1988-89 Seattle Supersonics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 47-35
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 3-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Houston Rockets 3-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-0
Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff (46-30)
Coach: Tom Newell (0-1)
Coach: Bob Kloppenburg (1-4)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 529,733, Avg. 12,920 in 41 home dates

1988-89 Seattle Supersonics Roster
1988-89 Seattle Supersonics Results

The Seattle Supersonics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1988-89 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 3-5.

The Supersonics racked up 9,196 points and conceded 8,958. Dale Ellis scored a team-high 2,253 points for Seattle, while Xavier McDaniel netted 18 or more per game also. Michael Cage contributed 765 rebounds. Nate McMillan dished out 696 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Nate McMillan added 156 steals, and Alton Lister blocked 180 shots.

Bernie Bickerstaff, Tom Newell and Bob Kloppenburg coached the team. The 1988-89 Seattle Supersonics lost in the conference semifinals.

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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	82	82	3190	1710	857	339	162	462	377	156	186	342	164	108	22	218	197	2253
Xavier McDaniel	F	82	10	2385	1385	677	36	11	426	312	177	256	433	134	84	40	210	231	1677
Derrick McKey	F-C	82	82	2804	970	487	89	30	375	301	167	297	464	219	105	70	188	264	1305
Michael Cage	F-C	80	71	2536	630	314	4	0	265	197	276	489	765	126	92	52	124	184	825
Alton Lister	C-F	82	82	1806	543	271	0	0	178	115	207	338	545	54	28	180	117	310	657
Sedale Threatt	G	63	0	1220	476	235	30	11	77	63	31	86	117	238	83	4	77	155	544
Nate McMillan	G-F	75	74	2341	485	199	70	15	189	119	143	245	388	696	156	42	211	236	532
Jerry Reynolds	G-F	56	0	737	357	149	15	3	167	127	49	51	100	62	53	26	57	58	428
Russ Schoene	F-C	69	1	774	349	135	110	42	57	46	58	107	165	36	37	24	48	136	358
John Lucas	G	74	8	842	299	119	68	18	77	54	22	57	79	260	60	1	66	53	310
Olden Polynice	C-F	80	0	835	180	91	2	0	86	51	98	108	206	21	37	30	46	164	233
Avery Johnson	G	43	0	291	83	29	9	1	16	9	11	13	24	73	21	3	18	34	68
Greg Ballard	F	2	0	15	8	1	1	0	4	4	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	3	6
Mike Champion	F	2	0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Totals		872	410	19780	7478	3564	774	293	2379	1775	1397	2238	3635	2083	864	494	1381	2027	9196

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dale Ellis	G-F	82	82	38.9	50.1	47.8	81.6	1.9	2.3	4.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	2.7	2.4	27.5
Xavier McDaniel	F	82	10	29.1	48.9	30.6	73.2	2.2	3.1	5.3	1.6	1.0	0.5	2.6	2.8	20.5
Derrick McKey	F-C	82	82	34.2	50.2	33.7	80.3	2.0	3.6	5.7	2.7	1.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	15.9
Michael Cage	F-C	80	71	31.7	49.8	0.0	74.3	3.5	6.1	9.6	1.6	1.2	0.7	1.6	2.3	10.3
Alton Lister	C-F	82	82	22.0	49.9		64.6	2.5	4.1	6.6	0.7	0.3	2.2	1.4	3.8	8.0
Sedale Threatt	G	63	0	19.4	49.4	36.7	81.8	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.8	1.3	0.1	1.2	2.5	8.6
Nate McMillan	G-F	75	74	31.2	41.0	21.4	63.0	1.9	3.3	5.2	9.3	2.1	0.6	2.8	3.1	7.1
Jerry Reynolds	G-F	56	0	13.2	41.7	20.0	76.0	0.9	0.9	1.8	1.1	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.0	7.6
Russ Schoene	F-C	69	1	11.2	38.7	38.2	80.7	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.0	5.2
John Lucas	G	74	8	11.4	39.8	26.5	70.1	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.5	0.8	0.0	0.9	0.7	4.2
Olden Polynice	C-F	80	0	10.4	50.6	0.0	59.3	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.6	2.1	2.9
Avery Johnson	G	43	0	6.8	34.9	11.1	56.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.7	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.6
Greg Ballard	F	2	0	7.5	12.5	0.0	100.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.0
Mike Champion	F	2	0	2.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0
Averages		872	410	22.7	47.7	37.9	74.6	1.6	2.6	4.2	2.4	1.0	0.6	1.6	2.3	10.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dale Ellis	G-F	8	304	160	72	37	15	33	24	14	18	32	10	11	1	21	19	183
Xavier McDaniel	F	8	281	144	58	9	3	41	31	24	43	67	22	2	5	22	30	150
Derrick McKey	F-C	8	286	89	44	9	1	21	17	21	31	52	18	6	15	23	33	106
Sedale Threatt	G	8	201	82	39	4	1	20	17	3	10	13	49	17	0	11	22	96
Olden Polynice	C-F	8	162	41	25	0	0	13	7	27	35	62	1	6	4	5	32	57
Michael Cage	F-C	8	175	40	24	1	0	22	9	22	24	46	5	7	3	8	14	57
Alton Lister	C-F	8	160	39	17	0	0	26	22	13	25	38	2	2	21	9	28	56
Nate McMillan	G-F	8	200	40	19	2	0	25	16	9	16	25	63	10	5	19	21	54
Jerry Reynolds	G-F	4	40	22	7	4	1	10	7	1	4	5	1	2	6	4	6	22
Russ Schoene	F-C	3	43	17	4	7	0	6	5	3	2	5	2	2	0	0	7	13
Avery Johnson	G	6	31	12	5	4	0	2	1	2	2	4	5	4	0	0	1	11
John Lucas	G	4	37	17	5	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	8	0	0	2	5	11
Totals		81	1920	703	319	80	21	221	157	139	211	350	186	69	60	124	218	816

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dale Ellis	G-F	8	38.0	45.0	40.5	72.7	1.8	2.3	4.0	1.3	1.4	0.1	2.6	2.4	22.9
Xavier McDaniel	F	8	35.1	40.3	33.3	75.6	3.0	5.4	8.4	2.8	0.3	0.6	2.8	3.8	18.8
Derrick McKey	F-C	8	35.8	49.4	11.1	81.0	2.6	3.9	6.5	2.3	0.8	1.9	2.9	4.1	13.3
Sedale Threatt	G	8	25.1	47.6	25.0	85.0	0.4	1.3	1.6	6.1	2.1	0.0	1.4	2.8	12.0
Olden Polynice	C-F	8	20.3	61.0		53.8	3.4	4.4	7.8	0.1	0.8	0.5	0.6	4.0	7.1
Michael Cage	F-C	8	21.9	60.0	0.0	40.9	2.8	3.0	5.8	0.6	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.8	7.1
Alton Lister	C-F	8	20.0	43.6		84.6	1.6	3.1	4.8	0.3	0.3	2.6	1.1	3.5	7.0
Nate McMillan	G-F	8	25.0	47.5	0.0	64.0	1.1	2.0	3.1	7.9	1.3	0.6	2.4	2.6	6.8
Jerry Reynolds	G-F	4	10.0	31.8	25.0	70.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	5.5
Russ Schoene	F-C	3	14.3	23.5	0.0	83.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	2.3	4.3
Avery Johnson	G	6	5.2	41.7	0.0	50.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.8
John Lucas	G	4	9.3	29.4	0.0	50.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.3	2.8
Averages		872	23.7	45.4	26.3	71.0	1.7	2.6	4.3	2.3	0.9	0.7	1.5	2.7	10.1