1973–74 Seattle SuperSonics season

1973–74 Seattle SuperSonics season
Head coach	Bill Russell
General manager	Bill Russell
Arena	Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record	36–46 (.439)
Place	Division: 3rd (Pacific) Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1973–74 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 1971–72 season and a poor campaign in the 1972–73 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 36–46 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, Mahdi Abdul-Rahman (previously known as Walt Hazzard) to Seattle.^[3]

Draft picks

Main article: 1973 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Mike Green	Center / Forward	United States	Louisiana Tech

Roster

1973–74 Seattle SuperSonics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
1.5 !G	42	Abdul-Rahman, Mahdi	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1942–04–15	UCLA
2.5 !G/F	40	Brisker, John	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1947–06–15	Toledo
1.5 !G	32	Brown, Fred	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1948–08–07	Iowa
5.5 !F/C	31	Fox, Jim	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1943–04–07	South Carolina
2.5 !G/F	21	Gibbs, Dick	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1948–12–20	Texas-El Paso
5.5 !F/C	24	Haywood, Spencer	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1949–04–22	Detroit
5.5 !F/C	14	Hummer, John	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1948–05–04	Princeton
4.0 !F	45	Marshall, Vester	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1948–12–22	Oklahoma
4.0 !F	40	McIntosh, Kennedy	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1949–01–21	Eastern Michigan
2.5 !G/F	10	Snyder, Dick	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	1944–02–01	West Virginia
2.5 !G/F	15	Stallworth, Isaac	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1950–01–18	Kansas
1.5 !G	13	Watts, Donald	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1951–07–22	Xavier (Louisiana)
1.5 !G	12	Williams, Milt	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1945–11–22	Lincoln (Missouri)

Head coach

Bill Russell

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	Neutral	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	47	35	.573	–	30–11	17–24	–	14–12
Golden State Warriors	44	38	.537	3	23–18	20–20	1–0	15–11
Seattle SuperSonics	36	46	.439	11	22–19	14–27	–	12–14
Phoenix Suns	30	52	.366	17	24–17	6–34	0–1	11–15
Portland Trail Blazers	27	55	.329	20	22–19	5–34	0–2	13–13

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Milwaukee Bucks	59	23	.720	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	47	35	.573	12
3	x-Chicago Bulls	54	28	.659	5
4	x-Detroit Pistons	52	30	.634	7

5	Golden State Warriors	44	38	.537	15
6	Seattle SuperSonics	36	46	.439	23
7	Kansas City–Omaha Kings	33	49	.402	26
8	Phoenix Suns	30	52	.366	29
9	Portland Trail Blazers	27	55	.329	32

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

1973–74 game log
Total: 36–46 (Home: 22–19; Road: 14–27)

October : 3–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 0–5)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 10	@ Phoenix	L 111–115	Fred Brown (31)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 18,738	0–1
2	October 12	Capital Bullets	W 103–102	Spencer Haywood (24)	Seattle Center Coliseum 11,673	1–1
3	October 14	Milwaukee	W 109–100	[[Jim Jim McDaniels]] (29)	Seattle Center Coliseum 11,240	2–1
4	October 17	Kansas City-Omaha	L 106–108	Spencer Haywood (31)	Seattle Center Coliseum 9,618	2–2
5	October 19	@ Los Angeles	L 91–118	Jim Fox, Spencer Haywood (16)	The Forum 14,259	2–3
6	October 20	@ Portland	L 108–123	Dick Gibbs (25)	Memorial Coliseum 9,251	2–4
7	October 21	Phoenix	W 116–112	Fred Brown (24)	Seattle Center Coliseum 11,964	3–4
8	October 24	Atlanta	L 106–131	Spencer Haywood (21)	Seattle Center Coliseum 9,626	3–5
9	October 26	Golden State	L 110–117	Dick Snyder (27)	Seattle Center Coliseum 10,906	3–6
10	October 28	Detroit	L 93–115	Spencer Haywood (22)	Seattle Center Coliseum 1,198	3–7
11	October 30	@ Buffalo	L 103–105	Spencer Haywood (31)	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 7,396	3–8
12	October 31	@ Detroit	L 107–114	Fred Brown (31)	Cobo Arena 4,748	3–9

November : 6–8 (Home: 4–3; Road: 2–5)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
13	November 2	@ Kansas City-Omaha	W 115–109	Fred Brown (37)	Municipal Auditorium 4,574	4–9
14	November 4	New York	L 106–111	Spencer Haywood (34)	Seattle Center Coliseum 13,772	4–10
15	November 7	Buffalo	W 130–113	Spencer Haywood (26)	Seattle Center Coliseum 8,878	5–10
16	November 9	Los Angeles	L 111–118	John Brisker (23)	Seattle Center Coliseum 13,988	5–11
17	November 11	Chicago	L 98–116	Spencer Haywood (25)	Seattle Center Coliseum 10,915	5–12
18	November 13	@ New York	L 102–104	Spencer Haywood (25)	Madison Square Garden 17,478	5–13
19	November 14	@ Boston	L 104–110	Fred Brown, Spencer Haywood (22)	Seattle Center Coliseum 6,191	5–14
20	November 16	Cleveland	W 117–93	Spencer Haywood (32)	Seattle Center Coliseum 11,770	6–14
21	November 18	Philadelphia	W 95–91	Spencer Haywood (31)	Seattle Center Coliseum 10,900	7–14
22	November 22	@ Portland	L 125–131	Spencer Haywood (28)	Memorial Coliseum 7,285	7–15
23	November 23	Portland	W 127–106	Spencer Haywood, Isaac Stallworth (23)	Seattle Center Coliseum 13,330	8–15
24	November 25	@ Kansas City-Omaha	W 104–99	John Brisker (47)	Municipal Auditorium 4,213	9–15
25	November 27	@ Cleveland	L 118–120	Spencer Haywood (34)	Cleveland Arena 3,357	9–16
26	November 28	@ Milwaukee	L 93–127	Isaac Stallworth (16)	Milwaukee Arena 8,289	9–17

December : 8–10 (Home: 4–4; Road: 4–6)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
27	December 1	@ Atlanta	L 110–120	Spencer Haywood (26)	Omni Coliseum 7,194	9–18
28	December 2	@ Capital Bullets	L 96–98	Slick Watts (24)	Capital Centre 17,500	9–19
29	December 4	@ Chicago	L 107–130	Fred Brown (24)	Chicago Stadium 5,104	9–20
30	December 6	Detroit	L 108–110	Spencer Haywood (29)	Seattle Center Coliseum 7,758	9–21
31	December 7	@ Los Angeles	W 115–111	Spencer Haywood (29)	The Forum 13,189	10–21
32	December 9	Houston	L 107–110	Spencer Haywood, Slick Watts (18)	Seattle Center Coliseum 9,689	10–22
33	December 11	@ Milwaukee	L 91–130	Fred Brown (23)	Milwaukee Arena 7,075	10–23
34	December 12	@ Philadelphia	W 100–93	Dick Snyder (24)	The Spectrum 3,432	11–23
35	December 14	Capital Bullets	W 93–88	Spencer Haywood (26)	Seattle Center Coliseum 11,857	12–23
36	December 16	Phoenix	L 109–113	Spencer Haywood (28)	Seattle Center Coliseum 9,778	12–24
37	December 18	@ Chicago	W 93–92	Spencer Haywood (23)	Chicago Stadium 4,721	13–24
38	December 19	@ Houston	W 124–118 (OT)	Spencer Haywood (37)	Hofheinz Pavilion 2,371	14–24
39	December 21	@ Cleveland	L 96–101	Dick Snyder (35)	Cleveland Arena 2,173	14–25
40	December 23	Boston	L 95–96	Spencer Haywood (23)	Seattle Center Coliseum 13,970	14–26
41	December 26	Los Angeles	W 129–105	Jim Fox (25)	Seattle Center Coliseum 12,755	15–26
42	December 27	@ Phoenix	L 100–111	Dick Snyder (32)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,555	15–27
43	December 28	Portland	W 110–93	Spencer Haywood (26)	Seattle Center Coliseum 10,245	16–27
44	December 30	Golden State	W 96–92	Jim Fox (29)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,078	17–27

January : 7–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 4–4)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
45	January 2	Buffalo	L 111–115	Spencer Haywood (35)	Seattle Center Coliseum 12,011	17–28
46	January 4	Chicago	W 103–101 (OT)	Spencer Haywood (31)	Seattle Center Coliseum 12,042	18–28
47	January 6	Houston	W 91–90	Spencer Haywood (34)	Seattle Center Coliseum 12,184	19–28
48	January 9	Kansas City-Omaha	W 100–96	Dick Snyder (25)	Seattle Center Coliseum 10,048	20–28
49	January 10	@ Golden State	L 89–125	Jim Fox (15)	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 3,032	20–29
50	January 11	New York	L 98–107	Dick Snyder (29)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,078	20–30
51	January 13	@ Phoenix	W 123–112	Fred Brown (38)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5,769	21–30
52	January 18	@ Philadelphia	W 116–104	Spencer Haywood (25)	The Spectrum 3,108	22–30
53	January 19	@ Atlanta	L 109–127	Dick Snyder (41)	Omni Coliseum 6,938	22–31
54	January 23	@ Boston	W 98–97	Fred Brown (26)	Boston Garden 6,237	23–31
55	January 25	@ Chicago	L 99–104	Spencer Haywood (33)	Chicago Stadium 9,422	23–32
56	January 26	@ Detroit	L 83–94	Dick Snyder (18)	Cobo Arena 8,386	23–33
57	January 29	@ Houston	W 115–107	Spencer Haywood (32)	Hofheinz Pavilion 3,027	24–33

February : 6–6 (Home: 6–2; Road: 0–4)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
58	February 1	Milwaukee	W 110–85	Dick Snyder (24)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,017	25–33
59	February 2	@ Portland	L 97–102	Spencer Haywood (25)	Memorial Coliseum 7,526	25–34
60	February 3	Detroit	L 100–114	Spencer Haywood, Dick Snyder (24)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,078	25–35
61	February 5	@ Golden State	L 113–129	Jim Fox, Spencer Haywood (24)	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 4,197	25–36
62	February 6	Portland	W 107–94	Dick Gibbs (30)	Seattle Center Coliseum 11,204	26–36
63	February 10	Kansas City-Omaha	W 119–103	Spencer Haywood (24)	Seattle Center Coliseum 13,608	27–36
64	February 13	Boston	W 118–100	Dick Snyder (31)	Seattle Center Coliseum 12,031	28–36
65	February 15	@ Los Angeles	L 96–112	Dick Snyder (22)	The Forum 15,263	28–37
66	February 17	Cleveland	W 106–97	Fred Brown (24)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,078	29–37
67	February 23	Los Angeles	L 116–118	Spencer Haywood (32)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,078	29–38
68	February 24	Philadelphia	W 115–105	Spencer Haywood (37)	Seattle Center Coliseum 13,779	30–38
69	February 27	@ Capital Bullets	L 100–104	Fred Brown (28)	Capital Centre 5,140	30–39

March : 6–9 (Home: 2–4; Road: 4–5)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
70	March 1	@ Detroit	W 105–103	Spencer Haywood (16)	Cobo Arena 6,694	31–39
71	March 2	@ Milwaukee	L 99–116	Dick Snyder (25)	Milwaukee Arena 10,938	31–40
72	March 5	@ New York	L 106–111	Spencer Haywood (27)	Madison Square Garden 19,964	31–41
73	March 8	@ Buffalo	W 123–117 (OT)	Spencer Haywood (31)	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 16,218	32–41
74	March 9	@ Kansas City-Omaha	L 96–106	Dick Gibbs (25)	Omaha Civic Auditorium 3,870	32–42
75	March 15	Atlanta	L 107–126	Fred Brown (26)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,078	32–43
76	March 17	Phoenix	L 108–133	Dick Snyder (28)	Seattle Center Coliseum 13,007	32–44
77	March 20	Golden State	W 110–107	Dick Snyder (30)	Seattle Center Coliseum 10,657	33–44
78	March 22	Milwaukee	L 101–106	Dick Snyder (28)	Seattle Center Coliseum 13,771	33–45
79	March 23	@ Golden State	W 139–137	Fred Brown (58)	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 7,570	34–45
80	March 24	Chicago	L 113–122	Fred Brown (29)	Seattle Center Coliseum 12,430	34–46
81	March 26	@ Los Angeles	W 121–115	Fred Brown (37)	The Forum 13,489	35–46
82	March 27	Phoenix	W 127–123	Fred Brown (34)	Seattle Center Coliseum 12,528	36–46

1973–74 season schedule

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Abdul-Rahman, MahdiMahdi Abdul-Rahman	49	–	11.7	.422	–	.756	1.2	2.5	.5	.1	3.8
Brisker, JohnJohn Brisker	35	–	20.5	.449	–	.820	4.2	1.6	.8	.2	12.5
Brown, FredFred Brown	82	–	30.5	.471	–	.863	4.9	5.0	1.7	.2	16.5
Fox, JimJim Fox	78	–	27.9	.478	–	.823	9.2	2.9	.7	.3	11.3
Gibbs, DickDick Gibbs	71	–	21.5	.431	–	.806	3.1	1.1	.5	.3	10.8
Haywood, SpencerSpencer Haywood	75	–	40.5	.457	–	.814	13.4	3.2	.9	1.4	23.5
Hummer, JohnJohn Hummer	35	–	26.7	.467	–	.469	7.0	2.7	.7	.6	8.2
Marshall, VesterVester Marshall	13	–	13.4	.241	–	.429	2.8	.3	.3	.2	1.3
McDaniels, JimJim McDaniels	27	–	16.3	.364	–	.535	4.7	.9	.3	.6	5.5
McIntosh, KennedyKennedy McIntosh	69	–	29.8	.389	–	.607	5.2	1.4	.8	.4	7.4
Snyder, DickDick Snyder	74	–	36.1	.481	–	.866	4.1	3.6	1.2	.4	18.1
Stallworth, IsaacIsaac Stallworth	67	–	15.2	.392	–	.623	2.6	.5	.3	.2	6.3
Watts, SlickSlick Watts	62	–	23.0	.388	–	.645	2.9	5.7	1.9	.2	8.0
Williams, MiltMilt Williams	53	–	9.5	.416	–	.651	.9	1.9	.5	.0	3.1

Awards and records

Spencer Haywood was selected to the All-NBA Second Team and represented the West in the 1974 NBA All-Star Game.

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via trade

Via free agency

Players Lost

Via trade

Butch Beard

Waived

Trades

May 15, 1973	To Seattle SuperSonics Dick Gibbs	To Kansas City-Omaha Kings Completion of the trade for Pete Cross and Don Kojis
July 25, 1973	To Seattle SuperSonics Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	To Golden State Warriors Butch Beard
January 7, 1974	To Seattle SuperSonics John Hummer	To Chicago Bulls 1974 second round pick Cash considerations

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.
1 2 Sonics Waive McDaniels, Milwaukee Journal. December 29, 1973. Retrieved June 18, 2012.

1973–74 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Buffalo New York Philadelphia

Central	Atlanta Capital Cleveland Houston

Western

Midwest	Chicago Detroit Kansas City-Omaha Milwaukee

Pacific	Golden State Los Angeles Phoenix Portland Seattle

Seattle SuperSonics seasons

1960s

1970s

1978–79

1980s

1990s

2000s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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