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1986-87 Seattle Supersonics Roster and Statistics

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39-43, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bernie Bickerstaff (39-43)

Points Per Game: 113.7 (5th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 113.3 (15th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 42-40 (10th of 23)

Arena: Seattle Center Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 356,362 (21st of 23)

SRS: 0.08 (11th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.8 (7th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 110.7 (6th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 110.3 (16th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-0) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Houston Rockets
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Dallas Mavericks

1986-87 Seattle Supersonics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
24 Tom Chambers F-C 6-10 220 June 21, 1959 5 University of Utah
3 Dale Ellis G-F 6-7 205 August 6, 1960 3 University of Tennessee
15 Gerald Henderson G 6-2 175 January 16, 1956 7 Virginia Commonwealth University
45 Clemon Johnson C-F 6-10 240 September 12, 1956 8 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
15 Eddie Johnson G 6-2 180 February 24, 1955 9 Auburn University
42 Curtis Kitchen F 6-9 235 January 30, 1964 R University of South Florida
53 Alton Lister C-F 7-0 240 October 1, 1958 5 Arizona State University
20 Maurice Lucas F-C 6-9 215 February 18, 1952 12 Marquette University
34 Xavier McDaniel F 6-7 205 June 4, 1963 1 Wichita State University
10 Nate McMillan G-F 6-5 195 August 3, 1964 R North Carolina State University
25 Michael Phelps G 6-4 180 October 3, 1961 1 Alcorn State University
40 Russ Schoene F-C 6-10 210 April 16, 1960 1 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
44 Terence Stansbury G 6-5 170 February 27, 1961 2 Temple University
30 Kevin Williams G 6-2 175 September 11, 1961 2 St. John's University
22 Danny Young G 6-3 175 July 26, 1962 2 Wake Forest 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 19855 3593 7451 .482 191 571 .335 1948 2571 .758 1373 2395 3768 2184 705 450 1509 2224 9325 113.7
Opponent 82 19855 3514 7329 .479 93 324 .287 2166 2819 .768 1236 2278 3514 2023 731 409 1342 2027 9287 113.3

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 Dale Ellis 26 82 76 3073 785 1520 .516 86 240 .358 385 489 .787 187 260 447 238 104 32 238 267 2041
2 Tom Chambers 27 82 82 3018 660 1446 .456 54 145 .372 535 630 .849 163 382 545 245 81 50 268 307 1909
3 Xavier McDaniel 23 82 82 3031 806 1583 .509 3 14 .214 275 395 .696 338 367 705 207 115 52 234 300 1890
4 Alton Lister 28 75 75 2288 346 687 .504 0 1 .000 179 265 .675 223 482 705 110 32 180 169 289 871
5 Maurice Lucas 34 63 0 1120 175 388 .451 0 5 .000 150 187 .802 88 219 307 65 34 21 75 171 500
6 Nate McMillan 22 71 50 1972 143 301 .475 0 7 .000 87 141 .617 101 230 331 583 125 45 155 238 373
7 Danny Young 24 73 26 1482 132 288 .458 29 79 .367 59 71 .831 23 90 113 353 74 3 85 72 352
8 Kevin Williams 25 65 0 703 132 296 .446 0 7 .000 55 66 .833 47 36 83 66 45 8 63 154 319
9 Clemon Johnson 30 78 7 1051 88 178 .494 0 2 .000 70 110 .636 106 171 277 21 21 42 36 137 246
10 Eddie Johnson 31 24 0 508 85 186 .457 5 15 .333 42 55 .764 11 35 46 115 12 1 41 36 217
11 Michael Phelps 25 60 6 469 75 176 .426 1 10 .100 31 44 .705 16 34 50 64 21 2 32 60 182
12 Terence Stansbury 25 44 0 375 67 156 .429 11 29 .379 31 50 .620 8 16 24 57 13 0 29 78 176
13 Russ Schoene 26 63 0 579 71 190 .374 2 13 .154 29 46 .630 52 65 117 27 20 11 42 94 173
14 Gerald Henderson 31 6 6 155 25 50 .500 0 3 .000 17 18 .944 6 3 9 32 6 0 15 17 67
15 Curtis Kitchen 23 6 0 31 3 6 .500 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 4 5 9 1 2 3 0 4 9

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 Dale Ellis 26 82 76 37.5 9.6 18.5 .516 1.0 2.9 .358 4.7 6.0 .787 2.3 3.2 5.5 2.9 1.3 0.4 2.9 3.3 24.9
2 Tom Chambers 27 82 82 36.8 8.0 17.6 .456 0.7 1.8 .372 6.5 7.7 .849 2.0 4.7 6.6 3.0 1.0 0.6 3.3 3.7 23.3
3 Xavier McDaniel 23 82 82 37.0 9.8 19.3 .509 0.0 0.2 .214 3.4 4.8 .696 4.1 4.5 8.6 2.5 1.4 0.6 2.9 3.7 23.0
4 Alton Lister 28 75 75 30.5 4.6 9.2 .504 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.5 .675 3.0 6.4 9.4 1.5 0.4 2.4 2.3 3.9 11.6
5 Gerald Henderson 31 6 6 25.8 4.2 8.3 .500 0.0 0.5 .000 2.8 3.0 .944 1.0 0.5 1.5 5.3 1.0 0.0 2.5 2.8 11.2
6 Eddie Johnson 31 24 0 21.2 3.5 7.8 .457 0.2 0.6 .333 1.8 2.3 .764 0.5 1.5 1.9 4.8 0.5 0.0 1.7 1.5 9.0
7 Maurice Lucas 34 63 0 17.8 2.8 6.2 .451 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.0 .802 1.4 3.5 4.9 1.0 0.5 0.3 1.2 2.7 7.9
8 Nate McMillan 22 71 50 27.8 2.0 4.2 .475 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 2.0 .617 1.4 3.2 4.7 8.2 1.8 0.6 2.2 3.4 5.3
9 Kevin Williams 25 65 0 10.8 2.0 4.6 .446 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.0 .833 0.7 0.6 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.1 1.0 2.4 4.9
10 Danny Young 24 73 26 20.3 1.8 3.9 .458 0.4 1.1 .367 0.8 1.0 .831 0.3 1.2 1.5 4.8 1.0 0.0 1.2 1.0 4.8
11 Terence Stansbury 25 44 0 8.5 1.5 3.5 .429 0.3 0.7 .379 0.7 1.1 .620 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.7 1.8 4.0
12 Clemon Johnson 30 78 7 13.5 1.1 2.3 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.4 .636 1.4 2.2 3.6 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 1.8 3.2
13 Michael Phelps 25 60 6 7.8 1.3 2.9 .426 0.0 0.2 .100 0.5 0.7 .705 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.5 1.0 3.0
14 Russ Schoene 26 63 0 9.2 1.1 3.0 .374 0.0 0.2 .154 0.5 0.7 .630 0.8 1.0 1.9 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.5 2.7
15 Curtis Kitchen 23 6 0 5.2 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.2 .000 0.5 0.7 .750 0.7 0.8 1.5 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.7 1.5

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 Dale Ellis 26 82 76 3073 9.2 17.8 .516 1.0 2.8 .358 4.5 5.7 .787 2.2 3.0 5.2 2.8 1.2 0.4 2.8 3.1 23.9
2 Tom Chambers 27 82 82 3018 7.9 17.2 .456 0.6 1.7 .372 6.4 7.5 .849 1.9 4.6 6.5 2.9 1.0 0.6 3.2 3.7 22.8
3 Xavier McDaniel 23 82 82 3031 9.6 18.8 .509 0.0 0.2 .214 3.3 4.7 .696 4.0 4.4 8.4 2.5 1.4 0.6 2.8 3.6 22.4
4 Terence Stansbury 25 44 0 375 6.4 15.0 .429 1.1 2.8 .379 3.0 4.8 .620 0.8 1.5 2.3 5.5 1.2 0.0 2.8 7.5 16.9
5 Kevin Williams 25 65 0 703 6.8 15.2 .446 0.0 0.4 .000 2.8 3.4 .833 2.4 1.8 4.3 3.4 2.3 0.4 3.2 7.9 16.3
6 Maurice Lucas 34 63 0 1120 5.6 12.5 .451 0.0 0.2 .000 4.8 6.0 .802 2.8 7.0 9.9 2.1 1.1 0.7 2.4 5.5 16.1
7 Gerald Henderson 31 6 6 155 5.8 11.6 .500 0.0 0.7 .000 3.9 4.2 .944 1.4 0.7 2.1 7.4 1.4 0.0 3.5 3.9 15.6
8 Eddie Johnson 31 24 0 508 6.0 13.2 .457 0.4 1.1 .333 3.0 3.9 .764 0.8 2.5 3.3 8.1 0.9 0.1 2.9 2.6 15.4
9 Michael Phelps 25 60 6 469 5.8 13.5 .426 0.1 0.8 .100 2.4 3.4 .705 1.2 2.6 3.8 4.9 1.6 0.2 2.5 4.6 14.0
10 Alton Lister 28 75 75 2288 5.4 10.8 .504 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 4.2 .675 3.5 7.6 11.1 1.7 0.5 2.8 2.7 4.5 13.7
11 Russ Schoene 26 63 0 579 4.4 11.8 .374 0.1 0.8 .154 1.8 2.9 .630 3.2 4.0 7.3 1.7 1.2 0.7 2.6 5.8 10.8
12 Curtis Kitchen 23 6 0 31 3.5 7.0 .500 0.0 1.2 .000 3.5 4.6 .750 4.6 5.8 10.5 1.2 2.3 3.5 0.0 4.6 10.5
13 Danny Young 24 73 26 1482 3.2 7.0 .458 0.7 1.9 .367 1.4 1.7 .831 0.6 2.2 2.7 8.6 1.8 0.1 2.1 1.7 8.6
14 Clemon Johnson 30 78 7 1051 3.0 6.1 .494 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.8 .636 3.6 5.9 9.5 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.2 4.7 8.4
15 Nate McMillan 22 71 50 1972 2.6 5.5 .475 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.6 .617 1.8 4.2 6.0 10.6 2.3 0.8 2.8 4.3 6.8

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 Dale Ellis 26 82 3073 19.0 .588 .545 6.6 9.3 7.9 11.9 1.6 0.6 12.1 25.3 117 112 7.6 1.7 9.3
2 Tom Chambers 27 82 3018 17.0 .554 .475 5.9 13.8 9.8 11.8 1.3 0.9 13.5 26.0 112 111 5.3 2.1 7.4
3 Xavier McDaniel 23 82 3031 18.7 .538 .510 12.1 13.2 12.7 10.7 1.8 1.0 11.8 25.8 111 110 5.0 2.4 7.4
4 Alton Lister 28 75 2288 14.0 .542 .504 10.6 23.0 16.8 6.4 0.7 4.5 17.4 16.7 106 107 1.4 2.7 4.1
5 Nate McMillan 22 71 1972 14.1 .514 .475 5.6 12.8 9.2 35.5 3.0 1.3 29.9 10.3 111 108 1.9 2.2 4.1
6 Danny Young 24 73 1482 12.8 .551 .509 1.7 6.6 4.2 29.2 2.4 0.1 21.0 10.7 118 112 2.0 0.9 2.9
7 Maurice Lucas 34 63 1120 13.7 .532 .451 8.5 21.4 14.9 7.8 1.4 1.1 13.8 19.2 110 108 1.3 1.2 2.4
8 Clemon Johnson 30 78 1051 10.0 .543 .494 11.0 17.8 14.4 2.4 0.9 2.3 13.7 9.8 116 110 1.0 0.9 2.0
9 Eddie Johnson 31 24 508 13.9 .516 .470 2.4 7.5 4.9 30.7 1.1 0.1 16.3 19.5 110 114 0.6 0.2 0.8
10 Kevin Williams 25 65 703 10.4 .491 .446 7.3 5.6 6.4 13.1 3.0 0.6 16.2 21.7 99 110 0.0 0.6 0.6
11 Michael Phelps 25 60 469 10.3 .466 .429 3.7 7.9 5.8 18.3 2.1 0.2 14.1 19.1 101 112 0.0 0.3 0.3
12 Terence Stansbury 25 44 375 9.7 .494 .465 2.3 4.7 3.5 20.9 1.6 0.0 14.0 21.7 104 114 0.2 0.1 0.3
13 Gerald Henderson 31 6 155 14.0 .578 .500 4.2 2.1 3.2 27.8 1.8 0.0 20.6 18.5 113 114 0.3 0.0 0.3
14 Curtis Kitchen 23 6 31 18.5 .580 .500 14.0 17.6 15.8 4.0 3.0 5.5 0.0 9.9 146 103 0.1 0.1 0.1
15 Russ Schoene 26 63 579 6.2 .411 .379 9.8 12.3 11.0 6.0 1.6 1.1 16.7 17.1 89 111 -0.6 0.4 -0.2

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 Dale Ellis 26 14 530 148 304 13 36 44 54 37 90 37 10 6 33 54 353 .487 .361 .815 37.9 25.2 6.4 2.6
2 Tom Chambers 27 14 498 118 263 6 17 80 99 32 90 32 12 13 34 51 322 .449 .353 .808 35.6 23.0 6.4 2.3
3 Xavier McDaniel 23 14 528 124 254 2 10 34 56 52 117 42 21 9 42 63 284 .488 .200 .607 37.7 20.3 8.4 3.0
4 Kevin Williams 25 14 255 45 94 0 2 30 40 19 34 30 16 1 10 44 120 .479 .000 .750 18.2 8.6 2.4 2.1
5 Maurice Lucas 34 14 265 35 90 0 1 28 38 19 65 19 12 5 18 43 98 .389 .000 .737 18.9 7.0 4.6 1.4
6 Eddie Johnson 31 14 181 31 58 2 5 26 30 5 14 45 5 0 9 16 90 .534 .400 .867 12.9 6.4 1.0 3.2
7 Nate McMillan 22 14 356 27 62 0 0 17 24 13 54 112 14 10 26 42 71 .435 .708 25.4 5.1 3.9 8.0
8 Clemon Johnson 30 14 262 24 53 0 1 12 19 25 49 4 7 15 2 18 60 .453 .000 .632 18.7 4.3 3.5 0.3
9 Danny Young 24 14 208 21 52 5 16 10 10 4 16 48 15 0 7 21 57 .404 .313 1.000 14.9 4.1 1.1 3.4
10 Alton Lister 28 9 206 20 50 0 0 14 20 29 56 7 7 13 10 37 54 .400 .700 22.9 6.0 6.2 0.8
11 Russ Schoene 26 14 123 10 28 2 6 9 12 6 26 3 1 4 2 16 31 .357 .333 .750 8.8 2.2 1.9 0.2
12 Curtis Kitchen 23 8 23 1 2 0 0 0 4 2 6 0 0 2 0 7 2 .500 .000 2.9 0.3 0.8 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 Chambers 27 14 498 16.8 .525 .460 6.6 14.4 10.1 10.0 1.2 1.7 10.0 27.9 110 113 0.5 0.5 1.0
2 Dale Ellis 26 14 530 17.3 .539 .508 7.1 12.4 9.5 11.6 0.9 0.7 9.1 27.7 111 115 0.7 0.4 1.0
3 Kevin Williams 25 14 255 15.8 .538 .479 7.6 7.3 7.5 16.7 3.1 0.2 8.2 19.4 119 112 0.5 0.3 0.7
4 Eddie Johnson 31 14 181 19.9 .632 .552 2.8 6.1 4.3 35.1 1.4 0.0 11.2 18.0 135 116 0.6 0.1 0.7
5 Nate McMillan 22 14 356 13.5 .489 .435 3.7 14.2 8.5 39.2 1.9 1.8 26.4 11.3 110 111 0.2 0.4 0.6
6 Xavier McDaniel 23 14 528 15.2 .510 .492 10.1 15.2 12.4 12.3 2.0 1.1 13.1 24.7 104 112 0.0 0.6 0.6
7 Danny Young 24 14 208 14.0 .505 .452 2.0 7.1 4.3 29.7 3.5 0.0 11.0 12.4 122 111 0.3 0.2 0.5
8 Clemon Johnson 30 14 262 11.0 .489 .453 9.8 11.3 10.5 1.9 1.3 3.6 3.2 9.9 120 112 0.3 0.3 0.5
9 Alton Lister 28 9 206 10.6 .459 .400 14.4 16.2 15.2 4.3 1.7 4.0 14.5 13.6 104 110 0.0 0.3 0.3
10 Maurice Lucas 34 14 265 10.4 .459 .389 7.3 21.4 13.7 9.6 2.2 1.2 14.4 19.2 98 109 -0.2 0.4 0.2
11 Russ Schoene 26 14 123 7.7 .466 .393 5.0 20.1 11.8 3.1 0.4 2.1 5.7 11.7 110 113 0.1 0.1 0.2
12 Curtis Kitchen 23 8 23 2.1 .266 .500 8.9 21.5 14.6 0.0 0.0 5.5 0.0 6.7 75 110 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Tom Chambers *$875,000
2 Xavier McDaniel *$700,000
3 Alton Lister *$567,500
4 Clemon Johnson *$457,000
5 Maurice Lucas *$435,250
6 Gerald Henderson *$344,625
7 Dale Ellis *$275,000
8 Kevin Williams *$105,000
9 Danny Young *$102,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)