On this day back in 1979, the Seattle SuperSonics won the NBA Finals, defeating the Washington Bullets in five games after losing to the Bullets in the previous year’s finals. It represents one of three major sport titles in Seattle history, the others being the 1917 Stanley Cup (captured by the Seattle Metropolitans, the first American team to do so) and the Seahawks’ recent Super Bowl win. Dennis Johnson won Finals MVP.
Here’s hoping Seattle gets another NBA Championship.
On this date in 1979: Sonics top Bullets 97-93 in Game 5 of #TheFinals to claim the @NBA title #NBAHistory pic.twitter.com/FTFEW1ZqS1
— NBA.com (@NBAcom) June 1, 2015
1979 World Champion Seattle Sonics #OTD#BringEmBack#bringbackourSonics#SeattleSuperSonics#WhereWereYoupic.twitter.com/LYIwl9ffdu — Carrie Prentice (@prentice_carrie) June 1, 2015
Bring them back indeed!
