1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Seattle SuperSonics 1970 36 46 Western 5 Lenny Wilkens Bob Houbregs, Zollie Volchok Sam Schulman Seattle Center Coliseum KTNT-TV KOMO Did not qualify SEA The 1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 3rd season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the NBA. After the resignation of Al Bianchi,Bianchi Quits Seattle Job, The Tuscaloosa News. Jule 12, 1969. Retrieved June 9, 2012. Lenny Wilkens took the role of player-coach and led the team to a 36–46 record, a six win improvement over their previous season and 3 games behind the Chicago Bulls, who got the last playoff spot in the Western Division. Wilkens led the league in assists with 9.1 apg. Offseason Draft 1969 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 3 Lucius Allen G United States UCLA 2 18 Ronald Taylor C United States USC 3 32 Lee Winfield G United States North Texas 4 46 Hal Booker C United States Cheyney State 5 60 Jerry King G United States Louisville 6 74 Ben McGilmer F United States Iowa 7 88 Greg Wittman PF United States Western Carolina 8 102 Theartis Wallace G United States Central Washington State 9 116 Vince Fritz G United States Oregon State 10 130 Al Cueto C Cuba Tulsa 11 144 Jim Connolly F United States Bowling Green 12 158 John Smith F United States Puget Sound 13 171 Bob Burrows G Canada Seattle Pacific 14 182 Jerry Conley G United States Morehead State 15 191 Ernie Powell F United States USC 16 197 Danny Cornett G United States Morehead State 17 203 Steve Honeycutt G United States Kansas State Roster Seattle SuperSonics 1969–70 42 Lucius Allen G 6 2 175 UCLA 1947–09–26 20 Bob Boozer F 6 8 215 Kansas State 1937–04–26 43 Barry Clemens F 6 6 210 Ohio Wesleyan 1943–05–01 25 Al Hairston G 6 1 170 Bowling Green 1945–12–11 14 Tom Meschery PF 6 6 215 Saint Mary's 1938–10–26 41 Dorie Murrey F/C 6 8 215 Detroit 1943–09–07 45 Bob Rule F/C 6 9 220 Colorado State 1944–06–29 10 Dick Snyder F/G 6 5 207 West Virginia 1944–02–01 44 Rod Thorn SG 6 4 195 West Virginia 1941–05–23 19 Lenny Wilkens G 6 1 180 Providence 1937–10–28 11 Lee Winfield G 6 2 174 Providence 1947–02–04 Lenny Wilkens Standings SEA x – clinched playoff spot Game log Seattle SuperSonics 1970 Total: 36–46 (Home: 22–14; Road: 10–26; Neutral: 4–6) Seattle SuperSonics yes October 1 2 0 4 |- | 1 | October 14 | @ New York | L 101–126 | Bob Rule (27) | Bob Rule (15) | Lenny Wilkens (5) | Madison Square Garden14,796 | 0–1 |- | 2 | October 15 | @ Atlanta | L 119–124 | John Tresvant (29) | John Tresvant (14) | Bob Rule (4) | Alexander Memorial Coliseum3,718 | 0–2 |- | 3 | October 18 | @ Chicago | L 126–131 (OT) | John Tresvant (28) | John Tresvant (11) | Lenny Wilkens, Art Harris (6) | Chicago Stadium7,430 | 0–3 |- | 4 | October 19 | @ Milwaukee | L 106–130 | Bob Boozer (26) | Bob Boozer (16) | Lenny Wilkens (6) | Milwaukee Arena7,370 | 0–4 |- | 5 | October 25 | Los Angeles | L 106–130 | Bob Rule (19) | Bob Rule (12) | Lucius Allen (8) | Seattle Center Coliseum12,536 | 0–5 |- | 6 | October 28 | Chicago | L 114–116 | Lenny Wilkens (28) | Bob Boozer (9) | Lenny Wilkens (17) | Seattle Center Coliseum3,620 | 0–6 |- | 7 | October 31 | Cincinnati | W 129–121 | Lenny Wilkens (38) | Dorie Murrey (14) | Lenny Wilkens (12) | Seattle Center Coliseum4,016 | 1–6 Seattle SuperSonics November 3 4 2 6 |- | 8 | November 2 | @ Atlanta | L 113–125 | Bob Rule (22) | | | Alexander Memorial Coliseum4,101 | 1–7 |- | 9 | November 4 | @ Detroit | W 116–102 | Bob Boozer (28) | | | Cobo Arena2,076 | 2–7 |- | 10 | November 7 | @ Baltimore | L 112–126 | Bob Rule (29) | | | Baltimore Civic Center4,459 | 2–8 |- | 11 | November 8 | @ Philadelphia | W 125–117 | Bob Rule (32) | | | The Spectrum10,363 | 3–8 |- | 12 | November 11 | @ Chicago | L 100–106 | Lenny Wilkens (19) | | | Chicago Stadium8,149 | 3–9 |- | 13 | November 13 | Detroit | W 117–113 | Bob Rule (28) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum4,106 | 4–9 |- | 14 | November 14 | @ San Diego | L 112–148 | Tom Meschery (26) | | | San Diego Sports Arena4,838 | 4–10 |- | 15 | November 15 | Philadelphia | W 146–136 | Bob Rule (49) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum6,679 | 5–10 |- | 16 | November 19 | Atlanta | L 116–137 | Bob Boozer (24) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum5,583 | 5–11 |- | 17 | November 21 | Milwaukee | L 115–117 | Bob Rule (35) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum12,920 | 5–12 |- | 18 | November 23 | Boston | L 116–125 | Bob Rule (33) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum5,538 | 5–13 |- | 19 | November 24 | @ San Diego | L 105–112 | Lenny Wilkens (23) | | | San Diego Sports Arena3,393 | 5–14 |- | 20 | November 25 | San Francisco | L 106–114 | Bob Rule (24) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum4,001 | 5–15 |- | 21 | November 29 | Phoenix | W 130–129 | Bob Rule (33) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum9,418 | 6–15 |- | 22 | November 30 | @ Phoenix | L 108–116 | John Tresvant (21) | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum3,621 | 6–16 Seattle SuperSonics December 6 3 2 7 |- | 23 | December 2 | @ New York | L 109–129 | Bob Rule (25) | | | Madison Square Garden14,627 | 6–17 |- | 24 | December 3 | @ Cincinnati | W 118–117 | Bob Rule (30) | | | Cincinnati Gardens2,456 | 7–17 |- | 25 | December 4 | @ Atlanta | L 111–119 | Bob Rule (24) | | | Alexander Memorial Coliseum2,931 | 7–18 |- | 26 | December 5 | @ Milwaukee | L 98–131 | Bob Boozer (19) | | | Milwaukee Arena7,064 | 7–19 |- | 27 | December 6 | Baltimore | W 132–129 (OT) | Bob Rule (40) | | | Philadelphia, PA8,128 | 8–19 |- | 28 | December 9 | Detroit | W 109–104 | Bob Rule (36) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum6,168 | 9–19 |- | 29 | December 11 | New York | W 112–105 | Bob Rule (28) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum10,029 | 10–19 |- | 30 | December 12 | Phoenix | L 116–130 | Tom Meschery (29) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum6,146 | 10–20 |- | 31 | December 14 | @ Los Angeles | L 127–131 | Bob Rule (45) | | | The Forum8,729 | 10–21 |- | 32 | December 16 | @ San Francisco | L 119–125 | Bob Rule (33) | | | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena3,889 | 10–22 |- | 33 | December 17 | Cincinnati | W 117–104 | Lucius Allen (23) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum4,472 | 11–22 |- | 34 | December 19 | Philadelphia | W 123–116 | Tom Meschery (26) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum6,210 | 12–22 |- | 35 | December 21 | San Diego | W 112–96 | Lucius Allen, Tom Meschery (18) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum6,021 | 13–22 |- | 36 | December 23 | @ San Francisco | L 115–119 | Lucius Allen (19) | | | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena3,481 | 13–23 |- | 37 | December 26 | Boston | L 112–122 | Bob Rule (41) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum10,273 | 13–24 |- | 38 | December 27 | New York | L 117–119 | Bob Rule (25) | | | Vancouver, BC4,206 | 13–25 |- | 39 | December 30 | Phoenix | W 134–121 | Tom Meschery (24) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum5,201 | 14–25 Seattle SuperSonics January 3 5 3 5 |- | 40 | January 1 | Chicago | L 111–114 | Bob Rule (36) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum5,149 | 14–26 |- | 41 | January 3 | Los Angeles | L 109–126 | Bob Rule (26) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum8,677 | 14–27 |- | 42 | January 4 | Detroit | L 110–116 | Dick Snyder (27) | | | Portland, OR3,451 | 14–28 |- | 43 | January 6 | @ Atlanta | L 97–101 | Bob Boozer (21) | | | Alexander Memorial Coliseum3,839 | 14–29 |- | 44 | January 9 | @ Philadelphia | W 135–132 | Lenny Wilkens (31) | | | The Spectrum4,220 | 15–29 |- | 45 | January 10 | @ Detroit | L 128–129 | Tom Meschery (28) | | | Cobo Arena2,346 | 15–30 |- | 46 | January 13 | Boston | L 102–111 | Lucius Allen (23) | | | Philadelphia, PA5,678 | 15–31 |- | 47 | January 14 | Philadelphia | W 122–110 | Dick Snyder (26) | | | Boston, MA4,614 | 16–31 |- | 48 | January 16 | Chicago | W 119–103 | Lenny Wilkens (23) | | | Kansas City, KS3,713 | 17–31 |- | 49 | January 17 | @ Phoenix | W 134–131 | Lenny Wilkens (24) | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum9,094 | 18–31 |- | 50 | January 22 | Phoenix | L 120–129 | Bob Rule (31) | | | Las Cruces, NM2,805 | 18–32 |- | 51 | January 23 | @ Los Angeles | L 100–128 | Bob Rule (22) | | | The Forum11,393 | 18–33 |- | 52 | January 24 | Los Angeles | L 121–122 (OT) | Bob Rule (22) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum9,697 | 18–34 |- | 53 | January 28 | Atlanta | W 120–119 | Dick Snyder (23) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum4,483 | 19–34 |- | 54 | January 29 | San Francisco | W 105–101 | Dick Snyder (24) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum4,010 | 20–34 |- | 55 | January 30 | @ San Diego | L 117–119 (OT) | Bob Boozer (33) | | | San Diego Sports Arena4,941 | 20–35 Seattle SuperSonics February 8 4 3 2 |- | 56 | February 1 | Milwaukee | W 118 116 | Tom Meschery (27) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum12,660 | 21–35 |- | 57 | February 3 | @ Baltimore | W 120–115 | Bob Rule (29) | | | Baltimore Civic Center4,418 | 22 35 |- | 58 | February 4 | @ Cincinnati | W 121–115 | Bob Rule (30) | | | Cincinnati Gardens2,805 | 23 35 |- | 59 | February 6 | @ Boston | L 117–127 | Lenny Wilkens (29) | | | Boston Garden6,109 | 23–36 |- | 60 | February 7 | @ Detroit | L 109–113 | Tom Meschery (21) | | | Cobo Arena3,540 | 23–37 |- | 61 | February 8 | Philadelphia | W 118–117 | Bob Rule (29) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum8,050 | 24–37 |- | 62 | February 11 | Baltimore | W 119–117 | Bob Boozer (23) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum5,810 | 25–37 |- | 63 | February 13 | Baltimore | W 141–138 | Bob Rule (39) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum8,905 | 26–37 |- | 64 | February 17 | Phoenix | L 118–129 | Bob Rule (25) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum8,220 | 26–38 |- | 65 | February 18 | San Diego | L 119–122 | Bob Rule (42) | | | Eugene, OR5,500 | 26–39 |- | 66 | February 20 | Boston | L 125–127 | Bob Rule (27) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum8,614 | 26–40 |- | 67 | February 21 | Milwaukee | L 127–140 | Bob Rule (33) | | | Portland, OR11,139 | 26–41 |- | 68 | February 22 | San Francisco | W 131–127 | Bob Rule (30) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum11,564 | 27–41 |- | 69 | February 24 | San Francisco | W 130–122 | Bob Rule (29) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum4,802 | 28–41 |- | 70 | February 25 | Atlanta | W 120–112 | Bob Rule (27) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum5,685 | 29–41 |- | 71 | February 27 | @ San Francisco | W 107–99 | Lenny Wilkens (22) | | | Oakland, CA4,604 | 30–41 |- | 72 | February 28 | Chicago | W 140–104 | Bob Rule (32) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum13,096 | 31–41 Seattle SuperSonics March 3 1 2 4 |- | 73 | March 3 | San Diego | W 126–114 | Dick Snyder (26) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum9,915 | 32–41 |- | 74 | March 6 | Cincinnati | W 126–122 | Dick Snyder (33) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum13,102 | 33–41 |- | 75 | March 8 | Baltimore | L 106–109 | Bob Rule (28) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum13,058 | 33–42 |- | 76 | March 9 | @ Milwaukee | L 105–124 | Bob Rule (19) | | | Milwaukee Arena10,746 | 33–43 |- | 77 | March 10 | @ New York | L 99–117 | Bob Rule (24) | | | Madison Square Garden18,212 | 33–44 |- | 78 | March 13 | New York | W 115–103 | Lenny Wilkens (28) | | | Portland, OR11,035 | 34–44 |- | 79 | March 15 | @ Cincinnati | L 113–116 | Bob Rule (25) | | | Cincinnati Gardens9,640 | 34–45 |- | 80 | March 17 | @ Chicago | W 109–102 | Three players (22) | | | Chicago Stadium9,098 | 35–45 |- | 81 | March 20 | @ Boston | W 123–119 | Dick Snyder (20) | | | Boston Garden10,393 | 36–45 |- | 82 | March 22 | @ Los Angeles | L 118–121 | Bob Rule (33) | | | The Forum13,745 | 36–46 OKC 1970 Player statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Lucius Allen 81 – 22.4 .442 – .731 2.6 4.2 – – 9.8 Bob Boozer a a 82 – 31.1 .491 – .822 8.7 1.3 – – 15.2 Barry Clemens a a 78 – 19.1 .454 – .793 4.1 1.5 – – 8.3 Al Hairston 3 – 6.7 .375 – 1.000 1.7 2.0 – – 2.3 Art Harris a a 5 – 35.6 .384 – .444 3.8 4.0 – – 12.0 Joe Kennedy Joe Kennedy (basketball) 14 – 5.9 .088 – 1.000 1.4 .5 – – .6 Tom Meschery 80 – 28.7 .482 – .790 8.3 2.0 – – 12.3 Erwin Mueller a a 4 – 17.3 .406 – .444 3.5 1.5 – – 7.5 Dorie Murrey 81 – 13.3 .446 – .731 4.4 .9 – – 5.5 Bob Rule 80 – 37.0 .463 – .714 10.3 1.8 – – 24.6 Dick Snyder a a 76 – 30.1 .531 – .810 4.1 4.4 – – 13.6 Rod Thorn 19 – 5.5 .444 – .625 .8 .9 – – 2.9 John Tresvant a a 49 – 26.1 .428 – .735 7.4 1.9 – – 12.6 Lenny Wilkens a a 75 – 37.4 .420 – .788 5.0 9.1 – – 17.8 Lee Winfield 64 – 12.0 .479 – .750 1.5 1.6 – – 5.7 a a Statistics with the Seattle SuperSonics. Awards Bob Rule and Lenny Wilkens made their first and seventh All-Star appearances respectively at the 1970 NBA All-Star Game. Transactions Overview Players Added Via draft Lucius Allen Lee Winfield Via trade Bob Boozer Barry Clemens Dick SnyderPlayers Lost Via trade Art Harris Erwin Mueller Bob Kauffman John Tresvant Waived Tommy Kron ^ ^ ^ ^ Kron was put on waivers, and after no other team claimed him the Sonics sold him to the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association.Tommy Kron Sold to the Colonels, Kentucky New Era. October 30, 1969. Retrieved June 10, 2012. Trades September 5, 1969 To Seattle SuperSonics Bob Boozer Barry Clemens To Chicago Bulls Bob Kauffman 1971 third round pick October 26, 1969 To Seattle SuperSonics Dick Snyder To Phoenix Suns Art Harris November 1, 1969 To Seattle SuperSonics 1970 second round pick To Detroit Pistons Erwin Mueller January 21, 1970 To Seattle SuperSonics Cash considerations To Los Angeles Lakers John Tresvant References Category:Seattle SuperSonics seasons Seattle