1976-1977 Seattle Supersonics: 40-42 .488
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 27-14 (4299 points scored, 4166 allowed) Road record: 13-28 (4225 points scored, 4485 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Russell 8524 points scored (18th of 22 teams), 8651 points allowed (8th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Mike Bantom 6'9 200 25 St. Joseph's Norton Barnhill 6'4 205 23 Washington State Fred Brown 6'3 182 28 Iowa Tom Burleson 7'2 225 24 North Carolina State Leonard Gray 6'8 240 25 Cal State Long Beach Mike Green 6'10 200 25 Louisiana State Dennis Johnson 6'4 185 22 Pepperdine Bob Love 6'8 215 34 Southern Willie Norwood 6'7 220 29 Alcorn State Frank Oleynick 6'2 185 21 Seattle Bruce Seals 6'8 210 23 Xavier (LA) Dean Tolson 6'8 190 25 Arkansas Slick Watts 6'1 175 25 Xavier (LA) Nick Weatherspoon 6'7 195 26 Illinois Bobby Wilkerson 6'6 195 22 Indiana 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 72 2098 534 1114 0 0 168 190 68 164 232 176 124 19 0 140 1236 17.2 G Slick Watts 79 2627 428 1015 0 0 172 293 81 226 307 630 214 25 0 256 1028 13.0 F Bruce Seals 81 1977 378 851 0 0 138 195 118 236 354 93 49 58 0 262 894 11.0 C Tom Burleson 82 1803 288 652 0 0 220 301 184 367 551 93 74 117 0 259 796 9.7 G Dennis Johnson 81 1667 285 566 0 0 179 287 161 141 302 123 123 57 0 221 749 9.2 C Mike Green 76 1928 290 658 0 0 166 235 191 312 503 120 45 129 0 201 746 9.8 F Nick Weatherspoon 51 1505 283 614 0 0 86 136 109 295 404 51 49 23 0 149 652 12.8 F Willie Norwood 76 1647 216 461 0 0 151 206 127 165 292 99 62 6 0 191 583 7.7 G Bobby Wilkerson 78 1552 221 573 0 0 84 122 96 162 258 171 72 8 0 136 526 6.7 F Dean Tolson 60 587 137 242 0 0 85 159 73 84 157 27 32 21 0 83 359 6.0 F Mike Bantom 44 795 137 281 0 0 58 84 83 103 186 52 35 21 0 113 332 7.5 F Leonard Gray 25 643 114 262 0 0 59 78 23 84 107 55 27 13 0 84 287 11.5 G Frank Oleynick 50 516 81 223 0 0 39 53 13 32 45 60 13 4 0 48 201 4.0 F Bob Love 32 450 45 121 0 0 41 47 26 61 87 21 13 2 0 50 131 4.1 G Norton Barnhill 4 10 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 5 4 1.0
1976 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 11 Bob Wilkerson 536 Indiana
2 19 Bayard Forrest 139 Grand Canyon [pick acquired from ATL via MIL]
2 29 Dennis Johnson 1100 Pepperdine
4 63 Willie Parr LeMoyne-Owen
5 80 Robert Gray Wichita State
6 98 Darrell Peterson Wake Forest
7 116 Mark Klein Malone
8 134 Norton Barnhill 4 Washington State
9 151 Ron Johnson North Carolina A&T
10 167 Ricky Lewis Alcorn State
Traded draft picks:
#3 to ATL (Larry Cooke)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/24/1976 vs New York Nets W 104-93 1-0 10/26/1976 at Indiana Pacers L 90-120 1-1 10/27/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 92-106 1-2 10/29/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 106-103 2-2 10/31/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 126-112 3-2 11/02/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 113-125 3-3 11/03/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 106-126 3-4 11/05/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 88-84 4-4 11/07/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 98-91 5-4 11/09/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 114-138 5-5 11/10/1976 at Houston Rockets L 97-99 5-6 11/12/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 102-97 6-6 11/14/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 121-118 7-6 11/16/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 102-110 7-7 11/17/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 92-78 8-7 11/19/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 130-101 9-7 11/21/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 115-106 10-7 11/26/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 101-97 11-7 11/27/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 107-119 11-8 11/28/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 117-116 12-8 11/30/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 114-119 12-9 12/01/1976 at Boston Celtics L 103-107 12-10 12/03/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers W 121-112 13-10 12/04/1976 at New York Knicks L 96-103 13-11 12/07/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 98-110 13-12 12/08/1976 at Washington Bullets W 109-99 14-12 12/10/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 99-93 15-12 12/12/1976 vs Houston Rockets L 92-96 15-13 12/15/1976 vs Denver Nuggets L 103-117 15-14 12/19/1976 vs Buffalo Braves L 98-99 15-15 12/21/1976 at Chicago Bulls L 101-103 15-16 12/23/1976 at Denver Nuggets L 95-123 15-17 12/25/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 95-110 15-18 12/26/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 89-87 16-18 12/28/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 120-119 17-18 12/29/1976 at New York Nets W 102-96 18-18 12/30/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 100-105 18-19 01/02/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 83-79 19-19 01/05/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 94-93 20-19 01/07/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 131-124 21-19 01/09/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 92-76 22-19 01/12/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 121-99 23-19 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/14/1977 vs New York Knicks W 127-107 24-19 01/16/1977 vs Denver Nuggets L 101-109 24-20 01/19/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 109-102 25-20 01/21/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 106-120 25-21 01/23/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 88-98 25-22 01/25/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 109-120 25-23 01/26/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 118-103 26-23 01/30/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs L 118-126 26-24 02/02/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 120-95 27-24 02/04/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 106-109 27-25 02/06/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 107-99 28-25 02/09/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks L 98-99 28-26 02/11/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 114-107 29-26 02/15/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 106-109 29-27 02/16/1977 at Houston Rockets L 95-124 29-28 02/18/1977 at New York Nets W 93-88 30-28 02/19/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 100-103 30-29 02/20/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 115-135 30-30 02/23/1977 at Kansas City Kings W 94-93 31-30 02/25/1977 vs Boston Celtics L 92-102 31-31 02/27/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 85-93 31-32 03/02/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 85-105 31-33 03/05/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 104-134 31-34 03/08/1977 at New Orleans Jazz W 96-91 32-34 03/09/1977 at Boston Celtics W 114-86 33-34 03/11/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 122-126 33-35 03/12/1977 at New York Knicks W 91-88 34-35 03/16/1977 at Washington Bullets W 100-96 35-35 03/18/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 105-104 36-35 03/19/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 92-104 36-36 03/20/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks W 110-107 37-36 03/22/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 104-108 37-37 03/27/1977 vs Phoenix Suns L 100-121 37-38 03/29/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 97-100 37-39 03/30/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 111-105 38-39 04/02/1977 at Golden State Warriors W 109-102 39-39 04/03/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 104-119 39-40 04/05/1977 vs New York Nets L 86-88 39-41 04/08/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 112-105 40-41 04/10/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 104-113 40-42 |