1976-1977 Seattle Supersonics team stats

1976-1977 Seattle Supersonics: 40-42 .488
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 27-14 (4299 points scored, 4166 allowed) Road record: 13-28 (4225 points scored, 4485 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)

Head Coach: Bill Russell 8524 points scored (18th of 22 teams), 8651 points allowed (8th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team)


Team Roster:

Player                 Hgt   Wgt  Age  School
Mike Bantom            6'9   200   25  St. Joseph's
Norton Barnhill        6'4   205   23  Washington State
Fred Brown             6'3   182   28  Iowa
Tom Burleson           7'2   225   24  North Carolina State
Leonard Gray           6'8   240   25  Cal State Long Beach
Mike Green             6'10  200   25  Louisiana State
Dennis Johnson         6'4   185   22  Pepperdine
Bob Love               6'8   215   34  Southern
Willie Norwood         6'7   220   29  Alcorn State
Frank Oleynick         6'2   185   21  Seattle
Bruce Seals            6'8   210   23  Xavier (LA)
Dean Tolson            6'8   190   25  Arkansas
Slick Watts            6'1   175   25  Xavier (LA)
Nick Weatherspoon      6'7   195   26  Illinois
Bobby Wilkerson        6'6   195   22  Indiana


Team Stats:

Pos  Player                 GP  Mins   FGM   FGA  3PM  3PA  FTM  FTA  ORB   DRB   REB  ASS  STL  BLK   TO   PF   PTS   PPG
 G   Fred Brown             72  2098   534  1114    0    0  168  190   68   164   232  176  124   19    0  140  1236  17.2
 G   Slick Watts            79  2627   428  1015    0    0  172  293   81   226   307  630  214   25    0  256  1028  13.0
 F   Bruce Seals            81  1977   378   851    0    0  138  195  118   236   354   93   49   58    0  262   894  11.0
 C   Tom Burleson           82  1803   288   652    0    0  220  301  184   367   551   93   74  117    0  259   796   9.7
 G   Dennis Johnson         81  1667   285   566    0    0  179  287  161   141   302  123  123   57    0  221   749   9.2
 C   Mike Green             76  1928   290   658    0    0  166  235  191   312   503  120   45  129    0  201   746   9.8
 F   Nick Weatherspoon      51  1505   283   614    0    0   86  136  109   295   404   51   49   23    0  149   652  12.8
 F   Willie Norwood         76  1647   216   461    0    0  151  206  127   165   292   99   62    6    0  191   583   7.7
 G   Bobby Wilkerson        78  1552   221   573    0    0   84  122   96   162   258  171   72    8    0  136   526   6.7
 F   Dean Tolson            60   587   137   242    0    0   85  159   73    84   157   27   32   21    0   83   359   6.0
 F   Mike Bantom            44   795   137   281    0    0   58   84   83   103   186   52   35   21    0  113   332   7.5
 F   Leonard Gray           25   643   114   262    0    0   59   78   23    84   107   55   27   13    0   84   287  11.5
 G   Frank Oleynick         50   516    81   223    0    0   39   53   13    32    45   60   13    4    0   48   201   4.0
 F   Bob Love               32   450    45   121    0    0   41   47   26    61    87   21   13    2    0   50   131   4.1
 G   Norton Barnhill         4    10     2     6    0    0    0    0    2     1     3    1    0    0    0    5     4   1.0

1976 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1   11  Bob Wilkerson            536          Indiana                        
  2   19  Bayard Forrest           139          Grand Canyon                     [pick acquired from ATL via MIL]
  2   29  Dennis Johnson          1100          Pepperdine                     
  4   63  Willie Parr                           LeMoyne-Owen                   
  5   80  Robert Gray                           Wichita State                  
  6   98  Darrell Peterson                      Wake Forest                    
  7  116  Mark Klein                            Malone                         
  8  134  Norton Barnhill            4          Washington State               
  9  151  Ron Johnson                           North Carolina A&T             
 10  167  Ricky Lewis                           Alcorn State                   

Traded draft picks:

#3 to ATL (Larry Cooke)

Regular Season Game Log:

Date Opponent Result Record 10/24/1976 vs New York Nets W 104-93 1-0 10/26/1976 at Indiana Pacers L 90-120 1-1 10/27/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 92-106 1-2 10/29/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 106-103 2-2 10/31/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 126-112 3-2 11/02/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 113-125 3-3 11/03/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 106-126 3-4 11/05/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 88-84 4-4 11/07/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 98-91 5-4 11/09/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 114-138 5-5 11/10/1976 at Houston Rockets L 97-99 5-6 11/12/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 102-97 6-6 11/14/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 121-118 7-6 11/16/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 102-110 7-7 11/17/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 92-78 8-7 11/19/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 130-101 9-7 11/21/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 115-106 10-7 11/26/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 101-97 11-7 11/27/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 107-119 11-8 11/28/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 117-116 12-8 11/30/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 114-119 12-9 12/01/1976 at Boston Celtics L 103-107 12-10 12/03/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers W 121-112 13-10 12/04/1976 at New York Knicks L 96-103 13-11 12/07/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 98-110 13-12 12/08/1976 at Washington Bullets W 109-99 14-12 12/10/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 99-93 15-12 12/12/1976 vs Houston Rockets L 92-96 15-13 12/15/1976 vs Denver Nuggets L 103-117 15-14 12/19/1976 vs Buffalo Braves L 98-99 15-15 12/21/1976 at Chicago Bulls L 101-103 15-16 12/23/1976 at Denver Nuggets L 95-123 15-17 12/25/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 95-110 15-18 12/26/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 89-87 16-18 12/28/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 120-119 17-18 12/29/1976 at New York Nets W 102-96 18-18 12/30/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 100-105 18-19 01/02/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 83-79 19-19 01/05/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 94-93 20-19 01/07/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 131-124 21-19 01/09/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 92-76 22-19 01/12/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 121-99 23-19

Date Opponent Result Record 01/14/1977 vs New York Knicks W 127-107 24-19 01/16/1977 vs Denver Nuggets L 101-109 24-20 01/19/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 109-102 25-20 01/21/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 106-120 25-21 01/23/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 88-98 25-22 01/25/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 109-120 25-23 01/26/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 118-103 26-23 01/30/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs L 118-126 26-24 02/02/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 120-95 27-24 02/04/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 106-109 27-25 02/06/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 107-99 28-25 02/09/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks L 98-99 28-26 02/11/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 114-107 29-26 02/15/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 106-109 29-27 02/16/1977 at Houston Rockets L 95-124 29-28 02/18/1977 at New York Nets W 93-88 30-28 02/19/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 100-103 30-29 02/20/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 115-135 30-30 02/23/1977 at Kansas City Kings W 94-93 31-30 02/25/1977 vs Boston Celtics L 92-102 31-31 02/27/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 85-93 31-32 03/02/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 85-105 31-33 03/05/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 104-134 31-34 03/08/1977 at New Orleans Jazz W 96-91 32-34 03/09/1977 at Boston Celtics W 114-86 33-34 03/11/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 122-126 33-35 03/12/1977 at New York Knicks W 91-88 34-35 03/16/1977 at Washington Bullets W 100-96 35-35 03/18/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 105-104 36-35 03/19/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 92-104 36-36 03/20/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks W 110-107 37-36 03/22/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 104-108 37-37 03/27/1977 vs Phoenix Suns L 100-121 37-38 03/29/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 97-100 37-39 03/30/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 111-105 38-39 04/02/1977 at Golden State Warriors W 109-102 39-39 04/03/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 104-119 39-40 04/05/1977 vs New York Nets L 86-88 39-41 04/08/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 112-105 40-41 04/10/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 104-113 40-42

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