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1979–80 Seattle SuperSonics season

January 01, 1970

The 1979–80 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 13th season in the NBA.[1] The SuperSonics entered the season as the defending NBA champions, having defeated the Washington Bullets in five games in the 1979 NBA Finals, winning their first and only NBA championship.

1979–80 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coachLenny Wilkens
General managerZollie Volchok
Owner(s)Sam Schulman
ArenaKingdome
Seattle Center Coliseum (playoffs)
Hec Edmundson Pavilion (playoffs)
Results
Record56–26 (.683)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishConference finals
(lost to Lakers 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKIRO-TV
RadioKIRO

In the playoffs, the SuperSonics defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in three games in the First Round, then defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in seven games in the Semi-finals, before losing to the eventual NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in five games in the conference finals.

Draft picks edit

Main article: 1979 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 6 James Bailey PF/C   United States Rutgers
1 7 Vinnie Johnson SG   United States Baylor
2 43 Johnny Moore PG   United States Texas
4 73 James Donaldson C   United States Washington State

Roster edit

1979–80 Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
PF 20 Bailey, James 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1957–05–21 Rutgers
SG 32 Brown, Fred 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1948–08–07 Iowa
SG 24 Johnson, Dennis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1954–09–18 Pepperdine
SF 27 Johnson, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1947–10–18 Iowa
SG 15 Johnson, Vinnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1956–09–01 Baylor
C 23 LaGarde, Tom 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1955–02–10 North Carolina
PF 8 Shelton, Lonnie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1955–10–19 Oregon State
C 43 Sikma, Jack 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1955–11–14 Illinois Wesleyan
PF 35 Silas, Paul 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1943–07–12 Creighton
SF 42 Walker, Wally 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1954–07–18 Virginia
PG 1 Williams, Gus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1953–10–10 USC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Roster
Last transaction: October 11, 1979

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 60 22 .732 – 37–4 23–18 19–11
x-Seattle SuperSonics 56 26 .683 4 33–8 23–18 18–12
x-Phoenix Suns 55 27 .671 5 37–5 18–22 19–11
x-Portland Trail Blazers 38 44 .463 22 26–15 12–29 13–17
San Diego Clippers 35 47 .427 25 24–17 11–30 13–17
Golden State Warriors 24 58 .293 36 15–26 9–32 8–22
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers 60 22 .732 –
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks 49 33 .598 11
3 x-Seattle SuperSonics 56 26 .683 4
4 x-Phoenix Suns 55 27 .671 5
5 x-Kansas City Kings 47 35 .573 13
6 x-Portland Trail Blazers 38 44 .463 22
7 San Diego Clippers 35 47 .427 25
8 Chicago Bulls 30 52 .366 30
9 Denver Nuggets 30 52 .366 30
10 Utah Jazz 24 58 .293 36
11 Golden State Warriors 24 58 .293 36

Record vs. opponents edit

1979-80 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SDC SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta – 2–4 1–1 4–2 1–1 6–0 2–0 2–4 4–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 4–2 4–2 4–2 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–3
Boston 4–2 – 2–0 4–2 2–0 6–0 2–0 6–0 4–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 5–1 5–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 4–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 4–2
Chicago 1–1 0–2 – 2–0 2–4 1–1 4–2 1–1 0–2 3–3 1–5 1–5 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–5 3–3 0–2 4–2 2–4 2–4 0–2
Cleveland 2–4 2–4 0–2 – 1–1 6–0 2–0 2–4 2–4 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–3 3–3 1–5 1–1 0–2 4–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–3
Denver 1–1 0–2 4–2 1–1 – 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 0–6 1–5 3–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–5 2–4 1–1 3–3 1–5 3–3 1–1
Detroit 0–6 0–6 1–1 0–6 1–1 – 1–1 1–5 1–5 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–4 2–4 1–5 0–2 0–2 2–4 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–4
Golden State 0–2 0–2 2–4 0–2 3–3 1–1 – 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–5 0–6 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–4 2–4 0–2 3–3 0–6 3–3 0–2
Houston 4–2 0–6 1–1 4–2 1–1 5–1 1–1 – 4–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 3–3 3–3 2–4 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–4
Indiana 2–4 2–4 2–0 4–2 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–4 – 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–4 4–2 1–5 0–2 2–0 2–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–2
Kansas City 2–0 1–1 3–3 0–2 6–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 – 2–4 3–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–5 1–1 5–1 3–3 6–0 2–0
Los Angeles 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 4–2 – 3–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–4 2–0 5–1 4–2 6–0 1–1
Milwaukee 1–1 0–2 5–1 2–0 3–3 1–1 6–0 1–1 2–0 3–3 3–3 – 1–1 1–1 0–2 4–2 5–1 0–2 4–2 2–4 4–2 1–1
New Jersey 2–4 1–5 1–1 3–3 1–1 4–2 0–2 3–3 4–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 – 2–4 1–5 1–1 0–2 3–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3
New York 2–4 1–5 2–0 3–3 1–1 4–2 2–0 3–3 2–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–2 – 0–6 2–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–3
Philadelphia 2–4 3–3 1–1 5–1 2–0 5–1 2–0 4–2 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 6–0 – 1–1 2–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–1
Phoenix 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 5–1 3–3 2–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 – 6–0 1–1 2–4 4–2 6–0 2–0
Portland 0–2 0–2 3–3 2–0 4–2 2–0 4–2 1–1 0–2 5–1 4–2 1–5 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–6 – 1–1 4–2 1–5 3–3 1–1
San Antonio 1–5 2–4 2–0 2–4 1–1 4–2 2–0 3–3 4–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–3 2–4 2–4 1–1 1–1 – 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–2
San Diego 1–1 0–2 2–4 1–1 3–3 2–0 3–3 0–2 1–1 1–5 1–5 2–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–4 0–2 – 3–3 5–1 1–1
Seattle 2–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 5–1 2–0 6–0 1–1 2–0 3–3 2–4 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–4 5–1 1–1 3–3 – 5–1 1–1
Utah 0–2 0–2 4–2 1–1 3–3 1–1 3–3 0–2 1–1 0–6 0–6 2–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–6 3–3 1–1 1–5 1–5 – 0–2
Washington 3–3 2–4 2–0 3–3 1–1 4–2 2–0 4–2 2–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 3–3 1–5 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 —

Game log edit

G Date @ Opponent Score W L Streak
1 10.14.1979 @ San Diego Clippers 93-98 0 1 L1
2 10.16.1979 @ Phoenix Suns 86-102 0 2 L2
3 10.17.1979 Los Angeles Lakers 112-110 1 2 W1
4 10.19.1979 San Diego Clippers 106-98 2 2 W2
5 10.21.1979 @ Los Angeles Lakers 97-106 2 3 L1
6 10.24.1979 Kansas City Kings 105-92 3 3 W1
7 10.26.1979 Phoenix Suns 86-92 3 4 L1
8 10.27.1979 @ San Diego Clippers 105-110 3 5 L2
9 10.28.1979 Chicago Bulls 108-97 4 5 W1
10 10.31.1979 Denver Nuggets 97-89 5 5 W2
11 11.02.1979 San Antonio Spurs 117-107 6 5 W3
12 11.04.1979 @ Milwaukee Bucks 114-101 7 5 W4
13 11.06.1979 @ Chicago Bulls 114-97 8 5 W5
14 11.07.1979 @ Denver Nuggets 92-113 8 6 L1
15 11.10.1979 @ Utah Jazz 88-87 9 6 W1
16 11.14.1979 Milwaukee Bucks 136-117 10 6 W2
17 11.16.1979 Cleveland Cavaliers 108-100 11 6 W3
18 11.17.1979 @ Golden State Warriors 108-103 12 6 W4
19 11.18.1979 @ Portland Trail Blazers 95-100 12 7 L1
20 11.21.1979 Los Angeles Lakers 119-110 13 7 W1
21 11.23.1979 Portland Trail Blazers 94-90 14 7 W2
22 11.28.1979 Phoenix Suns 127-116 15 7 W3
23 11.30.1979 @ Kansas City Kings 107-102 (OT) 16 7 W4
24 12.01.1979 @ Utah Jazz 95-97 16 8 L1
25 12.02.1979 Golden State Warriors 111-98 17 8 W1
26 12.05.1979 Utah Jazz 115-96 18 8 W2
27 12.08.1979 @ Golden State Warriors 125-100 19 8 W3
28 12.09.1979 Chicago Bulls 112-121 19 9 L1
29 12.11.1979 @ Milwaukee Bucks 103-99 20 9 W1
30 12.12.1979 @ Indiana Pacers 112-107 21 9 W2
31 12.14.1979 Houston Rockets 109-101 22 9 W3
32 12.16.1979 Denver Nuggets 123-121 23 9 W4
33 12.19.1979 New Jersey Nets 114-122 23 10 L1
34 12.21.1979 New York Knicks 121-102 24 10 W1
35 12.23.1979 @ Los Angeles Lakers 97-102 24 11 L1
36 12.26.1979 San Diego Clippers 124-104 25 11 W1
37 12.28.1979 Portland Trail Blazers 126-97 26 11 W2
38 12.30.1979 @ Portland Trail Blazers 107-100 27 11 W3
39 01.02.1980 Washington Bullets 134-139 (2OT) 27 12 L1
40 01.04.1980 Detroit Pistons 123-105 28 12 W1
41 01.05.1980 @ Golden State Warriors 121-112 29 12 W2
42 01.06.1980 @ San Diego Clippers 103-105 29 13 L1
43 01.08.1980 Indiana Pacers 120-111 30 13 W1
44 01.11.1980 Utah Jazz 100-90 31 13 W2
45 01.12.1980 @ Denver Nuggets 105-102 32 13 W3
46 01.13.1980 Golden State Warriors 109-101 33 13 W4
47 01.15.1980 @ Washington Bullets 120-100 34 13 W5
48 01.18.1980 @ New York Knicks 124-117 35 13 W6
49 01.20.1980 @ Boston Celtics 108-106 (2OT) 36 13 W7
50 01.23.1980 @ Atlanta Hawks 98-96 37 13 W8
51 01.25.1980 @ San Antonio Spurs 116-125 37 14 L1
52 01.26.1980 @ Houston Rockets 111-123 37 15 L2
53 01.30.1980 Kansas City Kings 97-99 37 16 L3
54 01.31.1980 Milwaukee Bucks 105-101 38 16 W1
55 02.05.1980 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 123-121 39 16 W2
56 02.07.1980 @ Detroit Pistons 119-102 40 16 W3
57 02.08.1980 @ Philadelphia 76ers 109-94 41 16 W4
58 02.10.1980 @ New Jersey Nets 122-107 42 16 W5
59 02.13.1980 Atlanta Hawks 93-86 43 16 W6
60 02.14.1980 Denver Nuggets 93-84 44 16 W7
61 02.17.1980 Boston Celtics 109-108 45 16 W8
62 02.19.1980 @ Chicago Bulls 106-115 45 17 L1
63 02.20.1980 @ Kansas City Kings 105-107 45 18 L2
64 02.23.1980 @ Utah Jazz 105-95 46 18 W1
65 02.26.1980 @ Los Angeles Lakers 108-131 46 19 L1
66 02.27.1980 Philadelphia 76ers 98-101 (OT) 46 20 L2
67 02.29.1980 Chicago Bulls 108-101 47 20 W1
68 03.02.1980 Utah Jazz 103-91 48 20 W2
69 03.04.1980 @ Portland Trail Blazers 98-97 49 20 W3
70 03.05.1980 @ Phoenix Suns 111-127 49 21 L1
71 03.08.1980 @ Denver Nuggets 104-97 50 21 W1
72 03.09.1980 @ Kansas City Kings 93-113 50 22 L1
73 03.12.1980 @ Milwaukee Bucks 103-112 50 23 L2
74 03.14.1980 @ Chicago Bulls 122-101 51 23 W1
75 03.19.1980 Milwaukee Bucks 106-108 51 24 L1
76 03.21.1980 San Diego Clippers 107-104 52 24 W1
77 03.22.1980 Los Angeles Lakers 92-97 52 25 L1
78 03.23.1980 Kansas City Kings 112-90 53 25 W1
79 03.25.1980 Phoenix Suns 104-95 54 25 W2
80 03.26.1980 @ Phoenix Suns 99-109 54 26 L1
81 03.28.1980 Golden State Warriors 108-82 55 26 W1
82 03.30.1980 Portland Trail Blazers 135-104 56 26 W2

Playoffs edit

1980 playoff game log
First round: 2–1 (home: 2–0; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 2 Portland W 120–110 Gus Williams (35) three players tied (8) Gus Williams (6) Kingdome
26,412 		1–0
2 April 4 @ Portland L 95–105 (OT) Dennis Johnson (24) Lonnie Shelton (12) Gus Williams (8) Memorial Coliseum
12,666 		1–1
3 April 6 Portland W 103–86 Gus Williams (21) John Johnson (8) Williams, D. Johnson (6) Kingdome
23,546 		2–1
Conference Semi-finals: 4–3 (home: 2–2; road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 8 Milwaukee W 114–113 (OT) Gus Williams (30) Jack Sikma (11) John Johnson (6) Seattle Center Coliseum
13,648 		1–0
2 April 9 Milwaukee L 112–114 (OT) Lonnie Shelton (25) Lonnie Shelton (9) Williams, J. Johnson (7) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,050 		1–1
3 April 11 @ Milwaukee L 91–95 Jack Sikma (20) Jack Sikma (13) Williams, J. Johnson (7) MECCA Arena
10,938 		1–2
4 April 13 @ Milwaukee W 112–107 Gus Williams (32) Lonnie Shelton (15) John Johnson (7) MECCA Arena
10,938 		2–2
5 April 15 Milwaukee L 97–108 Gus Williams (22) Jack Sikma (9) Dennis Johnson (7) Kingdome
40,172 		2–3
6 April 18 @ Milwaukee W 86–85 Dennis Johnson (18) Paul Silas (14) John Johnson (7) MECCA Arena
10,938 		3–3
7 April 20 Milwaukee W 98–94 Gus Williams (33) Lonnie Shelton (15) Dennis Johnson (5) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,050 		4–3
Conference finals: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 22 @ Los Angeles W 108–107 Gus Williams (28) Lonnie Shelton (9) John Johnson (9) The Forum
17,505 		1–0
2 April 23 @ Los Angeles L 99–108 Gus Williams (24) Jack Sikma (11) Jack Sikma (8) The Forum
17,505 		1–1
3 April 25 Los Angeles L 100–104 Gus Williams (23) John Johnson (9) Gus Williams (11) Hec Edmundson Pavilion
8,524 		1–2
4 April 27 Los Angeles L 93–98 Gus Williams (25) Dennis Johnson (9) Gus Williams (7) Hec Edmundson Pavilion
8,524 		1–3
5 April 30 @ Los Angeles L 105–111 Dennis Johnson (29) Jack Sikma (9) Williams, J. Johnson (6) The Forum
17,505 		1–4
1980 schedule

Player statistics edit

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

Season edit

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
James Bailey 67 10.8 .450 .673 2.9 .4 .3 .8 4.7
Fred Brown 80 21.3 .479 .443 .837 1.9 2.2 .8 .2 12.0
Dennis Johnson 81 36.3 .422 .207 .780 5.1 4.1 1.8 1.0 19.0
John Johnson 81 31.3 .488 .801 5.3 5.2 .9 .4 11.3
Vinnie Johnson 38 8.6 .391 .000 .795 1.4 1.4 .5 .1 3.2
Tom LaGarde 82 14.2 .477 .657 3.8 1.1 .2 .4 4.7
Lonnie Shelton 76 29.5 .530 .200 .763 7.7 1.9 1.2 1.0 13.6
Jack Sikma 82 34.1 .475 .000 .805 11.1 3.4 .8 .9 14.3
Paul Silas 82 19.5 .378 .654 5.3 .8 .3 .1 3.8
Wally Walker 70 12.1 .507 .750 2.4 .8 .3 .1 4.7
Gus Williams 82 36.2 .482 .194 .788 3.4 4.8 2.4 .5 22.1

Playoffs edit

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
James Bailey 12 11.5 .477 .000 .650 2.1 .4 .8 .8 4.6
Fred Brown 15 20.9 .440 .294 .857 2.5 2.1 .1 .1 12.5
Dennis Johnson 15 38.8 .410 .333 .839 4.3 3.8 1.8 .7 17.1
John Johnson 15 32.4 .494 .000 .811 6.8 5.7 .5 .2 12.4
Vinnie Johnson 5 2.4 .333 .4 .4 .2 .0 .4
Tom LaGarde 14 11.6 .370 .818 2.9 .9 .1 .0 3.1
Lonnie Shelton 15 31.3 .507 .000 .627 8.3 1.7 1.5 .8 12.0
Jack Sikma 15 35.6 .399 .000 .852 8.4 3.7 1.1 .3 11.7
Paul Silas 15 17.1 .302 .846 5.0 1.0 .6 .1 2.5
Wally Walker 13 12.1 .514 .750 2.2 .5 .1 .2 4.2
Gus Williams 15 37.6 .514 .200 .721 4.0 5.6 2.3 .5 23.7

Awards and records edit

Transactions edit

October 19, 1979

October 11, 1979

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 1979-80 Seattle SuperSonics

January 01, 1970
1979, seattle, supersonics, season, 1979, season, supersonics, 13th, season, supersonics, entered, season, defending, champions, having, defeated, washington, bullets, five, games, 1979, finals, winning, their, first, only, championship, head, coachlenny, wilk. The 1979 80 NBA season was the SuperSonics 13th season in the NBA 1 The SuperSonics entered the season as the defending NBA champions having defeated the Washington Bullets in five games in the 1979 NBA Finals winning their first and only NBA championship 1979 80 Seattle SuperSonics seasonHead coachLenny WilkensGeneral managerZollie VolchokOwner s Sam SchulmanArenaKingdomeSeattle Center Coliseum playoffs Hec Edmundson Pavilion playoffs ResultsRecord56 26 683 PlaceDivision 2nd Pacific Conference 3rd Western Playoff finishConference finals lost to Lakers 1 4 Stats at Basketball Reference comLocal mediaTelevisionKIRO TVRadioKIRO lt 1978 79 1980 81 gt In the playoffs the SuperSonics defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in three games in the First Round then defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in seven games in the Semi finals before losing to the eventual NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in five games in the conference finals Contents 1 Draft picks 2 Roster 3 Regular season 3 1 Season standings 3 2 Record vs opponents 3 3 Game log 4 Playoffs 5 Player statistics 5 1 Season 5 2 Playoffs 6 Awards and records 7 Transactions 8 See also 9 ReferencesDraft picks editMain article 1979 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 6 James Bailey PF C nbsp United States Rutgers 1 7 Vinnie Johnson SG nbsp United States Baylor 2 43 Johnny Moore PG nbsp United States Texas 4 73 James Donaldson C nbsp United States Washington StateRoster edit1979 80 Seattle SuperSonics roster Players Coaches Pos No Name Height Weight DOB From PF 20 Bailey James 6 ft 9 in 2 06 m 220 lb 100 kg 1957 05 21 Rutgers SG 32 Brown Fred 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 182 lb 83 kg 1948 08 07 Iowa SG 24 Johnson Dennis 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m 185 lb 84 kg 1954 09 18 Pepperdine SF 27 Johnson John 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 200 lb 91 kg 1947 10 18 Iowa SG 15 Johnson Vinnie 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 200 lb 91 kg 1956 09 01 Baylor C 23 LaGarde Tom 6 ft 10 in 2 08 m 220 lb 100 kg 1955 02 10 North Carolina PF 8 Shelton Lonnie 6 ft 8 in 2 03 m 240 lb 109 kg 1955 10 19 Oregon State C 43 Sikma Jack 6 ft 11 in 2 11 m 230 lb 104 kg 1955 11 14 Illinois Wesleyan PF 35 Silas Paul 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 220 lb 100 kg 1943 07 12 Creighton SF 42 Walker Wally 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 190 lb 86 kg 1954 07 18 Virginia PG 1 Williams Gus 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 175 lb 79 kg 1953 10 10 USC Head coach Lenny Wilkens Assistant coach es Les Habegger Legend DP Unsigned draft pick FA Free agent S Suspended nbsp Injured Roster Last transaction October 11 1979Regular season editSeason standings edit Pacific Divisionvte W L PCT GB Home Road Div y Los Angeles Lakers 60 22 732 37 4 23 18 19 11 x Seattle SuperSonics 56 26 683 4 33 8 23 18 18 12 x Phoenix Suns 55 27 671 5 37 5 18 22 19 11 x Portland Trail Blazers 38 44 463 22 26 15 12 29 13 17 San Diego Clippers 35 47 427 25 24 17 11 30 13 17 Golden State Warriors 24 58 293 36 15 26 9 32 8 22 Western Conferencevte Team W L PCT GB 1 c Los Angeles Lakers 60 22 732 2 y Milwaukee Bucks 49 33 598 11 3 x Seattle SuperSonics 56 26 683 4 4 x Phoenix Suns 55 27 671 5 5 x Kansas City Kings 47 35 573 13 6 x Portland Trail Blazers 38 44 463 22 7 San Diego Clippers 35 47 427 25 8 Chicago Bulls 30 52 366 30 9 Denver Nuggets 30 52 366 30 10 Utah Jazz 24 58 293 36 11 Golden State Warriors 24 58 293 36 Record vs opponents edit 1979 80 NBA Records Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SDC SEA UTA WAS Atlanta 2 4 1 1 4 2 1 1 6 0 2 0 2 4 4 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 2 4 2 1 1 2 0 5 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 3 Boston 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 0 6 0 2 0 6 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 5 1 5 1 3 3 1 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 Chicago 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 4 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 2 3 3 1 5 1 5 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 5 3 3 0 2 4 2 2 4 2 4 0 2 Cleveland 2 4 2 4 0 2 1 1 6 0 2 0 2 4 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 3 3 3 1 5 1 1 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 3 Denver 1 1 0 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 6 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 5 2 4 1 1 3 3 1 5 3 3 1 1 Detroit 0 6 0 6 1 1 0 6 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 4 2 4 1 5 0 2 0 2 2 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 4 Golden State 0 2 0 2 2 4 0 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 5 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 4 2 4 0 2 3 3 0 6 3 3 0 2 Houston 4 2 0 6 1 1 4 2 1 1 5 1 1 1 4 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 4 Indiana 2 4 2 4 2 0 4 2 1 1 5 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 4 4 2 1 5 0 2 2 0 2 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 4 2 Kansas City 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 2 6 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 5 1 1 5 1 3 3 6 0 2 0 Los Angeles 1 1 2 0 5 1 1 1 5 1 2 0 5 1 2 0 2 0 4 2 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 3 2 4 2 0 5 1 4 2 6 0 1 1 Milwaukee 1 1 0 2 5 1 2 0 3 3 1 1 6 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 4 2 5 1 0 2 4 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 New Jersey 2 4 1 5 1 1 3 3 1 1 4 2 0 2 3 3 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 4 1 5 1 1 0 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 New York 2 4 1 5 2 0 3 3 1 1 4 2 2 0 3 3 2 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 4 2 0 6 2 0 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 3 Philadelphia 2 4 3 3 1 1 5 1 2 0 5 1 2 0 4 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 5 1 6 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 Phoenix 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 5 1 2 0 4 2 1 1 2 0 5 1 3 3 2 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 6 0 1 1 2 4 4 2 6 0 2 0 Portland 0 2 0 2 3 3 2 0 4 2 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 5 1 4 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 1 1 4 2 1 5 3 3 1 1 San Antonio 1 5 2 4 2 0 2 4 1 1 4 2 2 0 3 3 4 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 3 2 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 4 2 San Diego 1 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 3 3 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 1 1 5 1 5 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 4 0 2 3 3 5 1 1 1 Seattle 2 0 2 0 4 2 2 0 5 1 2 0 6 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 2 4 4 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 5 1 1 1 Utah 0 2 0 2 4 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 6 0 6 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 3 3 1 1 1 5 1 5 0 2 Washington 3 3 2 4 2 0 3 3 1 1 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 1 5 0 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 Game log edit G Date Opponent Score W L Streak 1 10 14 1979 San Diego Clippers 93 98 0 1 L1 2 10 16 1979 Phoenix Suns 86 102 0 2 L2 3 10 17 1979 Los Angeles Lakers 112 110 1 2 W1 4 10 19 1979 San Diego Clippers 106 98 2 2 W2 5 10 21 1979 Los Angeles Lakers 97 106 2 3 L1 6 10 24 1979 Kansas City Kings 105 92 3 3 W1 7 10 26 1979 Phoenix Suns 86 92 3 4 L1 8 10 27 1979 San Diego Clippers 105 110 3 5 L2 9 10 28 1979 Chicago Bulls 108 97 4 5 W1 10 10 31 1979 Denver Nuggets 97 89 5 5 W2 11 11 02 1979 San Antonio Spurs 117 107 6 5 W3 12 11 04 1979 Milwaukee Bucks 114 101 7 5 W4 13 11 06 1979 Chicago Bulls 114 97 8 5 W5 14 11 07 1979 Denver Nuggets 92 113 8 6 L1 15 11 10 1979 Utah Jazz 88 87 9 6 W1 16 11 14 1979 Milwaukee Bucks 136 117 10 6 W2 17 11 16 1979 Cleveland Cavaliers 108 100 11 6 W3 18 11 17 1979 Golden State Warriors 108 103 12 6 W4 19 11 18 1979 Portland Trail Blazers 95 100 12 7 L1 20 11 21 1979 Los Angeles Lakers 119 110 13 7 W1 21 11 23 1979 Portland Trail Blazers 94 90 14 7 W2 22 11 28 1979 Phoenix Suns 127 116 15 7 W3 23 11 30 1979 Kansas City Kings 107 102 OT 16 7 W4 24 12 01 1979 Utah Jazz 95 97 16 8 L1 25 12 02 1979 Golden State Warriors 111 98 17 8 W1 26 12 05 1979 Utah Jazz 115 96 18 8 W2 27 12 08 1979 Golden State Warriors 125 100 19 8 W3 28 12 09 1979 Chicago Bulls 112 121 19 9 L1 29 12 11 1979 Milwaukee Bucks 103 99 20 9 W1 30 12 12 1979 Indiana Pacers 112 107 21 9 W2 31 12 14 1979 Houston Rockets 109 101 22 9 W3 32 12 16 1979 Denver Nuggets 123 121 23 9 W4 33 12 19 1979 New Jersey Nets 114 122 23 10 L1 34 12 21 1979 New York Knicks 121 102 24 10 W1 35 12 23 1979 Los Angeles Lakers 97 102 24 11 L1 36 12 26 1979 San Diego Clippers 124 104 25 11 W1 37 12 28 1979 Portland Trail Blazers 126 97 26 11 W2 38 12 30 1979 Portland Trail Blazers 107 100 27 11 W3 39 01 02 1980 Washington Bullets 134 139 2OT 27 12 L1 40 01 04 1980 Detroit Pistons 123 105 28 12 W1 41 01 05 1980 Golden State Warriors 121 112 29 12 W2 42 01 06 1980 San Diego Clippers 103 105 29 13 L1 43 01 08 1980 Indiana Pacers 120 111 30 13 W1 44 01 11 1980 Utah Jazz 100 90 31 13 W2 45 01 12 1980 Denver Nuggets 105 102 32 13 W3 46 01 13 1980 Golden State Warriors 109 101 33 13 W4 47 01 15 1980 Washington Bullets 120 100 34 13 W5 48 01 18 1980 New York Knicks 124 117 35 13 W6 49 01 20 1980 Boston Celtics 108 106 2OT 36 13 W7 50 01 23 1980 Atlanta Hawks 98 96 37 13 W8 51 01 25 1980 San Antonio Spurs 116 125 37 14 L1 52 01 26 1980 Houston Rockets 111 123 37 15 L2 53 01 30 1980 Kansas City Kings 97 99 37 16 L3 54 01 31 1980 Milwaukee Bucks 105 101 38 16 W1 55 02 05 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers 123 121 39 16 W2 56 02 07 1980 Detroit Pistons 119 102 40 16 W3 57 02 08 1980 Philadelphia 76ers 109 94 41 16 W4 58 02 10 1980 New Jersey Nets 122 107 42 16 W5 59 02 13 1980 Atlanta Hawks 93 86 43 16 W6 60 02 14 1980 Denver Nuggets 93 84 44 16 W7 61 02 17 1980 Boston Celtics 109 108 45 16 W8 62 02 19 1980 Chicago Bulls 106 115 45 17 L1 63 02 20 1980 Kansas City Kings 105 107 45 18 L2 64 02 23 1980 Utah Jazz 105 95 46 18 W1 65 02 26 1980 Los Angeles Lakers 108 131 46 19 L1 66 02 27 1980 Philadelphia 76ers 98 101 OT 46 20 L2 67 02 29 1980 Chicago Bulls 108 101 47 20 W1 68 03 02 1980 Utah Jazz 103 91 48 20 W2 69 03 04 1980 Portland Trail Blazers 98 97 49 20 W3 70 03 05 1980 Phoenix Suns 111 127 49 21 L1 71 03 08 1980 Denver Nuggets 104 97 50 21 W1 72 03 09 1980 Kansas City Kings 93 113 50 22 L1 73 03 12 1980 Milwaukee Bucks 103 112 50 23 L2 74 03 14 1980 Chicago Bulls 122 101 51 23 W1 75 03 19 1980 Milwaukee Bucks 106 108 51 24 L1 76 03 21 1980 San Diego Clippers 107 104 52 24 W1 77 03 22 1980 Los Angeles Lakers 92 97 52 25 L1 78 03 23 1980 Kansas City Kings 112 90 53 25 W1 79 03 25 1980 Phoenix Suns 104 95 54 25 W2 80 03 26 1980 Phoenix Suns 99 109 54 26 L1 81 03 28 1980 Golden State Warriors 108 82 55 26 W1 82 03 30 1980 Portland Trail Blazers 135 104 56 26 W2Playoffs edit1980 playoff game log First round 2 1 home 2 0 road 0 1 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Series 1 April 2 Portland W 120 110 Gus Williams 35 three players tied 8 Gus Williams 6 Kingdome26 412 1 0 2 April 4 Portland L 95 105 OT Dennis Johnson 24 Lonnie Shelton 12 Gus Williams 8 Memorial Coliseum12 666 1 1 3 April 6 Portland W 103 86 Gus Williams 21 John Johnson 8 Williams D Johnson 6 Kingdome23 546 2 1 Conference Semi finals 4 3 home 2 2 road 2 1 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Series 1 April 8 Milwaukee W 114 113 OT Gus Williams 30 Jack Sikma 11 John Johnson 6 Seattle Center Coliseum13 648 1 0 2 April 9 Milwaukee L 112 114 OT Lonnie Shelton 25 Lonnie Shelton 9 Williams J Johnson 7 Seattle Center Coliseum14 050 1 1 3 April 11 Milwaukee L 91 95 Jack Sikma 20 Jack Sikma 13 Williams J Johnson 7 MECCA Arena10 938 1 2 4 April 13 Milwaukee W 112 107 Gus Williams 32 Lonnie Shelton 15 John Johnson 7 MECCA Arena10 938 2 2 5 April 15 Milwaukee L 97 108 Gus Williams 22 Jack Sikma 9 Dennis Johnson 7 Kingdome40 172 2 3 6 April 18 Milwaukee W 86 85 Dennis Johnson 18 Paul Silas 14 John Johnson 7 MECCA Arena10 938 3 3 7 April 20 Milwaukee W 98 94 Gus Williams 33 Lonnie Shelton 15 Dennis Johnson 5 Seattle Center Coliseum14 050 4 3 Conference finals 1 4 home 0 2 road 1 2 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Series 1 April 22 Los Angeles W 108 107 Gus Williams 28 Lonnie Shelton 9 John Johnson 9 The Forum17 505 1 0 2 April 23 Los Angeles L 99 108 Gus Williams 24 Jack Sikma 11 Jack Sikma 8 The Forum17 505 1 1 3 April 25 Los Angeles L 100 104 Gus Williams 23 John Johnson 9 Gus Williams 11 Hec Edmundson Pavilion8 524 1 2 4 April 27 Los Angeles L 93 98 Gus Williams 25 Dennis Johnson 9 Gus Williams 7 Hec Edmundson Pavilion8 524 1 3 5 April 30 Los Angeles L 105 111 Dennis Johnson 29 Jack Sikma 9 Williams J Johnson 6 The Forum17 505 1 4 1980 schedulePlayer statistics editLegend 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 Season edit Player GP GS MPG FG 3FG FT RPG APG SPG BPG PPG James Bailey 67 10 8 450 673 2 9 4 3 8 4 7 Fred Brown 80 21 3 479 443 837 1 9 2 2 8 2 12 0 Dennis Johnson 81 36 3 422 207 780 5 1 4 1 1 8 1 0 19 0 John Johnson 81 31 3 488 801 5 3 5 2 9 4 11 3 Vinnie Johnson 38 8 6 391 000 795 1 4 1 4 5 1 3 2 Tom LaGarde 82 14 2 477 657 3 8 1 1 2 4 4 7 Lonnie Shelton 76 29 5 530 200 763 7 7 1 9 1 2 1 0 13 6 Jack Sikma 82 34 1 475 000 805 11 1 3 4 8 9 14 3 Paul Silas 82 19 5 378 654 5 3 8 3 1 3 8 Wally Walker 70 12 1 507 750 2 4 8 3 1 4 7 Gus Williams 82 36 2 482 194 788 3 4 4 8 2 4 5 22 1 Playoffs edit Player GP GS MPG FG 3FG FT RPG APG SPG BPG PPG James Bailey 12 11 5 477 000 650 2 1 4 8 8 4 6 Fred Brown 15 20 9 440 294 857 2 5 2 1 1 1 12 5 Dennis Johnson 15 38 8 410 333 839 4 3 3 8 1 8 7 17 1 John Johnson 15 32 4 494 000 811 6 8 5 7 5 2 12 4 Vinnie Johnson 5 2 4 333 4 4 2 0 4 Tom LaGarde 14 11 6 370 818 2 9 9 1 0 3 1 Lonnie Shelton 15 31 3 507 000 627 8 3 1 7 1 5 8 12 0 Jack Sikma 15 35 6 399 000 852 8 4 3 7 1 1 3 11 7 Paul Silas 15 17 1 302 846 5 0 1 0 6 1 2 5 Wally Walker 13 12 1 514 750 2 2 5 1 2 4 2 Gus Williams 15 37 6 514 200 721 4 0 5 6 2 3 5 23 7Awards and records editDennis Johnson All NBA Second Team Gus Williams All NBA Second Team Dennis Johnson NBA All Defensive First TeamTransactions editOctober 19 1979 Waived Joe Hassett Waived Jackie Robinson October 11 1979 Waived Dennis Awtrey See also edit1979 80 NBA seasonReferences edit 1979 80 Seattle SuperSonics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1979 80 Seattle SuperSonics season amp oldid 1222315524, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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