1992–93 Seattle SuperSonics season

1992–93 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach George Karl
General manager Bob Whitsitt
Arena Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record 55–27 (.671)
Place Division: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish West Finals
(Lost to Suns 3–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television KING-TV
KSTW
Prime Sports Northwest
Radio KJR
A ticket for Game 4 of the 1993 Western Conference Finals between the SuperSonics and the Phoenix Suns at the Seattle Center Coliseum.

The 1992–93 NBA season was the 25th season for the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association.[1] With George Karl in its second season as the SuperSonics coach, the team won their first four games of the season, which included two victories against the Houston Rockets in their first two games in Tokyo, Japan.[2] As the season progressed, they won ten straight games between February and March, as they improved their 47–35 record from the previous season to 55–27, and reached the 1993 Playoffs as the #3 seed in the Western Conference. Transactions included acquiring Vincent Askew from the Sacramento Kings early into the season, and trading Benoit Benjamin at midseason to the Los Angeles Lakers for Sam Perkins.[3] Shawn Kemp made his first All-Star appearance as he was selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Sonics defeated the Utah Jazz in five games after trailing 2–1, then defeated the Rockets in seven games in the semifinals, which included a 103–100 overtime win in Game 7. However, the Sonics would then lose in the Western Conference Finals to the Charles Barkley-led Phoenix Suns in a full seven game series. Following the season, Derrick McKey was traded to the Indiana Pacers, and Eddie Johnson and Dana Barros were both dealt to the Charlotte Hornets, who then sent Barros to the Philadelphia 76ers two days later.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
117Doug ChristieSG United StatesPepperdine
245Chris KingSF United StatesWake Forest

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
SG 17 United States Askew, Vincent 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1966–02–28 Memphis
PG 11 United States Barros, Dana 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 163 lb (74 kg) 1967–04–13 Boston College
C 44 United States Cage, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1962–01–28 San Diego State
SF 8 United States Johnson, Eddie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959–05–01 Illinois
PF 40 United States Kemp, Shawn 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1969–11–26 Trinity Valley CC
C 25 United States King, Rich 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1969–04–04 Nebraska
SF 31 United States McKey, Derrick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1966–10–10 Alabama
SG 10 United States McMillan, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1964–08–03 North Carolina State
SG 21 United States Paddio, Gerald 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1965–04–21 UNLV
PG 20 United States Payton, Gary 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1968–07–23 Oregon State
PF 14 United States Perkins, Sam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1961–06–14 North Carolina
SG 22 United States Pierce, Ricky 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1959–08–19 Rice
C 55 United States Scheffler, Steve 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1967–09–03 Purdue
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Phoenix Suns6220.756—35–627–1421–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics5527.671733–822–1922–8
x-Portland Trail Blazers5131.6221130–1121–2019–11
x-Los Angeles Clippers4141.5002127–1414–2715–15
x-Los Angeles Lakers3943.4762320–2119–2213–17
Golden State Warriors3448.4152819–2215–269–21
Sacramento Kings2557.3053716–259–326–24
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Phoenix Suns6220.756–
2 y-Houston Rockets5527.6717
3 x-Seattle SuperSonics5527.6717
4 x-Portland Trail Blazers5131.62211
5 x-San Antonio Spurs4933.59813
6 x-Utah Jazz4735.57318
7 x-Los Angeles Clippers4141.50021
8 x-Los Angeles Lakers3943.47623
9 Denver Nuggets3646.43926
10 Golden State Warriors3448.41528
11 Sacramento Kings2557.30537
12 Minnesota Timberwolves1963.23243
13 Dallas Mavericks1171.13451
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1992–93 NBA records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —2–23–22–20–51–12–02–32–01–12–21–11–13–13–22–01–32–21–33–10–21–11–12–01–12–02–2
Boston 2–2—3–11–33–12–02–01–32–01–12–21–11–13–12–22–04–01–43–24–10–22–01–11–10–20–24–1
Charlotte 2–31–3—2–31–32–01–14–12–00–20–51–11–12–23–12–02–21–33–14–00–21–12–01–11–11–14–0
Chicago 2–23–13–2—2–32–01–13–12–00–25–02–00–23–14–12–04–01–33–12–21–12–02–00–22–02–04–0
Cleveland 5–01–33–13–2—2–01–13–22–01–14–01–12–02–24–12–02–21–32–24–02–00–21–11–11–11–13–1
Dallas 1–10–20–20–20–2—1–51–10–41–41–10–41–30–20–21–40–20–21–11–10–40–40–40–51–30–51–1
Denver 0–20–21–11–11–15–1—1–13–12–31–12–21–30–21–13–21–11–10–21–11–31–33–11–41–32–32–0
Detroit 3–23–11–41–32–31–11–1—0–21–13–21–11–11–32–21–13–12–23–13–10–21–12–00–20–20–24–0
Golden State 0–20–20–20–20–24–01–32–0—2–20–22–31–42–01–13–11–10–21–11–11–40–54–13–11–43–11–1
Houston 1–11–12–02–01–14–13–21–12–2—2–04–03–12–01–14–21–11–11–12–02–21–34–04–11–34–11–1
Indiana 2–22–25–00–50–41–11–12–32–00–2—1–11–12–22–31–13–11–32–23–11–11–12–01–12–00–23–1
L.A. Clippers 1–11–11–10–21–14–02–21–13–20–41–1—3–20–22–04–00–22–01–11–13–22–33–20–41–42–22–0
L.A. Lakers 1–11–11–12–00–23–13–11–14–11–31–12–3—0–21–13–10–20–21–12–00–53–23–22–21–41–32–0
Miami 1–31–32–21–32–22–02–03–10–20–22–22–02–0—2–22–02–30–53–21–30–21–11–11–11–10–22–3
Milwaukee 2–32–21–31–41–42–01–12–21–11–13–20–21–12–2—1–10–41–32–22–20–20–21–10–20–20–21–3
Minnesota 0–20–20–20–20–24–12–31–11–32–41–10–41–30–21–1—1–10–20–20–20–41–31–31–40–41–41–1
New Jersey 3–10–42–20–42–22–01–11–31–11–11–32–02–03–24–01–1—1–33–23–21–10–22–01–11–11–14–1
New York 2–24–13–13–13–12–01–12–22–01–13–10–22–05–03–12–03–1—2–25–01–11–12–02–01–11–14–1
Orlando 3–12–31–31–32–21–12–01–31–11–12–21–11–12–32–22–02–32–2—3–20–22–02–00–20–21–14–0
Philadelphia 1–31–40–42–20–41–11–11–31–10–21–31–10–23–12–22–02–30–52–3—0–20–21–10–21–10–23–1
Phoenix 2–02–02–01–10–24–03–12–04–12–21–12–35–02–02–04–01–11–12–02–0—3–25–03–12–33–12–0
Portland 1–10–21–10–22–04–03–11–15–03–11–13–22–31–12–03–12–01–10–22–02–3—5–02–22–32–21–1
Sacramento 1–11–10–20–21–14–01–30–21–40–40–22–32–31–11–13–10–20–20–21–10–50–5—2–21–42–21–1
San Antonio 0–21–11–12–01–15–04–12–01–31–41–14–02–21–12–04–11–10–22–02–01–32–22–2—3–13–31–1
Seattle 1–12–01–10–21–13–13–12–04–13–10–24–14–11–12–04–01–11–12–01–13–23–24–11–3—2–22–0
Utah 0–22–01–10–21–15–03–22–01–31–42–02–23–12–02–04–11–11–11–12–01–32–22–23–32–2—1–1
Washington 2–21–40–40–41–31–10–20–41–11–11–30–20–23–23–11–11–41–40–41–30–21–11–11–10–21–1—

Playoffs

West First Round

(3) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (6) Utah Jazz: Sonics win series 3-2

Last Playoff Meeting: 1992 Western Conference Semifinals (Utah won 4-1)

West Conference Semifinals

(2) Houston Rockets vs. (3) Seattle SuperSonics: Sonics win series 4-3

Last Playoff Meeting: 1989 Western Conference First Round (Seattle won 3-0)

West Conference Finals

(1) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Seattle SuperSonics: Suns win series 4-3

Last Playoff Meeting: 1979 Western Conference Finals (Seattle won 4-3)

Player statistics

Legend
  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

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Vincent Askew 64416.5.495.333.7012.31.8.6.36.0
Dana Barros 69218.0.451.379.8311.62.2.9.07.8
Benoit Benjamin1 31614.5.497.000.7013.6.4.51.16.7
Michael Cage 826626.3.526.000.4698.0.8.9.66.1
Eddie Johnson 82022.8.467.304.9113.31.6.4.014.4
Shawn Kemp 786833.1.492.000.71210.72.01.51.917.8
Rich King 304.0.400.0001.0001.7.3.0.02.0
Derrick McKey 776831.7.496.357.7414.22.61.4.813.4
Nate McMillan 732527.1.464.385.7094.25.32.4.47.5
Gerald Paddio 4137.5.447.250.6671.2.8.3.13.9
Gary Payton 827831.1.494.206.7703.44.92.2.313.5
Sam Perkins 301325.4.511.452.7954.8.9.71.012.1
Ricky Pierce 777228.8.489.372.8892.52.91.3.118.2
Steve Scheffler 2955.7.521.000.6671.2.2.2.02.3
1.^ Statistics with the SuperSonics.

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Vincent Askew 1208.6.561.000.6961.6.8.1.15.2
Dana Barros 1608.5.468.313.750.8.8.3.03.4
Michael Cage 19219.9.525.000.3895.8.5.7.44.8
Eddie Johnson 19020.1.390.333.9352.4.9.2.110.8
Shawn Kemp 191934.9.512.000.80910.02.61.52.116.5
Derrick McKey 191734.1.525.400.6675.23.7.6.911.3
Nate McMillan 19221.8.340.208.5333.55.4.61.34.8
Gerald Paddio 903.3.500.000.000.3.4.2.11.6
Gary Payton 191931.8.443.167.6763.33.71.8.212.3
Sam Perkins 191732.9.436.380.8737.01.91.01.314.4
Ricky Pierce 191930.4.456.400.8982.42.2.6.217.7
Steve Scheffler 902.4.500.000.10001.1.1.2.01.6

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Overview

Players Added ----

Via free agency

Via trade

 Players Lost ----

Via free agency

Via trade

Via waivers

Trades

November 25, 1992
 To Seattle SuperSonics----Conditional 2nd round pick for the 1993 NBA draft To Sacramento Kings----Vincent Askew
February 22, 1993
 To Seattle SuperSonics----Sam Perkins To Los Angeles Lakers----Benoit Benjamin----Draft rights to Doug Christie

Free agents

Waivings

PlayerLeft
Corey GainesNovember 19

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1992–93 Seattle SuperSonics
  2. ↑ "N.B.A. Schedules 2d Japan Opener". New York Times. June 26, 1992. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ "PRO BASKETBALL; Sonics Get Lakers' Perkins". New York Times. February 23, 1993. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
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