1983–84 Seattle SuperSonics season

1983–84 Seattle SuperSonics season
1983–84 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	Lenny Wilkens
General manager	Les Habegger
Owner(s)	Barry Ackerley
Arena	Kingdome
Results
Record	42–40 (.512)
Place	Division: 3rd (Pacific); Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	First round; (lost to Mavericks 2–3)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KIRO-TV
Radio	KING
< 1982–83	1984–85 >

The 1983–84 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 17th season in the NBA.^[1]

In the playoffs, the SuperSonics lost to the Dallas Mavericks in five games in the First Round.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	16	Jon Sundvold	SG	United States	Missouri
2	36	Scooter McCray	SF/SG	United States	Louisville

Roster

1983–84 Seattle SuperSonics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SG	32	Brown, Fred	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1948-08-07	Iowa
C	40	Donaldson, James	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	1957-08-16	Washington State
PF	24	Chambers, Tom	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1959-06-21	Utah
PF	10	Hawes, Steve	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1950-05-26	Washington
C	41	Hayes, Steve	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1955-08-02	Idaho State
SG	34	Johnson, Clay	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1956-07-18	Missouri
SF	51	King, Reggie	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1957-02-14	Alabama
PF	21	McCray, Scooter	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1960-02-08	Louisville
C	43	Sikma, Jack	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1955-11-14	Illinois Wesleyan
PG	20	Sundvold, Jon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1961-07-02	Missouri
SG	44	Thompson, David	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1954-07-13	NC State
SF	23	Vranes, Danny	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1958-10-29	Utah
PG	1	Williams, Gus	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1953-10-10	USC
SG	4	Wood, Al	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	1958-06-02	North Carolina

Head coach

Lenny Wilkens

Assistant coach(es)

Dave Harshman

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 8, 1983

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	54	28	.659	–	28–13	26–15	18–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	6	33–8	15–26	17–13
x-Seattle SuperSonics	42	40	.512	12	32–9	10–31	14–16
x-Phoenix Suns	41	41	.500	13	31–10	10–31	16–14
Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	17	27–14	10–31	13–17
San Diego Clippers	30	52	.366	24	25–16	5–36	12–18

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	54	28	.659	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	45	37	.549	9
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	6
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	43	39	.524	11
5	x-Seattle SuperSonics	42	40	.512	12
6	x-Phoenix Suns	41	41	.500	13
7	x-Denver Nuggets	38	44	.463	16
8	x-Kansas City Kings	38	44	.463	16

9	San Antonio Spurs	37	45	.451	17
10	Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	17
11	San Diego Clippers	30	52	.366	24
12	Houston Rockets	29	53	.354	25

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1983-84 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	0–5	4–2	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	0–2	3–3	3–3	4–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2
Boston	5–0	–	5–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	5–1	4–2	3–3	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–2
Chicago	2–4	0–5	–	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–3	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4
Cleveland	3–3	0–6	4–2	–	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–3	1–5	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–1
Dallas	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	–	4–2	0–2	4–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	3–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	4–2	4–1	1–4	4–2	0–2
Denver	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–4	–	1–1	2–3	4–2	0–2	4–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	3–3	3–2	2–3	3–3	0–2
Detroit	4–2	2–4	5–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–4	4–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–3
Golden State	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	3–2	1–1	–	2–3	2–0	4–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	2–4	3–2	3–3	4–2	1–4	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	3–2	–	1–1	2–4	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	2–4	2–3	3–2	1–5	0–2
Indiana	2–4	1–5	3–3	4–2	0–2	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–5	2–4	0–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4
Kansas City	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–4	4–2	2–0	–	0–5	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	2–3	5–1	3–2	1–4	3–3	2–0
Los Angeles	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	4–1	1–1	3–3	4–1	1–1	5–0	–	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	5–1	2–3	4–2	3–3	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	3–3	1–5	4–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	–	4–2	4–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1
New Jersey	3–3	2–4	4–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	–	3–3	3–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
New York	1–4	3–3	4–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–0	1–4	3–3	–	2–4	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2
Philadelphia	1–5	4–2	3–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	3–3	4–2	–	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	0–2	5–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	–	2–4	5–0	4–2	2–4	1–4	2–0
Portland	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	3–2	1–5	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	–	4–1	4–2	4–2	1–4	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	1–1	2–3	4–2	2–0	1–5	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–5	1–4	–	4–1	2–3	4–2	1–1
San Diego	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	0–2	3–3	3–2	1–1	2–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	1–4	–	3–3	2–3	1–1
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	2–4	2–3	1–1	4–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–4	3–2	3–3	–	1–4	1–1
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–4	3–3	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–1	4–1	2–4	3–2	4–1	–	1–1
Washington	2–4	2–4	4–2	1–4	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–2	2–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–5	2–4	2–4	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—

Game log

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Sonics points	Opponents	Record	Streak	OT
1	October 28	Golden State	Loss	109	110	0-1	Lost 1
2	October 30	@ Kansas City	Win	121	116	1-1	Won 1
3	November 1	@ Phoenix	Win	103	93	2-1	Won 2
4	November 2	New York	Win	125	119	3-1	Won 3
5	November 4	@ San Diego	Loss	97	121	3-2	Lost 1
6	November 6	@ San Antonio	Loss	115	132	3-3	Lost 2
7	November 8	Phoenix	Win	123	116	4-3	Won 1
8	November 9	Cleveland	Win	113	101	5-3	Won 2
9	November 11	Atlanta	Win	104	93	6-3	Won 3
10	November 13	@ Milwaukee	Loss	107	108	6-4	Lost 1
11	November 16	@ Detroit	Loss	120	122	6-5	Lost 2
12	November 17	@ Chicago	Win	119	110	7-5	Won 1
13	November 19	@ Atlanta	Loss	92	104	7-6	Lost 1
14	November 23	Los Angeles	Win	106	98	8-6	Won 1
15	November 25	Portland	Loss	90	100	8-7	Lost 1
16	November 26	@ Portland	Loss	94	122	8-8	Lost 2
17	November 29	San Diego	Win	119	114	9-8	Won 1
18	December 2	@ Houston	Loss	102	125	9-9	Lost 1
19	December 3	@ Denver	Loss	111	121	9-10	Lost 2
20	December 6	@ Golden State	Loss	103	108	9-11	Lost 3
21	December 9	Dallas	Win	132	124	10-11	Won 1
22	December 11	Detroit	Win	135	131	11-11	Won 2
23	December 13	@ Portland	Loss	89	102	11-12	Lost 1
24	December 14	Kansas City	Loss	99	105	11-13	Lost 2
25	December 16	New Jersey	Win	110	106	12-13	Won 1
26	December 20	Los Angeles	Loss	102	108	12-14	Lost 1
27	December 22	Houston	Loss	112	116	12-15	Lost 2
28	December 28	Utah	Loss	105	113	12-16	Lost 3
29	December 30	Philadelphia	Win	97	93	13-16	Won 1	OT
30	January 3	@ Denver	Win	110	109	14-16	Won 2
31	January 4	@ Dallas	Loss	102	105	14-17	Lost 1
32	January 6	Houston	Win	118	102	15-17	Won 1
33	January 8	Portland	Win	125	110	16-17	Won 2
34	January 10	San Diego	Win	111	106	17-17	Won 3
35	January 13	Phoenix	Win	103	99	18-17	Won 4
36	January 15	@ Los Angeles	Win	102	91	19-17	Won 5
37	January 18	Dallas	Win	114	107	20-17	Won 6
38	January 20	@ San Diego	Win	110	108	21-17	Won 7
39	January 21	@ Phoenix	Loss	102	131	21-18	Lost 1
40	January 24	@ San Antonio	Loss	109	117	21-19	Lost 2
41	January 26	@ Kansas City	Win	114	106	22-19	Won 1
42	January 31	@ Utah	Loss	94	98	22-20	Lost 1	OT
43	February 1	Milwaukee	Win	99	98	23-20	Won 1
44	February 3	San Antonio	Win	121	106	24-20	Won 2
45	February 5	Dallas	Win	104	96	25-20	Won 3
46	February 7	Denver	Win	115	105	26-20	Won 4
47	February 9	@ Indiana	Loss	102	107	26-21	Lost 1
48	February 10	@ Cleveland	Loss	90	95	26-22	Lost 2
49	February 14	@ Golden State	Loss	102	105	26-23	Lost 3
50	February 15	Washington	Win	116	99	27-23	Won 1
51	February 17	Boston	Loss	100	111	27-24	Lost 1
52	February 19	Denver	Win	132	120	28-24	Won 1
53	February 21	@ Los Angeles	Loss	112	128	28-25	Lost 1
54	February 22	Los Angeles	Win	121	114	29-25	Won 1
55	February 24	Utah	Win	112	81	30-25	Won 2
56	February 26	San Diego	Loss	93	101	30-26	Lost 1
57	February 28	@ Houston	Loss	105	111	30-27	Lost 2
58	February 29	@ Dallas	Win	127	124	31-27	Won 1	2OT
59	March 2	Indiana	Win	99	90	32-27	Won 2
60	March 4	@ Boston	Loss	93	117	32-28	Lost 1
61	March 6	@ New York	Loss	110	124	32-29	Lost 2
62	March 8	@ Washington	Loss	96	106	32-30	Lost 3
63	March 9	@ Philadelphia	Loss	84	92	32-31	Lost 4
64	March 11	@ New Jersey	Loss	105	106	32-32	Lost 5
65	March 13	@ Los Angeles	Loss	98	114	32-33	Lost 6
66	March 15	Chicago	Win	106	90	33-33	Won 1
67	March 16	San Antonio	Win	126	123	34-33	Won 2
68	March 18	Golden State	Win	126	99	35-33	Won 3
69	March 20	@ Golden State	Loss	102	103	35-34	Lost 1
70	March 21	Phoenix	Win	104	102	36-34	Won 1
71	March 23	@ San Diego	Loss	102	108	36-35	Lost 1
72	March 25	Utah	Loss	98	121	36-36	Lost 2
73	March 27	@ Portland	Loss	87	93	36-37	Won 1
74	March 28	Kansas City	Win	111	94	37-37	Won 2
75	March 29	@ Utah	Loss	96	106	37-38	Lost 1
76	March 31	@ San Antonio	Win	124	106	38-38	Won 1
77	April 3	@ Denver	Loss	113	124	38-39	Lost 1
78	April 6	@ Phoenix	Loss	108	117	38-40	Lost 2
79	April 8	Houston	Win	120	107	39-40	Won 1
80	April 10	@ Kansas City	Win	125	113	40-40	Won 2
81	April 12	Golden State	Win	105	100	41-40	Won 3
82	April 15	Portland	Win	108	103	42-40	Won 4

Playoffs

1984 playoff game log

First round: 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 17	@ Dallas	L 86–88	Gus Williams (37)	Danny Vranes (8)	Gus Williams (8)	Reunion Arena 17,007	0–1
2	April 19	@ Dallas	W 95–92	Tom Chambers (30)	Jack Sikma (10)	Gus Williams (11)	Reunion Arena 17,007	1–1
3	April 21	Dallas	W 104–94	Jack Sikma (23)	Jack Sikma (17)	Gus Williams (15)	Seattle Center Coliseum 10,229	2–1
4	April 24	Dallas	L 96–107	Jack Sikma (27)	Jack Sikma (14)	Gus Williams (9)	Kingdome 11,893	2–2
5	April 26	@ Dallas	L 104–105 (OT)	Gus Williams (27)	Danny Vranes (11)	Gus Williams (14)	Moody Coliseum 9,007	2–3

1984 schedule

Player stats

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	FG	FT	FTA	AST	PTS
Jack Sikma	82	576	411	480	327	1563
Gus Williams	80	598	297	396	675	1497
Tom Chambers	82	554	375	469	133	1483
Al Wood	81	467	223	271	166	1160
Danny Vranes	80	258	153	236	132	669
Reggie King	77	233	136	206	179	602
Fred Brown	71	258	77	86	194	602
Jon Sundvold	73	217	64	72	239	507
Steve Hawes	79	114	61	78	99	290
David Thompson	19	89	62	73	13	240
Scooter McCray	47	47	35	50	44	129
Steve Hayes	43	26	5	14	13	57
Clay Johnson	25	20	14	22	14	55
Charles Bradley	8	3	5	7	5	11

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Awards and records

1984 NBA All-Star Game selections (game played on January 29, 1984)

Jack Sikma

Transactions

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team
December 8, 1983	Charles Bradley	Waived	N/A