Phoenix Suns Playoff Rosters

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1978-1979 Phoenix Suns Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Alvan Adams FC 6-9 210 Jul 19, 1954 24 Oklahoma 3 1975 1st Rnd, #6, Phoenix Suns
Mike Bratz PG 6-2 185 Oct 17, 1955 23 Stanford 1 1977 3rd Rnd, #66, Phoenix Suns
Don Buse SG 6-4 190 Aug 20, 1950 28 Evansville 2 1972 3rd Rnd, #34, Phoenix Suns
Walter Davis GF 6-6 193 Sep 9, 1954 24 North Carolina 1 1977 1st Rnd, #5, Phoenix Suns
Bayard Forrest C 6-10 235 Jul 8, 1954 24 Grand Canyon 1 1975 3rd Rnd, #58, Phoenix Suns
Gar Heard PF 6-6 219 May 3, 1948 30 Oklahoma 8 1970 3rd Rnd, #40, Seattle SuperSonics
Joel Kramer FC 6-7 203 Nov 30, 1955 23 San Diego State 0 1978 3rd Rnd, #63, Phoenix Suns
Ted McClain PG 6-1 180 Aug 30, 1946 32 Tennessee State 2 1971 2nd Rnd, #27, Atlanta Hawks
Truck Robinson SF 6-7 225 Oct 4, 1951 27 Tennessee State 4 1974 2nd Rnd, #22, Washington Wizards
Alvin Scott GF 6-7 185 Sep 14, 1955 23 Oral Roberts 1 1977 7th Rnd, #136, Phoenix Suns
Paul Westphal SG 6-4 195 Nov 30, 1950 28 USC 6 1972 1st Rnd, #10, Boston Celtics

1978-1979 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #6 New Jersey Nets PHI in 2
First Round #4 Houston Rockets #5 Atlanta Hawks ATL in 2
Second Round #1 Washington Bullets #5 Atlanta Hawks WAS in 7
Second Round #2 San Antonio Spurs #3 Philadelphia Sixers SAS in 7
Conference Finals #1 Washington Bullets #2 San Antonio Spurs WAS in 7

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Phoenix Suns #6 Portland Trail Blazers PHX in 3
First Round #4 Denver Nuggets #5 Los Angeles Lakers LAL in 3
Second Round #1 Seattle SuperSonics #5 Los Angeles Lakers SEA in 5
Second Round #3 Phoenix Suns #2 Kansas City Kings PHX in 5
Conference Finals #1 Seattle SuperSonics #3 Phoenix Suns SEA in 7

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Washington Bullets #1 Seattle SuperSonics SEA in 5

1978-1979 Phoenix Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Paul Westphal 15 35.6 22.4 2.2 4.3 1.0 0.3 2.5
Walter Davis 15 32.7 22.1 4.6 5.3 1.7 0.3 4.4
Mike Bratz 15 19.5 10.6 1.4 2.0 1.0 0.2 1.9
Truck Robinson 15 26.1 10.5 8.1 0.7 0.4 0.8 2.1
Alvan Adams 12 31.0 12.8 7.5 4.4 0.9 1.0 3.0
Don Buse 15 34.1 7.9 3.7 3.5 1.5 0.3 1.0
Joel Kramer 15 17.1 6.0 3.8 1.3 0.6 0.5 1.1
Gar Heard 15 21.3 5.5 7.1 0.9 0.8 1.7 1.4
Alvin Scott 15 14.5 3.5 2.8 1.5 0.4 1.1 0.9
Ted McClain 14 7.4 3.1 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.0 1.1
Bayard Forrest 14 7.9 1.6 2.1 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.7

1978-1979 Phoenix Suns Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Phoenix Leaders Portland Leaders
Apr 10, 1979
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Portland		 W, 107-103 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Opening Round 		1-0 PTS: 28. P. Westphal
 PTS: 26. Ron Brewer
Apr 13, 1979
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Portland		 L, 96-92 Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Opening Round 		1-1 PTS: 31. Walter Davis
 PTS: 21. Ron Brewer
Apr 15, 1979
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Portland		 W, 101-91 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Opening Round 		2-1 PTS: 26. P. Westphal
 PTS: 16. M. Thompson

1978-1979 Phoenix Suns Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Phoenix Leaders Kansas City Leaders
Apr 17, 1979
v.
Kansas City		 W, 102-99 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Conference Semi Finals 		1-0 PTS: 25. P. Westphal
 PTS: 20. O. Birdsong
Apr 20, 1979
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Kansas City		 L, 111-91 Kemper Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		1-1 PTS: 17. T. Robinson
 PTS: 23. O. Birdsong
Apr 22, 1979
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Kansas City		 W, 108-93 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Conference Semi Finals 		2-1 PTS: 22. Walter Davis
 PTS: 22. Scott Wedman
Apr 25, 1979
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Kansas City		 W, 94-108 Kemper Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		3-1 PTS: 26. P. Westphal
 PTS: 21. Scott Wedman
Apr 27, 1979
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Kansas City		 W, 120-99 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Conference Semi Finals 		4-1 PTS: 32. P. Westphal
 PTS: 21. O. Birdsong

1978-1979 Phoenix Suns Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Phoenix Leaders Seattle Leaders
May 1, 1979
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Seattle		 L, 108-93 Kingdome
Conference Finals 		0-1 PTS: 18. Alvan Adams
 PTS: 27. Gus Williams
May 4, 1979
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Seattle		 L, 103-97 Kingdome
Conference Finals 		0-2 PTS: 29. P. Westphal
 PTS: 21. John Johnson
May 6, 1979
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Seattle		 W, 113-103 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Conference Finals 		1-2 PTS: 25. P. Westphal
 PTS: 35. Gus Williams
May 8, 1979
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Seattle		 W, 100-91 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Conference Finals 		2-2 PTS: 27. Walter Davis
 PTS: 22. Gus Williams
May 11, 1979
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Seattle		 W, 93-99 Kingdome
Conference Finals 		3-2 PTS: 27. P. Westphal
 PTS: 24. D. Johnson
May 13, 1979
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Seattle		 L, 105-106 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Conference Finals 		3-3 PTS: 29. P. Westphal
 PTS: 23. D. Johnson
May 17, 1979
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Seattle		 L, 114-110 Kingdome
Conference Finals 		3-4 PTS: 26. Walter Davis
 PTS: 33. Jack Sikma