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1978-79 Seattle Supersonics Roster and Statistics

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52-30, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Lenny Wilkens (52-30)

1978-79 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 106.6 (19th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 103.9 (1st of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 48-34 (5th of 22)

Arena: King County Domed Stadium ▪ Attendance: 747,243 (1st of 22)

SRS: 2.69 (6th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.4 (18th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 102.7 (14th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 100.1 (1st of 22)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus Washington Bullets
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-3) versus Phoenix Suns
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers

1978-79 Seattle Supersonics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
21 Dennis Awtrey C 6-10 235 February 22, 1948 8 Santa Clara University
32 Fred Brown G 6-3 182 August 7, 1948 7 University of Iowa
22 Lars Hansen C 6-10 225 September 14, 1954 R University of Washington
10 Joe Hassett G 6-5 180 September 11, 1955 1 Providence College
24 Dennis Johnson G 6-4 185 September 18, 1954 2 Pepperdine University
27 John Johnson F 6-7 200 October 18, 1947 8 University of Iowa
23 Tom LaGarde C-F 6-10 220 February 10, 1955 1 University of North Carolina
22 Jackie Robinson F 6-6 210 May 20, 1955 R University of Nevada, Las Vegas
8 Lonnie Shelton F-C 6-8 240 October 19, 1955 2 Oregon State University
43 Jack Sikma C-F 6-11 230 November 14, 1955 1 Illinois Wesleyan University
35 Paul Silas F-C 6-7 220 July 12, 1943 14 Creighton University
11 Dick Snyder G-F 6-5 207 February 1, 1944 12 Davidson College
42 Wally Walker F 6-7 190 July 18, 1954 2 University of Virginia
1 Gus Williams G 6-2 175 October 10, 1953 3 University of Southern California

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 19755 3504 7484 .468 1732 2298 .754 1310 2591 3901 1973 690 398 1586 1914 8740 106.6
Opponent 82 19755 3475 7509 .463 1567 2108 .743 1156 2453 3609 1910 755 407 1493 2057 8517 103.9

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 25 76 2266 606 1224 .495 245 316 .775 111 134 245 307 158 29 190 162 1457
2 Jack Sikma 23 82 2958 476 1034 .460 329 404 .814 232 781 1013 261 82 67 253 295 1281
3 Dennis Johnson 24 80 2717 482 1110 .434 306 392 .781 146 228 374 280 100 97 191 209 1270
4 Fred Brown 30 77 1961 446 951 .469 183 206 .888 38 134 172 260 119 23 164 142 1075
5 Lonnie Shelton 23 76 2158 446 859 .519 131 189 .693 182 286 468 110 76 75 188 266 1023
6 John Johnson 31 82 2386 356 821 .434 190 250 .760 127 285 412 358 59 25 254 245 902
7 Paul Silas 35 82 1957 170 402 .423 116 194 .598 259 316 575 115 31 19 98 177 456
8 Wally Walker 24 60 969 168 343 .490 58 96 .604 66 111 177 69 12 26 68 127 394
9 Tom LaGarde 23 23 575 98 181 .541 57 95 .600 61 129 190 32 6 18 47 75 253
10 Joe Hassett 23 55 463 100 211 .474 23 23 1.000 13 32 45 42 14 4 32 58 223
11 Dick Snyder 34 56 536 81 187 .433 43 51 .843 15 33 48 63 14 6 36 52 205
12 Dennis Awtrey 30 40 499 27 63 .429 25 36 .694 29 75 104 49 13 7 31 69 79
13 Lars Hansen 24 15 205 29 57 .509 18 31 .581 22 37 59 14 1 1 9 28 76
14 Jackie Robinson 23 12 105 19 41 .463 8 15 .533 9 10 19 13 5 1 11 9 46

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 25 76 29.8 8.0 16.1 .495 3.2 4.2 .775 1.5 1.8 3.2 4.0 2.1 0.4 2.5 2.1 19.2
2 Dennis Johnson 24 80 34.0 6.0 13.9 .434 3.8 4.9 .781 1.8 2.9 4.7 3.5 1.3 1.2 2.4 2.6 15.9
3 Jack Sikma 23 82 36.1 5.8 12.6 .460 4.0 4.9 .814 2.8 9.5 12.4 3.2 1.0 0.8 3.1 3.6 15.6
4 Fred Brown 30 77 25.5 5.8 12.4 .469 2.4 2.7 .888 0.5 1.7 2.2 3.4 1.5 0.3 2.1 1.8 14.0
5 Lonnie Shelton 23 76 28.4 5.9 11.3 .519 1.7 2.5 .693 2.4 3.8 6.2 1.4 1.0 1.0 2.5 3.5 13.5
6 Tom LaGarde 23 23 25.0 4.3 7.9 .541 2.5 4.1 .600 2.7 5.6 8.3 1.4 0.3 0.8 2.0 3.3 11.0
7 John Johnson 31 82 29.1 4.3 10.0 .434 2.3 3.0 .760 1.5 3.5 5.0 4.4 0.7 0.3 3.1 3.0 11.0
8 Wally Walker 24 60 16.2 2.8 5.7 .490 1.0 1.6 .604 1.1 1.9 3.0 1.2 0.2 0.4 1.1 2.1 6.6
9 Paul Silas 35 82 23.9 2.1 4.9 .423 1.4 2.4 .598 3.2 3.9 7.0 1.4 0.4 0.2 1.2 2.2 5.6
10 Lars Hansen 24 15 13.7 1.9 3.8 .509 1.2 2.1 .581 1.5 2.5 3.9 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.9 5.1
11 Joe Hassett 23 55 8.4 1.8 3.8 .474 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.1 4.1
12 Jackie Robinson 23 12 8.8 1.6 3.4 .463 0.7 1.3 .533 0.8 0.8 1.6 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.9 0.8 3.8
13 Dick Snyder 34 56 9.6 1.4 3.3 .433 0.8 0.9 .843 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.9 3.7
14 Dennis Awtrey 30 40 12.5 0.7 1.6 .429 0.6 0.9 .694 0.7 1.9 2.6 1.2 0.3 0.2 0.8 1.7 2.0

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 Gus Williams 25 76 2266 9.6 19.4 .495 3.9 5.0 .775 1.8 2.1 3.9 4.9 2.5 0.5 3.0 2.6 23.1
2 Fred Brown 30 77 1961 8.2 17.5 .469 3.4 3.8 .888 0.7 2.5 3.2 4.8 2.2 0.4 3.0 2.6 19.7
3 Joe Hassett 23 55 463 7.8 16.4 .474 1.8 1.8 1.000 1.0 2.5 3.5 3.3 1.1 0.3 2.5 4.5 17.3
4 Lonnie Shelton 23 76 2158 7.4 14.3 .519 2.2 3.2 .693 3.0 4.8 7.8 1.8 1.3 1.3 3.1 4.4 17.1
5 Dennis Johnson 24 80 2717 6.4 14.7 .434 4.1 5.2 .781 1.9 3.0 5.0 3.7 1.3 1.3 2.5 2.8 16.8
6 Tom LaGarde 23 23 575 6.1 11.3 .541 3.6 5.9 .600 3.8 8.1 11.9 2.0 0.4 1.1 2.9 4.7 15.8
7 Jackie Robinson 23 12 105 6.5 14.1 .463 2.7 5.1 .533 3.1 3.4 6.5 4.5 1.7 0.3 3.8 3.1 15.8
8 Jack Sikma 23 82 2958 5.8 12.6 .460 4.0 4.9 .814 2.8 9.5 12.3 3.2 1.0 0.8 3.1 3.6 15.6
9 Wally Walker 24 60 969 6.2 12.7 .490 2.2 3.6 .604 2.5 4.1 6.6 2.6 0.4 1.0 2.5 4.7 14.6
10 Dick Snyder 34 56 536 5.4 12.6 .433 2.9 3.4 .843 1.0 2.2 3.2 4.2 0.9 0.4 2.4 3.5 13.8
11 John Johnson 31 82 2386 5.4 12.4 .434 2.9 3.8 .760 1.9 4.3 6.2 5.4 0.9 0.4 3.8 3.7 13.6
12 Lars Hansen 24 15 205 5.1 10.0 .509 3.2 5.4 .581 3.9 6.5 10.4 2.5 0.2 0.2 1.6 4.9 13.3
13 Paul Silas 35 82 1957 3.1 7.4 .423 2.1 3.6 .598 4.8 5.8 10.6 2.1 0.6 0.3 1.8 3.3 8.4
14 Dennis Awtrey 30 40 499 1.9 4.5 .429 1.8 2.6 .694 2.1 5.4 7.5 3.5 0.9 0.5 2.2 5.0 5.7

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 Jack Sikma 23 82 2958 16.3 .529 .460 8.2 27.8 18.0 12.2 1.3 1.2 17.3 19.4 104 97 3.1 5.7 8.8
2 Gus Williams 25 76 2266 21.1 .534 .495 5.1 6.2 5.7 21.9 3.2 0.7 12.2 26.9 108 100 4.7 3.5 8.3
3 Dennis Johnson 24 80 2717 15.0 .495 .434 5.6 8.8 7.2 14.5 1.7 1.9 13.0 21.3 103 101 2.8 3.8 6.6
4 Fred Brown 30 77 1961 16.9 .516 .469 2.0 7.2 4.6 20.1 2.8 0.6 13.6 24.1 104 100 2.3 2.9 5.2
5 Lonnie Shelton 23 76 2158 14.9 .543 .519 8.9 14.0 11.4 7.5 1.6 1.8 16.6 20.5 102 100 1.7 3.4 5.1
6 Paul Silas 35 82 1957 10.4 .468 .423 13.9 17.0 15.5 7.3 0.7 0.5 16.7 11.7 104 102 1.3 2.6 3.9
7 John Johnson 31 82 2386 11.2 .484 .434 5.6 12.6 9.1 20.3 1.1 0.6 21.4 19.5 94 102 -0.4 3.0 2.7
8 Wally Walker 24 60 969 11.6 .511 .490 7.2 12.1 9.6 10.0 0.6 1.4 15.0 18.3 101 103 0.6 1.2 1.8
9 Tom LaGarde 23 23 575 15.6 .568 .541 11.1 23.7 17.4 7.8 0.5 1.6 17.4 18.4 107 99 0.8 0.9 1.7
10 Joe Hassett 23 55 463 12.3 .504 .474 2.9 7.3 5.1 13.5 1.4 0.5 12.6 21.4 101 103 0.3 0.5 0.9
11 Dick Snyder 34 56 536 10.8 .489 .433 2.9 6.5 4.7 16.0 1.2 0.6 14.7 17.9 101 104 0.3 0.6 0.9
12 Dennis Awtrey 30 40 499 7.3 .501 .429 6.1 15.8 11.0 11.8 1.2 0.7 28.2 8.6 97 101 0.0 0.7 0.8
13 Lars Hansen 24 15 205 13.6 .538 .509 11.3 19.0 15.1 9.2 0.2 0.3 11.3 15.2 114 102 0.4 0.3 0.6
14 Jackie Robinson 23 12 105 13.6 .483 .463 9.0 10.0 9.5 17.5 2.2 0.5 18.8 21.9 95 101 0.0 0.2 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 Gus Williams 25 17 619 182 382 90 127 36 70 63 34 11 42 42 452 .476 .709 36.4 26.6 4.1 3.7
2 Dennis Johnson 24 17 681 136 302 84 109 44 104 69 28 26 51 63 356 .450 .771 40.1 20.9 6.1 4.1
3 Jack Sikma 23 17 655 102 224 48 61 39 199 43 16 24 40 70 254 .455 .787 38.5 14.9 11.7 2.5
4 Lonnie Shelton 23 17 566 101 209 18 26 61 142 34 19 18 31 80 220 .483 .692 33.3 12.9 8.4 2.0
5 John Johnson 31 17 615 83 175 41 64 40 115 91 17 3 65 49 207 .474 .641 36.2 12.2 6.8 5.4
6 Fred Brown 30 17 260 64 142 14 17 8 22 35 9 4 16 23 142 .451 .824 15.3 8.4 1.3 2.1
7 Paul Silas 35 17 418 21 54 31 46 40 98 19 9 5 34 44 73 .389 .674 24.6 4.3 5.8 1.1
8 Dennis Awtrey 30 16 153 10 16 8 13 15 42 11 5 4 9 34 28 .625 .615 9.6 1.8 2.6 0.7
9 Dick Snyder 34 9 88 10 31 6 9 2 11 10 4 3 7 8 26 .323 .667 9.8 2.9 1.2 1.1
10 Wally Walker 24 13 85 6 16 2 4 7 17 2 0 0 4 19 14 .375 .500 6.5 1.1 1.3 0.2
11 Joe Hassett 23 8 15 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 .429 1.9 0.8 0.1 0.1

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 Gus Williams 25 17 619 23.8 .516 .476 6.3 6.1 6.2 17.9 2.6 1.0 8.8 31.1 112 101 2.0 0.7 2.7
2 Dennis Johnson 24 17 681 18.1 .509 .450 7.0 9.8 8.4 15.3 2.0 2.1 12.7 23.6 108 101 1.3 0.9 2.2
3 Jack Sikma 23 17 655 15.3 .506 .455 6.5 27.1 16.7 9.3 1.2 2.0 13.8 17.8 104 97 0.7 1.1 1.8
4 Lonnie Shelton 23 17 566 15.0 .499 .483 11.7 15.9 13.8 8.8 1.6 1.7 12.3 17.8 107 100 0.8 0.8 1.6
5 John Johnson 31 17 615 12.4 .509 .474 7.1 13.5 10.3 20.3 1.3 0.3 24.2 17.5 97 102 0.2 0.6 0.8
6 Fred Brown 30 17 260 16.6 .475 .451 3.4 6.0 4.7 21.8 1.7 0.8 9.7 25.5 105 103 0.4 0.2 0.6
7 Dennis Awtrey 30 16 153 10.1 .645 .625 10.7 19.6 15.1 9.0 1.6 1.4 29.3 8.0 112 99 0.2 0.2 0.4
8 Paul Silas 35 17 418 6.8 .492 .389 10.4 15.4 12.9 5.6 1.0 0.6 31.4 10.4 89 102 -0.2 0.5 0.3
9 Dick Snyder 34 9 88 8.2 .372 .323 2.5 11.3 6.9 15.1 2.2 1.9 16.7 19.1 82 100 -0.1 0.1 0.0
10 Wally Walker 24 13 85 2.2 .394 .375 9.0 13.1 11.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 18.4 10.3 86 105 0.0 0.1 0.0
11 Joe Hassett 23 8 15 4.7 .429 .429 0.0 7.4 3.7 10.0 0.0 0.0 22.2 24.0 75 107 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Dennis Johnson $450,000
2 Lonnie Shelton $250,000
3 Paul Silas $250,000
4 John Johnson $175,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)