1997-98 Seattle Supersonics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 61-21
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 4-6 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Minnesota Timberwolves 3-2
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
Coach: George Karl (61-21)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 699,952, Avg. 17,072 in 41 home dates

1997-98 Seattle Supersonics Roster
1997-98 Seattle Supersonics Results

The Seattle Supersonics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 61 wins and 21 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-6.

The Supersonics racked up 8,246 points and conceded 7,658.

George Karl coached the team. The 1997-98 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
Vin Baker	F	82	82	2944	1164	631	7	1	526	311	286	370	656	152	91	86	174	278	1574
Gary Payton	G	82	82	3145	1278	579	397	134	375	279	77	299	376	679	185	18	229	195	1571
Detlef Schrempf	F-C	78	78	2742	898	437	147	61	352	297	135	419	554	341	60	19	168	205	1232
Dale Ellis	G-F	79	0	1939	700	348	274	127	142	111	51	133	184	89	60	5	74	128	934
Hersey Hawkins	G	82	82	2597	636	280	301	125	204	177	71	263	334	221	148	17	102	153	862
Sam Perkins	F-C	81	0	1675	471	196	222	87	128	101	53	202	255	113	62	29	62	158	580
Greg Anthony	G	80	0	1021	349	150	159	66	80	53	18	93	111	205	64	3	91	97	419
Aaron Williams	F-C	65	9	757	220	115	1	0	85	66	48	99	147	14	19	38	50	119	296
Jim McIlvaine	C	78	72	1211	223	101	3	0	81	45	96	163	259	19	24	137	54	240	247
Jerome Kersey	F	37	2	717	233	97	10	1	65	39	56	79	135	44	52	14	36	104	234
David Wingate	G-F	58	2	546	140	66	7	3	29	15	19	60	79	37	21	3	37	58	150
Nate McMillan	G-F	18	1	279	67	23	34	15	1	1	13	27	40	55	14	4	12	41	62
Stephen Howard	F	13	0	53	21	8	0	0	18	9	6	6	12	3	3	1	6	13	25
Eric Snow	G	17	0	74	23	10	1	0	10	5	0	4	4	13	0	1	12	15	25
James Cotton	G-F	9	0	33	21	8	4	0	9	8	2	4	6	0	1	1	6	3	24
George Zidek	C	6	0	22	14	3	2	1	4	4	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	5	11
Totals		865	410	19755	6458	3052	1569	621	2109	1521	931	2225	3156	1986	804	376	1114	1812	8246

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Vin Baker	F	82	82	35.9	54.2	14.3	59.1	3.5	4.5	8.0	1.9	1.1	1.0	2.1	3.4	19.2
Gary Payton	G	82	82	38.4	45.3	33.8	74.4	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	19.2
Detlef Schrempf	F-C	78	78	35.2	48.7	41.5	84.4	1.7	5.4	7.1	4.4	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.6	15.8
Dale Ellis	G-F	79	0	24.5	49.7	46.4	78.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.1	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.6	11.8
Hersey Hawkins	G	82	82	31.7	44.0	41.5	86.8	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.7	1.8	0.2	1.2	1.9	10.5
Sam Perkins	F-C	81	0	20.7	41.6	39.2	78.9	0.7	2.5	3.1	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.0	7.2
Greg Anthony	G	80	0	12.8	43.0	41.5	66.3	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.8	0.0	1.1	1.2	5.2
Aaron Williams	F-C	65	9	11.6	52.3	0.0	77.6	0.7	1.5	2.3	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.8	1.8	4.6
Jim McIlvaine	C	78	72	15.5	45.3	0.0	55.6	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.2	0.3	1.8	0.7	3.1	3.2
Jerome Kersey	F	37	2	19.4	41.6	10.0	60.0	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.2	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.8	6.3
David Wingate	G-F	58	2	9.4	47.1	42.9	51.7	0.3	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	2.6
Nate McMillan	G-F	18	1	15.5	34.3	44.1	100.0	0.7	1.5	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.2	0.7	2.3	3.4
Stephen Howard	F	13	0	4.1	38.1		50.0	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.9
Eric Snow	G	17	0	4.4	43.5	0.0	50.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.5
James Cotton	G-F	9	0	3.7	38.1	0.0	88.9	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.3	2.7
George Zidek	C	6	0	3.7	21.4	50.0	100.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	1.8
Averages		865	410	22.8	47.3	39.6	72.1	1.1	2.6	3.6	2.3	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.1	9.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gary Payton	G	10	428	183	87	50	19	50	47	9	25	34	70	18	1	26	31	240
Detlef Schrempf	F-C	10	375	125	64	14	2	38	31	18	59	77	39	7	1	22	21	161
Vin Baker	F	10	371	134	71	0	0	38	16	41	53	94	18	18	15	22	38	158
Hersey Hawkins	G	10	337	88	41	43	17	40	35	17	40	57	36	18	1	9	24	134
Jerome Kersey	F	10	213	72	31	3	0	19	16	17	23	40	9	10	10	13	32	78
Dale Ellis	G-F	10	170	53	20	26	11	6	5	4	9	13	6	2	0	2	10	56
Sam Perkins	F-C	10	210	42	16	24	10	20	12	6	26	32	14	3	5	11	22	54
Greg Anthony	G	9	118	40	12	19	5	8	3	3	7	10	10	5	1	11	17	32
Nate McMillan	G-F	7	99	18	6	12	2	2	2	2	14	16	15	3	2	2	17	16
Jim McIlvaine	C	6	59	20	6	1	0	2	1	7	3	10	1	2	6	1	22	13
David Wingate	G-F	3	13	5	2	0	0	6	4	2	2	4	2	1	0	1	1	8
Aaron Williams	F-C	3	7	3	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2
Totals		98	2400	783	356	192	66	231	174	127	261	388	220	87	43	121	235	952

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gary Payton	G	10	42.8	47.5	38.0	94.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	7.0	1.8	0.1	2.6	3.1	24.0
Detlef Schrempf	F-C	10	37.5	51.2	14.3	81.6	1.8	5.9	7.7	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.1	16.1
Vin Baker	F	10	37.1	53.0		42.1	4.1	5.3	9.4	1.8	1.8	1.5	2.2	3.8	15.8
Hersey Hawkins	G	10	33.7	46.6	39.5	87.5	1.7	4.0	5.7	3.6	1.8	0.1	0.9	2.4	13.4
Jerome Kersey	F	10	21.3	43.1	0.0	84.2	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.2	7.8
Dale Ellis	G-F	10	17.0	37.7	42.3	83.3	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.0	5.6
Sam Perkins	F-C	10	21.0	38.1	41.7	60.0	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.4	0.3	0.5	1.1	2.2	5.4
Greg Anthony	G	9	13.1	30.0	26.3	37.5	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.9	3.6
Nate McMillan	G-F	7	14.1	33.3	16.7	100.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.1	0.4	0.3	0.3	2.4	2.3
Jim McIlvaine	C	6	9.8	30.0	0.0	50.0	1.2	0.5	1.7	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.2	3.7	2.2
David Wingate	G-F	3	4.3	40.0		66.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.7
Aaron Williams	F-C	3	2.3	0.0		100.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7
Averages		865	24.5	45.5	34.4	75.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.4	9.7