The NBA may be suspended, but Oklahoma City Thunder and Seattle SuperSonics fans can take a blast into the past with NBA League Pass.
The streaming service is offering a handful of old games to viewers for free. Guests just need a login, which is free to create.
There are four Sonics games and one Thunder game available for viewing. All the games are located here.
Sonics vs. Phoenix Suns: May 17, 1979
Western Conference Finals Game 7
After going 52-30 and finishing in first place in the Pacific Division, the SuperSonics beat the Los Angeles Lakers in five games to advance to the Western Conference Finals and face the Phoenix Suns.
The Sonics fell behind 3-2 in the series but eeked out a 106-105 win on the road to force the series back home for a Game 7.
Hall of Fame center Jack Sikma finished with 33 points and 11 rebounds, Hall of Fame guard Dennis Johnson had 26 points, eight rebounds and two blocks and guard Gus Williams had 29 points, three assists, two steals and two blocks.
Setting the stage: The season before, the Sonics had made the NBA Finals but lost to the Washington Bullets in seven games.
This year, they were tasked against the Suns, who had not lost a home game since March 2. Those 10 weeks made Game 6 all the more worrisome for Seattle and Sikma, who told the Seattle Times in 2019 that he had a panic attack in a hotel room the night before that game.
But in Game 6, Seattle staved off Phoenix as Gar Heard, who made the “Shot Heard ‘Round The World” against the Boston Celtics in the Finals three years prior, missed a buzzer-beater attempt. That ended the home streak and gave the Sonics life for Game 7 and a rematch against the Bullets, which Seattle won.
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