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1988-89 Seattle Supersonics Statistics
Team Record: 47-35
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 3-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Houston Rockets 3-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-0
Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff (46-30)
Coach: Tom Newell (0-1)
Coach: Bob Kloppenburg (1-4)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 529,733, Avg. 12,920 in 41 home dates
1988-89 Seattle Supersonics Results
The Seattle Supersonics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 47 wins and 35 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-5.
The Supersonics racked up 9,196 points and conceded 8,958. Dale Ellis scored a team-high 2,253 points for Seattle, while Xavier McDaniel netted 18 or more per game also. Michael Cage contributed 765 rebounds. Nate McMillan dished out 696 assists for the squad.
On the defensive side of the ball, Nate McMillan added 156 steals, and Alton Lister blocked 180 shots.
Bernie Bickerstaff, Tom Newell and Bob Kloppenburg coached the team. The 1988-89 Seattle Supersonics lost in the conference semifinals.
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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 | 82 | 3190 | 1710 | 857 | 339 | 162 | 462 | 377 | 156 | 186 | 342 | 164 | 108 | 22 | 218 | 197 | 2253 |
Xavier McDaniel | F | 82 | 10 | 2385 | 1385 | 677 | 36 | 11 | 426 | 312 | 177 | 256 | 433 | 134 | 84 | 40 | 210 | 231 | 1677 |
Derrick McKey | F-C | 82 | 82 | 2804 | 970 | 487 | 89 | 30 | 375 | 301 | 167 | 297 | 464 | 219 | 105 | 70 | 188 | 264 | 1305 |
Michael Cage | F-C | 80 | 71 | 2536 | 630 | 314 | 4 | 0 | 265 | 197 | 276 | 489 | 765 | 126 | 92 | 52 | 124 | 184 | 825 |
Alton Lister | C-F | 82 | 82 | 1806 | 543 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 115 | 207 | 338 | 545 | 54 | 28 | 180 | 117 | 310 | 657 |
Sedale Threatt | G | 63 | 0 | 1220 | 476 | 235 | 30 | 11 | 77 | 63 | 31 | 86 | 117 | 238 | 83 | 4 | 77 | 155 | 544 |
Nate McMillan | G-F | 75 | 74 | 2341 | 485 | 199 | 70 | 15 | 189 | 119 | 143 | 245 | 388 | 696 | 156 | 42 | 211 | 236 | 532 |
Jerry Reynolds | G-F | 56 | 0 | 737 | 357 | 149 | 15 | 3 | 167 | 127 | 49 | 51 | 100 | 62 | 53 | 26 | 57 | 58 | 428 |
Russ Schoene | F-C | 69 | 1 | 774 | 349 | 135 | 110 | 42 | 57 | 46 | 58 | 107 | 165 | 36 | 37 | 24 | 48 | 136 | 358 |
John Lucas | G | 74 | 8 | 842 | 299 | 119 | 68 | 18 | 77 | 54 | 22 | 57 | 79 | 260 | 60 | 1 | 66 | 53 | 310 |
Olden Polynice | C-F | 80 | 0 | 835 | 180 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 51 | 98 | 108 | 206 | 21 | 37 | 30 | 46 | 164 | 233 |
Avery Johnson | G | 43 | 0 | 291 | 83 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 73 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 34 | 68 |
Greg Ballard | F | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Mike Champion | F | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 872 | 410 | 19780 | 7478 | 3564 | 774 | 293 | 2379 | 1775 | 1397 | 2238 | 3635 | 2083 | 864 | 494 | 1381 | 2027 | 9196 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dale Ellis | G-F | 82 | 82 | 38.9 | 50.1 | 47.8 | 81.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 27.5 |
Xavier McDaniel | F | 82 | 10 | 29.1 | 48.9 | 30.6 | 73.2 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 20.5 |
Derrick McKey | F-C | 82 | 82 | 34.2 | 50.2 | 33.7 | 80.3 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 15.9 |
Michael Cage | F-C | 80 | 71 | 31.7 | 49.8 | 0.0 | 74.3 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 9.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 10.3 |
Alton Lister | C-F | 82 | 82 | 22.0 | 49.9 | 64.6 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 8.0 | |
Sedale Threatt | G | 63 | 0 | 19.4 | 49.4 | 36.7 | 81.8 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 8.6 |
Nate McMillan | G-F | 75 | 74 | 31.2 | 41.0 | 21.4 | 63.0 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 9.3 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 7.1 |
Jerry Reynolds | G-F | 56 | 0 | 13.2 | 41.7 | 20.0 | 76.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7.6 |
Russ Schoene | F-C | 69 | 1 | 11.2 | 38.7 | 38.2 | 80.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 5.2 |
John Lucas | G | 74 | 8 | 11.4 | 39.8 | 26.5 | 70.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 4.2 |
Olden Polynice | C-F | 80 | 0 | 10.4 | 50.6 | 0.0 | 59.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
Avery Johnson | G | 43 | 0 | 6.8 | 34.9 | 11.1 | 56.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
Greg Ballard | F | 2 | 0 | 7.5 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
Mike Champion | F | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Averages | 872 | 410 | 22.7 | 47.7 | 37.9 | 74.6 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 10.5 |
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 | 8 | 304 | 160 | 72 | 37 | 15 | 33 | 24 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 183 |
Xavier McDaniel | F | 8 | 281 | 144 | 58 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 31 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 30 | 150 |
Derrick McKey | F-C | 8 | 286 | 89 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 33 | 106 |
Sedale Threatt | G | 8 | 201 | 82 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 96 |
Olden Polynice | C-F | 8 | 162 | 41 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 57 |
Michael Cage | F-C | 8 | 175 | 40 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 57 |
Alton Lister | C-F | 8 | 160 | 39 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 28 | 56 |
Nate McMillan | G-F | 8 | 200 | 40 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 63 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 54 |
Jerry Reynolds | G-F | 4 | 40 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
Russ Schoene | F-C | 3 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
Avery Johnson | G | 6 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
John Lucas | G | 4 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
Totals | 81 | 1920 | 703 | 319 | 80 | 21 | 221 | 157 | 139 | 211 | 350 | 186 | 69 | 60 | 124 | 218 | 816 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dale Ellis | G-F | 8 | 38.0 | 45.0 | 40.5 | 72.7 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 22.9 |
Xavier McDaniel | F | 8 | 35.1 | 40.3 | 33.3 | 75.6 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 8.4 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 18.8 |
Derrick McKey | F-C | 8 | 35.8 | 49.4 | 11.1 | 81.0 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 13.3 |
Sedale Threatt | G | 8 | 25.1 | 47.6 | 25.0 | 85.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 6.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 12.0 |
Olden Polynice | C-F | 8 | 20.3 | 61.0 | 53.8 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 7.1 | |
Michael Cage | F-C | 8 | 21.9 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 40.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 7.1 |
Alton Lister | C-F | 8 | 20.0 | 43.6 | 84.6 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 7.0 | |
Nate McMillan | G-F | 8 | 25.0 | 47.5 | 0.0 | 64.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 7.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 6.8 |
Jerry Reynolds | G-F | 4 | 10.0 | 31.8 | 25.0 | 70.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
Russ Schoene | F-C | 3 | 14.3 | 23.5 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 4.3 |
Avery Johnson | G | 6 | 5.2 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
John Lucas | G | 4 | 9.3 | 29.4 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
Averages | 872 | 23.7 | 45.4 | 26.3 | 71.0 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 10.1 |