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 (eliminated 3-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Northwest Cable Sports, KOMO-TV
Radio	KOMO-AM and FM

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] Along the way, 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
1	17	Doug Christie	SG	United States	Pepperdine
2	45	Chris King	SF	United States	Wake Forest

Roster

Seattle SuperSonics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)	From
2.0 !SG	17	USA !	Askew, Vincent	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1966–02–28	Memphis
1.0 !PG	11	USA !	Barros, Dana	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	1967–04–13	Boston College
6.0 !C	44	USA !	Cage, Michael	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	1962–01–28	San Diego State
3.0 !SF	8	USA !	Johnson, Eddie	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1959–05–01	Illinois
4.5 !PF	40	USA !	Kemp, Shawn	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1969–11–26	Trinity Valley CC
6.0 !C	25	USA !	King, Rich	7000218440000000000♠7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1969–04–04	Nebraska
3.0 !SF	31	USA !	McKey, Derrick	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1966–10–10	Alabama
2.0 !SG	10	USA !	McMillan, Nate	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1964–08–03	North Carolina State
2.0 !SG	21	USA !	Paddio, Gerald	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1965–04–21	UNLV
1.0 !PG	20	USA !	Payton, Gary	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1968–07–23	Oregon State
4.5 !PF	14	USA !	Perkins, Sam	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1961–06–14	North Carolina
2.0 !SG	22	USA !	Pierce, Ricky	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1959–08–19	Rice
6.0 !C	55	USA !	Scheffler, Steve	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1967–09–03	Purdue

Head coach

George Karl
(North Carolina)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Reserve	Inactive
C	Michael Cage		Steve Scheffler	Rich King
PF	Shawn Kemp	Sam Perkins
SF	Derrick McKey	Eddie Johnson	Gerald Paddio
SG	Ricky Pierce	Nate McMillan Vincent Askew
PG	Gary Payton	Dana Barros

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Phoenix Suns	62	20	.756	—	35–6	27–14	21–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics	55	27	.671	7	33–8	22–19	22–8
x-Portland Trail Blazers	51	31	.622	11	30–11	21–20	19–11
x-Los Angeles Clippers	41	41	.500	21	27–14	14–27	15–15
x-Los Angeles Lakers	39	43	.476	23	20–21	19–22	13–17
Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	28	19–22	15–26	9–21
Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	37	16–25	9–32	6–24

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Phoenix Suns	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Houston Rockets	55	27	.671	7
3	x-Seattle SuperSonics	55	27	.671	7
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	51	31	.622	11
5	x-San Antonio Spurs	49	33	.598	13
6	x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	18
7	x-Los Angeles Clippers	41	41	.500	21
8	x-Los Angeles Lakers	39	43	.476	23

9	Denver Nuggets	36	46	.439	26
10	Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	28
11	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	37
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	19	63	.232	43
13	Dallas Mavericks	11	71	.134	51

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	—	2–2	3–2	2–2	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2
Boston	2–2	—	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–4	3–2	4–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–1
Charlotte	2–3	1–3	—	2–3	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–2	0–5	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Chicago	2–2	3–1	3–2	—	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	5–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–1	2–0	4–0	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	5–0	1–3	3–1	3–2	—	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	4–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—	1–5	1–1	0–4	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–5	1–3	0–5	1–1
Denver	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	—	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–4	1–3	2–3	2–0
Detroit	3–2	3–1	1–4	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–0
Golden State	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	2–0	—	2–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–5	4–1	3–1	1–4	3–1	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–0	4–1	1–3	4–1	1–1
Indiana	2–2	2–2	5–0	0–5	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	0–4	1–1	—	3–2	0–2	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	3–2	0–4	1–4	2–2	2–0
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–1	1–3	1–1	2–3	—	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–5	3–2	3–2	2–2	1–4	1–3	2–0
Miami	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	—	2–2	2–0	2–3	0–5	3–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3
Milwaukee	2–3	2–2	1–3	1–4	1–4	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	—	1–1	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–1	2–3	1–1	1–3	2–4	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–4	0–4	1–4	1–1
New Jersey	3–1	0–4	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	3–2	4–0	1–1	—	1–3	3–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1
New York	2–2	4–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	—	2–2	5–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1
Orlando	3–1	2–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	2–0	2–3	2–2	—	3–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–0
Philadelphia	1–3	1–4	0–4	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	0–5	2–3	—	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1
Phoenix	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	5–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	—	3–2	5–0	3–1	2–3	3–1	2–0
Portland	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	5–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–3	—	5–0	2–2	2–3	2–2	1–1
Sacramento	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–0	1–3	0–2	1–4	0–4	0–2	2–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	0–5	—	2–2	1–4	2–2	1–1
San Antonio	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	1–4	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	—	3–1	3–3	1–1
Seattle	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	0–2	4–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	4–1	1–3	—	2–2	2–0
Utah	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	3–2	2–0	1–3	1–4	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–3	2–2	—	1–1
Washington	2–2	1–4	0–4	0–4	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–4	1–4	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—

Playoffs

West First Round

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

Game 1 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (April 30): Seattle 99, Utah 85
Game 2 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (May 2): Utah 89, Seattle 85
Game 3 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (May 4): Utah 90, Seattle 80
Game 4 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (May 6): Seattle 93, Utah 80
Game 5 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (May 8): Seattle 100, Utah 92

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

Game 1 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (May 10): Seattle 99, Houston 90
Game 2 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (May 12): Seattle 111, Houston 100
Game 3 @ The Summit, Houston (May 15): Houston 97, Seattle 79
Game 4 @ The Summit, Houston (May 16): Houston 103, Seattle 92
Game 5 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (May 18): Seattle 120, Houston 95
Game 6 @ The Summit, Houston (May 20): Houston 103, Seattle 90
Game 7 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (May 22): Seattle 103, Houston 100 (OT)

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

Game 1 @ America West Arena, Phoenix (May 24): Phoenix 105, Seattle 91
Game 2 @ America West Arena, Phoenix (May 26): Seattle 103, Phoenix 99
Game 3 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (May 28): Phoenix 104, Seattle 97
Game 4 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (May 30): Seattle 120, Phoenix 101
Game 5 @ America West Arena, Phoenix (June 1): Phoenix 120, Seattle 114
Game 6 @ Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle (June 3): Seattle 118, Phoenix 102
Game 7 @ America West Arena, Phoenix (June 5): Phoenix 123, Seattle 110

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
Askew, VincentVincent Askew	64	4	16.5	.495	.333	.701	2.3	1.8	.6	.3	6.0
Barros, DanaDana Barros	69	2	18.0	.451	.379	.831	1.6	2.2	.9	.0	7.8
Benjamin, BenoitBenoit Benjamin¹	31	6	14.5	.497	.000	.701	3.6	.4	.5	1.1	6.7
Cage, MichaelMichael Cage	82	66	26.3	.526	.000	.469	8.0	.8	.9	.6	6.1
Johnson, EddieEddie Johnson	82	0	22.8	.467	.304	.911	3.3	1.6	.4	.0	14.4
Kemp, ShawnShawn Kemp	78	68	33.1	.492	.000	.712	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	17.8
King, RichRich King	3	0	4.0	.400	.000	1.000	1.7	.3	.0	.0	2.0
McKey, DerrickDerrick McKey	77	68	31.7	.496	.357	.741	4.2	2.6	1.4	.8	13.4
McMillan, NateNate McMillan	73	25	27.1	.464	.385	.709	4.2	5.3	2.4	.4	7.5
Paddio, GeraldGerald Paddio	41	3	7.5	.447	.250	.667	1.2	.8	.3	.1	3.9
Payton, GaryGary Payton	82	78	31.1	.494	.206	.770	3.4	4.9	2.2	.3	13.5
Perkins, SamSam Perkins	30	13	25.4	.511	.452	.795	4.8	.9	.7	1.0	12.1
Pierce, RickyRicky Pierce	77	72	28.8	.489	.372	.889	2.5	2.9	1.3	.1	18.2
Scheffler, SteveSteve Scheffler	29	5	5.7	.521	.000	.667	1.2	.2	.2	.0	2.3

1.^ Statistics with the SuperSonics.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Askew, VincentVincent Askew	12	0	8.6	.561	.000	.696	1.6	.8	.1	.1	5.2
Barros, DanaDana Barros	16	0	8.5	.468	.313	.750	.8	.8	.3	.0	3.4
Cage, MichaelMichael Cage	19	2	19.9	.525	.000	.389	5.8	.5	.7	.4	4.8
Johnson, EddieEddie Johnson	19	0	20.1	.390	.333	.935	2.4	.9	.2	.1	10.8
Kemp, ShawnShawn Kemp	19	19	34.9	.512	.000	.809	10.0	2.6	1.5	2.1	16.5
McKey, DerrickDerrick McKey	19	17	34.1	.525	.400	.667	5.2	3.7	.6	.9	11.3
McMillan, NateNate McMillan	19	2	21.8	.340	.208	.533	3.5	5.4	.6	1.3	4.8
Paddio, GeraldGerald Paddio	9	0	3.3	.500	.000	.000	.3	.4	.2	.1	1.6
Payton, GaryGary Payton	19	19	31.8	.443	.167	.676	3.3	3.7	1.8	.2	12.3
Perkins, SamSam Perkins	19	17	32.9	.436	.380	.873	7.0	1.9	1.0	1.3	14.4
Pierce, RickyRicky Pierce	19	19	30.4	.456	.400	.898	2.4	2.2	.6	.2	17.7
Scheffler, SteveSteve Scheffler	9	0	2.4	.500	.000	.1000	1.1	.1	.2	.0	1.6

Awards and records

Awards

Shawn Kemp was selected to play in the 1993 NBA All-Star Game for the West.

Transactions

Overview

Players Added ----

Via free agency

Via trade

Players Lost ----

Via free agency

Via trade

Benoit Benjamin

Via waivers

Corey Gaines

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

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Corey Gaines	October 7
Gerald Paddio	October 8	Cleveland Cavaliers
Steve Scheffler	October 8	Denver Nuggets

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Marty Conlon	October 1	Sacramento Kings
Bart Kofoed	October 8	Boston Celtics

Waivings

Player	Left
Corey Gaines	November 19

References

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

1992–93 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington
Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

Seattle SuperSonics seasons

1960s

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1978–79

1980s

1990s

2000s

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1992–93 Seattle SuperSonics season

Draft picks

Roster

Depth chart

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

West First Round

West Conference Semifinals

West Conference Finals

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Overview

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

Waivings

See also

References