1983–84_Phoenix_Suns_season

1983–84 Phoenix Suns season
1983–84 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	41–41 (.500)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific); Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference finals; (lost to Lakers 2–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KNXV
Radio	KTAR
< 1982–83	1984–85 >

1983–84 Phoenix Suns season

NBA team season

The 1983–84 Phoenix Suns season was the 16th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns were in the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season, extending a then-franchise record. The Suns eliminated their first round opponent, Portland, three games to two before defeating the Utah Jazz and NBA leading scorer, Adrian Dantley, four games to two. In the Western Conference Finals, the Suns lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games. The team was led by head coach John MacLeod, in his 11th year with the Suns, and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

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Walter Davis led the Suns in scoring with 20 points per game. Larry Nance, who finished the season fourth in the NBA in blocks per game for the second straight year, was second in team scoring at 17.7. Davis returned to the All-Star Game, the only Sun from the season to be selected to do so. Maurice Lucas again averaged a double-double again for the Suns with 16 points and 10 rebounds per game.

Although Nance did not earn his first All-Star selection until the next season, he did participate in the NBA's first Slam Dunk Contest on All-Star Weekend. While Julius Erving ("Dr. J") provided a memorable dunk from the foul line, it was Nance who was crowned the league's first Slam Dunk champion.^[1]

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

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1983–84 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	—	0–5	4–2	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	0–2	3–3	3–3	4–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2
Boston	5–0	—	5–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	5–1	4–2	3–3	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–2
Chicago	2–4	0–5	—	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–3	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4
Cleveland	3–3	0–6	4–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–3	1–5	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–1
Dallas	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	4–2	0–2	4–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	3–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	4–2	4–1	1–4	4–2	0–2
Denver	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–4	—	1–1	2–3	4–2	0–2	4–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	3–3	3–2	2–3	3–3	0–2
Detroit	4–2	2–4	5–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–4	4–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–3
Golden State	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	3–2	1–1	—	2–3	2–0	4–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	2–4	3–2	3–3	4–2	1–4	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	3–2	—	1–1	2–4	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	2–4	2–3	3–2	1–5	0–2
Indiana	2–4	1–5	3–3	4–2	0–2	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–5	2–4	0–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4
Kansas City	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–4	4–2	2–0	—	0–5	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	2–3	5–1	3–2	1–4	3–3	2–0
Los Angeles	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	4–1	1–1	3–3	4–1	1–1	5–0	—	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	5–1	2–3	4–2	3–3	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	3–3	1–5	4–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	—	4–2	4–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1
New Jersey	3–3	2–4	4–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	—	3–3	3–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
New York	1–4	3–3	4–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–0	1–4	3–3	—	2–4	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2
Philadelphia	1–5	4–2	3–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	3–3	4–2	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	0–2	5–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–4	5–0	4–2	2–4	1–4	2–0
Portland	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	3–2	1–5	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	—	4–1	4–2	4–2	1–4	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	1–1	2–3	4–2	2–0	1–5	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–5	1–4	—	4–1	2–3	4–2	1–1
San Diego	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	0–2	3–3	3–2	1–1	2–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	1–4	—	3–3	2–3	1–1
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	2–4	2–3	1–1	4–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–4	3–2	3–3	—	1–4	1–1
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–4	3–3	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–1	4–1	2–4	3–2	4–1	—	1–1
Washington	2–4	2–4	4–2	1–4	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–2	2–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–5	2–4	2–4	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	28	Rod Foster	Guard	United States	UCLA
2	45	Paul Williams	Guard	United States	Arizona State
3	51	Dereck Whittenburg	Guard	United States	North Carolina State
4	89	Sam Mosley	Forward	United States	Nevada
5	113	Rick Lamb	Forward	United States	Illinois State
6	135	Edward Bona	Forward	United States	Fordham
7	159	Fred Brown	Guard	United States	Virginia Commonwealth
8	181	Mike Mulquin	Forward	United States	Villanova
9	204	Joe Dykstra	Guard	United States	Western Illinois
10	224	Bo Overton	Guard	United States	Oklahoma

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	54	28	.659	–	28–13	26–15	18–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	6	33–8	15–26	17–13
x-Seattle SuperSonics	42	40	.512	12	32–9	10–31	14–16
x-Phoenix Suns	41	41	.500	13	31–10	10–31	16–14
Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	17	27–14	10–31	13–17
San Diego Clippers	30	52	.366	24	25–16	5–36	12–18

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	54	28	.659	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	45	37	.549	9
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	6
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	43	39	.524	11
5	x-Seattle SuperSonics	42	40	.512	12
6	x-Phoenix Suns	41	41	.500	13
7	x-Denver Nuggets	38	44	.463	16
8	x-Kansas City Kings	38	44	.463	16

9	San Antonio Spurs	37	45	.451	17
10	Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	17
11	San Diego Clippers	30	52	.366	24
12	Houston Rockets	29	53	.354	25

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	70	13	20.7	.462	.000	.825	4.6	3.1	1.0	.4	9.6
Walter Davis	78	70	32.6	.512	.230	.863	2.6	5.5	1.4	.2	20.0
James Edwards	72	67	26.3	.536	.000	.720	4.8	2.6	.3	.4	14.7
Rod Foster	80	34	17.8	.448	.262	.787	1.5	2.2	.7	.1	8.3
Johnny High	29	9	17.7	.346	.000	.345	2.3	1.8	1.4	.4	1.6
Maurice Lucas	75	69	30.8	.497	.000	.765	9.7	2.7	.7	.5	15.9
Kyle Macy	82	45	29.3	.501	.329	.833	2.3	4.3	1.5	.1	10.1
Larry Nance	82	82	35.4	.576†	.000	.707	8.3	2.6	1.0	2.1	17.7
Charles Pittman	69	8	14.3	.603†	.000	.683	3.1	1.0	.2	.3	4.7
Rick Robey	61	4	14.0	.545	1.000	.693	3.2	1.1	.3	.2	5.6
Mike Sanders	50	0	11.7	.478	.	.690	2.1	0.9	.5	.2	4.5
Alvin Scott	65	5	11.3	.444	.500	.778	1.5	0.7	.3	.3	2.6
Paul Westphal	59	2	14.7	.460	.269	.824	0.7	2.5	.7	.1	7.0
Rory White*	22	2	14.0	.479	.	.571	2.8	0.6	.6	.1	7.4

1983–84_Phoenix_Suns_season

1983–84 Phoenix Suns season

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and honors

All-Star

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	17	0	18.4	.421	.	.679	5.1	2.5	1.0	.6	8.4
Walter Davis	17	17	36.6	.535	.273	.897	2.7	6.4	1.7	.2	24.9
James Edwards	17	17	27.2	.492	.	.706	5.4	1.6	.2	.6	13.8
Rod Foster	16	0	8.0	.256	.000	1.000^	0.8	1.1	.3	.1	1.8
Maurice Lucas	17	16	33.5	.511	.	.808	9.9	3.6	.7	.5	17.4
Kyle Macy	17	15	36.5	.490	.455†	.750	3.2	5.8	1.3	.1	10.4
Larry Nance	17	17	37.2	.590	.	.671	8.7	2.4	.9	2.0	16.9
Charles Pittman	17	1	14.9	.549	.000	.621	3.8	0.7	.3	.3	4.4
Rick Robey	10	0	4.3	.438	.000	.500	1.0	0.2	.2	.0	1.8
Mike Sanders	15	0	10.1	.478	.	.941^	1.3	0.5	.4	.3	4.0
Alvin Scott	16	0	6.9	.385	1.000†	.667	1.5	0.4	.1	.1	1.6
Paul Westphal	17	2	13.1	.375	.222	.875	0.5	2.2	.7	.0	5.3

June 27, 1983	To Boston Celtics Dennis Johnson 1983 first-round draft pick ( Greg Kite) 1983 third-round draft pick ( Winfred King)	To Phoenix Suns Rick Robey 1983 second-round draft pick ( Rod Foster) 1983 second-round draft pick ( Paul Williams)
October 17, 1983	To Detroit Pistons David Thirdkill	To Phoenix Suns 1986 second-round draft pick ( Jeff Hornacek) 1987 second-round draft pick ( Bruce Dalrymple)

Date	Player	Contract	Old Team
June 16, 1983	Kevin Magee	Undisclosed	Pallacanestro Varese (Italy)
September 14, 1983	Paul Westphal	Signed 2-year contract	New York Knicks
December 10, 1983	Mike Sanders	Signed 3-year contract	San Antonio Spurs
January 11, 1984	Johnny High	Signed two 10-day contracts	Phoenix Suns

Date	Player	Reason Left	New Team
September 12, 1983	Joel Kramer	Free agent	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
October 18, 1983	Kevin Magee	Waived	CB Zaragoza (Spain)
December 10, 1983	Johnny High	Waived	Phoenix Suns
December 20, 1983	Rory White	Waived	Wyoming Wildcatters (CBA)
January 31, 1984	Johnny High	Waived	Wyoming Wildcatters (CBA)