Seattle SuperSonics Playoff Rosters

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1978-1979 Seattle SuperSonics Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Dennis Awtrey C 6-10 235 Feb 22, 1948 31 Santa Clara 8 1970 3rd Rnd, #46, Philadelphia Sixers
Fred Brown PG 6-3 182 Aug 7, 1948 30 Iowa 7 1971 1st Rnd, #11, Seattle SuperSonics
Joe Hassett SG 6-5 180 Sep 11, 1955 23 Providence 1 1977 3rd Rnd, #52, Seattle SuperSonics
Dennis Johnson SG 6-4 185 Sep 18, 1954 24 Pepperdine 2 1976 2nd Rnd, #41, Seattle SuperSonics
John Johnson SF 6-7 200 Oct 18, 1947 31 Iowa 8 1970 1st Rnd, #7, Cleveland Cavaliers
Tom LaGarde C 6-10 220 Feb 10, 1955 24 North Carolina 1 1977 1st Rnd, #9, Denver Nuggets
Jackie Robinson SF 6-6 210 May 20, 1955 23 UNLV 0 1978 4th Rnd, #67, Houston Rockets
Lonnie Shelton FC 6-8 240 Oct 19, 1955 23 Oregon State 2 1976 2nd Rnd, #37, New York Knicks
Jack Sikma C 6-11 230 Nov 14, 1955 23 Illinois Wesleyan 1 1977 1st Rnd, #8, Seattle SuperSonics
Paul Silas PF 6-7 225 Jul 12, 1943 35 Creighton 14 1964 2nd Rnd, #12, St. Louis Hawks
Dick Snyder GF 6-5 207 Feb 1, 1944 35 Davidson 12 1966 2nd Rnd, #14, St. Louis Hawks
Wally Walker SF 6-7 190 Jul 18, 1954 24 Virginia 2 1976 1st Rnd, #10, Portland Trail Blazers
Gus Williams PG 6-2 175 Oct 10, 1953 25 USC 3 1975 2nd Rnd, #23, Golden State Warriors

1978-1979 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #6 New Jersey Nets PHI in 2
First Round #4 Houston Rockets #5 Atlanta Hawks ATL in 2
Second Round #1 Washington Bullets #5 Atlanta Hawks WAS in 7
Second Round #2 San Antonio Spurs #3 Philadelphia Sixers SAS in 7
Conference Finals #1 Washington Bullets #2 San Antonio Spurs WAS in 7

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Phoenix Suns #6 Portland Trail Blazers PHX in 3
First Round #4 Denver Nuggets #5 Los Angeles Lakers LAL in 3
Second Round #1 Seattle SuperSonics #5 Los Angeles Lakers SEA in 5
Second Round #3 Phoenix Suns #2 Kansas City Kings PHX in 5
Conference Finals #1 Seattle SuperSonics #3 Phoenix Suns SEA in 7

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Washington Bullets #1 Seattle SuperSonics SEA in 5

1978-1979 Seattle Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Gus Williams 17 36.4 26.7 4.1 3.7 2.0 0.6 2.5
Dennis Johnson 17 40.1 20.9 6.1 4.1 1.6 1.5 3.0
Jack Sikma 17 38.5 14.8 11.7 2.5 0.9 1.4 2.4
Lonnie Shelton 17 33.3 12.9 8.4 2.0 1.1 1.1 1.8
John Johnson 17 36.2 12.2 6.8 5.4 1.0 0.2 3.8
Fred Brown 17 15.3 8.4 1.3 2.1 0.5 0.2 0.9
Paul Silas 17 24.6 4.3 5.8 1.1 0.5 0.3 2.0
Dennis Awtrey 16 9.6 1.8 2.6 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.6
Dick Snyder 9 9.8 2.9 1.2 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.8
Wally Walker 13 6.5 1.1 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3
Joe Hassett 8 1.9 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2

1978-1979 Seattle SuperSonics Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Seattle Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
Apr 17, 1979
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L.A. Lakers		 W, 112-101 Kingdome
Conference Semi Finals 		1-0 PTS: 27. Gus Williams
 PTS: 25. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Apr 18, 1979
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L.A. Lakers		 W, 108-103 Kingdome
Conference Semi Finals 		2-0 PTS: 38. Gus Williams
 PTS: 31. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Apr 20, 1979
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L.A. Lakers		 L, 118-112 The Forum
Conference Semi Finals 		2-1 PTS: 29. Gus Williams
 PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Apr 22, 1979
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L.A. Lakers		 W, 115-117 The Forum
Conference Semi Finals 		3-1 PTS: 30. Gus Williams
 PTS: 31. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Apr 25, 1979
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L.A. Lakers		 W, 106-100 Kingdome
Conference Semi Finals 		4-1 PTS: 30. Gus Williams
 PTS: 25. K. Abdul-Jabbar

1978-1979 Seattle SuperSonics Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Seattle Leaders Phoenix Leaders
May 1, 1979
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Phoenix		 W, 108-93 Kingdome
Conference Finals 		1-0 PTS: 27. Gus Williams
 PTS: 18. Alvan Adams
May 4, 1979
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Phoenix		 W, 103-97 Kingdome
Conference Finals 		2-0 PTS: 21. John Johnson
 PTS: 29. P. Westphal
May 6, 1979
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Phoenix		 L, 113-103 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Conference Finals 		2-1 PTS: 35. Gus Williams
 PTS: 25. P. Westphal
May 8, 1979
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Phoenix		 L, 100-91 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Conference Finals 		2-2 PTS: 22. Gus Williams
 PTS: 27. Walter Davis
May 11, 1979
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Phoenix		 L, 93-99 Kingdome
Conference Finals 		2-3 PTS: 24. D. Johnson
 PTS: 27. P. Westphal
May 13, 1979
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Phoenix		 W, 105-106 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Conference Finals 		3-3 PTS: 23. D. Johnson
 PTS: 29. P. Westphal
May 17, 1979
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Phoenix		 W, 114-110 Kingdome
Conference Finals 		4-3 PTS: 33. Jack Sikma
 PTS: 26. Walter Davis

1978-1979 Seattle SuperSonics NBA Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Seattle Leaders Washington Leaders
May 20, 1979
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Washington		 L, 99-97 US Airways Arena
NBA Finals 		0-1 PTS: 32. Gus Williams
 PTS: 26. Larry Wright
May 24, 1979
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Washington		 W, 82-92 US Airways Arena
NBA Finals 		1-1 PTS: 23. Gus Williams
 PTS: 21. B. Dandridge
May 27, 1979
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Washington		 W, 105-95 Kingdome
NBA Finals 		2-1 PTS: 31. Gus Williams
 PTS: 28. B. Dandridge
May 29, 1979
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Washington		 W, 114-112 Kingdome
NBA Finals 		3-1 PTS: 36. Gus Williams
 PTS: 18. C. Johnson
Jun 1, 1979
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Washington		 W, 93-97 US Airways Arena
NBA Finals 		4-1 PTS: 23. Gus Williams
 PTS: 29. Elvin Hayes