1975 Seattle Sonics vs. Golden State Warriors

[CLewey44]

WHERE'S BRISKER?!?!? Wish there was some John Brisker games on here. Especially in his prime of the ABA.

[threeby8887]

Also in the 1976-77 season, Seattle's Slick Watts got into it with Houston's Calvin Murphy, and Wardell (I think that was his first name) Gray fought a Nets' player.

The point is, there were a LOT of fights during the 1970s in the NBA and the ABA. Pro basketball back then was almost like the NHL at that time.

[threeby8887]

This series (maybe even this game) had a brawl ignited by Gray (Seattle) and Dickey (Golden State).

I understand the Sonics also had bench-clearers with Boston and Phoenix during the 1975-76 season. I know they had a big fight with the Lakers during the 1973-74 season. Golden State had a Rick Barry-Sidney Wicks donnybrook during the 1976-77 regullar season, then a big melee with Detroit which also involved Warrior fans during the 1977 playoffs.

[amd77j]

I always liked the Sonics for some reason. Probably had to do with being a night owl and loving watching the Sonics play the late game from the West Coast. Hope Seattle gets another team.

[AdreasTheGreat]

SEATLE LOST THE SERIES 4-2 BUT HAD QUITΕ GOOD TEAM,LEADER WAS S.HAYWOOD WHO SHOULD BE IN HOF.HE HAD 19.5P 9.5REB AND 1.5BL IN HIS CAREER PLUS HE WAS AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF 1980 CHAMP.LAKERS!THEY ALSO HAD F.BROWN WHO A VERY GOOD SHOOTER AND SCORER.BUT G.S WAS THE BEST TEAM YHAT YEAR AND WON THE BIG FAVORITE W.BULLETS 4-0 IN THE FINALS(ALL GAMES WERE VERY TIGHT THOUGH)!

[UNDERGROUND2000]

nobody has a left hand dribble

[tellthetruthg]

Bird vs Barry in their prime is a dead heat. Do you like Apples or Oranges? Barry was faster &quicker . Bird bigger stronger . Both could shoot, pass, what can you say?

[ErikS1975FreeState]

The Warriors would later become NBA Champions in 1975

[MrFarcry1966]

Not at Bird's level? Scored more career points than Larry, and close to him in assists. Barry was a more well-rounded offensive player than Bird.

[AdreasTheGreat]

@MrFarcry1966 BARRY IS FOR SURE TOP 20 PLAYERS EVER AND THE 2ND BEST WHITE PLAYER BUT BIRD IS TOP5 EVER AND THE BEST SF EVER!BIRD HAS BETTER POINTS P/G EXCEPT IF U TAKE ACCOUNT HIS ABA CAREER WERE HIS STATS ARE SLIGHTLY BETTER!

BIRD 24.3P 10REB. 6.3AS. 1.7ST. O.8BL. FG50%

BARRY 23.2P(24.8 ABA) 6.5REB. 5.1AS. 2ST.O.5BL. FG 45%

OF COURSE BOTH OF THEM WERE REALLY GREAT!

[rogertjackson]

Rick Barry certainly was on Bird's level.

[FrsBigeasy]

Rick Barry was a sorta smaller version of Larry Bird but not at Bird's level.

[teenonator]

Rick Barry was never underrated, but on this Sonics team you have the terribly overrated Slick Watts, who cheapshotted a Warriors' rookie into the stands the next year, & the rookie never played again.

I think Charlie Johnson came out of Cal. "Silky" Wilkes was great for both the Warriors & the Lakers, and of course, this Warriors team had Clifford Ray, who the SF Aquarium called in to reach down a dolphin's throat to grab something that had gotten stuck there.

[Jiltedin2007]

Johnnie Johnson was a Warrior back then in their Championship Season? I remembered him as a member of the Supersonics when they won their Championship in 1979.

When did Keith(Jamaal) Wilkes come to the Los Angeles Lakers?

[d820m]

that was Charles Johnson...who was with the Warriors that year and was with the Bullets in 1978 when they beat Seattle and won their title....Wilkes came to the Lakers for the 1977-78 season.....John Jonhnson who played on Seattle 1979 Title team, was probably still with Cleveland or Houston at that time

[Jiltedin2007]

Thanks for telling me all of this. I remember, Charles Johnson was given only a 10-Day Contract when he was first picked up by the Washington Bullets. The Bullets liked what they saw of him, nad made him a part of the team back in 1978, and the rest was history.

And as a Laker Fan, I remembered #52 very vivdly back in the Early 80's when Jamaal Wilkes was called "Smooth as Silk", when he made his "15 Foot Layups". He was a Laker until 1985. Where is Jamaal Wilkes now?

[gocelts34n7]

Rick Barry is the most underrated player in nba history, he was flat-out amazing, a white dwyane wade

[IowaRocker1]

Thats the late Frank Gleiber doing pbp for CBS. He was more noted for football.

[markofly76]

This guy Frank Gleiber was known as "The Round Mound of Sound". Good announcer. But the best NBA announcers on TV of all time is Marv Albert and Dick Stockton. Gleiber also called Dallas Cowboys radio broadcast before Verne Lundquist took over. Verne was great too!

[SFFOOL76]

Verne is still great!

[LuigiLaker]

Spencer Haywood and Jamaal Wilkes played together on the Lakers 1980 world championship team..

[ExplosiveThinMan]

Yeah. Spencer couldve been part of a championship team but he became a full blown Crack Addict and was suspended because he disrupted the team.

[d820m]

the Lakers eventually gave Spencer his ring years ago

[Martinl792002]

for real? damn

[LuigiLaker]

6 out of their 15 players were first year pros??

[Meepsaysyum]

All I can say is "Downtown Freddie Brown"

Thanks

[wrsawy]

Amazing footage. Thanks!!!!

[raiders1967]

Thanks so much for posting this video.

I was a ten-year-old fan of the Golden State Warriors when this game was player. I still like the Warriors.

[skipgalv]

Thank you for putting this up! This is great footage. I remember this was the Sonics first trip to the playoffs.

[threeby8887]

Was John Brisker still with the Sonics that season?

[SeahawksFan96]

Yes, 1972 - 75.

[SeahawksFan96]

Thanks for putting this up! I lived (and still do) in Seattle all my life and followed the Sonics in those days (and remember the championship year, 1979)! I remember this game very well watching it with my dad! I'm just ticked at Clay Bennett trying to move the team to OKC!