Patrick Ewing

On the SuperSonics, who at week's end were 5½ games behind the Timberwolves for the West's final playoff spot:

Highlights

Highlights

The Post-Patrick era finds them light at center, bloated at guard and far from the comfort zone

"A hit-or-miss team. The Sonics either make the playoffs as, say, a six seed, or they don't jell and have a disastrous year.... Desmond Mason was very underrated in the draft. Defensively he's a knockout, a strong,...