1979-80 Seattle Supersonics Roster

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 56-26
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 7-8 Lost conference finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Portland Trail Blazers 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Milwaukee Bucks 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
Coach: Lenny Wilkens (56-26)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 890,713, Avg. 21,725 in 41 home dates
1979-80 Seattle Supersonics Statistics
1979-80 Seattle Supersonics Results

The Seattle Supersonics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 56 wins and 26 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-8.

Seattle racked up 8,897 points and yielded 8,515. Gus Williams scored a team-high 1,816 points for the Supersonics, and Dennis Johnson contributed 17 or more per game also. Jack Sikma accounted for 908 rebounds. John Johnson dished out 424 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Gus Williams added 200 steals.

Lenny Wilkens coached the team. The 1979-80 Seattle Supersonics lost in the conference finals.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown
James BaileyF-CMay 21, 19576'9"220RutgersDublin, GA USA
Fred BrownGAugust 7, 19486'3"182IowaMilwaukee, WI USA
Dennis JohnsonGSeptember 18, 19546'4"185PepperdineSan Pedro, CA USA
John JohnsonFOctober 18, 19476'7"200IowaCarthage, MS USA
Vinnie JohnsonGSeptember 1, 19566'2"200BaylorBrooklyn, NY USA
Tom LaGardeC-FFebruary 10, 19556'10"220North CarolinaDetroit, MI USA
Lonnie SheltonF-COctober 19, 19556'8"240Oregon StateBakersfield, CA USA
Jack SikmaC-FNovember 14, 19556'11"230Illinois WesleyanKankankee, IL USA
Paul SilasF-CJuly 12, 19436'7"215CreightonPrescott, AZ USA
Wally WalkerFJuly 18, 19546'6"190VirginiaMillersville, PA USA
Gus WilliamsGOctober 10, 19536'2"175USCMount Vernon, NY USA



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