1978-79 Seattle Supersonics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 52-30
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 12-5 Won NBA championship
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Phoenix Suns 4-3
Finals - Defeated Washington Bullets 4-1
Coach: Lenny Wilkens (52-30)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 747,243, Avg. 18,225 in 41 home dates

1978-79 Seattle Supersonics Roster
1978-79 Seattle Supersonics Results

The Seattle Supersonics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 52 wins and 30 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-5.

The Supersonics led the circuit with just 8,517 points allowed. Seattle scored 8,740 points. Gus Williams scored a team-high 1,457 points for the team, while Jack Sikma contributed 1,013 rebounds. John Johnson dished out 358 assists for the squad.

On defense, Gus Williams added 158 steals.

Lenny Wilkens coached the team. The 1978-79 Seattle Supersonics won the NBA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gus Williams	G	76	0	2266	1224	606			316	245	111	134	245	307	158	29	190	162	1457
Jack Sikma	C-F	82	0	2958	1034	476			404	329	232	781	1013	261	82	67	253	295	1281
Dennis Johnson	G	80	80	2717	1110	482			392	306	146	228	374	280	100	97	191	209	1270
Fred Brown	G	77	0	1961	951	446			206	183	38	134	172	260	119	23	164	142	1075
Lonnie Shelton	F-C	76	0	2158	859	446			189	131	182	286	468	110	76	75	188	266	1023
John Johnson	F	82	0	2386	821	356			250	190	127	285	412	358	59	25	254	245	902
Paul Silas	F-C	82	0	1957	402	170			194	116	259	316	575	115	31	19	98	177	456
Wally Walker	F	60	0	969	343	168			96	58	66	111	177	69	12	26	68	127	394
Tom LaGarde	C-F	23	0	575	181	98			95	57	61	129	190	32	6	18	47	75	253
Joe Hassett	G	55	0	463	211	100			23	23	13	32	45	42	14	4	32	58	223
Dick Snyder	G-F	56	0	536	187	81			51	43	15	33	48	63	14	6	36	52	205
Dennis Awtrey	C	40	0	499	63	27			36	25	29	75	104	49	13	7	31	69	79
Lars Hansen	C	15	0	205	57	29			31	18	22	37	59	14	1	1	9	28	76
Jackie Robinson	F	12	0	105	41	19			15	8	9	10	19	13	5	1	11	9	46
Totals		816	80	19755	7484	3504	0	0	2298	1732	1310	2591	3901	1973	690	398	1572	1914	8740

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gus Williams	G	76	0	29.8	49.5	77.5	1.5	1.8	3.2	4.0	2.1	0.4	2.5	2.1	19.2
Jack Sikma	C-F	82	0	36.1	46.0	81.4	2.8	9.5	12.4	3.2	1.0	0.8	3.1	3.6	15.6
Dennis Johnson	G	80	80	34.0	43.4	78.1	1.8	2.9	4.7	3.5	1.3	1.2	2.4	2.6	15.9
Fred Brown	G	77	0	25.5	46.9	88.8	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.4	1.5	0.3	2.1	1.8	14.0
Lonnie Shelton	F-C	76	0	28.4	51.9	69.3	2.4	3.8	6.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	13.5
John Johnson	F	82	0	29.1	43.4	76.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	4.4	0.7	0.3	3.1	3.0	11.0
Paul Silas	F-C	82	0	23.9	42.3	59.8	3.2	3.9	7.0	1.4	0.4	0.2	1.2	2.2	5.6
Wally Walker	F	60	0	16.2	49.0	60.4	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.2	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.1	6.6
Tom LaGarde	C-F	23	0	25.0	54.1	60.0	2.7	5.6	8.3	1.4	0.3	0.8	2.0	3.3	11.0
Joe Hassett	G	55	0	8.4	47.4	100.0	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.1	4.1
Dick Snyder	G-F	56	0	9.6	43.3	84.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	3.7
Dennis Awtrey	C	40	0	12.5	42.9	69.4	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.7	2.0
Lars Hansen	C	15	0	13.7	50.9	58.1	1.5	2.5	3.9	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.9	5.1
Jackie Robinson	F	12	0	8.8	46.3	53.3	0.8	0.8	1.6	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.9	0.8	3.8
Averages		816	80	24.2	46.8	75.4	1.6	3.2	4.8	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.9	2.3	10.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gus Williams	G	17	609	382	181			127	90	36	34	70	63	34	11	42	42	452
Dennis Johnson	G	17	691	302	136			109	84	44	60	104	69	28	26	51	63	356
Jack Sikma	C-F	17	655	224	103			61	46	39	160	199	43	16	24	40	70	252
Lonnie Shelton	F-C	17	566	209	101			26	18	61	81	142	34	19	18	31	80	220
John Johnson	F	17	615	175	83			64	41	40	75	115	91	17	3	65	49	207
Fred Brown	G	17	260	142	64			17	14	8	14	22	35	9	4	16	23	142
Paul Silas	F-C	17	418	54	21			46	31	40	58	98	19	9	5	34	44	73
Dennis Awtrey	C	16	153	16	10			13	8	15	27	42	11	5	4	9	34	28
Dick Snyder	G-F	9	88	31	10			9	6	2	9	11	10	4	3	7	8	26
Wally Walker	F	13	85	16	6			4	2	7	10	17	2	0	0	4	19	14
Joe Hassett	G	8	15	7	3			0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	6
Totals		165	4155	1558	718	0	0	476	340	292	529	821	378	141	98	301	432	1776

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gus Williams	G	17	35.8	47.4	70.9	2.1	2.0	4.1	3.7	2.0	0.6	2.5	2.5	26.6
Dennis Johnson	G	17	40.6	45.0	77.1	2.6	3.5	6.1	4.1	1.6	1.5	3.0	3.7	20.9
Jack Sikma	C-F	17	38.5	46.0	75.4	2.3	9.4	11.7	2.5	0.9	1.4	2.4	4.1	14.8
Lonnie Shelton	F-C	17	33.3	48.3	69.2	3.6	4.8	8.4	2.0	1.1	1.1	1.8	4.7	12.9
John Johnson	F	17	36.2	47.4	64.1	2.4	4.4	6.8	5.4	1.0	0.2	3.8	2.9	12.2
Fred Brown	G	17	15.3	45.1	82.4	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.4	8.4
Paul Silas	F-C	17	24.6	38.9	67.4	2.4	3.4	5.8	1.1	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.6	4.3
Dennis Awtrey	C	16	9.6	62.5	61.5	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.1	1.8
Dick Snyder	G-F	9	9.8	32.3	66.7	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.1	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.9	2.9
Wally Walker	F	13	6.5	37.5	50.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.1
Joe Hassett	G	8	1.9	42.9		0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8
Averages		816	25.2	46.1	71.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.3	0.9	0.6	1.8	2.6	10.8