List of Seattle SuperSonics seasons

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The final Seattle SuperSonics game at KeyArena during the 2007–08 season

The Seattle SuperSonics, also known the Sonics, are a former professional basketball team based from Seattle, Washington, United States, that played from 1967 to 2008. [1] They were members of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1970 onward; the team played in the conference's Pacific Division from 1970 to 2004 and the Northwest Division from 2004 to 2008. [2] [lower-alpha 1] The Sonics joined the NBA as an expansion team in 1967 and were named for the supersonic airliner under development by Boeing, which was later cancelled. [4] They played for their first eleven seasons at the Seattle Center Coliseum, which was built for the 1962 World's Fair and had a seating capacity of 12,595. [5] The team moved in 1978 to the Kingdome, a multipurpose stadium shared with other sports teams, and set NBA attendance records there during a seven-season stay. [6] The Sonics hosted twenty Kingdome games with crowds larger than 30,000 and drew a league-record 40,172 spectators at a 1980 playoffs game. [5] [6]

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The team returned to the Seattle Center Coliseum in 1985 as attendance at the Kingdome declined and the stadium's scheduling and layout caused issues for fans. [6] [7] A major renovation of the Coliseum began in 1994 and displaced the Sonics, who played for two seasons at the Tacoma Dome, a suburban arena that was expanded to 16,296 seats. [8] The renovated Coliseum, renamed to KeyArena, had the NBA's smallest seating capacity at 17,072 and hosted its first regular season game on November 4, 1995. [5] [9] The team played their final home game at KeyArena on April 13, 2008. [10] After the end of the 2007–08 season, the Sonics were relocated by its new ownership group to Oklahoma City. A lawsuit to halt the relocation and enforce the team's 15-year lease at KeyArena was filed by the Seattle city government but dropped as part of a settlement in July 2008. [11] [12] The team has played since the 2008–09 season as the Oklahoma City Thunder; [13] as part of the settlement, the SuperSonics name and history was left with the city for use by a future team. [11]

In their 41 seasons as an NBA team, the SuperSonics had an all-time regular season record of 1,745 wins and 1,585 losses; in the playoffs, they had 107 wins and 110 losses. [14] They reached the postseason 22 times and played in three NBA Finals, winning one league championship in 1979. [14] The Sonics were the first team from Washington state to win a major professional sports championship since the Seattle Metropolitans in the 1917 Stanley Cup. [15] Their .524 winning percentage was also historically the best among professional teams in the Seattle area, surpassing the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Mariners. [16] The team's all-time points leader is Gary Payton with 18,207 points; he also holds the most assists in Sonics history at 7,384. [17]

The Sonics had a 23–59 record during their inaugural season and finished with the NBA's second-worst record, narrowly ahead of fellow expansion team San Diego Rockets. [18] The team were below .500 for their first four seasons and had their first winning season in 1971–72, where they earned a 47–35 record. [19] The Sonics clinched their first playoff berth in the 1974–75 season, [20] which was followed by consecutive NBA Finals in 1978 and 1979 against the Washington Bullets. [21] Seattle lost the first final, but defeated Washington in the rematch after finishing first in the Western Conference. [22] Lenny Wilkens, who led the team to both finals appearances, was replaced as head coach in 1985 after missing the playoffs by finishing with a 31–51 record, which his successor Bernie Bickerstaff equaled the following season. [23] The Sonics made an unexpected run to the Western Conference Final in the 1987 playoffs, only to lose to the Los Angeles Lakers. [24]

The 1990s brought more consistent success, including eight consecutive playoff appearances, with head coach George Karl and new players Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton, both acquired in the draft. [25] The Sonics finished as the top seed in the 1993–94 season with a 63–19 record, but lost in a major upset to the eighth-seeded Denver Nuggets in the opening round of the playoffs. [26] The team reached the 1996 NBA Finals—their third and final apperance—after clinching first in the Western Conference standings but lost to the Chicago Bulls in six games. [27] The Sonics were eliminated in the conference semifinals two more times under Karl before he left the team along with Kemp by 1998. [25] The team, now under coach Paul Westphal, missed the playoffs in the shortened 1998–99 season, but returned the following year as a seventh-seed. [28] [29] Westphal was replaced early in the 2000–01 season by assistant coach and former Sonics player Nate McMillan, who led the team through rebuilds and to their two final playoff appearances: in 2002–03 and 2004–05 as the Northwest Division champions with 52 wins. [30] [31] The team's final three seasons in Seattle all finished with losing records and no playoff berths under the three different head coaches. [32] The Sonics had 20 wins and 62 losses during their 2007–08 season, their worst record in franchise history, shortly before moving to Oklahoma City. [16]

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Seasons

Seattle SuperSonics record by season, 1967–2008
Year Season Conference Fin.DivisionFin.Regular season [32] Playoff results [33] Awards Head coach [32] Ref.
WL Pct. GB
1967–68 1967–68 —— Western [lower-alpha 1] 5th2359.28033DNQ— Al Bianchi [34]
1968–69 1968–69 —— Western [lower-alpha 1] 6th3052.36625DNQ— [35]
1969–70 1969–70 —— Western [lower-alpha 1] 5th3646.43912DNQ— Lenny Wilkens [lower-alpha 3] [36]
1970–71 1970–71 Western 8th Pacific 4th3844.46310DNQ Lenny Wilkens (AMVP) [37] [38]
1971–72 1971–72 Western 6th Pacific 3rd4735.57322DNQ— [39]
1972–73 1972–73 Western 8th Pacific 4th2656.31734DNQ— Tom Nissalke (13–32)
Bucky Buckwalter (13–24)		 [40]
1973–74 1973–74 Western 6th Pacific 3rd3646.43911DNQ— Bill Russell [41]
1974–75 1974–75 Western 4th ¤ Pacific 2nd4339.5245Won First Round vs. Detroit, 2–1
Lost Conf. Semis vs. Golden State, 2–4		— [42]
1975–76 1975–76 Western 2nd ¤ Pacific 2nd4339.52416Lost Conf. Semis vs. Phoenix, 2–4 Slick Watts (JWKC) [43] [44]
1976–77 1976–77 Western 8th Pacific 4th4042.48813DNQ— [45]
1977–78 1977–78  * Western  *4th ¤ Pacific 3rd4735.51411Won First Round vs. LA Lakers, 2–1
Won Conf. Semis vs. Portland, 4–2
Won Conf. Finals vs. Denver, 4–2
Lost NBA Finals vs. Washington, 3–4 *		— Bob Hopkins (5–17)
Lenny Wilkens (42–18)		 [46]
1978–79 1978–79  † Western  *1st ¤ Pacific 1st ^5230.634—Won Conf. Semis vs. LA Lakers, 4–1
Won Conf. Finals vs. Phoenix, 4–3
Won NBA Finals vs. Washington, 4–1 †		 Dennis Johnson (FMVP) [47] Lenny Wilkens [48]
1979–80 1979–80 Western 2nd ¤ Pacific 2nd5626.6834Won First Round vs. Portland, 2–1
Won Conf. Semis vs. Milwaukee, 4–3
Lost Conf. Finals vs. LA Lakers, 1–4		— [49]
1980–81 1980–81 Western 10th Pacific 6th3448.41523DNQ— [50]
1981–82 1981–82 Western 2nd ¤ Pacific 2nd5230.6345Won First Round vs. Houston, 2–1
Lost Conf. Semis vs. San Antonio, 1–4		— [51]
1982–83 1982–83 Western 4th ¤ Pacific 3rd4834.58510Lost First Round vs. Portland, 0–2 Zollie Volchok (EOY) [52] [53]
1983–84 1983–84 Western 5th ¤ Pacific 3rd4240.51212Lost First Round vs. Dallas, 2–3— [54]
1984–85 1984–85 Western 10th Pacific 4th [lower-alpha 4] 3151.37831DNQ— [55]
1985–86 1985–86 Western 11th Pacific 5th3151.37831DNQ— Bernie Bickerstaff [56]
1986–87 1986–87 Western 7th ¤ Pacific 4th3943.47626Won First Round vs. Dallas, 3–1
Won Conf. Semis vs. Houston, 4–2
Lost Conf. Finals vs. LA Lakers, 0–4		 Tom Chambers (AMVP) [37]
Dale Ellis (MIP) [57] 		[58]
1987–88 1987–88 Western 7th ¤ Pacific 3rd4438.53718Lost First Round vs. Denver, 2–3— [59]
1988–89 1988–89 Western 4th ¤ Pacific 3rd4735.57310Won First Round vs. Houston, 3–1
Lost Conf. Semis vs. LA Lakers, 0–4		— [60]
1989–90 1989–90 Western 9th Pacific 4th4141.50022DNQ— [61]
1990–91 1990–91 Western 8th ¤ Pacific 5th4141.50022Lost First Round vs. Portland, 2–3— K. C. Jones [62]
1991–92 1991–92 Western 6th ¤ Pacific 4th4735.57310Won First Round vs. Golden State, 3–1
Lost Conf. Semis vs. Utah, 1–4		—K. C. Jones (18–18)
Bob Kloppenburg (2–2)
George Karl (27–15)		 [63]
1992–93 1992–93 Western 3rd ¤ Pacific 2nd5527.6717Won First Round vs. Utah, 3–2
Won Conf. Semis vs. Houston, 3–4
Lost Conf. Finals vs. Phoenix, 3–4		—George Karl [64]
1993–94 1993–94 Western 1st ¤ Pacific 1st ^6319.768—Lost First Round vs. Denver, 2–3 Bob Whitsitt (EOY) [52] [65]
1994–95 1994–95 Western 4th ¤ Pacific 2nd5725.6952Lost First Round vs. LA Lakers, 1–3— [66]
1995–96 1995–96  * Western  *1st ¤ Pacific 1st ^6418.780—Won First Round vs. Sacramento, 3–1
Won Conf. Semis vs. Rockets, 4–0
Won Conf. Finals vs. Utah, 4–3
Lost NBA Finals vs. Chicago, 2–4 *		 Gary Payton (DPOY) [67] [68]
1996–97 1996–97 Western 3rd ¤ Pacific 1st ^5725.695—Won First Round vs. Phoenix, 3–2
Lost Conf. Semis vs. Houston, 3–4		— [69]
1997–98 1997–98 Western 2nd ¤ Pacific 1st ^ [lower-alpha 5] 6121.744—Won First Round vs. Phoenix, 3–2
Lost Conf. Semis vs. LA Lakers, 1–4		— [71]
1998–99 [lower-alpha 6] 1998–99 Western 9th Pacific 5th2525.50010DNQ Hersey Hawkins (SPOR) [73] Paul Westphal [74]
1999–2000 1999–2000 Western 7th ¤ Pacific 4th4537.54922Lost First Round vs. Utah, 2–3— [75]
2000–01 2000–01 Western 10th Pacific 5th4438.53712DNQ—Paul Westphal (6–9)
Nate McMillan (38–29)		 [76]
2001–02 2001–02 Western 7th ¤ Pacific 4th4537.54916Lost First Round vs. San Antonio, 2–3—Nate McMillan [77]
2002–03 2002–03 Western 10th Pacific 5th4042.48819DNQ Ray Allen (SPOR) [73] [78]
2003–04 2003–04 Western 12th Pacific 5th [lower-alpha 7] 3745.45119DNQ— [79]
2004–05 2004–05 Western 4th ¤ Northwest 1st ^5230.634—Won First Round vs. Sacramento, 4–1
Lost Conf. Semis vs. San Antonio, 2–4		— [80]
2005–06 2005–06 Western 11th Northwest 3rd3547.4279DNQ— Bill Weiss (13–17)
Bob Hill (22–30)		 [81]
2006–07 2006–07 Western 14th Northwest 5th3151.37820DNQ—Bob Hill [82]
2007–08 2007–08 Western 15th Northwest 5th2062.24434DNQ Kevin Durant (ROY) [83] P. J. Carlesimo [84]
Totals (41 seasons)1,7451,585.524All-time regular season record (1967–2008) [17]
107110.493All-time playoffs record (1967–2008) [14]
1,8521,695.522All-time overall record (1967–2008) [14]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Western Conference was established in 1970; prior to that, the Sonics played in the Western Division. [3]
  2. ↑ The formula is as follows:
  3. ↑ Lenny Wilkens was a player–coach for the SuperSonics from 1969 to 1972 and later returned solely as head coach in 1977. [21]
  4. ↑ The Seattle SuperSonics and Los Angeles Clippers finished with identical 31–51 records, but Seattle won the tiebreaker to finish fourth. [55]
  5. ↑ The Seattle SuperSonics and Los Angeles Lakers finished with identical 61–21 records, but Seattle won the head-to-head tiebreaker to place first in the Pacific Division. [70]
  6. ↑ The 1998–99 season was shortened to 50 games due to a player lockout that lasted until January 1999. [72]
  7. ↑ The Seattle SuperSonics and Golden State Warriors finished with identical 37–45 records, but Seattle lost the tiebreaker to finish fifth. [79]

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