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Fans cheer on the Sonics with seconds left in their last home game, April 13, 2008

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The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly known as the Sonics) were a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Seattle, that played from 1967 until 2008. The Sonics competed in the league's Western Conference Pacific and Northwest divisions and won the NBA Championship in 1979. In 2008, the team's new ownership relocated to Oklahoma City, where they play as the Oklahoma City Thunder.

In this image, the crowd of 16,272 fans cheer on the Sonics in their final home game before the team moved to Oklahoma City, with 41.6 seconds left in the game and the Sonics down by one. In the final seconds of the game, the Sonics scored two baskets and one free throw, to beat the Dallas Mavericks 99-95.

Caption information source: https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/pbp/200804130SEA.html.
ID Number: 2000.107.20080412.CD01.02.02.002
Date: 2008
Creator(s): Haller, Grant M., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 image file: JPG; 1.8 MB
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.20080412.CD01.02.02.002, photo by Grant Haller
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Sports