2004–05 Seattle SuperSonics season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 January 2025 Seattle SuperSonics 2005 yes 52 30 Northwest 1 3 Nate McMillan Rick Sund Howard Schultz KeyArena at Seattle Center Conference Semifinals(lost to Spurs 2–4) SEA KING-TV KONG FSN Northwest KJR The 2004–05 Seattle SuperSonics season was the SuperSonics' 38th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA).2004-05 Seattle SuperSonics After losing their season opener to the Los Angeles Clippers 114–84 on November 3, the Sonics went on a nine-game winning streak as they won 17 of their first 20 games. Despite losing eight of their final ten games, the Sonics finished first place in the Northwest Division with a solid 52–30 record, marking their first 50-plus win season since 1998, and first playoff appearance since 2002. Ray Allen led the team averaging 23.9 points per game as he, and Rashard Lewis were both voted to play in the 2005 NBA All-Star Game in Denver. In the first round of the playoffs, the Sonics defeated the Sacramento Kings in five games, but would lose in the second round to the eventual NBA champion San Antonio Spurs in six games. This season marked their final playoff appearance and victory as the SuperSonics, as their next playoff appearance would come in 2010, after relocating to Oklahoma City in 2008 to become the Thunder. Following the season, head coach Nate McMillan left for the Portland Trail Blazers,https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2101994 McMillan leaves Seattle for Portland 2005-07-07 ESPN.com en 2019-08-04 and Antonio Daniels signed as a free agent with the Washington Wizards. For the season, they added new yellow alternate road uniforms that remained in use until 2008. Draft picks 2004 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/school 1 12 Robert Swift C United States Bakersfield HS (CA) 2 35 Andre Emmett SG/SF United States Texas Tech 2 41 David Young SF/SG United States North Carolina Central Roster Seattle SuperSonics 2004–05 34 Ray Allen SG 6 5 205 1975-07-20 Connecticut 24 Mateen Cleaves PG 6 2 205 1977-09-07 Michigan State 4 Nick Collison C 6 10 255 1980-10-26 Kansas 33 Antonio Daniels PG 6 4 195 1975-03-19 Bowling Green 30 Reggie Evans PF 6 8 245 1980-05-18 Iowa 21 Danny Fortson C 6 7 260 1976-03-27 Cincinnati 13 Jerome James C 7 1 285 1975-11-17 Florida A&M 7 Rashard Lewis SF 6 10 235 1979-08-08 Alief Elsik HS (TX) 22 Flip Murray SG 6 3 200 1979-07-29 Shaw 9 Vitaly Potapenko C 6 10 280 1975-03-21 Wright State 77 Vladimir Radmanović PF 6 10 235 1980-11-19 Serbia and Montenegro 8 Luke Ridnour PG 6 2 175 1981-02-13 Oregon 31 Robert Swift C 7 1 245 1985-12-03 Bakersfield HS (CA) 21 Damien Wilkins SF 6 6 225 1980-01-11 Georgia Nate McMillan Dwane Casey Dwight Daub Dean Demopoulos Bob Weiss https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SEA/2005.html November 5, 2004 Regular season Season standings SEA SEA Game log Seattle SuperSonics 2005 Total: 52–30 (home: 26–15; road: 26–15) Seattle SuperSonics November yes 7 0 6 3 |- | 1 | November 3 | @ L.A. Clippers | L 84–114 | Rashard Lewis (24) | Reggie Evans (6) | Ray Allen (5) | Staples Center13,371 | 0–1 |- | 2 | November 5 | Atlanta | W 106–85 | Ray Allen (25) | Reggie Evans (9) | Luke Ridnour (6) | KeyArena16,103 | 1–1 |- | 3 | November 7 | San Antonio | W 113–94 | Rashard Lewis (27) | Danny Fortson (13) | Luke Ridnour (6) | KeyArena15,891 | 2–1 |- | 4 | November 9 | @ Denver | W 108–88 | Ray Allen (30) | Reggie Evans (14) | Luke Ridnour (11) | Pepsi Center12,962 | 3–1 |- | 5 | November 10 | Sacramento | W 108–78 | Ray Allen (20) | Danny Fortson (13) | Antonio Daniels (6) | KeyArena14,355 | 4–1 |- | 6 | November 12 | Toronto | W 88–87 | Ray Allen (29) | Reggie Evans (16) | Allen, Ridnour (7) | KeyArena15,702 | 5–1 |- | 7 | November 14 | Memphis | W 118–113 | Ray Allen (34) | Rashard Lewis (12) | Luke Ridnour (8) | KeyArena12,302 | 6–1 |- | 8 | November 16 | @ Philadelphia | W 103–95 | Ray Allen (37) | Reggie Evans (11) | Luke Ridnour (10) | Wachovia Center15,589 | 7–1 |- | 9 | November 17 | @ New Jersey | W 79–68 | Rashard Lewis (17) | Reggie Evans (7) | Antonio Daniels (4) | Continental Airlines Arena12,127 | 8–1 |- | 10 | November 19 | @ Toronto | W 101–94 | Rashard Lewis (27) | Reggie Evans (11) | Ray Allen (6) | Air Canada Centre16,886 | 9–1 |- | 11 | November 21 | @ Boston | L 83–102 | Ray Allen (21) | Reggie Evans (8) | Ray Allen (6) | FleetCenter15,410 | 9–2 |- | 12 | November 23 | @ Minnesota | W 103–92 | Rashard Lewis (27) | Reggie Evans (9) | Antonio Daniels (11) | Target Center16,129 | 10–2 |- | 13 | November 24 | @ Memphis | W 93–84 | Rashard Lewis (27) | Rashard Lewis (11) | Allen, Ridnour (5) | FedExForum15,542 | 11–2 |- | 14 | November 26 | New Jersey | W 92–79 | Danny Fortson (20) | Reggie Evans (11) | Luke Ridnour (5) | KeyArena17,072 | 12–2 |- | 15 | November 28 | Indiana | W 103–95 | Rashard Lewis (22) | Nick Collison (9) | Ray Allen (9) | KeyArena14,808 | 13–2 |- | 16 | November 30 | @ Portland | L 94–100 | Rashard Lewis (29) | Reggie Evans (10) | Luke Ridnour (10) | Rose Garden15,128 | 13–3 Seattle SuperSonics December no 4 3 5 0 |- | 17 | December 1 | Utah | W 129–119 (OT) | Ray Allen (38) | Danny Fortson (9) | Luke Ridnour (10) | KeyArena16,066 | 14–3 |- | 18 | December 4 | Portland | W 99–89 | Radmanović, Lewis (20) | Vladimir Radmanović (10) | Antonio Daniels (6) | KeyArena17,072 | 15–3 |- | 19 | December 8 | @ San Antonio | W 102–96 | Ray Allen (29) | Vladimir Radmanović (7) | Antonio Daniels (4) | SBC Center18,797 | 16–3 |- | 20 | December 9 | @ Dallas | W 107–102 | Rashard Lewis (25) | Lewis, Evans (9) | Luke Ridnour (7) | American Airlines Center19,733 | 17–3 |- | 21 | December 11 | Boston | L 84–98 | Rashard Lewis (19) | Danny Fortson (11) | Ray Allen (6) | KeyArena17,072 | 17–4 |- | 22 | December 14 | L.A. Lakers | W 108–93 | Rashard Lewis (37) | Lewis, Radmanović (7) | Luke Ridnour (11) | KeyArena17,072 | 18–4 |- | 23 | December 17 | Phoenix | L 110–112 | Ray Allen (32) | Reggie Evans (14) | Luke Ridnour (9) | KeyArena17,072 | 18–5 |- | 24 | December 22 | Denver | W 98–83 | Rashard Lewis (21) | Reggie Evans (12) | Luke Ridnour (5) | KeyArena17,072 | 19–5 |- | 25 | December 27 | @ Utah | W 98–88 | Rashard Lewis (22) | Nick Collison (7) | Luke Ridnour (6) | Delta Center19,911 | 20–5 |- | 26 | December 28 | Philadelphia | L 107–114 | Ray Allen (32) | Fortson, Lewis, Collison (6) | Luke Ridnour (9) | KeyArena17,072 | 20–6 |- | 27 | December 30 | @ Atlanta | W 94–79 | Ray Allen (20) | Nick Collison (11) | Luke Ridnour (5) | Philips Arena13,336 | 21–6 |- | 28 | December 31 | @ Charlotte | W 103–97 | Rashard Lewis (27) | Reggie Evans (10) | Daniels, Ridnour (7) | Charlotte Coliseum13,696 | 22–6 Seattle SuperSonics January no 5 3 3 4 |- | 29 | January 3 | @ Miami | W 98–96 | Ray Allen (35) | Rashard Lewis (13) | Luke Ridnour (7) | American Airlines Arena20,284 | 23–6 |- | 30 | January 5 | @ Orlando | L 87–105 | Ray Allen (30) | Rashard Lewis (11) | Luke Ridnour (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre13,305 | 23–7 |- | 31 | January 6 | @ Washington | L 97–106 | Rashard Lewis (35) | Rashard Lewis (11) | Luke Ridnour (10) | MCI Center16,230 | 23–8 |- | 32 | January 9 | Miami | W 108–98 | Vladimir Radmanović (27) | Danny Fortson (10) | Daniels, Allen, Ridnour (7) | KeyArena17,072 | 24–8 |- | 33 | January 11 | L.A. Clippers | W 104–99 | Ray Allen (31) | Reggie Evans (9) | Luke Ridnour (11) | KeyArena15,001 | 25–8 |- | 34 | January 12 | @ L.A. Clippers | L 92–103 | Ray Allen (22) | Reggie Evans (10) | Ray Allen (8) | Staples Center15,802 | 25–9 |- | 35 | January 14 | Golden State | W 103–84 | Ray Allen (22) | Danny Fortson (11) | Daniels, Ridnour (6) | KeyArena16,519 | 26–9 |- | 36 | January 16 | Cleveland | W 105–97 | Ray Allen (27) | Vladimir Radmanović (11) | Antonio Daniels (8) | KeyArena17,072 | 27–9 |- | 37 | January 18 | Denver | L 110–116 (OT) | Vladimir Radmanović (25) | Reggie Evans (10) | Luke Ridnour (8) | KeyArena15,555 | 27–10 |- | 38 | January 21 | Minnesota | L 107–112 | Ray Allen (25) | Vladimir Radmanović (10) | Allen, Daniels (4) | KeyArena17,072 | 27–11 |- | 39 | January 23 | Utah | W 122–105 | Rashard Lewis (36) | Reggie Evans (10) | Antonio Daniels (8) | KeyArena16,823 | 28–11 |- | 40 | January 25 | @ L.A. Lakers | W 104–93 | Vladimir Radmanović (26) | Reggie Evans (13) | Luke Ridnour (7) | Staples Center18,997 | 29–11 |- | 41 | January 26 | @ Utah | L 100–109 | Ray Allen (27) | Nick Collison (8) | Luke Ridnour (4) | Delta Center18,821 | 29–12 |- | 42 | January 28 | @ Golden State | W 88–85 | Ray Allen (26) | Reggie Evans (17) | Allen, Daniels (3) | The Arena in Oakland18,821 | 30–12 |- | 43 | January 31 | San Antonio | L 84–103 | Daniels, Radmanović, Murray (13) | James, Lewis, Evans (6) | Antonio Daniels (5) | KeyArena17,072 | 30–13 Seattle SuperSonics February no 4 2 4 1 |- | 44 | February 1 | @ Sacramento | W 106–101 | Rashard Lewis (24) | Reggie Evans (15) | Luke Ridnour (5) | ARCO Arena17,317 | 31–13 |- | 45 | February 5 | Charlotte | W 113–99 | Ray Allen (25) | Reggie Evans (21) | Luke Ridnour (8) | KeyArena16,901 | 32–13 |- | 46 | February 8 | New Orleans | W 108–91 | Ray Allen (26) | Reggie Evans (14) | Luke Ridnour (7) | KeyArena15,482 | 33–13 |- | 47 | February 10 | Sacramento | W 115–107 | Ray Allen (34) | Reggie Evans (12) | Luke Ridnour (5) | KeyArena16,629 | 34–13 |- | 48 | February 11 | @ Phoenix | W 113–105 | Rashard Lewis (23) | Reggie Evans (11) | Luke Ridnour (5) | America West Arena18,422 | 35–13 |- | 49 | February 13 | Dallas | L 92–95 | Rashard Lewis (18) | Reggie Evans (12) | Luke Ridnour (8) | KeyArena17,072 | 35–14 |- | 50 | February 16 | Golden State | L 110–117 | Ray Allen (26) | Nick Collison (12) | Ray Allen (7) | KeyArena15,705 | 35–15 |- style="text-align:center;" | colspan="9" style="background:#bbcaff;"|All-Star Break |- | 51 | February 22 | @ Houston | W 87–85 | Ray Allen (29) | Reggie Evans (11) | Luke Ridnour (7) | Toyota Center17,239 | 36–15 |- | 52 | February 23 | @ New Orleans | W 103–85 | Rashard Lewis (26) | Reggie Evans (14) | Luke Ridnour (9) | New Orleans Arena12,771 | 37–15 |- | 53 | February 25 | Minnesota | W 98–88 | Ray Allen (32) | Vitaly Potapenko (8) | Ray Allen (6) | KeyArena17,072 | 38–15 |- | 54 | February 27 | @ Milwaukee | L 73–99 | Ray Allen (16) | Reggie Evans (12) | Luke Ridnour (3) | Bradley Center17,112 | 38–16 Seattle SuperSonics March no 4 4 7 2 |- | 55 | March 1 | @ Indiana | W 101–93 | Rashard Lewis (30) | Reggie Evans (12) | Daniels, Ridnour (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse14,971 | 39–16 |- | 56 | March 2 | @ Cleveland | W 103–86 | Ray Allen (31) | Radmanović, Fortson (7) | Luke Ridnour (5) | Gund Arena17,522 | 40–16 |- | 57 | March 4 | Detroit | W 95–87 | Rashard Lewis (18) | Reggie Evans (12) | Allen, Ridnour (6) | KeyArena17,072 | 41–16 |- | 58 | March 6 | Phoenix | L 99–110 | Ray Allen (27) | Rashard Lewis (11) | Luke Ridnour (4) | KeyArena17,072 | 41–17 |- | 59 | March 8 | Houston | L 95–97 | Ray Allen (32) | Reggie Evans (8) | Luke Ridnour (12) | KeyArena17,072 | 41–18 |- | 60 | March 11 | Chicago | L 97–100 | Rashard Lewis (27) | Reggie Evans (11) | Luke Ridnour (6) | KeyArena17,072 | 41–19 |- | 61 | March 13 | @ New York | W 90–80 | Rashard Lewis (23) | Reggie Evans (16) | Antonio Daniels (7) | Madison Square Garden19,763 | 42–19 |- | 62 | March 15 | @ Chicago | W 99–93 | Rashard Lewis (30) | Reggie Evans (19) | Ray Allen (7) | United Center21,762 | 43–19 |- | 63 | March 16 | @ Detroit | L 95–102 | Rashard Lewis (26) | Allen, Radmanović (6) | Luke Ridnour (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 43–20 |- | 64 | March 18 | Orlando | W 98–90 | Ray Allen (38) | Nick Collison (10) | Luke Ridnour (6) | KeyArena17,072 | 44–20 |- | 65 | March 20 | @ L.A. Lakers | W 102–100 | Rashard Lewis (27) | Rashard Lewis (11) | Luke Ridnour (7) | Staples Center18,997 | 45–20 |- | 66 | March 22 | Milwaukee | W 92–84 | Rashard Lewis (29) | Nick Collison (7) | Luke Ridnour (9) | KeyArena16,197 | 46–20 |- | 67 | March 24 | @ Portland | W 96–91 | Damien Wilkins (21) | Collison, Evans (9) | Reggie Evans (4) | Rose Garden17,019 | 47–20 |- | 68 | March 25 | New York | W 109–101 (OT) | Ray Allen (40) | Reggie Evans (10) | Antonio Daniels (7) | KeyArena17,072 | 48–20 |- | 69 | March 27 | Washington | L 94–95 | Ray Allen (27) | Allen, Evans, Collison (8) | Luke Ridnour (4) | KeyArena16,333 | 48–21 |- | 70 | March 29 | @ Memphis | W 102–99 | Allen, James (22) | Reggie Evans (13) | Luke Ridnour (9) | FedExForum17,256 | 49–21 |- | 71 | March 30 | @ San Antonio | L 76–89 | Flip Murray (17) | Reggie Evans (12) | Luke Ridnour (2) | SBC Center18,797 | 49–22 Seattle SuperSonics April no 2 3 1 5 |- | 72 | April 1 | Portland | W 89–87 | Ray Allen (19) | Reggie Evans (13) | Luke Ridnour (9) | KeyArena17,072 | 50–22 |- | 73 | April 3 | @ Golden State | L 92–101 | Ray Allen (27) | Ray Allen (9) | Allen, Daniels (5) | The Arena in Oakland17,296 | 50–23 |- | 74 | April 5 | @ Sacramento | L 101–122 | Ray Allen (23) | Reggie Evans (12) | Luke Ridnour (7) | ARCO Arena17,317 | 50–24 |- | 75 | April 8 | L.A. Lakers | L 94–117 | Ray Allen (30) | Collison, Evans (11) | Flip Murray (7) | KeyArena17,072 | 50–25 |- | 76 | April 9 | @ Denver | L 105–121 | Ray Allen (32) | Reggie Evans (10) | Luke Ridnour (7) | Pepsi Center19,751 | 50–26 |- | 77 | April 11 | Houston | L 78–90 | Ray Allen (18) | Nick Collison (8) | Murray, Wilkins (4) | KeyArena17,072 | 50–27 |- | 78 | April 13 | Dallas | L 90–95 | Ray Allen (19) | Reggie Evans (13) | Daniels, Ridnour (4) | KeyArena16,502 | 50–28 |- | 79 | April 15 | New Orleans | W 97–72 | Ray Allen (32) | Nick Collison (10) | Ray Allen (7) | KeyArena17,072 | 51–28 |- | 80 | April 17 | @ Minnesota | W 109–94 | Ray Allen (34) | Ray Allen (10) | Luke Ridnour (11) | Target Center17,779 | 52–28 |- | 81 | April 19 | @ Dallas | L 96–101 | Allen, Lewis (21) | Collison, Evans (9) | Luke Ridnour (8) | American Airlines Center20,534 | 52–29 |- | 82 | April 20 | @ Houston | L 78–106 | Flip Murray (22) | Nick Collison (9) | Luke Ridnour (8) | Toyota Center18,194 | 52–30 okc 2005 Playoffs Seattle SuperSonics yes 2005 Seattle SuperSonics First Round yes yes no 3 0 1 1 |- | 1 | April 23 | Sacramento | W 87–82 | Ray Allen (28) | Evans, James (15) | Daniels, Ridnour (4) | KeyArena17,072 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 26 | Sacramento | W 105–93 | Ray Allen (26) | Jerome James (9) | Allen, Ridnour (6) | KeyArena17,072 | 2–0 |- | 3 | April 29 | @ Sacramento | L 104–116 | Ray Allen (33) | Jerome James (9) | Allen, Ridnour (5) | ARCO Arena17,317 | 2–1 |- | 4 | May 1 | @ Sacramento | W 115–102 | Ray Allen (45) | James, Lewis (8) | Allen, Daniels (6) | ARCO Arena17,317 | 3–1 |- | 5 | May 3 | Sacramento | W 122–118 | Ray Allen (30) | Nick Collison (9) | Antonio Daniels (8) | KeyArena17,072 | 4–1 |- Seattle SuperSonics Conference Semifinals yes no 2 1 0 3 |- | 1 | May 8 | @ San Antonio | L 81–103 | Rashard Lewis (19) | Collison, Evans (7) | Luke Ridnour (4) | SBC Center18,797 | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 10 | @ San Antonio | L 91–108 | Ray Allen (25) | Reggie Evans (12) | Antonio Daniels (6) | SBC Center18,797 | 0–2 |- | 3 | May 12 | San Antonio | W 92–91 | Ray Allen (20) | Rashard Lewis (10) | Ray Allen (7) | KeyArena17,072 | 1–2 |- | 4 | May 15 | San Antonio | W 101–89 | Ray Allen (32) | three players tied (6) | Antonio Daniels (7) | KeyArena17,072 | 2–2 |- | 5 | May 17 | @ San Antonio | L 90–103 | Ray Allen (19) | Danny Fortson (9) | Ray Allen (6) | SBC Center18,797 | 2–3 |- | 6 | May 19 | San Antonio | L 96–98 | Ray Allen (25) | Reggie Evans (9) | Antonio Daniels (5) | KeyArena17,072 | 2–4 |- SEA yes 2005 Player statistics Season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Allen, Ray Ray Allen 78 78 39.3 .428 .376 .883 4.4 3.7 1.1 .123.9 Cleaves, Mateen Mateen Cleaves 14 0 4.6 .357 .000 .750 .4 .5 .1 .0.9 Collison, Nick Nick Collison 82 4 17.0 .537 .000 .703 4.6 .4 .4 .65.6 Daniels, Antonio Antonio Daniels 75 2 27.0 .438 .297 .816 2.3 4.1 .7 .011.2 Evans, Reggie Reggie Evans 79 79 23.8 .476 .000 .534 9.3 .7 .7 .24.9 Fortson, Danny Danny Fortson 62 0 16.9 .522 .000 .880 5.6 .1 .2 .17.5 James, Jerome Jerome James 80 80 16.6 .509 .000 .723 3.0 .2 .3 1.44.9 Kutluay, Ibrahim İbrahim Kutluay 5 0 2.4 .000 .000 .000 .2 .0 .0 .0.0 Lewis, Rashard Rashard Lewis 71 71 38.0 .462 .400 .777 5.5 1.3 1.1 .920.5 Murray, Ronald Ronald Murray 49 6 18.0 .361 .253 .738 2.0 1.3 .6 .27.0 Potapenko, Vitaly Vitaly Potapenko 33 1 10.2 .517 .000 .871 2.4 .3 .2 .13.5 Radmanovic, Vladimir Vladimir Radmanovic 63 0 29.5 .409 .389 .786 4.6 1.4 .9 .511.8 Ridnour, Luke Luke Ridnour 82 82 31.4 .405 .376 .883 2.5 5.9 1.1 .310.0 Swift, Robert Robert Swift 16 0 4.5 .455 .000 .556 .3 .1 .1 .4.9 Wilkins, Damien Damien Wilkins 29 7 17.9 .435 .271 .618 2.3 .9 .8 .36.3 Playoffs PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Allen, Ray Ray Allen 11 11 39.6 .474 .378 .889 4.3 3.9 1.3 .426.5 Collison, Nick Nick Collison 11 0 19.8 .607 1.000 .630 5.0 .5 .3 .58.4 Daniels, Antonio Antonio Daniels 11 3 30.1 .468 .286 .857 2.8 4.5 1.0 .013.8 Evans, Reggie Reggie Evans 11 11 18.9 .405 .000 .524 7.4 .5 .5 .33.7 Fortson, Danny Danny Fortson 11 0 9.5 .571 .000 .800 2.4 .0 .3 .13.3 James, Jerome Jerome James 11 11 26.8 .514 .000 .767 6.8 .5 .5 1.812.5 Lewis, Rashard Rashard Lewis 8 8 39.0 .406 .200 .880 5.4 1.6 .4 .416.9 Murray, Ronald Ronald Murray 4 0 15.5 .211 .000 .571 1.5 1.3 .0 .53.0 Potapenko, Vitaly Vitaly Potapenko 5 0 7.4 .500 .000 .000 1.4 .0 .0 .02.0 Radmanovic, Vladimir Vladimir Radmanovic 6 0 20.3 .371 .238 .500 3.0 .5 .7 .55.3 Ridnour, Luke Luke Ridnour 11 11 34.4 .393 .235 .950 3.3 4.3 1.2 .79.7 Wilkins, Damien Damien Wilkins 7 0 19.4 .444 .273 .444 2.6 .4 1.4 .15.6 Awards and records Ray Allen, All-NBA Second Team References Category:Seattle SuperSonics seasons Seattle