1987–88 Seattle SuperSonics season

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.

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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
1	5	Scottie Pippen (traded to Chicago)	SF	United States	Central Arkansas
1	9	Derrick McKey	F	United States	Alabama

Roster

1987–88 Seattle SuperSonics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
F	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
F/C	45	Johnson, Clemon	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1956–09–12	Florida A&M
C	53	Lister, Alton	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1958–10–01	Arizona State
F	34	McDaniel, Xavier	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1963–06–04	Wichita State
F	31	McKey, Derrick	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1966–10–10	Alabama
G	10	McMillan, Nate	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1964–08–03	NC State
C	23	Polynice, Olden	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1964–11–21	Virginia
F/C	40	Schoene, Russ	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1960–04–16	Chattanooga
G	4	Threatt, Sedale	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1961–09–10	West Virginia Tech
G	30	Williams, Kevin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1961–09–11	St. John's
G	22	Young, Danny	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1962–07–26	Wake Forest

Head coach

Bernie Bickerstaff

Legend

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

1987–88 Salaries

Player	1987–88 Salary
Tom Chambers	$950,000
Xavier McDaniel	$875,000
Alton Lister	$835,000
Clemon Johnson	$502,000
Derrick McKey	$355,000
Olden Polynice	$350,000
Dale Ellis	$325,000
Sedale Threatt	$270,000
Russ Schoene	$250,000
Danny Young	$130,000
Nate McMillan	$129,000
Kevin Williams	$125,000
TOTAL	$5,096,000

Sources:

Basketball Reference: SEA Salaries^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–	36–5	26–15	23–7
x-Portland Trail Blazers	53	29	.646	9	33–8	20–21	23–7
x-Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	18	32–9	12–29	19–11
Phoenix Suns	28	54	.341	34	22–19	6–35	11–19
Golden State Warriors	20	62	.244	42	16–25	4–37	7–23
Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	45	14–27	3–38	7–23

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	8
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	53	29	.646	9
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	53	29	.646	9
5	x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	15
6	x-Houston Rockets	46	36	.561	16
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	18
8	x-San Antonio Spurs	31	51	.378	31

9	Phoenix Suns	28	54	.341	34
10	Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	38
11	Golden State Warriors	20	62	.244	42
12	Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	45

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	–	2–4	2–3	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	5–0	3–3	6–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–3
Boston	4–2	–	3–3	2–3	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–1
Chicago	3–2	3–3	–	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	5–1	3–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3
Cleveland	1–5	3–2	3–3	–	1–1	1–1	1–5	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	5–1	2–4	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	6–0
Dallas	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	–	3–3	1–1	4–1	4–2	2–0	5–0	1–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	5–1	5–1	3–2	3–3	1–1
Denver	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	–	1–1	4–1	4–2	1–1	5–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	4–2	5–1	4–1	2–4	2–0
Detroit	4–2	3–3	4–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	4–2	5–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2
Golden State	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	0–2	–	0–5	0–2	3–3	0–6	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–5	2–3	3–2	1–5	1–4	0–2
Houston	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	5–0	–	2–0	3–2	1–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	4–2	2–4	3–2	3–3	2–0
Indiana	2–4	0–5	3–3	2–4	0–2	1–1	3–3	2–0	0–2	–	1–1	1–1	3–3	6–0	2–3	2–4	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	0–5	1–1	3–3	2–3	1–1	–	1–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	0–6	3–2	0–5	1–5	1–4	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–3	2–0	6–0	4–1	1–1	5–1	–	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–1	3–3	4–1	5–0	4–2	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	1–5	4–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	2–0	–	3–2	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1
New Jersey	0–5	1–5	1–5	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–2	1–1	0–6	2–0	0–2	2–3	–	3–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–6
New York	3–3	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	–	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3
Philadelphia	0–6	2–4	2–4	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–2	4–2	4–2	3–3	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	2–3	0–2	4–2	1–4	0–2	4–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	–	0–6	3–2	2–3	2–4	2–3	0–2
Portland	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	5–1	1–4	2–0	6–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	–	4–1	5–0	3–3	1–4	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–4	0–2	3–2	2–4	0–2	2–3	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	–	3–3	1–4	1–5	0–2
San Antonio	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–5	1–1	2–3	4–2	0–2	5–0	0–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–5	3–3	–	3–2	3–3	0–2
Seattle	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	1–1	5–1	2–3	1–1	5–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	3–3	4–1	2–3	–	1–4	2–0
Utah	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–3	4–2	0–2	4–1	3–3	1–1	4–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	4–1	5–1	3–3	4–1	–	2–0
Washington	3–3	1–5	3–3	0–6	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	6–0	3–3	3–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

1987–88 game log
Total: 44–38 (home: 32–9; road: 12–29)

November: 6–6 (home: 5–1; road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 6, 1987 7:30 p.m. PST	@ L.A. Lakers	L 109–113	Chambers (20)	McDaniel (9)	McMillan (12)	The Forum 17,505	0–1
2	November 7	Phoenix Suns	96-112	Dale Ellis (27)			Seattle Center Coliseum 14,252	1–1
3	November 10, 1987 7:30 p.m. PST	Dallas	L 101-117	Ellis (28)	Lister (8)	Vincent (6)	Seattle Center Coliseum 10,447	1–2
4	November 12	vs San Antonio Spurs	123-118	Xavier McDaniel (23)			HemisFair Arena 6,399	1–3
5	November 13, 1987 5:00 p.m. PST	@ Dallas	W 103–95	Ellis (22)	Lister (8)	McMillan (11)	Reunion Arena 17,007	2–3
6	November 15	vs Houston Rockets	108-106	Dale Ellis (34)			The Summit 16,611	2–4
7	November 18	Portland Trail Blazers	114-120	Xavier McDaniel (32)			Seattle Center Coliseum 8,461	3–4
8	November 20	Milwaukee Bucks	97-99	Xavier McDaniel (30)			Seattle Center Coliseum 14,601	4–4
9	November 21	Washington Bullets	103-124	Xavier McDaniel (28)			Seattle Center Coliseum 13,437	5–4
10	November 24, 1987 7:30 p.m. PST	L.A. Lakers	W 103–85	McDaniel (34)	Liiister (13)	McMillan (10)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,634	6–4
11	November 27, 1987 4:30 p.m. PST	@ Boston	L 112–117	Ellis (37)	Ellis (9)	McMillan (10)	Boston Garden 14,890	6–5
12	November 28	vs Indiana Pacers	131-115	Dale Ellis (29)			Market Square Arena 11,538	6–6

December: 9–7 (home: 5–0; road: 4–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
13	December 1	vs New York Knicks	109-112	Dale Ellis (37)			Madison Square Garden (IV) 11,424	7–6
14	December 2	vs Cleveland Cavaliers	104-102	Dale Ellis (25)			Coliseum at Richfield 6,207	7–7
15	December 4	vs Philadelphia 76ers	118-105	Tom Chambers (24)			The Spectrum 13,115	7–8
16	December 5	vs Washington Bullets	99-115	Xavier McDaniel (26)			Capital Centre 11,604	8–8
17	December 8	Cleveland Cavaliers	96-107	Dale Ellis Xavier McDaniel (25)			Seattle Center Coliseum 8,520	9–8
18	December 10	vs Los Angeles Clippers	113-96	Dale Ellis (20)			Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 5,852	9–9
19	December 12	Los Angeles Clippers	95-116	Xavier McDaniel (35)			Seattle Center Coliseum 10,623	10–9
20	December 14, 1987	@ Utah	L 95–116	Ellis (29)			Salt Palace 12,212	10–10
21	December 15	vs Portland Trail Blazers	128-109	Xavier McDaniel (22)			Memorial Coliseum 12,666	10–11
22	December 17	Sacramento Kings	109-114	Tom Chambers (42)			Seattle Center Coliseum 10,238	11–11
23	December 19	vs Golden State Warriors	102-129	Xavier McDaniel (32)			Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,998	12–11
24	December 20, 1987 7:30 p.m. PST	@ L.A. Lakers	L 94–103	Ellis (24)	McDaniel (11)	McDaniel (7)	The Forum 17,505	12–12
25	December 23	vs Phoenix Suns	102-103	Dale Ellis (35)			Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,351	13–12
26	December 26, 1987	@ Denver	L 111–115	McDaniel (26)			McNichols Sports Arena 12,403	13–13
27	December 28, 1987	Denver	W 108–100	McDaniel (30)			Seattle Center Coliseum 13,007	14–13
28	December 30, 1987 7:30 p.m. PST	Boston	W 111–105	Chambers (31)	Lister (12)	Vincent (9)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,850	15–13

January: 9–6 (home: 8–1; road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
29	January 2	Philadelphia 76ers	114-116	Xavier McDaniel (35)			Seattle Center Coliseum 14,250	16–13
30	January 5	vs Portland Trail Blazers	126-114	Dale Ellis (32)			Memorial Coliseum 12,666	16–14
31	January 6	Houston Rockets	95-110	Tom Chambers (46)			Seattle Center Coliseum 11,289	17–14
32	January 9	San Antonio Spurs	133-141	Dale Ellis (47)			Seattle Center Coliseum 11,565	18–14
33	January 10	vs Sacramento Kings	109-108	Dale Ellis (30)			ARCO Arena (I) 10,333	18–15
34	January 13	Golden State Warriors	115-144	Xavier McDaniel (30)			Seattle Center Coliseum 7,909	19–15
35	January 15, 1988	Utah	W 124–105	Ellis (39)			Seattle Center Coliseum 10,418	20–15
36	January 16	vs Los Angeles Clippers	112-114 (OT)	Dale Ellis (41)			Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 8,697	21–15
37	January 18	Indiana Pacers	105-115	Dale Ellis (29)			Seattle Center Coliseum 10,151	22–15
38	January 20	New York Knicks	96-108	Xavier McDaniel (41)			Seattle Center Coliseum 11,767	23–15
39	January 22, 1988 7:30 p.m. PST	Detroit	W 109–106	Ellis (47)	Lister (13)	McMillan (14)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,737	24–15
40	January 24, 1988 12:30 p.m. PST	L.A. Lakers	L 109–116	McDaniel (35)	Chambers (10)	McMillan (11)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,739	24–16
41	January 26	vs Sacramento Kings	100-116	Dale Ellis (42)			ARCO Arena (I) 10,333	25–16
42	January 29, 1988 5:30 p.m. PST	@ Dallas	L 109–117	Ellis (35)	Lister (9)	McMillan (10)	Reunion Arena 17,007	25–17
43	January 30	vs San Antonio Spurs	112-102 (OT)			Xavier McDaniel Tom Chambers (27)	HemisFair Arena 8,319	25–18

February: 4–9 (home: 3–2; road: 1–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
44	February 1, 1988	@ Utah	L 100–105	Ellis (40)			Salt Palace 12,212	25–19
45	February 4, 1988	Atlanta	L 109–119	Ellis (36)			Seattle Center Coliseum 14,611	25–20
All-Star Break
46	February 9	vs Portland Trail Blazers	139-123	Tom Chambers (21)			Memorial Coliseum 12,666	25–21
47	February 11	Houston Rockets	115-120	Tom Chambers (36)			Seattle Center Coliseum 13,038	26–21
48	February 13	vs Golden State Warriors	109-95	Dale Ellis (28)			Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 13,502	26–22
49	February 15, 1988 6:00 p.m. PST	Dallas	L 122–128 (OT)	Chambers (29)	McDaniel (7)	Vincent (12)	Seattle Center Coliseum 13,492	26–23
50	February 17	vs Milwaukee Bucks	115-93	Dale Ellis (26)			MECCA Arena 11,052	26–24
51	February 18, 1988 4:30 p.m. PST	@ Detroit	L 95–108	Chambers (24)	Polynice (6)	McMillan (9)	Pontiac Silverdome 24,482	26–25
52	February 20	vs New Jersey Nets	101-113	Dale Ellis (30)			Brendan Byrne Arena 11,137	27–25
53	February 21, 1988	@ Atlanta	L 113–129	Ellis (31)			The Omni 15,437	27–26
54	February 23, 1988	@ Chicago	L 97–104 (OT)	Ellis (34)			Chicago Stadium 17,648	27–27
55	February 26	Sacramento Kings	130-133	Dale Ellis (37)			Seattle Center Coliseum 11,632	28–27
56	February 27	Golden State Warriors	111-114	Dale Ellis (30)			Seattle Center Coliseum 10,752	29–27

March: 8–6 (home: 5–3; road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
57	March 1, 1988 7:30 p.m. PST	L.A. Lakers	W 114–100	Ellis (26)	McDaniel (12)	McMillan (17)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,850	30–27
58	March 4, 1988	Utah	L 110–125	Chambers (29)			Seattle Center Coliseum 11,268	30–28
59	March 5, 1988	Denver	L 102–115	Ellis (27)			Seattle Center Coliseum 13,287	30–29
60	March 8	vs Golden State Warriors	116-121 (OT)	Dale Ellis (29)			Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 11,178	31–29
61	March 9	vs Sacramento Kings	97-106	Dale Ellis (24)			ARCO Arena (I) 10,333	32–29
62	March 13	New Jersey Nets	102-115	Tom Chambers (25)			Seattle Center Coliseum 9,040	33–29
63	March 15	vs Phoenix Suns	111-90	Dale Ellis (38)			Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11,159	33–30
64	March 17	vs Houston Rockets	115-106	Tom Chambers (24)			The Summit 16,611	33–31
65	March 18	vs San Antonio Spurs	110-118 (OT)	Xavier McDaniel (31)			HemisFair Arena 7,353	34–31
66	March 20, 1988	@ Denver	L 95–108	Ellis (23)			McNichols Sports Arena 13,117	34–32
67	March 23	Portland Trail Blazers	108-118	Dale Ellis (35)			Seattle Center Coliseum 14,250	35–32
68	March 26	Los Angeles Clippers	98-131	Dale Ellis (27)			Seattle Center Coliseum 11,650	36–32
69	March 29, 1988	Chicago	W 106–103	Chambers (34)			Seattle Center Coliseum 14,850	37–32
70	March 31	San Antonio Spurs	117-115	Dale Ellis Tom Chambers (27)			Seattle Center Coliseum 9,210	37–33

April: 7–5 (home: 6–2; road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
71	April 2	Phoenix Suns	107-151	Xavier McDaniel (26)			Seattle Center Coliseum 9,790	38–33
72	April 5, 1988 7:30 p.m. PDT	@ L.A. Lakers	L 90–94	Chambers (21)	Lister (14)	McDaniel, McMillan (4)	The Forum 17,505	38–34
73	April 6	Golden State Warriors	102-114	Derrick McKey (18)			Seattle Center Coliseum 9,520	39–34
74	April 8	Portland Trail Blazers	100-114	Xavier McDaniel (34)			Seattle Center Coliseum 14,438	40–34
75	April 9	Houston Rockets	108-104	Xavier McDaniel (27)			Seattle Center Coliseum 13,584	40–35
76	April 13	Los Angeles Clippers	92-113	Xavier McDaniel (23)			Seattle Center Coliseum Not announced	41–35
77	April 15, 1988 7:30 p.m. PDT	Dallas	W 115–88	Lister (19)	Lister, McDaniel (7)	McMillan (8)	Seattle Center Coliseum 12,576	42–35
78	April 16	vs Phoenix Suns	121-119 (OT)	Sedale Threatt (31)			Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11,406	42–36
79	April 19, 1988	@ Denver	L 114–134	Chambers (29)			McNichols Sports Arena 14,478	42–37
80	April 20	Phoenix Suns	98-121	Dale Ellis (24)			Seattle Center Coliseum Not announced	43–37
81	April 22, 1988	Utah	L 109–110	Ellis (20)			Seattle Center Coliseum 14,250	43–38
82	April 24	vs Los Angeles Clippers	100-109	Russ Schoene Tom Chambers (20)			Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Not announced	44–38

1987–88 season schedule

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates loss.

Playoffs

1988 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 29, 1988	@ Denver	L 123–126	Chambers (29)	McDaniel (10)	McDaniel, McMillan (8)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,022	0–1
2	May 1, 1988	@ Denver	W 111–91	Ellis (24)	McDaniel (17)	McMillan (6)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,022	1–1
3	May 3, 1988	Denver	L 114–125	Chambers (34)	McDaniel (12)	McMillan (9)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,250	1–2
4	May 5, 1988	Denver	W 127–117	McDaniel (27)	McKey (7)	Young (8)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,250	2–2
5	May 7, 1988	@ Denver	L 96–115	Chambers (23)	Lister (8)	McDaniel (5)	McNichols Sports Arena 16,040	2–3

1988 schedule

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 Chambers	82	82	32.7	.448	.303	.807	6.0	2.6	1.1	.6	20.4
Dale Ellis	75	73	37.2	.503	.413	.767	4.5	2.6	1.0	.1	25.8
Clemon Johnson	74	26	9.8	.467	.000	.688	2.4	.2	.2	.3	1.6
Alton Lister	82	55	22.1	.504	.500	.606	7.6	.7	.3	1.7	5.6
Xavier McDaniel	78	77	34.7	.488	.280	.715	6.6	3.4	1.2	.7	21.4
Derrick McKey	82	4	20.8	.491	.367	.772	4.0	1.3	.9	.8	8.5
Nate McMillan	82	82	29.9	.474	.375	.707	4.1	8.6	2.1	.6	7.6
Olden Polynice	82	0	13.2	.465	.000	.639	4.0	.4	.4	.3	4.1
Russ Schoene	81	2	12.0	.458	.293	.810	2.4	.7	.5	.2	6.0
Sedale Threatt¹	26	0	13.6	.519	.143	.833	1.3	2.0	1.3	.2	7.5
Sam Vincent¹	43	0	12.7	.474	.385	.767	1.1	3.2	.5	.1	4.5
Kevin Williams	80	9	13.6	.442	.143	.844	1.6	1.2	.8	.1	6.3
Danny Young	77	0	12.3	.408	.286	.811	1.0	2.8	.7	.0	3.2

1.^ Statistics with the SuperSonics.

Playoffs

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tom Chambers	5	25.8	.549	.000	.829	6.2	2.2	.6	.2	25.8
Dale Ellis	5	34.4	.482	.250	.724	4.6	3.0	.6	.4	20.8
Clemon Johnson	5	7.8	.429	.000	.500	1.4	.0	.2	.2	1.4
Alton Lister	5	15.4	.706	.000	.800	5.8	1.0	.2	1.0	5.6
Xavier McDaniel	5	36.0	.556	.500	.500	9.6	5.0	.6	.2	21.2
Derrick McKey	5	21.8	.632	.333	.588	4.0	1.6	.6	1.0	12.0
Nate McMillan	5	25.4	.343	.000	.643	4.2	6.6	.4	.6	6.6
Olden Polynice	5	13.2	.455	.000	.000	1.6	.0	.6	.0	2.0
Russ Schoene	5	7.8	.583	.500	.000	1.4	.4	.2	.0	3.2
Sedale Threatt	5	16.0	.412	.000	1.000	2.2	2.2	.2	.0	6.4
Kevin Williams	5	14.0	.438	.000	.000	1.6	1.8	.6	.0	2.8
Danny Young	5	19.0	.524	.000	1.000	2.0	3.8	.4	.4	6.4

Awards and records

Awards

Derrick McKey earned an NBA All-Rookie First Team selection.
Xavier McDaniel was selected to participate in the 1988 NBA All-Star Game.

Records

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Via free agency

Ricky Wilson

Via trade

Players Lost

Via free agency

Maurice Lucas

Via trade

Sam Vincent

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