1981–82 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coachLenny Wilkens
General managerZollie Volchok
Owner(s)Sam Schulman
Arena
Results
Record52–30 (.634)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishConference Semi-finals
(lost to Spurs 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKIRO-TV
RadioKIRO

The 1981–82 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 15th season in the NBA.[1]

In the playoffs, the SuperSonics defeated the Houston Rockets in three games in the First Round, before losing to the San Antonio Spurs in five games in the Semi-finals.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
15Danny VranesPF United StatesUtah
353Mark RadfordPG/SG United StatesOregon State

Roster

1981–82 Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SG 32 Brown, Fred 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1948-08-07 Iowa
C 40 Donaldson, James 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1957-08-16 Washington State
SF 22 Hanzlik, Bill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1957-12-06 Notre Dame
SF 27 Johnson, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1947-10-18 Iowa
SF 3 Kelser, Greg 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1957-09-17 Michigan State
SG 30 Radford, Mark Injured 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1959-07-05 Oregon State
PF 8 Shelton, Lonnie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1955-10-19 Oregon State
C 43 Sikma, Jack (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1955-11-14 Illinois Wesleyan
SG 20 Smith, Phil 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1952-04-22 San Francisco
PF 33 Tolbert, Ray 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1958-09-10 Indiana
SF 23 Vranes, Danny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1958-10-29 Utah
SF 42 Walker, Wally 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1954-07-18 Virginia
PG 1 Williams, Gus (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1953-10-10 USC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 16, 1982

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers5725.695–30–1127–1421–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics5230.6345.031–1021–2018–12
x-Phoenix Suns4636.56111.031–1015–2614–16
Golden State Warriors4537.54912.028–1317–2415–15
Portland Trail Blazers4240.51215.027–1415–2615–15
San Diego Clippers1765.20740.011–306–357–23
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers5725.695–
2 y-San Antonio Spurs4834.5859
3 x-Seattle SuperSonics5230.6345
4 x-Denver Nuggets4636.56111
5 x-Phoenix Suns4636.56111
6 x-Houston Rockets4636.56111
7 Golden State Warriors4537.54912
8 Portland Trail Blazers4240.51215
9 Kansas City Kings3052.36627
10 Dallas Mavericks2854.34129
11 Utah Jazz2557.30532
12 San Diego Clippers1765.20740

Record vs. opponents

1981-82 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SDC SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta –1–52–34–21–11–12–40–22–04–21–10–23–33–25–13–31–12–01–11–11–12–02–4
Boston 5–1–4–25–02–01–16–01–11–14–12–01–13–35–15–14–21–11–12–02–00–22–06–0
Chicago 3–22–4–5–11–11–10–60–21–13–31–12–01–52–43–21–50–21–11–12–01–11–12–4
Cleveland 2–40–51–5–2–00–21–51–11–11–51–10–20–60–60–60–50–21–10–21–10–22–01–5
Dallas 1–10–21–10–2–1–51–10–52–41–14–21–41–12–01–10–22–32–31–52–31–43–31–1
Denver 1–11–11–12–05–1–1–13–25–10–24–21–41–11–11–11–12–32–32–45–02–33–32–0
Detroit 4–20–66–05–11–11–1–2–02–02–42–00–22–42–43–32–30–20–20–22–01–11–11–4
Golden State 2–01–12–01–15–02–30–2–1–42–03–23–32–01–11–10–24–22–43–25–11–53–21–1
Houston 0–21–11–11–14–21–50–24–1–2–03–31–41–11–11–11–13–24–13–34–12–36–02–0
Indiana 2–41–53–35–11–12–04–20–20–2–1–10–20–64–23–20–61–11–12–02–01–11–11–5
Kansas City 1–10–21–11–12–42–40–22–33–31–1–1–41–11–12–00–22–30–51–54–12–33–30–2
Los Angeles 2–01–10–22–04–14–12–03–34–12–04–1–0–21–10–21–14–25–12–35–14–25–02–0
Milwaukee 3–33–35–16–01–11–14–20–21–16–01–12–0–4–13–34–21–12–01–12–00–22–03–2
New Jersey 2–31–54–26–00–21–14–21–11–12–41–11–11–4–4–23–32–01–11–12–00–22–04–2
New York 1–51–52–36–01–11–13–31–11–12–30–22–03–32–4–1–50–21–10–22–00–22–01–5
Philadelphia 3–32–45–15–02–01–13–22–01–16–02–01–12–43–35–1–1–12–00–22–02–02–06–0
Phoenix 1–11–12–02–03–23–22–02–42–31–13–22–41–10–22–01–1–3–34–14–23–33–21–1
Portland 0–21–11–11–13–23–22–04–21–41–15–01–50–21–11–10–23–3–3–24–23–34–10–2
San Antonio 1–10–21–12–05–14–22–02–33–30–25–13–21–11–12–02–01–42–3–3–24–13–31–1
San Diego 1–10–20–21–13–20–50–21–51–40–21–41–50–20–20–20–22–42–42–3–1–51–40–2
Seattle 1–12–01–12–04–13–21–15–13–21–13–22–42–02–02–00–23–33–31–45–1–5–01–1
Utah 0–20–21–10–23–33–31–12–30–61–13–30–50–20–20–20–22–31–43–34–10–5–1–1
Washington 4–20–64–25–11–10–24–11–10–25–12–00–22–32–45–10–61–12–01–12–01–11–1—

Game log

#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 31 Phoenix 94–84Gus Williams (28)1–0
2November 1 @ Portland 94–104Gus Williams (21)1–1
3November 4 @ Los Angeles 103–106Gus Williams (29)1–2
4November 6 Denver 105–109Walker, Sikma (20)1–3
5November 10 @ Golden State 123–113Gus Williams (33)2–3
6November 11 Dallas 107–79Lonnie Shelton (18)3–3
7November 13 San Antonio 112–119Jack Sikma (39)3–4
8November 18 @ San Antonio 93–111Shelton, Sikma (19)3–5
9November 20 Dallas 90–89Gus Williams (22)4–5
10November 22 New Jersey 109–92Lonnie Shelton (22)5–5
11November 25 Portland 110–103Fred Brown (23)6–5
12November 27 Houston 117–110Gus Williams (33)7–5
13November 28 @ San Diego 120–122Jack Sikma (29)7–6
14December 1 Chicago 103–87Gus Williams (25)8–6
15December 2 Los Angeles 104–96Jack Sikma (27)9–6
16December 4 @ Kansas City 109–112Jack Sikma (30)9–7
17December 5 @ Atlanta 92–85Gus Williams (22)10–7
18December 8 @ Houston 107–96Gus Williams (29)11–7
19December 9 @ San Antonio 99–110Jack Sikma (28)11–8
20December 12 Detroit 117–111Gus Williams (33)12–8
21December 13 San Diego 98–74Gus Williams (18)13–8
22December 15 Denver 126–120Gus Williams (33)14–8
23December 17 @ San Diego 106–92Gus Williams (24)15–8
24December 19 @ Utah 115–103Gus Williams (30)16–8
25December 23 Utah 113–99Lonnie Shelton (27)17–8
26December 25 @ Portland 94–99Gus Williams (25)17–9
27December 28 Golden State 104–100Sikma, Williams (26)18–9
28December 30 Philadelphia 99–102Gus Williams (31)18–10
29January 2 @ Phoenix 97–120Gus Williams (22)18–11
30January 3 @ Los Angeles 110–90Gus Williams (27)19–11
31January 6 Dallas 107–100Jack Sikma (25)20–11
32January 7 Houston 116–107Jack Sikma (25)21–11
33January 9 @ Denver 125–110Gus Williams (39)22–11
34January 13 Indiana 106–86Gus Williams (19)23–11
35January 15 Utah 115–103Gus Williams (42)24–11
36January 17 Golden State 122–97Lonnie Shelton (22)25–11
37January 19 @ Cleveland 99–97Jack Sikma (28)26–11
38January 20 @ Washington 95–106Sikma, Williams (21)26–12
39January 22 @ Boston 118–106Lonnie Shelton (37)27–12
40January 23 @ Philadelphia 87–100Jack Sikma (23)27–13
41January 25 @ New York 113–99Gus Williams (25)28–13
42January 27 @ Kansas City 110–103Gus Williams (31)29–13
43February 3 Kansas City 97–87Gus Williams (28)30–13
44February 5 @ Golden State 108–99Jack Sikma (30)31–13
45February 6 Utah 129–103Jack Sikma (20)32–13
46February 7 San Diego 99–97Gus Williams (21)33–13
47February 9 New York 114–105Jack Sikma (25)34–13
48February 11 @ Houston 100–117Sikma, Williams, Donaldson (16)34–14
49February 12 @ Dallas 100–103Jack Sikma (30)34–15
50February 14 @ San Antonio 94–114Jack Sikma (22)34–16
51February 16 @ Los Angeles 101–108Gus Williams (30)34–17
52February 18 Washington 105–87Gus Williams (26)35–17
53February 19 Atlanta 122–127 (4OT)Williams, Brown (24)35–18
54February 21 Boston 103–100Gus Williams (34)36–18
55February 25 Los Angeles 98–104Wally Walker (18)36–19
56February 26 @ Utah 98–97Jack Sikma (24)37–19
57February 28 Phoenix 98–103Jack Sikma (33)37–20
58March 3 Cleveland 136–107Greg Kelser (19)38–20
59March 5 Dallas 98–97Gus Williams (38)39–20
60March 7 San Diego 144–106Gus Williams (30)40–20
61March 9 @ Chicago 104–109Gus Williams (25)40–21
62March 12 @ Milwaukee 112–110Gus Williams (30)41–21
63March 14 @ New Jersey 98–97Gus Williams (23)42–21
64March 16 @ Indiana 96–109Gus Williams (18)42–22
65March 18 @ Detroit 115–119Gus Williams (33)42–23
66March 19 @ Kansas City 109–103Gus Williams (27)43–23
67March 21 @ Phoenix 115–105Gus Williams (41)44–23
68March 24 Milwaukee 99–97Jack Sikma (22)45–23
69March 26 Houston 97–99Gus Williams (26)45–24
70March 28 Portland 109–101Jack Sikma (25)46–24
71March 30 @ Denver 142–145 (OT)Gus Williams (32)46–25
72March 31 Kansas City 109–116Lonnie Shelton (23)46–26
73April 2 San Antonio 111–86Gus Williams (33)47–26
74April 4 Denver 140–116Jack Sikma (29)48–26
75April 6 Phoenix 102–91Gus Williams (27)49–26
76April 8 @ San Diego 117–115 (OT)Gus Williams (41)50–26
77April 10 @ Phoenix 99–116Gus Williams (21)50–27
78April 11 @ Los Angeles 104–107Jack Sikma (26)50–28
79April 13 Portland 88–86Jack Sikma (22)51–28
80April 14 Golden State 93–104Gus Williams (23)51–29
81April 17 @ Golden State 95–94Jack Sikma (28)52–29
82April 19 @ Portland 114–119James Donaldson (23)52–30

Playoffs

1982 playoff game log
First round: 2–1 (home: 2–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 21 Houston W 102–87 Gus Williams (27) Jack Sikma (13) Gus Williams (12) Kingdome
14,071		 1–0
2 April 23 @ Houston L 70–91 Gus Williams (18) Jack Sikma (11) four players tied (3) The Summit
15,676		 1–1
3 April 25 Houston W 104–83 Jack Sikma (30) Jack Sikma (17) Gus Williams (12) Kingdome
14,071		 2–1
Conference Semi-finals: 1–4 (home: 1–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 27 San Antonio L 93–95 Jack Sikma (26) Jack Sikma (12) Hanzlik, Brown (4) Kingdome
14,457		 0–1
2 April 28 San Antonio W 114–99 Gus Williams (34) G. Johnson, Corzine (8) Gus Williams (9) Kingdome
19,403		 1–1
3 April 30 @ San Antonio L 97–99 Gus Williams (25) Jack Sikma (15) Gus Williams (11) HemisFair Arena
14,019		 1–2
4 May 2 @ San Antonio L 113–115 Gus Williams (33) James Donaldson (16) Gus Williams (7) HemisFair Arena
15,002		 1–3
5 May 5 San Antonio L 103–109 Gus Williams (36) Jack Sikma (11) Gus Williams (9) Kingdome
23,180		 1–4
1982 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP Games played RPG Rebounds per game BPG Blocks per game
MIN Minutes played APG Assists per game TPG Turnovers per game
PPG Points per game SPG Steals per game FPG Field goals per game

Season

Seattle SuperSonics Stats - 1981-82
Player GP MIN PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FPG
Fred Brown 82 21.8 11.2 1.7 2.9 0.8 0.0 1.2 4.8
James Donaldson 82 20.9 8.1 6.0 0.6 0.3 1.7 1.4 3.1
Bill Hanzlik 81 24.4 5.8 3.3 2.3 1.0 0.4 1.3 2.1
Greg Kelser 49 11.4 4.9 3.1 0.9 0.3 0.3 1.3 1.7
John Johnson 14 13.4 4.2 1.3 2.1 0.3 0.2 1.2 1.6
Mark Radford 43 8.6 3.4 0.7 1.3 0.4 0.0 1.0 1.3
Lonnie Shelton 81 32.9 14.9 6.3 3.1 1.2 0.5 2.5 6.3
Jack Sikma 82 37.2 19.6 12.7 3.4 1.2 1.3 2.6 7.1
Phil Smith 26 22.9 8.2 2.7 2.8 0.8 0.3 1.5 3.3
Ray Tolbert 52 9.5 3.4 1.9 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.5
Danny Vranes 77 14.0 4.9 2.6 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.9 1.9
Wally Walker 70 28.1 9.9 4.4 3.1 0.5 0.4 1.6 4.3
Gus Williams 80 36.0 23.4 3.1 6.9 2.2 0.5 2.5 9.7

Playoffs

Seattle SuperSonics Stats - 1981-82
Player GP MIN PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FPG
Fred Brown 8 19.8 11.9 1.9 2.3 0.6 0.0 1.1 5.4
James Donaldson 8 23.6 6.8 9.3 0.9 0.3 0.6 1.3 2.3
Bill Hanzlik 8 25.4 6.5 4.0 2.5 0.8 0.6 1.6 2.0
Greg Kelser 3 2.0 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0
John Johnson 7 22.7 5.4 2.0 4.9 0.9 0.0 1.6 2.1
Lonnie Shelton 8 33.3 12.8 7.4 2.0 0.6 0.9 2.5 5.0
Jack Sikma 8 39.4 20.5 12.1 3.0 1.1 1.0 2.0 7.1
Phil Smith 8 11.5 3.1 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.5 1.5
Ray Tolbert 4 7.8 2.5 1.3 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
Danny Vranes 6 4.8 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.2
Wally Walker 8 19.6 4.9 4.0 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.9 2.4
Gus Williams 8 39.4 26.3 3.3 8.1 1.6 0.6 2.3 10.3

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Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

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