The 1973–74 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 7th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Following the resignation of Lenny Wilkens as a head coach after the 1971–72 season and a poor campaign in the 1972–73 season that saw the departure of general manager Bob Houbregs, the Sonics hired Boston Celtics' stalwart Bill Russell as head coach and general manager. With Russell at the helm, the team finished in 6th place in the Western Conference with a 36–46 record. The Sonics' home court, Seattle Center Coliseum, was the venue for the 1974 NBA All-Star Game. Offseason The Sonics made only one trade during the offseason that sent All-Star Butch Beard to the Golden State Warriors and brought back a member of the original SuperSonics team, Walt Hazzard to Seattle. Draft picks Roster Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log |-bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | October 10 | @ Phoenix | L 111–115 | Fred Brown (31) | || ||Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum18,738 | 0–1 |-bgcolor=#cfc | 2 | October 12 | Capital Bullets | W 103–102 | Spencer Haywood (24) | || ||Seattle Center Coliseum11,673 | 1–1 |-bgcolor=#cfc | 3 | October 14 | Milwaukee | W 109–100 | Jim McDaniels (29) | || ||Seattle Center Coliseum 11,240 | 2–1 |-bgcolor=#fcc | 4 | October 17 | Kansas City–Omaha | L 106–108 | Spencer Haywood (31) | || ||Seattle Center Coliseum9,618 | 2–2 |-bgcolor=#fcc | 5 | October 19 | @ Los Angeles | L 91–118 | Jim Fox, Spencer Haywood (16) | || ||The Forum 14,259 | 2–3 |-bgcolor=#fcc | 6 | October 20 | @ Portland | L 108–123 | Dick Gibbs (25) | || ||Memorial Coliseum 9,251 | 2–4 |-bgcolor=#cfc | 7 | October 21 | Phoenix | W 116–112 | Fred Brown (24) | || ||Seattle Center Coliseum 11,964 | 3–4 |-bgcolor=#fcc | 8 | October 24 | Atlanta | L 106–131 | Spencer Haywood (21) | || ||Seattle Center Coliseum 9,626 | 3–5 |-bgcolor=#fcc | 9 | October 26 | Golden State | L 110–117 | Dick Snyder (27) | || ||Seattle Center Coliseum 10,906 | 3–6 |-bgcolor=#fcc | 10 | October 28 | Detroit | L 93–115 | Spencer Haywood (22) | || ||Seattle Center Coliseum 1,198 | 3–7 |-bgcolor=#fcc | 11 | October 30 | @ Buffalo | L 103–105 | Spencer Haywood (31) | || ||Buffalo Memorial