1979-80 Seattle Supersonics Statistics
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 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.
Seattle racked up 8,897 points and yielded 8,515. Gus Williams scored a team-high 1,816 points for the Supersonics, 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 |