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1977-78 Seattle SuperSonics Roster and Stats

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Record: 47-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bob Hopkins (5-17), Lenny Wilkens (42-18)

PTS/G: 104.5 (18th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 102.9 (2nd of 22)
SRS: 1.48 (6th of 22) ▪ Pace: 104.8 (16th of 22)
Off Rtg: 99.2 (19th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 97.7 (3rd of 22)
Expected W-L: 45-37 (6th of 22)

Arena: Seattle Center Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 504,668 (8th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Washington Bullets
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus Denver Nuggets
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Portland Trail Blazers
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers

Western Conf. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
32 Fred Brown SG 6-3 182 August 7, 1948 6 University of Iowa
30 Al Fleming SF 6-7 215 April 5, 1954 R University of Arizona
23 Mike Green C 6-10 200 August 6, 1951 4 Louisiana Tech University
10 Joe Hassett SG 6-5 180 September 11, 1955 R Providence College
24 Dennis Johnson SG 6-4 185 September 18, 1954 1 Pepperdine University
27 John Johnson SF 6-7 200 October 18, 1947 7 University of Iowa
45 Bruce Seals SF 6-8 210 June 18, 1953 4 Xavier University of Louisiana
43 Jack Sikma C 6-11 230 November 14, 1955 R Illinois Wesleyan University
35 Paul Silas PF 6-7 220 July 12, 1943 13 Creighton University
20 Dean Tolson PF 6-8 190 November 25, 1951 2 University of Arkansas
42 Wally Walker SF 6-7 190 July 18, 1954 1 University of Virginia
13 Slick Watts PG 6-1 175 July 22, 1951 4 Xavier University of Louisiana
40 Marvin Webster C 7-1 225 April 13, 1952 2 Morgan State University
1 Gus Williams PG 6-2 175 October 10, 1953 2 University of Southern California
42 Willie Wise SF 6-5 210 March 3, 1947 8 Drake University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19780 3445 7715 .447 1675 2352 .712 1456 2601 4057 1799 782 429 1636 2008 8565 104.5
Lg Rank 15 19 9 21 15 7 21 1 13 4 21 15 9 9 14 18 18
Opponent 82 19780 3384 7377 .459 1670 2203 .758 1121 2600 3721 1956 735 410 1646 2067 8438 102.9
Lg Rank 15 3 5 4 8 7 15 2 11 5 5 6 13 12 12 2 2

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 45 37 1.55 -0.06 1.48 99.2 97.7 104.8 .447 15.8 35.9 .217 .459 16.5 69.9 .226 Seattle Center Coliseum 504,668
Lg Rank 6 6 6 16 6 19 3 16 21 7 1 15 4 8 4 11 8

Totals

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 Gus Williams 24 79 2572 602 1335 .451 227 278 .817 83 173 256 294 185 41 189 198 1431
2 Fred Brown 29 72 1965 508 1042 .488 176 196 .898 61 127 188 240 110 25 164 145 1192
3 Marvin Webster 25 82 2910 427 851 .502 290 461 .629 361 674 1035 203 48 162 257 262 1144
4 Dennis Johnson 23 81 2209 367 881 .417 297 406 .732 152 142 294 230 118 51 164 213 1031
5 Jack Sikma 22 82 2238 342 752 .455 192 247 .777 196 482 678 134 68 40 186 300 876
6 John Johnson 30 76 1812 341 820 .416 131 174 .753 100 207 307 210 43 19 166 194 813
7 Bruce Seals 24 73 1322 230 551 .417 111 175 .634 62 164 226 81 41 33 103 210 571
8 Paul Silas 34 82 2172 184 464 .397 109 186 .586 289 377 666 145 65 16 152 182 477
9 Wally Walker 23 68 1003 185 420 .440 70 112 .625 80 122 202 69 24 10 66 125 440
10 Slick Watts 26 32 809 110 272 .404 30 53 .566 21 60 81 133 53 14 92 88 250
11 Joe Hassett 22 48 404 91 205 .444 10 12 .833 14 22 36 41 21 0 34 45 192
12 Mike Green 26 9 250 43 87 .494 21 31 .677 22 33 55 10 6 13 22 26 107
13 Al Fleming 23 20 97 15 31 .484 10 17 .588 13 17 30 7 0 5 16 16 40
14 Willie Wise 30 2 10 0 3 .000 1 4 .250 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1
15 Dean Tolson 26 1 7 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0

Per Game

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 Gus Williams 24 79 32.6 7.6 16.9 .451 2.9 3.5 .817 1.1 2.2 3.2 3.7 2.3 0.5 2.4 2.5 18.1
2 Fred Brown 29 72 27.3 7.1 14.5 .488 2.4 2.7 .898 0.8 1.8 2.6 3.3 1.5 0.3 2.3 2.0 16.6
3 Marvin Webster 25 82 35.5 5.2 10.4 .502 3.5 5.6 .629 4.4 8.2 12.6 2.5 0.6 2.0 3.1 3.2 14.0
4 Dennis Johnson 23 81 27.3 4.5 10.9 .417 3.7 5.0 .732 1.9 1.8 3.6 2.8 1.5 0.6 2.0 2.6 12.7
5 Mike Green 26 9 27.8 4.8 9.7 .494 2.3 3.4 .677 2.4 3.7 6.1 1.1 0.7 1.4 2.4 2.9 11.9
6 John Johnson 30 76 23.8 4.5 10.8 .416 1.7 2.3 .753 1.3 2.7 4.0 2.8 0.6 0.3 2.2 2.6 10.7
7 Jack Sikma 22 82 27.3 4.2 9.2 .455 2.3 3.0 .777 2.4 5.9 8.3 1.6 0.8 0.5 2.3 3.7 10.7
8 Bruce Seals 24 73 18.1 3.2 7.5 .417 1.5 2.4 .634 0.8 2.2 3.1 1.1 0.6 0.5 1.4 2.9 7.8
9 Slick Watts 26 32 25.3 3.4 8.5 .404 0.9 1.7 .566 0.7 1.9 2.5 4.2 1.7 0.4 2.9 2.8 7.8
10 Wally Walker 23 68 14.8 2.7 6.2 .440 1.0 1.6 .625 1.2 1.8 3.0 1.0 0.4 0.1 1.0 1.8 6.5
11 Paul Silas 34 82 26.5 2.2 5.7 .397 1.3 2.3 .586 3.5 4.6 8.1 1.8 0.8 0.2 1.9 2.2 5.8
12 Joe Hassett 22 48 8.4 1.9 4.3 .444 0.2 0.3 .833 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.9 4.0
13 Al Fleming 23 20 4.9 0.8 1.6 .484 0.5 0.9 .588 0.7 0.9 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.8 2.0
14 Willie Wise 30 2 5.0 0.0 1.5 .000 0.5 2.0 .250 1.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5
15 Dean Tolson 26 1 7.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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 29 72 1965 9.3 19.1 .488 3.2 3.6 .898 1.1 2.3 3.4 4.4 2.0 0.5 3.0 2.7 21.8
2 Gus Williams 24 79 2572 8.4 18.7 .451 3.2 3.9 .817 1.2 2.4 3.6 4.1 2.6 0.6 2.6 2.8 20.0
3 Joe Hassett 22 48 404 8.1 18.3 .444 0.9 1.1 .833 1.2 2.0 3.2 3.7 1.9 0.0 3.0 4.0 17.1
4 Dennis Johnson 23 81 2209 6.0 14.4 .417 4.8 6.6 .732 2.5 2.3 4.8 3.7 1.9 0.8 2.7 3.5 16.8
5 John Johnson 30 76 1812 6.8 16.3 .416 2.6 3.5 .753 2.0 4.1 6.1 4.2 0.9 0.4 3.3 3.9 16.2
6 Wally Walker 23 68 1003 6.6 15.1 .440 2.5 4.0 .625 2.9 4.4 7.3 2.5 0.9 0.4 2.4 4.5 15.8
7 Bruce Seals 24 73 1322 6.3 15.0 .417 3.0 4.8 .634 1.7 4.5 6.2 2.2 1.1 0.9 2.8 5.7 15.5
8 Mike Green 26 9 250 6.2 12.5 .494 3.0 4.5 .677 3.2 4.8 7.9 1.4 0.9 1.9 3.2 3.7 15.4
9 Al Fleming 23 20 97 5.6 11.5 .484 3.7 6.3 .588 4.8 6.3 11.1 2.6 0.0 1.9 5.9 5.9 14.8
10 Marvin Webster 25 82 2910 5.3 10.5 .502 3.6 5.7 .629 4.5 8.3 12.8 2.5 0.6 2.0 3.2 3.2 14.2
11 Jack Sikma 22 82 2238 5.5 12.1 .455 3.1 4.0 .777 3.2 7.8 10.9 2.2 1.1 0.6 3.0 4.8 14.1
12 Slick Watts 26 32 809 4.9 12.1 .404 1.3 2.4 .566 0.9 2.7 3.6 5.9 2.4 0.6 4.1 3.9 11.1
13 Paul Silas 34 82 2172 3.0 7.7 .397 1.8 3.1 .586 4.8 6.2 11.0 2.4 1.1 0.3 2.5 3.0 7.9
14 Willie Wise 30 2 10 0.0 10.8 .000 3.6 14.4 .250 7.2 3.6 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 3.6
15 Dean Tolson 26 1 7 0.0 5.1 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 0.0 0.0 5.1 10.3 0.0

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Marvin Webster 25 82 2910 17.0 .543 .502 12.1 24.6 18.1 9.6 0.8 3.0 19.6 17.2 104 96 3.7 5.0 8.7 .143
2 Gus Williams 24 79 2572 18.1 .491 .451 3.1 7.1 5.1 18.0 3.3 0.9 11.5 24.4 103 97 3.8 3.9 7.7 .143
3 Fred Brown 29 72 1965 19.6 .528 .488 3.0 6.9 4.9 19.9 2.6 0.7 12.7 25.0 106 99 4.1 2.5 6.7 .163
4 Dennis Johnson 23 81 2209 15.6 .486 .417 6.7 6.8 6.8 14.8 2.4 1.2 13.4 21.1 103 99 2.9 2.9 5.8 .127
5 Jack Sikma 22 82 2238 13.5 .509 .455 8.5 22.9 15.4 8.3 1.4 1.0 17.8 17.8 99 96 1.7 3.6 5.4 .115
6 Paul Silas 34 82 2172 10.2 .437 .397 13.0 18.4 15.6 8.5 1.4 0.4 21.8 12.2 93 98 0.0 3.0 3.1 .067
7 John Johnson 30 76 1812 11.9 .453 .416 5.4 12.1 8.6 17.0 1.1 0.6 15.6 22.3 93 100 0.2 2.0 2.1 .057
8 Wally Walker 23 68 1003 12.5 .469 .440 7.8 12.9 10.2 10.0 1.1 0.5 12.3 20.3 99 100 0.7 1.1 1.9 .090
9 Bruce Seals 24 73 1322 10.3 .455 .417 4.6 13.2 8.7 8.8 1.4 1.3 14.1 21.1 92 99 -0.1 1.7 1.6 .059
10 Mike Green 26 9 250 14.2 .532 .494 8.6 14.0 11.2 5.7 1.1 2.8 17.9 18.7 100 98 0.2 0.3 0.6 .106
11 Joe Hassett 22 48 404 11.9 .457 .444 3.4 5.8 4.5 15.7 2.4 0.0 13.9 23.0 93 100 0.0 0.5 0.5 .054
12 Slick Watts 26 32 809 9.3 .423 .404 2.5 7.9 5.1 22.4 3.0 0.9 23.8 18.2 82 97 -1.0 1.2 0.2 .009
13 Al Fleming 23 20 97 10.7 .520 .484 13.1 18.6 15.7 10.1 0.0 2.8 29.4 21.4 87 99 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .018
14 Dean Tolson 26 1 7 -7.1 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.8 0.0 0.0 50.0 10.9 41 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.196
15 Willie Wise 30 2 10 -5.9 .105 .000 19.5 10.6 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.1 48 103 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.208

Playoffs Totals

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 Gus Williams 24 22 701 163 342 .477 77 106 .726 30 56 86 88 45 12 54 70 403
2 Fred Brown 29 22 575 153 341 .449 75 90 .833 16 31 47 53 23 2 31 47 381
3 Marvin Webster 25 22 904 137 280 .489 81 120 .675 95 194 289 58 6 58 74 76 355
4 Dennis Johnson 23 22 827 121 294 .412 112 159 .704 47 54 101 72 23 23 56 63 354
5 Jack Sikma 22 22 701 115 247 .466 71 91 .780 50 128 178 27 18 11 35 101 301
6 John Johnson 30 22 596 95 224 .424 32 46 .696 35 64 99 56 8 6 52 64 222
7 Paul Silas 34 22 605 33 94 .351 41 60 .683 73 114 187 36 12 6 30 59 107
8 Wally Walker 23 20 261 36 85 .424 21 26 .808 20 18 38 12 8 4 18 51 93
9 Bruce Seals 24 9 92 12 37 .324 3 7 .429 8 12 20 8 2 2 6 14 27
10 Joe Hassett 22 8 22 7 13 .538 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 14
11 Al Fleming 23 5 21 2 6 .333 3 4 .750 1 3 4 2 1 0 2 5 7

Playoffs Per Game

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 Gus Williams 24 22 31.9 7.4 15.5 .477 3.5 4.8 .726 1.4 2.5 3.9 4.0 2.0 0.5 2.5 3.2 18.3
2 Fred Brown 29 22 26.1 7.0 15.5 .449 3.4 4.1 .833 0.7 1.4 2.1 2.4 1.0 0.1 1.4 2.1 17.3
3 Marvin Webster 25 22 41.1 6.2 12.7 .489 3.7 5.5 .675 4.3 8.8 13.1 2.6 0.3 2.6 3.4 3.5 16.1
4 Dennis Johnson 23 22 37.6 5.5 13.4 .412 5.1 7.2 .704 2.1 2.5 4.6 3.3 1.0 1.0 2.5 2.9 16.1
5 Jack Sikma 22 22 31.9 5.2 11.2 .466 3.2 4.1 .780 2.3 5.8 8.1 1.2 0.8 0.5 1.6 4.6 13.7
6 John Johnson 30 22 27.1 4.3 10.2 .424 1.5 2.1 .696 1.6 2.9 4.5 2.5 0.4 0.3 2.4 2.9 10.1
7 Paul Silas 34 22 27.5 1.5 4.3 .351 1.9 2.7 .683 3.3 5.2 8.5 1.6 0.5 0.3 1.4 2.7 4.9
8 Wally Walker 23 20 13.1 1.8 4.3 .424 1.1 1.3 .808 1.0 0.9 1.9 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.9 2.6 4.7
9 Bruce Seals 24 9 10.2 1.3 4.1 .324 0.3 0.8 .429 0.9 1.3 2.2 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.7 1.6 3.0
10 Joe Hassett 22 8 2.8 0.9 1.6 .538 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.8
11 Al Fleming 23 5 4.2 0.4 1.2 .333 0.6 0.8 .750 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.0 1.4

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

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 29 22 575 9.6 21.3 .449 4.7 5.6 .833 1.0 1.9 2.9 3.3 1.4 0.1 1.9 2.9 23.9
2 Joe Hassett 22 8 22 11.5 21.3 .538 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 3.3 0.0 1.6 0.0 1.6 1.6 22.9
3 Gus Williams 24 22 701 8.4 17.6 .477 4.0 5.4 .726 1.5 2.9 4.4 4.5 2.3 0.6 2.8 3.6 20.7
4 Jack Sikma 22 22 701 5.9 12.7 .466 3.6 4.7 .780 2.6 6.6 9.1 1.4 0.9 0.6 1.8 5.2 15.5
5 Dennis Johnson 23 22 827 5.3 12.8 .412 4.9 6.9 .704 2.0 2.4 4.4 3.1 1.0 1.0 2.4 2.7 15.4
6 Marvin Webster 25 22 904 5.5 11.2 .489 3.2 4.8 .675 3.8 7.7 11.5 2.3 0.2 2.3 2.9 3.0 14.1
7 John Johnson 30 22 596 5.7 13.5 .424 1.9 2.8 .696 2.1 3.9 6.0 3.4 0.5 0.4 3.1 3.9 13.4
8 Wally Walker 23 20 261 5.0 11.7 .424 2.9 3.6 .808 2.8 2.5 5.2 1.7 1.1 0.6 2.5 7.0 12.8
9 Al Fleming 23 5 21 3.4 10.3 .333 5.1 6.9 .750 1.7 5.1 6.9 3.4 1.7 0.0 3.4 8.6 12.0
10 Bruce Seals 24 9 92 4.7 14.5 .324 1.2 2.7 .429 3.1 4.7 7.8 3.1 0.8 0.8 2.3 5.5 10.6
11 Paul Silas 34 22 605 2.0 5.6 .351 2.4 3.6 .683 4.3 6.8 11.1 2.1 0.7 0.4 1.8 3.5 6.4

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Gus Williams 24 22 701 20.4 .518 .477 4.3 8.2 6.3 21.2 3.1 0.9 12.2 25.4 107 101 1.4 0.9 2.3 .155
2 Marvin Webster 25 22 904 16.8 .533 .489 10.6 22.1 16.3 9.5 0.3 3.3 18.2 18.1 104 100 1.0 1.3 2.3 .122
3 Jack Sikma 22 22 701 15.1 .524 .466 7.2 18.8 12.9 5.8 1.2 0.8 10.9 18.5 110 101 1.2 0.9 2.1 .145
4 Fred Brown 29 22 575 19.9 .501 .449 2.8 5.5 4.2 16.5 1.9 0.2 7.5 28.8 109 105 1.3 0.5 1.8 .151
5 Dennis Johnson 23 22 827 13.9 .486 .412 5.7 6.7 6.2 12.9 1.3 1.4 13.3 20.5 102 105 0.8 0.7 1.5 .086
6 Paul Silas 34 22 605 10.0 .444 .351 12.2 19.4 15.8 7.7 1.0 0.5 19.9 10.0 101 101 0.3 0.7 1.0 .080
7 Wally Walker 23 20 261 9.3 .482 .424 7.7 7.1 7.4 6.7 1.5 0.8 15.7 17.7 98 104 0.1 0.2 0.3 .060
8 John Johnson 30 22 596 10.0 .454 .424 5.9 11.1 8.5 14.1 0.6 0.5 17.6 20.0 92 105 -0.2 0.5 0.2 .019
9 Al Fleming 23 5 21 8.2 .451 .333 4.8 14.7 9.7 13.1 2.3 0.0 20.5 18.7 90 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 .038
10 Joe Hassett 22 8 22 18.4 .538 .538 0.0 9.4 4.6 0.0 2.2 0.0 7.1 25.6 104 103 0.0 0.0 0.0 .108
11 Bruce Seals 24 9 92 6.7 .337 .324 8.8 13.4 11.1 12.5 1.0 1.1 13.0 20.2 80 103 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.036