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1988-89 Seattle Supersonics Roster and Statistics

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47-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bernie Bickerstaff (46-30), Tom Newell (0-1), Bob Kloppenburg (1-4)

Points Per Game: 112.1 (7th of 25) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.2 (12th of 25)
Pythagorean W-L: 48-34 (9th of 25)

Arena: Seattle Center Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 529,733 (17th of 25)

SRS: 2.44 (9th of 25) ▪ Pace Factor: 100.1 (13th of 25)
Offensive Rating: 111.5 (5th of 25) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.6 (16th of 25)

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

1988-89 Seattle Supersonics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Greg Ballard F 6-7 215 January 29, 1955 10 University of Oregon
44 Michael Cage F-C 6-9 224 January 28, 1962 4 San Diego State University
41 Mike Champion F 6-10 230 April 5, 1964 R Gonzaga University
3 Dale Ellis G-F 6-7 205 August 6, 1960 5 University of Tennessee
15 Avery Johnson G 5-10 175 March 25, 1965 R Southern University and A&M College
53 Alton Lister C-F 7-0 240 October 1, 1958 7 Arizona State University
20 John Lucas G 6-3 175 October 31, 1953 12 University of Maryland
34 Xavier McDaniel F 6-7 205 June 4, 1963 3 Wichita State University
31 Derrick McKey F-C 6-9 205 October 10, 1966 1 University of Alabama
10 Nate McMillan G-F 6-5 195 August 3, 1964 2 North Carolina State University
23 Olden Polynice C-F 6-11 220 November 21, 1964 1 University of Virginia
35 Jerry Reynolds G-F 6-8 200 December 23, 1962 3 Louisiana State University
40 Russ Schoene F-C 6-10 210 April 16, 1960 3 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
4 Sedale Threatt G 6-2 175 September 10, 1961 5 West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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 19780 3564 7478 .477 293 774 .379 1775 2379 .746 1397 2238 3635 2083 864 494 1403 2027 9196 112.1
Opponent 82 19780 3437 7067 .486 169 543 .311 1915 2489 .769 1188 2252 3440 1958 670 413 1553 1881 8958 109.2

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 28 82 82 3190 857 1710 .501 162 339 .478 377 462 .816 156 186 342 164 108 22 218 197 2253
2 Xavier McDaniel 25 82 10 2385 677 1385 .489 11 36 .306 312 426 .732 177 256 433 134 84 40 210 231 1677
3 Derrick McKey 22 82 82 2804 487 970 .502 30 89 .337 301 375 .803 167 297 464 219 105 70 188 264 1305
4 Michael Cage 27 80 71 2536 314 630 .498 0 4 .000 197 265 .743 276 489 765 126 92 52 124 184 825
5 Alton Lister 30 82 82 1806 271 543 .499 0 0 115 178 .646 207 338 545 54 28 180 117 310 657
6 Sedale Threatt 27 63 0 1220 235 476 .494 11 30 .367 63 77 .818 31 86 117 238 83 4 77 155 544
7 Nate McMillan 24 75 74 2341 199 485 .410 15 70 .214 119 189 .630 143 245 388 696 156 42 211 236 532
8 Jerry Reynolds 26 56 0 737 149 357 .417 3 15 .200 127 167 .760 49 51 100 62 53 26 57 58 428
9 Russ Schoene 28 69 1 774 135 349 .387 42 110 .382 46 57 .807 58 107 165 36 37 24 48 136 358
10 John Lucas 35 74 8 842 119 299 .398 18 68 .265 54 77 .701 22 57 79 260 60 1 66 53 310
11 Olden Polynice 24 80 0 835 91 180 .506 0 2 .000 51 86 .593 98 108 206 21 37 30 46 164 233
12 Avery Johnson 23 43 0 291 29 83 .349 1 9 .111 9 16 .563 11 13 24 73 21 3 18 34 68
13 Greg Ballard 34 2 0 15 1 8 .125 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 3 6
14 Mike Champion 24 2 0 4 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0

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 28 82 82 38.9 10.5 20.9 .501 2.0 4.1 .478 4.6 5.6 .816 1.9 2.3 4.2 2.0 1.3 0.3 2.7 2.4 27.5
2 Xavier McDaniel 25 82 10 29.1 8.3 16.9 .489 0.1 0.4 .306 3.8 5.2 .732 2.2 3.1 5.3 1.6 1.0 0.5 2.6 2.8 20.5
3 Derrick McKey 22 82 82 34.2 5.9 11.8 .502 0.4 1.1 .337 3.7 4.6 .803 2.0 3.6 5.7 2.7 1.3 0.9 2.3 3.2 15.9
4 Michael Cage 27 80 71 31.7 3.9 7.9 .498 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.3 .743 3.5 6.1 9.6 1.6 1.2 0.7 1.6 2.3 10.3
5 Sedale Threatt 27 63 0 19.4 3.7 7.6 .494 0.2 0.5 .367 1.0 1.2 .818 0.5 1.4 1.9 3.8 1.3 0.1 1.2 2.5 8.6
6 Alton Lister 30 82 82 22.0 3.3 6.6 .499 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.2 .646 2.5 4.1 6.6 0.7 0.3 2.2 1.4 3.8 8.0
7 Jerry Reynolds 26 56 0 13.2 2.7 6.4 .417 0.1 0.3 .200 2.3 3.0 .760 0.9 0.9 1.8 1.1 0.9 0.5 1.0 1.0 7.6
8 Nate McMillan 24 75 74 31.2 2.7 6.5 .410 0.2 0.9 .214 1.6 2.5 .630 1.9 3.3 5.2 9.3 2.1 0.6 2.8 3.1 7.1
9 Russ Schoene 28 69 1 11.2 2.0 5.1 .387 0.6 1.6 .382 0.7 0.8 .807 0.8 1.6 2.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.7 2.0 5.2
10 John Lucas 35 74 8 11.4 1.6 4.0 .398 0.2 0.9 .265 0.7 1.0 .701 0.3 0.8 1.1 3.5 0.8 0.0 0.9 0.7 4.2
11 Greg Ballard 34 2 0 7.5 0.5 4.0 .125 0.0 0.5 .000 2.0 2.0 1.000 1.0 2.5 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 3.0
12 Olden Polynice 24 80 0 10.4 1.1 2.3 .506 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 1.1 .593 1.2 1.4 2.6 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.6 2.1 2.9
13 Avery Johnson 23 43 0 6.8 0.7 1.9 .349 0.0 0.2 .111 0.2 0.4 .563 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.7 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.6
14 Mike Champion 24 2 0 2.0 0.0 1.5 .000 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.0

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 Dale Ellis 28 82 82 3190 9.7 19.3 .501 1.8 3.8 .478 4.3 5.2 .816 1.8 2.1 3.9 1.9 1.2 0.2 2.5 2.2 25.4
2 Xavier McDaniel 25 82 10 2385 10.2 20.9 .489 0.2 0.5 .306 4.7 6.4 .732 2.7 3.9 6.5 2.0 1.3 0.6 3.2 3.5 25.3
3 Jerry Reynolds 26 56 0 737 7.3 17.4 .417 0.1 0.7 .200 6.2 8.2 .760 2.4 2.5 4.9 3.0 2.6 1.3 2.8 2.8 20.9
4 Derrick McKey 22 82 82 2804 6.3 12.5 .502 0.4 1.1 .337 3.9 4.8 .803 2.1 3.8 6.0 2.8 1.3 0.9 2.4 3.4 16.8
5 Russ Schoene 28 69 1 774 6.3 16.2 .387 2.0 5.1 .382 2.1 2.7 .807 2.7 5.0 7.7 1.7 1.7 1.1 2.2 6.3 16.7
6 Sedale Threatt 27 63 0 1220 6.9 14.0 .494 0.3 0.9 .367 1.9 2.3 .818 0.9 2.5 3.5 7.0 2.4 0.1 2.3 4.6 16.1
7 Greg Ballard 34 2 0 15 2.4 19.2 .125 0.0 2.4 .000 9.6 9.6 1.000 4.8 12.0 16.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 14.4
8 John Lucas 35 74 8 842 5.1 12.8 .398 0.8 2.9 .265 2.3 3.3 .701 0.9 2.4 3.4 11.1 2.6 0.0 2.8 2.3 13.3
9 Alton Lister 30 82 82 1806 5.4 10.8 .499 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.5 .646 4.1 6.7 10.9 1.1 0.6 3.6 2.3 6.2 13.1
10 Michael Cage 27 80 71 2536 4.5 8.9 .498 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.8 .743 3.9 6.9 10.9 1.8 1.3 0.7 1.8 2.6 11.7
11 Olden Polynice 24 80 0 835 3.9 7.8 .506 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 3.7 .593 4.2 4.7 8.9 0.9 1.6 1.3 2.0 7.1 10.0
12 Avery Johnson 23 43 0 291 3.6 10.3 .349 0.1 1.1 .111 1.1 2.0 .563 1.4 1.6 3.0 9.0 2.6 0.4 2.2 4.2 8.4
13 Nate McMillan 24 75 74 2341 3.1 7.5 .410 0.2 1.1 .214 1.8 2.9 .630 2.2 3.8 6.0 10.7 2.4 0.6 3.2 3.6 8.2
14 Mike Champion 24 2 0 4 0.0 27.0 .000 0.0 9.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 0.0

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 28 82 3190 19.7 .589 .549 5.3 6.7 6.0 8.1 1.6 0.4 10.2 26.6 119 112 9.2 1.6 10.8
2 Derrick McKey 22 82 2804 15.5 .575 .518 6.5 12.2 9.3 10.7 1.8 1.5 14.2 18.8 115 110 5.0 2.3 7.4
3 Michael Cage 27 80 2536 14.7 .553 .498 11.8 22.3 16.9 6.4 1.7 1.2 14.2 13.7 116 107 3.7 2.9 6.7
4 Xavier McDaniel 25 82 2385 18.6 .533 .493 8.0 12.4 10.2 9.1 1.7 1.0 11.8 29.8 108 110 3.5 1.8 5.3
5 Nate McMillan 24 75 2341 14.5 .468 .426 6.6 12.1 9.3 36.4 3.2 1.1 27.1 13.3 106 107 1.7 2.7 4.4
6 Alton Lister 30 82 1806 13.7 .529 .499 12.4 21.6 16.9 4.0 0.7 6.0 15.8 16.3 107 106 1.3 2.3 3.7
7 Sedale Threatt 27 63 1220 16.3 .533 .505 2.8 8.1 5.4 27.5 3.3 0.2 13.1 19.2 115 109 2.3 1.2 3.4
8 John Lucas 35 74 842 16.6 .466 .428 2.8 7.8 5.2 40.7 3.4 0.1 16.5 18.9 110 109 1.1 0.8 1.9
9 Jerry Reynolds 26 56 737 17.6 .497 .422 7.2 8.0 7.6 12.0 3.4 2.1 11.7 26.4 106 107 0.8 0.8 1.6
10 Olden Polynice 24 80 835 10.3 .535 .506 12.7 14.9 13.8 3.2 2.1 2.2 17.4 12.6 108 107 0.6 0.9 1.5
11 Russ Schoene 28 69 774 12.1 .479 .447 8.1 16.0 11.9 6.4 2.3 1.9 11.4 21.7 103 107 0.4 0.9 1.3
12 Avery Johnson 23 43 291 10.8 .378 .355 4.1 5.2 4.6 31.3 3.5 0.6 16.7 14.8 99 109 0.0 0.3 0.3
13 Greg Ballard 34 2 15 7.1 .307 .125 14.5 38.5 26.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.9 93 106 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Mike Champion 24 2 4 -43.7 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 39.8 0 117 -0.1 0.0 -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 Dale Ellis 28 8 304 72 160 15 37 24 33 14 32 10 11 1 21 19 183 .450 .405 .727 38.0 22.9 4.0 1.3
2 Xavier McDaniel 25 8 281 58 144 3 9 31 41 24 67 22 2 5 22 30 150 .403 .333 .756 35.1 18.8 8.4 2.8
3 Derrick McKey 22 8 286 44 89 1 9 17 21 21 52 18 6 15 23 33 106 .494 .111 .810 35.8 13.3 6.5 2.3
4 Sedale Threatt 27 8 201 39 82 1 4 17 20 3 13 49 17 0 11 22 96 .476 .250 .850 25.1 12.0 1.6 6.1
5 Michael Cage 27 8 175 24 40 0 1 9 22 22 46 5 7 3 8 14 57 .600 .000 .409 21.9 7.1 5.8 0.6
6 Olden Polynice 24 8 162 25 41 0 0 7 13 27 62 1 6 4 5 32 57 .610 .538 20.3 7.1 7.8 0.1
7 Alton Lister 30 8 160 17 39 0 0 22 26 13 38 2 2 21 9 28 56 .436 .846 20.0 7.0 4.8 0.3
8 Nate McMillan 24 8 200 19 40 0 2 16 25 9 25 63 10 5 19 21 54 .475 .000 .640 25.0 6.8 3.1 7.9
9 Jerry Reynolds 26 4 40 7 22 1 4 7 10 1 5 1 2 6 4 6 22 .318 .250 .700 10.0 5.5 1.3 0.3
10 Russ Schoene 28 3 43 4 17 0 7 5 6 3 5 2 2 0 0 7 13 .235 .000 .833 14.3 4.3 1.7 0.7
11 John Lucas 35 4 37 5 17 0 3 1 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 5 11 .294 .000 .500 9.3 2.8 0.3 2.0
12 Avery Johnson 23 6 31 5 12 0 4 1 2 2 4 5 4 0 0 1 11 .417 .000 .500 5.2 1.8 0.7 0.8

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 Sedale Threatt 27 8 201 19.8 .529 .482 1.6 6.0 3.7 38.3 4.3 0.0 10.8 21.0 119 111 0.5 0.2 0.7
2 Olden Polynice 24 8 162 16.9 .610 .610 17.8 26.0 21.7 0.9 1.9 1.6 9.7 13.2 128 108 0.3 0.2 0.5
3 Alton Lister 30 8 160 13.9 .555 .436 8.7 18.8 13.5 1.7 0.6 8.6 15.1 15.4 112 109 0.2 0.2 0.3
4 Dale Ellis 28 8 304 14.6 .524 .497 4.9 7.1 6.0 5.5 1.8 0.2 10.7 26.7 107 116 0.2 0.1 0.3
5 Michael Cage 27 8 175 14.6 .574 .600 13.4 16.5 14.9 4.1 2.0 1.1 13.9 13.7 114 112 0.2 0.1 0.3
6 Nate McMillan 24 8 200 15.8 .529 .475 4.8 9.6 7.1 42.8 2.5 1.6 27.1 14.5 109 112 0.2 0.2 0.3
7 Derrick McKey 22 8 286 12.1 .539 .500 7.9 13.0 10.3 9.3 1.1 3.4 19.0 17.6 103 113 0.0 0.2 0.2
8 Avery Johnson 23 6 31 19.8 .427 .417 6.9 7.8 7.3 24.1 6.5 0.0 0.0 17.2 117 106 0.0 0.0 0.1
9 Xavier McDaniel 25 8 281 13.2 .463 .413 9.1 18.4 13.5 12.5 0.4 1.2 12.0 27.2 101 114 0.0 0.2 0.1
10 Jerry Reynolds 26 4 40 11.3 .417 .341 2.7 12.0 7.1 3.8 2.5 9.8 13.2 31.5 86 106 -0.1 0.1 0.0
11 Russ Schoene 28 3 43 5.6 .331 .235 7.5 5.6 6.6 6.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 18.9 96 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 John Lucas 35 4 37 2.3 .308 .294 0.0 3.3 1.5 31.1 0.0 0.0 10.1 22.3 83 120 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Dale Ellis $1,200,000
2 Alton Lister $1,115,000
3 Xavier McDaniel $875,000
4 Michael Cage $810,000
5 Derrick McKey $428,000
6 John Lucas $350,000
7 Olden Polynice $350,000
8 Jerry Reynolds $300,000
9 Russ Schoene $275,000
10 Sedale Threatt $275,000
11 Nate McMillan $159,000
12 Avery Johnson $100,000
13 Mike Champion *$100,000
14 Greg Ballard *$100,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)