SEATTLE — A point man for Seattle’s efforts to keep the SuperSonics in town isn’t exactly worrying through his wait for a federal judge’s decision next week on whether the team will stay or move immediately to Oklahoma City.

“Some will go back to work. And some will party. I’ll do a little of both,” Seattle deputy mayor Tim Ceis joked immediately after the trial over the remaining two years on the Sonics’ lease at KeyArena ended.

Seattle fans hope there’s still reason to party.

First came a testy six-day trial that wound up Thursday. Seattle claims the Sonics have to fulfill a “specific performance” clause and play out the lease at the arena. The Sonics claim the city should get nothing but exhaust fumes from the back of moving vans because of shameful tactics to drain team owner Clay Bennett financially. Negative vibes outnumbered courtroom occupants.

The Sonics asserted Bennett should be able to write a check to satisfy the final two years of the lease because this is a garden-variety dispute between tenant and landlord and specific performance should not apply.

Now both sides are joining the NBA and fans of the city’s oldest professional sports team in an uncomfortable wait for U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman’s ruling, which she will post on the court’s Web site Wednesday at 4 p.m. local time.

“You have given me a lot to consider,” Pechman told both sides after closing arguments ended Thursday afternoon. “Stay tuned.”