.000 || .857 || 10.0 || 2.2 || 1.3 || 2.0 || 23.3 |- | align="left" | || 4 || 0 || 12.8 || .429 || .600 || 1.000 || 2.8 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 2.8 |- | align="left" | || 6 || 6 || 45.7 || .444 || .333 || .731 || 6.3 || 7.0 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 18.0 |- | align="left" | || 6 || 0 || 31.7 || .377 || .235 || .810 || 4.7 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 11.2 |- | align="left" | || 4 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 |- | align="left" | || 6 || 6 || 39.7 || .443 || .389 || .875 || 5.0 || 2.5 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 16.3 |- | align="left" | || 6 || 0 || 1.5 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 |- | align="left" | || 6 || 0 || 8.0 || .500 || .500 || 1.000 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.5 Broadcasting The Finals was aired in the United States on NBC. Bob Costas hosted the pre-game, halftime and post-game show with analysts Julius Erving and Peter Vecsey. Games were called by Marv Albert, Matt Guokas and Bill Walton, while Ahmad Rashad and Hannah Storm served as sideline reporters. Aftermath The 1996 NBA Finals would be the last Finals appearance of the Seattle SuperSonics. The Sonics would win the Pacific Division again in 1997 and 1998, but fell to the second round of the playoffs each time. The series was George Karl's only Finals appearance in his coaching career to date. In 2008, the Sonics franchise moved to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder. They would make the finals four years later after the move, losing to the Miami Heat. This was also the last time a Seattle-based team played for a major professional sports championship until Super Bowl XL in 2006, when the Seattle Seahawks lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Seahawks would go on to handily defeat the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014 and lose to the New England Patriots the following year in Super Bowl XLIX. In terms of overall sports leagues, the city would later enjoy six additional championships: