Sonics with victory over defending champions Spurs

The Sonics finally achieved a victory, their first since December 29, and against the defending NBA champions, the Spurs. With this 88-85 win, they ended with a shameful franchise record of 14 straight losses.

Probably the most surprised were the Sonics themselves, they truly had a good night, their defense was well applied, just 6 turnovers and managed to made all of their free-throw attempts, 13 of 13. The only low point for Seattle is that they scored less and shot the ball far worst than in most of the games from their losing strike.

Nobody likes to talk about losing due to injuries, but missing Tony Parker for yesterday’s game was the weak link of the night for San Antonio. Only 3 players scored more than 6 points for the Spurs, Manu Ginobili with 29, Tim Duncan with 27 and Fabricio Oberto with 12.

Kevin Durant recovered his good shape and was the key stone for Seattle’s triumph, scoring 26 points and giving the Sonics the final lead with 17-footer and 32 seconds on the clock.

Overall, this was a good chance for the Sonics to get back a little of trust and to forget at least for a moment that the future of their franchise is on the table, maybe in a few months we might sit in front of the TV and witness the new “Oklahoma city Supersonics.”