1976–77 Seattle SuperSonics season

1976–77 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	Bill Russell
General manager	Bill Russell
Arena	Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record	40–42 (.488)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific) Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1976-77 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 10th season in the NBA.

Draft picks

Main article: 1976 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	11	Bob Wilkerson	SF/SG	United States	Indiana
2	19	Bayard Forrest	C	United States	Grand Canyon
2	29	Dennis Johnson	G	United States	Pepperdine
4	63	Willie Parr		United States	LeMoyne-Owen
5	80	Robert Gray		United States	Wichita State
6	98	Darrell Peterson		United States	Wake Forest
7	116	Mark Klein		United States	Malone
8	134	Norton Barnhill	G	United States	Washington State
9	151	Ron Johnson		United States	North Carolina A&T
10	167	Ricky Lewis		United States	Alcorn State

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	53	29	.646	–	37–4	16–25	11–5
x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	4	35–6	14–27	10–6
x-Golden State Warriors	46	36	.561	7	29–12	17–24	8–8
Seattle SuperSonics	40	42	.488	13	27–14	13–28	6–10
Phoenix Suns	34	48	.415	19	26–15	8–33	5–11

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	53	29	.646	–
2	y-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	3
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	4
4	x-Golden State Warriors	46	36	.561	7
5	x-Detroit Pistons	44	38	.537	9
6	x-Chicago Bulls	44	38	.537	9
7	Kansas City Kings	40	42	.488	13
7	Seattle SuperSonics	40	42	.488	13
9	Indiana Pacers	36	46	.439	17
10	Phoenix Suns	34	48	.415	19
11	Milwaukee Bucks	30	52	.366	23

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mike Bantom	44		18.1	.488		.690	4.2	1.2	0.8	0.5	7.5
Norton Barnhill	4		2.5	.333			0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0
Fred Brown	72		29.1	.479		.884	3.2	2.4	1.7	0.3	17.2
Tom Burleson	82		22.0	.442		.731	6.7	1.1	0.9	1.4	9.7
Leonard Gray	25		25.7	.435		.756	4.3	2.2	1.1	0.5	11.5
Mike Green	76		25.4	.441		.706	6.6	1.6	0.6	1.7	9.8
Dennis Johnson	81		20.6	.504		.624	3.7	1.5	1.5	0.7	9.2
Bob Love	32		14.1	.372		.872	2.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	7.7
Willie Norwood	76		21.7	.469		.733	3.8	1.3	0.8	0.1	4.0
Frank Oleynick	50		10.3	.363		.736	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.1	4.0
Bruce Seals	81		24.4	.444		.708	4.4	1.1	0.6	0.7	11.0
Dean Tolson	60		9.8	.566		.535	2.6	0.5	0.5	0.4	6.0
Slick Watts	79		33.3	.422		.587	3.9	8.0	2.7	0.3	13.0
Nick Weatherspoon	51		29.5	.461		.632	7.9	1.0	1.0	0.5	12.8
Bob Wilkerson	78		19.9	.386		.689	3.3	2.2	0.9	0.1	6.7

See also

• 1976-77 NBA season