1988-89 Seattle SuperSonics Schedule and Results

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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)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Nov 4, 1988	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		104	97	1	0	W 1	12,444
2	Sat, Nov 5, 1988	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W	OT	142	141	2	0	W 2	14,269
3	Tue, Nov 8, 1988	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		97	75	3	0	W 3	16,517
4	Wed, Nov 9, 1988	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		108	113	3	1	L 1
5	Fri, Nov 11, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		103	114	3	2	L 2	17,505
6	Sat, Nov 12, 1988	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		129	141	3	3	L 3	12,401
7	Thu, Nov 17, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		101	98	4	3	W 1	14,576
8	Sat, Nov 19, 1988	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		106	112	4	4	L 1	11,608
9	Tue, Nov 22, 1988	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		104	125	4	5	L 2	10,956
10	Wed, Nov 23, 1988	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		93	85	5	5	W 1	13,770
11	Fri, Nov 25, 1988	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		105	110	5	6	L 1	10,710
12	Tue, Nov 29, 1988	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		109	102	6	6	W 1	12,336
13	Wed, Nov 30, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		106	110	6	7	L 1	17,505
14	Fri, Dec 2, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		154	104	7	7	W 1
15	Sat, Dec 3, 1988	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		136	106	8	7	W 2	10,571
16	Tue, Dec 6, 1988	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		112	107	9	7	W 3
17	Wed, Dec 7, 1988	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		98	102	9	8	L 1	17,007
18	Sat, Dec 10, 1988	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		91	110	9	9	L 2	16,611
19	Tue, Dec 13, 1988	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		126	116	10	9	W 1	13,500
20	Thu, Dec 15, 1988	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		122	107	11	9	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 17, 1988	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		141	111	12	9	W 3
22	Tue, Dec 20, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		118	121	12	10	L 1	14,808
23	Wed, Dec 21, 1988	Box Score	@	Miami Heat	W		109	101	13	10	W 1	15,008
24	Fri, Dec 23, 1988	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L	OT	107	119	13	11	L 1	15,857
25	Tue, Dec 27, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		100	104	13	12	L 2	11,505
26	Thu, Dec 29, 1988	Box Score		Miami Heat	W		129	99	14	12	W 1	14,794
27	Tue, Jan 3, 1989	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		116	106	15	12	W 2	14,645
28	Thu, Jan 5, 1989	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		120	106	16	12	W 3
29	Sat, Jan 7, 1989	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		129	123	17	12	W 4	14,726
30	Mon, Jan 9, 1989	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		105	103	18	12	W 5	13,119
31	Tue, Jan 10, 1989	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		109	125	18	13	L 1	12,848
32	Thu, Jan 12, 1989	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		130	95	19	13	W 1	14,290
33	Sat, Jan 14, 1989	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		102	93	20	13	W 2	16,517
34	Mon, Jan 16, 1989	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		117	146	20	14	L 1	12,340
35	Tue, Jan 17, 1989	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		130	107	21	14	W 1	11,402
36	Thu, Jan 19, 1989	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		124	108	22	14	W 2	11,146
37	Sat, Jan 21, 1989	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		121	119	23	14	W 3	14,810
38	Tue, Jan 24, 1989	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		103	100	24	14	W 4	12,848
39	Fri, Jan 27, 1989	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		119	112	25	14	W 5	23,362
40	Sun, Jan 29, 1989	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	106	26	14	W 6	20,009
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 31, 1989	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		112	118	26	15	L 1
42	Thu, Feb 2, 1989	Box Score	@	Miami Heat	W		100	93	27	15	W 1	14,798
43	Fri, Feb 3, 1989	Box Score	@	Charlotte Hornets	L		106	108	27	16	L 1	23,388
44	Sun, Feb 5, 1989	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		89	87	28	16	W 1	14,890	2:09
45	Tue, Feb 7, 1989	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		99	109	28	17	L 1
46	Wed, Feb 8, 1989	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	109	28	18	L 2	11,224
47	Tue, Feb 14, 1989	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		129	113	29	18	W 1	11,506
48	Wed, Feb 15, 1989	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		112	135	29	19	L 1	12,800
49	Fri, Feb 17, 1989	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		126	112	30	19	W 1	12,570
50	Sat, Feb 18, 1989	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		116	115	31	19	W 2	12,848
51	Tue, Feb 21, 1989	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		96	91	32	19	W 3	14,546	1:55
52	Sat, Feb 25, 1989	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	L		94	97	32	20	L 1	11,780
53	Mon, Feb 27, 1989	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		116	107	33	20	W 1	16,517
54	Tue, Feb 28, 1989	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		106	108	33	21	L 1
55	Fri, Mar 3, 1989	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		118	108	34	21	W 1	14,415
56	Sat, Mar 4, 1989	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		118	104	35	21	W 2	14,688
57	Tue, Mar 7, 1989	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		110	92	36	21	W 3
58	Wed, Mar 8, 1989	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		96	112	36	22	L 1	21,454
59	Fri, Mar 10, 1989	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		90	102	36	23	L 2	18,633
60	Sat, Mar 11, 1989	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		88	105	36	24	L 3	18,291
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Mon, Mar 13, 1989	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		101	106	36	25	L 4
62	Tue, Mar 14, 1989	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		110	116	36	26	L 5	18,759
63	Thu, Mar 16, 1989	Box Score		Charlotte Hornets	W		108	88	37	26	W 1
64	Sat, Mar 18, 1989	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		104	122	37	27	L 1	14,471
65	Tue, Mar 21, 1989	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		101	96	38	27	W 1	14,500
66	Thu, Mar 23, 1989	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		115	112	39	27	W 2	10,349
67	Sat, Mar 25, 1989	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		110	111	39	28	L 1	14,810
68	Mon, Mar 27, 1989	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		105	124	39	29	L 2	12,444
69	Tue, Mar 28, 1989	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		117	120	39	30	L 3	16,611
70	Thu, Mar 30, 1989	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		116	123	39	31	L 4	14,851
71	Fri, Mar 31, 1989	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		108	111	39	32	L 5	14,810
72	Tue, Apr 4, 1989	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		97	115	39	33	L 6	14,810
73	Thu, Apr 6, 1989	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		119	126	39	34	L 7	14,457
74	Sat, Apr 8, 1989	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		114	90	40	34	W 1	17,007
75	Mon, Apr 10, 1989	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		102	89	41	34	W 2	12,448
76	Thu, Apr 13, 1989	Box Score		Miami Heat	W		116	111	42	34	W 3	11,267
77	Sat, Apr 15, 1989	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		125	92	43	34	W 4	14,250
78	Mon, Apr 17, 1989	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W	OT	116	109	44	34	W 5	15,025
79	Tue, Apr 18, 1989	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		122	118	45	34	W 6	13,568
80	Thu, Apr 20, 1989	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		124	118	46	34	W 7	14,320
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 21, 1989	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W	OT	139	136	47	34	W 8	11,280
82	Sun, Apr 23, 1989	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		117	121	47	35	L 1	17,505

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Apr 28, 1989	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W	111	107	1	0	W 1	14,250	2:25	at Kingdome
2	Sun, Apr 30, 1989	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W	109	97	2	0	W 2	12,887	2:06	at Kingdome
3	Wed, May 3, 1989	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L	107	126	2	1	L 1	16,611	2:24
4	Fri, May 5, 1989	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W	98	96	3	1	W 1	16,611	2:20
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
5	Sun, May 7, 1989	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	102	113	3	2	L 1	17,505	2:16
6	Wed, May 10, 1989	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	108	130	3	3	L 2	17,505	2:09
7	Fri, May 12, 1989	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	86	91	3	4	L 3	14,541	2:14	at Kingdome
8	Sun, May 14, 1989	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	95	97	3	5	L 4	14,006	2:28	at Kingdome

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