1981–82 Seattle SuperSonics season explained

The 1981–82 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 15th season in the NBA.[1]

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.

Draft picks

See main article: article and 1981 NBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
1 5 PF Utah
3 53 PG/SG Oregon State

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

1981-82 NBA Records
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Atlanta– 1–5 2–3 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 0–2 2–0 4–2 1–1 0–2 3–3 3–2 5–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–4
Boston5–1 – 4–2 5–0 2–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 5–1 5–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 6–0
Chicago3–2 2–4 – 5–1 1–1 1–1 0–6 0–2 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–5 2–4 3–2 1–5 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–4
Cleveland2–4 0–5 1–5 – 2–0 0–2 1–5 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–1 0–2 0–6 0–6 0–6 0–5 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–5
Dallas1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 – 1–5 1–1 0–5 2–4 1–1 4–2 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–3 1–5 2–3 1–4 3–3 1–1
Denver1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 – 1–1 3–2 5–1 0–2 4–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–3 2–4 5–0 2–3 3–3 2–0
Detroit4–2 0–6 6–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 – 2–0 2–0 2–4 2–0 0–2 2–4 2–4 3–3 2–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–4
Golden State2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 2–3 0–2 – 1–4 2–0 3–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 4–2 2–4 3–2 5–1 1–5 3–2 1–1
Houston0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–5 0–2 4–1 – 2–0 3–3 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 4–1 3–3 4–1 2–3 6–0 2–0
Indiana2–4 1–5 3–3 5–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 0–2 0–2 – 1–1 0–2 0–6 4–2 3–2 0–6 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–5
Kansas City1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–4 0–2 2–3 3–3 1–1 – 1–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–3 0–5 1–5 4–1 2–3 3–3 0–2
Los Angeles2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 4–1 4–1 2–0 3–3 4–1 2–0 4–1 – 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–2 5–1 2–3 5–1 4–2 5–0 2–0
Milwaukee3–3 3–3 5–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 0–2 1–1 6–0 1–1 2–0 – 4–1 3–3 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 3–2
New Jersey2–3 1–5 4–2 6–0 0–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–1 1–4 – 4–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 4–2
New York1–5 1–5 2–3 6–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 2–0 3–3 2–4 – 1–5 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–5
Philadelphia3–3 2–4 5–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 6–0 2–0 1–1 2–4 3–3 5–1 – 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 6–0
Phoenix1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 3–2 2–0 2–4 2–3 1–1 3–2 2–4 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 – 3–3 4–1 4–2 3–3 3–2 1–1
Portland0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–2 2–0 4–2 1–4 1–1 5–0 1–5 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–3 – 3–2 4–2 3–3 4–1 0–2
San Antonio1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 5–1 4–2 2–0 2–3 3–3 0–2 5–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–4 2–3 – 3–2 4–1 3–3 1–1
San Diego1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–5 0–2 1–5 1–4 0–2 1–4 1–5 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–4 2–4 2–3 – 1–5 1–4 0–2
Seattle1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 5–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 2–4 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–3 3–3 1–4 5–1 – 5–0 1–1
Utah0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–3 3–3 1–1 2–3 0–6 1–1 3–3 0–5 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–4 3–3 4–1 0–5 – 1–1
Washington4–2 0–6 4–2 5–1 1–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 0–2 5–1 2–0 0–2 2–3 2–4 5–1 0–6 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 —

Game log

Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 31Phoenix94–84 Gus Williams (28) 1–0
2 November 1@ Portland94–104 Gus Williams (21) 1–1
3 November 4@ Los Angeles103–106 Gus Williams (29) 1–2
4 November 6Denver105–109 Walker, Sikma (20) 1–3
5 November 10@ Golden State123–113 Gus Williams (33) 2–3
6 November 11Dallas107–79 Lonnie Shelton (18) 3–3
7 November 13San Antonio112–119 Jack Sikma (39) 3–4
8 November 18@ San Antonio93–111 Shelton, Sikma (19) 3–5
9 November 20Dallas90–89 Gus Williams (22) 4–5
10 November 22New Jersey109–92 Lonnie Shelton (22) 5–5
11 November 25Portland110–103 Fred Brown (23) 6–5
12 November 27Houston117–110 Gus Williams (33) 7–5
13 November 28@ San Diego120–122 Jack Sikma (29) 7–6
14 December 1Chicago103–87 Gus Williams (25) 8–6
15 December 2Los Angeles104–96 Jack Sikma (27) 9–6
16 December 4@ Kansas City109–112 Jack Sikma (30) 9–7
17 December 5@ Atlanta92–85 Gus Williams (22) 10–7
18 December 8@ Houston107–96 Gus Williams (29) 11–7
19 December 9@ San Antonio99–110 Jack Sikma (28) 11–8
20 December 12Detroit117–111 Gus Williams (33) 12–8
21 December 13San Diego98–74 Gus Williams (18) 13–8
22 December 15Denver126–120 Gus Williams (33) 14–8
23 December 17@ San Diego106–92 Gus Williams (24) 15–8
24 December 19@ Utah115–103 Gus Williams (30) 16–8
25 December 23Utah113–99 Lonnie Shelton (27) 17–8
26 December 25@ Portland94–99 Gus Williams (25) 17–9
27 December 28Golden State104–100 Sikma, Williams (26) 18–9
28 December 30Philadelphia99–102 Gus Williams (31) 18–10
29 January 2@ Phoenix97–120 Gus Williams (22) 18–11
30 January 3@ Los Angeles110–90 Gus Williams (27) 19–11
31 January 6Dallas107–100 Jack Sikma (25) 20–11
32 January 7Houston116–107 Jack Sikma (25) 21–11
33 January 9@ Denver125–110 Gus Williams (39) 22–11
34 January 13Indiana106–86 Gus Williams (19) 23–11
35 January 15Utah115–103 Gus Williams (42) 24–11
36 January 17Golden State122–97 Lonnie Shelton (22) 25–11
37 January 19@ Cleveland99–97 Jack Sikma (28) 26–11
38 January 20@ Washington95–106 Sikma, Williams (21) 26–12
39 January 22@ Boston118–106 Lonnie Shelton (37) 27–12
40 January 23@ Philadelphia87–100 Jack Sikma (23) 27–13
41 January 25@ New York113–99 Gus Williams (25) 28–13
42 January 27@ Kansas City110–103 Gus Williams (31) 29–13
43 February 3Kansas City97–87 Gus Williams (28) 30–13
44 February 5@ Golden State108–99 Jack Sikma (30) 31–13
45 February 6Utah129–103 Jack Sikma (20) 32–13
46 February 7San Diego99–97 Gus Williams (21) 33–13
47 February 9New York114–105 Jack Sikma (25) 34–13
48 February 11@ Houston100–117 Sikma, Williams, Donaldson (16) 34–14
49 February 12@ Dallas100–103 Jack Sikma (30) 34–15
50 February 14@ San Antonio94–114 Jack Sikma (22) 34–16
51 February 16@ Los Angeles101–108 Gus Williams (30) 34–17
52 February 18Washington105–87 Gus Williams (26) 35–17
53 February 19Atlanta122–127 (4OT) Williams, Brown (24) 35–18
54 February 21Boston103–100 Gus Williams (34) 36–18
55 February 25Los Angeles98–104 Wally Walker (18) 36–19
56 February 26@ Utah98–97 Jack Sikma (24) 37–19
57 February 28Phoenix98–103 Jack Sikma (33) 37–20
58 March 3Cleveland136–107 Greg Kelser (19) 38–20
59 March 5Dallas98–97 Gus Williams (38) 39–20
60 March 7San Diego144–106 Gus Williams (30) 40–20 - align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"61 March 9@ Chicago104–109 Gus Williams (25) 40–21
62 March 12@ Milwaukee112–110 Gus Williams (30) 41–21
63 March 14@ New Jersey98–97 Gus Williams (23) 42–21
64 March 16@ Indiana96–109 Gus Williams (18) 42–22
65 March 18@ Detroit115–119 Gus Williams (33) 42–23
66 March 19@ Kansas City109–103 Gus Williams (27) 43–23
67 March 21@ Phoenix115–105 Gus Williams (41) 44–23
68 March 24Milwaukee99–97 Jack Sikma (22) 45–23
69 March 26Houston97–99 Gus Williams (26) 45–24
70 March 28Portland109–101 Jack Sikma (25) 46–24
71 March 30@ Denver142–145 (OT) Gus Williams (32) 46–25
72 March 31Kansas City109–116 Lonnie Shelton (23) 46–26
73 April 2San Antonio111–86 Gus Williams (33) 47–26
74 April 4Denver140–116 Jack Sikma (29) 48–26
75 April 6Phoenix102–91 Gus Williams (27) 49–26
76 April 8@ San Diego117–115 (OT) Gus Williams (41) 50–26
77 April 10@ Phoenix99–116 Gus Williams (21) 50–27
78 April 11@ Los Angeles104–107 Jack Sikma (26) 50–28
79 April 13Portland88–86 Jack Sikma (22) 51–28
80 April 14Golden State93–104 Gus Williams (23) 51–29
81 April 17@ Golden State95–94 Jack Sikma (28) 52–29
82 April 19@ Portland114–119 James Donaldson (23) 52–30

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 1| April 21| Houston| W 102–87| Gus Williams (27)| Jack Sikma (13)| Gus Williams (12)| Kingdome
14,071| 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| April 23| @ Houston| L 70–91| Gus Williams (18)| Jack Sikma (11)| four players tied (3)| The Summit
15,676| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 3| April 25| Houston| W 104–83| Jack Sikma (30)| Jack Sikma (17)| Gus Williams (12)| Kingdome
14,071| 2–1|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| April 27| San Antonio| L 93–95| Jack Sikma (26)| Jack Sikma (12)| Hanzlik, Brown (4)| Kingdome
14,457| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| April 28| San Antonio| W 114–99| Gus Williams (34)| G. Johnson, Corzine (8)| Gus Williams (9)| Kingdome
19,403| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| April 30| @ San Antonio| L 97–99| Gus Williams (25)| Jack Sikma (15)| Gus Williams (11)| HemisFair Arena
14,019| 1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| May 2| @ San Antonio| L 113–115| Gus Williams (33)| James Donaldson (16)| Gus Williams (7)| HemisFair Arena
15,002| 1–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| May 5| San Antonio| L 103–109| Gus Williams (36)| Jack Sikma (11)| Gus Williams (9)| Kingdome
23,180| 1–4|-

Player statistics

GP
Games playedRPGRebounds per gameBPGBlocks per game
MINMinutes playedAPGAssists per gameTPGTurnovers per game
PPGPoints per gameSPGSteals per gameFPGField goals per game

Season

Seattle SuperSonics Stats - 1981-82
PlayerGPMINPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGTPGFPG
Fred Brown8221.811.21.72.90.80.01.24.8
James Donaldson8220.98.16.00.60.31.71.43.1
Bill Hanzlik8124.45.83.32.31.00.41.32.1
Greg Kelser4911.44.93.10.90.30.31.31.7
John Johnson1413.44.21.32.10.30.21.21.6
Mark Radford438.63.40.71.30.40.01.01.3
Lonnie Shelton8132.914.96.33.11.20.52.56.3
Jack Sikma8237.219.612.73.41.21.32.67.1
Phil Smith2622.98.22.72.80.80.31.53.3
Ray Tolbert529.53.41.90.50.20.30.61.5
Danny Vranes7714.04.92.60.70.40.30.91.9
Wally Walker7028.19.94.43.10.50.41.64.3
Gus Williams8036.023.43.16.92.20.52.59.7

Playoffs

Seattle SuperSonics Stats - 1981-82
PlayerGPMINPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGTPGFPG
Fred Brown819.811.91.92.30.60.01.15.4
James Donaldson823.66.89.30.90.30.61.32.3
Bill Hanzlik825.46.54.02.50.80.61.62.0
Greg Kelser32.01.31.00.30.00.00.70.0
John Johnson722.75.42.04.90.90.01.62.1
Lonnie Shelton833.312.87.42.00.60.92.55.0
Jack Sikma839.420.512.13.01.11.02.07.1
Phil Smith811.53.11.00.90.60.10.51.5
Ray Tolbert47.82.51.30.31.00.00.00.8
Danny Vranes64.80.50.30.00.20.00.30.2
Wally Walker819.64.94.01.90.50.50.92.4
Gus Williams839.426.33.38.11.60.62.310.3

Notes:

Awards and records

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1982.html 1981-82 Seattle SuperSonics

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