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1979–80 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1979–80 Seattle SuperSonics season was the SuperSonics' 13th season in the NBA. The SuperSonics entered the season as the defending NBA champions, having defeated the Washington Bullets in five games in the 1979 NBA Finals, winning their first NBA championship.

In the playoffs, the SuperSonics defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in three games in the First Round, then defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in seven games in the Semi-finals, before losing to the eventual NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in five games in the conference finals.

Offseason

Draft

Roster

Standings

Game log

Regular season

Playoffs

|- | 1 | April 2 | Portland | W 120–110 | Gus Williams (35) | three players tied (8) | Gus Williams (6) | Kingdome<br>26,412 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 4 | @ Portland | L 95–105 (OT) | Dennis Johnson (24) | Lonnie Shelton (12) | Gus Williams (8) | Memorial Coliseum<br>12,666 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 6 | Portland | W 103–86 | Gus Williams (21) | John Johnson (8) | Williams, D. Johnson (6) | Kingdome<br>23,546 | 2–1 |-

|- | 1 | April 8 | Milwaukee | W 114–113 (OT) | Gus Williams (30) | Jack Sikma (11) | John Johnson (6) | Seattle Center Coliseum<br>13,648 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 9 | Milwaukee | L 112–114 (OT) | Lonnie Shelton (25) | Lonnie Shelton (9) | Williams, J. Johnson (7) | Seattle Center Coliseum<br>14,050 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 11 | @ Milwaukee | L 91–95 | Jack Sikma (20) | Jack Sikma (13) | Williams, J. Johnson (7) | MECCA Arena<br>10,938 | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 13 | @ Milwaukee | W 112–107 | Gus Williams (32) | Lonnie Shelton (15) | John Johnson (7) | MECCA Arena<br>10,938 | 2–2 |- | 5 | April 15 | Milwaukee | L 97–108 | Gus Williams (22) | Jack Sikma (9) | Dennis Johnson (7) | Kingdome<br>40,172 | 2–3 |- | 6 | April 18 | @ Milwaukee | W 86–85 | Dennis Johnson (18) | Paul Silas (14) | John Johnson (7) | MECCA Arena<br>10,938 | 3–3 |- | 7 | April 20 | Milwaukee | W 98–94 | Gus Williams (33) | Lonnie Shelton (15) | Dennis Johnson (5) | Seattle Center Coliseum<br>14,050 | 4–3 |-

|- | 1 | April 22 | @ Los Angeles | W 108–107 | Gus Williams (28) | Lonnie Shelton (9) | John Johnson (9) | The Forum<br>17,505 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 23 | @ Los Angeles | L 99–108 | Gus Williams (24) | Jack Sikma (11) | Jack Sikma (8) | The Forum<br>17,505 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 25 | Los Angeles | L 100–104 | Gus Williams (23) | John Johnson (9) | Gus Williams (11) | Hec Edmundson Pavilion<br>8,524 | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 27 | Los Angeles | L 93–98 | Gus Williams (25) | Dennis Johnson (9) | Gus Williams (7) | Hec Edmundson Pavilion<br>8,524 | 1–3 |- | 5 | April 30 | @ Los Angeles | L 105–111 | Dennis Johnson (29) | Jack Sikma (9) | Williams, J. Johnson (6) | The Forum<br>17,505 | 1–4 |-

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

October 19, 1979

October 11, 1979

See also

References