1975-76 NBA season

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1976 NBA Playoffs 1976 NBA Finals 1976 NBA Draft 1976 in basketball Basketball National Basketball Association College basketball American Basketball Association National Basketball League Women's National Basketball Association 1976 in sports
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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.

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

[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

• Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
• Rookie of the Year: Alvan Adams, Phoenix Suns
• Coach of the Year: Bill Fitch, Cleveland Cavaliers
• All-NBA First Team:
  • Slick Watts, Seattle SuperSonics
  • Paul Silas, Boston Celtics
  • John Havlicek, Boston Celtics
  • Dave Cowens, Boston Celtics
  • Norm Van Lier, Chicago Bulls
• All-NBA Rookie Team:
  • Joe Meriweather, Houston Rockets
  • Alvan Adams, Phoenix Suns
  • Lionel Hollins, Portland Trail Blazers
  • John Shumate, Phoenix Suns/Buffalo Braves
  • Gus Williams, Golden State Warriors

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

[edit] See also

• 1976 NBA Playoffs
• 1976 NBA Finals
• 1976 NBA Draft

Preceded by 1974-75 NBA season

NBA seasons 1975-76

Succeeded by 1976-77 NBA season