3; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		RecordStreak
22 December 1 @ Los Angeles L 105–111 (OT) Charlie Scott (26) The Forum
10,157		 9–13 L 1
23 December 3 Atlanta L 85–91 Charlie Scott (24) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
4,019		 9–14 L 2
24 December 5 Golden State W 108–106 (2OT) Charlie Scott (24) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,053		 10–14 W 1
25 December 7 Los Angeles W 92–88 Charlie Scott (25) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,603		 11–14 W 2
26 December 8 @ Los Angeles L 102–107 Charlie Scott (28) The Forum
11,124		 11–15 L 1
27 December 11 Portland W 104–100 Keith Erickson (26) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
4,768		 12–15 W 1
28 December 13 Cleveland W 85–84 Charlie Scott (34) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,756		 13–15 W 2
29 December 19 Milwaukee L 108–112 Keith Erickson (22) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7,369		 13–16 L 1
30 December 21 Los Angeles W 114–104 Keith Erickson (25) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,437		 14–16 W 1
31 December 23 @ Golden State L 94–111 Keith Erickson,
Charlie Scott (20)		 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
5,240		 14–17 L 1
32 December 25 Boston W 110–96 Charlie Scott (30) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
8,276		 15–17 W 1
33 December 27 Buffalo L 92–108 Charlie Scott,
Dick Van Arsdale (17)		 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9,205		 15–18 L 1
January: 5–9 (home: 3–4; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		RecordStreak
34 January 2 @ New York L 113–117 (OT) Charlie Scott (30) Madison Square Garden
18,570		 15–19 L 2
35 January 3 @ Chicago L 99–126 Mike Bantom (20) Chicago Stadium
6,047		 15–20 L 3
36 January 5 @ Cleveland L 86–97 Dennis Awtrey,
Gary Melchionni (15)		 Coliseum at Richfield
6,138		 15–21 L 4
37 January 8 Washington L 95–102 Charlie Scott (26) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,770		 15–22 L 5
38 January 10 Portland L 110–113 Charlie Scott (24) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,068		 15–23 L 6
39 January 11 New York W 113–107 Mike Bantom (29) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7,592		 16–23 W 1
All-Star Break
40 January 17 @ Chicago W 115–105 Charlie Scott (31) Chicago Stadium
7,174		 17–23 W 2
41 January 18 @ Detroit L 77–86 Mike Bantom (19) Cobo Arena
6,053		 17–24 L 1
42 January 19 @ Kansas City-Omaha W 109–97 Charlie Scott (28) Kemper Arena
13,155		 18–24 W 1
43 January 21 Philadelphia L 95–101 Charlie Scott (34) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
4,267		 18–25 L 1
44 January 25 New Orleans W 94–90 (OT) Charlie Scott (23) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,872		 19–25 W 1
45 January 28 @ Portland L 107–115 Mike Bantom,
Charlie Scott (24)		 Memorial Coliseum
10,291		 19–26 L 1
46 January 29 Seattle L 85–99 Charlie Scott (25) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
4,273		 19–27 L 2
47 January 31 Los Angeles W 105–101 Curtis Perry (24) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,871		 20–27 W 1
February: 8–6 (home: 5–2; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		RecordStreak
48 February 4 Washington W 90–89 Dick Van Arsdale (30) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
4,263		 21–27 W 2
49 February 5 @ Seattle W 107–102 Dick Van Arsdale (46) Seattle Center Coliseum
10,002		 22–27 W 3
50 February 6 Seattle W 112–105 Mike Bantom (26) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,865		 23–27 W 4
51 February 8 @ Golden State L 96–105 Dick Van Arsdale (27) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
8,961		 23–28 L 1
52 February 12 Buffalo W 108–96 Charlie Scott (25) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,255		 24–28 W 1
53 February 14 Boston L 106–112 Dick Van Arsdale (25) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9,338		 24–29 L 1
54 February 15 Atlanta L 107–111 Curtis Perry (26) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,147		 24–30 L 2
55 February 18 @ Buffalo L 109–124 Charlie Scott (32) Maple Leaf Gardens
8,163		 24–31 L 3
56 February 19 @ Washington L 97–120 Dick Van Arsdale (20) Capital Centre
6,201		 24–32 L 4
57 February 21 @ New Orleans L 96–98 Gary Melchionni (17) Municipal Auditorium
4,563		 24–33 L 5
58 February 23 @ Milwaukee W 106–97 Dennis Awtrey (24) Dane County Coliseum
8,832		 25–33 W 1
59 February 25 @ Golden State W 111–97 Charlie Scott (26) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
8,550		 26–33 W 2
60 February 26 Cleveland W 108–96 Charlie Scott (24) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,447		 27–33 W 3
61 February 28 Golden State W 102–96 Dick Van Arsdale (25) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9,511		 28–33 W 4
March: 3–15 (home: 2–5; road: 1–10)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		RecordStreak
62 March 2 @ Houston L 104–110 Charlie Scott (26) Hofheinz Pavilion
4,827		 28–34 L 1
63 March 4 @ Kansas City-Omaha L 99–103 Mike Bantom (23) Omaha Civic Auditorium
4,027		 28–35 L 2
64 March 6 Chicago W 88–65 Mike Bantom (16) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7,683		 29–35 W 1
65 March 7 @ Portland L 98–120 Mike Bantom (28) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10,080		 29–36 L 1
66 March 8 Houston L 107–112 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,272		 29–37 L 2
67 March 11 @ New York L 98–103 Charlie Scott (30) Madison Square Garden
17,443		 29–38 L 3
68 March 12 @ Boston L 82–88 Nate Hawthorne (20) Hartford Civic Center
11,283		 29–39 L 4
69 March 14 @ Philadelphia L 97–108 Mike Bantom (19) The Spectrum
7,127		 29–40 L 5
70 March 16 @ Atlanta L 114–117 Charlie Scott (38) Omni Coliseum
2,786		 29–41 L 6
71 March 18 @ Golden State L 103–133 Mike Bantom (26) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
6,795		 29–42 L 7
72 March 19 New York L 96–101 Curtis Perry (22) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,492		 29–43 L 8
73 March 21 Portland L 108–112 Dick Van Arsdale (26) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
4,786		 29–44 L 9
74 March 22 @ Portland L 92–94 Curtis Perry (18) Memorial Coliseum
11,142		 29–45 L 10
75 March 23 @ Seattle W 102–96 Mike Bantom (22) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,082		 30–45 W 1
76 March 25 Milwaukee W 92–87 Charlie Scott (22) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7,232		 31–45 W 2
77 March 27 Detroit L 79–91 Charlie Scott (19) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,629		 31–46 L 1
78 March 29 Kansas City-Omaha L 100–104 Dennis Awtrey,
Curtis Perry (20)		 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,450		 31–47 L 2
79 March 30 @ Los Angeles L 90–104 Mike Bantom (20) The Forum
8,546		 31–48 L 3
April: 1–2 (home: 1–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		RecordStreak
80 April 2 Los Angeles W 108–106 Charlie Scott (25) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,610		 32–48 W 1
81 April 4 Golden State L 99–128 Mike Bantom (22) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,867		 32–49 L 1
82 April 6 @ Seattle L 111–114 Charlie Scott (25) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,082		 32–50 L 2
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
United States Clem Haskins		 To Phoenix Suns
United States Dave Stallworth
1975 second-round draft pick (United States Allen Murphy)
September 16, 1974 To New Orleans Jazz
United States Neal Walk
1975 second-round draft pick (United States Clyde Mayes)
 To Phoenix Suns
United States Dennis Awtrey
United States Nate Hawthorne
United States Curtis Perry
1976 first-round draft pick (United States Adrian Dantley)
November 27, 1974 To Los Angeles Lakers
United States Corky Calhoun		 To Phoenix Suns
1976 second-round draft pick (United States Jacky Dorsey)
1977 third-round draft pick (United States Mike Bratz)

Additions
Date Player Contract Old Team
January 2, 1975 Greg Jackson Undisclosed New York Knicks

Subtractions
Date Player Reason Left New Team
May 20, 1974 Lamar Green Expansion Draft New Orleans Jazz
July 31, 1974 Bob Christian Waived New York Knicks
September 24, 1974 Bill Chamberlain Waived — (Retired)
October 10, 1974 Dave Stallworth Waived New York Knicks

References
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