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1978-79 Seattle SuperSonics Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 52-30, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Lenny Wilkens (52-30)

Executive: Zollie Volchok

PTS/G: 106.6 (19th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 103.9 (1st of 22)

SRS: 2.69 (6th of 22) Pace: 103.4 (18th of 22)

Off Rtg: 102.7 (14th of 22) Def Rtg: 100.1 (1st of 22) Net Rtg: +2.6 (6th of 22)

Expected W-L: 48-34 (5th of 22)

Arena: King County Domed Stadium

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-3) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Western Conference Champions
Pacific Div Champs

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
21	Dennis Awtrey	C	6-10	235	February 22, 1948	us	8	Santa Clara
32	Fred Brown	PG	6-3	182	August 7, 1948	us	7	Iowa
22	Lars Hansen	C	6-10	225	September 14, 1954	dk	R	Washington
10	Joe Hassett	SG	6-5	180	September 11, 1955	us	1	Providence
24	Dennis Johnson	SG	6-4	185	September 18, 1954	us	2	Pepperdine
27	John Johnson	SF	6-7	200	October 18, 1947	us	8	Iowa
23	Tom LaGarde	C	6-10	220	February 10, 1955	us	1	UNC
22	Jackie Robinson	SF	6-6	210	May 20, 1955	us	R	UNLV
8	Lonnie Shelton	PF	6-8	240	October 19, 1955	us	2	Oregon State
43	Jack Sikma	C	6-11	230	November 14, 1955	us	1	Illinois Wesleyan University
35	Paul Silas	PF	6-7	220	July 12, 1943	us	14	Creighton
11	Dick Snyder	SG	6-5	207	February 1, 1944	us	12	Davidson
42	Wally Walker	SF	6-7	190	July 18, 1954	us	2	Virginia
1	Gus Williams	PG	6-2	175	October 10, 1953	us	3	USC

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	Jack Sikma	23	82		36.1	5.8	12.6	.460				5.8	12.6	.460	.460	4.0	4.9	.814	2.8	9.5	12.4	3.2	1.0	0.8	3.1	3.6	15.6
2	Dennis Johnson	24	80		34.0	6.0	13.9	.434				6.0	13.9	.434	.434	3.8	4.9	.781	1.8	2.9	4.7	3.5	1.3	1.2	2.4	2.6	15.9
3	Gus Williams	25	76		29.8	8.0	16.1	.495				8.0	16.1	.495	.495	3.2	4.2	.775	1.5	1.8	3.2	4.0	2.1	0.4	2.5	2.1	19.2
4	John Johnson	31	82		29.1	4.3	10.0	.434				4.3	10.0	.434	.434	2.3	3.0	.760	1.5	3.5	5.0	4.4	0.7	0.3	3.1	3.0	11.0
5	Lonnie Shelton	23	76		28.4	5.9	11.3	.519				5.9	11.3	.519	.519	1.7	2.5	.693	2.4	3.8	6.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	13.5
6	Fred Brown	30	77		25.5	5.8	12.4	.469				5.8	12.4	.469	.469	2.4	2.7	.888	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.4	1.5	0.3	2.1	1.8	14.0
7	Tom LaGarde	23	23		25.0	4.3	7.9	.541				4.3	7.9	.541	.541	2.5	4.1	.600	2.7	5.6	8.3	1.4	0.3	0.8	2.0	3.3	11.0
8	Paul Silas	35	82		23.9	2.1	4.9	.423				2.1	4.9	.423	.423	1.4	2.4	.598	3.2	3.9	7.0	1.4	0.4	0.2	1.2	2.2	5.6
9	Wally Walker	24	60		16.2	2.8	5.7	.490				2.8	5.7	.490	.490	1.0	1.6	.604	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.2	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.1	6.6
10	Lars Hansen	24	15		13.7	1.9	3.8	.509				1.9	3.8	.509	.509	1.2	2.1	.581	1.5	2.5	3.9	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.9	5.1
11	Dennis Awtrey	30	40		12.5	0.7	1.6	.429				0.7	1.6	.429	.429	0.6	0.9	.694	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.7	2.0
12	Dick Snyder	34	56		9.6	1.4	3.3	.433				1.4	3.3	.433	.433	0.8	0.9	.843	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	3.7
13	Jackie Robinson	23	12		8.8	1.6	3.4	.463				1.6	3.4	.463	.463	0.7	1.3	.533	0.8	0.8	1.6	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.9	0.8	3.8
14	Joe Hassett	23	55		8.4	1.8	3.8	.474				1.8	3.8	.474	.474	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.1	4.1

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	Dennis Johnson	24	17		40.1	8.0	17.8	.450				8.0	17.8	.450	.450	4.9	6.4	.771	2.6	3.5	6.1	4.1	1.6	1.5	3.0	3.7	20.9
2	Jack Sikma	23	17		38.5	6.0	13.2	.455				6.0	13.2	.455	.455	2.8	3.6	.787	2.3	9.4	11.7	2.5	0.9	1.4	2.4	4.1	14.8
3	Gus Williams	25	17		36.4	10.7	22.5	.476				10.7	22.5	.476	.476	5.3	7.5	.709	2.1	2.0	4.1	3.7	2.0	0.6	2.5	2.5	26.7
4	John Johnson	31	17		36.2	4.9	10.3	.474				4.9	10.3	.474	.474	2.4	3.8	.641	2.4	4.4	6.8	5.4	1.0	0.2	3.8	2.9	12.2
5	Lonnie Shelton	23	17		33.3	5.9	12.3	.483				5.9	12.3	.483	.483	1.1	1.5	.692	3.6	4.8	8.4	2.0	1.1	1.1	1.8	4.7	12.9
6	Paul Silas	35	17		24.6	1.2	3.2	.389				1.2	3.2	.389	.389	1.8	2.7	.674	2.4	3.4	5.8	1.1	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.6	4.3
7	Fred Brown	30	17		15.3	3.8	8.4	.451				3.8	8.4	.451	.451	0.8	1.0	.824	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.4	8.4
8	Dick Snyder	34	9		9.8	1.1	3.4	.323				1.1	3.4	.323	.323	0.7	1.0	.667	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.1	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.9	2.9
9	Dennis Awtrey	30	16		9.6	0.6	1.0	.625				0.6	1.0	.625	.625	0.5	0.8	.615	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.1	1.8
10	Wally Walker	24	13		6.5	0.5	1.2	.375				0.5	1.2	.375	.375	0.2	0.3	.500	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.1
11	Joe Hassett	23	8		1.9	0.4	0.9	.429				0.4	0.9	.429	.429	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8

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	Jack Sikma	23	82		2958	476	1034	.460				476	1034	.460	.460	329	404	.814	232	781	1013	261	82	67	253	295	1281
2	Dennis Johnson	24	80		2717	482	1110	.434				482	1110	.434	.434	306	392	.781	146	228	374	280	100	97	191	209	1270
3	John Johnson	31	82		2386	356	821	.434				356	821	.434	.434	190	250	.760	127	285	412	358	59	25	254	245	902
4	Gus Williams	25	76		2266	606	1224	.495				606	1224	.495	.495	245	316	.775	111	134	245	307	158	29	190	162	1457
5	Lonnie Shelton	23	76		2158	446	859	.519				446	859	.519	.519	131	189	.693	182	286	468	110	76	75	188	266	1023
6	Fred Brown	30	77		1961	446	951	.469				446	951	.469	.469	183	206	.888	38	134	172	260	119	23	164	142	1075
7	Paul Silas	35	82		1957	170	402	.423				170	402	.423	.423	116	194	.598	259	316	575	115	31	19	98	177	456
8	Wally Walker	24	60		969	168	343	.490				168	343	.490	.490	58	96	.604	66	111	177	69	12	26	68	127	394
9	Tom LaGarde	23	23		575	98	181	.541				98	181	.541	.541	57	95	.600	61	129	190	32	6	18	47	75	253
10	Dick Snyder	34	56		536	81	187	.433				81	187	.433	.433	43	51	.843	15	33	48	63	14	6	36	52	205
11	Dennis Awtrey	30	40		499	27	63	.429				27	63	.429	.429	25	36	.694	29	75	104	49	13	7	31	69	79
12	Joe Hassett	23	55		463	100	211	.474				100	211	.474	.474	23	23	1.000	13	32	45	42	14	4	32	58	223
13	Lars Hansen	24	15		205	29	57	.509				29	57	.509	.509	18	31	.581	22	37	59	14	1	1	9	28	76
14	Jackie Robinson	23	12		105	19	41	.463				19	41	.463	.463	8	15	.533	9	10	19	13	5	1	11	9	46
			82		19755	3504	7484	.468				3504	7484	.468	.468	1732	2298	.754	1310	2591	3901	1973	690	398	1586	1914	8740

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	Dennis Johnson	24	17		681	136	302	.450				136	302	.450	.450	84	109	.771	44	60	104	69	28	26	51	63	356
2	Jack Sikma	23	17		655	102	224	.455				102	224	.455	.455	48	61	.787	39	160	199	43	16	24	40	70	252
3	Gus Williams	25	17		619	182	382	.476				182	382	.476	.476	90	127	.709	36	34	70	63	34	11	42	42	454
4	John Johnson	31	17		615	83	175	.474				83	175	.474	.474	41	64	.641	40	75	115	91	17	3	65	49	207
5	Lonnie Shelton	23	17		566	101	209	.483				101	209	.483	.483	18	26	.692	61	81	142	34	19	18	31	80	220
6	Paul Silas	35	17		418	21	54	.389				21	54	.389	.389	31	46	.674	40	58	98	19	9	5	34	44	73
7	Fred Brown	30	17		260	64	142	.451				64	142	.451	.451	14	17	.824	8	14	22	35	9	4	16	23	142
8	Dennis Awtrey	30	16		153	10	16	.625				10	16	.625	.625	8	13	.615	15	27	42	11	5	4	9	34	28
9	Dick Snyder	34	9		88	10	31	.323				10	31	.323	.323	6	9	.667	2	9	11	10	4	3	7	8	26
10	Wally Walker	24	13		85	6	16	.375				6	16	.375	.375	2	4	.500	7	10	17	2	0	0	4	19	14
11	Joe Hassett	23	8		15	3	7	.429				3	7	.429	.429	0	0		0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	6

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	Jack Sikma	23	82	2958	16.3	.529		.391	8.2	27.8	18.0	12.2	1.3	1.2	17.3	19.4		3.1	5.7	8.8	.143		0.0	1.3	1.2	2.4
2	Dennis Johnson	24	80	2717	15.0	.495		.353	5.6	8.8	7.2	14.5	1.7	1.9	13.0	21.3		2.8	3.8	6.6	.116		0.6	0.9	1.5	2.4
3	John Johnson	31	82	2386	11.2	.484		.305	5.6	12.6	9.1	20.3	1.1	0.6	21.4	19.5		-0.4	3.0	2.7	.053		-1.8	0.0	-1.8	0.1
4	Gus Williams	25	76	2266	21.1	.534		.258	5.1	6.2	5.7	21.9	3.2	0.7	12.2	26.9		4.7	3.5	8.3	.175		3.1	1.8	4.9	4.0
5	Lonnie Shelton	23	76	2158	14.9	.543		.220	8.9	14.0	11.4	7.5	1.6	1.8	16.6	20.5		1.7	3.4	5.1	.114		-0.7	0.8	0.0	1.1
6	Fred Brown	30	77	1961	16.9	.516		.217	2.0	7.2	4.6	20.1	2.8	0.6	13.6	24.1		2.3	2.9	5.2	.127		0.3	1.3	1.7	1.8
7	Paul Silas	35	82	1957	10.4	.468		.483	13.9	17.0	15.5	7.3	0.7	0.5	16.7	11.7		1.3	2.6	3.9	.096		-1.0	-0.2	-1.2	0.4
8	Wally Walker	24	60	969	11.6	.511		.280	7.2	12.1	9.6	10.0	0.6	1.4	15.0	18.3		0.6	1.2	1.8	.087		-1.7	0.0	-1.7	0.1
9	Tom LaGarde	23	23	575	15.6	.568		.525	11.1	23.7	17.4	7.8	0.5	1.6	17.4	18.4		0.8	0.9	1.7	.142		-0.4	0.2	-0.2	0.3
10	Dick Snyder	34	56	536	10.8	.489		.273	2.9	6.5	4.7	16.0	1.2	0.6	14.7	17.9		0.3	0.6	0.9	.080		-2.0	0.1	-1.9	0.0
11	Dennis Awtrey	30	40	499	7.3	.501		.571	6.1	15.8	11.0	11.8	1.2	0.7	28.2	8.6		0.0	0.7	0.8	.073		-3.2	1.8	-1.4	0.1
12	Joe Hassett	23	55	463	12.3	.504		.109	2.9	7.3	5.1	13.5	1.4	0.5	12.6	21.4		0.3	0.5	0.9	.089		-2.0	0.1	-1.9	0.0
13	Lars Hansen	24	15	205	13.6	.538		.544	11.3	19.0	15.1	9.2	0.2	0.3	11.3	15.2		0.4	0.3	0.6	.149		-1.0	-0.3	-1.3	0.1
14	Jackie Robinson	23	12	105	13.6	.483		.366	9.0	10.0	9.5	17.5	2.2	0.5	18.8	21.9		0.0	0.2	0.1	.065		-2.1	0.3	-1.9	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	Dennis Johnson	24	17	681	18.1	.509		.361	7.0	9.8	8.4	15.3	2.0	2.1	12.7	23.6		1.3	0.9	2.2	.153		3.4	0.4	3.8	1.0
2	Jack Sikma	23	17	655	15.3	.502		.272	6.5	27.1	16.7	9.3	1.2	2.0	13.8	17.8		0.7	1.1	1.8	.135		0.7	0.6	1.4	0.6
3	Gus Williams	25	17	619	23.8	.518		.332	6.3	6.1	6.2	17.9	2.6	1.0	8.8	31.1		2.0	0.7	2.7	.210		6.2	0.5	6.7	1.3
4	John Johnson	31	17	615	12.4	.509		.366	7.1	13.5	10.3	20.3	1.3	0.3	24.2	17.5		0.2	0.6	0.8	.063		0.6	-0.7	-0.1	0.3
5	Lonnie Shelton	23	17	566	15.0	.499		.124	11.7	15.9	13.8	8.8	1.6	1.7	12.3	17.8		0.8	0.8	1.6	.134		1.0	0.1	1.1	0.4
6	Paul Silas	35	17	418	6.8	.492		.852	10.4	15.4	12.9	5.6	1.0	0.6	31.4	10.4		-0.2	0.5	0.3	.034		-2.1	-0.6	-2.7	-0.1
7	Fred Brown	30	17	260	16.6	.475		.120	3.4	6.0	4.7	21.8	1.7	0.8	9.7	25.5		0.4	0.2	0.6	.119		2.0	-0.8	1.2	0.2
8	Dennis Awtrey	30	16	153	10.1	.645		.813	10.7	19.6	15.1	9.0	1.6	1.4	29.3	8.0		0.2	0.2	0.4	.124		-1.6	1.8	0.2	0.1
9	Dick Snyder	34	9	88	8.2	.372		.290	2.5	11.3	6.9	15.1	2.2	1.9	16.7	19.1		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.004		-2.9	0.5	-2.4	0.0
10	Wally Walker	24	13	85	2.2	.394		.250	9.0	13.1	11.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	18.4	10.3		0.0	0.1	0.0	.010		-5.5	-1.9	-7.3	-0.1
11	Joe Hassett	23	8	15	4.7	.429		.000	0.0	7.4	3.7	10.0	0.0	0.0	22.2	24.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.109		-3.9	-4.4	-8.3	0.0

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