1973-74 NBA season

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See also
1974 NBA Playoffs 1974 NBA Finals 1974 NBA Draft 1974 in basketball Basketball National Basketball Association College basketball American Basketball Association National Basketball League Women's National Basketball Association 1974 in sports
Sources
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The 1973-74 NBA Season was the 28th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Milwaukee Bucks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.

Contents 1 Notable Occurrences 2 Final standings 2.1 Eastern Conference 2.2 Western Conference 3 NBA awards 4 See also

[edit] Notable Occurrences

• The NBA All-Star Game was played at the Coliseum at Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington, with the West beating the East 134-123. Bob Lanier of the Detroit Pistons wins the game's MVP award.
• The Baltimore Bullets relocate to the Washington, D.C. suburb of Landover, Maryland and become the Capital Bullets.
• The NBA on CBS began. CBS' partnership with the NBA lasted 17 consecutive years, and ended in 1990, when NBC took over as the NBA's broadcast partner.
• Shot Blocking became an official stat in the league.

[edit] Final standings

[edit] Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Boston Celtics C	56	26	.683	-
New York Knicks	49	33	.598	7
Buffalo Braves	42	40	.512	14
Philadelphia 76ers	25	57	.305	31

Central Division

Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Capital Bullets	47	35	.573	-
Atlanta Hawks	35	47	.427	12
Houston Rockets	32	50	.390	15
Cleveland Cavaliers	29	53	.354	18

[edit] Western Conference

Midwest Division

Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Milwaukee Bucks	59	23	.720	-
Chicago Bulls	54	28	.659	5
Detroit Pistons	52	30	.634	7
Kansas City-Omaha Kings	33	49	.402	26

Pacific Division

Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Los Angeles Lakers	47	35	.573	-
Golden State Warriors	44	38	.537	3
Seattle SuperSonics	36	46	.439	11
Phoenix Suns	30	52	.366	17
Portland Trail Blazers	27	55	.329	20

C - NBA Champions

[edit] NBA awards

• Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks
• Rookie of the Year: Ernie DiGregorio, Buffalo Braves
• Coach of the Year: Ray Scott, Detroit Pistons
• All-NBA First Team:
  • Walt Frazier, New York Knicks
  • Rick Barry, Golden State Warriors
  • Gail Goodrich, Los Angeles Lakers
  • John Havlicek, Boston Celtics
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks

• All-NBA Rookie Team:
  • Ernie DiGregorio, Buffalo Braves
  • Nick Weatherspoon, Capital Bullets
  • Mike Bantom, Phoenix Suns
  • John Brown, Atlanta Hawks
  • Ron Behagen, Kansas City-Omaha Kings

Note: All information on this page were obtained on the History section on NBA.com

[edit] See also

• 1974 NBA Playoffs
• 1974 NBA Finals
• 1974 NBA Draft

Preceded by 1972-73 NBA season

NBA seasons 1973-74

Succeeded by 1974-75 NBA season