1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 9th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The SuperSonics finished the season in second place in the Western Conference with a 43–39 record, the same as the previous year and reached the playoffs for a second consecutive season, where they lost to the Phoenix Suns in the Conference Semifinals in six games.

1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coachBill Russell
General managerBill Russell
ArenaSeattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record43–39 (.524)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Semifinals
(Lost to Suns 2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKTNT-TV
RadioKOMO

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1975 NBA draft

Note: only draft picks who participated in at least one game in the NBA are listed.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Team
1 12 Frank Oleynick Guard  United States Seattle
2 21 Bruce Seals Forward  United States Utah Stars (ABA)

Roster
Roster listing
1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F/C 35 Abdul-Aziz, Zaid 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1946–04–07 Iowa State
F/C 40 Bantom, Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1951–12–03 Saint Joseph's
G 32 Brown, Fred 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1948–08–07 Iowa
C 16 Burleson, Tommy 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1952–02–24 North Carolina State
G 25 Derline, Rod 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1952–03–11 Seattle
G/F 3 Gilliam, Herm 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1946–05–05 Purdue
F 11 Gray, Leonard 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1951–12–19 Long Beach State
F/C 42 Hummer, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1948–05–04 Princeton
F 15 Norwood, Willie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1947–08–08 Alcorn State
G 44 Oleynick, Frank 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1955–02–20 Seattle
F 45 Seals, Bruce 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1953–06–18 Xavier (Louisiana)
G/F 22 Skinner, Talvin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1952–09–10 Maryland Eastern Shore
G 13 Watts, Donald 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1951–07–22 Xavier (Louisiana)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Depth chart
Seattle SuperSonics Depth Chart - 1975-76
STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH
PG Slick Watts
SG Fred Brown Herm Gilliam Frank Oleynick Rod Derline
SF Bruce Seals Mike Bantom Tal Skinner Willie Norwood
PF Leonard Gray John Hummer
C Tom Burleson Zaid Abdul-Aziz

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Division
y-Golden State Warriors 5923.720–36–523–1817–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics 4339.5241631–1012–2912–14
x-Phoenix Suns 4240.5121727–1415–2615–11
Los Angeles Lakers 4042.4881931–119–3110–16
Portland Trail Blazers 3745.4512225–1512–3011–15
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Golden State Warriors5923.720–
2 x-Seattle SuperSonics4339.52416
3 x-Phoenix Suns4240.51217
4 y-Milwaukee Bucks3844.46321
5 x-Detroit Pistons3646.43923
6 Los Angeles Lakers4042.48819
7 Portland Trail Blazers3745.45122
8 Kansas City Kings3151.37828
9 Chicago Bulls2458.29335
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1975–76 NBA records
Team ATL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCK LAL MIL NOJ NYK PHI PHO POR SEA WAS
Atlanta —2–32–32–22–51–32–22–52–21–32–22–43–22–30–42–21–31–5
Boston 3–2—4–32–23–24–02–24–12–24–02–24–15–24–34–02–22–23–2
Buffalo 3–23–4—3–13–21–31–33–24–02–23–14–14–33–43–12–22–22–3
Chicago 2–22–21–3—0–43–41–41–31–63–23–42–20–40–42–31–42–30–4
Cleveland 5–22–32–34–0—2–21–32–41–32–24–04–33–23–23–14–03–14–2
Detroit 3–10–43–14–32–2—0–52–25–21–43–41–33–11–31–42–33–22–2
Golden State 2–22–23–14–13–15–0—2–24–15–25–02–24–03–14–24–24–33–1
Houston 5–21–42–33–14–22–22–2—2–21–32–22–43–23–20–43–12–23–4
Kansas City 2–22–20–46–13–12–51–42–2—2–32–51–31–31–33–20–52–31–3
Los Angeles 3–10–42–22–32–24–12–53–13–2—2–33–13–12–22–43–43–31–3
Milwaukee 2–22–21–34–30–44–30–52–25–23–2—2–22–22–23–22–32–32–2
New Orleans 4–21–41–42–23–43–12–24–23–11–32–2—2–31–41–33–11–34–3
New York 2–32–53–44–02–31–30–42–33–11–32–23–2—5–22–23–10–43–2
Philadelphia 3–23–44–34–02–33–11–32–33–12–22–24–12–5—3–14–02–22–3
Phoenix 4–00–41–33–21–34–12–44–02–34–22–33–12–21–3—5–24–30–4
Portland 2–22–22–24–10–43–22–41–35–04–33–21–31–30–42–5—3–32–2
Seattle 3–12–22–23–21–32–33–42–23–23–33–23–14–02–23–43–3—1–3
Washington 5–12–33–24–02–42–21–34–33–13–12–23–42–33–24–02–23–1—

Game log
1975–76 game log
Total: 43–39 (Home: 31–10; Road: 12–29)
October: 3–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–2)
November : 7–8 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–6)
December : 8–7 (Home: 6–4; Road: 2–3)
January : 5–9 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–7)
February : 8–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 2–3)
March : 8–5 (Home: 6–0; Road: 2–5)
April : 4–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 0–3)
1975–76 season schedule

Playoffs
Main article: 1976 NBA Playoffs
2012–13 game log
Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–3)
1976 playoff schedule

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

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Zaid Abdul-Aziz 278.3.467.5522.8.6.3.63.2
Mike Bantom 6622.8.471.6755.61.5.4.48.4
Fred Brown 7633.1.488.8694.22.71.9.223.1
Tommy Burleson 8232.3.481.7509.02.2.91.815.6
Al Carlson 2810.0.342.6212.6.5.3.42.6
Rod Derline 496.9.403.804.6.5.2.03.9
Herm Gilliam 8120.3.442.7762.72.51.0.18.5
Leonard Gray 6632.4.474.7466.03.11.1.513.8
John Hummer 2912.6.478.4152.7.9.2.32.8
Willie Norwood 6415.7.485.7493.6.9.7.16.9
Frank Oleynick 5212.5.402.688.91.0.4.15.9
Bruce Seals 8130.1.436.6786.31.5.8.511.8
Gene Short 75.3.545.5001.0.3.0.01.9
Talvin Skinner 7217.0.463.6133.7.9.7.14.3
Slick Watts 8233.9.427.5784.58.13.2.213.0

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Zaid Abdul-Aziz 512.0.700.7274.2.4.01.07.2
Mike Bantom 619.0.579.7003.81.3.7.39.7
Fred Brown 639.3.511.7954.72.82.2.028.5
Tommy Burleson 634.7.600.7619.51.71.01.320.8
Rod Derline 410.3.2001.0001.0.3.3.01.5
Herm Gilliam 614.3.222.6251.82.01.0.02.8
John Hummer 35.3.667.3.0.0.01.3
Willie Norwood 635.8.414.6116.31.31.2.29.8
Bruce Seals 630.2.441.6926.0.5.81.013.0
Talvin Skinner 614.3.286.7332.51.2.8.33.2
Slick Watts 632.8.435.4783.08.22.0.311.8

Awards and records

Transactions

Overview
Players added

Via draft

Via trade

Via free agency

 Players lost

Via trade

Waived

Trades
September 24, 1975 To Seattle SuperSonics
1978 first round pick		 To Detroit Pistons
Archie Clark
October 22, 1975 To Seattle SuperSonics
1976 second round pick		 To Milwaukee Bucks
Jim Fox
October 22, 1975 To Seattle SuperSonics
Herm Gilliam		 To Atlanta Hawks
1976 third round pick
October 24, 1975 To Seattle SuperSonics
1979 first round pick		 To New York Knicks
Spencer Haywood
November 22, 1975 To Seattle SuperSonics
Mike Bantom		 To Phoenix Suns
Cash considerations

References
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