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1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Seattle SuperSonics
end_year	1976
wins	43
losses	39
division	Pacific
division_place	2
conf_place	3
coach	Bill Russell
gm	Bill Russell
owners	Sam Schulman
arena	Seattle Center Coliseum
television	KTNT-TV
radio	KOMO
playoffs	[West Semifinals](1976-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(lost to [Suns](1975-76-phoenix-suns-season) 2–4)
bbr_team	SEA

(lost to Suns 2–4)

The 1975–76 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 9th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The SuperSonics finished the season in second place in the Western Conference with a 43–39 record, the same as the previous year and reached the playoffs for a second consecutive season, where they lost to the Phoenix Suns in the conference semifinals in six games.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 1975 NBA draft

Note: only draft picks who participated in at least one game in the NBA are listed.

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1	12	Frank Oleynick	Guard	United States	Seattle
2	21	Bruce Seals	Forward	United States	Utah Stars (ABA)

Roster

Bill Russell
Bob Hopkins

Standings

z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

Regular season

|- | 1 | October 24 | Portland | W 105–97 | Fred Brown (29) | || || Seattle Center Coliseum 13,601

1–0
2
October 26
Phoenix
W 113–99
Leonard Gray (27)

13,288
2–0
-
3
October 28
@ Chicago
L 90–101
Slick Watts (28)

5,115
2–1
-
4
October 29
@ Kansas City
W 92–91
Bruce Seals (25)

9,464
3–1
-
5
October 31
@ Los Angeles
L 104–120
Fred Brown (33)

12,118
3–2
-
6
November 2
Washington
L 85–94
Tommy Burleson (20)

14,096
3–3
-
7
November 5
@ Detroit
L 107–124
Slick Watts (25)

4,777
3–4
-
8
November 6
@ Washington
L 100–110
Fred Brown (29)

7,732
3–5
-
9
November 8
@ Atlanta
L 94–107
Fred Brown (24)

4,382
3–6
-
10
November 9
@ New Orleans
W 111–97
Fred Brown (41)

13,472
4–6
-
11
November 12
Kansas City
L 92–107
Fred Brown (19)

11,213
4–7
-
12
November 13
@ Phoenix
L 103–106
Bruce Seals (24)

5,016
4–8
-
13
November 14
Cleveland
W 100–97 (OT)
Fred Brown (26)

11,969
5–8
-
14
November 16
Golden State
W 102–98
Fred Brown (30)

14,096
6–8
-
15
November 19
Chicago
W 97–87
Fred Brown (25)

13,114
7–8
-
16
November 23
Milwaukee
W 112–104
Tommy Burleson (28)

14,021
8–8
-
17
November 25
@ New York
W 128–127 (OT)
Tommy Burleson (35)

15,548
9–8
-
18
November 26
@ Boston
W 110–109
Fred Brown (30)

12,189
10–8
-
19
November 28
@ Philadelphia
L 94–113
Tommy Burleson (18)

13,674
10–9
-
20
November 29
@ Cleveland
L 108–124
Fred Brown (30)

10,151
10–10
-
21
December 2
@ Kansas City
W 101–90
Fred Brown (31)

7,670
11–10
-
22
December 3
@ Houston
L 101–107
Bruce Seals (16)

5,374
11–11
-
23
December 6
@ Golden State
L 94–104
Fred Brown (17)

12,677
11–12
-
24
December 7
Golden State
L 106–115
Fred Brown, Slick Watts (22)

14,096
11–13
-
25
December 10
Chicago
W 99–79
Fred Brown (17)

12,471
12–13
-
26
December 12
Detroit
W 97–95
Fred Brown (27)

12,859
13–13
-
27
December 14
Philadelphia
W 114–105
Fred Brown (31)

14,096
14–13
-
28
December 17
Cleveland
L 101–115
Rod Derline (16)

12,291
14–14
-
29
December 19
New Orleans
W 113–102
Herm Gilliam (24)

11,427
15–14
-
30
December 21
Milwaukee
L 101–103
Mike Bantom (20)

12,188
15–15
-
31
December 23
@ Portland
L 100–125
Tommy Burleson (23)

8,610
15–16
-
32
December 26
Kansas City
W 90–87
Bruce Seals (21)

13,673
16–16
-
33
December 27
Los Angeles
L 100–109
Tommy Burleson (25)

14,096
16–17
-
34
December 28
Houston
W 116–106
Fred Brown (23)

13,702
17–17
-
35
December 30
@ Los Angeles
W 112–100
Fred Brown (34)

12,740
18–17
-
36
January 2
Boston
L 98–102
Fred Brown (34)

14,096
18–18
-
37
January 4
Golden State
W 97–85
Fred Brown (20)

13,669
19–18
-
38
January 7
New York
W 91–89
Fred Brown (24)

14,096
20–18
-
39
January 9
@ Phoenix
W 112–110 (OT)
Tommy Burleson (25)

5,774
21–18
-
40
January 11
Buffalo
L 104–125
Leonard Gray (20)

14,096
21–19
-
41
January 13
@ Milwaukee
L 108–114
Fred Brown (24)

10,496
21–20
-
42
January 14
@ Atlanta
W 112–110
Fred Brown (33)

4,376
22–20
-
43
January 16
@ Washington
L 85–100
Slick Watts (19)

9,425
22–21
-
44
January 17
@ Buffalo
L 101–110
Fred Brown (28)

8,469
22–22
-
45
January 21
@ Detroit
L 104–111
Fred Brown (26)

3,612
22–23
-
46
January 22
@ Cleveland
L 99–109
Fred Brown (17)

5,102
22–24
-
47
January 24
@ Houston
L 103–110
Fred Brown (37)

5,027
22–25
-
48
January 28
@ Portland
L 104–124
Fred Brown (26)

10,930
22–26
-
49
January 30
Washington
W 123–100
Fred Brown (29)

14,096
23–26
-
50
February 6
Portland
L 100–109
Leonard Gray (32)

13,419
23–27
-
51
February 7
@ Golden State
L 100–127
Tommy Burleson (26)

12,787
23–28
-
52
February 8
Phoenix
L 101–107 (OT)
Tommy Burleson (33)

13,039
23–29
-
53
February 11
New Orleans
W 93–90
Tommy Burleson (25)

13,595
24–29
-
54
February 13
Atlanta
W 119–102
Tommy Burleson, Herm Gilliam (20)

13,925
25–29
-
55
February 14
@ Portland
W 122–108
Bruce Seals (29)

11,347
26–29
-
56
February 15
Detroit
W 109–107
Herm Gilliam (22)

13,728
27–29
-
57
February 18
Boston
W 124–99
Fred Brown (29)

14,096
28–29
-
58
February 20
Philadelphia
W 111–92
Fred Brown (26)

14,096
29–29
-
59
February 22
Los Angeles
W 97–91
Fred Brown (27)

14,096
30–29
-
60
February 25
@ Buffalo
W 126–94
Fred Brown (31)

8,691
31–29
-
61
February 27
@ Boston
L 118–122
Fred Brown (33)

15,320
31–30
-
62
February 29
@ Philadelphia
L 115–130
Fred Brown (23)

11,649
31–31
-
63
March 2
@ New York
W 109–105
Bruce Seals (29)

14,227
32–31
-
64
March 3
@ Detroit
L 110–114
Fred Brown (24)

3,096
32–32
-
65
March 5
@ Kansas City
L 93–111
Fred Brown (17)

5,852
32–33
-
66
March 7
@ New Orleans
L 106–124
Leonard Gray (16)

8,008
32–34
-
67
March 9
@ Chicago
L 101–102
Fred Brown (26)

4,614
32–35
-
68
March 10
@ Milwaukee
W 110–105
Fred Brown (26)

9,587
33–35
-
69
March 14
New York
W 113–103
Fred Brown (20)

14,096
34–35
-
70
March 17
Buffalo
W 122–111
Fred Brown (37)

14,096
35–35
-
71
March 21
Houston
W 117–107
Fred Brown, Tommy Burleson (24)

14,096
36–35
-
72
March 23
@ Phoenix
L 97–104
Fred Brown (32)

7,589
36–36
-
73
March 24
Milwaukee
W 135–110
Bruce Seals (27)

14,096
37–36
-
74
March 28
Atlanta
W 127–112
Fred Brown (27)

14,096
38–36
-
75
March 31
Los Angeles
W 120–109
Fred Brown, Herm Gilliam (22)

14,096
39–36
-
76
April 2
@ Los Angeles
L 105–113
Tommy Burleson (32)

10,784
39–37
-
77
April 3
@ Golden State
L 115–130
Willie Norwood (20)

12,787
39–38
-
78
April 4
Phoenix
W 117–89
Fred Brown (33)

14,096
40–38
-
79
April 7
Chicago
W 115–114
Willie Norwood (24)

14,096
41–38
-
80
April 9
Golden State
W 119–103
Fred Brown (26)

14,096
42–38
-
81
April 10
@ Phoenix
L 95–121
Herm Gilliam (22)

9,577
42–39
-
82
April 11
Portland
W 132–131
Fred Brown (33)

14,096
43–39

Playoffs

Main article: 1976 NBA playoffs

1–0
2
April 15
Phoenix
L 111–116
Fred Brown (45)
Tommy Burleson (12)
Slick Watts (6)
Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096
1–1
-
3
April 18
@ Phoenix
L 91–103
Slick Watts (18)
three players tied (8)
Slick Watts (7)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
13,036
1–2
-
4
April 20
@ Phoenix
L 114–130
Fred Brown (33)
Tommy Burleson (20)
Herm Gilliam (7)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
13,036
1–3
-
5
April 25
Phoenix
W 114–108
Bruce Seals (28)
Willie Norwood (13)
Slick Watts (12)
Seattle Center Coliseum
14,096
2–3
-
6
April 24
@ Phoenix
L 112–123
Seals, Watts (24)
Bruce Seals (7)
Slick Watts (11)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
13,192
2–4

Player statistics

Regular season

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27	8.3	.467	.552	2.8	.6	.3	.6	3.2
66	22.8	.471	.675	5.6	1.5	.4	.4	8.4
76	33.1	.488	.869	4.2	2.7	1.9	.2	23.1
82	32.3	.481	.750	9.0	2.2	.9	1.8	15.6
28	10.0	.342	.621	2.6	.5	.3	.4	2.6
49	6.9	.403	.804	.6	.5	.2	.0	3.9
81	20.3	.442	.776	2.7	2.5	1.0	.1	8.5
66	32.4	.474	.746	6.0	3.1	1.1	.5	13.8
29	12.6	.478	.415	2.7	.9	.2	.3	2.8
64	15.7	.485	.749	3.6	.9	.7	.1	6.9
52	12.5	.402	.688	.9	1.0	.4	.1	5.9
81	30.1	.436	.678	6.3	1.5	.8	.5	11.8
7	5.3	.545	.500	1.0	.3	.0	.0	1.9
72	17.0	.463	.613	3.7	.9	.7	.1	4.3
82	33.9	.427	.578	4.5	8.1	3.2	.2	13.0

Playoffs

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5	12.0	.700	.727	4.2	.4	.0	1.0	7.2
6	19.0	.579	.700	3.8	1.3	.7	.3	9.7
6	39.3	.511	.795	4.7	2.8	2.2	.0	28.5
6	34.7	.600	.761	9.5	1.7	1.0	1.3	20.8
4	10.3	.200	1.000	1.0	.3	.3	.0	1.5
6	14.3	.222	.625	1.8	2.0	1.0	.0	2.8
3	5.3	.667		.3	.0	.0	.0	1.3
6	35.8	.414	.611	6.3	1.3	1.2	.2	9.8
6	30.2	.441	.692	6.0	.5	.8	1.0	13.0
6	14.3	.286	.733	2.5	1.2	.8	.3	3.2
6	32.8	.435	.478	3.0	8.2	2.0	.3	11.8

Awards and records

Slick Watts led the league in totals in assists and steals, as well as assists per game and was selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team. He was also presented with the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award.
Fred Brown made his first All-Star appearance at the 1976 NBA All-Star Game.

Transactions

Overview

Players Added	Players Lost
Via draft	Via trade

Trades

To Seattle SuperSonics	To Detroit Pistons	To Seattle SuperSonics	To Milwaukee Bucks	To Seattle SuperSonics	To Atlanta Hawks	To Seattle SuperSonics	To New York Knicks	To Seattle SuperSonics	To Phoenix Suns
September 24, 1975
[1978](1978-nba-draft) first round pick	Archie Clark
October 22, 1975
[1976](1976-nba-draft) second round pick	Jim Fox
October 22, 1975
Herm Gilliam	[1976](1976-nba-draft) third round pick
October 24, 1975
[1979](1979-nba-draft) first round pick	Spencer Haywood
November 22, 1975
Mike Bantom	Cash considerations

References

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