[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] 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.
[25][26] In the Western Conference First Round of the NBA Playoffs, the Sonics faced off against the 8th-seeded Denver Nuggets.
[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.