They have the longest conference finals drought of any team in the four major professional sports in North America.
In the Suns' possession, Walter Davis appeared to have scored, but committed a traveling violation with 41 seconds left.
Phoenix grabbed the rebound and called timeout with 16 seconds left, with a chance to clinch their 2nd NBA Finals berth.
Walter Davis' high-arc shot also came up short, and the ball went out-of-bounds last touched by a Sonics' player with one second left.
The Suns' last chance, Gar Heard's potential game-winning shot, was an airball, meaning the SuperSonics forced a 7th game in Seattle on Thursday.With the score 112–104 in favor of Seattle with just 20 seconds left, it appeared to be all over, but the Phoenix Suns would not quit easily.
Suns coach John MacLeod called a timeout to decide what to do on the free throw attempt.