1971-1972 Seattle Supersonics: 47-35 .573
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 28-12 (4492 points scored, 4314 allowed) Road record: 18-22 (4250 points scored, 4375 allowed) Other sites: 1-1 (215 points scored, 230 allowed) Head Coach: Lenny Wilkens 8957 points scored (9th of 17 teams), 8919 points allowed (7th) NBA Averages: 110.2 points/game (9036.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Fred Brown 6'3 182 23 Iowa Barry Clemens 6'6 210 28 Ohio Wesleyan Pete Cross 6'9 230 23 San Francisco Jake Ford 6'3 180 25 Maryland - Eastern Shore Spencer Haywood 6'8 225 22 Detroit Garfield Heard 6'6 219 23 Oklahoma Don Kojis 6'3 202 32 Marquette Jim McDaniels 6'11 228 23 Western Kentucky Bob Rule 6'9 220 27 Colorado State Don Smith 6'9 235 25 Iowa State Dick Snyder 6'5 207 27 Davidson Lenny Wilkens 6'1 180 34 Providence Lee Winfield 6'2 174 24 North Texas Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Spencer Haywood 73 3167 717 1557 0 0 480 586 0 0 926 148 0 0 0 208 1914 26.2 G Lenny Wilkens 80 2989 479 1027 0 0 480 620 0 0 338 766 0 0 0 209 1438 18.0 G Dick Snyder 73 2534 496 937 0 0 218 259 0 0 228 283 0 0 0 200 1210 16.6 G Lee Winfield 81 2040 343 692 0 0 175 262 0 0 218 290 0 0 0 198 861 10.6 F Don Kojis 73 1857 322 687 0 0 188 237 0 0 335 82 0 0 0 168 832 11.4 C Don Smith 58 1780 322 751 0 0 154 214 0 0 654 124 0 0 0 178 798 13.8 F Barry Clemens 82 1447 252 484 0 0 76 90 0 0 288 64 0 0 0 198 580 7.1 F Garfield Heard 58 1499 190 474 0 0 79 128 0 0 442 55 0 0 0 126 459 7.9 C Pete Cross 74 1424 152 355 0 0 103 140 0 0 509 63 0 0 0 135 407 5.5 G Fred Brown 33 359 59 180 0 0 22 29 0 0 37 60 0 0 0 44 140 4.2 C Jim McDaniels 12 235 51 123 0 0 11 18 0 0 82 9 0 0 0 26 113 9.4 C Bob Rule 16 243 45 124 0 0 23 43 0 0 55 6 0 0 0 27 113 7.1 G Jake Ford 26 181 33 66 0 0 26 33 0 0 11 26 0 0 0 21 92 3.5
1971 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 6 Fred Brown 963 Iowa
2 23 Jim McDaniels 184 87 Western Kentucky
4 57 Pembroke Burrows Jacksonville
5 74 Jeff Smith New Mexico State
6 91 Mike Neciase William Carey
7 108 John Duncan Kentucky Wesleyan
8 125 Chuck Lowery 20 Puget Sound
9 141 Larry Holliday Oregon
10 157 Ed Huston Puget Sound
11 173 Jerome Perry Western Kentucky
Traded draft picks:
#3 to CHI (Clifford Ray)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1971 at Buffalo Braves W 123-90 1-0 10/15/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers W 119-88 2-0 10/16/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 91-98 2-1 10/19/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 101-100 3-1 10/20/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers L 93-100 3-2 10/22/1971 vs Houston Rockets W 110-91 4-2 10/24/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 119-101 5-2 10/28/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 106-96 6-2 10/30/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 115-106 7-2 11/04/1971 at Golden State Warriors L 96-98 7-3 11/05/1971 vs New York Knicks W 101-97 8-3 11/07/1971 vs Golden State Warriors L 102-109 8-4 11/11/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 110-91 9-4 11/12/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 107-115 9-5 11/13/1971 vs Boston Celtics W 116-112 10-5 11/16/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 87-95 10-6 11/17/1971 at Atlanta Hawks W 112-104 11-6 11/19/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 107-108 11-7 11/20/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers W 104-100 12-7 11/21/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 127-117 13-7 11/25/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 115-139 13-8 11/27/1971 vs Detroit Pistons W 124-102 14-8 11/28/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 121-138 14-9 11/30/1971 at New York Knicks W 110-109 15-9 12/01/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers L 98-102 15-10 12/03/1971 at Baltimore Bullets W 117-106 16-10 12/04/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 100-98 17-10 12/05/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 99-91 18-10 12/07/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 83-116 18-11 12/10/1971 vs Golden State Warriors W 105-94 19-11 12/12/1971 at Houston Rockets L 98-100 19-12 12/14/1971 at Detroit Pistons W 103-86 20-12 12/15/1971 at Boston Celtics L 100-112 20-13 12/17/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 113-120 20-14 12/18/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 107-105 21-14 12/19/1971 vs Phoenix Suns W 130-127 22-14 12/22/1971 vs New York Knicks L 104-120 22-15 12/25/1971 at Phoenix Suns L 86-116 22-16 12/26/1971 vs Chicago Bulls L 102-103 22-17 12/30/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 106-122 22-18 01/01/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 97-83 23-18 01/04/1972 at Houston Rockets L 110-119 23-19 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/05/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 127-116 24-19 01/07/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 125-111 25-19 01/09/1972 vs Boston Celtics W 125-119 26-19 01/11/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 141-126 27-19 01/13/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets W 112-107 28-19 01/15/1972 vs Phoenix Suns W 118-110 29-19 01/21/1972 vs Phoenix Suns L 113-128 29-20 01/23/1972 vs New York Knicks L 99-101 29-21 01/25/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 91-123 29-22 01/26/1972 at Atlanta Hawks W 131-119 30-22 01/28/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 104-93 31-22 01/29/1972 at New York Knicks L 106-110 31-23 02/01/1972 at Chicago Bulls W 121-103 32-23 02/02/1972 at Houston Rockets L 88-111 32-24 02/04/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 118-112 33-24 02/06/1972 at Boston Celtics L 123-128 33-25 02/08/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 127-119 34-25 02/10/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals W 118-96 35-25 02/12/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 125-97 36-25 02/13/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 127-117 37-25 02/16/1972 vs Boston Celtics W 113-112 38-25 02/18/1972 vs Golden State Warriors W 110-108 39-25 02/20/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 109-105 40-25 02/22/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 104-120 40-26 02/23/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 97-96 41-26 02/26/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals W 122-106 42-26 02/29/1972 at Baltimore Bullets W 118-117 43-26 03/01/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 116-102 44-26 03/03/1972 vs Chicago Bulls W 112-103 45-26 03/04/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 96-114 45-27 03/05/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 112-110 46-27 03/07/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets L 98-105 46-28 03/09/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 123-128 46-29 03/12/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 99-109 46-30 03/14/1972 at Chicago Bulls W 115-111 47-30 03/15/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 96-134 47-31 03/17/1972 at Baltimore Bullets L 107-112 47-32 03/19/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers L 100-115 47-33 03/25/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 99-118 47-34 03/26/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 98-124 47-35 |