1974–75 Phoenix Suns season

Professional basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Phoenix Suns 1975 32 50 Pacific 4 8 John MacLeod Jerry Colangelo Karl Eller, Don Pitt, Don Diamond, Bhavik Darji, Marvin Meyer, Richard L. Bloch Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Did not qualify PHO KTAR-TV KTAR The 1974–75 Phoenix Suns season was the seventh season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns' roster averaged 2.8 years of professional experience, and included four one-year players in addition to three rookies. Coming off a 30–52 season, the Suns only improved by two games, finishing 32–50 under second-year head coach John MacLeod. All home games were played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Coming off an All-Star season, guard/forward Charlie Scott led the Suns in both points and assists with averages of 24.3 and 4.5 a game. For Scott, it was the third and final NBA All-Star Game selection of his career. 31-year-old Dick Van Arsdale, the only player remaining from the Suns' inaugural season roster, was second in scoring with a 16.1 average. Fourth-year forward Curtis Perry enjoyed his first season with Phoenix, posting career-highs in both points and rebounds, averaging 13.4 points and a team-high 11.9 rebounds per game. Offseason NBA draft 1974 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 4 John Shumate Forward United States Notre Dame 2 31 Fred Saunders Forward United States Syracuse 3 40 George Gervin Guard United States Eastern Michigan 3 49 Earl Williams Center United States Winston-Salem State 4 58 Randy Allen Guard United States Indiana (PA) 5 76 Ralph Bobik Guard United States Creighton 6 94 Collis Temple Forward United States Louisiana State 7 112 Clyde Dickey Guard United States Boise State 8 130 Tom Holland Forward United States Oklahoma 9 148 Ted Evans Forward United States Oklahoma 10 165 Mark Wasley Forward United States Arizona State Roster Phoenix Suns 1974–75 #702F8B #FFFFFF #FB4417 #702F8B 21 Dennis Awtrey C 6 10 235 1948-02-22 Santa Clara 40 Mike Bantom F/C 6 9 200 1951-12-03 Saint Joseph's 14 Keith Erickson G/F 6 5 195 1944-04-19 UCLA yes 32 Nate Hawthorne G 6 4 190 1950-01-15 Southern Illinois 24 Greg Jackson basketball, born 1952 G 6 0 180 1952-08-02 Guilford 25 Gary Melchionni G 6 2 185 1951-01-19 Duke 45 Jim Owens basketball, born 1950 G/F 6 5 200 1950-05-01 Arizona State 18 Curtis Perry F 6 7 220 1948-09-13 Missouri State 30 Fred Saunders F 6 7 210 1951-06-13 Syracuse 33 Charlie Scott basketball G 6 5 175 1948-12-15 North Carolina 34 John Shumate F/C 6 9 235 1952-04-06 Notre Dame yes IN 5 Dick Van Arsdale G/F 6 5 210 1943-02-22 Indiana 55 Earl Williams basketball player F/C 6 7 230 1951-03-24 Winston-Salem State John MacLeod (Bellarmine) Denny Price (Oklahoma) Regular season Standings PHO PHO Game log Phoenix Suns 1975 #423189 #FF8800 22 19 10 31 Phoenix Suns October no yes yes yes #FF8800 #423189 2 1 1 2!!Streak |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | October 17 | Seattle | W 114–97 | Charlie Scott (32) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum7,215 | 1–0 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | October 19 | Kansas City-Omaha | L 91–94 | Charlie Scott (22) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,377 | 1–1 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | October 23 | Detroit | W 100–90 | Charlie Scott (23) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,924 | 2–1 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | October 25 | @ Seattle | L 97–106 | Gary Melchionni (20) | Seattle Center Coliseum12,191 | 2–2 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | October 27 | @ Los Angeles | L 116–123 | Keith Erickson (29) | The Forum10,579 | 2–3 | L 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | October 30 | @ Philadelphia | W 104–99 | Charlie Scott (27) | The Spectrum5,089 | 3–3 | W 1 |- Phoenix Suns November no yes yes #FF8800 #423189 3 3 3 6!!Streak |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | November 2 | @ Washington | L 94–108 | Charlie Scott (28) | Capital Centre9,160 | 3–4 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 3 | @ Cleveland | L 101–104 | Keith Erickson (19) | Coliseum at Richfield7,354 | 3–5 | L 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 7 | @ Atlanta | L 108–109 | Charlie Scott (31) | Omni Coliseum2,847 | 3–6 | L 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 | November 8 | @ New Orleans | W 105–102 | Charlie Scott (34) | Municipal Auditorium3,118 | 4–6 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 | November 9 | @ Houston | W 101–96 | Charlie Scott (32) | Hofheinz Pavilion2,553 | 5–6 | W 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 12 | November 13 | Philadelphia | W 105–100 | Charlie Scott (41) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,071 | 6–6 | W 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 15 | Chicago | L 95–102 | Charlie Scott (26) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum7,071 | 6–7 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 14 | November 17 | Golden State | L 105–106 | Charlie Scott (32) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum7,820 | 6–8 | L 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 15 | November 19 | @ Milwaukee | L 108–122 | Charlie Scott (32) | MECCA Arena9,187 | 6–9 | L 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 16 | November 20 | @ Detroit | W 114–106 | Charlie Scott (33) | Cobo Arena3,807 | 7–9 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 17 | November 22 | @ Boston | L 94–95 | Charlie Scott (27) | Boston Garden13,756 | 7–10 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | November 23 | @ Buffalo | L 104–117 | Charlie Scott (23) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium12,743 | 7–11 | L 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 19 | November 26 | New Orleans Jazz | W 120–110 | Charlie Scott (31) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum4,931 | 8–11 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | November 28 | Portland | L 85–88 | Charlie Scott (27) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum6,461 | 8–12 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 21 | November 30 | Houston | W 112–100 | Gary Melchionni (21) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,187 | 9–12 | W 1 |- Phoenix Suns December no yes yes #FF8800 #423189 6 3 0 3!!Streak |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 22 | December 1 | @ Los Angeles | L 105–111 (OT) | Charlie Scott (26) | The Forum10,157 | 9–13 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 | December 3 | Atlanta | L 85–91 | Charlie Scott (24) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum4,019 | 9–14 | L 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 24 | December 5 | Golden State | W 108–106 (2OT) | Charlie Scott (24) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum6,053 | 10–14 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 25 | December 7 | Los Angeles | W 92–88 | Charlie Scott (25) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,603 | 11–14 | W 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 26 | December 8 | @ Los Angeles | L 102–107 | Charlie Scott (28) | The Forum11,124 | 11–15 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 27 | December 11 | Portland | W 104–100 | Keith Erickson (26) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum4,768 | 12–15 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 28 | December 13 | Cleveland | W 85–84 | Charlie Scott (34) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,756 | 13–15 | W 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 29 | December 19 | Milwaukee | L 108–112 | Keith Erickson (22) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum7,369 | 13–16 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 | December 21 | Los Angeles | W 114–104 | Keith Erickson (25) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,437 | 14–16 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 23 | @ Golden State | L 94–111 | Keith Erickson,Charlie Scott (20) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena5,240 | 14–17 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 | December 25 | Boston | W 110–96 | Charlie Scott (30) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum8,276 | 15–17 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 33 | December 27 | Buffalo | L 92–108 | Charlie Scott,Dick Van Arsdale (17) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum9,205 | 15–18 | L 1 |- Phoenix Suns January no yes yes #FF8800 #423189 3 4 2 5!!Streak |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 | January 2 | @ New York | L 113–117 (OT) | Charlie Scott (30) | Madison Square Garden18,570 | 15–19 | L 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 35 | January 3 | @ Chicago | L 99–126 | Mike Bantom (20) | Chicago Stadium6,047 | 15–20 | L 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 5 | @ Cleveland | L 86–97 | Dennis Awtrey,Gary Melchionni (15) | Coliseum at Richfield6,138 | 15–21 | L 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 | January 8 | Washington | L 95–102 | Charlie Scott (26) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum6,770 | 15–22 | L 5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 10 | Portland | L 110–113 | Charlie Scott (24) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,068 | 15–23 | L 6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 39 | January 11 | New York | W 113–107 | Mike Bantom (29) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum7,592 | 16–23 | W 1 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 | January 17 | @ Chicago | W 115–105 | Charlie Scott (31) | Chicago Stadium7,174 | 17–23 | W 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 41 | January 18 | @ Detroit | L 77–86 | Mike Bantom (19) | Cobo Arena6,053 | 17–24 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 42 | January 19 | @ Kansas City-Omaha | W 109–97 | Charlie Scott (28) | Kemper Arena13,155 | 18–24 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 | January 21 | Philadelphia | L 95–101 | Charlie Scott (34) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum4,267 | 18–25 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 44 | January 25 | New Orleans | W 94–90 (OT) | Charlie Scott (23) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,872 | 19–25 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 28 | @ Portland | L 107–115 | Mike Bantom,Charlie Scott (24) | Memorial Coliseum10,291 | 19–26 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 46 | January 29 | Seattle | L 85–99 | Charlie Scott (25) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum4,273 | 19–27 | L 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 | January 31 | Los Angeles | W 105–101 | Curtis Perry (24) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,871 | 20–27 | W 1 |- Phoenix Suns February no yes yes #FF8800 #423189 5 2 3 4!!Streak |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 | February 4 | Washington | W 90–89 | Dick Van Arsdale (30) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum4,263 | 21–27 | W 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 49 | February 5 | @ Seattle | W 107–102 | Dick Van Arsdale (46) | Seattle Center Coliseum10,002 | 22–27 | W 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 50 | February 6 | Seattle | W 112–105 | Mike Bantom (26) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,865 | 23–27 | W 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | February 8 | @ Golden State | L 96–105 | Dick Van Arsdale (27) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena8,961 | 23–28 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 52 | February 12 | Buffalo | W 108–96 | Charlie Scott (25) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum6,255 | 24–28 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 | February 14 | Boston | L 106–112 | Dick Van Arsdale (25) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum9,338 | 24–29 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 54 | February 15 | Atlanta | L 107–111 | Curtis Perry (26) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum6,147 | 24–30 | L 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 55 | February 18 | @ Buffalo | L 109–124 | Charlie Scott (32) | Maple Leaf Gardens8,163 | 24–31 | L 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | February 19 | @ Washington | L 97–120 | Dick Van Arsdale (20) | Capital Centre6,201 | 24–32 | L 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 | February 21 | @ New Orleans | L 96–98 | Gary Melchionni (17) | Municipal Auditorium4,563 | 24–33 | L 5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 58 | February 23 | @ Milwaukee | W 106–97 | Dennis Awtrey (24) | Dane County Coliseum8,832 | 25–33 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 59 | February 25 | @ Golden State | W 111–97 | Charlie Scott (26) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena8,550 | 26–33 | W 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 60 | February 26 | Cleveland | W 108–96 | Charlie Scott (24) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,447 | 27–33 | W 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 61 | February 28 | Golden State | W 102–96 | Dick Van Arsdale (25) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum9,511 | 28–33 | W 4 |- Phoenix Suns March no yes yes #FF8800 #423189 2 5 1 10!!Streak |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 62 | March 2 | @ Houston | L 104–110 | Charlie Scott (26) | Hofheinz Pavilion4,827 | 28–34 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 63 | March 4 | @ Kansas City-Omaha | L 99–103 | Mike Bantom (23) | Omaha Civic Auditorium4,027 | 28–35 | L 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 64 | March 6 | Chicago | W 88–65 | Mike Bantom (16) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum7,683 | 29–35 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 7 | @ Portland | L 98–120 | Mike Bantom (28) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum10,080 | 29–36 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 8 | Houston | L 107–112 | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,272 | 29–37 | L 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 11 | @ New York | L 98–103 | Charlie Scott (30) | Madison Square Garden17,443 | 29–38 | L 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 68 | March 12 | @ Boston | L 82–88 | Nate Hawthorne (20) | Hartford Civic Center11,283 | 29–39 | L 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | March 14 | @ Philadelphia | L 97–108 | Mike Bantom (19) | The Spectrum7,127 | 29–40 | L 5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 16 | @ Atlanta | L 114–117 | Charlie Scott (38) | Omni Coliseum2,786 | 29–41 | L 6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | March 18 | @ Golden State | L 103–133 | Mike Bantom (26) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena6,795 | 29–42 | L 7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 72 | March 19 | New York | L 96–101 | Curtis Perry (22) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,492 | 29–43 | L 8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 73 | March 21 | Portland | L 108–112 | Dick Van Arsdale (26) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum4,786 | 29–44 | L 9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 74 | March 22 | @ Portland | L 92–94 | Curtis Perry (18) | Memorial Coliseum11,142 | 29–45 | L 10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 75 | March 23 | @ Seattle | W 102–96 | Mike Bantom (22) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,082 | 30–45 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 76 | March 25 | Milwaukee | W 92–87 | Charlie Scott (22) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum7,232 | 31–45 | W 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 77 | March 27 | Detroit | L 79–91 | Charlie Scott (19) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,629 | 31–46 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 78 | March 29 | Kansas City-Omaha | L 100–104 | Dennis Awtrey,Curtis Perry (20) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum6,450 | 31–47 | L 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 79 | March 30 | @ Los Angeles | L 90–104 | Mike Bantom (20) | The Forum8,546 | 31–48 | L 3 |- Phoenix Suns April no yes yes #FF8800 #423189 1 1 0 1!!Streak |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 | April 2 | Los Angeles | W 108–106 | Charlie Scott (25) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,610 | 32–48 | W 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 81 | April 4 | Golden State | L 99–128 | Mike Bantom (22) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum6,867 | 32–49 | L 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | April 6 | @ Seattle | L 111–114 | Charlie Scott (25) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,082 | 32–50 | L 2 |- PHO 1975 Awards and honors All-Star Charlie Scott was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game, which was played in Phoenix for the first time. Scott finished third in voting among Western Conference guards with 40,736 votes. It was his third consecutive All-Star selection. Other Suns players who received All-Star votes were Keith Erickson (23,171), Curtis Perry (22,574), and Dick Van Arsdale (19,395). Season Mike Bantom finished 14th in MVP voting. Player statistics Legend   GP Games played   GS Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  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 Player GP GS MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Awtrey, Dennis Dennis Awtrey 82 73 34.6 .470 .677 8.6 4.2 .7 .6 9.9 Bantom, Mike Mike Bantom 82 50 27.3 .461 .714 6.7 1.9 .8 .6 12.5 Calhoun, Corky Corky Calhoun* 13 0 8.3 .375 .933^ 2.5 0.3 .5 .2 2.9 Erickson, Keith Keith Erickson 49 24 30.0 .425 .833^ 5.0 3.5 1.0 .2 12.3 Hawthorne, Nate Nate Hawthorne 50 2 12.4 .411 .649 1.8 0.8 .6 .4 5.9 Jackson, Greg Greg Jackson 44 18 17.6 .416 .581 1.5 2.1 .5 .2 4.0 Melchionni, Gary Gary Melchionni 68 29 22.5 .430 .809 2.8 2.3 .7 .2 8.5 Jim Owens basketball, born 1950 41 5 10.5 .386 .750 1.0 1.2 .4 .0 3.0 Perry, Curtis Curtis Perry 79 78 34.0 .477 .719 11.9 2.4 1.4 1.0 13.4 Saunders, Fred Fred Saunders 69 12 15.3 .433 .695 3.7 1.2 .6 .2 6.1 Scott, Charlie Charlie Scott 69 60 37.6 .441 .781 4.0 4.5 1.6 .3 24.3 Van Arsdale, Dick Dick Van Arsdale 70 50 34.6 .470 .832 2.7 2.8 1.2 .2 16.1 Williams, Earl Earl Williams 79 9 13.2 .414 .437 5.8 1.2 .4 .4 4.7 * – Stats with the Suns. ^ – Minimum 125 free throws made. Transactions Trades September 6, 1974 To Washington Bullets USA Clem Haskins To Phoenix Suns USA Dave Stallworth 1975 second-round draft pick (USA Allen Murphy) September 16, 1974 To New Orleans Jazz USA Neal Walk 1975 second-round draft pick (USA Clyde Mayes) To Phoenix Suns USA Dennis Awtrey USA Nate Hawthorne USA Curtis Perry 1976 first-round draft pick (USA Adrian Dantley) November 27, 1974 To Los Angeles Lakers USA Corky Calhoun To Phoenix Suns 1976 second-round draft pick (USA Jacky Dorsey) 1977 third-round draft pick (USA Mike Bratz) Free agents Additions Date Player Contract Old Team January 2, 1975 Greg Jackson Undisclosed New York Knicks Subtractions Date Player Reason left New team May 20, 1974 Lamar Green Expansion draft New Orleans Jazz July 31, 1974 Bob Christian Waived New York Knicks September 24, 1974 Bill Chamberlain Waived (Retired) October 10, 1974 Dave Stallworth Waived New York Knicks References Standings on Basketball Reference Phoenix Category:Phoenix Suns seasons