1975-76

1975-76
Record 43-39 2nd
Head Coach: Bill Russell

     #                      G  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   Pts  Rpg  Apg   Ppg    
32 Fred Brown          76  317  207  143   18 1,757  4.2  2.7  23.1
16 Tom Burleson        82  742  180   70  150 1,283  9.0  2.2  15.6
11 Leonard Gray        66  398  203   75   36   914  6.0  3.1  13.8
13 Slick Watts         82  365  661  261   16 1,065  4.5  8.1  13.0
45 Bruce Seals         81  507  119   64   44   957  6.3  1.5  11.8
 3 Herm Gilliam        81  220  202   82   12   688  2.7  2.5   8.5
40 Mike Bantom         66  368  102   26   26   555  5.6  1.5   8.4
15 Willie Norwood      64  229   59   42    4   444  3.6  0.9   6.9
44 Frank Oleynick      52   45   53   21    6   307  0.9  1.0   5.9
22 Talvin Skinner      72  264   67   50    7   313  3.7  0.9   4.3
25 Rod Derline         49   27   26   11    1   191  0.6  0.5   3.9
35 Zaid Abdul-Aziz     27   76   16    8   15    86  2.8  0.6   3.2
14 John Hummer         29   77   25    6    9    81  2.7  0.9   2.8
35 Al Carlson          28   73   13    7   11    72  2.6  0.5   2.6
20 Eugene Short         7    7    2    0    0    13  1.0  0.3   1.9

           Fgm   Fga   Pct   Ftm   Fta   Pct
Brown      742  1522  .488   273   314  .869
Burleson   496  1032  .481   291   388  .750
Gray       394   831  .474   126   169  .746
Watts      433  1015  .427   199   344  .578
Seals      388   889  .436   181   267  .678
Gilliam    299   676  .442    90   116  .776
Bantom     212   450  .471   131   194  .675
Norwood    146   301  .485   152   203  .749
Oleynick   127   316  .402    53    77  .688
Skinner    132   285  .463    49    80  .613
Derline     73   181  .403    45    56  .804
A-Aziz      35    75  .467    16    29  .552
Hummer      32    67  .478    17    41  .415
Carlson     27    79  .342    18    29  .621
Short        6    11  .545     1     2  .500

40+ Points Games
  Player          Opponent            Date      Points
Fred Brown      @New Orleans      11-09-75      42

20+ Rebounds Games
   Player          Opponent            Date     Rebounds
Tom Burleson    @Golden State     02-07-76      20

Triple Doubles
Player           Opponent          Date      Pts  Reb  Ast
Leonard Gray     Detroit         02-15-76     16   10   10
Slick Watts      @Detroit        03-03-76     21   10   16

Record Vs. Opponents
                         W-L                               W-L
 Atlanta Hawks           3-1      Los Angeles Lakers       3-3
 Boston Celtics          2-2      Milwaukee Bucks          3-2
 Buffalo Braves          2-2      New Orleans Jazz         3-1
 Chicago Bulls           3-2      New York Knicks          4-0
 Cleveland Cavaliers     1-3      Philadelphia 76ers       2-2
 Detroit Pistons         2-3      Phoenix Suns             3-4
 Golden State Warriors   3-4      Portland Trail Blazers   3-3
 Houston Rockets         2-2      Washington Bullets       1-3
 Kansas City Kings       3-2

Honors

All Star
Fred Brown

NBA All Defensive First Team 
Slick Watts

J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award
Slick Watts
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Playoffs

Western Conference First Round
Phoenix 4 Seattle 2

Phoenix  99
Seattle 102

Phoenix 116
Seattle 111

Seattle  91
Phoenix 103

Seattle 114
Phoenix 130

Phoenix 108
Seattle 114

Seattle 112
Phoenix 123

Playoff Statistics

                       G  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk  Pts  Rpg  Apg   Ppg    
Fred Brown         6   28   17   13    0  171  4.7  2.8  28.5
Tom Burleson       6   57   10    6    8  125  9.5  1.7  20.8
Bruce Seals        6   36    3    5    6   78  6.0  0.5  13.0
Slick Watts        6   18   49   12    2   71  3.0  8.2  11.8
Willie Norwood     6   38    8    7    1   59  6.3  1.3   9.8
Mike Bantom        6   23    8    4    2   58  3.8  1.3   9.7
Zaid Abdul-Aziz    5   21    2    0    5   36  4.2  0.4   7.2
Talvin Skinner     6   15    7    5    2   19  2.5  1.2   3.2
Herm Gilliam       6   11   12    6    0   17  1.8  2.0   2.8
Rod Derline        4    4    1    1    0    6  1.0  0.3   1.5
John Hummer        3    1    0    0    0    4  0.3  0.0   1.3

           Fgm   Fga   Pct   Ftm   Fta   Pct
Brown       68   133  .511    35    44  .795
Burleson    45    75  .600    35    46  .761
Seals       30    68  .441    18    26  .692
Watts       30    69  .435    11    23  .478
Norwood     24    58  .414    11    18  .611
Bantom      22    38  .579    14    20  .700
Abdul-Aziz  14    20  .700     8    11  .727
Skinner      4    14  .286    11    15  .733
Gilliam      6    27  .222     5     8  .625
Derline      2    10  .200     2     2 1.000
Hummer       2     3  .667     0     0  .000

40+ Points Games
  Player              Opponent          Date      Points
Fred Brown          Phoenix         04-15-76      45




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