Opponent: Chicago Bulls
When: 7 p.m.
Where: KeyArena, Seattle
TV: None
Radio: KJR (950 AM)
Probable starters: For Seattle – forwards Rashard Lewis (6-foot-10) and Reggie Evans (6-8), center Vitaly Potapenko (6-10), guards Antonio Daniels (6-4) and Ray Allen (6-5). For Chicago – forwards Antonio Davis (6-9) and Ronald Dupree (6-7), center Eddy Curry (6-11), guards Jamal Crawford (6-5) and Kirk Hinrich (6-3).
Next game: Seattle at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Because of the Super Bowl, Sonics coach Nate McMillan was reminiscing Sunday about his days as a football player. As a boy growing up in Raleigh, N.C., “I was the man” on the gridiron, he said with a smile.
McMillan quit football when he got into high school, but before that he was an explosive kickoff returner.
“I was a rabbit,” he said. “If I got (the ball), you couldn’t catch me. I was afraid to get hit.”
Once he got to high school, he decided to stick with basketball.
“Those boys know how to hit and break bones in high school,” he said. “I felt like basketball was the safest sport.”
Trivia question: In their history, the Bulls have retired three numbers. One should be pretty easy, but who are the other two?
Wait ‘til next year: Because he is injured, Seattle’s Brent Barry will be unable to participate in the 3-point shooting contest during the upcoming All-Star weekend. It is very disappointing to Barry, who was hoping to become the first player in history to win both the All-Star 3-point and dunk contests. He won the dunking event in 1996.
“Just to be invited to All-Star weekend, you don’t get many chances to do that,” Barry said. “To go there and to win and to be able to put both trophies in my case would be a cool thing to have. So it’s disappointing. But there is always next year.”
Trivia answer: Jerry Sloan (No. 4) and Bob Love (No. 10) had their numbers retired by the Bulls. The third, of course, is Michael Jordan (No. 23).
Rich Myhre
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