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Of all the great teams in NBA history, the 1986-87 Seattle SuperSonics definitely weren’t one of them.
You remember those Sonics, don’t you? No?
That’s OK. Nobody else does, either.
But they had Dale Ellis, Tom Chambers, Xavier McDaniel and Nate McMillan — no true superstars, but a decent enough crew — and when playoff time came, they made some noise despite being the Western Conference’s No. 7 seed. They upset the Mavericks three games to one in the first round and got the better of the Rockets four games to two in the West semifinals.