1974–75 Philadelphia 76ers season

1974–75 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head coach	Gene Shue
General manager	Pat Williams
Arena	The Spectrum
Results
Record	34–48 (.415)
Place	Division: 4th (Atlantic) Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1974-75 NBA season was the 76ers 26th season in the NBA and 12th season in Philadelphia. The team was marginally better than in 1973-1974, posting a record of 34-48. Billy Cunningham returned to the 76ers, after a two-year stint in the ABA.^[1]

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1974 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Boston Celtics	60	22	.732	–	28–13	32–9	17–9
x-Buffalo Braves	49	33	.598	11	30–11	19–22	15–11
x-New York Knicks	40	42	.488	20	23–18	17–24	9–17
Philadelphia 76ers	34	48	.415	26	20–21	14–27	11–15

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	60	22	.732	–
2	y-Washington Bullets	60	22	.732	–
3	x-Buffalo Braves	49	33	.598	11
4	x-Houston Rockets	41	41	.500	19
5	x-New York Knicks	40	42	.488	20

6	Cleveland Cavaliers	40	42	.488	20
7	Philadelphia 76ers	34	48	.415	26
8	Atlanta Hawks	31	51	.378	29
9	New Orleans Jazz	23	59	.280	37

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

References

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1974–75 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Buffalo New York Philadelphia

Central	Atlanta Cleveland Houston New Orleans Washington

Western

Midwest	Chicago Detroit Kansas City-Omaha Milwaukee

Pacific	Golden State Los Angeles Phoenix Portland Seattle

Philadelphia 76ers

Formerly the Syracuse Nationals (1946–1963) Founded in 1946 Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Franchise	Franchise Syracuse All-Time roster Draft history Seasons Head coaches Current season

Arenas	Convention Hall Philadelphia Arena The Spectrum Wells Fargo Center

General Managers	Leo Ferris Ramsay Don DeJardin Williams Nash Shue Lynam Greenberg Lucas King Stefanski Thorn DiLeo Hinkie

D-League affiliate	Delaware 87ers

Administration	Owner Joshua Harris Adam Aron David Blitzer Jason Levien Art Wrubel Will Smith Jada Pinkett Smith Erick Thohir Chief Executive Officer Scott O'Neil Chairman of Basketball Operations Jerry Colangelo President Sam Hinkie General Manager Sam Hinkie Head coach Brett Brown

Retired numbers	2 (To be officially retired in the 2016-17 season) 3 4 (To be retired March 12, 2016) 6 10 13 15 24 32 34 Dave Zinkoff (MIC)

NBA Championships (3)	1955 1967 1983

Conference Championships (9)	1950 1954 1955 1967 1977 1980 1982 1983 2001

Rivals	Boston Celtics

Culture and lore	"Fo', fo', fo'" Wilt the Stilt Dr. J The Answer The Boston Strangler Dave Zinkoff Practice!? Curse of Billy Penn Hip Hop Pat Croce Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame Sir Charles The Kangaroo Kid Harvey Pollack Boston's dead! Nine and 73-ers

Media	Television Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia The Comcast Network Radio WPEN Announcers Marc Zumoff Alaa Abdelnaby Tom McGinnis

Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers seasons

1940s

1946–47

1947–48

1948–49

1950s

1954–55

1960s

1966–67

1970s

1980s

1982–83

1990s

2000s

2010s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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