1973–74 Seattle SuperSonics season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Seattle SuperSonics 1974 36 46 Pacific 3 6 Bill Russell Bill Russell Sam Schulman Seattle Center Coliseum KTNT-TV KOMO(Bob Blackburn) Did not qualify SEA 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,Houbregs Quits Post at Seattle, The Milwaukee Journal. May 4, 1973. Retrieved June 14, 2012. the Sonics hired Boston Celtics' stalwart Bill Russell as head coach and general manager.Russell Accepts Offer To Coach SuperSonics, Times-Daily. May 12, 1973. Retrieved June 14, 1974. 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, Walt Hazzard to Seattle.Hazzard Traded to Seattle, Spartanburg Herald-Journal. July 26, 1973. Retrieved June 14, 2012. Draft 1973 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 4 Mike Green C/F United States Louisiana Tech 4 56 June Harris G United States North Carolina A&T 5 73 Chuck Iverson F United States South Dakota 6 90 Bill McCoy G United States Northern Iowa 7 107 Jim Andrews C United States Kentucky 8 124 Wardell Jeffries F United States Oklahoma Baptist 9 141 Greg Williams F United States Seattle 10 155 Bob Bodell G United States Maryland Roster Seattle SuperSonics 1973–74 40 John Brisker GF 6 5 210 Toledo 1947–06–15 32 Fred Brown basketball G 6 3 182 Iowa 1948–08–07 31 Jim Fox basketball, born 1943 FC 6 10 230 South Carolina 1943–04–07 21 Dick Gibbs basketball GF 6 5 210 UTEP 1948–12–20 24 Spencer Haywood FC 6 8 225 Detroit 1949–04–22 42 Walt Hazzard G 6 2 185 UCLA 1942–04–15 14 John Hummer FC 6 9 230 Princeton 1948–05–04 45 Vester Marshall F 6 7 200 Oklahoma 1948–12–22 43 Kennedy McIntosh F 6 7 225 Eastern Michigan 1949–01–21 10 Dick Snyder GF 6 5 207 Davidson 1944–02–01 15 Bud Stallworth GF 6 5 190 Kansas 1950–01–18 13 Slick Watts Slick Watts G 6 1 175 Xavier (Louisiana) 1951–07–22 12 Milt Williams G 6 2 182 Lincoln (MO) 1945–11–22 Bill Russell Em Bryant https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1974.html#all_roster Standings SEA SEA z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Game log Seattle SuperSonics 1974 Total: 36–46 (Home: 22–19; Road: 14–27) Seattle SuperSonics October yes 3 4 0 5 |- | 1 | October 10 | @ Phoenix | L 111–115 | Fred Brown (31) | Jim Fox (11) | Walt Hazzard (6) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum18,738 | 0–1 |- | 2 | October 12 | Capital | W 103–102 | Spencer Haywood (24) | Spencer Haywood (13) | Spencer Haywood, Walt Hazzard (6) | Seattle Center Coliseum11,673 | 1–1 |- | 3 | October 14 | Milwaukee | W 109–100 | Jim McDaniels (29) | Jim McDaniels (18) | Dick Snyder (7) | Seattle Center Coliseum11,240 | 2–1 |- | 4 | October 17 | Kansas City–Omaha | L 106–108 | Spencer Haywood (31) | Spencer Haywood (19) | Spencer Haywood (8) | Seattle Center Coliseum9,618 | 2–2 |- | 5 | October 19 | @ Los Angeles | L 91–118 | Jim Fox, Spencer Haywood (16) | Spencer Haywood (13) | Milt Williams (5) | The Forum14,259 | 2–3 |- | 6 | October 20 | @ Portland | L 108–123 | Dick Gibbs (25) | Spencer Haywood (8) | Spencer Haywood (9) | Memorial Coliseum9,251 | 2–4 |- | 7 | October 21 | Phoenix | W 116–112 | Fred Brown (24) | Spencer Haywood (15) | Fred Brown, Spencer Haywood (8) | Seattle Center Coliseum11,964 | 3–4 |- | 8 | October 24 | Atlanta | L 106–131 | Spencer Haywood (21) | Spencer Haywood (22) | Walt Hazzard (11) | Seattle Center Coliseum9,626 | 3–5 |- | 9 | October 26 | Golden State | L 110–117 | Dick Snyder (27) | Spencer Haywood (16) | Fred Brown, Spencer Haywood (6) | Seattle Center Coliseum10,906 | 3–6 |- | 10 | October 28 | Detroit | L 93–115 | Spencer Haywood (22) | Spencer Haywood (23) | Fred Brown (7) | Seattle Center Coliseum1,198 | 3–7 |- | 11 | October 30 | @ Buffalo | L 103–105 | Spencer Haywood (31) | Spencer Haywood (13) | Fred Brown, Spencer Haywood (6) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium7,396 | 3–8 |- | 12 | October 31 | @ Detroit | L 107–114 | Fred Brown (31) | Spencer Haywood (14) | Fred Brown (7) | Cobo Arena4,748 | 3–9 Seattle SuperSonics November 4 3 2 5 |- | 13 | November 2 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | W 115–109 | Fred Brown (37) | Fred Brown (13) | John Brisker, Fred Brown, Spencer Haywood (4) | Municipal Auditorium4,574 | 4–9 |- | 14 | November 4 | New York | L 106–111 | Spencer Haywood (34) | Spencer Haywood (13) | Spencer Haywood (6) | Seattle Center Coliseum13,772 | 4–10 |- | 15 | November 7 | Buffalo | W 130–113 | Spencer Haywood (26) | Spencer Haywood (16) | Fred Brown (7) | Seattle Center Coliseum8,878 | 5–10 |- | 16 | November 9 | Los Angeles | L 111–118 | John Brisker (23) | Jim Fox (12) | Milt Williams (6) | Seattle Center Coliseum13,988 | 5–11 |- | 17 | November 11 | Chicago | L 98–116 | Spencer Haywood (25) | Spencer Haywood (10) | Fred Brown (5) | Seattle Center Coliseum10,915 | 5–12 |- | 18 | November 13 | @ New York | L 102–104 | Spencer Haywood (25) | Spencer Haywood (17) | Spencer Haywood (6) | Madison Square Garden17,478 | 5–13 |- | 19 | November 14 | @ Boston | L 104–110 | Fred Brown, Spencer Haywood (22) | Spencer Haywood (13) | Fred Brown (6) | Seattle Center Coliseum6,191 | 5–14 |- | 20 | November 16 | Cleveland | W 117–93 | Spencer Haywood (32) | Spencer Haywood (18) | Fred Brown (7) | Seattle Center Coliseum11,770 | 6–14 |- | 21 | November 18 | Philadelphia | W 95–91 | Spencer Haywood (31) | Kennedy McIntosh (16) | Fred Brown (8) | Seattle Center Coliseum10,900 | 7–14 |- | 22 | November 22 | @ Portland | L 125–131 | Spencer Haywood (28) | Jim Fox (9) | Fred Brown (10) | Memorial Coliseum7,285 | 7–15 |- | 23 | November 23 | Portland | W 127–106 | Spencer Haywood, Isaac Stallworth (23) | Spencer Haywood, Kennedy McIntosh (9) | Fred Brown (12) | Seattle Center Coliseum13,330 | 8–15 |- | 24 | November 25 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | W 104–99 | John Brisker (47) | Spencer Haywood (16) | John Brisker (5) | Municipal Auditorium4,213 | 9–15 |- | 25 | November 27 | @ Cleveland | L 118–120 | Spencer Haywood (34) | Spencer Haywood (16) | Fred Brown (10) | Cleveland Arena3,357 | 9–16 |- | 26 | November 28 | @ Milwaukee | L 93–127 | Isaac Stallworth (16) | Jim Fox (13) | Spencer Haywood (5) | Milwaukee Arena8,289 | 9–17 Seattle SuperSonics December 4 4 4 6 |- | 27 | December 1 | @ Atlanta | L 110–120 | Spencer Haywood (26) | Kennedy McIntosh (15) | Fred Brown (8) | Omni Coliseum7,194 | 9–18 |- | 28 | December 2 | @ Capital | L 96–98 | Slick Watts (24) | Jim Fox, Slick Watts (11) | Fred Brown, Slick Watts (6) | Capital Centre17,500 | 9–19 |- | 29 | December 4 | @ Chicago | L 107–130 | Fred Brown (24) | Spencer Haywood (13) | Slick Watts (6) | Chicago Stadium5,104 | 9–20 |- | 30 | December 6 | Detroit | L 108–110 | Spencer Haywood (29) | Spencer Haywood (17) | Slick Watts (9) | Seattle Center Coliseum7,758 | 9–21 |- | 31 | December 7 | @ Los Angeles | W 115–111 | Spencer Haywood (29) | Spencer Haywood (23) | Slick Watts (10) | The Forum13,189 | 10–21 |- | 32 | December 9 | Houston | L 107–110 | Spencer Haywood, Slick Watts (18) | Spencer Haywood (11) | Slick Watts (7) | Seattle Center Coliseum9,689 | 10–22 |- | 33 | December 11 | @ Milwaukee | L 91–130 | Fred Brown (23) | Jim Fox, Spencer Haywood (7) | Spencer Haywood (4) | Milwaukee Arena7,075 | 10–23 |- | 34 | December 12 | @ Philadelphia | W 100–93 | Dick Snyder (24) | Spencer Haywood (20) | Slick Watts (7) | The Spectrum3,432 | 11–23 |- | 35 | December 14 | Capital | W 93–88 | Spencer Haywood (26) | Spencer Haywood (24) | Slick Watts (7) | Seattle Center Coliseum11,857 | 12–23 |- | 36 | December 16 | Phoenix | L 109–113 | Spencer Haywood (28) | Spencer Haywood (18) | Fred Brown (8) | Seattle Center Coliseum9,778 | 12–24 |- | 37 | December 18 | @ Chicago | W 93–92 | Spencer Haywood (23) | Spencer Haywood (11) | Slick Watts (12) | Chicago Stadium4,721 | 13–24 |- | 38 | December 19 | @ Houston | W 124–118 (OT) | Spencer Haywood (37) | Spencer Haywood (15) | Jim Fox (7) | Hofheinz Pavilion2,371 | 14–24 |- | 39 | December 21 | @ Cleveland | L 96–101 | Dick Snyder (35) | Spencer Haywood (12) | Jim Fox (10) | Cleveland Arena2,173 | 14–25 |- | 40 | December 23 | Boston | L 95–96 | Spencer Haywood (23) | Spencer Haywood (13) | Slick Watts (12) | Seattle Center Coliseum13,970 | 14–26 |- | 41 | December 26 | Los Angeles | W 129–105 | Jim Fox (25) | Jim Fox (30) | Slick Watts (12) | Seattle Center Coliseum12,755 | 15–26 |- | 42 | December 27 | @ Phoenix | L 100–111 | Dick Snyder (32) | Jim Fox (14) | Slick Watts (9) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum7,555 | 15–27 |- | 43 | December 28 | Portland | W 110–93 | Spencer Haywood (26) | Jim Fox, Spencer Haywood (19) | Slick Watts (8) | Seattle Center Coliseum10,245 | 16–27 |- | 44 | December 30 | Golden State | W 96–92 | Jim Fox (29) | Spencer Haywood (17) | Slick Watts (12) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,078 | 17–27 Seattle SuperSonics January 3 2 4 4 |- | 45 | January 2 | Buffalo | L 111–115 | Spencer Haywood (35) | Jim Fox (16) | Jim Fox (10) | Seattle Center Coliseum12,011 | 17–28 |- | 46 | January 4 | Chicago | W 103–101 (OT) | Spencer Haywood (31) | Jim Fox (21) | Slick Watts (17) | Seattle Center Coliseum12,042 | 18–28 |- | 47 | January 6 | Houston | W 91–90 | Spencer Haywood (34) | Jim Fox (13) | Slick Watts (12) | Seattle Center Coliseum12,184 | 19–28 |- | 48 | January 9 | Kansas City–Omaha | W 100–96 | Dick Snyder (25) | Spencer Haywood (11) | Jim Fox (7) | Seattle Center Coliseum10,048 | 20–28 |- | 49 | January 10 | @ Golden State | L 89–125 | Jim Fox (15) | John Hummer (9) | Milt Williams (3) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena3,032 | 20–29 |- | 50 | January 11 | New York | L 98–107 | Dick Snyder (29) | Jim Fox (18) | Slick Watts (9) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,078 | 20–30 |- | 51 | January 13 | @ Phoenix | W 123–112 | Fred Brown (38) | Spencer Haywood (15) | Dick Snyder (9) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,769 | 21–30 |- | 52 | January 18 | @ Philadelphia | W 116–104 | Spencer Haywood (25) | Spencer Haywood (15) | Fred Brown (11) | The Spectrum3,108 | 22–30 |- | 53 | January 19 | @ Atlanta | L 109–127 | Dick Snyder (41) | Jim Fox (16) | Fred Brown (5) | Omni Coliseum6,938 | 22–31 |- | 54 | January 23 | @ Boston | W 98–97 | Fred Brown (26) | Jim Fox (12) | Fred Brown (6) | Boston Garden6,237 | 23–31 |- | 55 | January 25 | @ Chicago | L 99–104 | Spencer Haywood (33) | Spencer Haywood (12) | Fred Brown (7) | Chicago Stadium9,422 | 23–32 |- | 56 | January 26 | @ Detroit | L 83–94 | Dick Snyder (18) | Spencer Haywood (13) | Walt Hazzard (9) | Cobo Arena8,386 | 23–33 |- | 57 | January 29 | @ Houston | W 115–107 | Spencer Haywood (32) | Spencer Haywood (16) | John Hummer (8) | Hofheinz Pavilion3,027 | 24–33 Seattle SuperSonics February 6 2 0 4 |- | 58 | February 1 | Milwaukee | W 110–85 | Dick Snyder (24) | John Hummer (14) | Fred Brown (7) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,017 | 25–33 |- | 59 | February 2 | @ Portland | L 97–102 | Spencer Haywood (25) | Spencer Haywood (14) | Slick Watts (12) | Memorial Coliseum7,526 | 25–34 |- | 60 | February 3 | Detroit | L 100–114 | Spencer Haywood, Dick Snyder (24) | Spencer Haywood (18) | Slick Watts (14) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,078 | 25–35 |- | 61 | February 5 | @ Golden State | L 113–129 | Jim Fox, Spencer Haywood (24) | Spencer Haywood (10) | Dick Snyder (7) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena4,197 | 25–36 |- | 62 | February 6 | Portland | W 107–94 | Dick Gibbs (30) | Dick Gibbs (14) | Slick Watts (9) | Seattle Center Coliseum11,204 | 26–36 |- | 63 | February 10 | Kansas City–Omaha | W 119–103 | Spencer Haywood (24) | Spencer Haywood (17) | Slick Watts (9) | Seattle Center Coliseum13,608 | 27–36 |- | 64 | February 13 | Boston | W 118–100 | Dick Snyder (31) | John Hummer (16) | Fred Brown (12) | Seattle Center Coliseum12,031 | 28–36 |- | 65 | February 15 | @ Los Angeles | L 96–112 | Dick Snyder (22) | John Hummer (16) | John Hummer (7) | The Forum15,263 | 28–37 |- | 66 | February 17 | Cleveland | W 106–97 | Fred Brown (24) | Spencer Haywood (12) | Walt Hazzard (11) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,078 | 29–37 |- | 67 | February 23 | Los Angeles | L 116–118 | Spencer Haywood (32) | Jim Fox (12) | Slick Watts (11) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,078 | 29–38 |- | 68 | February 24 | Philadelphia | W 115–105 | Spencer Haywood (37) | Spencer Haywood (20) | Fred Brown (13) | Seattle Center Coliseum13,779 | 30–38 |- | 69 | February 27 | @ Capital | L 100–104 | Fred Brown (28) | Spencer Haywood (17) | Fred Brown, Dick Snyder (6) | Capital Centre5,140 | 30–39 Seattle SuperSonics March 2 4 4 5 |- | 70 | March 1 | @ Detroit | W 105–103 | Spencer Haywood (16) | Spencer Haywood (21) | Fred Brown, Spencer Haywood, Slick Watts (3) | Cobo Arena6,694 | 31–39 |- | 71 | March 2 | @ Milwaukee | L 99–116 | Dick Snyder (25) | Spencer Haywood (16) | Spencer Haywood (7) | Milwaukee Arena10,938 | 31–40 |- | 72 | March 5 | @ New York | L 106–111 | Spencer Haywood (27) | Spencer Haywood (19) | Spencer Haywood, John Hummer, Slick Watts (4) | Madison Square Garden19,964 | 31–41 |- | 73 | March 8 | @ Buffalo | W 123–117 (OT) | Spencer Haywood (31) | Spencer Haywood (21) | Slick Watts (10) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium16,218 | 32–41 |- | 74 | March 9 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | L 96–106 | Dick Gibbs (25) | John Hummer (11) | Slick Watts (3) | Omaha Civic Auditorium3,870 | 32–42 |- | 75 | March 15 | Atlanta | L 107–126 | Fred Brown (26) | Spencer Haywood (14) | Slick Watts (6) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,078 | 32–43 |- | 76 | March 17 | Phoenix | L 108–133 | Dick Snyder (28) | Jim Fox, Spencer Haywood (10) | Fred Brown (7) | Seattle Center Coliseum13,007 | 32–44 |- | 77 | March 20 | Golden State | W 110–107 | Dick Snyder (30) | Jim Fox, John Hummer (10) | Dick Snyder (10) | Seattle Center Coliseum10,657 | 33–44 |- | 78 | March 22 | Milwaukee | L 101–106 | Dick Snyder (28) | Jim Fox (15) | Fred Brown (7) | Seattle Center Coliseum13,771 | 33–45 |- | 79 | March 23 | @ Golden State | W 139–137 | Fred Brown (58) | Jim Fox, Dick Snyder (11) | Slick Watts (7) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena7,570 | 34–45 |- | 80 | March 24 | Chicago | L 113–122 | Fred Brown (29) | Jim Fox (18) | Jim Fox, Dick Snyder (6) | Seattle Center Coliseum12,430 | 34–46 |- | 81 | March 26 | @ Los Angeles | W 121–115 | Fred Brown (37) | Jim Fox (13) | Dick Snyder (6) | The Forum13,489 | 35–46 |- | 82 | March 27 | Phoenix | W 127–123 | Fred Brown (34) | John Hummer (14) | Jim Fox (8) | Seattle Center Coliseum12,528 | 36–46 OKC 1974 Player statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG John Brisker 35 – 20.5 .449 – .820 4.2 1.6 .8 .2 12.5 Fred Brown Fred Brown (basketball) 82 – 30.5 .471 – .863 4.9 5.0 1.7 .2 16.5 Jim Fox Jim Fox (basketball, born 1943) 78 – 27.9 .478 – .823 9.2 2.9 .7 .3 11.3 Dick Gibbs Dick Gibbs (basketball) 71 – 21.5 .431 – .806 3.1 1.1 .5 .3 10.8 Spencer Haywood 75 – 40.5 .457 – .814 13.4 3.2 .9 1.4 23.5 Walt Hazzard 49 – 11.7 .422 – .756 1.2 2.5 .5 .1 3.8 John Hummer 35 – 26.7 .467 – .469 7.0 2.7 .7 .6 8.2 Vester Marshall 13 – 13.4 .241 – .429 2.8 .3 .3 .2 1.3 Jim McDaniels 27 – 16.3 .364 – .535 4.7 .9 .3 .6 5.5 Kennedy McIntosh 69 – 29.8 .389 – .607 5.2 1.4 .8 .4 7.4 Dick Snyder 74 – 36.1 .481 – .866 4.1 3.6 1.2 .4 18.1 Isaac Stallworth 67 – 15.2 .392 – .623 2.6 .5 .3 .2 6.3 Slick Watts 62 – 23.0 .388 – .645 2.9 5.7 1.9 .2 8.0 Milt 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 Players Lost Via trade Dick Gibbs Walt Hazzard John Hummer Via free agency Vester MarshallSonics Waive McDaniels, Milwaukee Journal. December 29, 1973. Retrieved June 18, 2012. Slick Watts Milt Williams Via trade Butch Beard Waived Charles Dudley Jim McDaniels Lee Winfield Trades May 15, 1973 To Seattle SuperSonics To Kansas City–Omaha Kings Dick Gibbs Completion of the trade for Pete Cross and Don Kojis July 25, 1973 To Seattle SuperSonics To Golden State Warriors Walt Hazzard Butch Beard January 7, 1974 To Seattle SuperSonics To Chicago Bulls John Hummer 1974 second round pickCash considerations References Seattle Category:Seattle SuperSonics seasons