The season continued.
Having signed Larry Hughes, the SuperSonics' backcourt depth had significantly increased, and their next game was a home match against the Indiana Pacers.
Since the disbandment of the Pacers team with Little O and Artest, like other naturally fallen teams, the Pacers had embarked on rebuilding.
What troubled General Manager Larry Bird were their repeated failures in the drafts, and the difficulty in recruiting powerful star players through free agency.
The starting point of these difficulties could be traced back to the 2005 draft.
The SuperSonics picked Danny Granger at a high spot, and unlike history as it originally happened, the Pacers couldn't pick up a steal at a low spot; a team's fate for the next few years was thus sealed.