1981–82 Seattle SuperSonics season

1981–82 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach Lenny Wilkens
General manager Zollie Volchok
Arena Kingdome
Results
Record 50–32 (.610)
Place Division: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish West Conference Semifinals
(eliminated 1-4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

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

Draft picks

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
5 99 Andra Griffin  United States Washington
6 122 Earl Banks  United States Auburn
7 145 Tom Sienkiewicz  United States Villanova

Regular season

Season standings

Template:1981-82 NBA Pacific standings

# 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-Seattle SuperSonics 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
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

West First Round

(3) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (6) Houston Rockets
SuperSonics win series 2-1

West Conference Semifinals

(2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (3) Seattle SuperSonics
Spurs win series 4-1

Player statistics

Legend
  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

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
James Bailey
Fred Brown
James Donaldson
Bill Hanzlik
Armond Hill
John Johnson
Vinnie Johnson
Greg Kelser
Mark Radford
Lonnie Shelton
Jack Sikma
Phil Smith
Ray Tolbert
Danny Vranes
Wally Walker
Gus Williams

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Fred Brown
James Donaldson
Bill Hanzlik
John Johnson
Greg Kelser
Lonnie Shelton
Jack Sikma
Phil Smith
Ray Tolbert
Danny Vranes
Wally Walker
Gus Williams

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1981-82 Seattle SuperSonics

See also

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