1974-1975 Seattle Supersonics: 43-39 .524
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 24-16 (4157 points scored, 4071 allowed) Road record: 18-23 (4190 points scored, 4372 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (104 points scored, 97 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Russell 8451 points scored (9th of 18 teams), 8540 points allowed (13th) NBA Averages: 102.6 points/game (8416.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School John Brisker 6'5 210 27 Toledo Fred Brown 6'3 182 26 Iowa Tom Burleson 7'2 225 22 North Carolina State Archie Clark 6'2 175 33 Minnesota Rod Derline 6'0 175 22 Seattle Jim Fox 6'10 230 31 South Carolina Leonard Gray 6'8 240 23 Cal State Long Beach Spencer Haywood 6'8 225 25 Detroit John Hummer 6'9 230 26 Princeton Wardell Jackson 6'7 200 23 Ohio State Kenny McIntosh 6'7 225 25 Eastern Michigan Tal Skinner 6'5 195 22 Maryland - Eastern Shore Dean Tolson 6'8 190 23 Arkansas Slick Watts 6'1 175 23 Xavier (LA) Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Fred Brown 81 2669 737 1537 0 0 226 272 113 230 343 284 187 14 0 227 1700 21.0 F Spencer Haywood 68 2529 608 1325 0 0 309 381 198 432 630 137 54 108 0 173 1525 22.4 G Archie Clark 77 2481 455 919 0 0 161 193 59 176 235 433 110 5 0 188 1071 13.9 F Leonard Gray 75 2280 378 773 0 0 104 144 133 345 478 163 63 24 0 292 860 11.5 C Tom Burleson 82 1888 322 772 0 0 182 265 155 417 572 115 64 153 0 221 826 10.1 C Jim Fox 75 1766 253 540 0 0 170 212 128 363 491 137 48 17 0 168 676 9.0 G Slick Watts 82 2056 232 551 0 0 93 153 95 167 262 499 190 12 0 254 557 6.8 F Tal Skinner 73 1574 142 347 0 0 63 97 135 209 344 85 49 17 0 161 347 4.8 G Rod Derline 58 666 142 332 0 0 43 56 12 47 59 45 23 4 0 47 327 5.6 F Wardell Jackson 56 939 96 242 0 0 51 71 53 80 133 30 26 5 0 126 243 4.3 F John Brisker 21 276 60 141 0 0 42 49 15 18 33 19 7 3 0 33 162 7.7 F John Hummer 43 568 41 108 0 0 14 51 28 76 104 38 8 7 0 63 96 2.2 F Dean Tolson 19 87 16 37 0 0 11 17 12 10 22 5 4 6 0 12 43 2.3 F Kenny McIntosh 6 101 6 29 0 0 6 9 6 9 15 7 4 3 0 12 18 3.0
1974 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 3 Tom Burleson 446 North Carolina State [pick acquired from CLE]
2 26 Leonard Gray 224 Long Beach State
3 44 Tal Skinner 145 Maryland-Eastern Shore
4 62 William Gordon Maryland-Eastern Shore
5 80 Dean Tolson 80 Arkansas
6 98 Wardell Jackson 56 Ohio State
7 116 Jerry Faulkner Western Georgia
8 134 Leonard Coulter Morehead State
9 152 Bertrand DuPont Dillard
10 169 Rod Derline 107 Seattle
Traded draft picks:
#1 to CLE (Campy Russell)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western First Round
04/08/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 90-77
04/10/1975 at Detroit Pistons L 106-122
04/12/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 100-93
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Western Semifinals
04/14/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 96-123
04/16/1975 at Golden State Warriors W 100-99
04/17/1975 vs Golden State Warriors L 96-105
04/19/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 111-94
04/22/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 100-124
04/24/1975 vs Golden State Warriors L 96-105
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
C Tom Burleson 9 364 78 152 30 40 30 66 96 13 7 18 29 186 20.7
G Fred Brown 8 240 69 139 27 32 12 24 36 23 17 1 19 165 20.6
F Spencer Haywood 9 337 47 131 47 61 20 61 81 18 7 11 29 141 15.7
G Slick Watts 9 282 43 93 14 26 10 23 33 64 27 4 30 100 11.1
G Archie Clark 9 269 41 94 18 20 7 25 32 31 6 1 23 100 11.1
F Leonard Gray 9 263 39 80 11 13 11 34 45 20 12 5 41 89 9.9
F Tal Skinner 9 211 21 45 14 19 11 27 38 12 9 2 26 56 6.2
G Rod Derline 6 64 18 33 6 7 1 12 13 7 2 0 6 42 7.0
C Jim Fox 8 40 4 14 4 7 4 5 9 2 0 1 6 12 1.5
F Dean Tolson 4 22 1 8 2 2 4 3 7 1 0 0 3 4 1.0
F John Hummer 6 68 0 7 0 0 1 8 9 4 2 0 7 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/17/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 97-114 0-1 10/18/1974 vs Detroit Pistons L 95-100 0-2 10/20/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 100-93 1-2 10/23/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 107-97 2-2 10/25/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 106-97 3-2 10/27/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers L 94-120 3-3 10/30/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 117-97 4-3 11/01/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 88-99 4-4 11/03/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 101-89 5-4 11/07/1974 at Golden State Warriors W 104-93 6-4 11/10/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 109-95 7-4 11/13/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 108-103 8-4 11/15/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 103-117 8-5 11/16/1974 at New York Knicks L 94-104 8-6 11/19/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 113-122 8-7 11/20/1974 at New Orleans Jazz W 99-95 9-7 11/22/1974 vs Chicago Bulls L 89-93 9-8 11/23/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers W 117-110 10-8 11/24/1974 vs Houston Rockets L 109-124 10-9 11/26/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 94-102 10-10 11/27/1974 at Boston Celtics L 99-104 10-11 11/29/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 121-119 11-11 11/30/1974 at Washington Bullets L 90-122 11-12 12/02/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 110-106 12-12 12/04/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks W 112-103 13-12 12/06/1974 vs New Orleans Jazz W 121-108 14-12 12/07/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 96-132 14-13 12/08/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks L 95-102 14-14 12/11/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 95-97 14-15 12/13/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 93-109 14-16 12/17/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 84-87 14-17 12/18/1974 at Detroit Pistons W 100-97 15-17 12/22/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 108-90 16-17 12/27/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 98-108 16-18 12/29/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 101-121 16-19 01/01/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 123-118 17-19 01/03/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers W 98-93 18-19 01/04/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 111-89 19-19 01/08/1975 vs New York Knicks L 102-113 19-20 01/10/1975 vs Golden State Warriors L 94-119 19-21 01/12/1975 vs Chicago Bulls L 123-127 19-22 01/16/1975 at Houston Rockets W 127-125 20-22 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/17/1975 at New Orleans Jazz L 109-113 20-23 01/19/1975 at Atlanta Hawks L 109-117 20-24 01/21/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 108-118 20-25 01/24/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 81-86 20-26 01/26/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 96-93 21-26 01/29/1975 at Phoenix Suns W 99-85 22-26 01/31/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 106-103 23-26 02/01/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers W 93-91 24-26 02/02/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers W 119-112 25-26 02/05/1975 vs Phoenix Suns L 102-107 25-27 02/06/1975 at Phoenix Suns L 105-112 25-28 02/07/1975 vs Washington Bullets L 76-99 25-29 02/09/1975 vs Buffalo Braves L 93-99 25-30 02/12/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 104-103 26-30 02/14/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers L 88-90 26-31 02/16/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 109-87 27-31 02/19/1975 vs Boston Celtics W 121-95 28-31 02/21/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 110-108 29-31 02/23/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 100-114 29-32 02/25/1975 at New York Knicks W 102-101 30-32 02/26/1975 at Washington Bullets L 98-104 30-33 02/28/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 111-112 30-34 03/02/1975 at Boston Celtics W 104-97 31-34 03/04/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 97-104 31-35 03/06/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks L 92-102 31-36 03/08/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 103-99 32-36 03/11/1975 at Houston Rockets W 122-117 33-36 03/14/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 125-105 34-36 03/15/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 84-120 34-37 03/16/1975 vs New York Knicks W 97-94 35-37 03/19/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 101-100 36-37 03/21/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers L 109-112 36-38 03/23/1975 vs Phoenix Suns L 96-102 36-39 03/26/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 110-89 37-39 03/28/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 96-92 38-39 03/30/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 98-88 39-39 04/02/1975 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 99-96 40-39 04/04/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers W 111-102 41-39 04/05/1975 at Golden State Warriors W 109-108 42-39 04/06/1975 vs Phoenix Suns W 114-111 43-39 |