Not sure if anybody is around but I'm pretty impressed with the Sonics tonight. Trailing by 18 in the 4th they could have easily folded and called it a night, but they've fought back and are down 2 with 3:05 to go. Very impressive for the young team.
This game is further proof that the Sonics bench is very deep. With Kurt thomas, green, west and wally all on the bench it makes have what I might consider an above average bench. if their starters were average they wouldn't be that bad.
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=ysprow1><TD vAlign=top align=right>:45.9</TD><TD>SEA - Full timeout (Timeout #5)</TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD vAlign=top align=right>:45.9</TD><TD>DET - R. Hamilton made a 16-foot jumper from the right wing. Assist: T. Prince</TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD vAlign=top align=right>1:00</TD><TD>DET - A. McDyess offensive rebound</TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD vAlign=top align=right>1:02</TD><TD>DET - C. Billups missed a 28-foot three-pointer from the top of the arc</TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD vAlign=top align=right>1:23</TD><TD>DET - R. Hamilton steals the ball from D. Wilkins</TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD vAlign=top align=right>1:38</TD><TD>DET - R. Wallace made a 16-foot turnaround jumper along the left baseline. Assist: T. Prince</TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD vAlign=top align=right>1:54</TD><TD>DET - A. McDyess defensive rebound</TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD vAlign=top align=right>1:55</TD><TD>SEA - N. Collison missed a 7-foot jumper in the lane</TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD vAlign=top align=right>2:10</TD><TD>SEA - K. Durant steals the ball from A. McDyess</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=ysprow1><TD vAlign=top align=right>:25.0</TD><TD> SEA - 20 sec timeout</TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD vAlign=top align=right>:25.0</TD><TD> SEA - N. Collison defensive rebound</TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD vAlign=top align=right>:25.0</TD><TD> DET - T. Prince missed an 8-foot jumper in the lane</TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD vAlign=top align=right>:42.0</TD><TD> SEA - Turnover on K. Durant</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
That's ok... just ate 20 seconds and still have a four-point buffer.