1970-1971 Seattle Supersonics: 38-44 .463
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 27-13 (4772 points scored, 4599 allowed) Road record: 11-30 (4554 points scored, 4880 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (103 points scored, 112 allowed) Head Coach: Lenny Wilkens 9429 points scored (5th of 17 teams), 9591 points allowed (15th) NBA Averages: 112.4 points/game (9218.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Tom Black 6'10 220 29 South Dakota State Barry Clemens 6'6 210 27 Ohio Wesleyan Pete Cross 6'9 230 22 San Francisco Jake Ford 6'3 180 24 Maryland - Eastern Shore Spencer Haywood 6'8 225 21 Detroit Garfield Heard 6'6 219 22 Oklahoma Don Kojis 6'3 202 31 Marquette Tom Meschery 6'6 215 32 St. Mary's (CA) Bob Rule 6'9 220 26 Colorado State Don Smith 6'9 235 24 Iowa State Dick Snyder 6'5 207 26 Davidson Rod Thorn 6'4 195 29 West Virginia Lenny Wilkens 6'1 180 33 Providence Lee Winfield 6'2 174 23 North Texas Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Dick Snyder 82 2824 645 1215 0 0 302 361 0 0 257 352 0 0 0 249 1592 19.4 G Lenny Wilkens 71 2641 471 1125 0 0 461 574 0 0 319 654 0 0 0 201 1403 19.8 F Don Kojis 79 2143 454 1018 0 0 249 320 0 0 435 130 0 0 0 220 1157 14.6 G Lee Winfield 79 1605 334 716 0 0 162 244 0 0 193 225 0 0 0 135 830 10.5 F Tom Meschery 79 1822 285 615 0 0 162 216 0 0 485 108 0 0 0 202 732 9.3 F Spencer Haywood 33 1162 260 579 0 0 160 218 0 0 396 48 0 0 0 84 680 20.6 C Don Smith 61 1276 263 597 0 0 139 188 0 0 468 42 0 0 0 118 665 10.9 C Pete Cross 79 2194 245 554 0 0 140 203 0 0 949 113 0 0 0 212 630 8.0 F Barry Clemens 78 1286 247 526 0 0 83 114 0 0 243 92 0 0 0 169 577 7.4 F Garfield Heard 65 1027 152 399 0 0 82 125 0 0 328 45 0 0 0 126 386 5.9 G Rod Thorn 63 767 141 299 0 0 69 102 0 0 103 182 0 0 0 60 351 5.6 C Tom Black 55 773 111 268 0 0 51 73 0 0 225 42 0 0 0 116 273 5.0 C Bob Rule 4 142 47 98 0 0 25 30 0 0 46 7 0 0 0 14 119 29.8 G Jake Ford 5 68 9 25 0 0 16 22 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 11 34 6.8
1970 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 6 Jim Ard 218 213 Cincinnati
2 20 Jake Ford 31 Maryland State [pick acquired from DET]
2 23 Pete Cross 182 San Francisco
3 40 Garfield Heard 787 Oklahoma
5 74 Boyd Lynch Eastern Kentucky
6 91 Sam Robinson 134 Long Beach State
7 108 James Morgan Maryland State
8 125 George Irvine 325 Washington
9 142 Claude Virden 31 Murray State
10 159 Chuck Lloyd 14 Yankton
11 174 Andy Owens Florida
12 187 John Brunson Furman
13 197 Allen McManus Winston-Salem State
14 207 Don Beeson Linfield
Traded draft picks:
#4 to CHI (John Davis)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/14/1970 vs Detroit Pistons L 117-123 0-1 10/17/1970 vs Boston Celtics W 126-114 1-1 10/21/1970 vs Phoenix Suns W 110-106 2-1 10/23/1970 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 141-111 3-1 10/25/1970 at Milwaukee Bucks L 107-126 3-2 10/26/1970 at Detroit Pistons L 111-142 3-3 10/27/1970 at New York Knicks L 104-117 3-4 10/28/1970 at Cincinnati Royals L 118-131 3-5 10/30/1970 at Portland Trail Blazers W 115-104 4-5 10/31/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 122-119 5-5 11/03/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 101-113 5-6 11/04/1970 at Buffalo Braves W 126-101 6-6 11/06/1970 at Boston Celtics L 94-116 6-7 11/07/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers L 128-134 6-8 11/08/1970 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 111-105 7-8 11/10/1970 vs New York Knicks W 93-91 8-8 11/13/1970 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 111-91 9-8 11/16/1970 vs Buffalo Braves L 103-112 9-9 11/19/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 111-110 10-9 11/20/1970 at San Diego Rockets L 106-121 10-10 11/21/1970 vs San Diego Rockets L 114-115 10-11 11/22/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 124-149 10-12 11/26/1970 at Phoenix Suns L 115-126 10-13 11/27/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors W 101-96 11-13 11/29/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks W 130-107 12-13 12/01/1970 at New York Knicks L 109-114 12-14 12/02/1970 at Cincinnati Royals W 119-111 13-14 12/04/1970 at Baltimore Bullets L 116-131 13-15 12/05/1970 at Atlanta Hawks L 100-106 13-16 12/08/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers W 107-104 14-16 12/09/1970 at Boston Celtics L 121-136 14-17 12/11/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 118-126 14-18 12/13/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 107-124 14-19 12/16/1970 at San Francisco Warriors L 91-108 14-20 12/17/1970 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 117-125 14-21 12/19/1970 vs Phoenix Suns W 135-131 15-21 12/20/1970 vs San Diego Rockets L 108-110 15-22 12/22/1970 vs New York Knicks W 119-108 16-22 12/26/1970 vs Boston Celtics W 124-117 17-22 12/30/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 128-109 18-22 01/01/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 121-118 19-22 01/04/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 110-124 19-23 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/05/1971 at Baltimore Bullets L 101-109 19-24 01/06/1971 at Boston Celtics L 112-137 19-25 01/08/1971 at Buffalo Braves W 110-102 20-25 01/09/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 114-110 21-25 01/14/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets W 114-110 22-25 01/17/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets L 96-111 22-26 01/19/1971 at Detroit Pistons L 102-106 22-27 01/20/1971 at Atlanta Hawks W 112-108 23-27 01/22/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 132-131 24-27 01/24/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 119-145 24-28 01/28/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 120-110 25-28 01/29/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 115-122 25-29 01/30/1971 at Phoenix Suns L 116-134 25-30 02/02/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 101-118 25-31 02/03/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 98-95 26-31 02/05/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks L 120-121 26-32 02/07/1971 vs San Diego Rockets L 107-124 26-33 02/09/1971 at San Diego Rockets L 115-132 26-34 02/10/1971 at San Francisco Warriors L 122-133 26-35 02/11/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 119-101 27-35 02/12/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers L 125-137 27-36 02/14/1971 vs San Francisco Warriors W 146-101 28-36 02/17/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 130-126 29-36 02/19/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 112-128 29-37 02/21/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 135-128 30-37 02/24/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 123-101 31-37 02/26/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 121-145 31-38 02/27/1971 vs Chicago Bulls L 114-129 31-39 03/02/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks L 116-128 31-40 03/05/1971 at San Diego Rockets W 111-110 32-40 03/06/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 121-109 33-40 03/08/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 99-104 33-41 03/09/1971 at New York Knicks W 114-99 34-41 03/11/1971 vs Detroit Pistons W 130-97 35-41 03/12/1971 at San Francisco Warriors L 98-111 35-42 03/14/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets W 124-121 36-42 03/18/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 122-121 37-42 03/19/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers L 128-135 37-43 03/20/1971 at Phoenix Suns L 107-114 37-44 03/21/1971 vs San Francisco Warriors W 119-106 38-44 |