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1977-78 Seattle Supersonics Roster and Statistics

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

Points Per Game: 104.5 (18th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 102.9 (2nd of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 45-37 (6th of 22)

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

SRS: 1.48 (6th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 104.8 (16th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 99.2 (19th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 97.7 (3rd of 22)

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

1977-78 Seattle Supersonics:

Roster

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

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 3445 7715 .447 1675 2352 .712 1456 2601 4057 1799 782 429 1636 2008 8565 104.5
Opponent 82 19780 3384 7377 .459 1670 2203 .758 1121 2600 3721 1956 735 410 1646 2067 8438 102.9

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 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

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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 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 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
7 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
8 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
9 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
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

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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 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

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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
13 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
14 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
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

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 Gus Williams 24 22 701 163 342 77 106 30 86 88 45 12 54 70 403 .477 .726 31.9 18.3 3.9 4.0
2 Fred Brown 29 22 575 153 341 75 90 16 47 53 23 2 31 47 381 .449 .833 26.1 17.3 2.1 2.4
3 Marvin Webster 25 22 904 137 280 81 120 95 289 58 6 58 74 76 355 .489 .675 41.1 16.1 13.1 2.6
4 Dennis Johnson 23 22 827 121 294 112 159 47 101 72 23 23 56 63 354 .412 .704 37.6 16.1 4.6 3.3
5 Jack Sikma 22 22 701 115 247 71 91 50 178 27 18 11 35 101 301 .466 .780 31.9 13.7 8.1 1.2
6 John Johnson 30 22 596 95 224 32 46 35 99 56 8 6 52 64 222 .424 .696 27.1 10.1 4.5 2.5
7 Paul Silas 34 22 605 33 94 41 60 73 187 36 12 6 30 59 107 .351 .683 27.5 4.9 8.5 1.6
8 Wally Walker 23 20 261 36 85 21 26 20 38 12 8 4 18 51 93 .424 .808 13.1 4.7 1.9 0.6
9 Bruce Seals 24 9 92 12 37 3 7 8 20 8 2 2 6 14 27 .324 .429 10.2 3.0 2.2 0.9
10 Joe Hassett 22 8 22 7 13 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 14 .538 2.8 1.8 0.3 0.0
11 Al Fleming 23 5 21 2 6 3 4 1 4 2 1 0 2 5 7 .333 .750 4.2 1.4 0.8 0.4

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 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
2 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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