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1978-79 Seattle Supersonics Statistics
Team Record: 52-30
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 12-5 Won NBA championship
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Phoenix Suns 4-3
Finals - Defeated Washington Bullets 4-1
Coach: Lenny Wilkens (52-30)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 747,243, Avg. 18,225 in 41 home dates
1978-79 Seattle Supersonics Results
The Seattle Supersonics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 52 wins and 30 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-5.
The Supersonics led the circuit with just 8,517 points allowed. Seattle scored 8,740 points. Gus Williams scored a team-high 1,457 points for the team, while Jack Sikma contributed 1,013 rebounds. John Johnson dished out 358 assists for the squad.
On defense, Gus Williams added 158 steals.
Lenny Wilkens coached the team. The 1978-79 Seattle Supersonics won the NBA championship.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gus Williams | G | 76 | 0 | 2266 | 1224 | 606 | 316 | 245 | 111 | 134 | 245 | 307 | 158 | 29 | 190 | 162 | 1457 | ||
Jack Sikma | C-F | 82 | 0 | 2958 | 1034 | 476 | 404 | 329 | 232 | 781 | 1013 | 261 | 82 | 67 | 253 | 295 | 1281 | ||
Dennis Johnson | G | 80 | 80 | 2717 | 1110 | 482 | 392 | 306 | 146 | 228 | 374 | 280 | 100 | 97 | 191 | 209 | 1270 | ||
Fred Brown | G | 77 | 0 | 1961 | 951 | 446 | 206 | 183 | 38 | 134 | 172 | 260 | 119 | 23 | 164 | 142 | 1075 | ||
Lonnie Shelton | F-C | 76 | 0 | 2158 | 859 | 446 | 189 | 131 | 182 | 286 | 468 | 110 | 76 | 75 | 188 | 266 | 1023 | ||
John Johnson | F | 82 | 0 | 2386 | 821 | 356 | 250 | 190 | 127 | 285 | 412 | 358 | 59 | 25 | 254 | 245 | 902 | ||
Paul Silas | F-C | 82 | 0 | 1957 | 402 | 170 | 194 | 116 | 259 | 316 | 575 | 115 | 31 | 19 | 98 | 177 | 456 | ||
Wally Walker | F | 60 | 0 | 969 | 343 | 168 | 96 | 58 | 66 | 111 | 177 | 69 | 12 | 26 | 68 | 127 | 394 | ||
Tom LaGarde | C-F | 23 | 0 | 575 | 181 | 98 | 95 | 57 | 61 | 129 | 190 | 32 | 6 | 18 | 47 | 75 | 253 | ||
Joe Hassett | G | 55 | 0 | 463 | 211 | 100 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 32 | 58 | 223 | ||
Dick Snyder | G-F | 56 | 0 | 536 | 187 | 81 | 51 | 43 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 63 | 14 | 6 | 36 | 52 | 205 | ||
Dennis Awtrey | C | 40 | 0 | 499 | 63 | 27 | 36 | 25 | 29 | 75 | 104 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 31 | 69 | 79 | ||
Lars Hansen | C | 15 | 0 | 205 | 57 | 29 | 31 | 18 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 76 | ||
Jackie Robinson | F | 12 | 0 | 105 | 41 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 46 | ||
Totals | 816 | 80 | 19755 | 7484 | 3504 | 0 | 0 | 2298 | 1732 | 1310 | 2591 | 3901 | 1973 | 690 | 398 | 1572 | 1914 | 8740 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gus Williams | G | 76 | 0 | 29.8 | 49.5 | 77.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 19.2 | |
Jack Sikma | C-F | 82 | 0 | 36.1 | 46.0 | 81.4 | 2.8 | 9.5 | 12.4 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 15.6 | |
Dennis Johnson | G | 80 | 80 | 34.0 | 43.4 | 78.1 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 15.9 | |
Fred Brown | G | 77 | 0 | 25.5 | 46.9 | 88.8 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 14.0 | |
Lonnie Shelton | F-C | 76 | 0 | 28.4 | 51.9 | 69.3 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 13.5 | |
John Johnson | F | 82 | 0 | 29.1 | 43.4 | 76.0 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 11.0 | |
Paul Silas | F-C | 82 | 0 | 23.9 | 42.3 | 59.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 5.6 | |
Wally Walker | F | 60 | 0 | 16.2 | 49.0 | 60.4 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 6.6 | |
Tom LaGarde | C-F | 23 | 0 | 25.0 | 54.1 | 60.0 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 11.0 | |
Joe Hassett | G | 55 | 0 | 8.4 | 47.4 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 4.1 | |
Dick Snyder | G-F | 56 | 0 | 9.6 | 43.3 | 84.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 3.7 | |
Dennis Awtrey | C | 40 | 0 | 12.5 | 42.9 | 69.4 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 | |
Lars Hansen | C | 15 | 0 | 13.7 | 50.9 | 58.1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 5.1 | |
Jackie Robinson | F | 12 | 0 | 8.8 | 46.3 | 53.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 3.8 | |
Averages | 816 | 80 | 24.2 | 46.8 | 75.4 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 10.7 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gus Williams | G | 17 | 609 | 382 | 181 | 127 | 90 | 36 | 34 | 70 | 63 | 34 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 452 | ||
Dennis Johnson | G | 17 | 691 | 302 | 136 | 109 | 84 | 44 | 60 | 104 | 69 | 28 | 26 | 51 | 63 | 356 | ||
Jack Sikma | C-F | 17 | 655 | 224 | 103 | 61 | 46 | 39 | 160 | 199 | 43 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 70 | 252 | ||
Lonnie Shelton | F-C | 17 | 566 | 209 | 101 | 26 | 18 | 61 | 81 | 142 | 34 | 19 | 18 | 31 | 80 | 220 | ||
John Johnson | F | 17 | 615 | 175 | 83 | 64 | 41 | 40 | 75 | 115 | 91 | 17 | 3 | 65 | 49 | 207 | ||
Fred Brown | G | 17 | 260 | 142 | 64 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 142 | ||
Paul Silas | F-C | 17 | 418 | 54 | 21 | 46 | 31 | 40 | 58 | 98 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 44 | 73 | ||
Dennis Awtrey | C | 16 | 153 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 28 | ||
Dick Snyder | G-F | 9 | 88 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 26 | ||
Wally Walker | F | 13 | 85 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 14 | ||
Joe Hassett | G | 8 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
Totals | 165 | 4155 | 1558 | 718 | 0 | 0 | 476 | 340 | 292 | 529 | 821 | 378 | 141 | 98 | 301 | 432 | 1776 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gus Williams | G | 17 | 35.8 | 47.4 | 70.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 26.6 | |
Dennis Johnson | G | 17 | 40.6 | 45.0 | 77.1 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 20.9 | |
Jack Sikma | C-F | 17 | 38.5 | 46.0 | 75.4 | 2.3 | 9.4 | 11.7 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 14.8 | |
Lonnie Shelton | F-C | 17 | 33.3 | 48.3 | 69.2 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 8.4 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 12.9 | |
John Johnson | F | 17 | 36.2 | 47.4 | 64.1 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 12.2 | |
Fred Brown | G | 17 | 15.3 | 45.1 | 82.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 8.4 | |
Paul Silas | F-C | 17 | 24.6 | 38.9 | 67.4 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 4.3 | |
Dennis Awtrey | C | 16 | 9.6 | 62.5 | 61.5 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 | |
Dick Snyder | G-F | 9 | 9.8 | 32.3 | 66.7 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.9 | |
Wally Walker | F | 13 | 6.5 | 37.5 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | |
Joe Hassett | G | 8 | 1.9 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | ||
Averages | 816 | 25.2 | 46.1 | 71.4 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 10.8 |