1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics season
Suns 2–4) | |
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The 1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 9th season of the
Phoenix Suns
in the conference semifinals in six games.
Offseason
Draft picks
Note: only draft picks who participated in at least one game in the NBA are listed.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College / Team |
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1 | 12 | Frank Oleynick | Guard
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United States | Seattle |
2 | 21 | Bruce Seals | Forward
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United States | Utah Stars (ABA) |
Roster
1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Depth chart
Seattle SuperSonics Depth Chart - 1975-76 | ||||
STARTER | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | |
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PG | Slick Watts | |||
SG | Fred Brown | Herm Gilliam | Frank Oleynick | Rod Derline |
SF | Bruce Seals | Mike Bantom | Tal Skinner
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Willie Norwood |
PF | Leonard Gray | John Hummer | ||
C | Tom Burleson
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Zaid Abdul-Aziz |
Regular season
Season standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Division | |
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y-Golden State Warriors | 59 | 23 | .720 | – | 36–5 | 23–18 | 17–9 |
x-Seattle SuperSonics | 43 | 39 | .524 | 16 | 31–10 | 12–29 | 12–14 |
x-Phoenix Suns | 42 | 40 | .512 | 17 | 27–14 | 15–26 | 15–11 |
Los Angeles Lakers | 40 | 42 | .488 | 19 | 31–11 | 9–31 | 10–16 |
Portland Trail Blazers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 22 | 25–15 | 12–30 | 11–15 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z-Golden State Warriors | 59 | 23 | .720 | – |
2 | x-Seattle SuperSonics | 43 | 39 | .524 | 16 |
3 | x-Phoenix Suns | 42 | 40 | .512 | 17 |
4 | y-Milwaukee Bucks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 21 |
5 | x-Detroit Pistons | 36 | 46 | .439 | 23 |
6 | Los Angeles Lakers | 40 | 42 | .488 | 19 |
7 | Portland Trail Blazers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 22 |
8 | Kansas City Kings | 31 | 51 | .378 | 28 |
9 | Chicago Bulls | 24 | 58 | .293 | 35 |
- z – clinched division title
- y – clinched division title
- x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DET | GSW | HOU | KCK | LAL | MIL | NOJ | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SEA | WAS |
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Atlanta | — | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 |
Boston | 3–2 | — | 4–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
Buffalo | 3–2 | 3–4 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
Chicago | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | — | 0–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–6 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–4 |
Cleveland | 5–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 |
Detroit | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | — | 0–5 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
Golden State | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | — | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 |
Houston | 5–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 |
Kansas City | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–3 |
Los Angeles | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 1–3 |
Milwaukee | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
New Orleans | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 |
New York | 2–3 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | — | 5–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 |
Philadelphia | 3–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–5 | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
Phoenix | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | — | 5–2 | 4–3 | 0–4 |
Portland | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–5 | — | 3–3 | 2–2 |
Seattle | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | — | 1–3 |
Washington | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — |
Game log
1975–76 game log Total: 43–39 (home: 31–10; road: 12–29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 3–2 (home: 2–0; road: 1–2)
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November
: 7–8 (home: 4–2; road: 3–6)
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December
: 8–7 (home: 6–4; road: 2–3)
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January
: 5–9 (home: 3–2; road: 2–7)
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February
: 8–5 (home: 6–2; road: 2–3)
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March
: 8–5 (home: 6–0; road: 2–5)
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April
: 4–3 (home: 4–0; road: 0–3)
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1975–76 season schedule |
Playoffs
1976 playoff game log | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conference semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
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1976 schedule |
Player statistics
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
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Season
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Zaid Abdul-Aziz | 27 | 8.3 | .467 | .552 | 2.8 | .6 | .3 | .6 | 3.2 | ||
Mike Bantom | 66 | 22.8 | .471 | .675 | 5.6 | 1.5 | .4 | .4 | 8.4 | ||
Fred Brown | 76 | 33.1 | .488 | .869 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.9 | .2 | 23.1 | ||
Tommy Burleson | 82 | 32.3 | .481 | .750 | 9.0 | 2.2 | .9 | 1.8 | 15.6 | ||
Al Carlson | 28 | 10.0 | .342 | .621 | 2.6 | .5 | .3 | .4 | 2.6 | ||
Rod Derline | 49 | 6.9 | .403 | .804 | .6 | .5 | .2 | .0 | 3.9 | ||
Herm Gilliam | 81 | 20.3 | .442 | .776 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | .1 | 8.5 | ||
Leonard Gray | 66 | 32.4 | .474 | .746 | 6.0 | 3.1 | 1.1 | .5 | 13.8 | ||
John Hummer | 29 | 12.6 | .478 | .415 | 2.7 | .9 | .2 | .3 | 2.8 | ||
Willie Norwood | 64 | 15.7 | .485 | .749 | 3.6 | .9 | .7 | .1 | 6.9 | ||
Frank Oleynick | 52 | 12.5 | .402 | .688 | .9 | 1.0 | .4 | .1 | 5.9 | ||
Bruce Seals | 81 | 30.1 | .436 | .678 | 6.3 | 1.5 | .8 | .5 | 11.8 | ||
Gene Short | 7 | 5.3 | .545 | .500 | 1.0 | .3 | .0 | .0 | 1.9 | ||
Talvin Skinner | 72 | 17.0 | .463 | .613 | 3.7 | .9 | .7 | .1 | 4.3 | ||
Slick Watts | 82 | 33.9 | .427 | .578 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 3.2 | .2 | 13.0 |
Playoffs
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Zaid Abdul-Aziz | 5 | 12.0 | .700 | .727 | 4.2 | .4 | .0 | 1.0 | 7.2 | ||
Mike Bantom | 6 | 19.0 | .579 | .700 | 3.8 | 1.3 | .7 | .3 | 9.7 | ||
Fred Brown | 6 | 39.3 | .511 | .795 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 | .0 | 28.5 | ||
Tommy Burleson | 6 | 34.7 | .600 | .761 | 9.5 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 20.8 | ||
Rod Derline | 4 | 10.3 | .200 | 1.000 | 1.0 | .3 | .3 | .0 | 1.5 | ||
Herm Gilliam | 6 | 14.3 | .222 | .625 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .0 | 2.8 | ||
John Hummer | 3 | 5.3 | .667 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.3 | |||
Willie Norwood | 6 | 35.8 | .414 | .611 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | .2 | 9.8 | ||
Bruce Seals | 6 | 30.2 | .441 | .692 | 6.0 | .5 | .8 | 1.0 | 13.0 | ||
Talvin Skinner | 6 | 14.3 | .286 | .733 | 2.5 | 1.2 | .8 | .3 | 3.2 | ||
Slick Watts | 6 | 32.8 | .435 | .478 | 3.0 | 8.2 | 2.0 | .3 | 11.8 |
Awards and records
- NBA All-Defensive First Team. He was also presented with the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award.
- Fred Brown made his first All-Star appearance at the 1976 NBA All-Star Game.
Transactions
Overview
Players Added | Players Lost |
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Via draft
Via trade
Via free agency
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Via trade
Waived |
Trades
September 24, 1975 | To Seattle SuperSonics | To Detroit Pistons |
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1978 first round pick | Archie Clark | |
October 22, 1975 | To Seattle SuperSonics | To Milwaukee Bucks |
1976 second round pick | Jim Fox | |
October 22, 1975 | To Seattle SuperSonics | To Atlanta Hawks |
Herm Gilliam | 1976 third round pick | |
October 24, 1975 | To Seattle SuperSonics | To New York Knicks |
1979 first round pick | Spencer Haywood | |
November 22, 1975 | To Seattle SuperSonics | To Phoenix Suns |
Mike Bantom | Cash considerations |