List of Seattle SuperSonics seasons

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][a] 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]

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 appearance—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]

## Table key

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Key to colors
| †  | NBA champions

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* | Conference champions
^  | Division champions
¤  | Playoff berth

Key to abbreviations

* Finish – Final position in league or division standings
* W – Number of regular season wins
* L – Number of regular season losses
* GB – Games behind first-place team in division[b]
* DNQ – Did not qualify
* Conf. Semis – Conference Semifinals
* Conf. Finals – Conference Finals

Key to awards

* AMVP – All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
* COY – Coach of the Year
* CPOY – Comeback Player of the Year
* DPOY – Defensive Player of the Year
* EOY – Executive of the Year
* FMVP – Finals Most Valuable Player
* JWKC – J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship
* MIP – Most Improved Player
* ROY – Rookie of the Year
* SMOY – Sixth Man of the Year
* SPOR – Sportsmanship Award

## Seasons

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Seattle SuperSonics record by season, 1967–2008  Year  | Season | Conference | Fin. | Division  | Fin. | Regular season[32] | Playoff results[33] | Awards  | Head coach[32] | Ref.

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1967–68 | 1967–68 | — | — | Western[a] | 5th | 23 | 59 | .280 | 33  | DNQ  | —  | Al Bianchi | [34]
1968–69 | 1968–69 | — | — | Western[a] | 6th | 30 | 52 | .366 | 25  | DNQ  | —  | [35]
1969–70 | 1969–70 | — | — | Western[a] | 5th | 36 | 46 | .439 | 12  | DNQ  | —  | Lenny Wilkens[c] | [36]
1970–71 | 1970–71 | Western | 8th | Pacific | 4th | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10  | DNQ  | Lenny Wilkens (AMVP)[37] | [38]
1971–72 | 1971–72 | Western | 6th | Pacific | 3rd | 47 | 35 | .573 | 22  | DNQ  | —  | [39]
1972–73 | 1972–73 | Western | 8th | Pacific | 4th | 26 | 56 | .317 | 34  | DNQ  | —  | Tom Nissalke (13–32)

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Bucky Buckwalter (13–24)  | [40]
1973–74 | 1973–74 | Western | 6th | Pacific | 3rd | 36 | 46 | .439 | 11  | DNQ  | —  | Bill Russell | [41]
1974–75 | 1974–75 | Western | 4th ¤ | Pacific | 2nd | 43 | 39 | .524 | 5  | Won First Round vs. Detroit, 2–1
Lost Conf. Semis vs. Golden State, 2–4  | —  | [42]
1975–76 | 1975–76 | Western | 2nd ¤ | Pacific | 2nd | 43 | 39 | .524 | 16  | Lost Conf. Semis vs. Phoenix, 2–4  | Slick Watts (JWKC)[43] | [44]
1976–77 | 1976–77 | Western | 8th | Pacific | 4th | 40 | 42 | .488 | 13  | DNQ  | —  | [45]
1977–78 |  †1977–78 * |  †Western * | 4th ¤ | Pacific | 3rd | 47 | 35 | .514 | 11  | Won 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)

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Lenny Wilkens (42–18)  | [46]
1978–79 |  †1978–79 † |  †Western * | 1st ¤ | Pacific | 1st ^ | 52 | 30 | .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 | 2nd | 56 | 26 | .683 | 4  | Won 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 | 6th | 34 | 48 | .415 | 23  | DNQ  | —  | [50]
1981–82 | 1981–82 | Western | 2nd ¤ | Pacific | 2nd | 52 | 30 | .634 | 5  | Won First Round vs. Houston, 2–1
Lost Conf. Semis vs. San Antonio, 1–4  | Gus Williams (CPOY)[51] | [52]
1982–83 | 1982–83 | Western | 4th ¤ | Pacific | 3rd | 48 | 34 | .585 | 10  | Lost First Round vs. Portland, 0–2  | Zollie Volchok (EOY)[53] | [54]
1983–84 | 1983–84 | Western | 5th ¤ | Pacific | 3rd | 42 | 40 | .512 | 12  | Lost First Round vs. Dallas, 2–3  | —  | [55]
1984–85 | 1984–85 | Western | 10th | Pacific | 4th[d] | 31 | 51 | .378 | 31  | DNQ  | —  | [56]
1985–86 | 1985–86 | Western | 11th | Pacific | 5th | 31 | 51 | .378 | 31  | DNQ  | —  | Bernie Bickerstaff | [57]
1986–87 | 1986–87 | Western | 7th ¤ | Pacific | 4th | 39 | 43 | .476 | 26  | Won 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]

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Dale Ellis (MIP)[58] | [59]
1987–88 | 1987–88 | Western | 7th ¤ | Pacific | 3rd | 44 | 38 | .537 | 18  | Lost First Round vs. Denver, 2–3  | —  | [60]
1988–89 | 1988–89 | Western | 4th ¤ | Pacific | 3rd | 47 | 35 | .573 | 10  | Won First Round vs. Houston, 3–1
Lost Conf. Semis vs. LA Lakers, 0–4  | —  | [61]
1989–90 | 1989–90 | Western | 9th | Pacific | 4th | 41 | 41 | .500 | 22  | DNQ  | —  | [62]
1990–91 | 1990–91 | Western | 8th ¤ | Pacific | 5th | 41 | 41 | .500 | 22  | Lost First Round vs. Portland, 2–3  | —  | K. C. Jones | [63]
1991–92 | 1991–92 | Western | 6th ¤ | Pacific | 4th | 47 | 35 | .573 | 10  | Won First Round vs. Golden State, 3–1
Lost Conf. Semis vs. Utah, 1–4  | —  | K. C. Jones (18–18)

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Bob Kloppenburg (2–2)

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George Karl (27–15)  | [64]
1992–93 | 1992–93 | Western | 3rd ¤ | Pacific | 2nd | 55 | 27 | .671 | 7  | Won First Round vs. Utah, 3–2
Won Conf. Semis vs. Houston, 3–4
Lost Conf. Finals vs. Phoenix, 3–4  | —  | George Karl | [65]
1993–94 | 1993–94 | Western | 1st ¤ | Pacific | 1st ^ | 63 | 19 | .768 | — | Lost First Round vs. Denver, 2–3  | Bob Whitsitt (EOY)[53] | [66]
1994–95 | 1994–95 | Western | 4th ¤ | Pacific | 2nd | 57 | 25 | .695 | 2  | Lost First Round vs. LA Lakers, 1–3  | —  | [67]
1995–96 |  †1995–96 * |  †Western * | 1st ¤ | Pacific | 1st ^ | 64 | 18 | .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)[68] | [69]
1996–97 | 1996–97 | Western | 3rd ¤ | Pacific | 1st ^ | 57 | 25 | .695 | — | Won First Round vs. Phoenix, 3–2
Lost Conf. Semis vs. Houston, 3–4  | —  | [70]
1997–98 | 1997–98 | Western | 2nd ¤ | Pacific | 1st ^[e] | 61 | 21 | .744 | — | Won First Round vs. Minnesota, 3–2
Lost Conf. Semis vs. LA Lakers, 1–4  | —  | [72]
1998–99[f] | 1998–99 | Western | 9th | Pacific | 5th | 25 | 25 | .500 | 10  | DNQ  | Hersey Hawkins (SPOR)[74] | Paul Westphal | [75]
1999–2000 | 1999–2000 | Western | 7th ¤ | Pacific | 4th | 45 | 37 | .549 | 22  | Lost First Round vs. Utah, 2–3  | —  | [76]
2000–01 | 2000–01 | Western | 10th | Pacific | 5th | 44 | 38 | .537 | 12  | DNQ  | —  | Paul Westphal (6–9)

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Nate McMillan (38–29)  | [77]
2001–02 | 2001–02 | Western | 7th ¤ | Pacific | 4th | 45 | 37 | .549 | 16  | Lost First Round vs. San Antonio, 2–3  | —  | Nate McMillan | [78]
2002–03 | 2002–03 | Western | 10th | Pacific | 5th | 40 | 42 | .488 | 19  | DNQ  | Ray Allen (SPOR)[74] | [79]
2003–04 | 2003–04 | Western | 12th | Pacific | 5th[g] | 37 | 45 | .451 | 19  | DNQ  | —  | [80]
2004–05 | 2004–05 | Western | 4th ¤ | Northwest | 1st ^ | 52 | 30 | .634 | — | Won First Round vs. Sacramento, 4–1
Lost Conf. Semis vs. San Antonio, 2–4  | —  | [81]
2005–06 | 2005–06 | Western | 11th | Northwest | 3rd | 35 | 47 | .427 | 9  | DNQ  | —  | Bill Weiss (13–17)

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Bob Hill (22–30)  | [82]
2006–07 | 2006–07 | Western | 14th | Northwest | 5th | 31 | 51 | .378 | 20  | DNQ  | —  | Bob Hill | [83]
2007–08 | 2007–08 | Western | 15th | Northwest | 5th | 20 | 62 | .244 | 34  | DNQ  | Kevin Durant (ROY)[84] | P. J. Carlesimo | [85]
Totals (41 seasons) | 1,745 | 1,585 | .524 | All-time regular season record (1967–2008)[17]
107 | 110 | .493 | All-time playoffs record (1967–2008)[14]
1,852 | 1,695 | .522 | All-time overall record (1967–2008)[14]

## See also

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* List of Oklahoma City Thunder seasons

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d The Western Conference was established in 1970; prior to that, the Sonics played in the Western Division.[3]
2. ^ The formula is as follows:  G a m e s b e h i n d = ( T e a m A ′ s w i n s − T e a m B ′ s w i n s ) + ( T e a m B ′ s l o s s e s − T e a m A ′ s l o s s e s ) 2 {\displaystyle \mathrm {Games} \ \mathrm {behind} ={\frac {(\mathrm {TeamA's} \ \mathrm {wins} -\mathrm {TeamB's} \ \mathrm {wins} )+(\mathrm {TeamB's} \ \mathrm {losses} -\mathrm {TeamA's} \ \mathrm {losses} )}{\mathrm {2} }}}
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.[56]
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.[71]
6. ^ The 1998–99 season was shortened to 50 games due to a player lockout that lasted until January 1999.[73]
7. ^ The Seattle SuperSonics and Golden State Warriors finished with identical 37–45 records, but Seattle lost the tiebreaker to finish fifth.[80]

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Central|

* Chicago Bulls
* Cleveland Cavaliers
* Detroit Pistons
* Indiana Pacers
* Milwaukee Bucks

Southeast|

* Atlanta Hawks
* Charlotte Hornets
* Miami Heat
* Orlando Magic
* Washington Wizards

Western
Conference|

| Northwest|

* Denver Nuggets
* Minnesota Timberwolves
* Oklahoma City Thunder
* Portland Trail Blazers
* Utah Jazz

|

Pacific|

* Golden State Warriors
* Los Angeles Clippers
* Los Angeles Lakers
* Phoenix Suns
* Sacramento Kings

Southwest|

* Dallas Mavericks
* Houston Rockets
* Memphis Grizzlies
* New Orleans Pelicans
* San Antonio Spurs

Relocated
teams|

* Seattle SuperSonics

Defunct
franchises|

* Anderson Packers
* Baltimore Bullets (original)
* Chicago Stags
* Cleveland Rebels
* Denver Nuggets (original)
* Detroit Falcons
* Indianapolis Jets
* Indianapolis Olympians

* Pittsburgh Ironmen
* Providence Steamrollers
* Sheboygan Red Skins
* St. Louis Bombers
* Toronto Huskies
* Washington Capitols
* Waterloo Hawks

*[Fin.]: Division standings
*[Ref.]: Reference
*[W]: Wins
*[L]: Losses
*[Pct.]: Winning percentage
*[GB]: Games behind the division champion
*[AMVP]: All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
*[JWKC]: J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award
*[FMVP]: Finals Most Valuable Player
*[CPOY]: Comeback Player of the Year
*[EOY]: Executive of the Year
*[MIP]: Most Improved Player
*[DPOY]: Defensive Player of the Year
*[SPOR]: NBA Sportsmanship Award
*[ROY]: Rookie of the Year
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