[1] After a 7–3 start to the season, head coach K. C. Jones was fired with the team holding an 18–18 record.
[5][6][7][8] Under Karl, the SuperSonics held a 24–24 record at the All-Star break,[9] and finished the season fourth in the Pacific Division with a 47–35 record, reaching the playoffs as the number 6 seed in the Western Conference.
[10] Ricky Pierce led the team in scoring averaging 21.7 points per game, while sixth man Eddie Johnson averaged 17.1 points per game off the bench, and Shawn Kemp played most of the season off the bench averaging 15.5 points, 10.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game.
[17][18][19] However, they lost in the Western Conference Semi-finals to the Utah Jazz in five games.
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