NBA
1975-76 Season
Champions: Boston Celtics (4-2)
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The 1975-76 NBA season featured 18 teams across 788 recorded games. Golden State Warriors posted the league's best record at 59-23. Boston Celtics won the championship, defeating Phoenix Suns 4-2 in the Finals. Joe White was named Finals MVP; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar took the regular-season MVP award.
Final Standings
Western Conference
- Golden State Warriors 59-23 0.720
- Seattle SuperSonics 43-39 0.524
- Phoenix Suns 42-40 0.512
- Los Angeles Lakers 40-42 0.488
- Milwaukee Bucks 38-44 0.463
- Portland Trail Blazers 37-45 0.451
- Detroit Pistons 36-46 0.439
- Kansas City Kings 31-51 0.378
- Chicago Bulls 24-58 0.293
Eastern Conference
- Boston Celtics 🏆 54-28 0.659
- Cleveland Cavaliers 49-33 0.598
- Washington Bullets 48-34 0.585
- Buffalo Braves 46-36 0.561
- Philadelphia 76ers 46-36 0.561
- Houston Rockets 40-42 0.488
- New Orleans Jazz 38-44 0.463
- New York Knicks 38-44 0.463
- Atlanta Hawks 29-53 0.354
Season Leaders
Scoring
- 1 Bob McAdoo BUF 31.1 PPG
- 2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL 27.7 PPG
- 3 Pete Maravich NOJ 25.9 PPG
- 4 Nate Archibald KCK 24.8 PPG
- 5 Fred Brown SEA 23.1 PPG
Rebounding
- 1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL 16.9 RPG
- 2 Dave Cowens BOS 16.0 RPG
- 3 Wes Unseld WSB 13.3 RPG
- 4 Paul Silas BOS 12.7 RPG
- 5 Sam Lacey KCK 12.6 RPG
Assists
- 1 Slick Watts SEA 8.1 APG
- 2 Nate Archibald KCK 7.9 APG
- 3 Calvin Murphy HOU 7.3 APG
- 4 Norm Van Lier CHI 6.6 APG
- 5 Rick Barry GSW 6.1 APG
1975 Draft — Top Picks
- #1 David Thompson Atlanta Hawks
- #2 Dave Meyers Los Angeles Lakers
- #3 Marvin Webster Atlanta Hawks