1986-87 Seattle Supersonics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 39-43
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 7-7 Lost conference finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Dallas Mavericks 3-1
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Houston Rockets 4-2
Conference Finals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-0
Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff (39-43)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 356,362, Avg. 8,692 in 41 home dates

1986-87 Seattle Supersonics Roster
1986-87 Seattle Supersonics Results

The Seattle Supersonics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 39 wins and 43 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-7.

The Supersonics tossed in 9,325 points and conceded 9,287. Dale Ellis scored a team-high 2,041 points for Seattle, while Xavier McDaniel and Tom Chambers netted 18 or more per game, too. Alton Lister and Xavier McDaniel each contributed 705 rebounds. Nate McMillan dished out 583 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Nate McMillan added 125 steals, and Alton Lister blocked 180 shots.

Bernie Bickerstaff coached the team. The 1986-87 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
Dale Ellis	G-F	82	76	3073	1520	785	240	86	489	385	187	260	447	238	104	32	238	267	2041
Tom Chambers	F-C	82	82	3018	1446	660	145	54	630	535	163	382	545	245	81	50	268	307	1909
Xavier McDaniel	F	82	82	3031	1583	806	14	3	395	275	338	367	705	207	115	52	234	300	1890
Alton Lister	C-F	75	75	2288	687	346	1	0	265	179	223	482	705	110	32	180	169	289	871
Maurice Lucas	F-C	63	0	1120	388	175	5	0	187	150	88	219	307	65	34	21	75	171	500
Nate McMillan	G-F	71	50	1972	301	143	7	0	141	87	101	230	331	583	125	45	155	238	373
Danny Young	G	73	26	1482	288	132	79	29	71	59	23	90	113	353	74	3	85	72	352
Kevin Williams	G	65	0	703	296	132	7	0	66	55	47	36	83	66	45	8	63	154	319
Clemon Johnson	C-F	78	7	1051	178	88	2	0	110	70	106	171	277	21	21	42	36	137	246
Eddie Johnson	G	24	0	508	186	85	15	5	55	42	11	35	46	115	12	1	41	36	217
Mike Phelps	G	60	6	469	176	75	10	1	44	31	16	34	50	64	21	2	32	60	182
Terence Stansbury	G	44	0	375	156	67	29	11	50	31	8	16	24	57	13	0	29	78	176
Russ Schoene	F-C	63	0	579	190	71	13	2	46	29	52	65	117	27	20	11	42	94	173
Gerald Henderson	G	6	6	155	50	25	3	0	18	17	6	3	9	32	6	0	15	17	67
Curtis Kitchen	F-C	6	0	31	6	3	1	0	4	3	4	5	9	1	2	3	0	4	9
Totals		874	410	19855	7451	3593	571	191	2571	1948	1373	2395	3768	2184	705	450	1482	2224	9325

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dale Ellis	G-F	82	76	37.5	51.6	35.8	78.7	2.3	3.2	5.5	2.9	1.3	0.4	2.9	3.3	24.9
Tom Chambers	F-C	82	82	36.8	45.6	37.2	84.9	2.0	4.7	6.6	3.0	1.0	0.6	3.3	3.7	23.3
Xavier McDaniel	F	82	82	37.0	50.9	21.4	69.6	4.1	4.5	8.6	2.5	1.4	0.6	2.9	3.7	23.0
Alton Lister	C-F	75	75	30.5	50.4	0.0	67.5	3.0	6.4	9.4	1.5	0.4	2.4	2.3	3.9	11.6
Maurice Lucas	F-C	63	0	17.8	45.1	0.0	80.2	1.4	3.5	4.9	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.7	7.9
Nate McMillan	G-F	71	50	27.8	47.5	0.0	61.7	1.4	3.2	4.7	8.2	1.8	0.6	2.2	3.4	5.3
Danny Young	G	73	26	20.3	45.8	36.7	83.1	0.3	1.2	1.5	4.8	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.0	4.8
Kevin Williams	G	65	0	10.8	44.6	0.0	83.3	0.7	0.6	1.3	1.0	0.7	0.1	1.0	2.4	4.9
Clemon Johnson	C-F	78	7	13.5	49.4	0.0	63.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.8	3.2
Eddie Johnson	G	24	0	21.2	45.7	33.3	76.4	0.5	1.5	1.9	4.8	0.5	0.0	1.7	1.5	9.0
Mike Phelps	G	60	6	7.8	42.6	10.0	70.5	0.3	0.6	0.8	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.0
Terence Stansbury	G	44	0	8.5	42.9	37.9	62.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.8	4.0
Russ Schoene	F-C	63	0	9.2	37.4	15.4	63.0	0.8	1.0	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.7
Gerald Henderson	G	6	6	25.8	50.0	0.0	94.4	1.0	0.5	1.5	5.3	1.0	0.0	2.5	2.8	11.2
Curtis Kitchen	F-C	6	0	5.2	50.0	0.0	75.0	0.7	0.8	1.5	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.5
Averages		874	410	22.7	48.2	33.5	75.8	1.6	2.7	4.3	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.7	2.5	10.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dale Ellis	G-F	14	530	304	148	36	13	54	44	37	53	90	37	10	6	33	54	353
Tom Chambers	F-C	14	498	263	118	17	6	99	80	32	58	90	32	12	13	34	51	322
Xavier McDaniel	F	14	528	254	124	10	2	56	34	52	65	117	42	21	9	42	63	284
Kevin Williams	G	14	255	94	45	2	0	40	30	19	15	34	30	16	1	10	44	120
Maurice Lucas	F-C	14	265	90	35	1	0	38	28	19	46	65	19	12	5	18	43	98
Eddie Johnson	G	14	181	58	31	5	2	30	26	5	9	14	45	5	0	9	16	90
Nate McMillan	G-F	14	356	62	27	0	0	24	17	13	41	54	112	14	10	26	42	71
Clemon Johnson	C-F	14	262	53	24	1	0	19	12	25	24	49	4	7	15	2	18	60
Danny Young	G	14	208	52	21	16	5	10	10	4	12	16	48	15	0	7	21	57
Alton Lister	C-F	9	206	50	20	0	0	20	14	29	27	56	7	7	13	10	37	54
Russ Schoene	F-C	14	123	28	10	6	2	12	9	6	20	26	3	1	4	2	16	31
Curtis Kitchen	F-C	8	23	2	1	0	0	4	0	2	4	6	0	0	2	0	7	2
Totals		157	3435	1310	604	94	30	406	304	243	374	617	379	120	78	193	412	1542

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dale Ellis	G-F	14	37.9	48.7	36.1	81.5	2.6	3.8	6.4	2.6	0.7	0.4	2.4	3.9	25.2
Tom Chambers	F-C	14	35.6	44.9	35.3	80.8	2.3	4.1	6.4	2.3	0.9	0.9	2.4	3.6	23.0
Xavier McDaniel	F	14	37.7	48.8	20.0	60.7	3.7	4.6	8.4	3.0	1.5	0.6	3.0	4.5	20.3
Kevin Williams	G	14	18.2	47.9	0.0	75.0	1.4	1.1	2.4	2.1	1.1	0.1	0.7	3.1	8.6
Maurice Lucas	F-C	14	18.9	38.9	0.0	73.7	1.4	3.3	4.6	1.4	0.9	0.4	1.3	3.1	7.0
Eddie Johnson	G	14	12.9	53.4	40.0	86.7	0.4	0.6	1.0	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.1	6.4
Nate McMillan	G-F	14	25.4	43.5		70.8	0.9	2.9	3.9	8.0	1.0	0.7	1.9	3.0	5.1
Clemon Johnson	C-F	14	18.7	45.3	0.0	63.2	1.8	1.7	3.5	0.3	0.5	1.1	0.1	1.3	4.3
Danny Young	G	14	14.9	40.4	31.3	100.0	0.3	0.9	1.1	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.5	1.5	4.1
Alton Lister	C-F	9	22.9	40.0		70.0	3.2	3.0	6.2	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.1	4.1	6.0
Russ Schoene	F-C	14	8.8	35.7	33.3	75.0	0.4	1.4	1.9	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.1	1.1	2.2
Curtis Kitchen	F-C	8	2.9	50.0		0.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.3
Averages		874	21.9	46.1	31.9	74.9	1.5	2.4	3.9	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.6	9.8