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1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Seattle SuperSonics
end_year	1970
wins	36
losses	46
division	Western
division_place	5
coach	Lenny Wilkens
gm	Bob Houbregs, Zollie Volchok
owners	Sam Schulman
arena	Seattle Center Coliseum
television	KTNT-TV
radio	KOMO
playoffs	Did not qualify
bbr_team	SEA

The 1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 3rd season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the NBA. After the resignation of Al Bianchi, Lenny Wilkens took the role of player-coach and led the team to a 36–46 record, a six win improvement over their previous season and 3 games behind the Chicago Bulls, who got the last playoff spot in the Western Division. Wilkens led the league in assists with 9.1 apg.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 1969 NBA draft

Seattle SuperSonics}}" width="10%"	Round	Seattle SuperSonics}}" width="10%"	Pick	Seattle SuperSonics}}" width="20%"	Player
1	3	Lucius Allen	G	United States	UCLA
2	18	Ronald Taylor	C	United States	USC
3	32	Lee Winfield	G	United States	North Texas
4	46	Hal Booker	C	United States	Cheyney State
5	60	Jerry King	G	United States	Louisville
6	74	Ben McGilmer	F	United States	Iowa
7	88	Greg Wittman	PF	United States	Western Carolina
8	102	Theartis Wallace	G	United States	Central Washington State
9	116	Vince Fritz	G	United States	Oregon State
10	130	Al Cueto	C	Cuba	Tulsa
11	144	Jim Connolly	F	United States	Bowling Green
12	158	John Smith	F	United States	Puget Sound
13	171	Bob Burrows	G	Canada	Seattle Pacific
14	182	Jerry Conley	G	United States	Morehead State
15	191	Ernie Powell	F	United States	USC
16	197	Danny Cornett	G	United States	Morehead State
17	203	Steve Honeycutt	G	United States	Kansas State

Roster

Lenny Wilkens

Standings

:x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

|- | 1 | October 14 | @ New York | L 101–126 | Bob Rule (27) | | | Madison Square Garden 14,796

0–1
2
October 15
@ Atlanta
L 119–124
John Tresvant (29)

| | | Alexander Memorial Coliseum 3,718

0–2
3
October 18
@ Chicago
L 126–131 (OT)
John Tresvant (28)

| | | Chicago Stadium 7,430

0–3
4
October 19
@ Milwaukee
L 106–130
Bob Boozer (26)

| | | Milwaukee Arena 7,370

0–4
5
October 25
Los Angeles
L 106–130
Bob Rule (19)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 12,536

0–5
6
October 28
Chicago
L 114–116
Barry Clemens (14)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 3,620

0–6
7
October 31
Cincinnati
W 129–121
Lenny Wilkens (38)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,016

1–6
8
November 2
@ Atlanta
L 113–125
Bob Rule (22)

| | | Alexander Memorial Coliseum 4,101

1–7
9
November 4
@ Detroit
W 116–102
Bob Boozer (28)

| | | Cobo Arena 2,076

2–7
10
November 7
@ Baltimore
L 112–126
Bob Rule (29)

| | | Baltimore Civic Center 4,459

2–8
11
November 8
@ Philadelphia
W 125–117
Bob Rule (32)

| | | The Spectrum 10,363

3–8
12
November 11
@ Chicago
L 100–106
Lenny Wilkens (19)

| | | Chicago Stadium 8,149

3–9
13
November 13
Detroit
W 117–113
Bob Rule (28)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,106

4–9
14
November 14
@ San Diego
L 112–148
Tom Meschery (26)

| | | San Diego Sports Arena 4,838

4–10
15
November 15
Philadelphia
W 146–136
Bob Rule (49)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 6,679

5–10
16
November 19
Atlanta
L 116–137
Bob Boozer (24)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 5,583

5–11
17
November 21
Milwaukee
L 115–117
Bob Rule (35)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 12,920

5–12
18
November 23
Boston
L 116–125
Bob Rule (33)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 5,538

5–13
19
November 24
@ San Diego
L 105–112
Lenny Wilkens (23)

| | | San Diego Sports Arena 3,393

5–14
20
November 25
San Francisco
L 106–114
Bob Rule (24)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,001

5–15
21
November 29
Phoenix
W 130–129
Bob Rule (33)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 9,418

6–15
22
November 30
@ Phoenix
L 108–116
John Tresvant (21)

| | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 3,621

6–16
23
December 2
@ New York
L 109–129
Bob Rule (25)

| | | Madison Square Garden 14,627

6–17
24
December 3
@ Cincinnati
W 118–117
Bob Rule (30)

| | | Cincinnati Gardens 2,456

7–17
25
December 4
@ Atlanta
L 111–119
Bob Rule (24)

| | | Alexander Memorial Coliseum 2,931

7–18
26
December 5
@ Milwaukee
L 98–131
Bob Boozer (19)

| | | Milwaukee Arena 7,064

7–19
27
December 6
Baltimore
W 132–129 (OT)
Bob Rule (40)

| | | Philadelphia, PA 8,128

8–19
28
December 9
Detroit
W 109–104
Bob Rule (36)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 6,168

9–19
29
December 11
New York
W 112–105
Bob Rule (28)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 10,029

10–19
30
December 12
Phoenix
L 116–130
Tom Meschery (29)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 6,146

10–20
31
December 14
@ Los Angeles
L 127–131
Bob Rule (45)

| | | The Forum 8,729

10–21
32
December 16
@ San Francisco
L 119–125
Bob Rule (33)

| | | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 3,889

10–22
33
December 17
Cincinnati
W 117–104
Lucius Allen (23)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,472

11–22
34
December 19
Philadelphia
W 123–116
Tom Meschery (26)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 6,210

12–22
35
December 21
San Diego
W 112–96
Lucius Allen, Tom Meschery (18)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 6,021

13–22
36
December 23
@ San Francisco
L 115–119
Lucius Allen (19)

| | | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 3,481

13–23
37
December 26
Boston
L 112–122
Bob Rule (41)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 10,273

13–24
38
December 27
New York
L 117–119
Bob Rule (25)

| | | Vancouver, BC 4,206

13–25
39
December 30
Phoenix
W 134–121
Tom Meschery (24)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 5,201

14–25
40
January 1
Chicago
L 111–114
Bob Rule (36)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 5,149

14–26
41
January 3
Los Angeles
L 109–126
Bob Rule (26)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 8,677

14–27
42
January 4
Detroit
L 110–116
Dick Snyder (27)

| | | Portland, OR 3,451

14–28
43
January 6
@ Atlanta
L 97–101
Bob Boozer (21)

| | | Alexander Memorial Coliseum 3,839

14–29
44
January 9
@ Philadelphia
W 135–132
Lenny Wilkens (31)

| | | The Spectrum 4,220

15–29
45
January 10
@ Detroit
L 128–129
Tom Meschery (28)

| | | Cobo Arena 2,346

15–30
46
January 13
Boston
L 102–111
Lucius Allen (23)

| | | Philadelphia, PA 5,678

15–31
47
January 14
Philadelphia
W 122–110
Dick Snyder (26)

| | | Boston, MA 4,614

16–31
48
January 16
Chicago
W 119–103
Lenny Wilkens (23)

| | | Kansas City, KS 3,713

17–31
49
January 17
@ Phoenix
W 134–131
Lenny Wilkens (24)

| | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,094

18–31
50
January 22
Phoenix
L 120–129
Bob Rule (31)

| | | Las Cruces, NM 2,805

18–32
51
January 23
@ Los Angeles
L 100–128
Bob Rule (22)

| | | The Forum 11,393

18–33
52
January 24
Los Angeles
L 121–122 (OT)
Bob Rule (22)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 9,697

18–34
53
January 28
Atlanta
W 120–119
Dick Snyder (23)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,483

19–34
54
January 29
San Francisco
W 105–101
Dick Snyder (24)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,010

20–34
55
January 30
@ San Diego
L 117–119 (OT)
Bob Boozer (33)

| | | San Diego Sports Arena 4,941

20–35
56
February 1
Milwaukee
W 118 116
Tom Meschery (27)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 12,660

21–35
57
February 3
@ Baltimore
W 120–115
Bob Rule (29)

| | | Baltimore Civic Center 4,418

22 35
58
February 4
@ Cincinnati
W 121–115
Bob Rule (30)

| | | Cincinnati Gardens 2,805

23 35
59
February 6
@ Boston
L 117–127
Lenny Wilkens (29)

| | | Boston Garden 6,109

23–36
60
February 7
@ Detroit
L 109–113
Tom Meschery (21)

| | | Cobo Arena 3,540

23–37
61
February 8
Philadelphia
W 118–117
Bob Rule (29)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 8,050

24–37
62
February 11
Baltimore
W 119–117
Bob Boozer (23)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 5,810

25–37
63
February 13
Baltimore
W 141–138
Bob Rule (39)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 8,905

26–37
64
February 17
Phoenix
L 118–129
Bob Rule (25)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 8,220

26–38
65
February 18
San Diego
L 119–122
Bob Rule (42)

| | | Eugene, OR 5,500

26–39
66
February 20
Boston
L 125–127
Bob Rule (27)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 8,614

26–40
67
February 21
Milwaukee
L 127–140
Bob Rule (33)

| | | Portland, OR 11,139

26–41
68
February 22
San Francisco
W 131–127
Bob Rule (30)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 11,564

27–41
69
February 24
San Francisco
W 130–122
Bob Rule (29)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 4,802

28–41
70
February 25
Atlanta
W 120–112
Bob Rule (27)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 5,685

29–41
71
February 27
@ San Francisco
W 107–99
Lenny Wilkens (22)

| | | Oakland, CA 4,604

30–41
72
February 28
Chicago
W 140–104
Bob Rule (32)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 13,096

31–41
73
March 3
San Diego
W 126–114
Dick Snyder (26)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 9,915

32–41
74
March 6
Cincinnati
W 126–122
Dick Snyder (33)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 13,102

33–41
75
March 8
Baltimore
L 106–109
Bob Rule (28)

| | | Seattle Center Coliseum 13,058

33–42
76
March 9
@ Milwaukee
L 105–124
Bob Rule (19)

| | | Milwaukee Arena 10,746

33–43
77
March 10
@ New York
L 99–117
Bob Rule (24)

| | | Madison Square Garden 18,212

33–44
78
March 13
New York
W 115–103
Lenny Wilkens (28)

| | | Portland, OR 11,035

34–44
79
March 15
@ Cincinnati
L 113–116
Bob Rule (25)

| | | Cincinnati Gardens 9,640

34–45
80
March 17
@ Chicago
W 109–102
Three players (22)

| | | Chicago Stadium 9,098

35–45
81
March 20
@ Boston
W 123–119
Dick Snyder (20)

| | | Boston Garden 10,393

36–45
82
March 22
@ Los Angeles
L 118–121
Bob Rule (33)

| | | The Forum 13,745 | 36–46

Player statistics

Player	Seattle SuperSonics}}" width="6%"	GP	Seattle SuperSonics}}" width="6%"	GS	Seattle SuperSonics}}" width="6%"	MPG	Seattle SuperSonics}}" width="6%"	FG%	Seattle SuperSonics}}" width="6%"	3FG%
81	–	22.4	.442	–	.731	2.6	4.2	–	–	9.8
82	–	31.1	.491	–	.822	8.7	1.3	–	–	15.2
78	–	19.1	.454	–	.793	4.1	1.5	–	–	8.3
3	–	6.7	.375	–	1.000	1.7	2.0	–	–	2.3
5	–	35.6	.384	–	.444	3.8	4.0	–	–	12.0
14	–	5.9	.088	–	1.000	1.4	.5	–	–	.6
80	–	28.7	.482	–	.790	8.3	2.0	–	–	12.3
4	–	17.3	.406	–	.444	3.5	1.5	–	–	7.5
81	–	13.3	.446	–	.731	4.4	.9	–	–	5.5
80	–	37.0	.463	–	.714	10.3	1.8	–	–	24.6
76	–	30.1	.531	–	.810	4.1	4.4	–	–	13.6
19	–	5.5	.444	–	.625	.8	.9	–	–	2.9
49	–	26.1	.428	–	.735	7.4	1.9	–	–	12.6
75	–	37.4	.420	–	.788	5.0	9.1	–	–	17.8
64	–	12.0	.479	–	.750	1.5	1.6	–	–	5.7

Statistics with the Seattle SuperSonics.

Awards

Bob Rule and Lenny Wilkens made their first and seventh All-Star appearances respectively at the 1970 NBA All-Star Game.

Transactions

Overview

Players Added	Players Lost

Kron was put on waivers, and after no other team claimed him the Sonics sold him to the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association.

Trades

January 21, 1970	To Seattle SuperSonics	To Los Angeles Lakers

References

[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kfQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CJwEAAAAIBAJ&dq=supersonics&pg=4097%2C2189339 Bianchi Quits Seattle Job], ''[[The Tuscaloosa News]]''. Jule 12, 1969. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z-8rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EAYGAAAAIBAJ&dq=supersonics&pg=4208%2C2741383 Tommy Kron Sold to the Colonels], ''[[Kentucky New Era]]''. October 30, 1969. Retrieved June 10, 2012.

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