1981–82_Phoenix_Suns_season

1981–82 Phoenix Suns season
1981–82 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach	John MacLeod
General manager	Jerry Colangelo
Owners	Karl Eller, Don Pitt, Don Diamond, Bhavik Darji, Marvin Meyer, Richard L. Bloch
Arena	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	46–36 (.561)
Place	Division: 3rd (Pacific); Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference semifinals; (lost to Lakers 0–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KNXV
Radio	KTAR
< 1980–81	1982–83 >

1981–82 Phoenix Suns season

NBA team season

The 1981–82 Phoenix Suns season was the 14th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns were in the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season, extending a then-franchise record. In the first round, Denver was taken down by the Suns, two games to one. Phoenix would find a tougher opponent, however, in the Western Conference Semifinals, getting swept four games to zero by the eventual league champions, Los Angeles Lakers. The Suns were led by head coach John MacLeod and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

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Dennis Johnson again earned NBA All-Defensive First Team honors and was the lone All-Star Game participant from the Suns. Additionally, he led the Suns in scoring with his 19.5 points average, a personal career-high. Truck Robinson was not far behind with his 19.1 average, and paired that with rebounding average of 9.7 a game. Fellow big man Alvan Adams brought in 7 rebounds and 15 points a contest.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

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1981–82 NBA records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–2	5–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–4
Boston	5–1	—	4–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	5–1	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	6–0
Chicago	3–2	2–4	—	5–1	1–1	1–1	0–6	0–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–5	2–4	3–2	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4
Cleveland	2–4	0–5	1–5	—	2–0	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–2	0–6	0–6	0–6	0–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–5
Dallas	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	—	1–5	1–1	0–5	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–3	1–5	2–3	1–4	3–3	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	—	1–1	3–2	5–1	0–2	4–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–3	2–4	5–0	2–3	3–3	2–0
Detroit	4–2	0–6	6–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–0	2–4	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–4	3–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–4
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–3	0–2	—	1–4	2–0	3–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–2	2–4	3–2	5–1	1–5	3–2	1–1
Houston	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–5	0–2	4–1	—	2–0	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	3–3	4–1	2–3	6–0	2–0
Indiana	2–4	1–5	3–3	5–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	0–2	0–2	—	1–1	0–2	0–6	4–2	3–2	0–6	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–5
Kansas City	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–4	0–2	2–3	3–3	1–1	—	1–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	0–5	1–5	4–1	2–3	3–3	0–2
Los Angeles	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–1	4–1	2–0	3–3	4–1	2–0	4–1	—	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2	5–1	2–3	5–1	4–2	5–0	2–0
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	5–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	—	4–1	3–3	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–2
New Jersey	2–3	1–5	4–2	6–0	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–4	—	4–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–2
New York	1–5	1–5	2–3	6–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	2–0	3–3	2–4	—	1–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–5
Philadelphia	3–3	2–4	5–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	6–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	5–1	—	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	6–0
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	3–2	2–0	2–4	2–3	1–1	3–2	2–4	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	3–3	4–1	4–2	3–3	3–2	1–1
Portland	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	2–0	4–2	1–4	1–1	5–0	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–3	—	3–2	4–2	3–3	4–1	0–2
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–3	3–3	0–2	5–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–4	2–3	—	3–2	4–1	3–3	1–1
San Diego	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	0–5	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	1–4	1–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	2–3	—	1–5	1–4	0–2
Seattle	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–2	1–1	5–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–4	5–1	—	5–0	1–1
Utah	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–1	2–3	0–6	1–1	3–3	0–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	3–3	4–1	0–5	—	1–1
Washington	4–2	0–6	4–2	5–1	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	0–2	5–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–4	5–1	0–6	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	—

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	20	Larry Nance	Forward	United States	Clemson
3	62	Sam Clancy Jr.	Forward	United States	Pittsburgh
3	66	Craig Dykema	Forward	United States	Long Beach State
5	112	Paul Heuerman	Center	United States	Michigan
6	135	Pete Harris	Guard	United States	Northeastern
7	158	David Williams	Forward	United States	Southern
8	180	Steve Risley	Forward	United States	Indiana
9	200	Brian Johnson	Forward	United States	Colorado
10	220	Felton Sealey	Forward	United States	Oregon

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–	30–11	27–14	21–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics	52	30	.634	5.0	31–10	21–20	18–12
x-Phoenix Suns	46	36	.561	11.0	31–10	15–26	14–16
Golden State Warriors	45	37	.549	12.0	28–13	17–24	15–15
Portland Trail Blazers	42	40	.512	15.0	27–14	15–26	15–15
San Diego Clippers	17	65	.207	40.0	11–30	6–35	7–23

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	48	34	.585	9
3	x-Seattle SuperSonics	52	30	.634	5
4	x-Denver Nuggets	46	36	.561	11
5	x-Phoenix Suns	46	36	.561	11
6	x-Houston Rockets	46	36	.561	11

7	Golden State Warriors	45	37	.549	12
8	Portland Trail Blazers	42	40	.512	15
9	Kansas City Kings	30	52	.366	27
10	Dallas Mavericks	28	54	.341	29
11	Utah Jazz	25	57	.305	32
12	San Diego Clippers	17	65	.207	40

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point 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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Alvan Adams	79	75	30.3	.494	.000	.781	7.4	4.5	1.4	1.0	15.1
Dudley Bradley	64	3	14.6	.445	.250	.740	1.4	1.3	1.2	.2	5.1
Jeff Cook	76	22	17.1	.422	.000	.664	4.0	1.3	.5	.3	5.1
Walter Davis	55	12	21.5	.523†	.188	.820	1.9	2.9	.8	.1	14.4
Craig Dykema	32	0	3.2	.459	.500^	.778	0.4	0.5	.1	.0	1.3
Dennis Johnson	80	77	36.7	.470	.190	.806	5.1	4.6	1.3	.7	19.5
Rich Kelley	81	39	23.4	.467	.000	.749	6.1	3.6	.8	.9	7.9
Joel Kramer	56	0	9.8	.414	.	.786	1.9	0.9	.3	.2	2.6
Kyle Macy	82	72	34.7	.514	.390^	.899	3.2	4.7	1.7	.1	14.2
John McCullough	8	0	2.9	.692†	.	.600	0.5	0.4	.3	.0	2.6
Larry Nance	80	0	14.8	.521	.000	.641	3.2	1.0	.5	.9	6.6
Truck Robinson	74	72	37.1	.513	1.000^	.687	9.7	2.4	.6	.4	19.1
Alvin Scott	81	38	21.5	.497	.000	.730	3.6	1.8	.7	.9	6.0

1981–82_Phoenix_Suns_season

1981–82 Phoenix Suns season

Offseason

NBA draft

Roster

Regular season

Standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

Game log

Awards and honors

All-Star

Season

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References

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Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Alvan Adams	7	7	33.3	.522	.	.786	7.3	3.7	2.0	1.4	16.9
Dudley Bradley	7	0	3.4	.250	.	1.000^	0.1	0.7	.1	.1	0.7
Jeff Cook	7	0	6.4	.500	.	.	1.3	1.0	.3	.3	1.1
Walter Davis	7	0	24.7	.448	.333	.917	3.1	4.3	.7	.1	18.1
Craig Dykema	6	0	2.0	.167	.	.	0.7	0.3	.0	.0	0.3
Dennis Johnson	7	7	38.7	.477	.000	.769	4.4	4.6	2.1	.6	22.3
Rich Kelley	7	7	27.3	.500	.	.700	6.9	4.3	.9	.4	9.7
Joel Kramer	4	0	5.0	.714†	.	.667	1.3	0.3	.3	.0	3.0
Kyle Macy	7	7	34.7	.427	.364	.938^	3.1	4.0	1.0	.1	13.6
Larry Nance	7	0	18.3	.610†	.	.500	4.6	1.0	1.4	1.6	7.7
Truck Robinson	7	7	30.4	.563	.	.300	7.6	2.7	.7	.1	13.3
Alvin Scott	7	0	18.1	.438	.000	.500	2.3	2.0	1.1	1.9	4.6

June 8, 1981	To Indiana Pacers 1981 second-round draft pick ( El Leslie) 1982 second-round draft pick ( Jose Slaughter) Relinquished right to swap 1983 first round picks	To Phoenix Suns Dudley Bradley
October 1, 1981	To Chicago Bulls Johnny High	To Phoenix Suns 1983 third-round draft pick ( Winfred King)

Date	Player	Contract	Old Team
June 19, 1981	Alvin Scott	Re-signed to four-year contract	Phoenix Suns
October 26, 1981	John McCullough	Undisclosed

Date	Player	Reason Left	New Team
June 18, 1981	Mike Niles	Waived
December 18, 1981	John McCullough	Waived	Billings Volcanos (CBA)