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1988-89 Seattle SuperSonics Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 47-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff (47-35)

Executive: Bob Whitsitt

PTS/G: 112.1 (7th of 25) Opp PTS/G: 109.2 (12th of 25)

SRS: 2.44 (9th of 25) Pace: 100.1 (13th of 25)

Off Rtg: 111.5 (5th of 25) Def Rtg: 108.6 (16th of 25) Net Rtg: +2.9 (9th of 25)

Expected W-L: 48-34 (9th of 25)

Preseason Odds: Championship +1500

Arena: Seattle Center Coliseum Attendance: 456,765 (19th of 25)

NBA 1989 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (0-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

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

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	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	8.5	16.7	.507	.549	4.6	5.6	.816	1.9	2.3	4.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	2.7	2.4	27.5
2	Derrick McKey	22	82	82	34.2	5.9	11.8	.502	0.4	1.1	.337	5.6	10.7	.519	.518	3.7	4.6	.803	2.0	3.6	5.7	2.7	1.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	15.9
3	Michael Cage	27	80	71	31.7	3.9	7.9	.498	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	7.8	.502	.498	2.5	3.3	.743	3.5	6.1	9.6	1.6	1.2	0.7	1.6	2.3	10.3
4	Nate McMillan	24	75	74	31.2	2.7	6.5	.410	0.2	0.9	.214	2.5	5.5	.443	.426	1.6	2.5	.630	1.9	3.3	5.2	9.3	2.1	0.6	2.8	3.1	7.1
5	Xavier McDaniel	25	82	10	29.1	8.3	16.9	.489	0.1	0.4	.306	8.1	16.5	.494	.493	3.8	5.2	.732	2.2	3.1	5.3	1.6	1.0	0.5	2.6	2.8	20.5
6	Alton Lister	30	82	82	22.0	3.3	6.6	.499	0.0	0.0		3.3	6.6	.499	.499	1.4	2.2	.646	2.5	4.1	6.6	0.7	0.3	2.2	1.4	3.8	8.0
7	Sedale Threatt	27	63	0	19.4	3.7	7.6	.494	0.2	0.5	.367	3.6	7.1	.502	.505	1.0	1.2	.818	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.8	1.3	0.1	1.2	2.5	8.6
8	Jerry Reynolds	26	56	0	13.2	2.7	6.4	.417	0.1	0.3	.200	2.6	6.1	.427	.422	2.3	3.0	.760	0.9	0.9	1.8	1.1	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.0	7.6
9	John Lucas	35	74	8	11.4	1.6	4.0	.398	0.2	0.9	.265	1.4	3.1	.437	.428	0.7	1.0	.701	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.5	0.8	0.0	0.9	0.7	4.2
10	Russ Schoene	28	69	1	11.2	2.0	5.1	.387	0.6	1.6	.382	1.3	3.5	.389	.447	0.7	0.8	.807	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.0	5.2
11	Olden Polynice	24	80	0	10.4	1.1	2.3	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.2	.511	.506	0.6	1.1	.593	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.6	2.1	2.9
12	Greg Ballard	34	2	0	7.5	0.5	4.0	.125	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	3.5	.143	.125	2.0	2.0	1.000	1.0	2.5	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.0
13	Avery Johnson	23	43	0	6.8	0.7	1.9	.349	0.0	0.2	.111	0.7	1.7	.378	.355	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	1.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Dale Ellis	28	8	8	38.0	9.0	20.0	.450	1.9	4.6	.405	7.1	15.4	.463	.497	3.0	4.1	.727	1.8	2.3	4.0	1.3	1.4	0.1	2.6	2.4	22.9
2	Derrick McKey	22	8	8	35.8	5.5	11.1	.494	0.1	1.1	.111	5.4	10.0	.538	.500	2.1	2.6	.810	2.6	3.9	6.5	2.3	0.8	1.9	2.9	4.1	13.3
3	Xavier McDaniel	25	8	8	35.1	7.3	18.0	.403	0.4	1.1	.333	6.9	16.9	.407	.413	3.9	5.1	.756	3.0	5.4	8.4	2.8	0.3	0.6	2.8	3.8	18.8
4	Sedale Threatt	27	8	1	25.1	4.9	10.3	.476	0.1	0.5	.250	4.8	9.8	.487	.482	2.1	2.5	.850	0.4	1.3	1.6	6.1	2.1	0.0	1.4	2.8	12.0
5	Nate McMillan	24	8	7	25.0	2.4	5.0	.475	0.0	0.3	.000	2.4	4.8	.500	.475	2.0	3.1	.640	1.1	2.0	3.1	7.9	1.3	0.6	2.4	2.6	6.8
6	Michael Cage	27	8	0	21.9	3.0	5.0	.600	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.9	.615	.600	1.1	2.8	.409	2.8	3.0	5.8	0.6	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.8	7.1
7	Olden Polynice	24	8	0	20.3	3.1	5.1	.610	0.0	0.0		3.1	5.1	.610	.610	0.9	1.6	.538	3.4	4.4	7.8	0.1	0.8	0.5	0.6	4.0	7.1
8	Alton Lister	30	8	8	20.0	2.1	4.9	.436	0.0	0.0		2.1	4.9	.436	.436	2.8	3.3	.846	1.6	3.1	4.8	0.3	0.3	2.6	1.1	3.5	7.0
9	Russ Schoene	28	3	0	14.3	1.3	5.7	.235	0.0	2.3	.000	1.3	3.3	.400	.235	1.7	2.0	.833	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	2.3	4.3
10	Jerry Reynolds	26	4	0	10.0	1.8	5.5	.318	0.3	1.0	.250	1.5	4.5	.333	.341	1.8	2.5	.700	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	5.5
11	John Lucas	35	4	0	9.3	1.3	4.3	.294	0.0	0.8	.000	1.3	3.5	.357	.294	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.3	2.8
12	Avery Johnson	23	6	0	5.2	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.7	.000	0.8	1.3	.625	.417	0.2	0.3	.500	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.8

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	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	695	1371	.507	.549	377	462	.816	156	186	342	164	108	22	218	197	2253
2	Derrick McKey	22	82	82	2804	487	970	.502	30	89	.337	457	881	.519	.518	301	375	.803	167	297	464	219	105	70	188	264	1305
3	Michael Cage	27	80	71	2536	314	630	.498	0	4	.000	314	626	.502	.498	197	265	.743	276	489	765	126	92	52	124	184	825
4	Xavier McDaniel	25	82	10	2385	677	1385	.489	11	36	.306	666	1349	.494	.493	312	426	.732	177	256	433	134	84	40	210	231	1677
5	Nate McMillan	24	75	74	2341	199	485	.410	15	70	.214	184	415	.443	.426	119	189	.630	143	245	388	696	156	42	211	236	532
6	Alton Lister	30	82	82	1806	271	543	.499	0	0		271	543	.499	.499	115	178	.646	207	338	545	54	28	180	117	310	657
7	Sedale Threatt	27	63	0	1220	235	476	.494	11	30	.367	224	446	.502	.505	63	77	.818	31	86	117	238	83	4	77	155	544
8	John Lucas	35	74	8	842	119	299	.398	18	68	.265	101	231	.437	.428	54	77	.701	22	57	79	260	60	1	66	53	310
9	Olden Polynice	24	80	0	835	91	180	.506	0	2	.000	91	178	.511	.506	51	86	.593	98	108	206	21	37	30	46	164	233
10	Russ Schoene	28	69	1	774	135	349	.387	42	110	.382	93	239	.389	.447	46	57	.807	58	107	165	36	37	24	48	136	358
11	Jerry Reynolds	26	56	0	737	149	357	.417	3	15	.200	146	342	.427	.422	127	167	.760	49	51	100	62	53	26	57	58	428
12	Avery Johnson	23	43	0	291	29	83	.349	1	9	.111	28	74	.378	.355	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	1	7	.143	.125	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	2	.000	.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
			82		19780	3564	7478	.477	293	774	.379	3271	6704	.488	.496	1775	2379	.746	1397	2238	3635	2083	864	494	1403	2027	9196

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Dale Ellis	28	8	8	304	72	160	.450	15	37	.405	57	123	.463	.497	24	33	.727	14	18	32	10	11	1	21	19	183
2	Derrick McKey	22	8	8	286	44	89	.494	1	9	.111	43	80	.538	.500	17	21	.810	21	31	52	18	6	15	23	33	106
3	Xavier McDaniel	25	8	8	281	58	144	.403	3	9	.333	55	135	.407	.413	31	41	.756	24	43	67	22	2	5	22	30	150
4	Sedale Threatt	27	8	1	201	39	82	.476	1	4	.250	38	78	.487	.482	17	20	.850	3	10	13	49	17	0	11	22	96
5	Nate McMillan	24	8	7	200	19	40	.475	0	2	.000	19	38	.500	.475	16	25	.640	9	16	25	63	10	5	19	21	54
6	Michael Cage	27	8	0	175	24	40	.600	0	1	.000	24	39	.615	.600	9	22	.409	22	24	46	5	7	3	8	14	57
7	Olden Polynice	24	8	0	162	25	41	.610	0	0		25	41	.610	.610	7	13	.538	27	35	62	1	6	4	5	32	57
8	Alton Lister	30	8	8	160	17	39	.436	0	0		17	39	.436	.436	22	26	.846	13	25	38	2	2	21	9	28	56
9	Russ Schoene	28	3	0	43	4	17	.235	0	7	.000	4	10	.400	.235	5	6	.833	3	2	5	2	2	0	0	7	13
10	Jerry Reynolds	26	4	0	40	7	22	.318	1	4	.250	6	18	.333	.341	7	10	.700	1	4	5	1	2	6	4	6	22
11	John Lucas	35	4	0	37	5	17	.294	0	3	.000	5	14	.357	.294	1	2	.500	0	1	1	8	0	0	2	5	11
12	Avery Johnson	23	6	0	31	5	12	.417	0	4	.000	5	8	.625	.417	1	2	.500	2	2	4	5	4	0	0	1	11

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Dale Ellis	28	82	3190	19.7	.589	.198	.270	5.3	6.7	6.0	8.1	1.6	0.4	10.2	26.6		9.2	1.6	10.8	.163		4.3	-1.6	2.7	3.8
2	Derrick McKey	22	82	2804	15.5	.575	.092	.387	6.5	12.2	9.3	10.7	1.8	1.5	14.2	18.8		5.0	2.3	7.4	.126		1.0	0.0	1.0	2.1
3	Michael Cage	27	80	2536	14.7	.553	.006	.421	11.8	22.3	16.9	6.4	1.7	1.2	14.2	13.7		3.7	2.9	6.7	.126		0.6	-0.1	0.5	1.6
4	Xavier McDaniel	25	82	2385	18.6	.533	.026	.308	8.0	12.4	10.2	9.1	1.7	1.0	11.8	29.8		3.5	1.8	5.3	.107		1.2	-1.8	-0.6	0.8
5	Nate McMillan	24	75	2341	14.5	.468	.144	.390	6.6	12.1	9.3	36.4	3.2	1.1	27.1	13.3		1.7	2.7	4.4	.090		0.7	1.3	2.1	2.4
6	Alton Lister	30	82	1806	13.7	.529	.000	.328	12.4	21.6	16.9	4.0	0.7	6.0	15.8	16.3		1.3	2.3	3.7	.097		-2.7	0.6	-2.0	0.0
7	Sedale Threatt	27	63	1220	16.3	.533	.063	.162	2.8	8.1	5.4	27.5	3.3	0.2	13.1	19.2		2.3	1.2	3.4	.135		0.2	1.1	1.3	1.0
8	John Lucas	35	74	842	16.6	.466	.227	.258	2.8	7.8	5.2	40.7	3.4	0.1	16.5	18.9		1.1	0.8	1.9	.109		2.2	0.3	2.4	0.9
9	Olden Polynice	24	80	835	10.3	.535	.011	.478	12.7	14.9	13.8	3.2	2.1	2.2	17.4	12.6		0.6	0.9	1.5	.086		-3.3	0.2	-3.2	-0.2
10	Russ Schoene	28	69	774	12.1	.479	.315	.163	8.1	16.0	11.9	6.4	2.3	1.9	11.4	21.7		0.4	0.9	1.3	.078		-2.2	-0.5	-2.7	-0.1
11	Jerry Reynolds	26	56	737	17.6	.497	.042	.468	7.2	8.0	7.6	12.0	3.4	2.1	11.7	26.4		0.8	0.8	1.6	.107		0.9	0.6	1.5	0.7
12	Avery Johnson	23	43	291	10.8	.378	.108	.193	4.1	5.2	4.6	31.3	3.5	0.6	16.7	14.8		0.0	0.3	0.3	.045		-2.0	1.0	-1.0	0.1
13	Greg Ballard	34	2	15	7.1	.307	.125	.500	14.5	38.5	26.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	.021		-6.6	-4.2	-10.8	0.0
14	Mike Champion	24	2	4	-43.7	.000	.333	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	39.8		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.952		-49.1	-18.5	-67.6	-0.1

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Dale Ellis	28	8	304	14.6	.524	.231	.206	4.9	7.1	6.0	5.5	1.8	0.2	10.7	26.7		0.2	0.1	0.3	.055		2.4	-2.0	0.4	0.2
2	Derrick McKey	22	8	286	12.1	.539	.101	.236	7.9	13.0	10.3	9.3	1.1	3.4	19.0	17.6		0.0	0.2	0.2	.040		-0.4	0.1	-0.3	0.1
3	Xavier McDaniel	25	8	281	13.2	.463	.063	.285	9.1	18.4	13.5	12.5	0.4	1.2	12.0	27.2		0.0	0.2	0.1	.021		0.2	-2.3	-2.2	0.0
4	Sedale Threatt	27	8	201	19.8	.529	.049	.244	1.6	6.0	3.7	38.3	4.3	0.0	10.8	21.0		0.5	0.2	0.7	.156		2.6	2.7	5.3	0.4
5	Nate McMillan	24	8	200	15.8	.529	.050	.625	4.8	9.6	7.1	42.8	2.5	1.6	27.1	14.5		0.2	0.2	0.3	.079		1.9	1.4	3.2	0.3
6	Michael Cage	27	8	175	14.6	.574	.025	.550	13.4	16.5	14.9	4.1	2.0	1.1	13.9	13.7		0.2	0.1	0.3	.091		0.6	-0.7	-0.1	0.1
7	Olden Polynice	24	8	162	16.9	.610	.000	.317	17.8	26.0	21.7	0.9	1.9	1.6	9.7	13.2		0.3	0.2	0.5	.161		0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.1
8	Alton Lister	30	8	160	13.9	.555	.000	.667	8.7	18.8	13.5	1.7	0.6	8.6	15.1	15.4		0.2	0.2	0.3	.103		-2.8	2.0	-0.8	0.0
9	Russ Schoene	28	3	43	5.6	.331	.412	.353	7.5	5.6	6.6	6.3	2.3	0.0	0.0	18.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.004		-4.8	-3.9	-8.7	-0.1
10	Jerry Reynolds	26	4	40	11.3	.417	.182	.455	2.7	12.0	7.1	3.8	2.5	9.8	13.2	31.5		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.050		-2.2	1.3	-1.0	0.0
11	John Lucas	35	4	37	2.3	.308	.176	.118	0.0	3.3	1.5	31.1	0.0	0.0	10.1	22.3		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.120		-5.6	-6.4	-12.0	-0.1
12	Avery Johnson	23	6	31	19.8	.427	.333	.167	6.9	7.8	7.3	24.1	6.5	0.0	0.0	17.2		0.0	0.0	0.1	.150		1.7	4.1	5.8	0.1

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