1976–77 Phoenix Suns season

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The 1976–77 Phoenix Suns season was the ninth season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. With injuries limiting the team to only six games with a full roster, the Suns plummeted to the bottom of the Pacific division standings, missing the playoffs after appearing in the Finals just one season prior.^[1] The Suns were led by head coach John MacLeod and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	10	Ron Lee	Guard	United States	Oregon
2	30	Al Fleming	Forward	United States	Arizona
2	33	Butch Feher	Guard	United States	Vanderbilt
3	45	Ira Terrell	Forward	United States	Southern Methodist
4	62	Paul Miller	Forward	United States	Oregon
5	79	Ralph Walker	Guard	United States	Saint Mary's (CA)
6	97	Carl Brown	Guard	United States	Eastern Kentucky
7	115	Brad Warble	Forward	United States	Eastern Illinois
8	133	Tom DeBerry	Guard	United States	Northern Arizona
9	150	John Irving	Center	United States	Hofstra
10	166	Gary Jackson	Forward	United States	Arizona State

Roster

Phoenix Suns roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB (Y-M-D) From 5.5 !F/C 33 USA ! Adams, Alvan 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1954-07-19 Oklahoma 6.0 !C 21 USA ! Awtrey, Dennis  82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1948-02-22 Santa Clara 2.5 !G/F 14 USA ! Erickson, Keith 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1944-04-19 UCLA 1.5 !G 7 USA ! Feher, Butch 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1954-05-19 Vanderbilt 4.0 !F 24 USA ! Heard, Garfield  78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1948-05-03 Oklahoma 1.5 !G 30 USA ! Lee, Ron 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1952-11-02 Oregon 4.0 !F 18 USA ! Perry, Curtis  79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1948-09-13 Missouri State 6.0 !C 54 USA ! Schlueter, Dale 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1945-11-12 Colorado State 1.5 !G 40 USA ! Sobers, Ricky 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1953-01-15 UNLV 4.0 !F 32 USA ! Terrell, Ira 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1954-06-19 Southern Methodist 2.5 !G/F 5 USA ! Van Arsdale, Dick 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1943-02-22 Indiana 2.5 !G/F 4 USA ! Van Arsdale, Tom 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1943-02-22 Indiana 1.5 !G 44 USA ! Westphal, Paul 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1950-11-30 Southern California	Head coach John MacLeod (Bellarmine) Assistant coach(es) Al Bianchi (Bowling Green) Athletic trainer(s) Joe Proski (Montana State) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Alvan Adams	Dale Schlueter		Dennis Awtrey
PF	Ira Terrell			Gar Heard
SF	Butch Feher	Keith Erickson Tom Van Arsdale		Curtis Perry
SG	Ron Lee	Dick Van Arsdale
PG	Paul Westphal	Ricky Sobers

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Awards and honors

All-Star

• Paul Westphal was voted as a starter for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his first All-Star selection. Westphal finished first in voting among Western Conference guards with 163,173 votes.

Season

• Paul Westphal was named to the All-NBA First Team.
• Ron Lee was named to the All-Rookie First Team.

Player statistics

Season

+ - Minimum 50 games played.

References