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1967–68 Seattle SuperSonics season
First season in the NBA
Head coach	Al Bianchi
Arena	Seattle Center Coliseum

Results
Record	23–59 (.280)
Place	Division: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
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Radio	KOMO-AM
Seattle SuperSonics seasons
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The 1967–68 Seattle SuperSonics season was the inaugural season for the expansion Seattle SuperSonics franchise in the National Basketball Association. The team's official arena was the Seattle Center Coliseum.

With a team built in its majority from the 1967 expansion draft featuring Walt Hazzard and six-year veteran Tom Meschery, and with Al Bianchi at the head coach position, the Sonics finished the season with a 23–59 record and a fifth place in the Western Division, six games behind the Chicago Bulls, and couldn't make it to the playoffs.

Contents

1 NBA Draft
2 Roster
3 Regular season
- 3.1 Season standings
- 3.2 Game log
4 Player statistics
- 4.1 Season
5 Awards
6 References
7 See also

NBA Draft

Main articles: 1967 NBA Draft and 1967 NBA Expansion Draft

The twelve-man roster for the 1967–68 season consisted of three rookies from the 1967 NBA Draft and nine players from the expansion draft. Al Bianchi's choice of player-coach Richie Guerin from the St. Louis Hawks came as a surprise to most, since Guerin had already announced his retirement, and thus did not play for the Sonics.^[1] He would return for the 1968–69 season to play for the relocated Atlanta Hawks after Seattle traded him in the offseason.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	6	Al Tucker	SF	United States	Oklahoma Baptist
2	19	Bob Rule	C / PF	United States	Colorado State
5	54	Plummer Lott	SF / SG	United States	Seattle

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics 1967–68 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
1.0 !PG	42	USA !	Hazzard, Walt	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	UCLA
5.5 !F/C	10	USA !	Akin, Henry	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Morehead State
2.0 !SG	11	USA !	Kron, Tommy	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Kentucky
3.0 !SF	43	USA !	Lott, Plummer	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Seattle
4.5 !PF	14	USA !	Meschery, Tom	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Saint Mary's
5.5 !F/C	41	USA !	Murrey, Dorie	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Detroit
5.5 !F/C	24	USA !	Olsen, Bud	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Louisville
5.5 !F/C	45	USA !	Rule, Bob	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Colorado State
2.0 !SG	44	USA !	Thorn, Rod	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	West Virginia
3.0 !SF	33	USA !	Tucker, Al	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Oklahoma Baptist
1.0 !PG	12	USA !	Weiss, Bob	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Penn State
6.0 !C	15	USA !	Wilson, George	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Cincinnati

Head coach

Al Bianchi (Bowling Green)

Legend

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

Injured

Regular season

Their first game was on October 13 and the Sonics lost their first game to the San Francisco Warriors on the road. A week later, the Sonics dropped their first home game to their expansion partner, the San Diego Rockets by a score of 121-114. The club would win their first ever game against the same Rockets for their first win 117-110 in San Diego.^[2]

Season standings

Western Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-St. Louis Hawks	56	26	.683	–	25–7	22–13	9–6	31–9
x-Los Angeles Lakers	52	30	.634	4	30–11	18–19	4–0	28–12
x-San Francisco Warriors	43	39	.524	13	27–14	16–23	0–2	24–16
x-Chicago Bulls	29	53	.354	27	11–22	12–24	6–7	11–29
Seattle SuperSonics	23	59	.280	33	10–21	7–24	6–14	15–25
San Diego Rockets	15	67	.183	41	8–33	4–26	3–8	11–29

Game log

1967–68 game log
Total: 23–59 (Home: 10–21; Road: 7–23; Neutral: 6–15)

October : 2–6 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 13	@ San Francisco	L 116–144	Walt Hazzard (30)	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,619	0–1
2	October 20	San Diego	L 114–121	Walt Hazzard (32)	Seattle Center Coliseum 4,473	0–2
3	October 21	@ San Diego	W 117–110 (OT)	Walt Hazzard (22)	San Diego Sports Arena 5,413	1–2
4	October 22	Cincinnati	L 94–106	Walt Hazzard (27)	Seattle Center Coliseum 4,116	1–3
5	October 24	Baltimore	L 125–136	Bob Rule (25)	Portland, Oregon 1,533	1–4
6	October 27	@ Philadelphia	L 115–132	Bob Rule (18)	The Spectrum 4,352	1–5
7	October 28	@ St. Louis	L 109–116	Tommy Kron (21)	Kiel Auditorium 5,218	1–6
8	October 31	Chicago	W 114–104	Walt Hazzard (34)	Seattle Center Coliseum 3,109	2–6

November : 5–11 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–10)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
9	November 1	San Diego	L 125–139	Al Tucker (23)	Portland, Oregon 2,593	2–7
10	November 2	Chicago	L 105–109	Bob Rule (27)	Spokane, Washington 1,051	2–8
11	November 3	New York	L 100–134	Walt Hazzard (19)	Seattle Center Coliseum 4,654	2–9
12	November 7	@ San Francisco	L 112–126	Bob Weiss (20)	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 3,168	2–10
13	November 8	@ St. Louis	L 96–111	Walt Hazzard (20)	Kiel Auditorium 3,022	2–11
14	November 9	Detroit	L 118–119	Walt Hazzard (33)	New York City, New York	2–12
15	November 11	@ Baltimore	L 129–134	Walt Hazzard (26)	Baltimore Civic Center 4,685	2–13
16	November 14	Boston	L 111–114	Bob Weiss (29)	New York City, New York	2–14
17	November 17	San Diego	W 130–124	Walt Hazzard (30)	Seattle Center Coliseum 4,162	3–14
18	November 19	Detroit	W 132–130 (OT)	Bob Rule (31)	Seattle Center Coliseum 4,468	4–14
19	November 20	Detroit	L 118–120	Bob Weiss (27)	Tacoma, Washington 2,311	4–15
20	November 21	L. A. Lakers	W 137–132	Bob Rule (47)	Seattle Center Coliseum 8,122	5–15
21	November 23	Boston	W 133–106	Bob Rule (26)	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	6–15
22	November 25	Cincinnati	L 133–153	Walt Hazzard (19)	Cleveland, Ohio 3,455	6–16
23	November 25	@ New York	L 110–111	Walt Hazzard (21)	Madison Square Garden 9,011	6–17
24	November 28	@ Chicago	W 111–108	Three players (20)	Chicago Stadium 1,659	7–17

December : 4–14 (Home: 2–8; Road: 2–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
25	December 1	Philadelphia	L 109–133	Bob Rule (29)	Boston, Massachusetts	7–18
26	December 3	St. Louis	L 109–123	Tom Meschery (23)	Seattle Center Coliseum 7,938	7–19
27	December 5	@ San Francisco	L 121–133	Walt Hazzard (29)	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 2,306	7–20
28	December 8	Chicago	L 114–115	Walt Hazzard, Bob Rule (21)	Seattle Center Coliseum 3,835	7–21
29	December 10	L. A. Lakers	W 133–123	Al Tucker (35)	Seattle Center Coliseum 7,006	8–21
30	December 12	Philadelphia	L 107–118	Al Tucker (27)	New York City, New York	8–22
31	December 15	@ Chicago	W 122–115	Walt Hazzard (36)	Chicago Stadium 1,686	9–22
32	December 17	Philadelphia	L 124–139	Rod Thorn (22)	Seattle Center Coliseum 11,294	9–23
33	December 18	Detroit	L 122–140	Rod Thorn (29)	Tacoma, Washington 1,658	9–24
34	December 19	Boston	L 114–118	Walt Hazzard (37)	Seattle Center Coliseum 6,889	9–25
35	December 20	Philadelphia	L 122–160	Walt Hazzard (20)	Seattle Center Coliseum 7,714	9–26
36	December 22	New York	W 120–108	Al Tucker (31)	Seattle Center Coliseum 8,515	10–26
37	December 23	@ San Francisco	L 124–131	Walt Hazzard (19)	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 3,862	10–27
38	December 24	San Francisco	L 113–127	Walt Hazzard (20)	Seattle Center Coliseum 6,226	10–28
39	December 25	@ Cincinnati	L 112–118	Rod Thorn (26)	Cincinnati Gardens 3,323	10–29
40	December 26	New York	W 137–135	Walt Hazzard (37)	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	11–29
41	December 28	San Diego	L 125–143	Walt Hazzard (45)	Seattle Center Coliseum 5,889	11–30
42	December 31	San Francisco	L 124–126	Walt Hazzard (26)	Seattle Center Coliseum 4,591	11–31

January : 5–7 (Home: 1–3; Road: 4–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
43	January 1	St. Louis	L 94–115	Walt Hazzard (17)	Seattle Center Coliseum 3,604	11–32
44	January 5	Boston	L 121–128	Bob Rule (31)	Seattle Center Coliseum 9,188	11–33
45	January 6	@ San Diego	W 122–104	Walt Hazzard (28)	San Diego Sports Arena 6,738	12–33
46	January 8	New York	L 113–119	Tom Meschery (24)	Seattle Center Coliseum 4,548	12–34
47	January 10	@ Boston	L 110–123	Walt Hazzard	Boston Garden 3,701	12–35
48	January 15	New York	W 129–113	Walt Hazzard (24)	Boston, Massachusetts	13–35
49	January 16	Baltimore	W 142–116	Tom Meschery (33)	Chicago, Illinois 3,500	14–35
50	January 19	@ Detroit	L 119–133	Walt Hazzard (41)	Cobo Arena 5,887	14–36
51	January 20	@ St. Louis	L 115–120	Walt Hazzard (25)	Kiel Auditorium 5,118	14–37
52	January 21	@ L. A. Lakers	L 123–154	Walt Hazzard (24)	The Forum 9,262	14–38
53	January 28	Baltimore	W 135–126	Walt Hazzard (23)	Tacoma, Washington 3,181	15–38
54	January 30	L. A. Lakers	W 128–116	Walt Hazzard (31)	Seattle Center Coliseum 6,262	16–38

February : 4–10 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–8)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
55	February 1	St. Louis	L 110–113	Rod Thorn (32)	Seattle Center Coliseum 5,564	16–39
56	February 2	@ L. A. Lakers	L 113–151	Walt Hazzard, Bob Rule (17)	The Forum 12,021	16–40
57	February 4	@ L. A. Lakers	L 131–137	Tom Meschery (28)	The Forum 7,796	16–41
58	February 5	Cincinnati	W 132–129 (OT)	Walt Hazzard (45)	Phoenix, Arizona 4,680	17–41
59	February 8	L. A. Lakers	W 115–110	Walt Hazzard (31)	Seattle Center Coliseum 6,526	18–41
60	February 11	San Francisco	W 146–118	Walt Hazzard (29)	Seattle Center Coliseum 9,505	19–41
61	February 14	Philadelphia	L 125–149	Walt Hazzard (25)	Seattle Center Coliseum 9,449	19–42
62	February 15	@ Cincinnati	L 119–132	Walt Hazzard (31)	Cincinnati Gardens 2,306	19–43
63	February 16	@ Baltimore	L 118–147	Walt Hazzard (30)	Baltimore Civic Center 3,748	19–44
64	February 17	@ New York	L 111–134	Bob Weiss (22)	Madison Square Garden 13,256	19–45
65	February 20	@ Philadelphia	L 108–140	Walt Hazzard (25)	The Spectrum 6,417	19–46
66	February 21	Chicago	L 106–108	Walt Hazzard, Rod Thorn (25)	Baltimore, Maryland	19–47
67	February 23	@ San Diego	W 127–122	Walt Hazzard (31)	San Diego Sports Arena 4,834	20–47
68	February 24	Boston	L 137–141	Walt Hazzard (38)	Vancouver, Canada 8,129	20–48

March : 3–11 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
69	March 2	@ L. A. Lakers	L 121–127	Walt Hazzard (31)	The Forum 11,335	20–49
70	March 3	Cincinnati	L 128–138	Rod Thorn (22)	Seattle Center Coliseum 8,894	20–50
71	March 5	Baltimore	L 121–126	Tommy Kron (27)	Seattle Center Coliseum 4,939	20–51
72	March 7	St. Louis	L 133–150	Walt Hazzard, Rod Thorn (29)	Portland, Oregon 2,428	20–52
73	March 8	Baltimore	L 116–122	Tom Meschery (30)	Olympia, Washington 4,012	20–53
74	March 9	@ San Diego	W 115–111	Tom Meschery (23)	San Diego Sports Arena 6,331	21–53
75	March 10	San Francisco	L 112–118	Al Tucker (28)	Seattle Center Coliseum 5,536	21–54
76	March 11	Boston	L 112–119	Tom Meschery (22)	Seattle Center Coliseum 8,136	21–55
77	March 12	@ Detroit	L 123–139	Tommy Kron (24)	Cobo Arena 5,304	21–56
78	March 13	@ Cincinnati	L 123–142	Bob Rule (46)	Cincinnati Gardens 4,958	21–57
79	March 15	@ Chicago	W 113–101	Walt Hazzard (21)	Chicago Stadium 3,426	22–57
80	March 16	@ St. Louis	L 106–124	Walt Hazzard (24)	Kiel Auditorium 7,665	22–58
81	March 18	Detroit	L 82–88	Walt Hazzard (22)	Seattle Center Coliseum 6,244	22–59
82	March 19	Chicago	W 122–104	Walt Hazzard (36)	Seattle Center Coliseum 10,429	23–59

1967–68 season schedule

Player 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

^[3]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Akin, Henry !Henry Akin	36	–	7.2	.336	–	.645	1.6	.4	–	–	3.1
Hazzard, Walt !Walt Hazzard	79	–	33.7	.441	–	.774	4.2	6.2	–	–	24.0
Kron, Tommy !Tommy Kron	76	–	23.6	.396	–	.790	4.7	3.7	–	–	9.7
Lott, Plummer !Plummer Lott	44	–	10.9	.311	–	.613	2.1	.8	–	–	2.5
Meschery, Tom !Tom Meschery	82	–	34.8	.469	–	.707	10.2	2.4	–	–	14.5
Murrey, Dorie !Dorie Murrey	81	–	18.4	.436	–	.689	7.4	.8	–	–	7.3
Olsen, Bud !Bud Olsen	73	–	12.3	.456	–	.274	2.8	1.0	–	–	3.8
Olsen, Bud !Bud Olsen	73	–	12.3	.456	–	.274	2.8	1.0	–	–	3.8
Rule, Bob !Bob Rule	82	–	29.6	.489	–	.658	9.5	1.2	–	–	18.1
Thorn, Rod !Rod Thorn	66	–	25.3	.451	–	.737	4.0	3.5	–	–	15.2
Tucker, Al !Al Tucker	81	–	29.2	.442	–	.707	7.5	1.4	–	–	13.1
Weiss, Bob !Bob Weiss	82	–	19.7	.430	–	.839	1.8	4.2	–	–	9.8
Wilson, George !George Wilson	77	–	16.1	.359	–	.703	6.1	.7	–	–	6.1

Awards

Al Tucker and Bob Rule earned NBA All-Rookie First Team selections.
Walt Hazzard played for the West in the 1968 NBA All-Star Game at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.

References

^ Associated Press (May 2, 1967). "Seattle Makes Sure Guerin Stays Retired". The Free Lance–Star. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M-wQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AYwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=richie%20guerin&pg=3327%2C130601. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
^ http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/seattle/sonics.html
^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1968.html

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