1979-80 Seattle SuperSonics Roster and Statistics

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56-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Lenny Wilkens (56-26)

PTS/G: 108.5 (12th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 103.8 (3rd of 22)
SRS: 4.24 (3rd of 22) ▪ Pace: 101.8 (16th of 22)
Off Rtg: 105.8 (8th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 101.2 (3rd of 22)
Expected W-L: 53-29 (3rd of 22)

Arena: King County Domed Stadium ▪ Attendance: 890,713 (1st of 22)

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

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
20	James Bailey	F-C	6-9	220	May 21, 1957	R	Rutgers University
32	Fred Brown	G	6-3	182	August 7, 1948	8	University of Iowa
24	Dennis Johnson	G	6-4	185	September 18, 1954	3	Pepperdine University
27	John Johnson	F	6-7	200	October 18, 1947	9	University of Iowa
15	Vinnie Johnson	G	6-2	200	September 1, 1956	R	Baylor University
23	Tom LaGarde	C-F	6-10	220	February 10, 1955	2	University of North Carolina
8	Lonnie Shelton	F-C	6-8	240	October 19, 1955	3	Oregon State University
43	Jack Sikma	C-F	6-11	230	November 14, 1955	2	Illinois Wesleyan University
36	Paul Silas	F-C	6-7	220	July 12, 1943	15	Creighton University
42	Wally Walker	F	6-7	190	July 18, 1954	3	University of Virginia
1	Gus Williams	G	6-2	175	October 10, 1953	4	University of Southern California

Team and Opponent Statistics

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	19830	3554	7565	.470	59	189	.312	1730	2253	.768	1380	2550	3930	2043	750	428	1496	1865	8897	108.5
Lg Rank		10	13	7	18	10	13	6	11	12	11	3	4	2	16	16	11	7	19	12	12
Opponent	82	19830	3408	7424	.459	59	240	.246	1640	2147	.764	1203	2409	3612	2016	728	393	1519	1997	8515	103.8
Lg Rank		10	4	9	3	12	16	4	4	5	11	9	10	8	7	8	7	14	9	3	3

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Gus Williams	26	82	2969	739	1533	.482	7	36	.194	331	420	.788	127	148	275	397	200	37	181	160	1816
2	Dennis Johnson	25	81	2937	574	1361	.422	12	58	.207	380	487	.780	173	241	414	332	144	82	227	267	1540
3	Jack Sikma	24	82	2793	470	989	.475	0	1	.000	235	292	.805	198	710	908	279	68	77	202	232	1175
4	Lonnie Shelton	24	76	2243	425	802	.530	1	5	.200	184	241	.763	199	383	582	145	92	79	169	292	1035
5	Fred Brown	31	80	1701	404	843	.479	39	88	.443	113	135	.837	35	120	155	174	65	17	105	117	960
6	John Johnson	32	81	2533	377	772	.488	0	0		161	201	.801	163	263	426	424	76	35	247	213	915
7	Tom LaGarde	24	82	1164	146	306	.477	0	0		90	137	.657	127	185	312	91	19	34	97	206	382
8	Wally Walker	25	70	844	139	274	.507	0	0		48	64	.750	64	106	170	53	21	4	50	102	326
9	Paul Silas	36	82	1595	113	299	.378	0	0		89	136	.654	204	232	436	66	25	5	83	120	315
10	James Bailey	22	67	726	122	271	.450	0	0		68	101	.673	71	126	197	28	21	54	79	116	312
11	Vinnie Johnson	23	38	325	45	115	.391	0	1	.000	31	39	.795	19	36	55	54	19	4	42	40	121

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Gus Williams	26	82	36.2	9.0	18.7	.482	0.1	0.4	.194	4.0	5.1	.788	1.5	1.8	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.5	2.2	2.0	22.1
2	Dennis Johnson	25	81	36.3	7.1	16.8	.422	0.1	0.7	.207	4.7	6.0	.780	2.1	3.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.3	19.0
3	Jack Sikma	24	82	34.1	5.7	12.1	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.6	.805	2.4	8.7	11.1	3.4	0.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	14.3
4	Lonnie Shelton	24	76	29.5	5.6	10.6	.530	0.0	0.1	.200	2.4	3.2	.763	2.6	5.0	7.7	1.9	1.2	1.0	2.2	3.8	13.6
5	Fred Brown	31	80	21.3	5.1	10.5	.479	0.5	1.1	.443	1.4	1.7	.837	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	12.0
6	John Johnson	32	81	31.3	4.7	9.5	.488	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.5	.801	2.0	3.2	5.3	5.2	0.9	0.4	3.0	2.6	11.3
7	James Bailey	22	67	10.8	1.8	4.0	.450	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.5	.673	1.1	1.9	2.9	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.2	1.7	4.7
8	Wally Walker	25	70	12.1	2.0	3.9	.507	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.9	.750	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.5	4.7
9	Tom LaGarde	24	82	14.2	1.8	3.7	.477	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.7	.657	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.1	0.2	0.4	1.2	2.5	4.7
10	Paul Silas	36	82	19.5	1.4	3.6	.378	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.7	.654	2.5	2.8	5.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.5	3.8
11	Vinnie Johnson	23	38	8.6	1.2	3.0	.391	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.0	.795	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.4	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.1	3.2

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Gus Williams	26	82	2969	9.0	18.6	.482	0.1	0.4	.194	4.0	5.1	.788	1.5	1.8	3.3	4.8	2.4	0.4	2.2	1.9	22.0
2	Fred Brown	31	80	1701	8.6	17.8	.479	0.8	1.9	.443	2.4	2.9	.837	0.7	2.5	3.3	3.7	1.4	0.4	2.2	2.5	20.3
3	Dennis Johnson	25	81	2937	7.0	16.7	.422	0.1	0.7	.207	4.7	6.0	.780	2.1	3.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.3	18.9
4	Lonnie Shelton	24	76	2243	6.8	12.9	.530	0.0	0.1	.200	3.0	3.9	.763	3.2	6.1	9.3	2.3	1.5	1.3	2.7	4.7	16.6
5	James Bailey	22	67	726	6.0	13.4	.450	0.0	0.0		3.4	5.0	.673	3.5	6.2	9.8	1.4	1.0	2.7	3.9	5.8	15.5
6	Jack Sikma	24	82	2793	6.1	12.7	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	3.8	.805	2.6	9.2	11.7	3.6	0.9	1.0	2.6	3.0	15.1
7	Wally Walker	25	70	844	5.9	11.7	.507	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.7	.750	2.7	4.5	7.3	2.3	0.9	0.2	2.1	4.4	13.9
8	Vinnie Johnson	23	38	325	5.0	12.7	.391	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.3	.795	2.1	4.0	6.1	6.0	2.1	0.4	4.7	4.4	13.4
9	John Johnson	32	81	2533	5.4	11.0	.488	0.0	0.0		2.3	2.9	.801	2.3	3.7	6.1	6.0	1.1	0.5	3.5	3.0	13.0
10	Tom LaGarde	24	82	1164	4.5	9.5	.477	0.0	0.0		2.8	4.2	.657	3.9	5.7	9.6	2.8	0.6	1.1	3.0	6.4	11.8
11	Paul Silas	36	82	1595	2.6	6.7	.378	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.1	.654	4.6	5.2	9.8	1.5	0.6	0.1	1.9	2.7	7.1

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	26	82	2969	20.6	.529	.484	4.5	5.3	4.9	20.7	3.2	0.7	9.5	25.2	113	102	7.2	4.4	11.6	.187
2	Jack Sikma	24	82	2793	16.5	.526	.475	7.4	26.9	17.1	13.7	1.1	1.5	15.3	18.6	107	98	3.3	5.3	8.6	.148
3	Lonnie Shelton	24	76	2243	16.8	.570	.531	9.3	18.0	13.6	9.1	1.9	1.9	15.7	18.9	110	99	3.5	4.1	7.5	.161
4	Dennis Johnson	25	81	2937	15.9	.489	.426	6.2	8.7	7.4	16.1	2.3	1.5	12.6	24.2	104	102	3.0	4.4	7.4	.120
5	Fred Brown	31	80	1701	16.4	.532	.502	2.2	7.5	4.8	15.5	1.8	0.6	10.4	23.4	109	104	2.8	2.1	4.9	.138
6	John Johnson	32	81	2533	13.3	.532	.488	6.7	11.0	8.8	22.4	1.4	0.8	22.3	17.2	103	103	1.7	3.2	4.9	.093
7	Paul Silas	36	82	1595	8.2	.439	.378	13.4	15.4	14.4	5.0	0.7	0.2	18.8	10.9	99	104	0.2	2.0	2.2	.066
8	Tom LaGarde	24	82	1164	10.8	.521	.477	11.4	16.8	14.1	10.1	0.8	1.6	20.9	15.7	101	102	0.6	1.7	2.2	.093
9	Wally Walker	25	70	844	12.3	.539	.507	7.9	13.3	10.6	8.6	1.2	0.3	14.2	16.5	108	103	1.0	1.1	2.0	.116
10	James Bailey	22	67	726	12.3	.495	.450	10.2	18.3	14.3	5.3	1.4	4.1	20.0	21.4	93	98	-0.4	1.4	1.0	.063
11	Vinnie Johnson	23	38	325	10.9	.458	.391	6.1	11.7	8.9	21.9	2.8	0.7	24.1	21.1	89	100	-0.3	0.5	0.2	.031

Playoffs

			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	26	15	564	146	284	1	5	62	86	30	60	84	34	7	47	38	355	.514	.200	.721	37.6	23.7	4.0	5.6
2	Dennis Johnson	25	15	582	100	244	5	15	52	62	25	64	57	27	10	43	48	257	.410	.333	.839	38.8	17.1	4.3	3.8
3	Fred Brown	31	15	313	80	182	10	34	18	21	16	38	32	2	1	23	23	188	.440	.294	.857	20.9	12.5	2.5	2.1
4	John Johnson	32	15	486	78	158	0	1	30	37	44	102	85	8	3	56	45	186	.494	.000	.811	32.4	12.4	6.8	5.7
5	Lonnie Shelton	24	15	469	74	146	0	1	32	51	35	125	25	23	12	37	54	180	.507	.000	.627	31.3	12.0	8.3	1.7
6	Jack Sikma	24	15	534	65	163	0	2	46	54	30	126	55	17	5	35	55	176	.399	.000	.852	35.6	11.7	8.4	3.7
7	James Bailey	22	12	138	21	44	0	0	13	20	8	25	5	9	9	9	22	55	.477		.650	11.5	4.6	2.1	0.4
8	Wally Walker	25	13	157	18	35	0	0	18	24	15	29	7	1	3	5	20	54	.514		.750	12.1	4.2	2.2	0.5
9	Tom LaGarde	24	14	163	17	46	0	0	9	11	13	40	12	2	0	7	25	43	.370		.818	11.6	3.1	2.9	0.9
10	Paul Silas	36	15	257	13	43	0	0	11	13	33	75	15	9	2	9	29	37	.302		.846	17.1	2.5	5.0	1.0
11	Vinnie Johnson	23	5	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	.333			2.4	0.4	0.4	0.4

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	26	15	564	21.7	.552	.516	5.7	5.9	5.8	25.9	3.0	0.7	12.7	26.9	112	104	1.4	0.6	2.0	.173
2	Lonnie Shelton	24	15	469	14.2	.534	.507	8.1	21.3	14.6	7.9	2.4	1.4	18.0	18.0	100	99	0.2	0.8	1.0	.102
3	Jack Sikma	24	15	534	11.9	.471	.399	6.1	20.0	12.9	14.5	1.6	0.5	15.8	17.1	100	102	0.2	0.7	0.9	.084
4	Dennis Johnson	25	15	582	12.7	.474	.420	4.6	7.5	6.0	14.8	2.3	1.0	13.7	22.2	99	105	0.2	0.6	0.8	.068
5	John Johnson	32	15	486	13.8	.534	.494	9.8	13.3	11.5	26.0	0.8	0.3	24.3	19.5	100	106	0.3	0.4	0.7	.068
6	Wally Walker	25	13	157	12.9	.593	.514	10.3	9.9	10.1	6.2	0.3	1.1	9.9	13.2	126	107	0.4	0.1	0.5	.153
7	Fred Brown	31	15	313	14.8	.492	.467	5.5	7.8	6.6	17.7	0.3	0.2	10.7	28.1	103	109	0.3	0.2	0.5	.072
8	Paul Silas	36	15	257	8.9	.380	.302	13.9	18.2	16.0	7.5	1.7	0.4	15.6	9.2	101	102	0.1	0.3	0.4	.077
9	James Bailey	22	12	138	14.1	.521	.477	6.3	13.7	9.9	5.3	3.2	3.7	14.6	18.4	101	98	0.1	0.2	0.3	.113
10	Tom LaGarde	24	14	163	8.1	.423	.370	8.6	18.4	13.4	10.1	0.6	0.0	12.1	14.6	98	105	0.0	0.2	0.2	.059
11	Vinnie Johnson	23	5	12	11.7	.333	.333	0.0	18.5	9.1	22.2	4.1	0.0	0.0	10.3	103	98	0.0	0.0	0.0	.109

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