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1975-76 Seattle Supersonics Roster and Statistics

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43-39, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Russell (43-39)

Points Per Game: 106.4 (5th of 18) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 106.7 (16th of 18)
Pythagorean W-L: 40-42 (9th of 18)

Arena: Seattle Center Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 557,304 (2nd of 18)

SRS: -0.15 (9th of 18) ▪ Pace Factor: 107.7 (4th of 18)
Offensive Rating: 98.3 (10th of 18) ▪ Defensive Rating: 98.6 (11th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Phoenix Suns

1975-76 Seattle Supersonics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
35 Zaid Abdul-Aziz C-F 6-9 235 April 7, 1946 7 Iowa State University
40 Mike Bantom F-C 6-9 200 December 3, 1951 2 Saint Joseph's University
32 Fred Brown G 6-3 182 August 7, 1948 4 University of Iowa
16 Tom Burleson C 7-2 225 February 24, 1952 1 North Carolina State University
35 Al Carlson C 6-11 235 September 17, 1951 R University of Oregon
25 Rod Derline G 6-0 175 March 11, 1952 1 Seattle University
3 Herm Gilliam G-F 6-3 190 May 5, 1946 6 Purdue University
11 Leonard Gray F 6-8 240 December 19, 1951 1 California State University, Long Beach
42 John Hummer F-C 6-9 230 May 4, 1948 5 Princeton University
15 Willie Norwood F 6-7 220 August 8, 1947 4 Alcorn State University
44 Frank Oleynick G 6-2 185 February 20, 1955 R Seattle University
45 Bruce Seals F 6-8 210 June 18, 1953 2 Xavier University of Louisiana
20 Gene Short F 6-6 200 August 7, 1953 R Jackson State University
22 Tal Skinner F-G 6-5 195 September 10, 1952 1 University of Maryland Eastern Shore
13 Slick Watts G 6-1 175 July 22, 1951 2 Xavier University of Louisiana

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19780 3542 7730 .458 1642 2309 .711 1217 2498 3715 1935 866 355 1615 2133 8726 106.4
Opponent 82 19780 3486 7464 .467 1777 2407 .738 1239 2713 3952 2109 745 388 1852 2111 8749 106.7

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Fred Brown 27 76 2516 742 1522 .488 273 314 .869 111 206 317 207 143 18 186 1757
2 Tom Burleson 23 82 2647 496 1032 .481 291 388 .750 258 484 742 180 70 150 273 1283
3 Slick Watts 24 82 2776 433 1015 .427 199 344 .578 112 253 365 661 261 16 270 1065
4 Bruce Seals 22 81 2435 388 889 .436 181 267 .678 157 350 507 119 64 44 314 957
5 Leonard Gray 24 66 2139 394 831 .474 126 169 .746 109 289 398 203 75 36 260 914
6 Herm Gilliam 29 81 1644 299 676 .442 90 116 .776 56 164 220 202 82 12 139 688
7 Mike Bantom 24 66 1503 212 450 .471 131 194 .675 133 235 368 102 26 26 208 555
8 Willie Norwood 28 64 1004 146 301 .485 152 203 .749 91 138 229 59 42 4 139 444
9 Tal Skinner 23 72 1224 132 285 .463 49 80 .613 89 175 264 67 50 7 116 313
10 Frank Oleynick 20 52 650 127 316 .402 53 77 .688 10 35 45 53 21 6 62 307
11 Rod Derline 23 49 339 73 181 .403 45 56 .804 8 19 27 26 11 1 22 191
12 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 29 27 223 35 75 .467 16 29 .552 30 46 76 16 8 15 29 86
13 John Hummer 27 29 364 32 67 .478 17 41 .415 21 56 77 25 6 9 71 81
14 Al Carlson 24 28 279 27 79 .342 18 29 .621 30 43 73 13 7 11 39 72
15 Gene Short 22 7 37 6 11 .545 1 2 .500 2 5 7 2 0 0 5 13

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Fred Brown 27 76 33.1 9.8 20.0 .488 3.6 4.1 .869 1.5 2.7 4.2 2.7 1.9 0.2 2.4 23.1
2 Tom Burleson 23 82 32.3 6.0 12.6 .481 3.5 4.7 .750 3.1 5.9 9.0 2.2 0.9 1.8 3.3 15.6
3 Leonard Gray 24 66 32.4 6.0 12.6 .474 1.9 2.6 .746 1.7 4.4 6.0 3.1 1.1 0.5 3.9 13.8
4 Slick Watts 24 82 33.9 5.3 12.4 .427 2.4 4.2 .578 1.4 3.1 4.5 8.1 3.2 0.2 3.3 13.0
5 Bruce Seals 22 81 30.1 4.8 11.0 .436 2.2 3.3 .678 1.9 4.3 6.3 1.5 0.8 0.5 3.9 11.8
6 Herm Gilliam 29 81 20.3 3.7 8.3 .442 1.1 1.4 .776 0.7 2.0 2.7 2.5 1.0 0.1 1.7 8.5
7 Mike Bantom 24 66 22.8 3.2 6.8 .471 2.0 2.9 .675 2.0 3.6 5.6 1.5 0.4 0.4 3.2 8.4
8 Willie Norwood 28 64 15.7 2.3 4.7 .485 2.4 3.2 .749 1.4 2.2 3.6 0.9 0.7 0.1 2.2 6.9
9 Frank Oleynick 20 52 12.5 2.4 6.1 .402 1.0 1.5 .688 0.2 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.4 0.1 1.2 5.9
10 Tal Skinner 23 72 17.0 1.8 4.0 .463 0.7 1.1 .613 1.2 2.4 3.7 0.9 0.7 0.1 1.6 4.3
11 Rod Derline 23 49 6.9 1.5 3.7 .403 0.9 1.1 .804 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.4 3.9
12 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 29 27 8.3 1.3 2.8 .467 0.6 1.1 .552 1.1 1.7 2.8 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.1 3.2
13 John Hummer 27 29 12.6 1.1 2.3 .478 0.6 1.4 .415 0.7 1.9 2.7 0.9 0.2 0.3 2.4 2.8
14 Al Carlson 24 28 10.0 1.0 2.8 .342 0.6 1.0 .621 1.1 1.5 2.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.4 2.6
15 Gene Short 22 7 5.3 0.9 1.6 .545 0.1 0.3 .500 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.9

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Fred Brown 27 76 2516 10.6 21.8 .488 3.9 4.5 .869 1.6 2.9 4.5 3.0 2.0 0.3 2.7 25.1
2 Rod Derline 23 49 339 7.8 19.2 .403 4.8 5.9 .804 0.8 2.0 2.9 2.8 1.2 0.1 2.3 20.3
3 Tom Burleson 23 82 2647 6.7 14.0 .481 4.0 5.3 .750 3.5 6.6 10.1 2.4 1.0 2.0 3.7 17.4
4 Frank Oleynick 20 52 650 7.0 17.5 .402 2.9 4.3 .688 0.6 1.9 2.5 2.9 1.2 0.3 3.4 17.0
5 Willie Norwood 28 64 1004 5.2 10.8 .485 5.5 7.3 .749 3.3 4.9 8.2 2.1 1.5 0.1 5.0 15.9
6 Leonard Gray 24 66 2139 6.6 14.0 .474 2.1 2.8 .746 1.8 4.9 6.7 3.4 1.3 0.6 4.4 15.4
7 Herm Gilliam 29 81 1644 6.5 14.8 .442 2.0 2.5 .776 1.2 3.6 4.8 4.4 1.8 0.3 3.0 15.1
8 Bruce Seals 22 81 2435 5.7 13.1 .436 2.7 3.9 .678 2.3 5.2 7.5 1.8 0.9 0.7 4.6 14.1
9 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 29 27 223 5.7 12.1 .467 2.6 4.7 .552 4.8 7.4 12.3 2.6 1.3 2.4 4.7 13.9
10 Slick Watts 24 82 2776 5.6 13.2 .427 2.6 4.5 .578 1.5 3.3 4.7 8.6 3.4 0.2 3.5 13.8
11 Mike Bantom 24 66 1503 5.1 10.8 .471 3.1 4.6 .675 3.2 5.6 8.8 2.4 0.6 0.6 5.0 13.3
12 Gene Short 22 7 37 5.8 10.7 .545 1.0 1.9 .500 1.9 4.9 6.8 1.9 0.0 0.0 4.9 12.6
13 Al Carlson 24 28 279 3.5 10.2 .342 2.3 3.7 .621 3.9 5.5 9.4 1.7 0.9 1.4 5.0 9.3
14 Tal Skinner 23 72 1224 3.9 8.4 .463 1.4 2.4 .613 2.6 5.1 7.8 2.0 1.5 0.2 3.4 9.2
15 John Hummer 27 29 364 3.2 6.6 .478 1.7 4.1 .415 2.1 5.5 7.6 2.5 0.6 0.9 7.0 8.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Fred Brown 27 76 2516 20.4 .529 .488 4.4 8.7 6.5 13.7 2.5 0.4 99 6.6 2.2 8.8
2 Tom Burleson 23 82 2647 17.8 .533 .481 9.8 19.4 14.5 9.6 1.2 3.0 97 5.0 3.2 8.2
3 Slick Watts 24 82 2776 17.2 .457 .427 4.1 9.6 6.8 32.2 4.2 0.3 96 0.9 3.8 4.7
4 Leonard Gray 24 66 2139 13.9 .505 .474 5.1 14.3 9.6 13.3 1.6 0.9 99 2.2 2.0 4.1
5 Willie Norwood 28 64 1004 15.4 .569 .485 9.1 14.6 11.8 7.8 1.9 0.2 99 2.0 0.9 3.0
6 Bruce Seals 22 81 2435 11.5 .475 .436 6.5 15.2 10.7 6.6 1.2 1.0 100 0.8 2.1 2.9
7 Mike Bantom 24 66 1503 12.7 .518 .471 8.9 16.6 12.6 9.0 0.8 0.9 100 1.5 1.2 2.8
8 Herm Gilliam 29 81 1644 13.8 .473 .442 3.4 10.6 6.9 17.2 2.2 0.4 99 1.2 1.4 2.7
9 Tal Skinner 23 72 1224 10.2 .489 .463 7.3 15.1 11.1 7.0 1.8 0.3 99 0.7 1.2 1.9
10 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 29 27 223 16.4 .490 .467 13.5 21.8 17.6 9.7 1.6 3.6 95 0.2 0.3 0.6
11 Rod Derline 23 49 339 13.7 .464 .403 2.4 5.9 4.1 11.3 1.4 0.2 103 0.2 0.2 0.3
12 Al Carlson 24 28 279 9.0 .392 .342 10.8 16.3 13.5 5.8 1.1 2.1 99 -0.2 0.3 0.1
13 Gene Short 22 7 37 10.1 .547 .545 5.4 14.3 9.8 7.4 0.0 0.0 103 0.0 0.0 0.1
14 John Hummer 27 29 364 7.6 .476 .478 5.8 16.3 10.9 8.5 0.7 1.3 100 -0.2 0.3 0.1
15 Frank Oleynick 20 52 650 10.9 .439 .402 1.5 5.7 3.6 11.6 1.4 0.5 102 -0.2 0.3 0.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Fred Brown 27 6 236 68 133 35 44 12 28 17 13 0 20 171 .511 .795 39.3 28.5 4.7 2.8
2 Tom Burleson 23 6 208 45 75 35 46 15 57 10 6 8 25 125 .600 .761 34.7 20.8 9.5 1.7
3 Bruce Seals 22 6 181 30 68 18 26 14 36 3 5 6 22 78 .441 .692 30.2 13.0 6.0 0.5
4 Slick Watts 24 6 197 30 69 11 23 5 18 49 12 2 28 71 .435 .478 32.8 11.8 3.0 8.2
5 Willie Norwood 28 6 215 24 58 11 18 20 38 8 7 1 25 59 .414 .611 35.8 9.8 6.3 1.3
6 Mike Bantom 24 6 114 22 38 14 20 9 23 8 4 2 27 58 .579 .700 19.0 9.7 3.8 1.3
7 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 29 5 60 14 20 8 11 4 21 2 0 5 2 36 .700 .727 12.0 7.2 4.2 0.4
8 Tal Skinner 23 6 86 4 14 11 15 6 15 7 5 2 9 19 .286 .733 14.3 3.2 2.5 1.2
9 Herm Gilliam 29 6 86 6 27 5 8 3 11 12 6 0 10 17 .222 .625 14.3 2.8 1.8 2.0
10 Rod Derline 23 4 41 2 10 2 2 1 4 1 1 0 4 6 .200 1.000 10.3 1.5 1.0 0.3
11 John Hummer 27 3 16 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 4 .667 5.3 1.3 0.3 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Tom Burleson 23 6 208 22.4 .656 .600 8.3 24.3 16.2 7.5 1.3 2.1 105 0.7 0.1 0.8
2 Fred Brown 27 6 236 22.2 .561 .511 5.9 8.2 7.0 12.6 2.5 0.0 108 0.8 0.0 0.8
3 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 29 5 60 25.2 .725 .700 7.7 34.1 20.7 5.3 0.0 4.6 103 0.3 0.0 0.3
4 Mike Bantom 24 6 114 17.1 .620 .579 9.1 14.8 11.9 10.6 1.6 1.0 107 0.2 0.0 0.2
5 Bruce Seals 22 6 181 12.9 .491 .441 8.9 14.6 11.7 2.4 1.3 1.8 107 0.1 0.0 0.1
6 John Hummer 27 3 16 5.9 .667 .667 7.2 0.0 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Tal Skinner 23 6 86 10.8 .461 .286 8.1 12.6 10.3 10.0 2.6 1.3 106 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Willie Norwood 28 6 215 9.0 .448 .414 10.8 10.1 10.4 5.0 1.5 0.3 109 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Rod Derline 23 4 41 1.7 .276 .200 2.8 8.8 5.8 3.0 1.1 0.0 111 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Slick Watts 24 6 197 15.0 .449 .435 2.9 8.0 5.4 35.3 2.8 0.6 107 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 Herm Gilliam 29 6 86 6.7 .279 .222 4.0 11.2 7.5 17.7 3.2 0.0 106 -0.2 0.0 -0.2