1979-80 Seattle Supersonics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 56-26
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 7-8 Lost conference finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Portland Trail Blazers 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Milwaukee Bucks 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
Coach: Lenny Wilkens (56-26)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 890,713, Avg. 21,725 in 41 home dates

1979-80 Seattle Supersonics Roster
1979-80 Seattle Supersonics Results

The Seattle Supersonics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 56 wins and 26 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-8.

The Supersonics racked up 8,897 points and yielded 8,515. Gus Williams scored a team-high 1,816 points for Seattle, and Dennis Johnson contributed 17 or more per game also. Jack Sikma accounted for 908 rebounds. John Johnson dished out 424 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Gus Williams added 200 steals.

Lenny Wilkens coached the team. The 1979-80 Seattle Supersonics lost in the conference finals.

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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	82	0	2969	1533	739	36	7	420	331	127	148	275	397	200	37	181	160	1816
Dennis Johnson	G	81	81	2937	1361	574	58	12	487	380	173	241	414	332	144	82	227	267	1540
Jack Sikma	C-F	82	0	2793	989	470	1	0	292	235	198	710	908	279	68	77	202	232	1175
Lonnie Shelton	F-C	76	0	2243	802	425	5	1	241	184	199	383	582	145	92	79	169	292	1035
Fred Brown	G	80	0	1701	843	404	88	39	135	113	35	120	155	174	65	17	105	117	960
John Johnson	F	81	0	2533	772	377	0	0	201	161	163	263	426	424	76	35	247	213	915
Tom LaGarde	C-F	82	0	1164	306	146	0	0	137	90	127	185	312	91	19	34	97	206	382
Wally Walker	F	70	0	844	274	139	0	0	64	48	64	106	170	53	21	4	50	102	326
Paul Silas	F-C	82	0	1595	299	113	0	0	136	89	204	232	436	66	25	5	83	120	315
James Bailey	F-C	67	5	726	271	122	0	0	101	68	71	126	197	28	21	54	79	116	312
Vinnie Johnson	G	38	0	325	115	45	1	0	39	31	19	36	55	54	19	4	42	40	121
Totals		821	86	19830	7565	3554	189	59	2253	1730	1380	2550	3930	2043	750	428	1482	1865	8897

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gus Williams	G	82	0	36.2	48.2	19.4	78.8	1.5	1.8	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.5	2.2	2.0	22.1
Dennis Johnson	G	81	81	36.3	42.2	20.7	78.0	2.1	3.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.3	19.0
Jack Sikma	C-F	82	0	34.1	47.5	0.0	80.5	2.4	8.7	11.1	3.4	0.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	14.3
Lonnie Shelton	F-C	76	0	29.5	53.0	20.0	76.3	2.6	5.0	7.7	1.9	1.2	1.0	2.2	3.8	13.6
Fred Brown	G	80	0	21.3	47.9	44.3	83.7	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	12.0
John Johnson	F	81	0	31.3	48.8		80.1	2.0	3.2	5.3	5.2	0.9	0.4	3.0	2.6	11.3
Tom LaGarde	C-F	82	0	14.2	47.7		65.7	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.1	0.2	0.4	1.2	2.5	4.7
Wally Walker	F	70	0	12.1	50.7		75.0	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.5	4.7
Paul Silas	F-C	82	0	19.5	37.8		65.4	2.5	2.8	5.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.5	3.8
James Bailey	F-C	67	5	10.8	45.0		67.3	1.1	1.9	2.9	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.2	1.7	4.7
Vinnie Johnson	G	38	0	8.6	39.1	0.0	79.5	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.4	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.1	3.2
Averages		821	86	24.2	47.0	31.2	76.8	1.7	3.1	4.8	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	10.8

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	15	564	284	146	5	1	86	62	30	30	60	84	34	7	47	38	355
Dennis Johnson	G	15	582	244	100	15	5	62	52	25	39	64	57	27	10	43	48	257
Fred Brown	G	15	313	182	80	34	10	21	18	16	22	38	32	2	1	23	23	188
John Johnson	F	15	486	158	78	1	0	37	30	44	58	102	85	8	3	56	45	186
Lonnie Shelton	F-C	15	469	146	74	1	0	51	32	35	90	125	25	23	12	37	54	180
Jack Sikma	C-F	15	534	163	65	2	0	54	46	30	96	126	55	17	5	35	55	176
James Bailey	F-C	12	138	44	21	0	0	20	13	8	17	25	5	9	9	9	22	55
Wally Walker	F	13	157	35	18	0	0	24	18	15	14	29	7	1	3	5	20	54
Tom LaGarde	C-F	14	163	46	17	0	0	11	9	13	27	40	12	2	0	7	25	43
Paul Silas	F-C	15	257	43	13	0	0	13	11	33	42	75	15	9	2	9	29	37
Vinnie Johnson	G	5	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2
Totals		149	3675	1348	613	58	16	379	291	249	437	686	379	133	52	271	360	1533

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gus Williams	G	15	37.6	51.4	20.0	72.1	2.0	2.0	4.0	5.6	2.3	0.5	3.1	2.5	23.7
Dennis Johnson	G	15	38.8	41.0	33.3	83.9	1.7	2.6	4.3	3.8	1.8	0.7	2.9	3.2	17.1
Fred Brown	G	15	20.9	44.0	29.4	85.7	1.1	1.5	2.5	2.1	0.1	0.1	1.5	1.5	12.5
John Johnson	F	15	32.4	49.4	0.0	81.1	2.9	3.9	6.8	5.7	0.5	0.2	3.7	3.0	12.4
Lonnie Shelton	F-C	15	31.3	50.7	0.0	62.7	2.3	6.0	8.3	1.7	1.5	0.8	2.5	3.6	12.0
Jack Sikma	C-F	15	35.6	39.9	0.0	85.2	2.0	6.4	8.4	3.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	3.7	11.7
James Bailey	F-C	12	11.5	47.7		65.0	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.4	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.8	4.6
Wally Walker	F	13	12.1	51.4		75.0	1.2	1.1	2.2	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.4	1.5	4.2
Tom LaGarde	C-F	14	11.6	37.0		81.8	0.9	1.9	2.9	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.8	3.1
Paul Silas	F-C	15	17.1	30.2		84.6	2.2	2.8	5.0	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.9	2.5
Vinnie Johnson	G	5	2.4	33.3			0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4
Averages		821	24.7	45.5	27.6	76.8	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.5	0.9	0.3	1.8	2.4	10.3