However, after completing a then-record 72-10 record in the regular season and breezing to the 1996 NBA Finals ... test in ...

Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton take the SuperSonics on their first trip to the NBA Finals since 1979 by beating the Jazz in this hotly-contested Game 7.

SEATTLE -- It would be easy to chastise Seattle SuperSonics point guard Gary Payton as ... They'd miss the playoffs? They're in 10th place now. Frank Hughes covers the NBA for the Tacoma (Wash.) ...

Without much to report on from the game itself, it's important to note that the pre-game festivities were excellent, as Seattle sports legend Gary Payton ... Sonics get to the 1995-1996 NBA Finals ...

Payton hurt his thumb during the Warriors’ loss to the Heat on Tuesday. From NBA.com News Services Gary Payton II will ... of the regular season. The NBA playoffs begin on April 19.

The Golden State Warriors have been dealt terrible news about Gary Payton II ... ahead of the playoffs. NBA insider Shams Charania reported on Thursday that Payton will be unavailable for an ...

The sale of the Boston Celtics, one of the NBA’s historic franchises on ... the Thunder are the Sonics. “These are the greatest fans in the world to me,” said Gary Payton, former Sonics guard on April ...

Michael Jordan laughs off Gary Payton's one-on-one analysis vs. MJ years after the 1996 NBA Finals.

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Gary Payton II has been among ... if the injury keeps him out of the playoffs. There was overwhelming sympathy in the responses to the news that Payton's thumb was seriously hurt during Tuesday ...