1986–87_Seattle_SuperSonics_season

1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season
1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	Bernie Bickerstaff
General manager	Bob Whitsitt
Owner(s)	Barry Ackerley
Arena	Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record	39–43 (.476)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific); Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	Western Conference finals; (lost to Lakers 0–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KIRO-TV
Radio	KING
< 1985–86	1987–88 >

1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season

NBA professional basketball team season

The 1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 20th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association. Bernie Bickerstaff returned for his second season as head coach of the franchise and, despite a modest improvement over their previous season's 31–51 record, managed to clinch a spot in the playoffs, where they defeated the Dallas Mavericks in four games in the First Round, and then the Houston Rockets in six games in the Semi-finals, reaching the Western Conference Finals, only to be swept in four games to the eventual NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers. The 39-43 Sonics remain the last team to date in the NBA to win a playoff series with a losing regular season record.

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It is also their first year without team captain Jack Sikma as he was traded in the offseason.

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	30	Nate McMillan	SG / SF	United States	North Carolina State
2	38	Lemone Lampley		United States	DePaul
3	53	Tod Murphy	PF / C	United States	UC Irvine
4	76	Michael Graham		United States	Georgetown
5	99	Dominic Pressley		United States	Boston College
6	122	Curtis Kitchen	PF	United States	South Florida

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	65	17	.793	–	37–4	28–13	24–6
x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	16	34–7	15–26	17–13
x-Golden State Warriors	42	40	.512	23	25–16	17–24	17–13
x-Seattle SuperSonics	39	43	.476	26	25–16	14–27	15–15
Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	29	26–15	10–31	14–16
Los Angeles Clippers	12	70	.146	53	9–32	3–38	3–27

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	65	17	.793	–
2	y-Dallas Mavericks	55	27	.671	10
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	16
4	x-Utah Jazz	44	38	.537	21
5	x-Golden State Warriors	42	40	.512	23
6	x-Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	23
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	39	43	.476	26
8	x-Denver Nuggets	37	45	.451	28

9	Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	29
10	Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	36
11	San Antonio Spurs	28	54	.341	37
12	Los Angeles Clippers	12	70	.146	53

1986-87 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	3–3	4–2	4–2	2–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	3–3	5–0	5–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–0
Boston	3–3	–	6–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	0–2	3–3	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–2
Chicago	2–4	0–6	–	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	0–2	0–2	3–2	2–0	0–2	4–2	3–2	4–2	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–3
Cleveland	2–4	2–3	1–5	–	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–2	3–3	2–0	0–2	1–5	4–2	4–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–4
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	–	4–2	1–1	5–0	3–3	0–2	5–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–3	5–1	4–2	5–0	3–3	1–1
Denver	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	–	0–2	4–1	3–3	1–1	2–3	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–2	3–2	2–4	5–1	2–3	2–4	1–1
Detroit	3–3	2–3	3–3	5–1	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	3–3	5–1	6–0	5–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–3
Golden State	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–5	1–4	1–1	–	4–1	0–2	6–0	2–4	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–5	4–2	4–1	4–1	4–2	2–3	0–2
Houston	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–3	3–3	1–1	1–4	–	2–0	4–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–3	5–1	5–1	1–4	3–3	1–1
Indiana	3–3	1–5	2–3	3–3	2–0	1–1	3–3	2–0	0–2	–	2–0	0–2	2–4	5–1	3–2	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–5	3–2	0–2	0–6	1–4	0–2	–	0–6	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–5	0–6	1–4	1–4	2–4	2–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	5–0	1–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	6–0	–	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–1	5–1	5–0	4–1	4–2	3–2	1–1
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	2–4	5–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	–	4–2	4–2	2–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–1
New Jersey	0–5	2–4	2–3	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–2	2–4	–	5–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4
New York	1–5	2–4	2–4	1–4	0–2	0–2	0–6	0–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	0–2	2–4	1–5	–	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4
Philadelphia	3–3	3–3	3–3	4–2	0–2	2–0	0–5	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	0–2	3–2	3–3	3–3	–	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–3
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–3	1–1	5–1	2–3	1–1	5–1	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–4	2–3	2–3	1–5	4–1	0–2
Portland	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	2–4	3–2	2–0	6–0	1–5	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	4–2	–	3–2	4–1	4–2	3–2	1–1
Sacramento	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–5	4–2	1–1	1–4	1–5	1–1	4–1	0–5	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	3–2	2–3	–	3–3	2–3	1–5	1–1
San Antonio	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–5	1–1	1–4	1–5	0–2	4–1	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–4	3–3	–	1–4	2–4	0–2
Seattle	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	3–2	0–2	2–4	4–1	1–1	4–2	2–4	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	5–1	2–4	3–2	4–1	–	3–2	1–1
Utah	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–3	4–2	1–1	3–2	3–3	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	5–1	4–2	2–3	–	1–1
Washington	0–5	2–4	3–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–4	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	—

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

1986–87_Seattle_SuperSonics_season

1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Transactions

Overview

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References

See also

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Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tom Chambers	82	82	36.8	.456	.372	.849	6.6	3.0	1.0	.6	23.3
Dale Ellis	82	76	37.5	.516	.358	.787	5.5	2.9	1.3	.4	24.9
Gerald Henderson¹	6	6	25.8	.500	.000	.944	1.5	5.3	1.0	.0	11.2
Clemon Johnson	78	7	13.5	.494	.000	.636	3.6	.3	.3	.5	3.2
Eddie Johnson	24	0	21.2	.457	.333	.764	1.9	4.8	.5	.0	9.0
Curtis Kitchen	6	0	5.2	.500	.000	.750	1.5	.2	.3	.5	1.5
Alton Lister	75	75	30.5	.504	.000	.675	9.4	1.5	.4	2.4	11.6
Maurice Lucas	63	0	17.8	.451	.000	.802	4.9	1.0	.5	.3	7.9
Xavier McDaniel	82	82	37.0	.509	.214	.696	8.6	2.5	1.4	.6	23.0
Nate McMillan	71	50	27.8	.475	.000	.617	4.7	8.2	1.8	.6	5.3
Mike Phelps	60	6	7.8	.426	.100	.705	.8	1.1	.4	.0	3.0
Russ Schoene	63	0	9.2	.374	.154	.630	1.9	.4	.3	.2	2.7
Terence Stansbury	44	0	8.5	.429	.379	.620	.5	1.3	.3	.0	4.0
Kevin Williams	65	0	10.8	.446	.000	.833	1.3	1.0	.7	.1	4.9
Danny Young	73	26	20.3	.458	.367	.831	1.5	4.8	1.0	.0	4.8

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tom Chambers	14	35.6	.449	.353	.808	6.4	2.3	.9	.9	23.0
Dale Ellis	14	37.9	.487	.361	.815	6.4	2.6	.7	.4	25.2
Clemon Johnson	14	18.7	.453	.000	.632	3.5	.3	1.1	.2	4.3
Eddie Johnson	14	12.9	.534	.400	.867	1.0	3.2	.6	.0	6.4
Curtis Kitchen	8	12.9	.500	.000	.000	.8	.0	.0	.4	.3
Alton Lister	9	22.9	.400	.000	.700	6.2	.8	.8	1.4	6.0
Maurice Lucas	14	18.9	.389	.000	.737	4.6	1.4	.9	.4	7.0
Xavier McDaniel	14	37.7	.488	.200	.607	8.4	3.0	1.5	.6	20.3
Nate McMillan	14	25.4	.435	.000	.708	3.9	8.0	1.0	.7	5.1
Russ Schoene	14	8.8	.357	.333	.750	1.9	.2	.1	.3	2.2
Kevin Williams	14	18.2	.479	.000	.750	2.4	2.1	1.1	.1	8.6
Danny Young	14	14.9	.404	.313	1.000	1.1	3.4	1.1	.0	4.1

July 1, 1986	To Seattle SuperSonics Alton Lister Conditional 1987 and 1989 first-round picks	To Milwaukee Bucks Jack Sikma Conditional 1987 and 1989 second round picks
July 23, 1986	To Seattle SuperSonics Dale Ellis	To Dallas Mavericks Al Wood
September 29, 1986	To Seattle SuperSonics Clemon Johnson Conditional 1989 first-round pick	To Philadelphia 76ers Tim McCormick Danny Vranes
September 30, 1986	To Seattle SuperSonics John Long	To Detroit Pistons Conditional 1987 and 1991 second round picks
October 2, 1986	To Seattle SuperSonics Russ Schoene Terence Stansbury	To Indiana Pacers John Long Conditional 1993 second round pick
October 2, 1986	To Seattle SuperSonics Ronnie Lester	To Los Angeles Lakers Cash considerations
November 12, 1986	To Seattle SuperSonics Conditional 1987 first round and 1990 second round picks	To New York Knicks Gerald Henderson Conditional 1987 first-round pick