# 1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1969–70 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 3rd season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the NBA. After the resignation of Al Bianchi, 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.

## Draft picks

Note: only draft picks who participated in at least one game in the NBA are listed.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 3 | Lucius Allen | Guard | United States | UCLA |
| 3 | 32 | Lee Winfield | Guard | United States | North Texas |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Western Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 48 | 34 | .585 | – |
| x-Los Angeles Lakers | 46 | 36 | .561 | 2 |
| x-Chicago Bulls | 39 | 43 | .476 | 9 |
| x-Phoenix Suns | 39 | 43 | .476 | 9 |
| Seattle SuperSonics | 36 | 46 | .439 | 12 |
| San Francisco Warriors | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18 |
| San Diego Rockets | 27 | 55 | .329 | 21 |
    x – clinched playoff spot

### Record vs. opponents

1969–70 NBA records :
| Team | ATL | BAL | BOS | CHI | CIN | DET | LAL | MIL | NYK | PHI | PHO | SDR | SFW | SEA |
| Atlanta | — | 2–4 | 6–0 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| Baltimore | 4–2 | — | 5–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 2–4 | 2–4 |
| Boston | 0–6 | 2–5 | — | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| Chicago | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 |
| Cincinnati | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 |
| Detroit | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 1–6 | 1–6 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 |
| Los Angeles | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–0 |
| Milwaukee | 3–3 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 3–3 | — | 2–4 | 5–2 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 |
| New York | 2–4 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 6–0 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | — | 5–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 |
| Philadelphia | 3–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–5 | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 0–6 |
| Phoenix | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 2–4 | — | 7–0 | 3–3 | 4–3 |
| San Diego | 2–4 | 0–6 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 0–7 | — | 5–2 | 4–2 |
| San Francisco | 2–5 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 2–5 | — | 3–4 |
| Seattle | 2–5 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | — |

### Game log

1969–70 game log Total: 36–46 (Home: 22–14; Road: 10–26; Neutral: 4–6) :
October
: 1–6 (home: 1–2; road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 14
@ New York
L 101–126
Bob Rule (27)
Madison Square Garden 14,796
0–1
2
October 15
@ Atlanta
L 119–124
John Tresvant (29)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum 3,718
0–2
3
October 18
@ Chicago
L 126–131 (OT)
John Tresvant (28)
Chicago Stadium 7,430
0–3
4
October 19
@ Milwaukee
L 106–130
Bob Boozer (26)
Milwaukee Arena 7,370
0–4
5
October 25
Los Angeles
L 106–130
Bob Rule (19)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,536
0–5
6
October 28
Chicago
L 114–116
Barry Clemens (14)
Seattle Center Coliseum 3,620
0–6
7
October 31
Cincinnati
W 129–121
Lenny Wilkens (38)
Seattle Center Coliseum 4,016
1–6 :
November
: 5–10 (home: 3–4; road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
November 2
@ Atlanta
L 113–125
Bob Rule (22)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum 4,101
1–7
9
November 4
@ Detroit
W 116–102
Bob Boozer (28)
Cobo Arena 2,076
2–7
10
November 7
@ Baltimore
L 112–126
Bob Rule (29)
Baltimore Civic Center 4,459
2–8
11
November 8
@ Philadelphia
W 125–117
Bob Rule (32)
The Spectrum 10,363
3–8
12
November 11
@ Chicago
L 100–106
Lenny Wilkens (19)
Chicago Stadium 8,149
3–9
13
November 13
Detroit
W 117–113
Bob Rule (28)
Seattle Center Coliseum 4,106
4–9
14
November 14
@ San Diego
L 112–148
Tom Meschery (26)
San Diego Sports Arena 4,838
4–10
15
November 15
Philadelphia
W 146–136
Bob Rule (49)
Seattle Center Coliseum 6,679
5–10
16
November 19
Atlanta
L 116–137
Bob Boozer (24)
Seattle Center Coliseum 5,583
5–11
17
November 21
Milwaukee
L 115–117
Bob Rule (35)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,920
5–12
18
November 23
Boston
L 116–125
Bob Rule (33)
Seattle Center Coliseum 5,538
5–13
19
November 24
@ San Diego
L 105–112
Lenny Wilkens (23)
San Diego Sports Arena 3,393
5–14
20
November 25
San Francisco
L 106–114
Bob Rule (24)
Seattle Center Coliseum 4,001
5–15
21
November 29
Phoenix
W 130 129
Bob Rule (33)
Seattle Center Coliseum 9,418
6–15
22
November 30
@ Phoenix
L 108–116
John Tresvant (21)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 3,621
6–16 :
December
: 8–10 (home: 6–3; road: 2–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
23
December 2
@ New York
L 109–129
Bob Rule (25)
Madison Square Garden 14,627
6–17
24
December 3
@ Cincinnati
W 118–117
Bob Rule (30)
Cincinnati Gardens 2,456
7–17
25
December 4
@ Atlanta
L 111–119
Bob Rule (24)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum 2,931
7–18
26
December 5
@ Milwaukee
L 98–131
Bob Boozer (19)
Milwaukee Arena 7,064
7–19
27
December 6
Baltimore
W 132–129 (OT)
Bob Rule (40)
Philadelphia, PA 8,128
8–19
28
December 9
Detroit
W 109–104
Bob Rule (36)
Seattle Center Coliseum 6,168
9–19
29
December 11
New York
W 112–105
Bob Rule (28)
Seattle Center Coliseum 10,029
10–19
30
December 12
Phoenix
L 116–130
Tom Meschery (29)
Seattle Center Coliseum 6,146
10–20
31
December 14
@ Los Angeles
L 127–131
Bob Rule (45)
The Forum 8,729
10–21
32
December 16
@ San Francisco
L 119–125
Bob Rule (33)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 3,889
10–22
33
December 17
Cincinnati
W 117–104
Lucius Allen (23)
Seattle Center Coliseum 4,472
11–22
34
December 19
Philadelphia
W 123–116
Tom Meschery (26)
Seattle Center Coliseum 6,210
12–22
35
December 21
San Diego
W 112–96
Lucius Allen, Tom Meschery (18)
Seattle Center Coliseum 6,021
13–22
36
December 23
@ San Francisco
L 115–119
Lucius Allen (19)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 3,481
13–23
37
December 26
Boston
L 112–122
Bob Rule (41)
Seattle Center Coliseum 10,273
13–24
38
December 27
New York
L 117–119
Bob Rule (25)
Vancouver, BC 4,206
13–25
39
December 30
Phoenix
W 134–121
Tom Meschery (24)
Seattle Center Coliseum 5,201
14–25 :
January
: 6–10 (home: 3–5; road: 3–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
40
January 1
Chicago
L 111–114
Bob Rule (36)
Seattle Center Coliseum 5,149
14–26
41
January 3
Los Angeles
L 109–126
Bob Rule (26)
Seattle Center Coliseum 8,677
14–27
42
January 4
Detroit
L 110–116
Dick Snyder (27)
Portland, OR 3,451
14–28
43
January 6
@ Atlanta
L 97–101
Bob Boozer (21)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum 3,839
14–29
44
January 9
@ Philadelphia
W 135–132
Lenny Wilkens (31)
The Spectrum 4,220
15–29
45
January 10
@ Detroit
L 128–129
Tom Meschery (28)
Cobo Arena 2,346
15–30
46
January 13
Boston
L 102–111
Lucius Allen (23)
Philadelphia, PA 5,678
15–31
47
January 14
Philadelphia
W 122–110
Dick Snyder (26)
Boston, MA 4,614
16–31
48
January 16
Chicago
W 119–103
Lenny Wilkens (23)
Kansas City, KS 3,713
17–31
49
January 17
@ Phoenix
W 134–131
Lenny Wilkens (24)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,094
18–31
50
January 22
Phoenix
L 120–129
Bob Rule (31)
Las Cruces, NM 2,805
18–32
51
January 23
@ Los Angeles
L 100–128
Bob Rule (22)
The Forum 11,393
18–33
52
January 24
Los Angeles
L 121–122 (OT)
Bob Rule (22)
Seattle Center Coliseum 9,697
18–34
53
January 28
Atlanta
W 120–119
Dick Snyder (23)
Seattle Center Coliseum 4,483
19–34
54
January 29
San Francisco
W 105–101
Dick Snyder (24)
Seattle Center Coliseum 4,010
20–34
55
January 30
@ San Diego
L 117–119 (OT)
Bob Boozer (33)
San Diego Sports Arena 4,941
20–35 :
February
: 11–6 (home: 8–4; road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
56
February 1
Milwaukee
W 118 116
Tom Meschery (27)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,660
21–35
57
February 3
@ Baltimore
W 120–115
Bob Rule (29)
Baltimore Civic Center 4,418
22 35
58
February 4
@ Cincinnati
W 121–115
Bob Rule (30)
Cincinnati Gardens 2,805
23 35
59
February 6
@ Boston
L 117–127
Lenny Wilkens (29)
Boston Garden 6,109
23–36
60
February 7
@ Detroit
L 109–113
Tom Meschery (21)
Cobo Arena 3,540
23–37
61
February 8
Philadelphia
W 118–117
Bob Rule (29)
Seattle Center Coliseum 8,050
24–37
62
February 11
Baltimore
W 119–117
Bob Boozer (23)
Seattle Center Coliseum 5,810
25–37
63
February 13
Baltimore
W 141–138
Bob Rule (39)
Seattle Center Coliseum 8,905
26–37
64
February 17
Phoenix
L 118–129
Bob Rule (25)
Seattle Center Coliseum 8,220
26–38
65
February 18
San Diego
L 119–122
Bob Rule (42)
Eugene, OR 5,500
26–39
66
February 20
Boston
L 125–127
Bob Rule (27)
Seattle Center Coliseum 8,614
26–40
67
February 21
Milwaukee
L 127–140
Bob Rule (33)
Portland, OR 11,139
26–41
68
February 22
San Francisco
W 131–127
Bob Rule (30)
Seattle Center Coliseum 11,564
27–41
69
February 24
San Francisco
W 130–122
Bob Rule (29)
Seattle Center Coliseum 4,802
28–41
70
February 25
Atlanta
W 120–112
Bob Rule (27)
Seattle Center Coliseum 5,685
29–41
71
February 27
@ San Francisco
W 107–99
Lenny Wilkens (22)
Oakland, CA 4,604
30–41
72
February 28
Chicago
W 140–104
Bob Rule (32)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,096
31–41 :
March
: 5–5 (home: 3–1; road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
73
March 3
San Diego
W 126–114
Dick Snyder (26)
Seattle Center Coliseum 9,915
32–41
74
March 6
Cincinnati
W 126–122
Dick Snyder (33)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,102
33–41
75
March 8
Baltimore
L 106–109
Bob Rule (28)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,058
33–42
76
March 9
@ Milwaukee
L 105–124
Bob Rule (19)
Milwaukee Arena 10,746
33–43
77
March 10
@ New York
L 99–117
Bob Rule (24)
Madison Square Garden 18,212
33–44
78
March 13
New York
W 115–103
Lenny Wilkens (28)
Portland, OR 11,035
34–44
79
March 15
@ Cincinnati
L 113–116
Bob Rule (25)
Cincinnati Gardens 9,640
34–45
80
March 17
@ Chicago
W 109–102
Three players (22)
Chicago Stadium 9,098
35–45
81
March 20
@ Boston
W 123–119
Dick Snyder (20)
Boston Garden 10,393
36–45
82
March 22
@ Los Angeles
L 118–121
Bob Rule (33)
The Forum 13,745
36–46 :
1969–70 season schedule :

## 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 | 82 | – | 31.1 | .491 | – | .822 | 8.7 | 1.3 | – | – | 15.2 |
| Barry Clemens | 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 | 5 | – | 35.6 | .384 | – | .444 | 3.8 | 4.0 | – | – | 12.0 |
| Joe Kennedy | 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 | 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 | 76 | – | 30.1 | .531 | – | .810 | 4.1 | 4.4 | – | – | 13.6 |
| Rod Thorn | 19 | – | 5.5 | .444 | – | .625 | .8 | .9 | – | – | 2.9 |
| John Tresvant | 49 | – | 26.1 | .428 | – | .735 | 7.4 | 1.9 | – | – | 12.6 |
| Lenny Wilkens | 75 | – | 37.4 | .420 | – | .788 | 5.0 | 9.1 | – | – | 17.8 |
| Lee Winfield | 64 | – | 12.0 | .479 | – | .750 | 1.5 | 1.6 | – | – | 5.7 |
* $^a$ 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 Snyder | Players 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.

### 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 |