1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season

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.

1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coachBernie Bickerstaff
General managerBob Whitsitt
ArenaSeattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record39–43 (.476)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Pacific)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finishWest Finals
(Lost to Lakers 0–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKIRO-TV
RadioKING

It is also their first year without team captain Jack Sikma as he was traded in the offseason.

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

Roster
Roster listing
1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
PF 24 Chambers, Tom 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1959–06–21 Utah
G/F 3 Ellis, Dale 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1960–08–06 Tennessee
C 45 Johnson, Clemon 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1956–09–12 Florida A&M
G 15 Johnson, Eddie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1955–02–24 Auburn
PF 42 Kitchen, Curtis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1964–01–30 South Florida
C 53 Lister, Alton 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1958–10–01 Arizona State
PF/C 20 Lucas, Maurice 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1952–02–18 Marquette
F 34 McDaniel, Xavier 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1963–06–04 Wichita State
G 10 McMillan, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1964–08–03 North Carolina State
G 25 Phelps, Mike 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1961–10–03 Alcorn State
G 44 Stansbury, Terence 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1961–02–27 Temple
PF/C 40 Schoene, Russ 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1960–04–16 Chattanooga
G 30 Williams, Kevin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1961–09–11 St. John's
PG 22 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—

Game log
1986–87 game log
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
1986–87 season schedule
  • Green background indicates win.
  • Red background indicates loss.

Playoffs
1987 playoff game log
First round: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
Western Conference Finals: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)
Western Conference Finals: 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–2)
1987 playoff schedule

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

Records

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
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References

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