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1986-87 Seattle Supersonics Roster and Statistics

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39-43, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 113.7 points per game, Allowed 113.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 42-40)
Coached by Bernie Bickerstaff (39-43)

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

SRS: 0.08 (11th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.8 (6th 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

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1986-87 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule ▪ Game Log ▪ Splits ▪ Starting Lineups

Roster

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No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
24	Tom Chambers	F-C	6-9	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	7.7	1.7	9.4
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	5.4	2.1	7.5
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	2.1	0.9	3.0
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	2.5
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	-0.7	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
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	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
10	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
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 (*)

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