1981–82 Seattle SuperSonics season

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
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.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 1981 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 5 Danny Vranes PF  United States Utah
3 53 Mark Radford PG/SG  United States Oregon State

Roster

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

Roster
Updated: February 16, 1982

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 57 25 .695 – 30–11 27–14 21–9
x- 52 30 .634 5.0 31–10 21–20 18–12
x-Phoenix Suns 46 36 .561 11.0 31–10 15–26 14–16
Golden State Warriors 45 37 .549 12.0 28–13 17–24 15–15
Portland Trail Blazers 42 40 .512 15.0 27–14 15–26 15–15
San Diego Clippers 17 65 .207 40.0 11–30 6–35 7–23
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers 57 25 .695 –
2 y-San Antonio Spurs 48 34 .585 9
3 x- 52 30 .634 5
4 x-Denver Nuggets 46 36 .561 11
5 x-Phoenix Suns 46 36 .561 11
6 x-Houston Rockets 46 36 .561 11
7 Golden State Warriors 45 37 .549 12
8 Portland Trail Blazers 42 40 .512 15
9 Kansas City Kings 30 52 .366 27
10 Dallas Mavericks 28 54 .341 29
11 Utah Jazz 25 57 .305 32
12 San Diego Clippers 17 65 .207 40

Game log

Regular season

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

Playoffs

1982 playoff game log
First round: 2–1 (home: 2–0; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
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

Notes:

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ 1981-82 Seattle SuperSonics
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