The 1979–80 Seattle SuperSonics season was the SuperSonics' 13th season in the NBA.1979-80 Seattle SuperSonics The SuperSonics entered the season as the defending NBA champions, having defeated the Washington Bullets in five games in the 1979 NBA Finals, winning their first NBA championship.

In the playoffs, the SuperSonics defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in three games in the First Round, then defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in seven games in the Semi-finals, before losing to the eventual NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in five games in the conference finals.

Offseason Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 6 James Bailey PF/C Rutgers 1 7 Vinnie Johnson SG/PG Baylor 2 43 Johnny Moore PG Texas 4 73 James Donaldson C Washington State 4 87 Richie Allen F Cal State Dominguez Hills

Roster

Standings

Game log Regular season G Date Opponent Score Record 1 October 14 @ San Diego L 93–98 0–1 2 October 16 @ Phoenix L 86–102 0–2 3 October 17 Los Angeles W 112–110 1–2 4 October 19 San Diego W 106–98 2–2 5 October 21 @ Los Angeles L 97–106 2–3 6 October 24 Kansas City W 105–92 3–3 7 October 26 Phoenix L 86–92 3–4 8 October 27 @ San Diego L 105–110 3–5 9 October 28 Chicago W 108–97 4–5 10 October 31 Denver W 97–89 5–5 11 November 2 San Antonio W 117–107 6–5 12 November 4 @ Milwaukee W 114–101 7–5 13 November 6 @ Chicago W 114–97 8–5 14 November 7 @ Denver L 92–113 8–6 15 November 10 @ Utah W 88–87 9–6 16 November 14 Milwaukee W 136–117 10–6 17 November 16 Cleveland W 108–100 11–6 18 November 17 @ Golden State W 108–103 12–6 19 November 18 @ Portland L 95–100 12–7 20 November 21 Los Angeles W 119–110 13–7 21 November 23 Portland W 94–90 14–7 22 November 28 Phoenix W 127–116 15–7 23 November 30 @ Kansas City W 107–102 (OT) 16–7 24 December 1 @ Utah L 95–97 16–825 December 2 Golden State W 111–98 17–8 26 December 5 Utah W 115–96 18–8 27 December 8 @ Golden State W 125–100 19–8 28 December 9 Chicago L 112–121 19–9 29 December 11 @ Milwaukee W 103–99 20–9 30 December 12 @ Indiana W 112–107 21–9 31 December 14 Houston W 109–101 22–9 32 December 16 Denver W 123–121 23–9 33 December 19 New Jersey L 114–122 23–10 34 December 21 New York W 121–102 24–10 35 December 23 @ Los Angeles L 97–102 24–11 36 December 26 San Diego W 124–104 25–11 37 December 28 Portland W 126–97 26–11 38 December 30 @ Portland W 107–100 27–11 39 January 2 Washington L 134–139 (2OT) 27–12 40 January 4 Detroit W 123–105 28–12 41 January 5 @ Golden State W 121–112 29–12 42 January 6 @ San Diego L 103–105 29–13 43 January 8 Indiana W 120–111 30–13 44 January 11 Utah W 100–90 31–13 45 January 12 @ Denver W 105–102 32–13 46 January 13 Golden State W 109–101 33–13 47 January 15 @ Washington W 120–100 34–13 48 January 18 @ New York W 124–117 35–13 49 January 20 @ Boston W 108–106 (2OT) 36–13 50 January 23 @ Atlanta W 98–96 37–13 51 January 25 @ San Antonio L 116–125 37–14 52 January 26 @ Houston L 111–123 37–15 53 January 30 Kansas City L 97–99 37–16 54 January 31 Milwaukee W 105–101 38–16 55 February 5 @ Cleveland W 123–121 39–16 56 February 7 @ Detroit W 119–102 40–16 57 February 8 @Philadelphia W 109–94 41–16 58 February 10 @ New Jersey W 122–107 42–16 59 February 13 Atlanta W 93–86 43–16 60 February 14 Denver W 93–84 44–16 61 February 17 Boston W 109–108 45–16 62 February 19 @ Chicago L 106–115 45–17 63 February 20 @ Kansas City L 105–107 45–18 64 February 23 @ Utah W 105–95 46–18 65 February 26 @ Los Angeles L 108–131 46–19 66 February 27 Philadelphia L 98–101 (OT) 46–20 67 February 29 Chicago W 108–101 47–20 68 March 2 Utah W 103–91 48–20 69 March 4 @ Portland W 98–97 49–20 70 March 5 @ Phoenix L 111–127 49–21 71 March 8 @ Denver W 104–97 50–21 72 March 9 @ Kansas City L 93–113 50–22 73 March 12 @ Milwaukee L 103–112 50–23 74 March 14 @ Chicago W 122–101 51–23 75 March 19 Milwaukee L 106–108 51–24 76 March 21 San Diego W 107–104 52–24 77 March 22 Los Angeles L 92–97 52–25 78 March 23 Kansas City W 112–90 53–25 79 March 25 Phoenix W 104–95 54–25 80 March 26 @ Phoenix L 99–109 54–26 81 March 28 Golden State W 108–82 55–26 82 March 30 Portland W 135–104 56–26

Playoffs

| 1 | April 2 | Portland | W 120–110 | Gus Williams (35) | three players tied (8) | Gus Williams (6) | Kingdome26,412 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 4 | @ Portland | L 95–105 (OT) | Dennis Johnson (24) | Lonnie Shelton (12) | Gus Williams (8) | Memorial Coliseum12,666 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 6 | Portland | W 103–86 | Gus Williams (21) | John Johnson (8) | Williams, D. Johnson (6) | Kingdome23,546 | 2–1

| 1 | April 8 | Milwaukee | W 114–113 (OT) | Gus Williams (30) | Jack Sikma (11) | John Johnson (6) | Seattle Center Coliseum13,648 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 9 | Milwaukee | L 112–114 (OT) | Lonnie Shelton (25) | Lonnie Shelton (9) | Williams, J. Johnson (7) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,050 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 11 | @ Milwaukee | L 91–95 | Jack Sikma (20) | Jack Sikma (13) | Williams, J. Johnson (7) | MECCA Arena10,938 | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 13 | @ Milwaukee | W 112–107 | Gus Williams (32) | Lonnie Shelton (15) | John Johnson (7) | MECCA Arena10,938 | 2–2 |- | 5 | April 15 | Milwaukee | L 97–108 | Gus Williams (22) | Jack Sikma (9) | Dennis Johnson (7) | Kingdome40,172 | 2–3 |- | 6 | April 18 | @ Milwaukee | W 86–85 | Dennis Johnson (18) | Paul Silas (14) | John Johnson (7) | MECCA Arena10,938 | 3–3 |- | 7 | April 20 | Milwaukee | W 98–94 | Gus Williams (33) | Lonnie Shelton (15) | Dennis Johnson (5) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,050 | 4–3

| 1 | April 22 | @ Los Angeles | W 108–107 | Gus Williams (28) | Lonnie Shelton (9) | John Johnson (9) | The Forum17,505 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 23 | @ Los Angeles | L 99–108 | Gus Williams (24) | Jack Sikma (11) | Jack Sikma (8) | The Forum17,505 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 25 | Los Angeles | L 100–104 | Gus Williams (23) | John Johnson (9) | Gus Williams (11) | Hec Edmundson Pavilion8,524 | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 27 | Los Angeles | L 93–98 | Gus Williams (25) | Dennis Johnson (9) | Gus Williams (7) | Hec Edmundson Pavilion8,524 | 1–3 |- | 5 | April 30 | @ Los Angeles | L 105–111 | Dennis Johnson (29) | Jack Sikma (9) | Williams, J. Johnson (6) | The Forum17,505 | 1–4

Player statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 67 10.8.450 .6732.9.4.3.84.7 80 21.3.479.443.8371.92.2.8.212.0 81 36.3.422.207.7805.14.11.81.019.0 81 31.3.488 .8015.35.2.9.411.3 38 8.6.391.000.7951.41.4.5.13.2 82 14.2.477 .6573.81.1.2.44.7 76 29.5.530.200.7637.71.91.21.013.6 82 34.1.475.000.80511.13.4.8.914.3 82 19.5.378 .6545.3.8.3.13.8 70 12.1.507 .7502.4.8.3.14.7 82 36.2.482.194.7883.44.82.4.522.1

Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 12 11.5.477.000.6502.1.4.8.84.6 15 20.9.440.294.8572.52.1.1.112.5 15 38.8.410.333.8394.33.81.8.717.1 15 32.4.494.000.8116.85.7.5.212.4 5 2.4.333 .4.4.2.0.4 14 11.6.370 .8182.9.9.1.03.1 15 31.3.507.000.6278.31.71.5.812.0 15 35.6.399.000.8528.43.71.1.311.7 15 17.1.302 .8465.01.0.6.12.5 13 12.1.514 .7502.2.5.1.24.2 15 37.6.514.200.7214.05.62.3.523.7

Awards and records Dennis Johnson, All-NBA Second Team Gus Williams, All-NBA Second Team Dennis Johnson, NBA All-Defensive First Team

Transactions October 19, 1979 Waived Joe Hassett. Waived Jackie Robinson.

October 11, 1979 Waived Dennis Awtrey.

See also 1979-80 NBA season

References