1977-1978 Seattle Supersonics: 47-35 .573
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-10 (4394 points scored, 4130 allowed) Road record: 15-25 (4057 points scored, 4201 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (114 points scored, 107 allowed) Head Coaches: Bob Hopkins (5-17), Lenny Wilkens (42-18) 8565 points scored (18th of 22 teams), 8438 points allowed (2nd) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Fred Brown 6'3 182 29 Iowa Al Fleming 6'7 215 23 Arizona Mike Green 6'10 200 26 Louisiana State Joey Hassett 6'5 180 22 Providence Dennis Johnson 6'4 185 23 Pepperdine John Johnson 6'7 200 30 Iowa Bruce Seals 6'8 210 24 Xavier (LA) Jack Sikma 6'11 230 22 Illinois Wesleyan Paul Silas 6'7 220 34 Creighton Dean Tolson 6'8 190 26 Arkansas Wally Walker 6'6 190 23 Virginia Slick Watts 6'1 175 26 Xavier (LA) Marvin Webster 7'1 225 25 Morgan State Gus Williams 6'2 175 24 Southern California Willie Wise 6'5 210 30 Drake Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Gus Williams 79 2572 602 1335 0 0 227 278 83 173 256 294 185 41 189 198 1431 18.1 G Fred Brown 72 1965 508 1042 0 0 176 196 61 127 188 240 110 25 164 145 1192 16.6 C Marvin Webster 82 2910 427 851 0 0 290 461 361 674 1035 203 48 162 257 262 1144 14.0 G Dennis Johnson 81 2209 367 881 0 0 297 406 152 142 294 230 118 51 164 213 1031 12.7 C Jack Sikma 82 2238 342 752 0 0 192 247 196 482 678 134 68 40 186 300 876 10.7 F John Johnson 76 1812 341 820 0 0 131 174 100 207 307 210 43 19 166 194 813 10.7 F Bruce Seals 73 1322 230 551 0 0 111 175 62 164 226 81 41 33 103 210 571 7.8 F Paul Silas 82 2172 184 464 0 0 109 186 289 377 666 145 65 16 152 182 477 5.8 F Wally Walker 68 1003 185 420 0 0 70 112 80 122 202 69 24 10 66 125 440 6.5 G Slick Watts 32 809 110 272 0 0 30 53 21 60 81 133 53 14 92 88 250 7.8 G Joey Hassett 48 404 91 205 0 0 10 12 14 22 36 41 21 0 34 45 192 4.0 C Mike Green 9 250 43 87 0 0 21 31 22 33 55 10 6 13 22 26 107 11.9 F Al Fleming 20 97 15 31 0 0 10 17 13 17 30 7 0 5 16 16 40 2.0 F Willie Wise 2 10 0 3 0 0 1 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.5 F Dean Tolson 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0.0
1977 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 8 Jack Sikma 1107 Illinois Wesleyan
3 52 Joe Hassett 292 Providence
4 74 Jim Cooper Alabama
5 96 Dale Haberman McKendree
6 118 Bucky O'Brien Seattle
7 138 Billy Reynolds NW Louisiana
8 158 Jeff Frey Evansville
Traded draft picks:
#2 to CHI via DEN and KC (Steve Sheppard)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western First Round
04/12/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 102-90
04/14/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-105
04/16/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 111-102
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Western Semifinals
04/18/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers W 104-95
04/21/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 93-96
04/23/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 99-84
04/26/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 100-98
04/30/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 89-113
05/01/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 105-94
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Western Finals
05/05/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 107-116
05/07/1978 at Denver Nuggets W 121-111
05/10/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 105-91
05/12/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 100-94
05/14/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 114-123
05/17/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 123-108
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Finals
05/21/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 106-102
05/25/1978 at Washington Bullets L 98-106
05/28/1978 at Washington Bullets W 93-92
05/30/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 116-120 (OT)
06/02/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 98-94
06/04/1978 at Washington Bullets L 82-117
06/07/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 99-105
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G Gus Williams 22 701 163 342 77 106 30 56 86 88 45 12 54 70 403 18.3
G Fred Brown 22 575 153 341 75 90 16 31 47 53 23 2 31 47 381 17.3
C Marvin Webster 22 904 137 280 81 120 95 194 289 58 6 58 74 76 355 16.1
G Dennis Johnson 22 827 121 294 112 159 47 54 101 72 23 23 56 63 354 16.1
C Jack Sikma 22 701 115 247 71 91 50 128 178 27 18 11 35 101 301 13.7
F John Johnson 22 596 95 224 32 46 35 64 99 56 8 6 52 64 222 10.1
F Paul Silas 22 605 33 94 41 60 73 114 187 36 12 6 30 59 107 4.9
F Wally Walker 20 261 36 85 21 26 20 18 38 12 8 4 18 51 93 4.7
F Bruce Seals 9 92 12 37 3 7 8 12 20 8 2 2 6 14 27 3.0
G Joey Hassett 8 22 7 13 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 14 1.8
F Al Fleming 5 21 2 6 3 4 1 3 4 2 1 0 2 5 7 1.4
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/19/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 84-116 0-1 10/21/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 99-106 0-2 10/23/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs L 94-112 0-3 10/25/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 86-93 0-4 10/26/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 97-92 1-4 10/29/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 97-101 1-5 10/30/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 95-108 1-6 11/01/1977 at Atlanta Hawks L 99-102 1-7 11/02/1977 at Indiana Pacers W 106-104 2-7 11/04/1977 vs New York Knicks L 92-95 2-8 11/05/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 94-116 2-9 11/06/1977 vs Kansas City Kings L 83-99 2-10 11/11/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 117-111 3-10 11/13/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 117-83 4-10 11/15/1977 at Washington Bullets L 109-111 4-11 11/16/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 96-101 4-12 11/17/1977 at New Orleans Jazz L 116-127 4-13 11/20/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 108-115 4-14 11/23/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 113-89 5-14 11/25/1977 vs Chicago Bulls L 89-106 5-15 11/27/1977 vs New Jersey Nets L 96-99 5-16 11/29/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 99-115 5-17 11/30/1977 at Kansas City Kings W 86-84 6-17 12/02/1977 at Boston Celtics W 111-89 7-17 12/03/1977 at Buffalo Braves W 102-95 8-17 12/05/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 99-88 9-17 12/09/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 136-123 10-17 12/11/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 116-84 11-17 12/13/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 104-116 11-18 12/14/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 102-92 12-18 12/16/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers W 98-90 13-18 12/18/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 111-109 14-18 12/20/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 93-88 15-18 12/22/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 132-99 16-18 12/25/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 96-111 16-19 12/27/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 105-131 16-20 12/30/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 121-110 17-20 01/01/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 114-96 18-20 01/04/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 116-110 19-20 01/08/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 99-91 20-20 01/11/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 106-100 21-20 01/13/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 104-98 22-20 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/15/1978 vs New York Knicks W 108-102 23-20 01/17/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 113-119 23-21 01/18/1978 at Houston Rockets W 106-104 24-21 01/22/1978 at Boston Celtics W 103-92 25-21 01/25/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 125-128 25-22 01/27/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 95-90 26-22 01/29/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 103-101 27-22 02/08/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 100-106 27-23 02/10/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 126-123 28-23 02/12/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 99-109 28-24 02/14/1978 at Buffalo Braves L 100-101 28-25 02/16/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 92-101 28-26 02/17/1978 at Chicago Bulls W 106-98 29-26 02/19/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks W 108-103 30-26 02/21/1978 at New York Knicks L 120-122 30-27 02/22/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 94-83 31-27 02/25/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 118-104 32-27 02/26/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 99-97 33-27 02/28/1978 at Kansas City Kings W 114-107 34-27 03/03/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 111-115 34-28 03/04/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 104-113 34-29 03/05/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 94-101 34-30 03/08/1978 at San Antonio Spurs W 95-94 35-30 03/11/1978 at Houston Rockets W 93-91 36-30 03/14/1978 at Washington Bullets L 115-120 36-31 03/16/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 123-98 37-31 03/17/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers W 105-98 38-31 03/19/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 116-98 39-31 03/21/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 96-102 39-32 03/22/1978 vs Buffalo Braves W 97-92 40-32 03/24/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 104-102 41-32 03/26/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 112-101 42-32 03/28/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 100-112 42-33 03/29/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 116-121 42-34 03/31/1978 at Denver Nuggets W 111-109 43-34 04/02/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 101-86 44-34 04/05/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 113-100 45-34 04/07/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 95-83 46-34 04/08/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 87-102 46-35 04/09/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 111-105 47-35 |