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1977-78 Seattle Supersonics
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47-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
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Scored 8565 points, Allowed 8438 points (Expected W-L: 45-37)
Coached by Bob Hopkins (5-17), and Lenny Wilkens (42-18)
Pace Factor: 104.8 (16th out of 22), League = 106.7
Points Per 100 Possessions: Offense = 99.0 (21st out of 22), Defense = 97.9 (3rd out of 22), League = 100.9
RPI: .518 (6th out of 22)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) to Washington Bullets
Won West Conf Finals (4-2) over Denver Nuggets
Won West Conf Semis (4-2) over Portland Trail Blazers
Won West Conf 1st Rd (2-1) over Los Angeles Lakers
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1977-78 Seattle Supersonics Season Summary
1977-78 Statistics / Game Results
Team and Opponent Statistics
MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
+---------------+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+
Team 19780 3445 7715 1675 2352 1456 4057 1799 782 429 1636 2008 8565 104.5
Opponent 19780 3384 7377 1670 2203 1121 3721 1956 735 410 1646 2067 8438 102.9
+---------------+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+
Four Factors
Factor Off (Rk) Def (Rk) +------------+---------+----------+ Shooting .447 (21) .459 ( 4) Turnovers .183 (11) .186 ( 9) Rebounding .359 ( 1) .699 ( 4) Free Throws .217 (15) .226 (11) +------------+---------+----------+
Player Statistics
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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included.
Player statistics may include stints with other teams.
Totals
Name Ag G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS +--------------------+---+--+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ Gus Williams 24 79 2572 602 1335 227 278 83 173 256 294 185 41 189 198 1431 Fred Brown 29 72 1965 508 1042 176 196 61 127 188 240 110 25 164 145 1192 Marvin Webster 25 82 2910 427 851 290 461 361 674 1035 203 48 162 257 262 1144 Dennis Johnson 23 81 2209 367 881 297 406 152 142 294 230 118 51 164 213 1031 Jack Sikma 22 82 2238 342 752 192 247 196 482 678 134 68 40 186 300 876 John Johnson 30 76 1812 341 820 131 174 100 207 307 210 43 19 166 194 813 Bruce Seals 24 73 1322 230 551 111 175 62 164 226 81 41 33 103 210 571 Paul Silas 34 82 2172 184 464 109 186 289 377 666 145 65 16 152 182 477 Wally Walker 23 68 1003 185 420 70 112 80 122 202 69 24 10 66 125 440 Slick Watts 26 32 809 110 272 30 53 21 60 81 133 53 14 92 88 250 Joe Hassett 22 48 404 91 205 10 12 14 22 36 41 21 0 34 45 192 Mike Green 26 9 250 43 87 21 31 22 33 55 10 6 13 22 26 107 Al Fleming 23 20 97 15 31 10 17 13 17 30 7 0 5 16 16 40 Willie Wise 30 2 10 0 3 1 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 Dean Tolson 26 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 +--------------------+---+--+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
Per Game
Name Ag G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ Gus Williams 24 79 32.6 7.6 16.9 2.9 3.5 1.1 2.2 3.2 3.7 2.3 0.5 2.4 2.5 18.1 Fred Brown 29 72 27.3 7.1 14.5 2.4 2.7 0.8 1.8 2.6 3.3 1.5 0.3 2.3 2.0 16.6 Marvin Webster 25 82 35.5 5.2 10.4 3.5 5.6 4.4 8.2 12.6 2.5 0.6 2.0 3.1 3.2 14.0 Dennis Johnson 23 81 27.3 4.5 10.9 3.7 5.0 1.9 1.8 3.6 2.8 1.5 0.6 2.0 2.6 12.7 Mike Green 26 9 27.8 4.8 9.7 2.3 3.4 2.4 3.7 6.1 1.1 0.7 1.4 2.4 2.9 11.9 John Johnson 30 76 23.8 4.5 10.8 1.7 2.3 1.3 2.7 4.0 2.8 0.6 0.3 2.2 2.6 10.7 Jack Sikma 22 82 27.3 4.2 9.2 2.3 3.0 2.4 5.9 8.3 1.6 0.8 0.5 2.3 3.7 10.7 Bruce Seals 24 73 18.1 3.2 7.5 1.5 2.4 0.8 2.2 3.1 1.1 0.6 0.5 1.4 2.9 7.8 Slick Watts 26 32 25.3 3.4 8.5 0.9 1.7 0.7 1.9 2.5 4.2 1.7 0.4 2.9 2.8 7.8 Wally Walker 23 68 14.8 2.7 6.2 1.0 1.6 1.2 1.8 3.0 1.0 0.4 0.1 1.0 1.8 6.5 Paul Silas 34 82 26.5 2.2 5.7 1.3 2.3 3.5 4.6 8.1 1.8 0.8 0.2 1.9 2.2 5.8 Joe Hassett 22 48 8.4 1.9 4.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.9 4.0 Al Fleming 23 20 4.9 0.8 1.6 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.8 2.0 Willie Wise 30 2 5.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 2.0 1.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 Dean Tolson 26 1 7.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
Per 40 Minutes
Name Ag G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ Fred Brown 29 72 1965 10.3 21.2 3.6 4.0 1.2 2.6 3.8 4.9 2.2 0.5 3.3 3.0 24.3 Gus Williams 24 79 2572 9.4 20.8 3.5 4.3 1.3 2.7 4.0 4.6 2.9 0.6 2.9 3.1 22.3 Joe Hassett 22 48 404 9.0 20.3 1.0 1.2 1.4 2.2 3.6 4.1 2.1 0.0 3.4 4.5 19.0 Dennis Johnson 23 81 2209 6.6 16.0 5.4 7.4 2.8 2.6 5.3 4.2 2.1 0.9 3.0 3.9 18.7 John Johnson 30 76 1812 7.5 18.1 2.9 3.8 2.2 4.6 6.8 4.6 0.9 0.4 3.7 4.3 17.9 Wally Walker 23 68 1003 7.4 16.7 2.8 4.5 3.2 4.9 8.1 2.8 1.0 0.4 2.6 5.0 17.5 Bruce Seals 24 73 1322 7.0 16.7 3.4 5.3 1.9 5.0 6.8 2.5 1.2 1.0 3.1 6.4 17.3 Mike Green 26 9 250 6.9 13.9 3.4 5.0 3.5 5.3 8.8 1.6 1.0 2.1 3.5 4.2 17.1 Al Fleming 23 20 97 6.2 12.8 4.1 7.0 5.4 7.0 12.4 2.9 0.0 2.1 6.6 6.6 16.5 Marvin Webster 25 82 2910 5.9 11.7 4.0 6.3 5.0 9.3 14.2 2.8 0.7 2.2 3.5 3.6 15.7 Jack Sikma 22 82 2238 6.1 13.4 3.4 4.4 3.5 8.6 12.1 2.4 1.2 0.7 3.3 5.4 15.7 Slick Watts 26 32 809 5.4 13.4 1.5 2.6 1.0 3.0 4.0 6.6 2.6 0.7 4.5 4.4 12.4 Paul Silas 34 82 2172 3.4 8.5 2.0 3.4 5.3 6.9 12.3 2.7 1.2 0.3 2.8 3.4 8.8 Willie Wise 30 2 10 0.0 12.0 4.0 16.0 8.0 4.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 4.0 Dean Tolson 26 1 7 0.0 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.4 0.0 0.0 5.7 11 0.0 +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
Advanced
Name Ag G FG% 3P% FT% eFG% TS% AsR ToR Usg RbR PER ORtg DRtg lgRtg PW PL PW% OWS DWS WS +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+ Gus Williams 24 79 .451 .817 .451 .491| 15.2 9.7 27.5 5.1 18.1| 103 97 101 7.9 3.7 .683| 11.1 12.5 23 Fred Brown 29 72 .488 .898 .488 .528| 15.7 10.7 28.4 4.9 19.6| 106 99 101 6.4 2.3 .737| 12.0 8.2 20 Marvin Webster 25 82 .502 .629 .502 .543| 13.4 17.0 19.2 18.1 17.0| 104 96 101 9.3 2.9 .759| 10.8 16.1 27 Dennis Johnson 23 81 .417 .732 .417 .486| 15.8 11.3 23.9 6.8 15.6| 103 99 101 5.9 3.4 .636| 8.6 9.4 18 Jack Sikma 22 82 .455 .777 .455 .509| 11.3 15.8 19.8 15.4 13.5| 99 96 101 5.6 3.6 .613| 5.0 11.8 17 John Johnson 30 76 .416 .753 .416 .453| 16.5 13.0 25.4 8.6 11.9| 93 100 101 2.0 5.5 .268| 0.4 6.4 7 Bruce Seals 24 73 .417 .634 .417 .455| 10.0 12.7 23.3 8.7 10.3| 92 99 101 1.5 3.9 .277| 0.0 5.6 6 Paul Silas 34 82 .397 .586 .397 .437| 17.2 18.0 14.0 15.6 10.2| 93 98 101 2.5 5.2 .323| 0.1 9.7 10 Wally Walker 23 68 .440 .625 .440 .469| 11.4 10.9 22.6 10.2 12.5| 99 100 101 1.8 2.2 .447| 2.1 3.7 6 Slick Watts 26 32 .404 .566 .404 .423| 25.6 17.7 21.7 5.1 9.3| 82 97 101 0.3 3.0 .087| 0.0 3.8 4 Joe Hassett 22 48 .444 .833 .444 .457| 14.4 11.9 25.9 4.5 11.9| 93 100 101 0.4 1.2 .255| 0.0 1.5 1 Mike Green 26 9 .494 .677 .494 .532| 7.5 16.6 20.5 11.2 14.2| 100 98 101 0.6 0.4 .556| 0.6 1.1 2 Al Fleming 23 20 .484 .588 .484 .520| 11.4 26.0 23.8 15.7 10.7| 87 99 101 0.1 0.4 .136| 0.0 0.4 0 Willie Wise 30 2 .000 .250 .000 .105| 0.0 0.0 19.3 15.3 -5.9| 48 103 101 0.0 0.0 .000| 0.0 0.0 0 Dean Tolson 26 1 .000 .000 .000| 50.0 25.0 15.5 0.0 -7.1| 41 106 101 0.0 0.0 .000| 0.0 0.0 0 +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+
Playoffs
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------------+
| Total | Shooting | Per Game |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------------+
Name | G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS| FG% 3P% FT%| MP TRB AST PTS|
+----------------------+--+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+
Gus Williams |22 701 163 342 77 106 86 88 45 12 54 70 403| 48 73| 32 3.9 4.0 18.3|
Fred Brown |22 575 153 341 75 90 47 53 23 2 31 47 381| 45 83| 26 2.1 2.4 17.3|
Marvin Webster |22 904 137 280 81 120 289 58 6 58 74 76 355| 49 68| 41 13.1 2.6 16.1|
Dennis Johnson |22 827 121 294 112 159 101 72 23 23 56 63 354| 41 70| 38 4.6 3.3 16.1|
Jack Sikma |22 701 115 247 71 91 178 27 18 11 35 101 301| 47 78| 32 8.1 1.2 13.7|
John Johnson |22 596 95 224 32 46 99 56 8 6 52 64 222| 42 70| 27 4.5 2.5 10.1|
Paul Silas |22 605 33 94 41 60 187 36 12 6 30 59 107| 35 68| 28 8.5 1.6 4.9|
Wally Walker |20 261 36 85 21 26 38 12 8 4 18 51 93| 42 81| 13 1.9 0.6 4.7|
Bruce Seals | 9 92 12 37 3 7 20 8 2 2 6 14 27| 32 43| 10 2.2 0.9 3.0|
Joe Hassett | 8 22 7 13 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 14| 54 | 3 0.3 0.0 1.8|
Al Fleming | 5 21 2 6 3 4 4 2 1 0 2 5 7| 33 75| 4 0.8 0.4 1.4|
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