1997-98 Seattle Supersonics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 61-21
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 4-6 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Minnesota Timberwolves 3-2
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
Coach: George Karl (61-21)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 699,952, Avg. 17,072 in 41 home dates

1997-98 Seattle Supersonics Roster
1997-98 Seattle Supersonics Results

The Seattle Supersonics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 61 wins and 21 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-6.

Seattle racked up 8,246 points and conceded 7,658. Vin Baker scored a team-high 1,574 points for the Supersonics, while Gary Payton netted 16 or more per game, too. Vin Baker racked up 656 rebounds. Gary Payton dished out 679 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Gary Payton added 185 steals, and Jim McIlvaine blocked 137 shots.

George Karl coached the team. The 1997-98 Seattle Supersonics lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Vin Baker	F	82	82	2944	1164	631	7	1	526	311	286	370	656	152	91	86	174	278	1574
Gary Payton	G	82	82	3145	1278	579	397	134	375	279	77	299	376	679	185	18	229	195	1571
Detlef Schrempf	F-C	78	78	2742	898	437	147	61	352	297	135	419	554	341	60	19	168	205	1232
Dale Ellis	G-F	79	0	1939	700	348	274	127	142	111	51	133	184	89	60	5	74	128	934
Hersey Hawkins	G	82	82	2597	636	280	301	125	204	177	71	263	334	221	148	17	102	153	862
Sam Perkins	F-C	81	0	1675	471	196	222	87	128	101	53	202	255	113	62	29	62	158	580
Greg Anthony	G	80	0	1021	349	150	159	66	80	53	18	93	111	205	64	3	91	97	419
Aaron Williams	F-C	65	9	757	220	115	1	0	85	66	48	99	147	14	19	38	50	119	296
Jim McIlvaine	C	78	72	1211	223	101	3	0	81	45	96	163	259	19	24	137	54	240	247
Jerome Kersey	F	37	2	717	233	97	10	1	65	39	56	79	135	44	52	14	36	104	234
David Wingate	G-F	58	2	546	140	66	7	3	29	15	19	60	79	37	21	3	37	58	150
Nate McMillan	G-F	18	1	279	67	23	34	15	1	1	13	27	40	55	14	4	12	41	62
Stephen Howard	F	13	0	53	21	8	0	0	18	9	6	6	12	3	3	1	6	13	25
Eric Snow	G	17	0	74	23	10	1	0	10	5	0	4	4	13	0	1	12	15	25
James Cotton	G-F	9	0	33	21	8	4	0	9	8	2	4	6	0	1	1	6	3	24
George Zidek	C	6	0	22	14	3	2	1	4	4	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	5	11
Totals		865	410	19755	6458	3052	1569	621	2109	1521	931	2225	3156	1986	804	376	1114	1812	8246

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Vin Baker	F	82	82	35.9	54.2	14.3	59.1	3.5	4.5	8.0	1.9	1.1	1.0	2.1	3.4	19.2
Gary Payton	G	82	82	38.4	45.3	33.8	74.4	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	19.2
Detlef Schrempf	F-C	78	78	35.2	48.7	41.5	84.4	1.7	5.4	7.1	4.4	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.6	15.8
Dale Ellis	G-F	79	0	24.5	49.7	46.4	78.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.1	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.6	11.8
Hersey Hawkins	G	82	82	31.7	44.0	41.5	86.8	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.7	1.8	0.2	1.2	1.9	10.5
Sam Perkins	F-C	81	0	20.7	41.6	39.2	78.9	0.7	2.5	3.1	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.0	7.2
Greg Anthony	G	80	0	12.8	43.0	41.5	66.3	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.8	0.0	1.1	1.2	5.2
Aaron Williams	F-C	65	9	11.6	52.3	0.0	77.6	0.7	1.5	2.3	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.8	1.8	4.6
Jim McIlvaine	C	78	72	15.5	45.3	0.0	55.6	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.2	0.3	1.8	0.7	3.1	3.2
Jerome Kersey	F	37	2	19.4	41.6	10.0	60.0	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.2	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.8	6.3
David Wingate	G-F	58	2	9.4	47.1	42.9	51.7	0.3	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	2.6
Nate McMillan	G-F	18	1	15.5	34.3	44.1	100.0	0.7	1.5	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.2	0.7	2.3	3.4
Stephen Howard	F	13	0	4.1	38.1		50.0	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.9
Eric Snow	G	17	0	4.4	43.5	0.0	50.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.5
James Cotton	G-F	9	0	3.7	38.1	0.0	88.9	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.3	2.7
George Zidek	C	6	0	3.7	21.4	50.0	100.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	1.8
Averages		865	410	22.8	47.3	39.6	72.1	1.1	2.6	3.6	2.3	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.1	9.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gary Payton	G	10	428	183	87	50	19	50	47	9	25	34	70	18	1	26	31	240
Detlef Schrempf	F-C	10	375	125	64	14	2	38	31	18	59	77	39	7	1	22	21	161
Vin Baker	F	10	371	134	71	0	0	38	16	41	53	94	18	18	15	22	38	158
Hersey Hawkins	G	10	337	88	41	43	17	40	35	17	40	57	36	18	1	9	24	134
Jerome Kersey	F	10	213	72	31	3	0	19	16	17	23	40	9	10	10	13	32	78
Dale Ellis	G-F	10	170	53	20	26	11	6	5	4	9	13	6	2	0	2	10	56
Sam Perkins	F-C	10	210	42	16	24	10	20	12	6	26	32	14	3	5	11	22	54
Greg Anthony	G	9	118	40	12	19	5	8	3	3	7	10	10	5	1	11	17	32
Nate McMillan	G-F	7	99	18	6	12	2	2	2	2	14	16	15	3	2	2	17	16
Jim McIlvaine	C	6	59	20	6	1	0	2	1	7	3	10	1	2	6	1	22	13
David Wingate	G-F	3	13	5	2	0	0	6	4	2	2	4	2	1	0	1	1	8
Aaron Williams	F-C	3	7	3	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2
Totals		98	2400	783	356	192	66	231	174	127	261	388	220	87	43	121	235	952

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Gary Payton	G	10	42.8	47.5	38.0	94.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	7.0	1.8	0.1	2.6	3.1	24.0
Detlef Schrempf	F-C	10	37.5	51.2	14.3	81.6	1.8	5.9	7.7	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.1	16.1
Vin Baker	F	10	37.1	53.0		42.1	4.1	5.3	9.4	1.8	1.8	1.5	2.2	3.8	15.8
Hersey Hawkins	G	10	33.7	46.6	39.5	87.5	1.7	4.0	5.7	3.6	1.8	0.1	0.9	2.4	13.4
Jerome Kersey	F	10	21.3	43.1	0.0	84.2	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.2	7.8
Dale Ellis	G-F	10	17.0	37.7	42.3	83.3	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.0	5.6
Sam Perkins	F-C	10	21.0	38.1	41.7	60.0	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.4	0.3	0.5	1.1	2.2	5.4
Greg Anthony	G	9	13.1	30.0	26.3	37.5	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.9	3.6
Nate McMillan	G-F	7	14.1	33.3	16.7	100.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.1	0.4	0.3	0.3	2.4	2.3
Jim McIlvaine	C	6	9.8	30.0	0.0	50.0	1.2	0.5	1.7	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.2	3.7	2.2
David Wingate	G-F	3	4.3	40.0		66.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.7
Aaron Williams	F-C	3	2.3	0.0		100.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7
Averages		865	24.5	45.5	34.4	75.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.4	9.7