1974–75 Phoenix Suns season

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

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 4 John Shumate Forward Notre Dame 2 31 Fred Saunders Forward Syracuse 3 40 George Gervin Guard Eastern Michigan 3 49 Earl Williams Center Winston-Salem State 4 58 Randy Allen Guard Indiana (PA) 5 76 Ralph Bobik Guard Creighton 6 94 Collis Temple Forward Louisiana State 7 112 Clyde Dickey Guard Boise State 8 130 Tom Holland Forward Oklahoma 9 148 Ted Evans Forward Oklahoma 10 165 Mark Wasley Forward Arizona State

Roster

Regular season

Standings

Game log

!!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 |- !!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 |- !!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 |- !!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 |- !!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 |- !!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)