1975–76_Seattle_SuperSonics_season

1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics season
1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	Bill Russell
General manager	Bill Russell
Arena	Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record	43–39 (.524)
Place	Division: 2nd (Pacific); Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	West Semifinals; (lost to Suns 2–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KTNT-TV
Radio	KOMO
< 1974–75	1976–77 >

1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics season

NBA professional basketball team 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.

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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)

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

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Division
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

#	Western Conference v t e
#	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

Team	ATL	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	GSW	HOU	KCK	LAL	MIL	NOJ	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SEA	WAS
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	—

1975–76_Seattle_SuperSonics_season

1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics season

Offseason

Draft picks

Roster

Depth chart

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Overview

Trades

References

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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

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
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

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
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

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