1993–94 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1993–94 NBA season was the 26th season for the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association.^[1] During the off-season, the Sonics acquired All-Star forward Detlef Schrempf from the Indiana Pacers,^[2][3][4][5] and acquired Kendall Gill from the Charlotte Hornets.^[6][7][8][9] In their third season with George Karl as head coach, the Sonics got off to a fast start winning their first ten games on their way to a 26–3 start,^[10] and later holding a league best 35–10 record at the All-Star break.^[11] The team won 17 of their final 19 games finishing the season with a franchise best 63–19 record,^[12] and made the Playoffs as the #1 seed in the Western Conference for the first time since the 1978–79 season, where the SuperSonics won their first NBA Championship.^[13]

1993–94 Seattle SuperSonics season
Division champions
Head coach	George Karl
General manager	Bob Whitsitt
Arena	Seattle Center Coliseum
Results
Record	63–19 (.768)
Place	Division: 1st (Pacific) Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	West First Round (lost to Nuggets 2–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KSTW Prime Sports Northwest
Radio	KJR
< 1992–93 1994–95 >

Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton were both selected for the 1994 NBA All-Star Game, which was Payton's first ever All-Star appearance, and Karl was selected to coach the Western Conference.^{[14][15][16][17][18]} Kemp averaged 18.1 points, 10.8 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 2.1 blocks per game, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, while Payton averaged 16.5 points, 6.0 assists and 2.3 steals per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, and to the NBA All-Defensive First Team.^[19] In addition, Schrempf provided the team with 15.0 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, while Ricky Pierce averaged 14.5 points per game off the bench, but only played 51 games due to a left foot injury.^[20][21][22] Gill contributed 14.1 points and 1.9 steals per game, while Sam Perkins provided with 12.3 points per game, and defensive sixth man Nate McMillan led the league with 3.0 steals per game off the bench, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team.^[19] Payton finished in sixth place in Most Valuable Player voting, and Kemp finished tied in seventh place, while McMillan finished in second place in Sixth Man of the Year voting.^[23][24] Payton also finished in fifth place in Defensive Player of the Year voting, and in third place in Most Improved Player voting.^[25][26]

In the Western Conference First Round of the NBA Playoffs, the Sonics faced off against the 8th-seeded Denver Nuggets. However, after taking a 2–0 series lead,^[27][28][29] the Sonics would not make it past the first round, losing to the Nuggets in five games, with a 98–94 Game 5 home loss in overtime. It was the first time in NBA Playoffs history that a number 8 seed defeated a number 1 seeded team.^{[30][31][32][33]}

Following the season, Pierce was traded to the Golden State Warriors after feuding with Payton,^{[34][35][36][37]} and Michael Cage signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[38][39]

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1993 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	23	Ervin Johnson	C	United States	New Orleans
2	42	Adonis Jordan	PG	United States	Kansas

Roster

1993–94 Seattle SuperSonics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 17 Askew, Vincent 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1966–02–28 Memphis C 44 Cage, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1962–01–28 San Diego State G 13 Gill, Kendall 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1968–05–25 Illinois C 50 Johnson, Ervin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1967–12–21 New Orleans F 40 Kemp, Shawn 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1969–11–26 Trinity Valley CC F 35 King, Chris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1969–07–24 Wake Forest C 25 King, Rich 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1969–04–04 Nebraska G 10 McMillan, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1964–08–03 NC State G 20 Payton, Gary 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1968–07–23 Oregon State F 14 Perkins, Sam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1961–06–14 North Carolina G 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 F 11 Schrempf, Detlef 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1963–01–21 Washington	Head coach George Karl Assistant coach(es) Tim Grgurich Bob Kloppenburg Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended   Injured

1993–94 Salaries

Player	1993–94 Salary
Sam Perkins	$3,587,000
Gary Payton	$2,383,000
Ricky Pierce	$2,100,000
Kendall Gill	$2,000,000
Michael Cage	$1,502,000
Detlef Schrempf	$1,308,000
Nate McMillan	$850,000
Shawn Kemp	$750,000
Rich King	$700,000
Ervin Johnson	$617,000
Steve Scheffler	$170,000
TOTAL	$15,967,000

Sources:

• Basketball Reference: 1993-94 SEA Salaries^[40]

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Seattle SuperSonics	63	19	.768	—	37–4	26–15	25–5
x-Phoenix Suns	56	26	.683	7	36–5	20–21	19–11
x-Golden State Warriors	50	32	.610	13	29–12	21–20	19–11
x-Portland Trail Blazers	47	35	.573	16	30–11	17–24	17–13
Los Angeles Lakers	33	49	.402	30	21–20	12–29	7–23
Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	35	20–21	8–33	9–21
Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	36	17–24	10–31	9–21

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Seattle SuperSonics	63	19	.768	–
2	y-Houston Rockets	58	24	.707	5
3	x-Phoenix Suns	56	26	.683	7
4	x-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	10
6	x-Golden State Warriors	50	32	.610	13
7	x-Portland Trail Blazers	47	35	.573	16
8	x-Denver Nuggets	42	40	.512	21
9	Los Angeles Lakers	33	49	.402	30
10	Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	35
11	Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	36
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	20	62	.244	43
13	Dallas Mavericks	13	69	.159	50

Record vs. opponents

1993–94 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	–	4–0	4–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Boston	0–4	–	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–4	0–4	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Charlotte	1–4	4–0	–	1–4	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Chicago	3–2	2–2	4–1	–	1–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	1–3	3–1	4–1	3–1	–	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–4	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	–	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–4	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	0–5	0–4	0–5	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	–	2–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–4	2–2	1–4	1–1
Detroit	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–5	2–3	1–1	0–2	–	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	–	0–4	1–1	4–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–4	3–1	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–0	4–0	–	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	4–0	2–3	2–2	3–3	1–1
Indiana	2–3	4–0	2–2	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	–	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	2–3	3–2	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–0	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	–	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–5	1–4	0–4	0–5	2–2	1–1
Miami	1–3	3–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	–	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–3	4–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Milwaukee	0–5	1–3	2–3	0–4	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	–	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–4	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–4	0–4	1–4	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	–	4–1	0–5	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
New York	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–4	–	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–0
Orlando	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	5–0	2–3	–	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1
Philadelphia	0–4	1–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–4	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	5–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–4	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–3	–	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	–	1–3	0–5	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	4–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	–	0–4	0–5	2–0
Seattle	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	5–0	4–0	–	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	5–0	1–3	–	2–0
Washington	0–4	2–3	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	0–5	1–4	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

1993–94 game log Total: 63–19 (home: 37–4; road: 26–15)
November: 11–1 (home: 6–0; road: 5–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 6 L.A. Lakers W 129–101 Shawn Kemp (30) Shawn Kemp (14) Nate McMillan (11) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 1–0 2 November 8 @ Utah W 101–100 Ricky Pierce (16) Michael Cage (7) Gary Payton (6) Delta Center 19,911 2–0 3 November 9 Denver W 118–86 Sam Perkins (28) Shawn Kemp (11) Detlef Schrempf (8) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,253 3–0 4 November 11 Cleveland W 115–102 Schrempf & Pierce (22) Shawn Kemp (9) Nate McMillan (6) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 4–0 5 November 13 Atlanta W 97–89 (OT) Sam Perkins (22) Shawn Kemp (13) Nate McMillan (8) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 5–0 6 November 16 Chicago W 95–94 Ricky Pierce (19) Shawn Kemp (7) Nate McMillan (10) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 6–0 7 November 19 Dallas W 116–87 Shawn Kemp (24) Shawn Kemp (9) Kemp & Gill (5) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,253 7–0 8 November 20 @ Golden State W 112–97 Shawn Kemp (28) Shawn Kemp (12) McMillan & Payton (7) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 15,025 8–0 9 November 24 @ Sacramento W 120–93 Gary Payton (23) Shawn Kemp (15) Nate McMillan (11) ARCO Arena 17,317 9–0 10 November 26 @ Minnesota W 110–92 Ricky Pierce (28) Sam Perkins (9) Nate McMillan (11) Target Center 18,298 10–0 11 November 27 @ Cleveland L 90–101 Payton & Kemp (26) Shawn Kemp (14) Nate McMillan (7) Richfield Coliseum 20,273 10–1 12 November 30 @ Philadelphia W 92–80 Sam Perkins (21) Shawn Kemp (15) Gill & Payton (7) The Spectrum 13,193 11–1
December : 11–2 (home: 7–1; road: 4–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 13 December 2 @ Washington W 105–95 Gill & Payton (18) Sam Perkins (8) Gary Payton (6) US Airways Arena 18,756 12–1 14 December 4 Minnesota W 99–82 Sam Perkins (22) Shawn Kemp (10) Detlef Schrempf (5) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,693 13–1 15 December 6 Washington W 103–96 Kemp & Gill (18) Shawn Kemp (9) Gary Payton (11) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,253 14–1 16 December 8 @ San Antonio W 109–107 (OT) Gary Payton (25) Shawn Kemp (7) Nate McMillan (7) Alamodome 18,184 15–1 17 December 9 @ Dallas W 125–93 Kendall Gill (23) Detlef Schrempf (8) Nate McMillan (7) Reunion Arena 13,112 16–1 18 December 11 @ Houston L 75–82 Detlef Schrempf (17) Shawn Kemp (12) Gary Payton (4) The Summit 16,611 16–2 19 December 14 Orlando W 124–100 Ricky Pierce (24) Ervin Johnson (10) Gary Payton (9) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 17–2 20 December 17 Milwaukee W 127–97 Ricky Pierce (21) Ervin Johnson (9) Schrempf & McMillan (7) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,258 18–2 21 December 18 Golden State W 126–111 Ricky Pierce (26) Detlef Schrempf (8) Gary Payton (8) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 19–2 22 December 21 Indiana W 91–88 Sam Perkins (23) Detlef Schrempf (11) Nate McMillan (7) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,580 20–2 23 December 23 Phoenix L 86–87 Detlef Schrempf (16) Michael Cage (12) Nate McMillan (8) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 20–3 24 December 28 Houston W 112–97 Payton & Pierce (25) Michael Cage (11) Nate McMillan (9) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 21–3 25 December 29 @ L.A. Lakers W 99–92 Shawn Kemp (25) Michael Cage (10) Gary Payton (9) Great Western Forum 15,599 22–3
January : 9–6 (home: 5–2; road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 26 January 4 @ Phoenix W 112–106 Shawn Kemp (22) Nate McMillan (9) Gary Payton (8) America West Arena 19,023 23–3 27 January 5 @ L.A. Clippers W 106–98 Shawn Kemp (22) Shawn Kemp (15) Gary Payton (8) Los Angeles Sports Arena 11,838 24–3 28 January 7 Sacramento W 102–93 Detlef Schrempf (20) Shawn Kemp (8) Gary Payton (8) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,709 25–3 29 January 8 Utah W 108–87 Three-Way Tie (16) Michael Cage (9) Nate McMillan (10) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 26–3 30 January 11 @ Portland L 99–108 Payton & Schrempf (19) Gary Payton (7) Gary Payton (8) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 26–4 31 January 14 @ Golden State L 100–121 Ricky Pierce (18) Shawn Kemp (9) Nate McMillan (4) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 15,025 26–5 32 January 15 Miami W 97–78 Shawn Kemp (25) Shawn Kemp (14) Payton & McMillan (4) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,787 27–5 33 January 18 L.A. Lakers W 103–88 Kendall Gill (19) Detlef Schrempf (11) Gary Payton (9) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,627 28–5 34 January 19 @ Sacramento W 114–95 Gary Payton (24) Michael Cage (9) Gary Payton (8) ARCO Arena 17,317 29–5 35 January 21 @ Dallas W 91–87 Detlef Schrempf (22) Shawn Kemp (12) Gary Payton (8) Reunion Arena 14,101 30–5 36 January 22 @ Denver L 91–98 Shawn Kemp (26) Shawn Kemp (12) Gary Payton (5) McNichols Sports Arena 17,171 30–6 37 January 24 @ Utah L 90–95 Gary Payton (18) Shawn Kemp (14) Gary Payton (7) Delta Center 19,911 30–7 38 January 25 L.A. Clippers L 103–111 Detlef Schrempf (19) Detlef Schrempf (12) Gary Payton (7) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,348 30–8 39 January 27 New Jersey W 102–92 Gary Payton (21) Shawn Kemp (11) Schrempf & McMillan (5) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,490 31–8 40 January 29 New York L 92–106 Gary Payton (19) Kemp & Cage (8) Payton & McMillan (5) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 31–9
February : 8–5 (home: 3–0; road: 5–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 41 February 1 @ New Jersey L 103–104 Shawn Kemp (26) Shawn Kemp (12) Schrempf & McMillan (7) Brendan Byrne Arena 16,213 31–10 42 February 2 @ Boston W 97–84 Detlef Schrempf (21) Shawn Kemp (11) Nate McMillan (8) Boston Garden 14,890 32–10 43 February 4 @ Detroit W 108–84 Kendall Gill (18) Shawn Kemp (11) Gary Payton (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 21,454 33–10 44 February 5 @ Milwaukee W 115–94 Detlef Schrempf (18) Kemp & Cage (9) Gary Payton (10) Bradley Center 18,633 34–10 45 February 9 Portland W 115–94 Gary Payton (19) Shawn Kemp (19) Gary Payton (9) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 35–10 All-Star Break 46 February 15 Philadelphia W 133–105 Shawn Kemp (24) Shawn Kemp (13) Nate McMillan (8) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,496 36–10 47 February 17 @ Miami L 112–115 Schrempf & Kemp (22) Shawn Kemp (12) Gary Payton (5) Miami Arena 15,200 36–11 48 February 18 @ Orlando L 93–124 Kendall Gill (20) Gary Payton (8) Nate McMillan (6) Orlando Arena 15,291 36–12 49 February 20 @ Indiana L 95–101 Sam Perkins (24) Shawn Kemp (10) Nate McMillan (9) Market Square Arena 16,586 36–13 50 February 22 @ New York W 93–82 Shawn Kemp (21) Shawn Kemp (17) Payton & Askew (8) Madison Square Garden 19,763 37–13 51 February 23 @ Atlanta L 92–99 Gary Payton (23) Shawn Kemp (15) Shawn Kemp (6) The Omni 16,368 37–14 52 February 25 Boston W 115–102 Kendall Gill (25) Shawn Kemp (13) Vincent Askew (7) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 38–14 53 February 27 @ L.A. Clippers W 122–118 Shawn Kemp (27) Shawn Kemp (14) Gary Payton (8) Los Angeles Sports Arena 15,080 39–14
March : 14–3 (home: 9–1; road: 5–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 54 March 1 Charlotte W 112–96 Kendall Gill (21) Shawn Kemp (10) Four players (5) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 40–14 55 March 5 Sacramento W 114–98 Shawn Kemp (25) Shawn Kemp (14) Gary Payton (8) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,677 41–14 56 March 6 @ Sacramento W 102–85 Gary Payton (24) Shawn Kemp (11) Nate McMillan (6) ARCO Arena 17,317 42–14 57 March 8 Golden State W 113–98 Shawn Kemp (24) Shawn Kemp (14) Kendall Gill (10) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,624 43–14 58 March 10 @ Houston L 82–87 Gary Payton (19) Schrempf & Kemp (11) Detlef Schrempf (4) The Summit 16,611 43–15 59 March 11 @ San Antonio W 100–99 Shawn Kemp (23) Sam Perkins (8) Gary Payton (9) Alamodome 20,640 44–15 60 March 13 Portland W 114–102 Kendall Gill (23) Michael Cage (17) Payton & McMillan (8) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 45–15 61 March 15 Detroit L 87–89 Shawn Kemp (24) Shawn Kemp (11) Nate McMillan (9) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,679 45–16 62 March 17 @ Minnesota W 107–92 Shawn Kemp (21) Shawn Kemp (14) Gary Payton (6) Target Center 17,581 46–16 63 March 18 @ Chicago L 84–87 Kendall Gill (23) Shawn Kemp (9) Gary Payton (6) Chicago Stadium 18,676 46–17 64 March 20 @ Charlotte W 124–115 Gary Payton (32) Kemp & Schrempf (11) Shawn Kemp (12) Charlotte Coliseum 23,698 47–17 65 March 22 San Antonio W 105–89 Sam Perkins (27) Shawn Kemp (14) McMillan & Payton (6) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 48–17 66 March 24 Phoenix W 116–106 Detlef Schrempf (27) Shawn Kemp (13) Kendall Gill (10) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,213 49–17 67 March 26 Minnesota W 113–93 Detlef Schrempf (23) Schrempf & Kemp (7) Kendall Gill (9) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,651 50–17 68 March 28 Denver W 111–97 Gary Payton (23) Shawn Kemp (13) Three-Way Tie (6) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,551 51–17 69 March 29 @ Portland W 114–100 Shawn Kemp (28) Shawn Kemp (12) Gary Payton (9) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 52–17 70 March 31 L.A. Lakers W 95–92 Shawn Kemp (28) Shawn Kemp (12) Gill & Payton (4) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 53–17
April : 10–2 (home: 7–0; road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 71 April 2 Golden State W 119–109 Shawn Kemp (32) Shawn Kemp (12) Gary Payton (10) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,812 54–17 72 April 5 Utah W 86–79 Detlef Schrempf (17) Kemp & Perkins (8) Payton & McMillan (4) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 55–17 73 April 7 @ Denver L 90–104 Shawn Kemp (20) Shawn Kemp (12) Gill & McMillan (4) McNichols Sports Arena 17,171 55–18 74 April 8 Dallas W 111–93 Gary Payton (22) Shawn Kemp (13) Gary Payton (7) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,551 56–18 75 April 10 Phoenix W 111–108 Kendall Gill (29) Shawn Kemp (15) Kendall Gill (6) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 57–18 76 April 12 @ L.A. Clippers W 116–101 Kendall Gill (26) Shawn Kemp (14) Detlef Schrempf (8) Los Angeles Sports Arena 11,160 58–18 77 April 14 L.A. Clippers W 150–101 Detlef Schrempf (21) Shawn Kemp (12) Gary Payton (12) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,604 59–18 78 April 16 Houston W 100–97 Shawn Kemp (22) Shawn Kemp (17) Gary Payton (7) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 60–18 79 April 19 @ Phoenix L 116–122 Shawn Kemp (20) Shawn Kemp (11) Gary Payton (7) America West Arena 19,023 60–19 80 April 20 @ L.A. Lakers W 112–90 Shawn Kemp (23) Kemp & Perkins (11) Nate McMillan (9) Great Western Forum 15,283 61–19 81 April 22 San Antonio W 94–87 Ricky Pierce (26) Nate McMillan (9) McMillan & Schrempf (5) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 62–19 82 April 24 @ Portland W 110–108 Schrempf & Payton (18) Shawn Kemp (14) Three-Way Tie (4) Memorial Coliseum 12,888 63–19
1993–94 schedule

Playoffs

Game log

1994 playoff game log
First round: 2–3 (home: 2–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 April 28 Denver W 106–82 Detlef Schrempf (21) Kemp, Perkins (9) Gary Payton (7) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 1–0 2 April 30 Denver W 97–87 Gary Payton (18) Shawn Kemp (12) Shawn Kemp (6) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 2–0 3 May 2 @ Denver L 93–110 Detlef Schrempf (18) Detlef Schrempf (6) Gary Payton (5) McNichols Sports Arena 17,171 2–1 4 May 5 @ Denver L 85–94 (OT) Payton, Schrempf (20) Shawn Kemp (13) Vincent Askew (5) McNichols Sports Arena 17,171 2–2 5 May 7 Denver L 94–98 (OT) Kendall Gill (22) Shawn Kemp (12) Gary Payton (8) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,813 2–3
1994 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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Vincent Askew	80	3	21.1	.481	.194	.829	2.3	2.4	.9	.2	9.1
Michael Cage	82	42	20.8	.545	.000	.486	5.4	.5	.9	.5	4.6
Alphonso Ford^1	6	0	2.7	.538	1.000	.500	.0	.2	.3	.0	2.7
Kendall Gill	79	77	30.8	.443	.317	.782	3.4	3.5	1.9	.4	14.1
Ervin Johnson	45	3	6.2	.415	.000	.630	2.6	.2	.2	.5	2.6
Shawn Kemp	79	73	32.9	.538	.250	.741	10.8	2.6	1.8	2.1	18.1
Chris King	15	0	5.7	.396	.286	.577	1.0	.7	.3	.0	3.7
Rich King	27	0	2.9	.441	.000	.500	.7	.3	.0	.1	1.5
Nate McMillan	73	8	25.8	.447	.391	.564	3.9	5.3	3.0	.3	6.0
Gary Payton	82	82	35.1	.504	.278	.595	3.3	6.0	2.3	.2	16.5
Sam Perkins	81	41	26.8	.438	.367	.801	4.5	1.4	.8	.4	12.3
Ricky Pierce	51	0	20.0	.471	.188	.896	1.6	1.8	.8	.1	14.5
Steve Scheffler	35	1	4.3	.609	.000	.950	.7	.2	.2	.0	2.1
Detlef Schrempf	81	80	33.7	.493	.324	.769	5.6	3.4	.9	.1	15.0

1.^ Statistics with the SuperSonics.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Vincent Askew	5	0	19.0	.357	.000	.842	1.2	1.8	.2	.0	7.2
Michael Cage	5	5	18.6	.375	.000	.333	5.4	.8	.8	1.0	2.8
Kendall Gill	5	5	30.6	.433	.222	.619	4.8	2.0	1.2	.2	13.4
Ervin Johnson	2	0	4.0	.000	.000	.000	2.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Shawn Kemp	5	5	41.2	.371	.000	.667	9.8	3.4	2.0	2.4	14.8
Chris King	2	0	3.5	.000	.000	.000	5.2	3.7	.2	.0	.0
Nate McMillan	5	0	21.8	.320	.364	.250	3.2	2.0	1.2	.2	4.2
Gary Payton	5	5	36.2	.493	.333	.421	3.4	5.6	1.6	.4	15.8
Sam Perkins	5	0	28.2	.333	.429	.882	7.2	.8	.8	.4	9.8
Ricky Pierce	5	0	14.8	.452	.000	.706	1.0	.6	.2	.0	8.0
Steve Scheffler	1	0	9.0	1.000	.000	.000	3.0	.0	1.0	.0	2.0
Detlef Schrempf	5	5	34.8	.520	.333	.867	5.4	2.0	.2	.6	18.6

Awards and records

Awards

• Shawn Kemp earned an All-NBA Second Team selection.
• Gary Payton earned All-NBA Third Team and NBA All-Defensive First Team selections.
• Nate McMillan earned an All-Defensive Second Team selection and finished the season as leader in total steals and steals per game.
• Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton were both selected to play in the 1994 NBA All-Star Game for the West. It was Kemp's first start as an All-Star, and Payton's first appearance in an All-Star Game.

Records

• Team record for most victories in a single season (63)

Transactions

Overview

Players Added ---- Via draft Ervin Johnson Chris King (from 1992 NBA draft) Via free agency Alphonso Ford Via trade Kendall Gill Detlef Schrempf

Players Lost ---- Via trade Dana Barros Eddie Johnson Derrick McKey Gerald Paddio

Trades

September 1, 1993	To Seattle SuperSonics Kendall Gill	To Charlotte Hornets Dana Barros Eddie Johnson Hornets option to swap 1994 first round picks with the SuperSonics.
November 1, 1993	To Seattle SuperSonics Detlef Schrempf	To Indiana Pacers Derrick McKey Gerald Paddio

Free agents

Additions

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