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1981–82 Phoenix Suns season

The 1981–82 Phoenix Suns season was the 14th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns were in the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season, extending a then-franchise record. In the first round, Denver was taken down by the Suns, two games to one. Phoenix would find a tougher opponent, however, in the Western Conference Semifinals, getting swept four games to zero by the eventual league champions, Los Angeles Lakers. The Suns were led by head coach John MacLeod and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Dennis Johnson again earned NBA All-Defensive First Team honors and was the lone All-Star Game participant from the Suns. Additionally, he led the Suns in scoring with his 19.5 points average, a personal career-high. Truck Robinson was not far behind with his 19.1 average, and paired that with rebounding average of 9.7 a game. Fellow big man Alvan Adams brought in 7 rebounds and 15 points a contest.

Offseason

NBA draft

Roster

Regular season

Standings

Playoffs

Game log

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 20 | @ Denver | L 113–129 | Kyle Macy (22) | Truck Robinson (13) | Truck Robinson (6) | McNichols Sports Arena<br>17,298 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 23 | Denver | W 126–110 | Dennis Johnson (29) | Alvan Adams (9) | Dennis Johnson (8) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum<br>12,798 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 24 | @ Denver | W 124–119 | Dennis Johnson (26) | Truck Robinson (9) | Rich Kelley (7) | McNichols Sports Arena<br>17,443 | 2–1 |-

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 27 | @ Los Angeles | L 96–115 | Johnson, Adams (20) | Truck Robinson (14) | three players tied (4) | The Forum<br>13,623 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 28 | @ Los Angeles | L 98–117 | Dennis Johnson (27) | Larry Nance (11) | Dennis Johnson (6) | The Forum<br>15,558 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 30 | Los Angeles | L 106–114 | Alvan Adams (23) | Alvan Adams (12) | three players tied (5) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum<br>14,660 | 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | May 2 | Los Angeles | L 107–112 | Dennis Johnson (31) | Macy, Nance (6) | Alvan Adams (8) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum<br>11,932 | 0–4 |-

Awards and honors

All-Star

  • Dennis Johnson was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. Johnson finished fourth in voting among Western Conference guards with 220,914 votes. It was his fourth consecutive All-Star selection.
  • The other Suns player who received All-Star votes was Alvan Adams (134,441).

Season

Player statistics

Season

|- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 79 || 75 || 30.3 || .494 || .000 || .781 || 7.4 || 4.5 || 1.4 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.0 || 15.1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 64 || 3 || 14.6 || .445 || .250 || .740 || 1.4 || 1.3 || 1.2 || .2 || 5.1 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 76 || 22 || 17.1 || .422 || .000 || .664 || 4.0 || 1.3 || .5 || .3 || 5.1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 55 || 12 || 21.5 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .523<small>†</small> || .188 || .820 || 1.9 || 2.9 || .8 || .1 || 14.4 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 32 || 0 || 3.2 || .459 || .500<small>^</small> || .778 || 0.4 || 0.5 || .1 || .0 || 1.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 80 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 77 || 36.7 || .470 || .190 || .806 || 5.1 || 4.6 || 1.3 || .7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 19.5 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 81 || 39 || 23.4 || .467 || .000 || .749 || 6.1 || 3.6 || .8 || .9 || 7.9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 56 || 0 || 9.8 || .414 || . || .786 || 1.9 || 0.9 || .3 || .2 || 2.6 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 82 || 72 || 34.7 || .514 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .390<small>^</small> || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .899 || 3.2 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 4.7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.7 || .1 || 14.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 8 || 0 || 2.9 || .692<small>†</small> || . || .600 || 0.5 || 0.4 || .3 || .0 || 2.6 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 80 || 0 || 14.8 || .521 || .000 || .641 || 3.2 || 1.0 || .5 || .9 || 6.6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 74 || 72 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 37.1 || .513 || 1.000<small>^</small> || .687 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 9.7 || 2.4 || .6 || .4 || 19.1 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 81 || 38 || 21.5 || .497 || .000 || .730 || 3.6 || 1.8 || .7 || .9 || 6.0

<small>† – Minimum 300 field goals made.</small><br> <small>^ – Minimum 25 three-pointers made.</small>

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || 33.3 || .522 || . || .786 || 7.3 || 3.7 || 2.0 || 1.4 || 16.9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || 0 || 3.4 || .250 || . || 1.000<small>^</small> || 0.1 || 0.7 || .1 || .1 || 0.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || 0 || 6.4 || .500 || . || . || 1.3 || 1.0 || .3 || .3 || 1.1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || 0 || 24.7 || .448 || .333 || .917 || 3.1 || 4.3 || .7 || .1 || 18.1 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || 6 || 0 || 2.0 || .167 || . || . || 0.7 || 0.3 || .0 || .0 || 0.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 38.7 || .477 || .000 || .769 || 4.4 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 4.6 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 2.1 || .6 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 22.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || 27.3 || .500 || . || .700 || 6.9 || 4.3 || .9 || .4 || 9.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || 4 || 0 || 5.0 || .714<small>†</small> || . || .667 || 1.3 || 0.3 || .3 || .0 || 3.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || 34.7 || .427 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .364 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .938<small>^</small> || 3.1 || 4.0 || 1.0 || .1 || 13.6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || 0 || 18.3 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .610<small>†</small> || . || .500 || 4.6 || 1.0 || 1.4 || 1.6 || 7.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || 30.4 || .563 || . || .300 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7.6 || 2.7 || .7 || .1 || 13.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 7 || 0 || 18.1 || .438 || .000 || .500 || 2.3 || 2.0 || 1.1 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.9 || 4.6

<small>† – Minimum 20 field goals made.</small><br> <small>^ – Minimum 10 free throws made.</small>

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References