Phoenix Suns Playoff Rosters
1978-1979 Phoenix Suns Playoff Roster
1978-1979 Playoff Matchups
Eastern Conference | |||
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Description | Home | Away | Result |
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 | |||
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Description | Home | Away | Result |
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 | |||
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Description | Home | Away | Result |
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 |
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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 |
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Apr 10, 1979 |
v. Portland |
W, 107-103 |
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Opening Round |
1-0 |
PTS: 28. P. Westphal |
PTS: 26. Ron Brewer |
Apr 13, 1979 |
@ Portland |
L, 96-92 |
Veterans Memorial Coliseum Opening Round |
1-1 |
PTS: 31. Walter Davis |
PTS: 21. Ron Brewer |
Apr 15, 1979 |
v. 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 |
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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 |
@ Kansas City |
L, 111-91 |
Kemper Arena Conference Semi Finals |
1-1 |
PTS: 17. T. Robinson |
PTS: 23. O. Birdsong |
Apr 22, 1979 |
v. 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 |
@ Kansas City |
W, 94-108 |
Kemper Arena Conference Semi Finals |
3-1 |
PTS: 26. P. Westphal |
PTS: 21. Scott Wedman |
Apr 27, 1979 |
v. 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 |
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May 1, 1979 |
@ Seattle |
L, 108-93 |
Kingdome Conference Finals |
0-1 |
PTS: 18. Alvan Adams |
PTS: 27. Gus Williams |
May 4, 1979 |
@ Seattle |
L, 103-97 |
Kingdome Conference Finals |
0-2 |
PTS: 29. P. Westphal |
PTS: 21. John Johnson |
May 6, 1979 |
v. Seattle |
W, 113-103 |
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Conference Finals |
1-2 |
PTS: 25. P. Westphal |
PTS: 35. Gus Williams |
May 8, 1979 |
v. Seattle |
W, 100-91 |
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Conference Finals |
2-2 |
PTS: 27. Walter Davis |
PTS: 22. Gus Williams |
May 11, 1979 |
@ Seattle |
W, 93-99 |
Kingdome Conference Finals |
3-2 |
PTS: 27. P. Westphal |
PTS: 24. D. Johnson |
May 13, 1979 |
v. Seattle |
L, 105-106 |
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Conference Finals |
3-3 |
PTS: 29. P. Westphal |
PTS: 23. D. Johnson |
May 17, 1979 |
@ Seattle |
L, 114-110 |
Kingdome Conference Finals |
3-4 |
PTS: 26. Walter Davis |
PTS: 33. Jack Sikma |