Sonics send Blazers to 11th loss in row
SEATTLE – Portland and Seattle are the bottom two teams in the Western Conference. The Trail Blazers looked nowhere near the SuperSonics’ class Sunday night.
Ray Allen scored 24 points to lead six Seattle players in double figures and the Sonics handed Portland its 11th straight defeat, 122-83.
Seattle led by as many as 42 and kept the Trail Blazers winless since beating Phoenix at home on March 12.
“What I saw from my team out on the court, you shouldn’t see that in basketball,” Portland coach Nate McMillan said. “They basically had their way with us tonight.”
Portland, on its third-longest skid overall in franchise history, also lost its 12th on the road since a win at Charlotte on Feb. 13.
Afterward, McMillan classified the loss as Portland’s worst performance of the season and called a players-only meeting immediately following. McMillan said it was the first players-only meeting this year and yelling could be heard outside the Portland locker room.
“We just got some things off our chest as a team,” Portland’s Joel Przybilla said. “It’s everyone. We’re all frustrated.”
Allen made seven of 13 shots, including three 3-pointers to pull within three of Dale Ellis for second place in NBA history for made 3s. Allen now has 1,716 in his career. He also had six rebounds and six assists.
Earl Watson scored a season-high 23, including six 3s. Damien Wilkins scored 20 and Chris Wilcox had 18 points and 13 rebounds.
The only downside for Seattle was word that center Johan Petro broke his nose after catching an elbow.
“Our defense was clearly the best it’s been all season long,” Seattle coach Bob Hill said. “We got a lot of points off our defense and that was pretty much it. We took care of business.”
While the Pacific Northwest neighbors are at the bottom of the conference, their play in the last month has been strikingly opposite. Since the end of February and the acquisition of Wilcox and Watson, Seattle has gone 9-7, while Portland is 2-15 during the same stretch.
“They just came out right from the start and jumped on us,” McMillan said. “We made some of those guys look like stars.”
Sonics 122, Blazers 83
| FG | FT | Reb | |||||
| PORTLAND | Min | M-A | M-A | O-T | A | PF | PTS |
| Khryapa | 16:49 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Randolph | 14:10 | 2-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Przybilla | 32:31 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 1-5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Jack | 25:43 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Webster | 28:46 | 3-10 | 8-8 | 3-6 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Blake | 27:11 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Dixon | 17:00 | 1-6 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Miles | 28:03 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 1-6 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Skinner | 12:30 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Outlaw | 14:28 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Telfair | 22:49 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Totals | 240:00 | 30-77 | 20-26 | 7-31 | 14 | 25 | 83 |
Percentages: FG .390, FT .769. 3-Point Goals: 3-13, .231 (Jack 1-2, Blake 1-3, Dixon 1-3, Telfair 0-1, Webster 0-4). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 11 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 11 (Przybilla 9, Outlaw, Webster). Turnovers: 10 (Blake, Dixon, Jack, Miles, Outlaw, Przybilla, Randolph, Skinner, Telfair, Webster). Steals: 7 (Blake 3, Telfair 2, Dixon, Webster). Technical Fouls: None.
| FG | FT | Reb | |||||
| SEATTLE | Min | M-A | M-A | O-T | A | PF | PTS |
| Wilkins | 28:26 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Wilcox | 32:46 | 6-12 | 6-6 | 4-13 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Petro | 18:39 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Allen | 28:38 | 7-13 | 7-7 | 0-6 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| Ridnour | 22:49 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| Swift | 24:27 | 3-6 | 4-5 | 0-6 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Watson | 31:00 | 7-13 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| Moore | 20:08 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Felix | 19:34 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Wilks | 13:33 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 240:00 | 44-83 | 23-25 | 10-52 | 26 | 20 | 122 |
Percentages: FG .530, FT .920. 3-Point Goals: 11-17, .647 (Watson 6-7, Allen 3-5, Wilkins 2-3, Felix 0-1, Ridnour 0-1). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 14 (14 PTS). Blocked Shots: 1 (Moore). Turnovers: 14 (Watson 3, Felix 2, Swift 2, Allen, Moore, Petro, Ridnour, Wilcox, Wilkins, Wilks). Steals: 3 (Allen 2, Wilks). Technical Fouls: Defensive Three Second, 2:36 first.
| Portland | 19 | 16 | 20 | 28—83 |
| Seattle | 34 | 33 | 24 | 31—122 |
A—15,131 (17,072). T—2:10.