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Phoenix Suns

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Program History

Model Outputs

1996-1997
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1065 (#11) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1006 (#15) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.7 More → +0.0 (#15) HCA +2.7
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.511 (#15) -

1997 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1996-11-01 @ LAL L 82 - 96
1996-11-02 vs HOU L 95 - 110
1996-11-05 vs MIN L 95 - 98
1996-11-07 vs SEA L 98 - 103
1996-11-09 @ PHI L 95 - 112
1996-11-12 @ MIL L 89 - 99
1996-11-14 @ VAN L 89 - 92
1996-11-20 vs CHI L 99 - 113
1996-11-21 @ HOU L 105 - 115
1996-11-24 vs MIA L 84 - 87
1996-11-26 @ DEN L 108 - 117
1996-11-27 vs NJN W 99 - 77
1996-11-29 @ SEA L 92 - 105
1996-12-04 vs GSW W 118 - 87
1996-12-06 @ SAC W 101 - 95
1996-12-08 vs IND W 106 - 93
1996-12-10 vs SAS W 93 - 76
1996-12-12 @ UTA W 95 - 87
1996-12-13 @ MIN L 105 - 108
1996-12-15 vs VAN W 103 - 84
1996-12-16 @ LAC L 121 - 122
1996-12-18 vs WAS W 114 - 107
1996-12-21 @ SAS L 88 - 101
1996-12-23 vs DEN L 109 - 112
1996-12-25 vs LAL L 87 - 108
1996-12-28 @ VAN W 103 - 98
1996-12-30 vs SAC W 100 - 88
1997-01-02 @ CLE L 94 - 103
1997-01-03 @ IND L 104 - 117
1997-01-05 @ BOS L 102 - 109
1997-01-07 @ ATL L 103 - 105
1997-01-10 vs CHH W 102 - 90
1997-01-13 @ DAL W 105 - 98
1997-01-14 vs DEN W 110 - 101
1997-01-16 @ UTA L 91 - 95
1997-01-18 vs NYK W 105 - 98
1997-01-20 vs DET W 89 - 86
1997-01-22 vs UTA L 99 - 111
1997-01-24 vs POR L 105 - 115
1997-01-27 @ MIA L 97 - 125
1997-01-29 @ ORL L 105 - 112
1997-01-30 @ NJN L 101 - 113
1997-02-01 @ TOR L 86 - 110
1997-02-02 @ DET W 106 - 97
1997-02-05 vs ATL W 99 - 81
1997-02-12 vs BOS W 131 - 100
1997-02-14 vs LAC W 110 - 93
1997-02-16 @ MIN L 96 - 107
1997-02-18 @ NYK L 94 - 95
1997-02-19 @ CHH L 115 - 123
1997-02-21 vs CLE W 94 - 88
1997-02-23 vs DAL L 86 - 88
1997-02-26 vs PHI W 111 - 104
1997-03-02 @ DAL W 109 - 108
1997-03-05 vs POR L 99 - 121
1997-03-07 vs SAC W 104 - 87
1997-03-09 vs ORL W 121 - 85
1997-03-11 vs TOR L 101 - 105
1997-03-13 @ LAC W 112 - 96
1997-03-15 vs DAL W 101 - 76
1997-03-17 @ GSW W 116 - 95
1997-03-18 vs LAC L 111 - 121
1997-03-20 vs SAS W 113 - 106
1997-03-22 @ HOU W 104 - 99
1997-03-25 vs MIL W 117 - 112
1997-03-26 @ SEA W 109 - 107
1997-03-28 vs GSW W 122 - 115
1997-03-30 vs SEA W 107 - 106
1997-04-02 vs HOU W 109 - 96
1997-04-04 @ DEN W 122 - 113
1997-04-05 @ POR W 99 - 90
1997-04-08 vs MIN W 115 - 107
1997-04-10 @ SAC W 101 - 99
1997-04-11 @ LAL L 98 - 114
1997-04-13 @ GSW W 105 - 97
1997-04-15 vs UTA L 122 - 127
1997-04-18 @ SAS W 106 - 95
1997-04-19 vs VAN L 107 - 121
1997-04-25 @ SEA W 106 - 101
1997-04-27 @ SEA L 78 - 122
1997-04-29 vs SEA W 110 - 103
1997-05-01 vs SEA L 115 - 122
1997-05-03 @ SEA L 92 - 116

1997 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Kevin Johnson G 73 37.6 19.6 3.7 9.1 1.5 0.2 3.1 12.9 18.0 - - - 47.3 40.6 85.2 - 60.9 52.0
Sam Cassell G 21 24.0 15.0 2.2 4.5 1.0 0.3 2.7 11.0 9.1 - - - 41.4 31.7 86.0 - 55.2 45.5
Rex Chapman G 67 28.8 14.9 2.8 2.9 0.8 0.1 1.6 12.1 7.8 - - - 45.1 36.9 81.4 - 56.4 53.1
Cedric Ceballos G 46 26.0 14.3 6.3 1.0 0.7 0.4 1.6 11.9 9.2 - - - 46.1 26.2 74.4 - 52.5 48.1
Danny Manning G 78 26.8 13.5 6.0 2.2 1.0 1.0 2.1 10.2 11.5 - - - 53.8 18.9 73.9 - 58.0 54.3
Wesley Person G 81 28.3 13.5 3.8 1.5 1.0 0.3 1.0 11.1 8.0 - - - 45.1 41.6 79.4 - 57.0 54.9
Michael Finley G 25 29.0 12.6 4.4 2.4 0.6 0.2 1.7 10.8 7.7 - - - 48.3 26.1 81.1 - 53.9 50.6
Jason Kidd G 38 35.8 11.6 5.0 9.1 2.4 0.4 2.3 10.0 16.1 - - - 42.0 39.3 66.1 - 51.4 48.3
Mark Bryant G 43 22.3 8.7 4.8 1.0 0.5 0.1 1.1 6.4 7.7 - - - 54.9 0 69.5 - 58.4 54.9
Hot Rod Williams G 72 30.2 7.8 8.0 1.4 0.9 1.3 0.9 5.9 12.6 - - - 49.3 0.0 65.9 - 53.8 49.3
Robert Horry G 30 21.5 6.5 3.6 1.6 0.9 0.9 1.2 5.6 6.7 - - - 43.5 30.0 63.6 - 52.0 49.7
Wayman Tisdale G 53 13.5 6.2 2.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.6 6.7 2.1 - - - 42.2 0 63.0 - 43.8 42.2
A.C. Green G 25 20.3 6.0 5.2 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.7 4.8 7.1 - - - 49.2 0.0 66.0 - 53.0 49.2
Loren Meyer G 37 11.6 5.0 2.8 0.4 0.1 0.4 1.0 4.5 3.1 - - - 44.0 50.0 72.0 - 49.2 44.9
Chucky Brown G 8 8.5 3.9 1.6 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.5 2.9 2.9 - - - 52.2 0 100.0 - 59.4 52.2
Joe Kleine G 20 15.2 3.5 3.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.9 3.5 3.9 - - - 39.4 100.0 72.2 - 44.3 40.1
Steve Nash G 65 9.4 3.1 0.9 1.9 0.2 0.0 0.9 2.6 2.6 - - - 40.7 42.1 82.2 - 52.4 47.7
Rumeal Robinson G 12 6.7 3.0 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.4 2.8 1.1 - - - 47.1 30.0 25.0 - 50.3 51.5
Dexter Boney G 7 5.9 2.7 0.9 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 2.7 1.1 - - - 31.6 16.7 75.0 - 42.2 34.2
Mike Brown G 10 10.3 2.7 2.9 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.7 4.4 - - - 41.2 0 72.2 - 54.2 41.2
Horacio Llamas G 20 4.5 1.7 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.6 1.4 1.6 - - - 53.6 0 50.0 - 53.9 53.6
Tony Dumas G 5 5.8 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.4 -0.4 - - - 25.0 0.0 50.0 - 27.2 25.0
Ben Davis G 19 4.5 1.3 1.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.3 1.4 - - - 36.0 0 38.9 - 38.0 36.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG