Sonics Having More Trouble in Seattle

Published: November 26, 2007, 1:23 pm

Tags: jeffgreen, kevindurant, wallyszczerbiak

Filed under: SuperSonics, NBA Fans, SeattleAt least this trouble has to do with something on the court, as in the Sonics haven't won in Seattle yet. Guessing games have bit my ass in the near past, so this blogger won't be the one who estimates when that first home W will come. We'll let Wally Szczerbiak do the pondering instead. "What are we, 0-6?" said forward Wally Szczerbiak after the Sonics lost 116-101 to San Antonio. "That's crazy. Normally at home you feed off the energy of the crowd and you get the home-court calls. You don't let teams just come in and beat you on your home court."Attendance in Seattle has been surprisingly good, considering everything. (Better than Washington and Sacramento? Wow.) This isn't meant as a complete definition of the problem or anything, but Kevin Durant has shot woefully worse from long distance at home (24%) versus on the road (31%), though KD takes more shots at home. This corroborates with the numerous analyses which say he's pressing a bit

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