1979-1980 Seattle Supersonics: 56-26 .683
Previous Season Home record: 33-8 (4526 points scored, 4177 allowed) Road record: 23-18 (4371 points scored, 4338 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Lenny Wilkens 8897 points scored (12th of 22 teams), 8515 points allowed (3rd) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School James Bailey 6'9 220 22 Rutgers Fred Brown 6'3 182 31 Iowa Dennis Johnson 6'4 185 25 Pepperdine John Johnson 6'7 200 32 Iowa Vinnie Johnson 6'2 200 23 Baylor Tom LaGarde 6'10 220 24 North Carolina Lonnie Shelton 6'8 240 24 Oregon State Jack Sikma 6'11 230 24 Illinois Wesleyan Paul Silas 6'7 220 36 Creighton Wally Walker 6'6 190 25 Virginia Gus Williams 6'2 175 26 Southern California 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 82 2969 739 1533 7 36 331 420 127 148 275 397 200 37 181 160 1816 22.1 G Dennis Johnson 81 2937 574 1361 12 58 380 487 173 241 414 332 144 82 227 267 1540 19.0 C Jack Sikma 82 2793 470 989 0 1 235 292 198 710 908 279 68 77 202 232 1175 14.3 F Lonnie Shelton 76 2243 425 802 1 5 184 241 199 383 582 145 92 79 169 292 1035 13.6 G Fred Brown 80 1701 404 843 39 88 113 135 35 120 155 174 65 17 105 117 960 12.0 F John Johnson 81 2533 377 772 0 0 161 201 163 263 426 424 76 35 247 213 915 11.3 C Tom LaGarde 82 1164 146 306 0 0 90 137 127 185 312 91 19 34 97 206 382 4.7 F Wally Walker 70 844 139 274 0 0 48 64 64 106 170 53 21 4 50 102 326 4.7 F Paul Silas 82 1595 113 299 0 0 89 136 204 232 436 66 25 5 83 120 315 3.8 F James Bailey 67 726 122 271 0 0 68 101 71 126 197 28 21 54 79 116 312 4.7 G Vinnie Johnson 38 325 45 115 0 1 31 39 19 36 55 54 19 4 42 40 121 3.2
1979 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 6 James Bailey 595 Rutgers [pick acquired from NYK]
1 7 Vinnie Johnson 984 Baylor [pick acquired from NJ via NYK]
2 43 John Moore 520 Texas
4 73 James Donaldson 957 Washington State [pick acquired from NJ]
4 87 Richie Allen Cal State Dominguez Hills
Traded draft picks:
#1 to NYK via BOS (Sylvester Williams)
#3 to CLE (Bill Laimbeer)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western First Round
04/02/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 120-110
04/04/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers L 95-105 (OT)
04/06/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 103-86
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Western Semifinals
04/08/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 114-113 (OT)
04/09/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 112-114 (OT)
04/11/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks L 91-95
04/13/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks W 112-107
04/15/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 97-108
04/18/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks W 86-85
04/20/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 98-94
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Western Finals
04/22/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers W 108-107
04/23/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-108
04/25/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 100-104
04/27/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 93-98
04/30/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-111
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 15 564 146 284 1 5 62 86 30 30 60 84 34 7 47 38 355 23.7
G Dennis Johnson 15 582 100 244 5 15 52 62 25 39 64 57 27 10 43 48 257 17.1
G Fred Brown 15 313 80 182 10 34 18 21 16 22 38 32 2 1 23 23 188 12.5
F John Johnson 15 486 78 158 0 1 30 37 44 58 102 85 8 3 56 45 186 12.4
F Lonnie Shelton 15 469 74 146 0 1 32 51 35 90 125 25 23 12 37 54 180 12.0
C Jack Sikma 15 534 65 163 0 2 46 54 30 96 126 55 17 5 35 55 176 11.7
F James Bailey 12 138 21 44 0 0 13 20 8 17 25 5 9 9 9 22 55 4.6
F Wally Walker 13 157 18 35 0 0 18 24 15 14 29 7 1 3 5 20 54 4.2
C Tom LaGarde 14 163 17 46 0 0 9 11 13 27 40 12 2 0 7 25 43 3.1
F Paul Silas 15 257 13 43 0 0 11 13 33 42 75 15 9 2 9 29 37 2.5
G Vinnie Johnson 5 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 0.4
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/14/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 93-98 0-1 10/16/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 86-102 0-2 10/17/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 112-110 1-2 10/19/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 106-98 2-2 10/21/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 97-106 2-3 10/24/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 105-92 3-3 10/26/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 86-92 3-4 10/27/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 105-110 3-5 10/28/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 108-97 4-5 10/31/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 97-89 5-5 11/02/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 117-107 6-5 11/04/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks W 114-101 7-5 11/06/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 114-97 8-5 11/07/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 92-113 8-6 11/10/1979 at Utah Jazz W 88-87 9-6 11/14/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 136-117 10-6 11/16/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 108-100 11-6 11/17/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 108-103 12-6 11/18/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 95-100 12-7 11/21/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 119-110 13-7 11/23/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 94-90 14-7 11/28/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 127-116 15-7 11/30/1979 at Kansas City Kings W 107-102 16-7 12/01/1979 at Utah Jazz L 95-97 16-8 12/02/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 111-98 17-8 12/05/1979 vs Utah Jazz W 115-96 18-8 12/08/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 125-100 19-8 12/09/1979 vs Chicago Bulls L 112-121 19-9 12/11/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks W 103-99 20-9 12/12/1979 at Indiana Pacers W 112-107 21-9 12/14/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 109-101 22-9 12/16/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 123-121 23-9 12/19/1979 vs New Jersey Nets L 114-122 23-10 12/21/1979 vs New York Knicks W 121-102 24-10 12/23/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 97-102 24-11 12/26/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 124-104 25-11 12/28/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 126-97 26-11 12/30/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers W 107-100 27-11 01/02/1980 vs Washington Bullets L 134-139 27-12 01/04/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 123-105 28-12 01/05/1980 at Golden State Warriors W 121-112 29-12 01/06/1980 at San Diego Clippers L 103-105 29-13 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/09/1980 vs Indiana Pacers W 120-111 30-13 01/11/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 100-90 31-13 01/12/1980 at Denver Nuggets W 105-102 32-13 01/13/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 109-101 33-13 01/15/1980 at Washington Bullets W 120-100 34-13 01/18/1980 at New York Knicks W 124-117 35-13 01/20/1980 at Boston Celtics W 108-106 36-13 01/23/1980 at Atlanta Hawks W 98-96 37-13 01/25/1980 at San Antonio Spurs L 116-125 37-14 01/26/1980 at Houston Rockets L 111-123 37-15 01/30/1980 vs Kansas City Kings L 97-99 37-16 01/31/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 105-101 38-16 02/05/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 123-121 39-16 02/07/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 119-102 40-16 02/08/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers W 109-94 41-16 02/10/1980 at New Jersey Nets W 122-107 42-16 02/13/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks W 93-86 43-16 02/14/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 93-84 44-16 02/17/1980 vs Boston Celtics W 109-108 45-16 02/19/1980 at Chicago Bulls L 106-115 45-17 02/20/1980 at Kansas City Kings L 105-107 45-18 02/23/1980 at Utah Jazz W 105-95 46-18 02/26/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 108-131 46-19 02/27/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 98-101 46-20 02/29/1980 vs Chicago Bulls W 108-101 47-20 03/02/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 103-91 48-20 03/04/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers W 98-97 49-20 03/05/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 111-127 49-21 03/08/1980 at Denver Nuggets W 104-97 50-21 03/09/1980 at Kansas City Kings L 93-113 50-22 03/12/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks L 103-112 50-23 03/14/1980 at Chicago Bulls W 122-101 51-23 03/19/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 106-108 51-24 03/21/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 107-104 52-24 03/22/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 92-97 52-25 03/23/1980 vs Kansas City Kings W 112-90 53-25 03/25/1980 vs Phoenix Suns W 104-95 54-25 03/26/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 99-109 54-26 03/28/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 108-82 55-26 03/30/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 135-104 56-26 |