1987-88 Seattle Supersonics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 44-38
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Denver Nuggets 3-2
Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff (44-38)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 492,312, Avg. 12,008 in 41 home dates

1987-88 Seattle Supersonics Roster
1987-88 Seattle Supersonics Results

The Seattle Supersonics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 44 wins and 38 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

The Supersonics tossed in 9,135 points and yielded 8,966. Dale Ellis scored a team-high 1,938 points for Seattle, while Tom Chambers and Xavier McDaniel contributed 18 or more per game, too. Alton Lister accounted for 627 rebounds. Nate McMillan dished out 702 assists for the squad.

On defense, Nate McMillan added 169 steals, and Alton Lister blocked 140 shots.

Bernie Bickerstaff coached the team. The 1987-88 Seattle Supersonics lost in the conference first round.

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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
Dale Ellis	G-F	75	73	2790	1519	764	259	107	395	303	167	173	340	197	74	11	172	221	1938
Tom Chambers	F-C	82	82	2680	1364	611	109	33	519	419	135	355	490	212	87	53	209	297	1674
Xavier McDaniel	F	78	77	2703	1407	687	50	14	393	281	206	312	518	263	96	52	223	230	1669
Derrick McKey	F-C	82	4	1706	519	255	30	11	224	173	115	213	328	107	70	63	108	237	694
Nate McMillan	G-F	82	82	2453	496	235	24	9	205	145	117	221	338	702	169	47	189	238	624
Kevin Williams	G	80	9	1084	450	199	7	1	122	103	61	66	127	96	62	7	68	207	502
Russ Schoene	F-C	81	2	973	454	208	58	17	63	51	78	120	198	53	39	13	57	151	484
Alton Lister	C-F	82	55	1812	343	173	2	1	188	114	200	427	627	58	27	140	90	319	461
Olden Polynice	C-F	82	0	1080	254	118	2	0	158	101	122	208	330	33	32	26	81	215	337
Danny Young	G	77	0	949	218	89	77	22	53	43	18	57	75	218	52	2	37	69	243
Sam Vincent	G	43	0	548	152	72	13	5	60	46	17	32	49	137	21	4	52	63	195
Sedale Threatt	G	26	0	354	162	84	7	1	30	25	11	22	33	53	33	5	19	29	194
Clemon Johnson	C-F	74	26	723	105	49	0	0	32	22	66	108	174	17	13	24	29	104	120
Totals		944	410	19855	7443	3544	638	221	2442	1826	1313	2314	3627	2146	775	447	1334	2380	9135

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dale Ellis	G-F	75	73	37.2	50.3	41.3	76.7	2.2	2.3	4.5	2.6	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.9	25.8
Tom Chambers	F-C	82	82	32.7	44.8	30.3	80.7	1.6	4.3	6.0	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.5	3.6	20.4
Xavier McDaniel	F	78	77	34.7	48.8	28.0	71.5	2.6	4.0	6.6	3.4	1.2	0.7	2.9	2.9	21.4
Derrick McKey	F-C	82	4	20.8	49.1	36.7	77.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.3	0.9	0.8	1.3	2.9	8.5
Nate McMillan	G-F	82	82	29.9	47.4	37.5	70.7	1.4	2.7	4.1	8.6	2.1	0.6	2.3	2.9	7.6
Kevin Williams	G	80	9	13.6	44.2	14.3	84.4	0.8	0.8	1.6	1.2	0.8	0.1	0.9	2.6	6.3
Russ Schoene	F-C	81	2	12.0	45.8	29.3	81.0	1.0	1.5	2.4	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.9	6.0
Alton Lister	C-F	82	55	22.1	50.4	50.0	60.6	2.4	5.2	7.6	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.1	3.9	5.6
Olden Polynice	C-F	82	0	13.2	46.5	0.0	63.9	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.6	4.1
Danny Young	G	77	0	12.3	40.8	28.6	81.1	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.8	0.7	0.0	0.5	0.9	3.2
Sam Vincent	G	43	0	12.7	47.4	38.5	76.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	3.2	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	4.5
Sedale Threatt	G	26	0	13.6	51.9	14.3	83.3	0.4	0.8	1.3	2.0	1.3	0.2	0.7	1.1	7.5
Clemon Johnson	C-F	74	26	9.8	46.7		68.8	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.4	1.6
Averages		944	410	21.0	47.6	34.6	74.8	1.4	2.5	3.8	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.4	2.5	9.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Tom Chambers	F-C	5	168	91	50	2	0	35	29	8	23	31	11	3	1	13	24	129
Xavier McDaniel	F	5	180	81	45	8	4	24	12	14	34	48	25	3	1	11	15	106
Dale Ellis	G-F	5	172	83	40	12	3	29	21	11	12	23	15	3	2	12	17	104
Derrick McKey	F-C	5	109	38	24	6	2	17	10	7	13	20	8	3	5	5	12	60
Nate McMillan	G-F	5	127	35	12	1	0	14	9	6	15	21	33	2	3	8	11	33
Sedale Threatt	G	5	80	34	14	1	0	4	4	2	9	11	11	1	0	5	7	32
Danny Young	G	5	95	21	11	3	0	10	10	3	7	10	19	2	2	7	7	32
Alton Lister	C-F	5	77	17	12	0	0	5	4	9	20	29	5	1	5	4	17	28
Russ Schoene	F-C	5	39	12	7	4	2	0	0	1	6	7	2	1	0	2	8	16
Kevin Williams	G	5	70	16	7	2	0	0	0	6	2	8	9	3	0	4	15	14
Olden Polynice	C-F	5	44	11	5	0	0	2	0	2	6	8	0	3	0	1	6	10
Clemon Johnson	C-F	5	39	7	3	0	0	2	1	0	7	7	0	1	1	2	10	7
Totals		60	1200	446	230	39	11	142	100	69	154	223	138	26	20	74	149	571

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Tom Chambers	F-C	5	33.6	54.9	0.0	82.9	1.6	4.6	6.2	2.2	0.6	0.2	2.6	4.8	25.8
Xavier McDaniel	F	5	36.0	55.6	50.0	50.0	2.8	6.8	9.6	5.0	0.6	0.2	2.2	3.0	21.2
Dale Ellis	G-F	5	34.4	48.2	25.0	72.4	2.2	2.4	4.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.4	3.4	20.8
Derrick McKey	F-C	5	21.8	63.2	33.3	58.8	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.6	0.6	1.0	1.0	2.4	12.0
Nate McMillan	G-F	5	25.4	34.3	0.0	64.3	1.2	3.0	4.2	6.6	0.4	0.6	1.6	2.2	6.6
Sedale Threatt	G	5	16.0	41.2	0.0	100.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.4	6.4
Danny Young	G	5	19.0	52.4	0.0	100.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.8	0.4	0.4	1.4	1.4	6.4
Alton Lister	C-F	5	15.4	70.6		80.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	1.0	0.2	1.0	0.8	3.4	5.6
Russ Schoene	F-C	5	7.8	58.3	50.0		0.2	1.2	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.2
Kevin Williams	G	5	14.0	43.8	0.0		1.2	0.4	1.6	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.8	3.0	2.8
Olden Polynice	C-F	5	8.8	45.5		0.0	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.2	1.2	2.0
Clemon Johnson	C-F	5	7.8	42.9		50.0	0.0	1.4	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	2.0	1.4
Averages		944	20.0	51.6	28.2	70.4	1.2	2.6	3.7	2.3	0.4	0.3	1.2	2.5	9.5