1977-78 Seattle Supersonics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 47-35
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 13-9 Lost finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Portland Trail Blazers 4-2
Conference Finals - Defeated Denver Nuggets 4-2
Finals - Lost to Washington Bullets 4-3
Coach: Bob Hopkins (5-17)
Coach: Lenny Wilkens (42-18)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 504,668, Avg. 12,309 in 41 home dates

1977-78 Seattle Supersonics Roster
1977-78 Seattle Supersonics Results

The Seattle Supersonics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 47 wins and 35 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 13-9.

The Supersonics tossed in 8,565 points and conceded 8,438. Gus Williams scored a team-high 1,431 points for Seattle, and Marvin Webster accounted for 1,035 rebounds. Gus Williams dished out 294 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Gus Williams added 185 steals, while Marvin Webster swatted 162 opponent shot attempts.

Bob Hopkins and Lenny Wilkens coached the team. The 1977-78 Seattle Supersonics lost in the finals.

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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	79	0	2572	1335	602			278	227	83	173	256	294	185	41	189	198	1431
Fred Brown	G	72	0	1965	1042	508			196	176	61	127	188	240	110	25	164	145	1192
Marvin Webster	C	82	79	2910	851	427			461	290	361	674	1035	203	48	162	257	262	1144
Dennis Johnson	G	81	59	2209	881	367			406	297	152	142	294	230	118	51	164	213	1031
Jack Sikma	C-F	82	0	2238	752	342			247	192	196	482	678	134	68	40	186	300	876
John Johnson	F	76	0	1812	820	341			174	131	100	207	307	210	43	19	166	194	813
Bruce Seals	F	73	0	1322	551	230			175	111	62	164	226	81	41	33	103	210	571
Paul Silas	F-C	82	0	2172	464	184			186	109	289	377	666	145	65	16	152	182	477
Wally Walker	F	68	0	1003	420	185			112	70	80	122	202	69	24	10	66	125	440
Slick Watts	G	32	0	809	272	110			53	30	21	60	81	133	53	14	92	88	250
Joe Hassett	G	48	0	404	205	91			12	10	14	22	36	41	21	0	34	45	192
Mike Green	C-F	9	0	250	87	43			31	21	22	33	55	10	6	13	22	26	107
Al Fleming	F	20	0	97	31	15			17	10	13	17	30	7	0	5	16	16	40
Willie Wise	F	2	0	10	3	0			4	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	1
Dean Tolson	F	1	0	7	1	0			0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0
Totals		807	138	19780	7715	3445	0	0	2352	1675	1456	2601	4057	1799	782	429	1612	2008	8565

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gus Williams	G	79	0	32.6	45.1	81.7	1.1	2.2	3.2	3.7	2.3	0.5	2.4	2.5	18.1
Fred Brown	G	72	0	27.3	48.8	89.8	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.3	1.5	0.3	2.3	2.0	16.6
Marvin Webster	C	82	79	35.5	50.2	62.9	4.4	8.2	12.6	2.5	0.6	2.0	3.1	3.2	14.0
Dennis Johnson	G	81	59	27.3	41.7	73.2	1.9	1.8	3.6	2.8	1.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	12.7
Jack Sikma	C-F	82	0	27.3	45.5	77.7	2.4	5.9	8.3	1.6	0.8	0.5	2.3	3.7	10.7
John Johnson	F	76	0	23.8	41.6	75.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.8	0.6	0.3	2.2	2.6	10.7
Bruce Seals	F	73	0	18.1	41.7	63.4	0.8	2.2	3.1	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.9	7.8
Paul Silas	F-C	82	0	26.5	39.7	58.6	3.5	4.6	8.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.2	5.8
Wally Walker	F	68	0	14.8	44.0	62.5	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.8	6.5
Slick Watts	G	32	0	25.3	40.4	56.6	0.7	1.9	2.5	4.2	1.7	0.4	2.9	2.8	7.8
Joe Hassett	G	48	0	8.4	44.4	83.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.9	4.0
Mike Green	C-F	9	0	27.8	49.4	67.7	2.4	3.7	6.1	1.1	0.7	1.4	2.4	2.9	11.9
Al Fleming	F	20	0	4.9	48.4	58.8	0.7	0.9	1.5	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.8	2.0
Willie Wise	F	2	0	5.0	0.0	25.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5
Dean Tolson	F	1	0	7.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		807	138	24.5	44.7	71.2	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.2	1.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	10.6

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	22	701	342	163			106	77	30	56	86	88	45	12	54	70	403
Fred Brown	G	22	575	341	153			90	75	16	31	47	53	23	2	31	47	381
Marvin Webster	C	22	904	280	137			120	81	95	194	289	58	6	58	74	76	355
Dennis Johnson	G	22	827	294	121			159	112	47	54	101	72	23	23	56	63	354
Jack Sikma	C-F	22	701	247	115			91	71	50	128	178	27	18	11	35	101	301
John Johnson	F	22	596	224	95			46	32	35	64	99	56	8	6	52	64	222
Paul Silas	F-C	22	605	94	33			60	41	73	114	187	36	12	6	30	59	107
Wally Walker	F	20	261	85	36			26	21	20	18	38	12	8	4	18	51	93
Bruce Seals	F	9	92	37	12			7	3	8	12	20	8	2	2	6	14	27
Joe Hassett	G	8	22	13	7			0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	14
Al Fleming	F	5	21	6	2			4	3	1	3	4	2	1	0	2	5	7
Totals		196	5305	1963	874	0	0	709	516	375	676	1051	412	147	124	359	551	2264

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gus Williams	G	22	31.9	47.7	72.6	1.4	2.5	3.9	4.0	2.0	0.5	2.5	3.2	18.3
Fred Brown	G	22	26.1	44.9	83.3	0.7	1.4	2.1	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.4	2.1	17.3
Marvin Webster	C	22	41.1	48.9	67.5	4.3	8.8	13.1	2.6	0.3	2.6	3.4	3.5	16.1
Dennis Johnson	G	22	37.6	41.2	70.4	2.1	2.5	4.6	3.3	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.9	16.1
Jack Sikma	C-F	22	31.9	46.6	78.0	2.3	5.8	8.1	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.6	4.6	13.7
John Johnson	F	22	27.1	42.4	69.6	1.6	2.9	4.5	2.5	0.4	0.3	2.4	2.9	10.1
Paul Silas	F-C	22	27.5	35.1	68.3	3.3	5.2	8.5	1.6	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.7	4.9
Wally Walker	F	20	13.1	42.4	80.8	1.0	0.9	1.9	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.9	2.6	4.7
Bruce Seals	F	9	10.2	32.4	42.9	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.6	3.0
Joe Hassett	G	8	2.8	53.8		0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.8
Al Fleming	F	5	4.2	33.3	75.0	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.0	1.4
Averages		807	27.1	44.5	72.8	1.9	3.4	5.4	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.8	11.6