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  Seattle Supersonics (1967-Present)
The Supersonics entered the season with high hopes but ended up taking a measure step backwards as they sorely missed Lenny Wilkens on the court leadership, as they struggled to post a 26-56 record under 2 coaches, while Wilkens continued to be one of the top assist leaders with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Supersonics were a mere shell of the team that won the NBA Championship 6 years earlier as they struggled all season after the retirement of Downtown Fred Brown, finishing in 5h place with a 31-51 record as they closed out the season with 12 losses in their final 13 games.
The Supersonics continued to struggle as Xavier McDaniel was sent to the Phoenix Suns on December 7th in exchange for long-distance threat Eddie Johnson.
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 Seattle SuperSonics 2006-07 Season Preview - HoopsVibe
Seattle finished a disappointing 35-47 in the 2005-06 campaign, one season after it captured the Northwest Division and lost in the Western Conference semifinals to the San Antonio Spurs, who went on to win the championship that season.
Seattle had the 10th overall pick in the 2006 draft and selected twenty-year- old forward Saer Sene, who is a project and is not expected to have an impact on the team for a few years.
Seattle hopes Wilcox is on the verge of becoming a consistent player who will average a double-double in scoring and rebounding.
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 Seattle Supersonics Tickets - Supersonics NBA Basketball - Supersonics Ticket Brokers
The Seattle SuperSonics, who arrived into the National Basketball Association as an expansion team in 1969, won an NBA title in 1979 and have made three appearances in the NBA finals (1978, 1979, and 1996).
The SuperSonics, who currently play their home games at Key Arena, which is located in Seattle, Washington, are led by superstar Ray Allen, who was acquired in 2003 in a trade for the 13 year veteran Gary Payton, who was shipped to Milwaukee.
The 2003-2004 SuperSonics team is led by both Payton and Murray, as well as Brent Barry, who won the Slam Dunk Contest in 1996, and Rashard Lewis, who went straight from high school to the National Basketball Association in 1998 and became the youngest player in SuperSonics history to start a game.
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 Sonics Tickets - Seattle SuperSonics Tickets at StubHub!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Seattle Supersonics — Fighting Back Into It Its easy to forget the Sonics were one of the NBA's best teams two years ago.
Seattle Supersonics tickets are available, and these NBA tickets have long been an important part of the sports tickets scene in the Pacific Northwest.
Seattle Supersonics tickets hit the local sports tickets market in 1967, and the city and team have been a perfect match ever since.
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 ESPN.com - NBA/TRAININGCAMP06 - Hollinger's Team Forecast: Seattle SuperSonics
For those who thought that Seattle's division title in 2004-05 was a case of catching lightning in a bottle and that it couldn't last … well, it didn't.
Seattle went 35-47, and the jarring part is that the team played so poorly even though it had almost no injuries -- a 14-game absence by reserve forward Nick Collison was the only setback.
Seattle hired assistant Bob Weiss to replace departed coach Nate McMillan based on recommendations from the players, and it's safe to say they won't be trusted with their input on any future hires.
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 seattle - BlogHoster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Seattle plays the middle contest of a three-game homestand this evening, On Tuesday, Rashard Lewis ended with 29 points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots as the SuperSonics overcame the absence of All-Star Ray Allen for a 102-87 win over the Atlanta Hawks at KeyArena.
The Seattle SuperSonics basketball team front office should be whistled for a flagrant foul against the public for its latest veiled threat to move the National Basketball Association franchise out of the city, probably even the state.
Seattle, Apr 10: Ray Allen scored 23 of his 30 points in the second half, and his 3-pointer with 24 seconds left lifted the Seattle SuperSonics to a 116-114 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday (9th April).
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 Seattle Supersonics Tickets - Buy Supersonics Tickets , Supersonics Information, NBA Basketball at Key Arena
The Seattle Supersonics may have a strong enough record to make the playoffs this year, and if they earn a postseason bid, you can buy Seattle Supersonics playoff tickets from GreatSeats, a member of the BBB online reliabillity program.
The Seattle SuperSonics joined the NBA for the 1967-68 season and reached the upper echelon of the league during two different decades.
Seattle shooting guard Ray Allen was on fire, leading his team with 54 points on 17-32 shooting, including eight three pointers.
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 Cleveland Cavaliers/Seattle SuperSonics NBA recap on ESPN
And the Seattle SuperSonics, a day after their biggest win of the season against the Lakers in Los Angeles, broke open a close game early in the final quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 99-80 on Tuesday night.
Kemp, who left Seattle in a three-team trade that brought Baker to the Sonics from Milwaukee Sept. 25, 1997, was outplayed by Baker.
Ruben Patterson, Seattle's 6-foot-5 starting small forward, dazzled the Key Arena crowd with 3:52 left in the first half on his one-handed dunk on an alley-oop pass from Payton on a fastbreak.
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 CNNSI.com - NBA Basketball - Recap: Seattle SuperSonics 96, Los Angeles Clippers 85 - Thursday October 11, 2001 01:41 AM
SEATTLE (Ticker) -- With much of last season's team still on the roster, the Seattle SuperSonics pulled away in the second half en route to a 96-85 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in the exhbition opener for both teams.
Gary Payton led Seattle with 18 points on 8-of-15 shooting and forward Rashard Lewis made 6-of-10 shots and chipped in 13 points.
Seattle led from start to finish, opening a seven-point cushion after the first quarter and taking a six-point advantage into halftime.
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 Seattle SuperSonics Team Report - March 24 - HoopsVibe
Seattle has lost five straight and seven of its last eight at Portland.
Seattle’s other All-Star Ray Allen missed his first game of the season Tuesday after suffering a sprained right ankle in Sunday’s victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Seattle, which is 38-4 when it allows under 100 points, has won eight of its last 10 on the road.
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 Seattle Supersonics tickets - Sonics Basketball Tickets
The Seattle SuperSonics started the current season in a poor way and are presently.361% with 9-8 at home and 4-15 on the road, though the previous season was finished with.427 (35 wins vs. 47 losses).
At the end of December the SuperSonics forward Rashard Lewis was injured on the back of his right hand, and later, underwent surgery on the sheath.
On January 6, 2007, the Seattle SuperSonics were defeated by the Golden State Warriors with 108-104.
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Seattle made great strides in the 2004-05 season and look to bring even more excitement to the Key Arena this time around.
With minimal losses in the off-season, Seattle was able to hold together a nucleus that lit up opponents on a nightly basis last year.
Seattle would not return to prominence until the late 1980s, when Xavier “The X-Man” McDaniel and Dale Ellis joined the team, taking them to the elite of the NBA West.
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 Seattle SuperSonics: SuperSonics NBA Basketball
Seattle put together a number of winning seasons in the early and mid-1990s, advancing to the NBA Finals in 1996 with a team led by forward Shawn Kemp and guard Garry Payton.
However, once the postseason started the Supersonics were able to find their stride again winning the series relatively easily against the Sacramento Kings.
Seattle SuperSonics may have to relocate due to current stadium conditions and financing, which including either renovating the Key Arena or building a new arena.
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 Seattle SuperSonics News
Seattle SuperSonics news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Seattle is quite different from Brooklyn, but citizens there have confronted similar challenges - 'whether to invest public money in a sports arena, and how best to guide growth - 'and come up with some...
Longtime and popular Seattle SuperSonics assistant Dwane Casey was fired yesterday as the coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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 Utah Jazz/Seattle SuperSonics NBA recap on ESPN
SEATTLE (AP) -- It didn't seem likely the Seattle SuperSonics would get another chance to play in Salt Lake City.
In an emotional fourth quarter when Malone and Sloan were both ejected after receiving their second technical fouls, Jeff Hornacek hit a 3-pointer to cut Seattle's lead to 82-80.
The Sonics, whose biggest lead was 65-48 with 6:51 left in the third quarter, were up 73-61 when Payton went to the bench and was replaced by Shammond Williams.
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 Seattle Supersonics Tickets : Seattle Supersonics Tickets on Sale at Tickco.com
It's time for fast-pace, high-flying SuperSonics basketball at Key arena and you've got access to the best seats available right here at your fingertips, so grab the good seats while they last and make a day of it at the Seattle Center.
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 Seattle SuperSonics Tickets - Seattle SuperSonics Schedule
Do we draft somebody with big potential down the line?" Either way, let’s hope the Seattle Sonics are able to improve their young and talented team and make the playoffs.
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 Seattle SuperSonics - NBA Wire
Ray Allen broke the NBA record for 3-pointers in a season on Wednesday night in the second quarter of the Seattle SuperSonics' regular-season finale against the playoff-bound Denver Nuggets.
The Seattle SuperSonics ' intentions to move to San Jose are serious, but the league remains opposed to putting another team in Golden State's neighborhood.
In the wake of reports that the Seattle SuperSonics and Denver Nuggets are discussing a possible trade, Sonics All-Star guard Ray Allen said he thinks it may be time for general manager Rick Sund to alter the team’s chemistry a bit.
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 Seattle Supersonics Tickets - Order Supersonics Tickets TotalTickets.com
Hopefully for SuperSonics ticket holders, he'll play a more prominent role on the team in the 2006-07 season and take some of the pressure of Allen.
Seattle SuperSonics tickets may soon be a thing of the past.
In the meantime, just to be sure, all NBA fanatics in the area should enjoy their Seattle SuperSonics tickets while they can.
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Seattle SuperSonics, professional basketball team and one of seven teams in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Seattle was awarded an NBA franchise on December 20, 1966, and the club began play in 1967-68 along with the San Diego Rockets (who soon moved to Houston).
Seattle Supersonics tickets may be purchased by following any of the links on this page.
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 Seattle Supersonics Tickets, Supersonics Playoff Tickets, NBA Playoff Tickets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The big debate in the Northwest has been about whether the Seattle SuperSonics are going to move to Oklahoma City now that the team has been sold.
The last decade of Seattle basketball has been an up and down ride for Sonics fans — two years ago the team looked like a contender for the NBA championship but last season they only managed to win 35 games.
The SuperSonics figure to run up a bunch of wins over lowly Portland and if they can improve at all over last season they might be able to challenge for the division crown.
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 Sports Tri-Cities Seattle SuperSonics
SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle SuperSonics forward Rashard Lewis was scratched from the lineup for Game 4 against San Antonio on Sunday because of a sprained left big toe.
SEATTLE (AP) - Reggie Evans' bruised back was well enough for him to return to Seattle's practice Saturday, but Rashard Lewis missed his second straight day with a sprained toe on his left foot.
SEATTLE (AP) - Ray Allen took a seat on a water bucket after practice Thursday, and it wasn't long before he was asked about Bruce Bowen.
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 Supersonicsoul: The unofficial blog of the Seattle Supersonics. Seriously.
SEATTLE, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007 – Sonics General Manager Rick Sund announced today that the team has re-signed forward Andre Brown for the remainder of the season.
The Hawks are coming on strong, though, posting a 1-9 mark in their past 10 to rival Seattle's 2-8 spot.
They have tons of Seattle Supersonics and New Jersey Nets tickets.
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 ABC News: Oklahoma Group Buying Seattle SuperSonics
Oklahoma City businessman Clay Bennett smiles as he holds up a Seattle SuperSonics NBA basketball jersey that was presented to him by fomer Sonics owner Howard Schultz in Seattle Tuesday, July 18, 2006.
Bennett said that whether the Sonics remain in Seattle for the long term would depend on whether the team can reach an agreement with the city to replace or renovate KeyArena.
He told a Seattle news conference that he would keep the team in Seattle if an agreement could be reached for a new arena.
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Seattle is home to many professional, collegiate and amateur sports teams, such as the Mariners, Supersonics and Seahawks, Thunderbirds and taking in a game is another great reason to visit Seattle.
With the Thunderbirds, Seahawks, and College Football seasons underway and the Supersonics season just beginning-- now is the perfect time to visit Seattle and take in a game.
The Marriott Lake Union Downtown Seattle Courtyard location in downtown Seattle makes it one of the closest hotels to the Key Arena, as well as convenient to the University of WA Stadiums, Qwest Field and Safeco Field as well as local fields for amateur sports teams.
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 Seattlest: Sonics to City: Drop Dead
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In a meeting with team employees this morning, Sonics officials said they were committed to keeping the team in Seattle although they declined to give specifics on how that would happen.
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