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1973–74 Phoenix Suns season

Professional basketball season


Professional basketball season

FieldValue
teamPhoenix Suns
end_year1974
wins30
losses52
divisionPacific
division_place4
conf_place8
coachJohn MacLeod
gmJerry Colangelo
ownersKarl Eller, Don Pitt, Don Diamond, Bhavik Darji, Marvin Meyer, Richard L. Bloch
arenaArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
playoffsDid not qualify
bbr_teamPHO
televisionKTAR-TV
radioKTAR

The 1973–74 Phoenix Suns season was the sixth for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. It was the first of 14 seasons head coach John MacLeod spent with Phoenix. The season would also be the last for former All-Star forward/center Connie Hawkins, traded to the Los Angeles Lakers after appearing in nine games for the Suns. Charlie Scott would repeat as an All-Star, but who missed 30 games due to injury despite his NBA career-high 25.4 points a game. The team went on to finish the season 30–52, a career-worst for MacLeod and the franchise's poorest record since their inaugural season.

Dick Van Arsdale averaged 17.8 points on the season, while Neal Walk averaged 16.8 points and a team-high 10.2 rebounds per contest. Keith Erickson, obtained by the Suns along with a future second round pick in the Hawkins trade, enjoyed a career-high 14.6 points a game in his ninth year in the NBA and first with Phoenix.

Van Arsdale was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team, while Mike Bantom, a rookie out of Saint Joseph's, was named to the All-Rookie Team.

Offseason

NBA draft

Main article: 1973 NBA draft

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18Mike BantomForwardUnited StatesSaint Joseph's
233Gary MelchionniGuardUnited StatesDuke
342Joe ReavesForwardUnited StatesBethel (Tennessee)
343Steve MitchellCenterUnited StatesKansas State
460Ron RobinsonForwardUnited StatesMemphis State
577Clinton HarrisForwardUnited StatesIowa State
694Gene DoyleCenterUnited StatesHoly Cross
7111Jerry BisbanoGuardUnited StatesSouthwestern Louisiana
8128Jim OwensForwardUnited StatesArizona State
9144Sandy SmithGuardUnited StatesWinston-Salem
10158Claude WhiteGuardUnited StatesElmhurst
11170Lynn GreerGuardUnited StatesVirginia State
12179Lyman WilliamsonForwardUnited StatesSamford
13186Kalevi SarkalahtiForwardBrigham Young

Roster

  • John MacLeod ()
  • Denny Price ()
  • Joe Proski ()

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | October 10 | Seattle | W 115–111 | Charlie Scott (26) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,738 | 1–0 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | October 12 | Milwaukee | L 84–107 | Lamar Green (14) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,033 | 1–1 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | October 14 | Golden State | L 95–120 | Charlie Scott (19) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,030 | 1–2 | L 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | October 20 | Atlanta | W 118–108 | Dick Van Arsdale (37) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,009 | 2–2 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | October 21 | @ Seattle | L 112–116 | Charlie Scott (25) | Seattle Center Coliseum 11,964 | 2–3 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | October 23 | @ Golden State | L 109–121 | Charlie Scott, Dick Van Arsdale (23) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 3,007 | 2–4 | L 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | October 24 | Detroit | L 99–115 | Mike Bantom (22) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,307 | 2–5 | L 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | October 26 | @ Kansas City-Omaha | L 93–98 | Charlie Scott (26) | Municipal Auditorium 4,917 | 2–6 | L 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | October 27 | @ Milwaukee | L 95–104 | | Milwaukee Arena 9,975 | 2–7 | L 5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 10 | October 30 | @ Atlanta | L 101–122 | Joe Reaves (21) | Omni Coliseum 9,070 | 2–8

L 6
-
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
11
November 2
@ Detroit
L 107–114
Charlie Scott (30)
Cobo Arena
5,317
2–9
L 7
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
12
November 4
@ Capital
L 99–102
Dick Van Arsdale,
Neal Walk (19)
Capital Centre
5,316
2–10
L 8
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
13
November 7
@ Philadelphia
L 115–122
Charlie Scott (31)
The Spectrum
4,366
2–11
L 9
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
14
November 9
@ Boston
L 107–122
Charlie Scott (24)
Boston Garden
9,953
2–12
L 10
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
15
November 13
Chicago
W 116–108
Charlie Scott (38)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,045
3–12
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
16
November 15
Philadelphia
W 116–94
Charlie Scott (33)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,142
4–12
W 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
17
November 17
Los Angeles
L 110–130
Charlie Scott (30)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
11,498
4–13
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
18
November 20
@ Buffalo
L 100–127
Dick Van Arsdale (23)
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
6,088
4–14
L 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
19
November 21
@ Detroit
L 104–107
Charlie Scott,
Neal Walk (32)
Cobo Arena
3,534
4–15
L 3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
20
November 23
@ Chicago
W 99–94
Charlie Scott (30)
Chicago Stadium
8,742
5–15
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
21
November 27
@ Houston
L 111–125
Dick Van Arsdale (27)
Hofheinz Pavilion
2,756
5–16
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
22
November 29
Kansas City-Omaha
W 119–99
Mike Bantom (26)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,386
6–16
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
23
November 30
@ Portland
W 107–99
Clem Haskins (36)
Memorial Coliseum
10,720
7–16
W 2
-
-
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
24
December 1
Detroit
L 109–121
Dick Van Arsdale (21)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,496
7–17
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
25
December 4
@ Los Angeles
L 103–120
Charlie Scott (23)
The Forum
11,746
7–18
L 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
26
December 5
Golden State
W 103–97
Charlie Scott (27)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,553
8–18
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
27
December 7
Capital
W 114–92
Charlie Scott (40)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,089
9–18
W 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
28
December 9
@ Cleveland
W 117–106
Charlie Scott (31)
Cleveland Arena
3,042
10–18
W 3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
29
December 11
@ New York
L 97–105
Dick Van Arsdale (23)
Madison Square Garden
18,366
10–19
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
30
December 13
Portland
L 108–119
Charlie Scott (32)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,494
10–20
L 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
31
December 15
Boston
W 121–120
Charlie Scott (41)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7,362
11–20
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
32
December 16
@ Seattle
W 113–109
Charlie Scott (38)
Seattle Center Coliseum
9,778
12–20
W 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
33
December 18
@ Portland
L 117–133
Dick Van Arsdale (26)
Memorial Coliseum
5,982
12–21
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
34
December 19
Philadelphia
L 98–101
Charlie Scott (44)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,246
12–22
L 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
35
December 22
Milwaukee
W 121–112
Charlie Scott (31)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
8,013
13–22
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
36
December 25
Los Angeles
W 135–100
Charlie Scott (27)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9,253
14–22
W 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
37
December 27
Seattle
W 111–100
Charlie Scott (33)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7,755
15–22
W 3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
38
December 28
@ Los Angeles
L 107–119
Charlie Scott (29)
The Forum
13,685
15–23
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
39
December 29
Buffalo
L 108–120
Charlie Scott (30)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9,116
15–24
L 2
-
-
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
40
January 2
@ Atlanta
W 116–113
Dick Van Arsdale (28)
Omni Coliseum
9,232
16–24
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
41
January 4
@ Kansas City-Omaha
L 97–122
Charlie Scott (28)
Municipal Auditorium
4,837
16–25
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
42
January 5
@ Milwaukee
L 109–118
Dick Van Arsdale (22)
Milwaukee Arena
9,812
16–26
L 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
43
January 6
@ Chicago
L 116–120 (OT)
Charlie Scott (30)
Chicago Stadium
6,013
16–27
L 3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
44
January 9
Houston
W 105–101
Charlie Scott (19)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,924
17–27
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
45
January 11
Kansas City-Omaha
L 100–117
Charlie Scott (24)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,747
17–28
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
46
January 13
Seattle
L 112–123
Neal Walk (28)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,769
17–29
L 2
- align="center"
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
47
January 17
@ Golden State
L 120–127
Charlie Scott (31)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
3,011
17–30
L 3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
48
January 19
New York
W 112–89
Charlie Scott (26)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9,468
18–30
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
49
January 23
Cleveland
W 110–103
Charlie Scott (25)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,017
19–30
W 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
50
January 25
Milwaukee
L 108–112
Charlie Scott (29)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7,660
19–31
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
51
January 27
Capital
W 127–107
Keith Erickson (28)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,277
20–31
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
52
January 31
Portland
W 112–100
Charlie Scott (25)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,252
21–31
W 2
-
-
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
53
February 1
@ Los Angeles
L 110–121
Gary Melchionni,
Dick Van Arsdale (20)
The Forum
13,478
21–32
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
54
February 2
Los Angeles
W 119–112
Dick Van Arsdale,
Neal Walk (25)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
8,068
22–32
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
55
February 5
@ New York
L 90–106
Dick Van Arsdale (27)
Madison Square Garden
18,884
22–33
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
56
February 6
@ Capital
L 101–109
Clem Haskins (23)
Capital Centre
6,738
22–34
L 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
57
February 8
Detroit
L 94–99
Dick Van Arsdale (18)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
8,511
22–35
L 3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
58
February 10
Golden State
L 105–121
Bob Christian (21)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,121
22–36
L 4
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
59
February 12
@ Portland
L 104–113
Keith Erickson (24)
Memorial Coliseum
4,189
22–37
L 5
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
60
February 14
Houston
W 107–99
Dick Van Arsdale (24)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,661
23–37
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
61
February 16
Atlanta
W 124–123 (OT)
Neal Walk (29)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
8,518
24–37
W 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
62
February 17
Portland
W 112–100
Mike Bantom (22)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,575
25–37
W 3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
63
February 19
@ Chicago
L 96–130
Dick Van Arsdale (20)
Chicago Stadium
7,451
25–38
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
64
February 22
@ Kansas-City Omaha
L 104–119
Keith Erickson (23)
Municipal Auditorium
8,322
25–39
L 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
65
February 23
@ Detroit
L 107–119
Dick Van Arsdale (18)
Cobo Arena
7,926
25–40
L 3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
66
February 24
@ Cleveland
L 97–101
Keith Erickson,
Neal Walk (22)
Cleveland Arena
3,288
25–41
L 4
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
67
February 26
@ Golden State
L 100–120
Clem Haskins (31)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
3,234
25–42
L 5
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
68
February 27
Chicago
L 95–107
Keith Erickson (34)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,105
25–43
L 6
-
-
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
69
March 1
@ Houston
L 111–117
Keith Erickson (23)
Hofheinz Pavilion
2,547
25–44
L 7
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
70
March 3
Kansas City-Omaha
W 113–100
Dick Van Arsdale,
Neal Walk (23)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
4,780
26–44
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
71
March 5
Chicago
L 91–111
Neal Walk (21)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,156
26–45
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
72
March 7
Boston
L 97–99
Gary Melchionni (23)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,242
26–46
L 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
73
March 9
Cleveland
W 109–100
Dick Van Arsdale (26)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6,153
27–46
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
74
March 11
@ Milwaukee
L 92–105
Neal Walk (20)
Milwaukee Arena
9,027
27–47
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
75
March 12
@ Buffalo
L 94–124
Keith Erickson (20)
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
14,244
27–48
L 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
76
March 13
@ Boston
L 97–104
Corky Calhoun,
Keith Erickson,
Dick Van Arsdale (15)
Boston Garden
6,751
27–49
L 3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
77
March 15
@ Philadelphia
L 101–108
Keith Erickson (24)
Hershey, PA
4,473
27–50
L 4
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
78
March 17
@ Seattle
W 133–108
Keith Erickson (30)
Seattle Center Coliseum
13,007
28–50
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
79
March 20
New York
L 104–106 (OT)
Keith Erickson,
Neal Walk (18)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
8,054
28–51
L 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
80
March 22
Buffalo
W 126–119
Mike Bantom,
Clem Haskins,
Gary Melchionni (22)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
8,687
29–51
W 1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
81
March 24
Golden State
W 134–121
Keith Erickson (40)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7,011
30–51
W 2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
82
March 27
@ Seattle
L 123–127
Clem Haskins (28)
Seattle Center Coliseum
12,528
30–52
L 1
-

Awards and honors

All-Star

  • Charlie Scott was selected to replace Jerry West in the All-Star Game. It was his second consecutive All-Star selection.

Season

  • Dick Van Arsdale was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team.
  • Mike Bantom was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.

Player statistics

Legend
GP
FG%
APG
PPG

Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
763726.1.399.6626.82.1.7.610.1
775428.7.461.7605.31.8.9.48.2
28113.1.438.6962.91.3.7.45.5
81115.4.486.7024.21.2.2.44.8
*664830.8.477.8016.33.11.0.314.6
722015.3.407.5594.90.6.4.54.1
812022.5.460.8422.73.21.0.211.1
*8727.9.486.6675.43.51.0.411.3
691518.1.460.860^2.12.1.6.17.2
1705.9.538†.7860.50.9.3.03.1
*705.4.545†.3641.10.1.0.32.3
525138.5+.459.7814.35.2+1.9+.425.4+
787636.3+.500†.853^2.84.2+1.2+.217.8+
828031.1.460.79110.24.0.9.716.8
  • – Stats with the Suns.

† – Minimum 560 field goal attempts.

^ – Minimum 160 free throw attempts.

  • – Minimum 70 games played.

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Subtractions

DatePlayerReason leftNew team
September 14, 1973Paul StovallWaivedSan Diego Conquistadors (ABA)
September 18, 1973Scott EnglishWaivedVirginia Squires (ABA)
September 19, 1973Mo LaytonWaivedPortland Trail Blazers
November 27, 1973Joe ReavesWaivedMemphis Tams (ABA)

References

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