1983–84 Phoenix Suns 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.

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 >

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]

Draft picks

Main article: 1983 NBA draft

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

Roster

1983–84 Phoenix Suns roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From C 33 Adams, Alvan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1954-07-19 Oklahoma G/F 6 Davis, Walter 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1954-09-09 North Carolina C 53 Edwards, James 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1955-11-22 Washington PG 10 Foster, Rod 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1960-10-10 UCLA F/C 20 Lucas, Maurice 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1952-02-18 Marquette PG 4 Macy, Kyle 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1957-04-09 Kentucky F 22 Nance, Larry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1959-02-12 Clemson F 32 Pittman, Charles 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1958-03-23 Maryland C 8 Robey, Rick 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1956-01-30 Kentucky SF 7 Sanders, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1960-05-07 UCLA SF 14 Scott, Alvin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1955-09-14 Oral Roberts SG 44 Westphal, Paul 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1950-11-30 USC	Head coach   John MacLeod (Bellarmine) Assistant coach(es)   Al Bianchi (Bowling Green)   John Wetzel (Virginia Tech) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended   Injured

Regular season

Standings

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

Record vs. opponents

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	—

Game log

Regular season

1983–84 game log Total: 41–41 (Home: 31–10; Road: 10–31)
October: 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 29, 1983 @ Dallas L 103–120 Reunion Arena 0–1
November: 5–11 (home: 4–4; road: 1–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 November 1, 1983 Seattle L 93–103 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 0–2 3 November 3, 1983 San Antonio W 142–120 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1–2 4 November 6, 1983 @ Portland L 96–122 Memorial Coliseum 1–3 5 November 8, 1983 @ Seattle L 116–123 Kingdome 1–4 6 November 10, 1983 @ Golden State W 104–99 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 2–4 7 November 11, 1983 @ Los Angeles L 105–119 The Forum 2–5 8 November 13, 1983 Golden State W 113–98 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 3–5 9 November 16, 1983 Cleveland W 115–104 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 4–5 10 November 18, 1983 Milwaukee L 94–109 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 4–6 11 November 19, 1983 @ Dallas L 107–116 Reunion Arena 4–7 12 November 22, 1983 @ Houston L 96–118 The Summit 4–8 13 November 23, 1983 New Jersey L 108–110 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 4–9 14 November 25, 1983 Chicago W 120–94 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5–9 15 November 26, 1983 @ Denver L 104–107 McNichols Sports Arena 5–10 16 November 29, 1983 @ Utah (at Las Vegas, Nevada) L 110–114 Thomas & Mack Center 5–11 17 November 30, 1983 Kansas City L 118–120 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5–12
December: 10–4 (home: 7–2; road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 December 2, 1983 Utah L 113–116 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5–13 19 December 4, 1983 @ San Antonio W 122–106 HemisFair Arena 6–13 20 December 6, 1983 @ Atlanta L 88–95 The Omni 6–14 21 December 8, 1983 New York W 120–97 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7–14 22 December 10, 1983 San Diego W 109–93 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8–14 23 December 13, 1983 @ Houston L 110–129 The Summit 8–15 24 December 15, 1983 Los Angeles W 114–104 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9–15 25 December 17, 1983 Kansas City W 119–99 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10–15 26 December 20, 1983 @ Golden State W 109–105 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 11–15 27 December 21, 1983 Portland L 112–116 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11–16 28 December 23, 1983 @ San Diego W 121–115 San Diego Sports Arena 12–16 29 December 26, 1983 Denver W 140–133 (OT) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 13–16 30 December 28, 1983 Golden State W 128–105 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14–16 31 December 30, 1983 Houston W 121–110 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 15–16
January: 4–8 (home: 4–0; road: 0–8) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 32 January 3, 1984 @ Chicago L 97–102 Chicago Stadium 15–17 33 January 4, 1984 @ Detroit L 114–128 Pontiac Silverdome 15–18 34 January 6, 1984 @ Indiana L 88–104 Market Square Arena 15–19 35 January 7, 1984 @ Kansas City L 98–100 Kemper Arena 15–20 36 January 10, 1984 @ Utah L 98–107 Salt Palace Acord Arena 15–21 37 January 11, 1984 San Diego W 129–104 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 16–21 38 January 13, 1984 @ Seattle L 99–103 Kingdome 16–22 39 January 15, 1984 Washington W 110–101 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 17–22 40 January 19, 1984 Los Angeles W 138–123 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 18–22 41 January 21, 1984 Seattle W 131–102 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 19–22 42 January 24, 1984 @ Los Angeles L 110–116 The Forum 19–23 43 January 26, 1984 @ San Diego L 101–119 San Diego Sports Arena 19–24 All-Star Break
February: 8–9 (home: 5–2; road: 3–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 44 February 1, 1984 Portland W 109–106 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 20–24 45 February 2, 1984 @ Utah L 95–116 Salt Palace Acord Arena 20–25 46 February 4, 1984 @ Golden State L 104–107 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 20–26 47 February 5, 1984 @ Portland L 82–97 Memorial Coliseum 20–27 48 February 7, 1984 San Antonio W 138–131 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 21–27 49 February 9, 1984 Atlanta W 118–105 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 22–27 50 February 11, 1984 Dallas W 108–89 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 23–27 51 February 14, 1984 @ Milwaukee L 83–92 MECCA Arena 23–28 52 February 15, 1984 @ Cleveland L 90–104 Richfield Coliseum 23–29 53 February 17, 1984 @ Dallas L 123–129 Reunion Arena 23–30 54 February 18, 1984 @ Houston W 126–102 The Summit 24–30 55 February 21, 1984 @ San Antonio W 114–111 (OT) HemisFair Arena 25–30 56 February 23, 1984 @ Kansas City W 107–95 Kemper Arena 26–30 57 February 24, 1984 Denver L 100–117 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 26–31 58 February 26, 1984 Boston L 109–116 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 26–32 59 February 28, 1984 Utah W 113–100 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 27–32 60 February 29, 1984 @ San Diego L 95–102 San Diego Sports Arena 27–33
March: 8–8 (home: 7–2; road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 61 March 1, 1984 Philadelphia W 112–100 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 28–33 62 March 3, 1984 San Antonio W 120–106 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 29–33 63 March 7, 1984 Houston W 123–110 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 30–33 64 March 9, 1984 Indiana W 130–110 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 31–33 65 March 11, 1984 @ Boston L 109–117 Boston Garden 31–34 66 March 13, 1984 @ New York L 96–117 Madison Square Garden 31–35 67 March 14, 1984 @ New Jersey L 102–108 Brendan Byrne Arena 31–36 68 March 16, 1984 @ Washington W 110–109 (OT) Capital Centre 32–36 69 March 17, 1984 @ Philadelphia L 112–131 The Spectrum 32–37 70 March 20, 1984 Denver W 146–120 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 33–37 71 March 21, 1984 @ Seattle L 102–104 Kingdome 33–38 72 March 23, 1984 @ Portland L 98–124 Memorial Coliseum 33–39 73 March 24, 1984 Detroit L 109–120 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 33–40 74 March 27, 1984 San Diego W 116–109 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 34–40 75 March 29, 1984 Golden State W 124–119 (OT) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 35–40 76 March 31, 1984 Los Angeles L 97–119 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 35–41
April: 6–0 (home: 4–0; road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 77 April 3, 1984 Kansas City W 113–109 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 36–41 78 April 6, 1984 Seattle W 117–108 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 37–41 79 April 8, 1984 @ Denver W 146–120 McNichols Sports Arena 38–41 80 April 10, 1984 Portland W 100–88 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 39–41 81 April 12, 1984 Dallas W 119–118 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 40–41 82 April 15, 1984 @ Los Angeles W 123–114 The Forum 41–41
1983–84 schedule

Playoffs

1984 playoff game log
Western Conference First Round: 3–2 (home: 1–1; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 18, 1984 @ Portland W 113–106 Edwards (23) Nance (9) Davis (13) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 1–0 2 April 20, 1984 @ Portland L 116–122 Davis (25) Davis, Lucas (5) Adams (5) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 1–1 3 April 22, 1984 Portland W 106–103 Davis (27) Lucas, Nance (10) Davis (10) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11,531 2–1 4 April 24, 1984 Portland L 110–113 Davis (29) Lucas (10) Davis, Macy (7) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,660 2–2 5 April 26, 1984 @ Portland W 117–105 Davis (29) Lucas (12) Davis (10) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 3–2
Western Conference Semifinals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 29, 1984 @ Utah L 95–105 Davis (21) Edwards (8) Davis (7) Salt Palace Acord Arena 12,403 0–1 2 May 2, 1984 @ Utah W 102–97 Davis (28) Lucas (15) Macy (7) Salt Palace Acord 12,689 1–1 3 May 4, 1984 Utah W 106–94 Davis (30) Lucas (14) Macy (7) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,660 2–1 4 May 6, 1984 Utah W 111–110 (OT) Davis (32) Adams (15) Lucas (6) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,660 3–1 5 May 8, 1984 @ Utah L 106–118 Lucas (19) Lucas (12) Macy, Westphal (6) Salt Palace Acord Arena 12,560 3–2 6 May 10, 1984 Utah W 102–82 Davis (21) Nance (9) Davis, Macy (6) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,660 4–2
Western Conference Finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 12, 1984 @ Los Angeles L 94–110 Davis (24) Nance (15) Macy (10) The Forum 12,825 0–1 2 May 15, 1984 @ Los Angeles L 102–118 Nance (29) Nance (9) Davis (8) The Forum 16,578 0–2 3 May 18, 1984 Los Angeles W 135–127 (OT) Davis (34) Lucas (17) Macy (6) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,660 1–2 4 May 20, 1984 Los Angeles L 115–126 Nance (27) Lucas (10) Davis (7) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,660 1–3 5 May 23, 1984 @ Los Angeles W 126–121 Davis (27) Nance (13) Macy (12) The Forum 16,848 2–3 6 May 25, 1984 Los Angeles L 97–99 Davis (26) Lucas (13) Macy (8) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,660 2–4
1984 schedule

Awards and honors

All-Star

• Walter Davis was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the 1984 NBA All-Star Game. It was his fifth All-Star selection.
• Larry Nance competed in the inaugural NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Nance became the league's first Dunk champion, defeating Julius Erving in the final round.
• The other Suns player receiving All-Star votes was Maurice Lucas (302,258).

Player statistics

Legend

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

Season

Phoenix Suns statistics

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

* – Stats with the Suns.
† – Minimum 300 field goals made.

Playoffs

Phoenix Suns statistics

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

† – Minimum 5 three-pointers made.
^ – Minimum 10 free throws made.

Transactions

Trades

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)

Free agents

Additions

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

Subtractions

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)

References

1. Goldstein, Alan (February 22, 1993). "At 34, Larry Nance is the oldest of the..." The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 16, 2010.

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