1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season

1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach Bernie Bickerstaff
General manager Bob Whitsitt
Arena Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record 39–43 (.476)
Place Division: 4th (Pacific)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish West Finals
(Lost to Lakers 0–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television KIRO-TV
Radio KING

The 1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 20th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association. Bernie Bickerstaff returned for his second season as head coach of the franchise and, despite a modest improvement over their previous season's 31–51 record, managed to clinch a spot in the playoffs, where they defeated the Dallas Mavericks in four games in the First Round, and then the Houston Rockets in six games in the Semifinals, reaching the Western Conference Finals, only to be swept in four games to the eventual NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers. The 39-43 Sonics remain the last team to date in the NBA to win a playoff series with a losing regular season record.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
230Nate McMillanSG / SF United StatesNorth Carolina State
238Lemone Lampley United StatesDePaul
353Tod MurphyPF / C United StatesUC Irvine
476Michael Graham United StatesGeorgetown
599Dominic Pressley United StatesBoston College
6122Curtis KitchenPF United StatesSouth Florida
7145Glen McCants United StatesClemson

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics 1986–87 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.DOBFrom
F/C 24 United States Chambers, Tom 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1959–06–21 Utah
G/F 3 United States Ellis, Dale 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1960–08–06 Tennessee
F/C 45 United States Johnson, Clemon 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1956–09–12 Florida A&M
G 15 United States Johnson, Eddie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1955–02–24 Auburn
F 42 United States Kitchen, Curtis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1964–01–30 South Florida
F/C 53 United States Lister, Alton 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1958–10–01 Arizona State
F/C 20 United States Lucas, Maurice 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1952–02–18 Marquette
F 34 United States McDaniel, Xavier 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1963–06–04 Wichita State
G/F 10 United States McMillan, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1964–08–03 North Carolina State
G 25 United States Phelps, Mike 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1961–10–03 Alcorn State
F/C 40 United States Schoene, Russ 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1960–04–16 Chattanooga
G 44 United States Stansbury, Terence 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1961–02–27 Temple
G 30 United States Williams, Kevin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1961–09–11 St. John's
G 22 United States Young, Danny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1962–07–26 Wake Forest
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 6517.793–37–428–1324–6
x-Portland Trail Blazers 4933.5981634–715–2617–13
x-Golden State Warriors 4240.5122325–1617–2417–13
x-Seattle SuperSonics 3943.4762625–1614–2715–15
Phoenix Suns 3646.4392926–1510–3114–16
Los Angeles Clippers 1270.146539–323–383–27
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers6517.793–
2 y-Dallas Mavericks5527.67110
3 x-Portland Trail Blazers4933.59816
4 x-Utah Jazz4438.53721
5 x-Golden State Warriors4240.51223
6 x-Houston Rockets4240.51223
7 x-Seattle SuperSonics3943.47626
8 x-Denver Nuggets3745.45128
9 Phoenix Suns3646.43929
10 Sacramento Kings2953.35436
11 San Antonio Spurs2854.34137
12 Los Angeles Clippers1270.14653


Record vs. opponents

1986-87 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —3–34–24–22–02–03–31–11–13–32–01–13–35–05–13–31–11–12–02–02–02–05–0
Boston 3–3—6–03–22–02–03–22–02–05–12–00–23–34–24–23–32–02–02–02–02–01–14–2
Chicago 2–40–6—5–11–11–13–30–20–23–22–00–24–23–24–23–31–11–11–11–12–00–23–3
Cleveland 2–42–31–5—0–21–11–51–10–23–32–00–21–54–24–12–41–11–11–11–11–10–22–4
Dallas 0–20–21–12–0—4–21–15–03–30–25–03–22–02–02–02–03–22–35–14–25–03–31–1
Denver 0–20–21–11–12–4—0–24–13–31–12–30–51–12–02–00–23–23–22–45–12–32–41–1
Detroit 3–32–33–35–11–12–0—1–11–13–32–01–13–35–16–05–01–10–21–11–12–01–13–3
Golden State 1–10–22–01–10–51–41–1—4–10–26–02–40–22–02–01–11–54–24–14–14–22–30–2
Houston 1–10–22–02–03–33–31–11–4—2–04–11–40–21–11–10–23–22–35–15–11–43–31–1
Indiana 3–31–52–33–32–01–13–32–00–2—2–00–22–45–13–22–41–10–21–12–01–11–14–2
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–20–20–53–20–20–61–40–2—0–60–21–10–20–21–50–61–41–42–42–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–12–02–02–02–35–01–14–24–12–06–0—1–12–02–02–05–15–15–04–14–23–21–1
Milwaukee 3–33–32–45–10–21–13–32–02–04–22–01–1—4–24–22–32–00–22–01–12–01–14–1
New Jersey 0–52–42–32–40–20–21–50–21–11–51–10–22–4—5–13–31–10–20–20–20–21–12–4
New York 1–52–42–41–40–20–20–60–21–12–32–00–22–41–5—3–31–10–22–01–10–21–12–4
Philadelphia 3–33–33–34–20–22–00–51–12–04–22–00–23–23–33–3—1–12–02–01–12–01–13–3
Phoenix 1–10–21–11–12–32–31–15–12–31–15–11–50–21–11–11–1—2–42–32–31–54–10–2
Portland 1–10–21–11–13–22–32–02–43–22–06–01–52–02–02–00–24–2—3–24–14–23–21–1
Sacramento 0–20–21–11–11–54–21–11–41–51–14–10–50–22–00–20–23–22–3—3–32–31–51–1
San Antonio 0–20–21–11–12–41–51–11–41–50–24–11–41–12–01–11–13–21–43–3—1–42–40–2
Seattle 0–20–20–21–10–53–20–22–44–11–14–22–40–22–02–00–25–12–43–24–1—3–21–1
Utah 0–21–12–02–03–34–21–13–23–31–13–22–31–11–11–11–11–42–35–14–22–3—1–1
Washington 0–52–43–34–21–11–13–32–01–12–42–01–11–44–24–23–32–01–11–12–01–11–1—

Playoffs

West First Round

(2) Dallas Mavericks vs. (7) Seattle SuperSonics: SuperSonics win series 3-1

Last Playoff Meeting: 1984 Western Conference First Round (Dallas won 3-2)

West Conference Semifinals

(6) Houston Rockets vs. (7) Seattle SuperSonics: SuperSonics win series 4-2

Last Playoff Meeting: 1982 Western Conference First Round (Seattle won 2-1)

West Conference Finals

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (7) Seattle SuperSonics: Lakers win series 4-0

Last Playoff Meeting: 1980 Western Conference Finals (Los Angeles won 4-1)

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Tom Chambers828236.8.456.372.8496.63.01.0.623.3
Dale Ellis827637.5.516.358.7875.52.91.3.424.9
Gerald Henderson16625.8.500.000.9441.55.31.0.011.2
Clemon Johnson78713.5.494.000.6363.6.3.3.53.2
Eddie Johnson24021.2.457.333.7641.94.8.5.09.0
Curtis Kitchen605.2.500.000.7501.5.2.3.51.5
Alton Lister757530.5.504.000.6759.41.5.42.411.6
Maurice Lucas63017.8.451.000.8024.91.0.5.37.9
Xavier McDaniel828237.0.509.214.6968.62.51.4.623.0
Nate McMillan715027.8.475.000.6174.78.21.8.65.3
Mike Phelps6067.8.426.100.705.81.1.4.03.0
Russ Schoene6309.2.374.154.6301.9.4.3.22.7
Terence Stansbury4408.5.429.379.620.51.3.3.04.0
Kevin Williams65010.8.446.000.8331.31.0.7.14.9
Danny Young732620.3.458.367.8311.54.81.0.04.8
1.^ Statistics with the SuperSonics.

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Tom Chambers1435.6.449.353.8086.42.3.9.923.0
Dale Ellis1437.9.487.361.8156.42.6.7.425.2
Clemon Johnson1418.7.453.000.6323.5.31.1.24.3
Eddie Johnson1412.9.534.400.8671.03.2.6.06.4
Curtis Kitchen812.9.500.000.000.8.0.0.4.3
Alton Lister922.9.400.000.7006.2.8.81.46.0
Maurice Lucas1418.9.389.000.7374.61.4.9.47.0
Xavier McDaniel1437.7.488.200.6078.43.01.5.620.3
Nate McMillan1425.4.435.000.7083.98.01.0.75.1
Russ Schoene148.8.357.333.7501.9.2.1.32.2
Kevin Williams1418.2.479.000.7502.42.11.1.18.6
Danny Young1414.9.404.3131.0001.13.41.1.04.1

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Via free agency

Via trade

 Players Lost

Via free agency

Via trade

Via waiver

Trades

July 1, 1986 To Seattle SuperSonics
Alton Lister
Conditional 1987 and 1989 first round picks		 To Milwaukee Bucks
Jack Sikma
Conditional 1987 and 1989 second round picks
July 23, 1986 To Seattle SuperSonics
Dale Ellis		 To Dallas Mavericks
Al Wood
September 29, 1986 To Seattle SuperSonics
Clemon Johnson
Conditional 1989 first round pick		 To Philadelphia 76ers
Tim McCormick
Danny Vranes
September 30, 1986 To Seattle SuperSonics
John Long		 To Detroit Pistons
Conditional 1987 and 1991 second round picks
October 2, 1986 To Seattle SuperSonics
Russ Schoene
Terence Stansbury		 To Indiana Pacers
John Long
Conditional 1993 second round pick
October 2, 1986 To Seattle SuperSonics
Ronnie Lester		 To Los Angeles Lakers
Cash considerations
November 12, 1986 To Seattle SuperSonics
Conditional 1987 first round and 1990 second round picks		 To New York Knicks
Gerald Henderson
Conditional 1987 first round pick

Free agents

References

    See also

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