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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- Larry O'Brien begins his tenure as the league's third commissioner.[1]
- The 1976 NBA All-Star Game was played at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, with the Eastern Conference beating the Western Conference 123–109.[2] Dave Bing of the Washington Bullets wins the game's MVP award.[2]
- The Kansas City-Omaha Kings are renamed the Kansas City Kings as they settle into a permanent home in Kansas City, Missouri.
- The New Orleans Jazz moved into the cavernous Louisiana Superdome after splitting their inaugural season between two inadequate facilities, the Loyola University Fieldhouse and New Orleans Municipal Auditorium.
- The Houston Rockets play their inaugural season in The Summit.
- It was the final season for Don Nelson, Pat Riley and Jerry Sloan as players. Each would go on to coach more than 2,000 games in the NBA.
- This was the final season before the NBA-ABA merger. In the 1976 offseason, four ABA teams joined the NBA: the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, and the reigning ABA champion New York Nets, who relocated to New Jersey.
- It was the first season for Darryl Dawkins, World B. Free, and Kobe Bryant's dad Joe Bryant.
- Dick Bavetta began his Hall of Fame officiating career, replacing the retired Mendy Rudolph, who suffered a blood clot in his lung during a 1975 playoff game and became an analyst for CBS Sports. Bavetta went on to set the record for most games officiated with 2,635 by the time he retired in 2014.
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named the league's Most Valuable Player despite his team missing the playoffs. He remains the only league MVP to miss the playoffs.
- The NBA Finals were contested by the Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns. Phoenix was making their first finals appearance; Boston was making their fourteenth.
- Game 4 of the NBA Finals was first game ever played in the month of June.
- Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Celtics and the Suns went into triple-overtime before the Celtics prevailed 128–126. This was the first triple-overtime game in NBA finals history; the only triple-overtime finals game since occurred in 1993, in which the Phoenix Suns were again participating.
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1975-76 National Basketball Association |
Eastern Conference |
Division | Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
Atlantic |
Boston Celtics |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Boston Garden |
13,909 |
Buffalo Braves |
Buffalo, New York |
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium |
15,280 |
New York Knicks |
New York, New York |
Madison Square Garden |
19,812 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
The Spectrum |
18,176 |
Central |
Atlanta Hawks |
Atlanta, Georgia |
Omni Coliseum |
16,378 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Richfield, Ohio |
Richfield Coliseum |
20,900 |
Houston Rockets |
Houston, Texas |
The Summit |
16,285 |
New Orleans Jazz |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
Louisiana Superdome |
55,675 |
Washington Bullets |
Landover, Maryland |
Capital Centre |
18,756 |
Western Conference |
Midwest |
Chicago Bulls |
Chicago, Illinois |
Chicago Stadium |
18,676 |
Detroit Pistons |
Detroit, Michigan |
Cobo Arena |
12,191 |
Kansas City Kings |
Kansas City, Missouri |
Kemper Arena |
16,700 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
MECCA Arena |
10,783 |
Pacific |
Golden State Warriors |
Oakland, California |
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena |
12,787 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Inglewood, California |
The Forum |
17,505 |
Phoenix Suns |
Phoenix, Arizona |
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
14,870 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Portland, Oregon |
Memorial Coliseum |
12,888 |
Seattle SuperSonics |
Seattle, Washington |
Seattle Center Coliseum |
17,072 |
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Atlantic Division
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Central Division
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Midwest Division
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Pacific Division
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- z, y – division champions
- x – clinched playoff spot
- * Division winner
- Bold Series winner
- Italic Team with home-court advantage
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