1975-76 NBA season

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The 1975-76 NBA Season was the 30th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.

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[edit] Notable Occurrences

  • Larry O'Brien begins his tenure as the league's third commissioner.
  • The NBA All-Star Game was played at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the East beating the West 123-109. Dave Bing of the Washington Bullets wins the game's MVP award.
  • The Kansas City-Omaha Kings are renamed the Kansas City Kings as they settle into a permanent home in Kansas City, Missouri.
  • Arguably the greatest NBA game ever played occurred in Game 5 of the NBA Finals when the Celtics and the Suns go into triple-overtime before the Celtics prevailed 128-126.
  • This was the final season before the NBA-ABA merger.

[edit] Final standings

[edit] Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Boston Celtics C 54 28 .659 -
Buffalo Braves 46 36 .561 8
Philadelphia 76ers 46 36 .561 8
New York Knicks 38 44 .463 16
Central Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Cleveland Cavaliers 49 33 .598 -
Washington Bullets 48 34 .585 1
Houston Rockets 40 42 .488 9
New Orleans Jazz 38 44 .463 11
Atlanta Hawks 29 53 .354 20

[edit] Western Conference

Midwest Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Milwaukee Bucks 38 44 .463 -
Detroit Pistons 36 46 .439 2
Kansas City Kings 31 51 .378 7
Chicago Bulls 24 58 .293 14
Pacific Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Golden State Warriors 59 23 .720 -
Seattle SuperSonics 43 39 .524 16
Phoenix Suns 42 40 .512 17
Los Angeles Lakers 40 42 .488 19
Portland Trail Blazers 37 45 .451 22

C - NBA Champions

[edit] NBA awards

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

[edit] See also

Preceded by:
1974-75 NBA season
NBA seasons
1975-76
Succeeded by:
1976-77 NBA season