1975 NBA Playoffs

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The 1975 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1974-1975 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors defeating the Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets, four games to none in the NBA Finals. Rick Barry of the Warriors was named NBA Finals MVP.

The Warriors won their third NBA championship, first since 1956 as the Philadelphia Warriors, and as of 2006 their most recent title.

The eight-year-old Seattle SuperSonics made their playoff debut in the 1975 playoffs, even winning the first playoff series in franchise history against the Detroit Pistons. Seattle would go on to make two NBA Finals appearances in 1978 and 1979, winning the championship the latter year.

The Kansas City-Omaha Kings made their first postseason appearance since 1967 as the Cincinnati Royals, and the Houston Rockets made their first playoff appearance since 1969 when they played in San Diego.

The 1975 playoffs featured an expansion in the number of postseason qualifiers from 8 to 10 teams; it would be expanded to 12 in 1977 and again to its current number of 16 in 1984.

[edit] Bracket

	First round					Conference Semifinals					Conference Finals					NBA Finals
						1	Golden State	4
						4	Seattle	2
	4	Seattle	2
	5	Detroit	1
											1	Golden State	4
	Western Conference
										2	Chicago	3
						3	KC-Omaha	2
						2	Chicago	4
																W1	Golden State	4
																E2	Washington	0
						1	Boston	4
						4	Houston	1
	4	Houston	2
	5	New York	1
											1	Boston	2
	Eastern Conference
										2	Washington	4
						3	Buffalo	3
						2	Washington	4

[edit] External Links

• Basketball-Reference.com's 1975 NBA Playoffs page