1976–77 Seattle SuperSonics season

1976–77 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach Bill Russell
General manager Bill Russell
Arena Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record 40–42 (.488)
Place Division: 4th (Pacific)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
< 1975–76 1977–78 >

The 1976-77 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 10th season in the NBA.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 11 Bob Wilkerson SF/SG  United States Indiana
2 19 Bayard Forrest C  United States Grand Canyon
2 29 Dennis Johnson G  United States Pepperdine
4 63 Willie Parr  United States LeMoyne-Owen
5 80 Robert Gray  United States Wichita State
6 98 Darrell Peterson  United States Wake Forest
7 116 Mark Klein  United States Malone
8 134 Norton Barnhill G  United States Washington State
9 151 Ron Johnson  United States North Carolina A&T
10 167 Ricky Lewis  United States Alcorn State

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 53 29 .646 – 37–4 16–25 11–5
x-Portland Trail Blazers 49 33 .598 4 35–6 14–27 10–6
x-Golden State Warriors 46 36 .561 7 29–12 17–24 8–8
Seattle SuperSonics 40 42 .488 13 27–14 13–28 6–10
Phoenix Suns 34 48 .415 19 26–15 8–33 5–11
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers 53 29 .646 –
2 y-Denver Nuggets 50 32 .610 3
3 x-Portland Trail Blazers 49 33 .598 4
4 x-Golden State Warriors 46 36 .561 7
5 x-Detroit Pistons 44 38 .537 9
6 x-Chicago Bulls 44 38 .537 9
7 Kansas City Kings 40 42 .488 13
7 Seattle SuperSonics 40 42 .488 13
9 Indiana Pacers 36 46 .439 17
10 Phoenix Suns 34 48 .415 19
11 Milwaukee Bucks 30 52 .366 23

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Mike Bantom 44 18.1 .488 .690 4.2 1.2 0.8 0.5 7.5
Norton Barnhill 4 2.5 .333 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.0
Fred Brown 72 29.1 .479 .884 3.2 2.4 1.7 0.3 17.2
Tom Burleson 82 22.0 .442 .731 6.7 1.1 0.9 1.4 9.7
Leonard Gray 25 25.7 .435 .756 4.3 2.2 1.1 0.5 11.5
Mike Green 76 25.4 .441 .706 6.6 1.6 0.6 1.7 9.8
Dennis Johnson 81 20.6 .504 .624 3.7 1.5 1.5 0.7 9.2
Bob Love 32 14.1 .372 .872 2.7 0.7 0.4 0.1 7.7
Willie Norwood 76 21.7 .469 .733 3.8 1.3 0.8 0.1 4.0
Frank Oleynick 50 10.3 .363 .736 0.9 1.2 0.3 0.1 4.0
Bruce Seals 81 24.4 .444 .708 4.4 1.1 0.6 0.7 11.0
Dean Tolson 60 9.8 .566 .535 2.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 6.0
Slick Watts 79 33.3 .422 .587 3.9 8.0 2.7 0.3 13.0
Nick Weatherspoon 51 29.5 .461 .632 7.9 1.0 1.0 0.5 12.8
Bob Wilkerson 78 19.9 .386 .689 3.3 2.2 0.9 0.1 6.7

References

  1. ↑ 1976-77 Seattle SuperSonics

See also