Three points: Seattle, which has dipped a season-low 10 games below .500, hopes to salvage a victory on this four-game trip, in which it has been blown out in three straight games. The Sonics have not had a winning record all season. Should that trend continue, then it would be a first since the 1985-86 campaign when they finished 31-51. ...

Seattle lost 105-99 to the Hornets on Nov. 26 at KeyArena. In that game, rookie Chris Paul had 17 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds.

Injuries: Sonics — F Vladimir Radmanovic (right quadriceps strain) is questionable. F Danny Fortson (sore left knee), F Vitaly Potapenko (lower back strain) and G Rick Brunson (plantar fasciitis left foot) are out.

Percy Allen


Sonics averages
Player	G	Min.	FG%	3pt%	FT%	Reb.	Ast.	Pts.
Ray Allen	45	39.1	.444	.383	.900	4.2	3.4	24.9
Rashard Lewis	48	37.9	.471	.387	.825	5.6	2.4	21.7
Luke Ridnour	45	34.0	.418	.289	.894	3.0	6.6	11.7
Ronald Murray	42	23.5	.398	.239	.715	1.9	2.6	10.5
Radmanovic	45	23.2	.405	.371	.900	4.0	1.5	9.3
Nick Collison	48	21.4	.520	.000	.731	5.2	1.1	6.6
Reggie Evans	37	20.4	.527	.000	.555	7.1	0.6	6.5
Robert Swift	20	19.7	.519	.000	.455	5.3	0.3	6.3
Damien Wilkins	48	17.4	.437	.250	.843	2.4	1.2	5.9
Danny Fortson	23	12.0	.529	.000	.767	3.4	0.1	3.8
Johan Petro	36	15.3	.439	.000	.559	3.4	0.1	3.3
Vitaly Potapenko	24	13.4	.500	.000	.588	2.6	0.3	3.1
Mateen Cleaves	23	9.1	.349	.308	.773	0.6	1.5	2.8
Mikki Moore	17	7.9	.536	.000	.588	1.3	0.5	2.4
Rick Brunson	1	4.0	.000	.000	—	1.0	2.0	0.0



Team	48	242.6	.449	.356	.780	39.4	19.6	102.1
Opponents	48	242.6	.492	.384	.770	40.0	23.3	106.9


P	SONICS	HT	PPG
F	Rashard Lewis	6-10	21.7
F	Nick Collison	6-8	6.6
C	Robert Swift	7-0	6.3
G	Ray Allen	6-4	24.9
G	Luke Ridnour	6-2	11.7


P	HORNETS	HT	PPG
F	Desmond Mason	6-5	10.5
F	David West	6-9	16.8
C	P.J. Brown	6-11	9.3
G	Kirk Snyder	6-6	6.8
G	Chris Paul	6-0	16.3

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