1985–86 Seattle SuperSonics season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Seattle SuperSonics 1986 31 51 Pacific 5 11 Bernie Bickerstaff Lenny Wilkens Barry Ackerley Seattle Center Coliseum Did not qualify SEA KVOS-TV KIRO The 1985–86 Seattle SuperSonics season was the SuperSonics' 19th season in the NBA.1985-86 Seattle SuperSonics The SuperSonics finished the season in eleventh place in the Western Conference with a 31–51 record, the same as the previous year. Offseason Draft 1985 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 4 Xavier McDaniel SF/PF United States Wichita State 3 53 Rolando Lamb G United States VCU 4 75 Alex Stivrins SF/PF United States Colorado 5 97 Lou Stefanovic F Yugoslavia Illinois State 6 122 Earl Walker F United States Mercer 7 144 Mike Phelps G United States Alcorn State Roster Number Name Position Height Experience College 33 Frank Brickowski Center 6–9 1 yr. Pennysalvania State 24 Tom Chambers Power forward 6–10 4 yr. Utah 15 Gerald Henderson Point guard 6–2 6 yr. Virginia Commonwealth 55 Rod Higgins Small forward 6–7 3 yr. California State, Fresno 52 George Johnson Center 6–11 12 yr. Dillard 35 Brian Martin Power forward 6–9 Rookie University of Kansas 40 Tim McCormick Center 6–11 1 yr. Michigan 34 Xavier McDaniel Small forward 6–7 Rookie Wichita State 25 Michael Phelps Shooting guard 6–4 Rookie Alcorn State University 51 David Pope Small forward 6–7 1 yr. Norfolk State 43 Jack Sikma Center 6–11 8 yr. Illinois Wesleyan University 14 Ricky Sobers Shooting guard 6–3 10 yr. Nevada, Las Vegas 42 Alex Stivrins Small forward 6–8 Rookie Creighton, Colorado 23 Danny Vranes Small forward 6–7 4 yr. Utah 4 Al Wood Shooting guard 6–6 4 yr. North Carolina 22 Danny Young Point guard 6–3 1 yr. Wake Forest Staff management Bob Kloppenburg, Assistant coach Lorin Miller, Assistant coach Salaries Player Salary Jack Sikma $1,600,000 Tom Chambers $800,000 Xavier McDaniel $525,000 Al Wood $450,000 Ricky Sobers $425,000 Danny Vranes $400,000 Gerald Henderson $350,000 Tim McCormick $228,333 Rod Higgins $190,000 Danny Young $75,000 George Johnson $70,000 Michael Phelps $70,000 Standings Division SEA Conference SEA z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot Game log # Date Opponent Score Record 1 October 26 @ Dallas L 95–101 0–1 2 October 29 @ Houston L 99–111 0–2 3 October 31 @ Denver L 73–90 0–3 4 November 2 Chicago W 118–100 1–3 5 November 5 New York W 84–80 2–3 6 November 6 @ Golden State L 101–105 2–4 7 November 8 @ Portland L 88–92 2–5 8 November 9 @ Sacramento L 93–98 2–6 9 November 12 Dallas W 109–90 3–6 10 November 13 @ L. A. Clippers W 93–89 4–6 11 November 15 @ Phoenix L 99–117 4–7 12 November 16 @ San Antonio L 95–97 (OT) 4–8 13 November 20 Milwaukee L 106–116 4–9 14 November 22 Houston W 122–103 5–9 15 November 24 Denver W 110–84 6–9 16 November 26 L. A. Clippers W 131–99 7–9 17 November 29 @ L. A. Lakers L 107–108 7–10 18 November 30 @ Denver W 131–123 (2OT) 8–10 19 December 3 San Antonio W 123–103 9–10 20 December 5 @ Cleveland L 97–100 9–11 21 December 6 @ Washington L 109–115 9–12 22 December 8 @ Philadelphia W 105–100 10–12 23 December 10 @ Milwaukee L 98–117 10–13 24 December 11 @ Atlanta L 97–105 10–14 25 December 13 L. A. Clippers W 114–95 11–14 26 December 15 @ Golden State L 105–112 11–15 27 December 17 Phoenix L 99–104 11–16 28 December 19 Detroit L 97–99 11–17 29 December 21 Portland L 97–114 11–18 30 December 27 Golden State W 114–102 12–18 31 December 28 L. A. Clippers L 106–111 12–19 32 December 30 @ Utah L 105–107 12–20 33 January 3 Denver W 117–107 13–20 34 January 6 Phoenix L 97–114 13–21 35 January 7 Utah W 91–84 14–21 36 January 9 @ Denver L 90–94 14–22 37 January 11 L. A. Lakers W 105–99 15–22 38 January 13 Dallas L 89–90 15–23 39 January 15 @ L. A. Clippers L 103–110 15–24 40 January 17 @ Phoenix L 100–103 15–25 41 January 18 @ Sacramento L 96–98 (OT) 15–26 42 January 21 Houston L 96–100 15–27 43 January 23 @ Portland L 107–117 (2OT) 15–28 44 January 25 New Jersey W 106–99 16–28 45January 28 Philadelphia L 99–106 16–29 46 January 30 @ New Jersey W 89–82 17–29 47 January 31 @ Indiana L 94–101 17–30 48 February 2 @ Boston L 101–114 17–31 49 February 4 @ Indiana L 119–124 (OT) 17–32 50 February 6 @ Sacramento L 106–115 17–33 51 February 11 Utah W 105–92 18–33 52 February 13 Boston L 98–107 18–34 53 February 15 Washington W 112–106 19–34 54 February 17 Atlanta W 100–87 20–34 55 February 19 @ Detroit L 113–118 20–35 56 February 21 @ New York L 104–117 20–36 57 February 22 @ Chicago L 125–129 (3OT) 20–37 58 February 25 Sacramento L 100–102 20–38 59 February 27 Portland W 107–94 21–38 60 March 3 Houston W 118–105 22–38 61 March 5 Indiana L 112–120 22–39 62 March 7 Cleveland W 120–106 23–39 63 March 9 L. A. Lakers L 106–108 23–40 64 March 10 @ Golden State W 111–108 24–40 65 March 12 @ L. A. Clippers L 96–100 24–41 66 March 13 @ L. A. Lakers L 92–105 24–42 67 March 16 San Antonio W 129–115 25–42 68 March 18 Utah L 104–107 25–43 69 March 20 Golden State W 116–104 26–43 70 March 21 @ Portland L 108–115 26–44 71 March 23 @ San Antonio W 107–104 27–44 72 March 24 @ Utah L 108–116 27–45 73 March 26 @ Phoenix L 107–120 27–46 74 March 27 Sacramento L 101–103 27–47 75 March 29 L. A. Lakers W 88–87 28–47 76 March 30 Phoenix W 103–89 29–47 77 April 1 @ L. A. Lakers L 104–109 29–48 78 April 2 Portland L 109–121 29–49 79 April 5 @ Dallas W 111–109 30–49 80 April 8 @ Houston L 95–109 30–50 81 April 10 Dallas L 109–115 30–51 82 April 12 Golden State W 121–101 31–51 Player statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Brickowski, Frank Frank Brickowski 40 2 311 .517 .667 6.3 2.4 1.3 0.8 9.0 Chambers, Tom Tom Chambers 66 26 2019 .466 .271 .836 7.7 2.4 1.0 0.7 21.8 Henderson, Gerald Gerald Henderson 82 82 2568 .482 .346 .830 2.6 6.8 1.9 0.2 15.0 Higgins, Rod Rod Higgins 12 0 94 .333 .250 .600 4.6 2.3 0.8 0.4 8.4 Johnson, George George Johnson 41 0 264 .522 .688 8.2 1.8 0.8 5.0 4.8 Martin, Brian Brian Martin 3 0 7 .500 20.6 0.0 0.0 5.1 10.3 McCormick, Tim Tim McCormick 77 42 1705 .570 .500 .713 8.5 1.8 0.4 0.6 14.4 McDaniel, Xavier Xavier McDaniel 82 80 2706 .490 .200 .687 8.7 2.6 1.3 0.5 18.7 Phelps, Michael Michael Phelps 70 18 880 .409 .083 .595 3.6 2.9 1.8 0.0 11.4 Pope, David David Pope 11 0 74 .450 1.000 .500 5.4 1.9 1.0 0.5 10.2 Sikma, Jack Jack Sikma 80 78 2790 .462 .000 .864 9.7 3.9 1.2 0.9 17.7 Sobers, Ricky Ricky Sobers 78 0 1279 .444 .302 .880 2.8 5.1 1.2 0.1 17.0 Stivrins, Alex Alex Stivrins 3 0 14 .250 .250 7.7 2.6 0.0 0.0 7.7 Vranes, Danny Danny Vranes 80 19 1569 .461 .000 .520 6.4 1.6 1.4 0.7 6.9 Wood, Al Al Wood 78 34 1749 .435 .135 .782 5.0 2.3 1.2 0.4 18.6 Young, Danny Danny Young 82 29 1901 .506 .324 .849 2.3 5.7 2.1 0.2 10.8 Awards and records Xavier McDaniel, All-Rookie 1st Team References See also 1985-86 NBA season Category:Seattle SuperSonics seasons Sea