2004–05 Seattle SuperSonics season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Nate McMillan |
General manager | Rick Sund |
Owner(s) | Howard Schultz |
Arena | KeyArena at Seattle Center |
Results | |
Record | 52–30 (.634) |
Place | Division: 1st (Northwest) Conference: 3rd (Western) |
Playoff finish | Conference Semifinals (lost to Spurs 2–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | |
Radio | KJR |
The 2004–05 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 38th season in the National Basketball Association. [1] After losing their season opener to the Los Angeles Clippers 114–84 on November 3, the Sonics went on a nine-game winning streak as they won 17 of their first 20 games. Despite losing eight of their final ten games, the Sonics finished first place in the Northwest Division with a solid 52–30 record, marking their first 50-plus win season since 1998, and first playoff appearance since 2002. Ray Allen led the team averaging 23.9 points per game as he, and Rashard Lewis were both voted to play in the 2005 NBA All-Star Game in Denver. In the first round of the playoffs, the Sonics defeated the Sacramento Kings in five games, but would lose in the second round to the eventual NBA champion San Antonio Spurs in six games. This would be their final playoff appearance as the Sonics, their next playoff appearance would come in 2010, when they were now the Thunder. Following the season, head coach Nate McMillan left for the Portland Trail Blazers, [2] and Antonio Daniels signed as a free agent with the Washington Wizards.
For the season, they added new yellow alternate road uniforms they remained in used until 2008.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 12 | Robert Swift | C | United States | |
2 | 35 | Andre Emmett | SG/SF | United States | Texas Tech |
2 | 41 | David Young | United States | North Carolina Central |
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W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y-Seattle SuperSonics | 52 | 30 | .634 | – | 26–15 | 26–15 | 11–5 |
x-Denver Nuggets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 3 | 31–10 | 18–23 | 9–7 |
Minnesota Timberwolves | 44 | 38 | .537 | 8 | 24–17 | 20–21 | 10–6 |
Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 25 | 18–23 | 9–32 | 4–12 |
Utah Jazz | 26 | 56 | .317 | 26 | 18–23 | 8–33 | 6–10 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z-Phoenix Suns | 62 | 20 | .756 | — |
2 | y-San Antonio Spurs | 59 | 23 | .720 | 3 |
3 | y-Seattle SuperSonics | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 |
4 | x-Dallas Mavericks | 58 | 24 | .707 | 4 |
5 | x-Houston Rockets | 51 | 31 | .622 | 11 |
6 | x-Sacramento Kings | 50 | 32 | .610 | 12 |
7 | x-Denver Nuggets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 13 |
8 | x-Memphis Grizzlies | 45 | 37 | .549 | 17 |
9 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 44 | 38 | .537 | 18 |
10 | Los Angeles Clippers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 25 |
11 | Los Angeles Lakers | 34 | 48 | .415 | 28 |
12 | Golden State Warriors | 34 | 48 | .415 | 28 |
13 | Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 35 |
14 | Utah Jazz | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 |
15 | New Orleans Hornets | 18 | 64 | .220 | 44 |
2004-05 NBA Records | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BOS | CHA | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | LAC | LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | MIN | NJN | NOH | NYK | ORL | PHI | PHO | POR | SAC | SAS | SEA | TOR | UTA | WAS |
Atlanta | – | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 |
Boston | 3–1 | – | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
Charlotte | 3–1 | 0–4 | – | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
Chicago | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | – | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Cleveland | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Dallas | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
Denver | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | – | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
Detroit | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
Golden State | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | – | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Houston | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | – | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Indiana | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
L.A. Clippers | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | – | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
L.A. Lakers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | – | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
Memphis | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | – | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
Miami | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | – | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
Milwaukee | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | – | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Minnesota | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
New Jersey | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | – | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
New Orleans | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
New York | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | – | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Orlando | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | – | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
Philadelphia | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
Phoenix | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Portland | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | – | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
Sacramento | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | – | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
San Antonio | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | – | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Seattle | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | – | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
Toronto | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | – | 2–0 | 1–3 |
Utah | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | – | 0–2 |
Washington | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — |
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First Round: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
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Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
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2005 schedule |
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 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Ray Allen | 78 | 78 | 39.3 | .428 | .376 | .883 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 1.1 | .1 | 23.9 |
Mateen Cleaves | 14 | 0 | 4.6 | .357 | .000 | .750 | .4 | .5 | .1 | .0 | .9 |
Nick Collison | 82 | 4 | 17.0 | .537 | .000 | .703 | 4.6 | .4 | .4 | .6 | 5.6 |
Antonio Daniels | 75 | 2 | 27.0 | .438 | .297 | .816 | 2.3 | 4.1 | .7 | .0 | 11.2 |
Reggie Evans | 79 | 79 | 23.8 | .476 | .000 | .534 | 9.3 | .7 | .7 | .2 | 4.9 |
Danny Fortson | 62 | 0 | 16.9 | .522 | .000 | .880 | 5.6 | .1 | .2 | .1 | 7.5 |
Jerome James | 80 | 80 | 16.6 | .509 | .000 | .723 | 3.0 | .2 | .3 | 1.4 | 4.9 |
İbrahim Kutluay | 5 | 0 | 2.4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .2 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Rashard Lewis | 71 | 71 | 38.0 | .462 | .400 | .777 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .9 | 20.5 |
Ronald Murray | 49 | 6 | 18.0 | .361 | .253 | .738 | 2.0 | 1.3 | .6 | .2 | 7.0 |
Vitaly Potapenko | 33 | 1 | 10.2 | .517 | .000 | .871 | 2.4 | .3 | .2 | .1 | 3.5 |
Vladimir Radmanovic | 63 | 0 | 29.5 | .409 | .389 | .786 | 4.6 | 1.4 | .9 | .5 | 11.8 |
Luke Ridnour | 82 | 82 | 31.4 | .405 | .376 | .883 | 2.5 | 5.9 | 1.1 | .3 | 10.0 |
Robert Swift | 16 | 0 | 4.5 | .455 | .000 | .556 | .3 | .1 | .1 | .4 | .9 |
Damien Wilkins | 29 | 7 | 17.9 | .435 | .271 | .618 | 2.3 | .9 | .8 | .3 | 6.3 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Ray Allen | 11 | 11 | 39.6 | .474 | .378 | .889 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 1.3 | .4 | 26.5 |
Nick Collison | 11 | 0 | 19.8 | .607 | 1.000 | .630 | 5.0 | .5 | .3 | .5 | 8.4 |
Antonio Daniels | 11 | 3 | 30.1 | .468 | .286 | .857 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 1.0 | .0 | 13.8 |
Reggie Evans | 11 | 11 | 18.9 | .405 | .000 | .524 | 7.4 | .5 | .5 | .3 | 3.7 |
Danny Fortson | 11 | 0 | 9.5 | .571 | .000 | .800 | 2.4 | .0 | .3 | .1 | 3.3 |
Jerome James | 11 | 11 | 26.8 | .514 | .000 | .767 | 6.8 | .5 | .5 | 1.8 | 12.5 |
Rashard Lewis | 8 | 8 | 39.0 | .406 | .200 | .880 | 5.4 | 1.6 | .4 | .4 | 16.9 |
Ronald Murray | 4 | 0 | 15.5 | .211 | .000 | .571 | 1.5 | 1.3 | .0 | .5 | 3.0 |
Vitaly Potapenko | 5 | 0 | 7.4 | .500 | .000 | .000 | 1.4 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
Vladimir Radmanovic | 6 | 0 | 20.3 | .371 | .238 | .500 | 3.0 | .5 | .7 | .5 | 5.3 |
Luke Ridnour | 11 | 11 | 34.4 | .393 | .235 | .950 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 1.2 | .7 | 9.7 |
Damien Wilkins | 7 | 0 | 19.4 | .444 | .273 | .444 | 2.6 | .4 | 1.4 | .1 | 5.6 |
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The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association. The Trail Blazers are currently celebrating their 50th NBA season. The franchise owner is Jody Allen, who assumed ownership upon the death of her brother Microsoft co-founder and Vulcan Inc. chairman Paul Allen, in 2018.
The Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The SuperSonics competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Division (1967–1970), and later as a member of the Western Conference's Pacific (1970–2004) and Northwest (2004–2008) divisions. After the 2007–08 season ended, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, where they now play as the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The 2010 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2009-10 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. Kobe Bryant was named NBA Finals MVP for the second straight year.
The 2011 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2010–11 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks defeating the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. Dirk Nowitzki was named NBA Finals MVP.