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NBA professional basketball team season
The 1973β74 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 7th season of the
Seattle SuperSonics in the
National Basketball Association (NBA). Following the resignation of
Lenny Wilkens as a head coach after the
1971β72 season and a poor campaign in the
1972β73 season that saw the departure of general manager
Bob Houbregs ,
[1] the Sonics hired
Boston Celtics ' stalwart
Bill Russell as head coach and general manager.
[2] With Russell at the helm, the team finished in 6th place in the
Western Conference with a 36β46 record. The Sonics' home court,
Seattle Center Coliseum , was the venue for the
1974 NBA All-Star Game .
Offseason
The Sonics made only one trade during the offseason that sent All-Star
Butch Beard to the
Golden State Warriors and brought back a member of the original SuperSonics team,
Walt Hazzard to Seattle.
[3]
Draft picks
Roster
1973β74 Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
G/F
40
Brisker, John
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1947β06β15
Toledo
G
32
Brown, Fred
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
182 lb (83 kg)
1948β08β07
Iowa
F/C
31
Fox, Jim
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1943β04β07
South Carolina
G/F
21
Gibbs, Dick
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1948β12β20
UTEP
F/C
24
Haywood, Spencer
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
1949β04β22
Detroit Mercy
G
42
Hazzard, Walt
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1942β04β15
UCLA
F/C
14
Hummer, John
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1948β05β04
Princeton
F
45
Marshall, Vester
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1948β12β22
Oklahoma
F
40
McIntosh, Kennedy
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
1949β01β21
Eastern Michigan
G/F
10
Snyder, Dick
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
207 lb (94 kg)
1944β02β01
West Virginia
G/F
15
Stallworth, Isaac
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1950β01β18
Kansas
G
13
Watts, Donald
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1951β07β22
Xavier (LA)
G
12
Williams, Milt
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
182 lb (83 kg)
1945β11β22
Lincoln (MO)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Regular season
Season standings
z β clinched division title
y β clinched division title
x β clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1973β74 NBA records
Team
ATL
BOS
BUF
CAP
CHI
CLE
DET
GSW
HOU
KCO
LAL
MIL
NYK
PHI
PHO
POR
SEA
Atlanta
β
1β5
2β4
4β4
1β3
4β3
0β4
1β3
5β2
1β3
4β0
1β3
1β5
3β3
1β3
2β2
4β0
Boston
5β1
β
5β2
2β4
2β2
4β2
3β1
3β1
4β2
3β1
2β2
2β2
5β2
7β1
3β1
4β0
2β2
Buffalo
4β2
2β5
β
3β3
1β3
5β1
1β3
1β3
4β2
2β2
0β4
1β3
4β4
6β1
3β1
3β1
2β2
Capital
4β4
4β2
3β3
β
1β3
6β1
2β2
3β1
4β3
3β1
2β2
1β3
3β3
4β2
2β2
3β1
2β2
Chicago
3β1
2β2
3β1
3β1
β
4β0
5β2
4β2
4β0
5β2
1β5
3β3
2β2
3β1
4β2
4β2
4β2
Cleveland
3β4
2β4
1β5
1β6
0β4
β
2β2
0β4
4β4
0β4
3β1
0β4
1β5
5β1
1β3
4β0
2β2
Detroit
4β0
1β3
3β1
2β2
2β5
2β2
β
5β1
3β1
4β2
4β2
3β4
1β3
2β2
6β0
5β1
5β1
Golden State
3β1
1β3
3β1
1β3
2β4
4β0
1β5
β
4β0
3β3
4β2
3β3
1β3
3β1
5β2
3β4
3β3
Houston
2β5
2β4
2β4
3β4
0β4
4β4
1β3
0β4
β
2β2
2β2
0β4
4β2
4β2
2β2
3β1
1β3
Kansas City-Omaha
3β1
1β3
2β2
1β3
2β5
4β0
2β4
3β3
2β2
β
1β5
0β7
1β3
1β3
4β2
4β2
2β4
Los Angeles
0β4
2β2
4β0
2β2
5β1
1β3
2β4
2β4
2β2
5β1
β
4β2
2β2
4β0
4β2
4β3
4β3
Milwaukee
3β1
2β2
3β1
3β1
3β3
4β0
4β3
3β3
4β0
7β0
2β4
β
2β2
4β0
5β1
6β0
4β2
New York
5β1
2β5
4β4
3β3
2β2
5β1
3β1
3β1
2β4
3β1
2β2
2β2
β
4β3
3β1
2β2
4β0
Philadelphia
3β3
1β7
1β6
2β4
1β3
1β5
2β2
1β3
2β4
3β1
0β4
0β4
3β4
β
3β1
2β2
0β4
Phoenix
3β1
1β3
1β3
2β2
2β4
3β1
0β6
2β5
2β2
2β4
2β4
1β5
1β3
1β3
β
3β3
4β3
Portland
2β2
0β4
1β3
1β3
2β4
0β4
1β5
4β3
1β3
2β4
3β4
0β6
2β2
2β2
3β3
β
3β3
Seattle
0β4
2β2
2β2
2β2
2β4
2β2
1β5
3β3
3β1
4β2
3β4
2β4
0β4
4β0
3β4
3β3
β
Game log
1973β74 game log Total: 36β46 (Home: 22β19; Road: 14β27)
October: 3β9 (home: 3β4; road: 0β5)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
1
October 10
@
Phoenix
L 111β115
Fred Brown (31)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 18,738
0β1
2
October 12
Capital Bullets
W 103β102
Spencer Haywood (24)
Seattle Center Coliseum 11,673
1β1
3
October 14
Milwaukee
W 109β100
Jim McDaniels (29)
Seattle Center Coliseum 11,240
2β1
4
October 17
Kansas CityβOmaha
L 106β108
Spencer Haywood (31)
Seattle Center Coliseum 9,618
2β2
5
October 19
@
Los Angeles
L 91β118
Jim Fox ,
Spencer Haywood (16)
The Forum 14,259
2β3
6
October 20
@
Portland
L 108β123
Dick Gibbs (25)
Memorial Coliseum 9,251
2β4
7
October 21
Phoenix
W 116β112
Fred Brown (24)
Seattle Center Coliseum 11,964
3β4
8
October 24
Atlanta
L 106β131
Spencer Haywood (21)
Seattle Center Coliseum 9,626
3β5
9
October 26
Golden State
L 110β117
Dick Snyder (27)
Seattle Center Coliseum 10,906
3β6
10
October 28
Detroit
L 93β115
Spencer Haywood (22)
Seattle Center Coliseum 1,198
3β7
11
October 30
@
Buffalo
L 103β105
Spencer Haywood (31)
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 7,396
3β8
12
October 31
@
Detroit
L 107β114
Fred Brown (31)
Cobo Arena 4,748
3β9
November
: 6β8 (home: 4β3; road: 2β5)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
13
November 2
@
Kansas CityβOmaha
W 115β109
Fred Brown (37)
Municipal Auditorium 4,574
4β9
14
November 4
New York
L 106β111
Spencer Haywood (34)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,772
4β10
15
November 7
Buffalo
W 130β113
Spencer Haywood (26)
Seattle Center Coliseum 8,878
5β10
16
November 9
Los Angeles
L 111β118
John Brisker (23)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,988
5β11
17
November 11
Chicago
L 98β116
Spencer Haywood (25)
Seattle Center Coliseum 10,915
5β12
18
November 13
@
New York
L 102β104
Spencer Haywood (25)
Madison Square Garden 17,478
5β13
19
November 14
@
Boston
L 104β110
Fred Brown ,
Spencer Haywood (22)
Seattle Center Coliseum 6,191
5β14
20
November 16
Cleveland
W 117β93
Spencer Haywood (32)
Seattle Center Coliseum 11,770
6β14
21
November 18
Philadelphia
W 95β91
Spencer Haywood (31)
Seattle Center Coliseum 10,900
7β14
22
November 22
@
Portland
L 125β131
Spencer Haywood (28)
Memorial Coliseum 7,285
7β15
23
November 23
Portland
W 127β106
Spencer Haywood ,
Isaac Stallworth (23)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,330
8β15
24
November 25
@
Kansas CityβOmaha
W 104β99
John Brisker (47)
Municipal Auditorium 4,213
9β15
25
November 27
@
Cleveland
L 118β120
Spencer Haywood (34)
Cleveland Arena 3,357
9β16
26
November 28
@
Milwaukee
L 93β127
Isaac Stallworth (16)
Milwaukee Arena 8,289
9β17
December
: 8β10 (home: 4β4; road: 4β6)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
27
December 1
@
Atlanta
L 110β120
Spencer Haywood (26)
Omni Coliseum 7,194
9β18
28
December 2
@
Capital Bullets
L 96β98
Slick Watts (24)
Capital Centre 17,500
9β19
29
December 4
@
Chicago
L 107β130
Fred Brown (24)
Chicago Stadium 5,104
9β20
30
December 6
Detroit
L 108β110
Spencer Haywood (29)
Seattle Center Coliseum 7,758
9β21
31
December 7
@
Los Angeles
W 115β111
Spencer Haywood (29)
The Forum 13,189
10β21
32
December 9
Houston
L 107β110
Spencer Haywood ,
Slick Watts (18)
Seattle Center Coliseum 9,689
10β22
33
December 11
@
Milwaukee
L 91β130
Fred Brown (23)
Milwaukee Arena 7,075
10β23
34
December 12
@
Philadelphia
W 100β93
Dick Snyder (24)
The Spectrum 3,432
11β23
35
December 14
Capital Bullets
W 93β88
Spencer Haywood (26)
Seattle Center Coliseum 11,857
12β23
36
December 16
Phoenix
L 109β113
Spencer Haywood (28)
Seattle Center Coliseum 9,778
12β24
37
December 18
@
Chicago
W 93β92
Spencer Haywood (23)
Chicago Stadium 4,721
13β24
38
December 19
@
Houston
W 124β118 (OT)
Spencer Haywood (37)
Hofheinz Pavilion 2,371
14β24
39
December 21
@
Cleveland
L 96β101
Dick Snyder (35)
Cleveland Arena 2,173
14β25
40
December 23
Boston
L 95β96
Spencer Haywood (23)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,970
14β26
41
December 26
Los Angeles
W 129β105
Jim Fox (25)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,755
15β26
42
December 27
@
Phoenix
L 100β111
Dick Snyder (32)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,555
15β27
43
December 28
Portland
W 110β93
Spencer Haywood (26)
Seattle Center Coliseum 10,245
16β27
44
December 30
Golden State
W 96β92
Jim Fox (29)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,078
17β27
January
: 7β6 (home: 3β2; road: 4β4)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
45
January 2
Buffalo
L 111β115
Spencer Haywood (35)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,011
17β28
46
January 4
Chicago
W 103β101 (OT)
Spencer Haywood (31)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,042
18β28
47
January 6
Houston
W 91β90
Spencer Haywood (34)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,184
19β28
48
January 9
Kansas CityβOmaha
W 100β96
Dick Snyder (25)
Seattle Center Coliseum 10,048
20β28
49
January 10
@
Golden State
L 89β125
Jim Fox (15)
OaklandβAlameda County Coliseum Arena 3,032
20β29
50
January 11
New York
L 98β107
Dick Snyder (29)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,078
20β30
51
January 13
@
Phoenix
W 123β112
Fred Brown (38)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5,769
21β30
52
January 18
@
Philadelphia
W 116β104
Spencer Haywood (25)
The Spectrum 3,108
22β30
53
January 19
@
Atlanta
L 109β127
Dick Snyder (41)
Omni Coliseum 6,938
22β31
54
January 23
@
Boston
W 98β97
Fred Brown (26)
Boston Garden 6,237
23β31
55
January 25
@
Chicago
L 99β104
Spencer Haywood (33)
Chicago Stadium 9,422
23β32
56
January 26
@
Detroit
L 83β94
Dick Snyder (18)
Cobo Arena 8,386
23β33
57
January 29
@
Houston
W 115β107
Spencer Haywood (32)
Hofheinz Pavilion 3,027
24β33
February
: 6β6 (home: 6β2; road: 0β4)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
58
February 1
Milwaukee
W 110β85
Dick Snyder (24)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,017
25β33
59
February 2
@
Portland
L 97β102
Spencer Haywood (25)
Memorial Coliseum 7,526
25β34
60
February 3
Detroit
L 100β114
Spencer Haywood ,
Dick Snyder (24)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,078
25β35
61
February 5
@
Golden State
L 113β129
Jim Fox ,
Spencer Haywood (24)
OaklandβAlameda County Coliseum Arena 4,197
25β36
62
February 6
Portland
W 107β94
Dick Gibbs (30)
Seattle Center Coliseum 11,204
26β36
63
February 10
Kansas CityβOmaha
W 119β103
Spencer Haywood (24)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,608
27β36
64
February 13
Boston
W 118β100
Dick Snyder (31)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,031
28β36
65
February 15
@
Los Angeles
L 96β112
Dick Snyder (22)
The Forum 15,263
28β37
66
February 17
Cleveland
W 106β97
Fred Brown (24)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,078
29β37
67
February 23
Los Angeles
L 116β118
Spencer Haywood (32)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,078
29β38
68
February 24
Philadelphia
W 115β105
Spencer Haywood (37)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,779
30β38
69
February 27
@
Capital Bullets
L 100β104
Fred Brown (28)
Capital Centre 5,140
30β39
March
: 6β9 (home: 2β4; road: 4β5)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
70
March 1
@
Detroit
W 105β103
Spencer Haywood (16)
Cobo Arena 6,694
31β39
71
March 2
@
Milwaukee
L 99β116
Dick Snyder (25)
Milwaukee Arena 10,938
31β40
72
March 5
@
New York
L 106β111
Spencer Haywood (27)
Madison Square Garden 19,964
31β41
73
March 8
@
Buffalo
W 123β117 (OT)
Spencer Haywood (31)
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 16,218
32β41
74
March 9
@
Kansas CityβOmaha
L 96β106
Dick Gibbs (25)
Omaha Civic Auditorium 3,870
32β42
75
March 15
Atlanta
L 107β126
Fred Brown (26)
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,078
32β43
76
March 17
Phoenix
L 108β133
Dick Snyder (28)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,007
32β44
77
March 20
Golden State
W 110β107
Dick Snyder (30)
Seattle Center Coliseum 10,657
33β44
78
March 22
Milwaukee
L 101β106
Dick Snyder (28)
Seattle Center Coliseum 13,771
33β45
79
March 23
@
Golden State
W 139β137
Fred Brown (58)
OaklandβAlameda County Coliseum Arena 7,570
34β45
80
March 24
Chicago
L 113β122
Fred Brown (29)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,430
34β46
81
March 26
@
Los Angeles
W 121β115
Fred Brown (37)
The Forum 13,489
35β46
82
March 27
Phoenix
W 127β123
Fred Brown (34)
Seattle Center Coliseum 12,528
36β46
1973β74 season schedule
Player statistics
Awards and records
Transactions
Overview
Players Added
Players Lost
Via trade
Via free agency
Via trade
Waived
Trades
References
^
Houbregs Quits Post at Seattle ,
The Milwaukee Journal . May 4, 1973. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
^
Russell Accepts Offer To Coach SuperSonics ,
Times-Daily . May 12, 1973. Retrieved June 14, 1974.
^
Hazzard Traded to Seattle ,
Spartanburg Herald-Journal . July 26, 1973. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
^
a
b
Sonics Waive McDaniels ,
Milwaukee Journal . December 29, 1973. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
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