Eric Williams covered the Sonics' last season in Seattle. A Tacoma native, Eric graduated from Mount Tahoma High and the University of Puget Sound.
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Despite their 32-12 record, the SuperSonics took the floor at Houston's Summit in a bit of a funk.
It was Saturday, Feb. 3, 1996, and Seattle was two days removed from a desultory performance that ended in a 103-100 loss to the Mavericks at Reunion Arena in Dallas.
Suffice it to say the Sonics coach George Karl did not wake up on Groundhog’s Day in a festive mood. The night before, following his team’s loss to the 15-27 Mavericks, Karl wondered aloud about the leadership skills of Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp.
"I think we're very childish on some of our coolness toward teams with poor records," Karl said. "It always hurts us. It has hurt us for four years and the majority of the responsibility falls on Gary and Shawn to give us direction and toughness instead of coolness.
"We are improving in that area, but after you lose you feel like, 'Did we lose it? Or did they win it?' I feel we lost it. And a lot of losses this year we gave away. It drives me crazy."
On the docket in Houston for Seattle were Hakeem Olajuwon and the 30-16 Rockets, who were coming off back-to-back NBA championships.
