1973-74 NBA season

The 1973-74 NBA Season was the 28th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Milwaukee Bucks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.

[edit] Notable Occurrences

• The NBA All-Star Game was played at the Coliseum at Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington, with the West beating the East 134-123. Bob Lanier of the Detroit Pistons wins the game's MVP award.
• The Baltimore Bullets relocate to the Washington, D.C. suburb of Landover, Maryland and become the Capitol Bullets.
• The NBA on CBS began. CBS' partnership with the NBA lasted 17 consecutive years, and ended in 1990, when NBC took over as the NBA's broadcast partner.

[edit] Final standings

[edit] Eastern Conference

[edit] Western Conference

C - NBA Champions

[edit] NBA awards

• Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks
• Rookie of the Year: Ernie DiGregorio, Buffalo Braves
• Coach of the Year: Ray Scott, Detroit Pistons
• All-NBA First Team:
  • Walt Frazier, New York Knicks
  • Rick Barry, Golden State Warriors
  • Gail Goodrich, Los Angeles Lakers
  • John Havlicek, Boston Celtics
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks

• All-NBA Rookie Team:
  • Ernie DiGregorio, Buffalo Braves
  • Nick Weatherspoon, Capital Bullets
  • Mike Bantom, Phoenix Suns
  • John Brown, Atlanta Hawks
  • Ron Behagen, Kansas City-Omaha Kings

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

[edit] See also

• 1974 NBA Finals
• 1974 NBA Draft