1975–76 NBA season

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.

[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. 17 years later, the Suns would be involved in another triple-overtime Finals game.
This was the final season before the NBA-ABA merger.

C - NBA Champions

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Bob McAdoo	Buffalo Braves	31.1
Rebounds per game	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Los Angeles Lakers	16.9
Assists per game	Slick Watts	Seattle SuperSonics	8.1
Steals per game	Slick Watts	Seattle SuperSonics	3.2
Blocks per game	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Los Angeles Lakers	4.1
FG%	Wes Unseld	Washington Bullets	.561
FT%	Rick Barry	Golden State Warriors	.923

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

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