Seattle SuperSonics Playoff Rosters

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1979-1980 Seattle SuperSonics Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
James Bailey FC 6-9 220 May 21, 1957 22 Rutgers 0 1979 1st Rnd, #6, Seattle SuperSonics
Fred Brown PG 6-3 182 Aug 7, 1948 31 Iowa 8 1971 1st Rnd, #11, Seattle SuperSonics
Dennis Johnson SG 6-4 185 Sep 18, 1954 25 Pepperdine 3 1976 2nd Rnd, #41, Seattle SuperSonics
John Johnson SF 6-7 200 Oct 18, 1947 32 Iowa 9 1970 1st Rnd, #7, Cleveland Cavaliers
Vinnie Johnson PG 6-2 200 Sep 1, 1956 23 Baylor 0 1979 1st Rnd, #7, Seattle SuperSonics
Tom LaGarde C 6-10 220 Feb 10, 1955 25 North Carolina 2 1977 1st Rnd, #9, Denver Nuggets
Lonnie Shelton FC 6-8 240 Oct 19, 1955 24 Oregon State 3 1976 2nd Rnd, #37, New York Knicks
Jack Sikma C 6-11 230 Nov 14, 1955 24 Illinois Wesleyan 2 1977 1st Rnd, #8, Seattle SuperSonics
Paul Silas PF 6-7 225 Jul 12, 1943 36 Creighton 15 1964 2nd Rnd, #12, St. Louis Hawks
Wally Walker SF 6-7 190 Jul 18, 1954 25 Virginia 3 1976 1st Rnd, #10, Portland Trail Blazers
Gus Williams PG 6-2 175 Oct 10, 1953 26 USC 4 1975 2nd Rnd, #23, Golden State Warriors

1979-1980 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #6 Washington Bullets PHI in 2
First Round #4 Houston Rockets #5 San Antonio Spurs HOU in 3
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #4 Houston Rockets BOS in 4
Second Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #2 Atlanta Hawks PHI in 5
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 Philadelphia Sixers PHI in 5

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

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #3 Philadelphia Sixers LAL in 6

1979-1980 Seattle Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Gus Williams 15 37.6 23.7 4.0 5.6 2.3 0.5 3.1
Dennis Johnson 15 38.8 17.1 4.3 3.8 1.8 0.7 2.9
Fred Brown 15 20.9 12.5 2.5 2.1 0.1 0.1 1.5
John Johnson 15 32.4 12.4 6.8 5.7 0.5 0.2 3.7
Lonnie Shelton 15 31.3 12.0 8.3 1.7 1.5 0.8 2.5
Jack Sikma 15 35.6 11.7 8.4 3.7 1.1 0.3 2.3
James Bailey 12 11.5 4.6 2.1 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.8
Wally Walker 13 12.1 4.2 2.2 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.4
Tom LaGarde 14 11.6 3.1 2.9 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.5
Paul Silas 15 17.1 2.5 5.0 1.0 0.6 0.1 0.6
Vinnie Johnson 5 2.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0

1979-1980 Seattle SuperSonics Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Seattle Leaders Portland Leaders
Apr 2, 1980
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Portland		 W, 120-110 Kingdome
Opening Round 		1-0 PTS: 35. Gus Williams
 PTS: 29. B. Bates
Apr 4, 1980
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Portland		 L, 105-95 Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Opening Round 		1-1 PTS: 24. D. Johnson
 PTS: 27. Ron Brewer
Apr 6, 1980
v.
Portland		 W, 103-86 Kingdome
Opening Round 		2-1 PTS: 21. Gus Williams
 PTS: 26. B. Bates

1979-1980 Seattle SuperSonics Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Seattle Leaders Milwaukee Leaders
Apr 8, 1980
v.
Milwaukee		 W, 114-113 Kingdome
Conference Semi Finals 		1-0 PTS: 30. Gus Williams
 PTS: 27. Bob Lanier
Apr 9, 1980
v.
Milwaukee		 L, 112-114 Kingdome
Conference Semi Finals 		1-1 PTS: 25. L. Shelton
 PTS: 28. B. Winters
Apr 11, 1980
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Milwaukee		 L, 95-91 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		1-2 PTS: 20. Jack Sikma
 PTS: 24. Bob Lanier
Apr 13, 1980
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Milwaukee		 W, 107-112 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		2-2 PTS: 32. Gus Williams
 PTS: 31. M. Johnson
Apr 15, 1980
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Milwaukee		 L, 97-108 Kingdome
Conference Semi Finals 		2-3 PTS: 22. Gus Williams
 PTS: 22. Bob Lanier
Apr 18, 1980
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Milwaukee		 W, 85-86 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		3-3 PTS: 18. D. Johnson
 PTS: 22. M. Johnson
Apr 20, 1980
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Milwaukee		 W, 98-94 Kingdome
Conference Semi Finals 		4-3 PTS: 33. Gus Williams
 PTS: 22. M. Johnson

1979-1980 Seattle SuperSonics Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Seattle Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
Apr 22, 1980
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L.A. Lakers		 W, 107-108 The Forum
Conference Finals 		1-0 PTS: 34. Fred Brown
 PTS: 26. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Apr 23, 1980
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L.A. Lakers		 L, 108-99 The Forum
Conference Finals 		1-1 PTS: 24. Gus Williams
 PTS: 31. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Apr 25, 1980
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L.A. Lakers		 L, 100-104 Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Conference Finals 		1-2 PTS: 23. Gus Williams
 PTS: 33. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Apr 27, 1980
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L.A. Lakers		 L, 93-98 Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Conference Finals 		1-3 PTS: 25. Gus Williams
 PTS: 25. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Apr 30, 1980
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L.A. Lakers		 L, 111-105 The Forum
Conference Finals 		1-4 PTS: 29. D. Johnson
 PTS: 38. K. Abdul-Jabbar