1978-1979 Seattle Supersonics: 52-30 .634
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-10 (4510 points scored, 4240 allowed) Road record: 21-20 (4230 points scored, 4277 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-10 (4510 points scored, 4240 allowed) Road record: 21-20 (4230 points scored, 4277 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Head Coach: Lenny Wilkens 8740 points scored (19th of 22 teams), 8517 points allowed (1st) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Dennis Awtrey 6'10 235 30 Santa Clara Fred Brown 6'3 182 30 Iowa Lars Hansen 6'10 225 24 Washington Joey Hassett 6'5 180 23 Providence Dennis Johnson 6'4 185 24 Pepperdine John Johnson 6'7 200 31 Iowa Tom LaGarde 6'10 220 23 North Carolina Jackie Robinson 6'6 210 23 Nevada - Las Vegas Lonnie Shelton 6'8 240 23 Oregon State Jack Sikma 6'11 230 23 Illinois Wesleyan Paul Silas 6'7 220 35 Creighton Dick Snyder 6'5 207 34 Davidson Wally Walker 6'6 190 24 Virginia Gus Williams 6'2 175 25 Southern CaliforniaTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Gus Williams 76 2266 606 1224 0 0 245 316 111 134 245 307 158 29 190 162 1457 19.2 C Jack Sikma 82 2958 476 1034 0 0 329 404 232 781 1013 261 82 67 253 295 1281 15.6 G Dennis Johnson 80 2717 482 1110 0 0 306 392 146 228 374 280 100 97 191 209 1270 15.9 G Fred Brown 77 1961 446 951 0 0 183 206 38 134 172 260 119 23 164 142 1075 14.0 F Lonnie Shelton 76 2158 446 859 0 0 131 189 182 286 468 110 76 75 188 266 1023 13.5 F John Johnson 82 2386 356 821 0 0 190 250 127 285 412 358 59 25 254 245 902 11.0 F Paul Silas 82 1957 170 402 0 0 116 194 259 316 575 115 31 19 98 177 456 5.6 F Wally Walker 60 969 168 343 0 0 58 96 66 111 177 69 12 26 68 127 394 6.6 C Tom LaGarde 23 575 98 181 0 0 57 95 61 129 190 32 6 18 47 75 253 11.0 G Joey Hassett 55 463 100 211 0 0 23 23 13 32 45 42 14 4 32 58 223 4.1 G Dick Snyder 56 536 81 187 0 0 43 51 15 33 48 63 14 6 36 52 205 3.7 C Dennis Awtrey 40 499 27 63 0 0 25 36 29 75 104 49 13 7 31 69 79 2.0 C Lars Hansen 15 205 29 57 0 0 18 31 22 37 59 14 1 1 9 28 76 5.1 F Jackie Robinson 12 105 19 41 0 0 8 15 9 10 19 13 5 1 11 9 46 3.8
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 39 James Lee Kentucky
2 42 Kevin McDonald Penn [pick acquired from SA]
3 61 Dave Baxter Michigan
4 83 Billy Lewis Illinois State
5 105 Ralph Drollinger 6 UCLA
Traded draft picks:
#1 to DEN (Rod Griffin)
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 04/17/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 112-101 04/18/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 108-103 (OT) 04/20/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 112-118 (OT) 04/22/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers W 117-115 04/25/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 106-100 -------------------------------------------------- Western Finals 05/01/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 108-93 05/04/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 103-97 05/06/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 103-113 05/08/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 91-100 05/11/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 93-99 05/13/1979 at Phoenix Suns W 106-105 05/17/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 114-110 -------------------------------------------------- Finals 05/20/1979 at Washington Bullets L 97-99 05/24/1979 at Washington Bullets W 92-82 05/27/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 105-95 05/29/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 114-112 (OT) 06/01/1979 at Washington Bullets W 97-93Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Gus Williams 17 619 182 382 90 127 36 34 70 63 34 11 42 42 454 26.7 G Dennis Johnson 17 681 136 302 84 109 44 60 104 69 28 26 51 63 356 20.9 C Jack Sikma 17 655 102 224 48 61 39 160 199 43 16 24 40 70 252 14.8 F Lonnie Shelton 17 566 101 209 18 26 61 81 142 34 19 18 31 80 220 12.9 F John Johnson 17 615 83 175 41 64 40 75 115 91 17 3 65 49 207 12.2 G Fred Brown 17 260 64 142 14 17 8 14 22 35 9 4 16 23 142 8.4 F Paul Silas 17 418 21 54 31 46 40 58 98 19 9 5 34 44 73 4.3 C Dennis Awtrey 16 153 10 16 8 13 15 27 42 11 5 4 9 34 28 1.8 G Dick Snyder 9 88 10 31 6 9 2 9 11 10 4 3 7 8 26 2.9 F Wally Walker 13 85 6 16 2 4 7 10 17 2 0 0 4 19 14 1.1 G Joey Hassett 8 15 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 0.8
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/13/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 104-86 1-0
10/15/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 115-105 2-0
10/17/1978 at New York Knicks W 120-109 3-0
10/18/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 99-92 4-0
10/20/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 133-117 5-0
10/25/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 121-92 6-0
10/27/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 80-79 7-0
10/29/1978 at San Diego Clippers L 100-103 7-1
11/02/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 95-94 8-1
11/03/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 102-81 9-1
11/08/1978 vs New York Knicks L 100-104 9-2
11/10/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 109-95 10-2
11/15/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 135-118 11-2
11/17/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 126-115 12-2
11/18/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 104-112 12-3
11/19/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 88-85 13-3
11/22/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 98-96 14-3
11/24/1978 vs Denver Nuggets L 100-103 14-4
11/25/1978 at Denver Nuggets W 110-104 15-4
11/26/1978 vs Houston Rockets L 103-108 15-5
11/29/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 125-111 16-5
12/01/1978 at Boston Celtics L 80-87 16-6
12/02/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers W 100-97 17-6
12/08/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 107-106 18-6
12/10/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 112-99 19-6
12/13/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 117-107 20-6
12/15/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 98-100 20-7
12/17/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 91-101 20-8
12/19/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 99-128 20-9
12/20/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 95-114 20-10
12/22/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 95-103 20-11
12/25/1978 vs San Diego Clippers L 118-123 20-12
12/27/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 122-103 21-12
12/29/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 119-92 22-12
01/01/1979 vs Golden State Warriors L 97-110 22-13
01/02/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers W 109-108 23-13
01/03/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 123-116 24-13
01/05/1979 vs Denver Nuggets L 92-95 24-14
01/10/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 118-98 25-14
01/11/1979 at Phoenix Suns W 109-106 26-14
01/14/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 99-108 26-15
01/17/1979 at Indiana Pacers W 112-102 27-15
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/20/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 107-101 28-15
01/23/1979 at Washington Bullets W 103-100 29-15
01/25/1979 at Atlanta Hawks W 100-98 30-15
01/26/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 108-125 30-16
01/27/1979 at Houston Rockets W 99-94 31-16
01/31/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 115-112 32-16
02/01/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 107-102 33-16
02/02/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 104-102 34-16
02/06/1979 at New York Knicks L 99-108 34-17
02/07/1979 at Boston Celtics L 100-107 34-18
02/09/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 116-118 34-19
02/10/1979 at Houston Rockets L 101-113 34-20
02/14/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 116-104 35-20
02/16/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 119-104 36-20
02/18/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 94-105 36-21
02/20/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 102-118 36-22
02/21/1979 at New Orleans Jazz W 96-94 37-22
02/23/1979 at Washington Bullets L 110-132 37-23
02/25/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 106-114 37-24
02/27/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 106-121 37-25
02/28/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 97-93 38-25
03/02/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 109-111 38-26
03/04/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 119-109 39-26
03/07/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 99-93 40-26
03/09/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 108-100 41-26
03/11/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 111-113 41-27
03/14/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers W 99-96 42-27
03/15/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 104-98 43-27
03/17/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 106-88 44-27
03/22/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 112-110 45-27
03/25/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 111-101 46-27
03/27/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 115-109 47-27
03/28/1979 vs New York Knicks W 111-105 48-27
03/30/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 111-113 48-28
03/31/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 123-102 49-28
04/01/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 102-97 50-28
04/03/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 102-106 50-29
04/04/1979 at San Diego Clippers W 115-107 51-29
04/06/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers W 113-93 52-29
04/08/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 86-89 52-30
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