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Phoenix Suns

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Program History

Model Outputs

1997-1998
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 → 1155 (#6) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1137 (#8) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +3.0 More → +4.1 (#7) HCA +3.0
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.660 (#6) -

1998 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1997-10-31 vs LAC W 110 - 100
1997-11-04 vs UTA W 106 - 84
1997-11-06 vs NYK L 75 - 105
1997-11-08 @ LAC W 123 - 105
1997-11-12 vs MIL W 103 - 95
1997-11-14 @ POR - Incomplete score
1997-11-16 vs HOU W 96 - 94
1997-11-18 vs MIN L 90 - 108
1997-11-20 vs CHI W 89 - 85
1997-11-26 vs NJN W 111 - 99
1997-11-28 @ BOS W 112 - 108
1997-11-29 @ NYK L 80 - 102
1997-12-02 @ MIL W 90 - 86
1997-12-03 @ DET - Incomplete score
1997-12-05 vs TOR W 110 - 91
1997-12-07 vs IND L 97 - 99
1997-12-09 vs VAN W 107 - 85
1997-12-11 vs ATL W 94 - 78
1997-12-13 @ MIN L 101 - 112
1997-12-15 @ CHI L 104 - 111
1997-12-16 @ CLE L 90 - 103
1997-12-18 @ DAL W 89 - 75
1997-12-20 @ DEN W 102 - 81
1997-12-22 vs GSW W 91 - 76
1997-12-26 @ VAN W 118 - 100
1997-12-28 vs SEA L 97 - 106
1998-01-04 @ WAS L 99 - 109
1998-01-06 @ IND W 81 - 80
1998-01-07 @ MIN W 92 - 77
1998-01-09 vs SAS W 100 - 79
1998-01-12 @ SAC L 90 - 96
1998-01-13 vs CLE L 84 - 102
1998-01-16 vs ORL W 111 - 86
1998-01-18 vs MIA W 96 - 87
1998-01-20 @ GSW W 87 - 69
1998-01-21 vs LAL L 109 - 119
1998-01-23 vs DEN W 93 - 77
1998-01-26 @ ATL W 96 - 91
1998-01-27 @ CHH - Incomplete score
1998-01-30 @ MIA W 74 - 71
1998-01-31 @ ORL W 96 - 94
1998-02-02 @ PHI W 106 - 97
1998-02-03 @ TOR W 110 - 105
1998-02-10 vs SAC W 88 - 86
1998-02-12 vs POR L 110 - 115
1998-02-17 @ DAL W 95 - 77
1998-02-18 vs LAL W 110 - 103
1998-02-20 vs CHH W 115 - 99
1998-02-22 vs SAS W 97 - 79
1998-02-24 vs PHI L 84 - 85
1998-02-26 @ UTA L 97 - 108
1998-02-27 @ LAC W 104 - 99
1998-03-01 @ SEA L 87 - 89
1998-03-03 @ POR L 93 - 98
1998-03-05 vs DET W 102 - 93
1998-03-07 vs HOU L 89 - 108
1998-03-09 vs LAC W 134 - 105
1998-03-10 @ DEN W 100 - 76
1998-03-13 vs GSW W 101 - 77
1998-03-15 vs DAL W 100 - 90
1998-03-18 @ LAL L 93 - 99
1998-03-21 vs SEA W 109 - 102
1998-03-22 @ SAS L 83 - 93
1998-03-25 vs MIN L 97 - 99
1998-03-27 vs WAS W 89 - 85
1998-03-29 vs VAN W 106 - 98
1998-03-31 @ HOU W 97 - 86
1998-04-04 vs POR W 90 - 83
1998-04-06 @ SEA W 102 - 92
1998-04-07 @ SAC W 103 - 97
1998-04-10 @ LAL W 114 - 105
1998-04-12 @ VAN W 129 - 106
1998-04-13 @ GSW W 105 - 97
1998-04-15 vs DEN W 96 - 89
1998-04-17 vs UTA L 99 - 102
1998-04-19 @ HOU W 123 - 93
1998-04-23 vs SAS L 96 - 102
1998-04-25 vs SAS W 108 - 101
1998-04-27 @ SAS L 88 - 100
1998-04-29 @ SAS L 80 - 99

1998 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%
Rex Chapman G 64 33.2 16.3 2.5 2.9 1.1 0.2 1.7 14.3 7.1 - - - 42.7 38.7 78.0 - 52.4 49.0
Antonio McDyess G 79 29.8 15.5 7.8 1.2 1.2 1.7 1.8 11.8 13.9 - - - 53.7 0.0 69.9 - 57.2 53.7
Clifford Robinson G 78 28.9 14.0 5.1 2.1 1.2 1.1 1.7 11.2 10.5 - - - 47.2 31.3 68.8 - 53.1 48.7
Danny Manning G 66 25.2 13.6 5.6 2.0 1.0 0.7 1.5 10.8 10.6 - - - 51.5 0.0 74.3 - 55.5 51.5
Jason Kidd G 80 37.8 11.6 6.1 9.1 2.1 0.3 3.1 10.5 15.6 - - - 40.9 30.5 80.3 - 49.5 44.8
Kevin Johnson G 50 25.9 10.0 3.3 5.0 0.6 0.1 2.1 7.3 9.6 - - - 45.5 17.9 85.9 - 55.8 46.1
Cedric Ceballos G 33 16.8 9.0 4.2 0.9 0.5 0.2 1.0 7.2 6.5 - - - 48.5 29.2 71.2 - 55.0 51.5
Steve Nash G 74 20.8 8.8 2.1 3.4 0.8 0.1 1.3 7.5 6.4 - - - 45.5 41.5 85.1 - 55.2 52.3
George McCloud G 61 19.5 7.8 3.5 1.4 0.8 0.2 1.0 7.1 5.6 - - - 41.5 37.2 76.6 - 52.5 50.8
Dennis Scott G 31 16.5 5.9 1.8 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.4 5.4 3.3 - - - 42.9 42.5 66.7 - 52.8 52.1
Mark Bryant G 68 16.0 4.5 3.7 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.8 3.5 5.3 - - - 48.5 0.0 73.8 - 54.4 48.5
Hot Rod Williams G 69 18.6 3.6 4.4 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.4 2.9 6.8 - - - 46.7 0 69.8 - 52.5 46.7
Horacio Llamas - 7 4.4 2.9 2.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.1 2.7 1.9 - - - 36.8 50.0 62.5 - 44.4 39.5
Marko Milic G 31 3.7 2.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.5 1.8 1.6 - - - 63.6 50.0 60.0 - 65.7 65.5
Brooks Thompson F 12 3.3 2.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.4 2.2 0.5 - - - 37.0 31.2 33.3 - 45.9 46.3

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