1992–93 Seattle SuperSonics season

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 at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KING-TV; KSTW; Prime Sports Northwest
Radio	KJR
< 1991–92	1993–94 >

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
1	17	Doug Christie	SG	United States	Pepperdine
2	45	Chris King	SF	United States	Wake Forest

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Height	Weight	DOB	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	NC 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

George Karl
(North Carolina)

Legend

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

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	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 v t e
#	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	15
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	—

Game log

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
Vincent Askew	64	4	16.5	.495	.333	.701	2.3	1.8	.6	.3	6.0
Dana Barros	69	2	18.0	.451	.379	.831	1.6	2.2	.9	.0	7.8
Benoit Benjamin¹	31	6	14.5	.497	.000	.701	3.6	.4	.5	1.1	6.7
Michael Cage	82	66	26.3	.526	.000	.469	8.0	.8	.9	.6	6.1
Eddie Johnson	82	0	22.8	.467	.304	.911	3.3	1.6	.4	.0	14.4
Shawn Kemp	78	68	33.1	.492	.000	.712	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	17.8
Rich King	3	0	4.0	.400	.000	1.000	1.7	.3	.0	.0	2.0
Derrick McKey	77	68	31.7	.496	.357	.741	4.2	2.6	1.4	.8	13.4
Nate McMillan	73	25	27.1	.464	.385	.709	4.2	5.3	2.4	.4	7.5
Gerald Paddio	41	3	7.5	.447	.250	.667	1.2	.8	.3	.1	3.9
Gary Payton	82	78	31.1	.494	.206	.770	3.4	4.9	2.2	.3	13.5
Sam Perkins	30	13	25.4	.511	.452	.795	4.8	.9	.7	1.0	12.1
Ricky Pierce	77	72	28.8	.489	.372	.889	2.5	2.9	1.3	.1	18.2
Steve 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
Vincent Askew	12	0	8.6	.561	.000	.696	1.6	.8	.1	.1	5.2
Dana Barros	16	0	8.5	.468	.313	.750	.8	.8	.3	.0	3.4
Michael Cage	19	2	19.9	.525	.000	.389	5.8	.5	.7	.4	4.8
Eddie Johnson	19	0	20.1	.390	.333	.935	2.4	.9	.2	.1	10.8
Shawn Kemp	19	19	34.9	.512	.000	.809	10.0	2.6	1.5	2.1	16.5
Derrick McKey	19	17	34.1	.525	.400	.667	5.2	3.7	.6	.9	11.3
Nate McMillan	19	2	21.8	.340	.208	.533	3.5	5.4	.6	1.3	4.8
Gerald Paddio	9	0	3.3	.500	.000	.000	.3	.4	.2	.1	1.6
Gary Payton	19	19	31.8	.443	.167	.676	3.3	3.7	1.8	.2	12.3
Sam Perkins	19	17	32.9	.436	.380	.873	7.0	1.9	1.0	1.3	14.4
Ricky Pierce	19	19	30.4	.456	.400	.898	2.4	2.2	.6	.2	17.7
Steve 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.

Records

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.

[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.

[1]

[2]

[3]

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

West First Round

West Conference Semifinals

West Conference Finals

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Transactions

Overview

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

Waivings

See also

References