1967–68 Seattle SuperSonics season
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The 1967–68 Seattle SuperSonics season was the inaugural season for the expansion Seattle SuperSonics franchise in the National Basketball Association. The team's official arena was the Seattle Center Coliseum.
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1967–68 Seattle SuperSonics season | |||
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Head coach | Al Bianchi | ||
General manager | Don Richman | ||
Arena | Seattle Center Coliseum | ||
Results | |||
Record | 23–59 (.280) | ||
Place | Division: 5th (Western) | ||
Playoff finish | Did not qualify | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Local media | |||
Television | KTNT-TV | ||
Radio | KOMO | ||
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With a team built in its majority from the 1967 expansion draft featuring Walt Hazzard and six-year veteran Tom Meschery,[1] and with Al Bianchi at the head coach position, the Sonics finished the season with a 23–59 record and fifth place in the Western Division, six games behind the Chicago Bulls, and did not qualify to enter the playoffs.