1975-1976 Seattle Supersonics: 43-39 .524
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-10 (4427 points scored, 4186 allowed) Road record: 12-29 (4299 points scored, 4563 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-10 (4427 points scored, 4186 allowed) Road record: 12-29 (4299 points scored, 4563 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Head Coach: Bill Russell 8726 points scored (5th of 18 teams), 8749 points allowed (16th) NBA Averages: 104.3 points/game (8556.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Mike Bantom 6'9 200 24 St. Joseph's Fred Brown 6'3 182 27 Iowa Tom Burleson 7'2 225 23 North Carolina State Al Carlson 6'11 235 24 Southern California Rod Derline 6'0 175 23 Seattle Herm Gilliam 6'3 190 29 Purdue Leonard Gray 6'8 240 24 Cal State Long Beach John Hummer 6'9 230 27 Princeton Willie Norwood 6'7 220 28 Alcorn State Frank Oleynick 6'2 185 20 Seattle Bruce Seals 6'8 210 22 Xavier (LA) Gene Short 6'6 200 22 Jackson State Tal Skinner 6'5 195 23 Maryland - Eastern Shore Don Smith 6'9 235 29 Iowa State Slick Watts 6'1 175 24 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 76 2516 742 1522 0 0 273 314 111 206 317 207 143 18 0 186 1757 23.1 C Tom Burleson 82 2647 496 1032 0 0 291 388 258 484 742 180 70 150 0 273 1283 15.6 G Slick Watts 82 2776 433 1015 0 0 199 344 112 253 365 661 261 16 0 270 1065 13.0 F Bruce Seals 81 2435 388 889 0 0 181 267 157 350 507 119 64 44 0 314 957 11.8 F Leonard Gray 66 2139 394 831 0 0 126 169 109 289 398 203 75 36 0 260 914 13.8 G Herm Gilliam 81 1644 299 676 0 0 90 116 56 164 220 202 82 12 0 139 688 8.5 F Mike Bantom 66 1503 212 450 0 0 131 194 133 235 368 102 26 26 0 208 555 8.4 F Willie Norwood 64 1004 146 301 0 0 152 203 91 138 229 59 42 4 0 139 444 6.9 F Tal Skinner 72 1224 132 285 0 0 49 80 89 175 264 67 50 7 0 116 313 4.3 G Frank Oleynick 52 650 127 316 0 0 53 77 10 35 45 53 21 6 0 62 307 5.9 G Rod Derline 49 339 73 181 0 0 45 56 8 19 27 26 11 1 0 22 191 3.9 C Don Smith 27 223 35 75 0 0 16 29 30 46 76 16 8 15 0 29 86 3.2 F John Hummer 29 364 32 67 0 0 17 41 21 56 77 25 6 9 0 71 81 2.8 C Al Carlson 28 279 27 79 0 0 18 29 30 43 73 13 7 11 0 39 72 2.6 F Gene Short 7 37 6 11 0 0 1 2 2 5 7 2 0 0 0 5 13 1.9
1975 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 12 Frank Oleynick 102 Seattle
2 21 Bruce Seals 235 113 Xavier (LA) [pick acquired from ATL]
4 66 Jim Moore Utah State
5 84 Dwain Govan Bishop (TX)
6 102 Larry Smith North Carolina A&T
7 120 Hollis Miller Drury (MO)
8 138 Ken McKenzie Montana
9 155 Rich Haws Utah State
10 170 Jerry Bellotti Santa Clara
Traded draft picks:
#2 to CHI (Steve Green)
#3 to WAS (Tom Kropp)
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 04/13/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 102-99 04/15/1976 vs Phoenix Suns L 111-116 04/18/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 91-103 04/20/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 114-130 04/25/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 114-108 04/27/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 112-123Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Fred Brown 6 236 68 133 35 44 12 16 28 17 13 0 20 171 28.5 C Tom Burleson 6 208 45 75 35 46 15 42 57 10 6 8 25 125 20.8 F Bruce Seals 6 181 30 68 18 26 14 22 36 3 5 6 22 78 13.0 G Slick Watts 6 197 30 69 11 23 5 13 18 49 12 2 28 71 11.8 F Willie Norwood 6 215 24 58 11 18 20 18 38 8 7 1 25 59 9.8 F Mike Bantom 6 114 22 38 14 20 9 14 23 8 4 2 27 58 9.7 C Don Smith 5 60 14 20 8 11 4 17 21 2 0 5 2 36 7.2 F Tal Skinner 6 86 4 14 11 15 6 9 15 7 5 2 9 19 3.2 G Herm Gilliam 6 86 6 27 5 8 3 8 11 12 6 0 10 17 2.8 G Rod Derline 4 41 2 10 2 2 1 3 4 1 1 0 4 6 1.5 F John Hummer 3 16 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 1.3
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/24/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 105-97 1-0
10/26/1975 vs Phoenix Suns W 113-99 2-0
10/28/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 90-101 2-1
10/29/1975 at Kansas City Kings W 92-91 3-1
10/31/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers L 104-120 3-2
11/02/1975 vs Washington Bullets L 85-94 3-3
11/05/1975 at Detroit Pistons L 107-124 3-4
11/06/1975 at Washington Bullets L 100-110 3-5
11/08/1975 at Atlanta Hawks L 94-107 3-6
11/09/1975 at New Orleans Jazz W 111-97 4-6
11/12/1975 vs Kansas City Kings L 92-107 4-7
11/13/1975 at Phoenix Suns L 103-106 4-8
11/14/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 100-97 5-8
11/16/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 102-98 6-8
11/19/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 97-87 7-8
11/23/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 112-104 8-8
11/25/1975 at New York Knicks W 128-127 9-8
11/26/1975 at Boston Celtics W 110-109 10-8
11/28/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 94-113 10-9
11/29/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 108-124 10-10
12/02/1975 at Kansas City Kings W 101-90 11-10
12/03/1975 at Houston Rockets L 101-107 11-11
12/06/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 94-104 11-12
12/07/1975 vs Golden State Warriors L 106-115 11-13
12/10/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 99-79 12-13
12/12/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 97-95 13-13
12/14/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 114-105 14-13
12/17/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-115 14-14
12/19/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 113-102 15-14
12/21/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 101-103 15-15
12/23/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers L 100-125 15-16
12/26/1975 vs Kansas City Kings W 90-87 16-16
12/27/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 100-109 16-17
12/28/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 116-106 17-17
12/30/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers W 112-100 18-17
01/02/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 98-102 18-18
01/04/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 97-85 19-18
01/07/1976 vs New York Knicks W 91-89 20-18
01/09/1976 at Phoenix Suns W 112-110 21-18
01/11/1976 vs Buffalo Braves L 104-125 21-19
01/13/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 108-114 21-20
01/14/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 112-110 22-20
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/16/1976 at Washington Bullets L 85-100 22-21
01/17/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 101-110 22-22
01/21/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 104-111 22-23
01/22/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 99-109 22-24
01/24/1976 at Houston Rockets L 103-110 22-25
01/28/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 104-124 22-26
01/30/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 123-100 23-26
02/06/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 100-109 23-27
02/07/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 100-127 23-28
02/08/1976 vs Phoenix Suns L 101-107 23-29
02/11/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 93-90 24-29
02/13/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 119-102 25-29
02/14/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers W 122-108 26-29
02/15/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 109-107 27-29
02/18/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 124-99 28-29
02/20/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 111-92 29-29
02/22/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 97-91 30-29
02/25/1976 at Buffalo Braves W 126-94 31-29
02/27/1976 at Boston Celtics L 118-122 31-30
02/29/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 115-130 31-31
03/02/1976 at New York Knicks W 109-105 32-31
03/03/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 110-114 32-32
03/05/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 93-111 32-33
03/07/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 106-124 32-34
03/09/1976 at Chicago Bulls L 101-102 32-35
03/10/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 110-105 33-35
03/14/1976 vs New York Knicks W 113-103 34-35
03/17/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 122-111 35-35
03/21/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 117-107 36-35
03/23/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 97-104 36-36
03/24/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 135-110 37-36
03/28/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 127-112 38-36
03/31/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 120-109 39-36
04/02/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-113 39-37
04/03/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 115-130 39-38
04/04/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 117-89 40-38
04/07/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 115-114 41-38
04/09/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 119-103 42-38
04/10/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 95-121 42-39
04/11/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 132-131 43-39
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