1987–88 Seattle SuperSonics season

1987–88 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach Bernie Bickerstaff
General manager Bob Whitsitt
Arena Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record 44–38 (.537)
Place Division: 3rd (Pacific)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish West First Round
(Lost to Nuggets 2–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television KIRO-TV
KTZZ-TV
Radio KJR

The 1987–88 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 21st season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was Bernie Bickerstaff's first season with a winning percentage above .500, coaching the Sonics to a 44–38 record. However, in the 1988 NBA Playoffs, they lost in five games to the Denver Nuggets in the first round. Xavier McDaniel was selected for the 1988 NBA All-Star Game.

Offseason

Draft picks

Seattle selected future hall of famer Scottie Pippen in the first round thanks to a pick acquired from the New York Knicks, but traded him on draft day to the Chicago Bulls for Olden Polynice and two future conditional draft picks.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
15Scottie PippenSF United StatesCentral Arkansas
19Derrick McKeyF United StatesAlabama
355Tommy AmakerDuke
478Todd LinderTampa
5101Michael TaitClemson
6124Tom GneitingBYU
7147Mike GiomiNorth Carolina State

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics 1987–88 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
F/C 53 United States Lister, Alton 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1958–10–01 Arizona State
F 34 United States McDaniel, Xavier 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1963–06–04 Wichita State
F/C 31 United States McKey, Derrick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1966–10–10 Alabama
G/F 10 United States McMillan, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1964–08–03 North Carolina State
F/C 23 Haiti Polynice, Olden 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1964–11–21 Virginia
F/C 40 United States Schoene, Russ 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1960–04–16 Chattanooga
G 4 United States Threatt, Sedale 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1961–09–10 West Virginia Tech
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 6220.756–36–526–1523–7
x-Portland Trail Blazers 5329.646933–820–2123–7
x-Seattle SuperSonics 4438.5371832–912–2919–11
Phoenix Suns 2854.3413422–196–3511–19
Golden State Warriors 2062.2444216–254–377–23
Los Angeles Clippers 1765.2074514–273–387–23
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers6220.756–
2 y-Denver Nuggets5428.6598
3 x-Dallas Mavericks5329.6469
4 x-Portland Trail Blazers5329.6469
5 x-Utah Jazz4735.57315
6 x-Houston Rockets4636.56116
7 x-Seattle SuperSonics4438.53718
8 x-San Antonio Spurs3151.37831
9 Phoenix Suns2854.34134
10 Sacramento Kings2458.29338
11 Golden State Warriors2062.24442
12 Los Angeles Clippers1765.20745

Record vs. opponents

1987–88 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 —2–42–35–12–01–12–42–01–14–22–00–23–35–03–36–01–10–21–12–02–01–13–3
Boston 4–2—3–32–32–00–23–32–01–15–02–00–23–35–15–14–22–02–02–02–01–12–05–1
Chicago 3–23–3—3–30–21–12–42–02–03–32–01–15–15–13–24–22–01–11–11–11–12–03–3
Cleveland 1–53–23–3—1–11–11–50–21–14–21–11–12–45–12–43–21–11–12–02–01–10–26–0
Dallas 0–20–22–01–1—3–31–14–14–22–05–01–42–01–11–11–15–03–25–15–13–23–31–1
Denver 1–12–01–11–13–3—1–14–14–21–15–03–21–12–01–12–03–22–34–25–14–12–42–0
Detroit 4–23–34–25–11–11–1—2–01–13–31–10–24–25–14–24–12–01–12–01–11–12–03–2
Golden State 0–20–20–22–01–41–40–2—0–50–23–30–60–22–00–21–12–41–52–33–21–51–40–2
Houston 1–11–10–21–12–42–41–15–0—2–03–21–42–01–11–11–14–14–14–22–43–23–32–0
Indiana 2–40–53–32–40–21–13–32–00–2—1–11–13–36–02–32–42–00–22–02–01–11–12–4
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–21–10–50–51–13–32–31–1—1–50–20–20–21–12–40–63–20–51–51–40–2
L.A. Lakers 2–02–01–11–14–12–32–06–04–11–15–1—0–22–02–02–05–13–34–15–04–24–11–1
Milwaukee 3–33–31–54–20–21–12–42–00–23–32–02–0—3–23–32–41–11–12–01–11–11–14–1
New Jersey 0–51–51–51–51–10–21–50–21–10–62–00–22–3—3–32–41–10–21–11–10–21–10–6
New York 3–31–52–34–21–11–12–42–01–13–22–00–23–33–3—3–30–21–11–11–10–21–13–3
Philadelphia 0–62–42–42–31–10–21–41–11–14–21–10–24–24–23–3—1–11–11–11–11–12–03–3
Phoenix 1–10–20–21–10–52–30–24–21–40–24–21–51–11–12–01–1—0–63–22–32–42–30–2
Portland 2–00–21–11–12–33–21–15–11–42–06–03–31–12–01–11–16–0—4–15–03–31–42–0
Sacramento 1–10–21–10–21–52–40–23–22–40–22–31–40–21–11–11–12–31–4—3–31–41–50–2
San Antonio 0–20–21–10–21–51–51–12–34–20–25–00–51–11–11–11–13–20–53–3—3–23–30–2
Seattle 0–21–11–11–12–31–41–15–12–31–15–12–41–12–02–01–14–23–34–12–3—1–42–0
Utah 1–10–20–22–03–34–20–24–13–31–14–11–41–11–11–10–23–24–15–13–34–1—2–0
Washington 3–31–53–30–61–10–22–32–00–24–22–01–11–46–03–33–32–00–22–02–00–20–2—

Playoffs

West First Round

(2) Denver Nuggets vs. (7) Seattle SuperSonics: Nuggets win series 3-2

Last Playoff Meeting: 1978 Western Conference Finals (Seattle won 4-2)

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 Chambers828232.7.448.303.8076.02.61.1.620.4
Dale Ellis757337.2.503.413.7674.52.61.0.125.8
Clemon Johnson74269.8.467.000.6882.4.2.2.31.6
Alton Lister825522.1.504.500.6067.6.7.31.75.6
Xavier McDaniel787734.7.488.280.7156.63.41.2.721.4
Derrick McKey82420.8.491.367.7724.01.3.9.88.5
Nate McMillan828229.9.474.375.7074.18.62.1.67.6
Olden Polynice82013.2.465.000.6394.0.4.4.34.1
Russ Schoene81212.0.458.293.8102.4.7.5.26.0
Sedale Threatt126013.6.519.143.8331.32.01.3.27.5
Sam Vincent143012.7.474.385.7671.13.2.5.14.5
Kevin Williams80913.6.442.143.8441.61.2.8.16.3
Danny Young77012.3.408.286.8111.02.8.7.03.2
1.^ Statistics with the SuperSonics.

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Tom Chambers525.8.549.000.8296.22.2.6.225.8
Dale Ellis534.4.482.250.7244.63.0.6.420.8
Clemon Johnson57.8.429.000.5001.4.0.2.21.4
Alton Lister515.4.706.000.8005.81.0.21.05.6
Xavier McDaniel536.0.556.500.5009.65.0.6.221.2
Derrick McKey521.8.632.333.5884.01.6.61.012.0
Nate McMillan525.4.343.000.6434.26.6.4.66.6
Olden Polynice513.2.455.000.0001.6.0.6.02.0
Russ Schoene57.8.583.500.0001.4.4.2.03.2
Sedale Threatt516.0.412.0001.0002.22.2.2.06.4
Kevin Williams514.0.438.000.0001.61.8.6.02.8
Danny Young519.0.524.0001.0002.03.8.4.46.4

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

October 16, 1987 To Seattle SuperSonics
Sam Vincent
Scott Wedman		 To Boston Celtics
Conditional 1988 second round pick
February 25, 1988 To Seattle SuperSonics
Sedale Threatt		 To Chicago Bulls
Sam Vincent

Free agents

2.^ Received a conditional 1990 second round pick as compensation.

References

    See also

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