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1987-88 Seattle Supersonics Roster and Statistics

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44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bernie Bickerstaff (44-38)

Points Per Game: 111.4 (6th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.3 (17th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 46-36 (10th of 23)

Arena: Seattle Center Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 492,312 (15th of 23)

SRS: 1.29 (10th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 100.2 (10th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 110.2 (7th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.1 (16th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus Denver Nuggets

1987-88 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 6 University of Utah
3 Dale Ellis G-F 6-7 205 August 6, 1960 4 University of Tennessee
45 Clemon Johnson C-F 6-10 240 September 12, 1956 9 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
53 Alton Lister C-F 7-0 240 October 1, 1958 6 Arizona State University
34 Xavier McDaniel F 6-7 205 June 4, 1963 2 Wichita State University
31 Derrick McKey F-C 6-9 205 October 10, 1966 R University of Alabama
10 Nate McMillan G-F 6-5 195 August 3, 1964 1 North Carolina State University
23 Olden Polynice C-F 6-11 220 November 21, 1964 R University of Virginia
40 Russ Schoene F-C 6-10 210 April 16, 1960 2 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
4 Sedale Threatt G 6-2 175 September 10, 1961 4 West Virginia University Institute of Technology
11 Sam Vincent G 6-2 185 May 18, 1963 2 Michigan State University
30 Kevin Williams G 6-2 175 September 11, 1961 3 St. John's University
22 Danny Young G 6-3 175 July 26, 1962 3 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 3544 7443 .476 221 638 .346 1826 2442 .748 1313 2314 3627 2146 775 447 1376 2380 9135 111.4
Opponent 82 19855 3298 6798 .485 130 400 .325 2240 2992 .749 1128 2306 3434 1964 606 423 1533 1963 8966 109.3

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 27 75 73 2790 764 1519 .503 107 259 .413 303 395 .767 167 173 340 197 74 11 172 221 1938
2 Tom Chambers 28 82 82 2680 611 1364 .448 33 109 .303 419 519 .807 135 355 490 212 87 53 209 297 1674
3 Xavier McDaniel 24 78 77 2703 687 1407 .488 14 50 .280 281 393 .715 206 312 518 263 96 52 223 230 1669
4 Derrick McKey 21 82 4 1706 255 519 .491 11 30 .367 173 224 .772 115 213 328 107 70 63 108 237 694
5 Nate McMillan 23 82 82 2453 235 496 .474 9 24 .375 145 205 .707 117 221 338 702 169 47 189 238 624
6 Kevin Williams 26 80 9 1084 199 450 .442 1 7 .143 103 122 .844 61 66 127 96 62 7 68 207 502
7 Russ Schoene 27 81 2 973 208 454 .458 17 58 .293 51 63 .810 78 120 198 53 39 13 57 151 484
8 Alton Lister 29 82 55 1812 173 343 .504 1 2 .500 114 188 .606 200 427 627 58 27 140 90 319 461
9 Olden Polynice 23 82 0 1080 118 254 .465 0 2 .000 101 158 .639 122 208 330 33 32 26 81 215 337
10 Danny Young 25 77 0 949 89 218 .408 22 77 .286 43 53 .811 18 57 75 218 52 2 37 69 243
11 Sam Vincent 24 43 0 548 72 152 .474 5 13 .385 46 60 .767 17 32 49 137 21 4 52 63 195
12 Sedale Threatt 26 26 0 354 84 162 .519 1 7 .143 25 30 .833 11 22 33 53 33 5 19 29 194
13 Clemon Johnson 31 74 26 723 49 105 .467 0 0 22 32 .688 66 108 174 17 13 24 29 104 120

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 27 75 73 37.2 10.2 20.3 .503 1.4 3.5 .413 4.0 5.3 .767 2.2 2.3 4.5 2.6 1.0 0.1 2.3 2.9 25.8
2 Xavier McDaniel 24 78 77 34.7 8.8 18.0 .488 0.2 0.6 .280 3.6 5.0 .715 2.6 4.0 6.6 3.4 1.2 0.7 2.9 2.9 21.4
3 Tom Chambers 28 82 82 32.7 7.5 16.6 .448 0.4 1.3 .303 5.1 6.3 .807 1.6 4.3 6.0 2.6 1.1 0.6 2.5 3.6 20.4
4 Derrick McKey 21 82 4 20.8 3.1 6.3 .491 0.1 0.4 .367 2.1 2.7 .772 1.4 2.6 4.0 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.3 2.9 8.5
5 Nate McMillan 23 82 82 29.9 2.9 6.0 .474 0.1 0.3 .375 1.8 2.5 .707 1.4 2.7 4.1 8.6 2.1 0.6 2.3 2.9 7.6
6 Sedale Threatt 26 26 0 13.6 3.2 6.2 .519 0.0 0.3 .143 1.0 1.2 .833 0.4 0.8 1.3 2.0 1.3 0.2 0.7 1.1 7.5
7 Kevin Williams 26 80 9 13.6 2.5 5.6 .442 0.0 0.1 .143 1.3 1.5 .844 0.8 0.8 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.1 0.9 2.6 6.3
8 Russ Schoene 27 81 2 12.0 2.6 5.6 .458 0.2 0.7 .293 0.6 0.8 .810 1.0 1.5 2.4 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.7 1.9 6.0
9 Alton Lister 29 82 55 22.1 2.1 4.2 .504 0.0 0.0 .500 1.4 2.3 .606 2.4 5.2 7.6 0.7 0.3 1.7 1.1 3.9 5.6
10 Sam Vincent 24 43 0 12.7 1.7 3.5 .474 0.1 0.3 .385 1.1 1.4 .767 0.4 0.7 1.1 3.2 0.5 0.1 1.2 1.5 4.5
11 Olden Polynice 23 82 0 13.2 1.4 3.1 .465 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.9 .639 1.5 2.5 4.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.0 2.6 4.1
12 Danny Young 25 77 0 12.3 1.2 2.8 .408 0.3 1.0 .286 0.6 0.7 .811 0.2 0.7 1.0 2.8 0.7 0.0 0.5 0.9 3.2
13 Clemon Johnson 31 74 26 9.8 0.7 1.4 .467 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 .688 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.4 1.6

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 27 75 73 2790 9.9 19.6 .503 1.4 3.3 .413 3.9 5.1 .767 2.2 2.2 4.4 2.5 1.0 0.1 2.2 2.9 25.0
2 Tom Chambers 28 82 82 2680 8.2 18.3 .448 0.4 1.5 .303 5.6 7.0 .807 1.8 4.8 6.6 2.8 1.2 0.7 2.8 4.0 22.5
3 Xavier McDaniel 24 78 77 2703 9.1 18.7 .488 0.2 0.7 .280 3.7 5.2 .715 2.7 4.2 6.9 3.5 1.3 0.7 3.0 3.1 22.2
4 Sedale Threatt 26 26 0 354 8.5 16.5 .519 0.1 0.7 .143 2.5 3.1 .833 1.1 2.2 3.4 5.4 3.4 0.5 1.9 2.9 19.7
5 Russ Schoene 27 81 2 973 7.7 16.8 .458 0.6 2.1 .293 1.9 2.3 .810 2.9 4.4 7.3 2.0 1.4 0.5 2.1 5.6 17.9
6 Kevin Williams 26 80 9 1084 6.6 14.9 .442 0.0 0.2 .143 3.4 4.1 .844 2.0 2.2 4.2 3.2 2.1 0.2 2.3 6.9 16.7
7 Derrick McKey 21 82 4 1706 5.4 11.0 .491 0.2 0.6 .367 3.7 4.7 .772 2.4 4.5 6.9 2.3 1.5 1.3 2.3 5.0 14.6
8 Sam Vincent 24 43 0 548 4.7 10.0 .474 0.3 0.9 .385 3.0 3.9 .767 1.1 2.1 3.2 9.0 1.4 0.3 3.4 4.1 12.8
9 Olden Polynice 23 82 0 1080 3.9 8.5 .465 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 5.3 .639 4.1 6.9 11.0 1.1 1.1 0.9 2.7 7.2 11.2
10 Alton Lister 29 82 55 1812 3.4 6.8 .504 0.0 0.0 .500 2.3 3.7 .606 4.0 8.5 12.5 1.2 0.5 2.8 1.8 6.3 9.2
11 Nate McMillan 23 82 82 2453 3.4 7.3 .474 0.1 0.4 .375 2.1 3.0 .707 1.7 3.2 5.0 10.3 2.5 0.7 2.8 3.5 9.2
12 Danny Young 25 77 0 949 3.4 8.3 .408 0.8 2.9 .286 1.6 2.0 .811 0.7 2.2 2.8 8.3 2.0 0.1 1.4 2.6 9.2
13 Clemon Johnson 31 74 26 723 2.4 5.2 .467 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.6 .688 3.3 5.4 8.7 0.8 0.6 1.2 1.4 5.2 6.0

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 Dale Ellis 27 75 2790 19.3 .572 .538 6.6 7.2 6.9 11.4 1.3 0.2 9.2 26.8 117 112 7.4 1.6 9.0
2 Nate McMillan 23 82 2453 15.9 .532 .483 5.2 10.4 7.7 35.9 3.3 1.2 24.4 12.7 114 106 3.4 3.1 6.5
3 Tom Chambers 28 82 2680 16.8 .526 .460 5.5 15.3 10.3 11.9 1.6 1.2 11.6 27.0 108 108 3.7 2.7 6.4
4 Xavier McDaniel 24 78 2703 18.2 .528 .493 8.4 13.3 10.8 15.2 1.7 1.2 12.4 26.8 108 109 3.6 2.6 6.2
5 Alton Lister 29 82 1812 12.0 .541 .506 12.1 27.2 19.5 4.0 0.7 4.8 17.5 11.4 110 104 1.4 2.8 4.1
6 Derrick McKey 21 82 1706 13.8 .562 .502 7.4 14.4 10.8 8.4 2.0 2.3 14.9 17.1 112 107 2.1 2.0 4.1
7 Danny Young 25 77 949 13.3 .503 .459 2.1 6.9 4.4 28.8 2.6 0.1 13.3 11.8 120 109 1.6 0.8 2.4
8 Kevin Williams 26 80 1084 12.0 .498 .443 6.2 7.0 6.6 12.5 2.7 0.4 11.9 21.2 106 109 0.8 1.1 1.9
9 Russ Schoene 27 81 973 13.5 .502 .477 8.8 14.2 11.4 8.0 1.9 0.8 10.6 22.2 106 108 0.7 1.0 1.8
10 Olden Polynice 23 82 1080 9.8 .521 .465 12.4 22.2 17.2 3.9 1.4 1.5 20.0 15.0 101 106 0.2 1.4 1.6
11 Sedale Threatt 26 26 354 20.7 .554 .522 3.4 7.2 5.2 22.9 4.5 0.9 9.8 22.0 117 105 0.8 0.5 1.3
12 Sam Vincent 24 43 548 13.5 .547 .490 3.4 6.7 5.0 32.8 1.8 0.5 22.6 16.9 109 111 0.6 0.4 1.0
13 Clemon Johnson 31 74 723 7.1 .504 .467 10.0 17.2 13.5 2.9 0.9 2.1 19.6 8.2 105 108 0.2 0.7 0.9

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 Tom Chambers 28 5 168 50 91 0 2 29 35 8 31 11 3 1 13 24 129 .549 .000 .829 33.6 25.8 6.2 2.2
2 Xavier McDaniel 24 5 180 45 81 4 8 12 24 14 48 25 3 1 11 15 106 .556 .500 .500 36.0 21.2 9.6 5.0
3 Dale Ellis 27 5 172 40 83 3 12 21 29 11 23 15 3 2 12 17 104 .482 .250 .724 34.4 20.8 4.6 3.0
4 Derrick McKey 21 5 109 24 38 2 6 10 17 7 20 8 3 5 5 12 60 .632 .333 .588 21.8 12.0 4.0 1.6
5 Nate McMillan 23 5 127 12 35 0 1 9 14 6 21 33 2 3 8 11 33 .343 .000 .643 25.4 6.6 4.2 6.6
6 Danny Young 25 5 95 11 21 0 3 10 10 3 10 19 2 2 7 7 32 .524 .000 1.000 19.0 6.4 2.0 3.8
7 Sedale Threatt 26 5 80 14 34 0 1 4 4 2 11 11 1 0 5 7 32 .412 .000 1.000 16.0 6.4 2.2 2.2
8 Alton Lister 29 5 77 12 17 0 0 4 5 9 29 5 1 5 4 17 28 .706 .800 15.4 5.6 5.8 1.0
9 Russ Schoene 27 5 39 7 12 2 4 0 0 1 7 2 1 0 2 8 16 .583 .500 7.8 3.2 1.4 0.4
10 Kevin Williams 26 5 70 7 16 0 2 0 0 6 8 9 3 0 4 15 14 .438 .000 14.0 2.8 1.6 1.8
11 Olden Polynice 23 5 44 5 11 0 0 0 2 2 8 0 3 0 1 6 10 .455 .000 8.8 2.0 1.6 0.0
12 Clemon Johnson 31 5 39 3 7 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 1 1 2 10 7 .429 .500 7.8 1.4 1.4 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 Xavier McDaniel 24 5 180 20.5 .579 .580 9.3 20.3 15.1 19.6 0.8 0.3 10.7 23.4 119 115 0.4 0.1 0.5
2 Tom Chambers 28 5 168 20.8 .606 .549 5.7 14.7 10.4 9.9 0.9 0.4 10.9 29.1 119 116 0.5 0.1 0.5
3 Derrick McKey 21 5 109 20.1 .660 .658 7.7 12.8 10.4 9.9 1.3 2.8 9.9 19.0 129 114 0.3 0.1 0.4
4 Alton Lister 29 5 77 17.4 .729 .706 14.0 28.0 21.3 8.1 0.6 4.0 17.2 12.4 134 110 0.2 0.1 0.3
5 Dale Ellis 27 5 172 15.8 .543 .500 7.6 7.5 7.6 12.0 0.8 0.7 11.1 25.7 112 119 0.3 0.0 0.3
6 Danny Young 25 5 95 14.3 .630 .524 3.8 7.9 6.0 23.7 1.0 1.3 21.6 14.0 122 118 0.2 0.0 0.2
7 Russ Schoene 27 5 39 11.4 .667 .667 3.1 16.6 10.2 6.6 1.2 0.0 14.3 14.7 119 115 0.1 0.0 0.1
8 Nate McMillan 23 5 127 11.4 .401 .343 5.6 12.7 9.4 30.1 0.8 1.5 16.3 15.9 103 117 0.0 0.0 0.1
9 Sedale Threatt 26 5 80 9.6 .447 .412 3.0 12.1 7.8 17.6 0.6 0.0 12.3 20.9 98 118 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Clemon Johnson 31 5 39 1.2 .444 .429 0.0 19.3 10.2 0.0 1.2 1.6 20.2 10.4 74 113 -0.1 0.0 0.0
11 Kevin Williams 26 5 70 6.0 .438 .438 10.2 3.1 6.5 15.0 2.1 0.0 20.0 11.7 101 118 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Olden Polynice 23 5 44 6.7 .421 .455 5.4 14.7 10.3 0.0 3.3 0.0 7.8 12.0 90 112 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Tom Chambers $950,000
2 Xavier McDaniel $875,000
3 Alton Lister $835,000
4 Clemon Johnson $502,000
5 Sam Vincent $392,500
6 Olden Polynice $350,000
7 Dale Ellis $325,000
8 Sedale Threatt $270,000
9 Russ Schoene $250,000
10 Danny Young $130,000
11 Nate McMillan $129,000
12 Kevin Williams $125,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)