▲ 686 r/Sonics
30 Years Ago Today on May 12, 1996, the Sonics Swept the 2x Defending Champion Houston Rockets out of the Western Conference Semifinals.
The thing I remember the most about that series is how great of a job the Sonics defense did at slowing down Hakeem Olajuwon. During that regular season, Hakeem averaged 26.9 PPG on 51.4% shooting, but the suffocating and smothering defense of the Sonics held him to only 18.3 PPG on 47.5% shooting for the entire 4 game series.
u/AaronStark1993 — 1 day ago