1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season

1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach Bernie Bickerstaff
General manager Bob Whitsitt
Arena Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record 3943 (.476)
Place Division: 4th (Pacific)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish West Finals
(Eliminated 0-4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television KCTS
Radio KIXI

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 little improvement over their previous season's 31–51 record, managed to clinch a spot in the playoffs and reach the Western Conference Finals, losing in four games to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Draft picks

Main article: 1986 NBA Draft
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
7 145 Glen McCants  United States Clemson

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics 1986–87 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB From
F/C 24 United States Chambers, Tom 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1959–06–21 Utah
G/F 3 United States Ellis, Dale 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1960–08–06 Tennessee
F/C 45 United States Johnson, Clemon 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1956–09–12 Florida A&M
G 15 United States Johnson, Eddie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1955–02–24 Auburn
F 42 United States Kitchen, Curtis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1964–01–30 South Florida
F/C 53 United States Lister, Alton 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1958–10–01 Arizona State
F/C 20 United States Lucas, Maurice 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1952–02–18 Marquette
F 34 United States McDaniel, Xavier 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1963–06–04 Wichita State
G/F 10 United States McMillan, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1964–08–03 North Carolina State
G 25 United States Phelps, Mike 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1961–10–03 Alcorn State
F/C 40 United States Schoene, Russ 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1960–04–16 Chattanooga
G 44 United States Stansbury, Terence 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1961–02–27 Temple
G 30 United States Williams, Kevin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1961–09–11 St. John's
G 22 United States Young, Danny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1962–07–26 Wake Forest
Head coach

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division 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
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

Playoffs

West First Round

(2) Dallas Mavericks vs. (7) Seattle SuperSonics: SuperSonics win series 3-1

Last Playoff Meeting: 1984 Western Conference First Round (Dallas won 3-2)

West Conference Semifinals

(6) Houston Rockets vs. (7) Seattle SuperSonics: SuperSonics win series 4-2

Last Playoff Meeting: 1982 Western Conference First Round (Seattle won 2-1)

West Conference Finals

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (7) Seattle SuperSonics: Lakers win series 4-0

Last Playoff Meeting: 1980 Western Conference Finals (Los Angeles won 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
Chambers, TomTom Chambers 82 82 36.8 .456 .372 .849 6.6 3.0 1.0 .6 23.3
Ellis, DaleDale Ellis 82 76 37.5 .516 .358 .787 5.5 2.9 1.3 .4 24.9
Henderson, GeraldGerald Henderson1 6 6 25.8 .500 .000 .944 1.5 5.3 1.0 .0 11.2
Johnson, ClemonClemon Johnson 78 7 13.5 .494 .000 .636 3.6 .3 .3 .5 3.2
Johnson, EddieEddie Johnson 24 0 21.2 .457 .333 .764 1.9 4.8 .5 .0 9.0
Kitchen, CurtisCurtis Kitchen 6 0 5.2 .500 .000 .750 1.5 .2 .3 .5 1.5
Lister, AltonAlton Lister 75 75 30.5 .504 .000 .675 9.4 1.5 .4 2.4 11.6
Lucas, MauriceMaurice Lucas 63 0 17.8 .451 .000 .802 4.9 1.0 .5 .3 7.9
McDaniel, XavierXavier McDaniel 82 82 37.0 .509 .214 .696 8.6 2.5 1.4 .6 23.0
McMillan, NateNate McMillan 71 50 27.8 .475 .000 .617 4.7 8.2 1.8 .6 5.3
Phelps, MikeMike Phelps 60 6 7.8 .426 .100 .705 .8 1.1 .4 .0 3.0
Schoene, RussRuss Schoene 63 0 9.2 .374 .154 .630 1.9 .4 .3 .2 2.7
Stansbury, TerenceTerence Stansbury 44 0 8.5 .429 .379 .620 .5 1.3 .3 .0 4.0
Williams, KevinKevin Williams 65 0 10.8 .446 .000 .833 1.3 1.0 .7 .1 4.9
Young, DannyDanny Young 73 26 20.3 .458 .367 .831 1.5 4.8 1.0 .0 4.8
1.^ Statistics with the SuperSonics.

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chambers, TomTom Chambers 14 35.6 .449 .353 .808 6.4 2.3 .9 .9 23.0
Ellis, DaleDale Ellis 14 37.9 .487 .361 .815 6.4 2.6 .7 .4 25.2
Johnson, ClemonClemon Johnson 14 18.7 .453 .000 .632 3.5 .3 1.1 .2 4.3
Johnson, EddieEddie Johnson 14 12.9 .534 .400 .867 1.0 3.2 .6 .0 6.4
Kitchen, CurtisCurtis Kitchen 8 12.9 .500 .000 .000 .8 .0 .0 .4 .3
Lister, AltonAlton Lister 9 22.9 .400 .000 .700 6.2 .8 .8 1.4 6.0
Lucas, MauriceMaurice Lucas 14 18.9 .389 .000 .737 4.6 1.4 .9 .4 7.0
McDaniel, XavierXavier McDaniel 14 37.7 .488 .200 .607 8.4 3.0 1.5 .6 20.3
McMillan, NateNate McMillan 14 25.4 .435 .000 .708 3.9 8.0 1.0 .7 5.1
Schoene, RussRuss Schoene 14 8.8 .357 .333 .750 1.9 .2 .1 .3 2.2
Williams, KevinKevin Williams 14 18.2 .479 .000 .750 2.4 2.1 1.1 .1 8.6
Young, DannyDanny Young 14 14.9 .404 .313 1.000 1.1 3.4 1.1 .0 4.1

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Via free agency

Via trade

Players Lost

Via free agency

Via trade

Via waiver

Trades

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

Free Agents

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Kevin Williams July 11, 1986 Cleveland Cavaliers
Maurice Lucas September 30, 1986 Los Angeles Lakers
Eddie Johnson March 23, 1987 Cleveland Cavaliers

Subtractions

Player Left New team
John Schweitz September 5, 1986 Golden State Warriors
Frank Brickowski October 8, 1986 Los Angeles Lakers

References

    See also

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