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 at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKTNT-TV
RadioKOMO

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.

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
1 12 Frank Oleynick Guard  United States Seattle
2 21 Bruce Seals Forward  United States Utah Stars (ABA)

Roster

1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
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 NC 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 (LA)
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 (LA)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 October 24 Portland W 105–97 Fred Brown (29) Seattle Center Coliseum
13,601		 1–0
2 October 26 Phoenix W 113–99 Leonard Gray (27) Seattle Center Coliseum
13,288		 2–0
3 October 28 @ Chicago L 90–101 Slick Watts (28) Chicago Stadium
5,115		 2–1
4 October 29 @ Kansas City W 92–91 Bruce Seals (25) Kemper Arena
9,464		 3–1
5 October 31 @ Los Angeles L 104–120 Fred Brown (33) The Forum
12,118		 3–2
November : 7–8 (home: 4–2; road: 3–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
6 November 2 Washington L 85–94 Tommy Burleson (20) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 3–3
7 November 5 @ Detroit L 107–124 Slick Watts (25) Cobo Arena
4,777		 3–4
8 November 6 @ Washington L 100–110 Fred Brown (29) Capital Centre
7,732		 3–5
9 November 8 @ Atlanta L 94–107 Fred Brown (24) Omni Coliseum
4,382		 3–6
10 November 9 @ New Orleans W 111–97 Fred Brown (41) Louisiana Superdome
13,472		 4–6
11 November 12 Kansas City L 92–107 Fred Brown (19) Seattle Center Coliseum
11,213		 4–7
12 November 13 @ Phoenix L 103–106 Bruce Seals (24) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,016		 4–8
13 November 14 Cleveland W 100–97 (OT) Fred Brown (26) Seattle Center Coliseum
11,969		 5–8
14 November 16 Golden State W 102–98 Fred Brown (30) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 6–8
15 November 19 Chicago W 97–87 Fred Brown (25) Seattle Center Coliseum
13,114		 7–8
16 November 23 Milwaukee W 112–104 Tommy Burleson (28) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,021		 8–8
17 November 25 @ New York W 128–127 (OT) Tommy Burleson (35) Madison Square Garden
15,548		 9–8
18 November 26 @ Boston W 110–109 Fred Brown (30) Boston Garden
12,189		 10–8
19 November 28 @ Philadelphia L 94–113 Tommy Burleson (18) The Spectrum
13,674		 10–9
20 November 29 @ Cleveland L 108–124 Fred Brown (30) Coliseum at Richfield
10,151		 10–10
December : 8–7 (home: 6–4; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
21 December 2 @ Kansas City W 101–90 Fred Brown (31) Kemper Arena
7,670		 11–10
22 December 3 @ Houston L 101–107 Bruce Seals (16) The Summit
5,374		 11–11
23 December 6 @ Golden State L 94–104 Fred Brown (17) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
12,677		 11–12
24 December 7 Golden State L 106–115 Fred Brown, Slick Watts (22) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 11–13
25 December 10 Chicago W 99–79 Fred Brown (17) Seattle Center Coliseum
12,471		 12–13
26 December 12 Detroit W 97–95 Fred Brown (27) Seattle Center Coliseum
12,859		 13–13
27 December 14 Philadelphia W 114–105 Fred Brown (31) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 14–13
28 December 17 Cleveland L 101–115 Rod Derline (16) Seattle Center Coliseum
12,291		 14–14
29 December 19 New Orleans W 113–102 Herm Gilliam (24) Seattle Center Coliseum
11,427		 15–14
30 December 21 Milwaukee L 101–103 Mike Bantom (20) Seattle Center Coliseum
12,188		 15–15
31 December 23 @ Portland L 100–125 Tommy Burleson (23) Memorial Coliseum
8,610		 15–16
32 December 26 Kansas City W 90–87 Bruce Seals (21) Seattle Center Coliseum
13,673		 16–16
33 December 27 Los Angeles L 100–109 Tommy Burleson (25) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 16–17
34 December 28 Houston W 116–106 Fred Brown (23) Seattle Center Coliseum
13,702		 17–17
35 December 30 @ Los Angeles W 112–100 Fred Brown (34) The Forum
12,740		 18–17
January : 5–9 (home: 3–2; road: 2–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
36 January 2 Boston L 98–102 Fred Brown (34) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 18–18
37 January 4 Golden State W 97–85 Fred Brown (20) Seattle Center Coliseum
13,669		 19–18
38 January 7 New York W 91–89 Fred Brown (24) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 20–18
39 January 9 @ Phoenix W 112–110 (OT) Tommy Burleson (25) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,774		 21–18
40 January 11 Buffalo L 104–125 Leonard Gray (20) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 21–19
41 January 13 @ Milwaukee L 108–114 Fred Brown (24) MECCA Arena
10,496		 21–20
42 January 14 @ Atlanta W 112–110 Fred Brown (33) Omni Coliseum
4,376		 22–20
43 January 16 @ Washington L 85–100 Slick Watts (19) Capital Centre
9,425		 22–21
44 January 17 @ Buffalo L 101–110 Fred Brown (28) Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
8,469		 22–22
45 January 21 @ Detroit L 104–111 Fred Brown (26) Cobo Arena
3,612		 22–23
46 January 22 @ Cleveland L 99–109 Fred Brown (17) Coliseum at Richfield
5,102		 22–24
47 January 24 @ Houston L 103–110 Fred Brown (37) The Summit
5,027		 22–25
48 January 28 @ Portland L 104–124 Fred Brown (26) Memorial Coliseum
10,930		 22–26
49 January 30 Washington W 123–100 Fred Brown (29) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 23–26
February : 8–5 (home: 6–2; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
50 February 6 Portland L 100–109 Leonard Gray (32) Seattle Center Coliseum
13,419		 23–27
51 February 7 @ Golden State L 100–127 Tommy Burleson (26) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
12,787		 23–28
52 February 8 Phoenix L 101–107 (OT) Tommy Burleson (33) Seattle Center Coliseum
13,039		 23–29
53 February 11 New Orleans W 93–90 Tommy Burleson (25) Seattle Center Coliseum
13,595		 24–29
54 February 13 Atlanta W 119–102 Tommy Burleson, Herm Gilliam (20) Seattle Center Coliseum
13,925		 25–29
55 February 14 @ Portland W 122–108 Bruce Seals (29) Memorial Coliseum
11,347		 26–29
56 February 15 Detroit W 109–107 Herm Gilliam (22) Seattle Center Coliseum
13,728		 27–29
57 February 18 Boston W 124–99 Fred Brown (29) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 28–29
58 February 20 Philadelphia W 111–92 Fred Brown (26) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 29–29
59 February 22 Los Angeles W 97–91 Fred Brown (27) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 30–29
60 February 25 @ Buffalo W 126–94 Fred Brown (31) Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
8,691		 31–29
61 February 27 @ Boston L 118–122 Fred Brown (33) Boston Garden
15,320		 31–30
62 February 29 @ Philadelphia L 115–130 Fred Brown (23) The Spectrum
11,649		 31–31
March : 8–5 (home: 6–0; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
63 March 2 @ New York W 109–105 Bruce Seals (29) Madison Square Garden
14,227		 32–31
64 March 3 @ Detroit L 110–114 Fred Brown (24) Cobo Arena
3,096		 32–32
65 March 5 @ Kansas City L 93–111 Fred Brown (17) Kemper Arena
5,852		 32–33
66 March 7 @ New Orleans L 106–124 Leonard Gray (16) Louisiana Superdome
8,008		 32–34
67 March 9 @ Chicago L 101–102 Fred Brown (26) Chicago Stadium
4,614		 32–35
68 March 10 @ Milwaukee W 110–105 Fred Brown (26) MECCA Arena
9,587		 33–35
69 March 14 New York W 113–103 Fred Brown (20) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 34–35
70 March 17 Buffalo W 122–111 Fred Brown (37) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 35–35
71 March 21 Houston W 117–107 Fred Brown, Tommy Burleson (24) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 36–35
72 March 23 @ Phoenix L 97–104 Fred Brown (32) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7,589		 36–36
73 March 24 Milwaukee W 135–110 Bruce Seals (27) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 37–36
74 March 28 Atlanta W 127–112 Fred Brown (27) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 38–36
75 March 31 Los Angeles W 120–109 Fred Brown, Herm Gilliam (22) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 39–36
April : 4–3 (home: 4–0; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
76 April 2 @ Los Angeles L 105–113 Tommy Burleson (32) The Forum
10,784		 39–37
77 April 3 @ Golden State L 115–130 Willie Norwood (20) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
12,787		 39–38
78 April 4 Phoenix W 117–89 Fred Brown (33) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 40–38
79 April 7 Chicago W 115–114 Willie Norwood (24) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 41–38
80 April 9 Golden State W 119–103 Fred Brown (26) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 42–38
81 April 10 @ Phoenix L 95–121 Herm Gilliam (22) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9,577		 42–39
82 April 11 Portland W 132–131 Fred Brown (33) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 43–39
1975–76 season schedule

Playoffs

1976 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 13 Phoenix W 102–99 Fred Brown (34) Fred Brown (7) Slick Watts (8) Seattle Center Coliseum
12,408		 1–0
2 April 15 Phoenix L 111–116 Fred Brown (45) Tommy Burleson (12) Slick Watts (6) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 1–1
3 April 18 @ Phoenix L 91–103 Slick Watts (18) three players tied (8) Slick Watts (7) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
13,036		 1–2
4 April 20 @ Phoenix L 114–130 Fred Brown (33) Tommy Burleson (20) Herm Gilliam (7) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
13,036		 1–3
5 April 25 Phoenix W 114–108 Bruce Seals (28) Willie Norwood (13) Slick Watts (12) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096		 2–3
6 April 24 @ Phoenix L 112–123 Seals, Watts (24) Bruce Seals (7) Slick Watts (11) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
13,192		 2–4
1976 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 Players Lost
Via draft

Via trade

Via free agency

 Via trade

Waived

Trades

September 24, 1975 To Seattle SuperSonics To Detroit Pistons
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

References

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