1992–93 Seattle SuperSonics season

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.

1992–93 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coachGeorge Karl
General managerBob Whitsitt
ArenaSeattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record55–27 (.671)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWestern Conference Finals
(Lost to Suns 3–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKING-TV
KSTW
Prime Sports Northwest
RadioKJR
A ticket for Game 4 of the 1993 Western Conference Finals between the SuperSonics and the Phoenix Suns at the Seattle Center Coliseum.

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
Main article: 1992 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
117Doug ChristieSG United StatesPepperdine
245Chris KingSF United StatesWake Forest

Roster
Roster listing
1992–93 Seattle SuperSonics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
SG 17 Askew, Vincent 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1966–02–28 Memphis
PG 11 Barros, Dana 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 163 lb (74 kg) 1967–04–13 Boston College
C 44 Cage, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1962–01–28 San Diego State
SF 8 Johnson, Eddie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959–05–01 Illinois
PF 40 Kemp, Shawn 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1969–11–26 Trinity Valley CC
C 25 King, Rich 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1969–04–04 Nebraska
SF 31 McKey, Derrick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1966–10–10 Alabama
SG 10 McMillan, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1964–08–03 North Carolina State
SG 21 Paddio, Gerald 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1965–04–21 UNLV
PG 20 Payton, Gary 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1968–07–23 Oregon State
PF 14 Perkins, Sam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1961–06–14 North Carolina
SG 22 Pierce, Ricky 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1959–08–19 Rice
C 55 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

Depth chart
Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Michael CageSteve SchefflerRich King
PF Shawn KempSam Perkins
SF Derrick McKeyEddie JohnsonGerald Paddio
SG Ricky PierceNate McMillan
Vincent Askew
PG Gary PaytonDana Barros

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—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreRecordStreak
1November 6@ Houston Rockets111–941–0Won 1
2November 7Houston Rockets89–852–0Won 2
3November 12Los Angeles Lakers114–1023–0Won 3
4November 14Sacramento Kings133–1174–0Won 4
5November 16@ Phoenix Suns108–1174–1Lost 1
6November 17New York Knicks100–905–1Won 1
7November 19Chicago Bulls99–1085–2Lost 1
8November 21Detroit Pistons138–1016–2Won 1
9November 23@ Sacramento Kings99–1036–3Lost 1
10November 24New Jersey Nets103–977–3Won 1
11November 27@ Dallas Mavericks 127–1048–3Won 2
12November 28@ San Antonio Spurs 97–1048–4Lost 1
13December 1Orlando Magic 116–1029–4Won 1
14December 3Dallas Mavericks 125–10810–4Won 2
15December 5Minnesota Timberwolves 124–8711–4Won 3
16December 8@ New York Knicks 88–10011–5Lost 1
17December 9@ Philadelphia 76ers104–11511–6Lost 2
18December 11@ Boston Celtics 100–9012–6Won 1
19December 12@ Cleveland Cavaliers 93–9712–7Lost 1
20December 15Milwaukee Bucks 108–10013–7Won 1
21December 18Portland Trail Blazers 126–109 14–7Won 2
22December 19Los Angeles Clippers 121–10115–7Won 3
23December 22@ Portland Trail Blazers 107–9616–7Won 4
24December 23@ Los Angeles Lakers 80–7917–7Won 5
25December 26@ Phoenix Suns 110–11317–8Lost 1
26December 29Boston Celtics 111–8718–8Won 1
27January 2Denver Nuggets 108–10419–8Won 2
28January 5Golden State Warriors116–106 20–8Won 3
29January 8@ Minnesota Timberwolves 98–9321–8Won 4
30January 9@ Denver Nuggets 107–9522–8Won 5
31January 12Phoenix Suns 122–11323–8Won 6
32January 14@ Utah Jazz 89–9623–9Lost 1
33January 15Los Angeles Clippers 123–10424–9Won 1
34January 17@ Portland Trail Blazers 97–10924–10Lost 1
35January 18Utah Jazz 106–9625–10Won 1
36January 20@ Los Angeles Lakers 111–10126–10Won 2
37January 22@ Golden State Warriors 118–114 (2OT)27–10Won 3
38January 24@ Los Angeles Clippers95–11627–11Lost 1
39January 27San Antonio Spurs 99–11927–12Lost 2
40January 30Portland Trail Blazers 108–8628–12Won 1
41February 1@ Charlotte Hornets 100–11228–13Lost 1
42February 2@ Atlanta Hawks 109–11828–14Lost 2
43February 4@ New Jersey Nets 103–113 (OT)28–15Lost 3
44February 6@ Washington Bullets120–9229–15Won 1
45February 7@ Detroit Pistons 103–10130–15Won 2
46February 9Denver Nuggets92–9630–16Lost 1
47February 11Utah Jazz 96–10130–17Lost 2
48February 13Phoenix Suns 95–9431–17Won 1
49February 16Washington Bullets 112–10232–17Won 2
50February 18@ Golden State Warriors 131–11633–17Won 3
51February 23@ Denver Nuggets103–9934–17Won 4
52February 24@ Minnesota Timberwolves 89–7735–17Won 5
53February 26@ Sacramento Kings 141–12036–17Won 6
54February 27Golden State Warriors 109–9237–17Won 7
55March 2Cleveland Cavaliers 108–105 (OT)38–17Won 8
56March 4Charlotte Hornets138–11239–17Won 9
57March 6Philadelphia 76ers 149–9340–17Won 10
58March 8@ Indiana Pacers99–10540–18Lost 1
59March 9@ Chicago Bulls83–8640–19Lost 2
60March 11@ Milwaukee Bucks 116–10541–19Won 1
61March 13@ Miami Heat 102–10641–20Lost 1
62March 14@ Orlando Magic105–9742–20Won 1
63March 16Miami Heat98–8543–20 Won 2
64March 18Sacramento Kings 131–11144–20Won 3
65March 19@ Utah Jazz 108–9745–20Won 4
66March 21@ Houston Rockets 100–8946–20Won 5
67March 23Portland Trail Blazers 99–10846–21Lost 1
68March 25Indiana Pacers 117–12046–22Lost 2
69March 27Los Angeles Clippers 112–10847–22Won 1
70March 30@ San Antonio Spurs 97–9947–23Lost 1
71March 31 @ Dallas Mavericks 103–9648–23Won 1
72April 3Atlanta Hawks129–10549–23Won 2
73April 6Dallas Mavericks107–10949–24Lost 1
74April 9Sacramento Kings 111–9750–24Won 1
75April 11@ Los Angeles Lakers 96–9850–25Lost 1
76April 13Minnesota Timberwolves129–9551–25Won 1
77April 16@ Phoenix Suns 108–10252–25Won 2
78April 17Houston Rockets81–8652–26Lost 1
79April 19San Antonio Spurs96–8953–26Won 1
80April 22@ Los Angeles Clippers100–9854–26Won 2
81April 23Los Angeles Lakers122–9355–26Won 3
82April 25@ Golden State Warriors109–11955–27Lost 1

Playoffs

West First Round vs. Utah Jazz

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1April 30Seattle99–851–014,429
2May 2Seattle85–891–114,513
3May 4Utah80–901–219,911
4May 6Utah93–802–219,911
5May 8Seattle100–923–214,812

SuperSonics win series 3–2

West Conference Semifinals vs Houston Rockets

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1May 10Seattle99–901–014,252
2May 12Seattle111–1002–014,732
3May 15Houston79–972–116,611
4May 16Houston92–1032–216,611
5May 18Seattle120–953–214,433
6May 20Houston90–1033–316,611
7May 22Seattle103–100 (OT)4–314,812

SuperSonics wins series 4–3

West Conference Finals vs. Phoenix Suns

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1May 24Phoenix91–1050–119,023
2May 26Phoenix103–991–119,023
3May 28Seattle97–1041–214,812
4May 30Seattle120–1012–214,812
5June 1Phoenix114–1202–319,023
6June 3Seattle118–1023–314,812
7June 5Phoenix110–1233–419,023

SuperSonics lose series 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

Records

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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