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1981–82 Seattle SuperSonics season
NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
- Kingdome
- Seattle Center Coliseum (Playoffs) (lost to Spurs 1–4)
The 1981–82 Seattle SuperSonics season was the SuperSonics' 15th season in the NBA.
In the playoffs, the SuperSonics defeated the Houston Rockets in three games in the First Round, before losing to the San Antonio Spurs in five games in the Semi-finals.
Offseason
Draft
Main article: 1981 NBA draft
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Danny Vranes | PF | Utah | |||||||
| 3 | 53 | Mark Radford | PG/SG | Oregon State |
Roster
- Lenny Wilkens
- Les Habegger
- Dave Harshman
Regular season
Season standings
Game log
Regular season
| 82 | April 19 | @ [Portland](1981-82-portland-trailblazers-season) | L 114–119 | James Donaldson (23) | 52–30 |
|---|
Playoffs
|- | 1 | April 21 | Houston | W 102–87 | Gus Williams (27) | Jack Sikma (13) | Gus Williams (12) | Kingdome 14,071
| 1–0 |
|---|
| 2 |
| April 23 |
| @ Houston |
| L 70–91 |
| Gus Williams (18) |
| Jack Sikma (11) |
| four players tied (3) |
| The Summit |
| 15,676 |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| April 25 |
| Houston |
| W 104–83 |
| Jack Sikma (30) |
| Jack Sikma (17) |
| Gus Williams (12) |
| Kingdome |
| 14,071 |
| 2–1 |
| - |
| - |
| 1 |
| April 27 |
| San Antonio |
| L 93–95 |
| Jack Sikma (26) |
| Jack Sikma (12) |
| Hanzlik, Brown (4) |
| Kingdome |
| 14,457 |
| 0–1 |
| - |
| 2 |
| April 28 |
| San Antonio |
| W 114–99 |
| Gus Williams (34) |
| G. Johnson, Corzine (8) |
| Gus Williams (9) |
| Kingdome |
| 19,403 |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| April 30 |
| @ San Antonio |
| L 97–99 |
| Gus Williams (25) |
| Jack Sikma (15) |
| Gus Williams (11) |
| HemisFair Arena |
| 14,019 |
| 1–2 |
| - |
| 4 |
| May 2 |
| @ San Antonio |
| L 113–115 |
| Gus Williams (33) |
| James Donaldson (16) |
| Gus Williams (7) |
| HemisFair Arena |
| 15,002 |
| 1–3 |
| - |
| 5 |
| May 5 |
| San Antonio |
| L 103–109 |
| Gus Williams (36) |
| Jack Sikma (11) |
| Gus Williams (9) |
| Kingdome |
| 23,180 |
| 1–4 |
| - |
Player statistics
| **PPG** | Points per game | **SPG** | Steals per game | **FPG** | Field goals per game |
|---|
Season
| Gus Williams | 80 | 36.0 | 23.4 | 3.1 | 6.9 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 9.7 |
|---|
Playoffs
| Gus Williams | 8 | 39.4 | 26.3 | 3.3 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 10.3 |
|---|
Notes:
- Mark Radford did not play due to injury.
Awards and records
- Gus Williams, All-NBA First Team, NBA Comeback Player of the Year
- Lonnie Shelton, NBA All-Defensive Second Team
- Jack Sikma, NBA All-Defensive Second Team
References
References
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1982.html 1981-82 Seattle SuperSonics]
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