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1973-74 NBA Season Overview

National Basketball Association (NBA)

1973-74 NBA Season Overview

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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. * The 1974 NBA All-Star Game was played at the Coliseum at Seattle Center in Seattle, with the West beating the East 134–123. Bob Lanier of the Detroit Pistons wins the game's MVP award. * The Baltimore Bullets relocated to the Washington, D.C. suburb of Landover, Maryland and become the Capital 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. * Blocks and steals became official stats in the league.

Other basketball leagues in 1974:
ABA

1974 NBA Champions

Boston Celtics

defeated Milwaukee Bucks

Commissioner J. Walter Kennedy

Union Director Larry Fleisher

Players' President Paul Silas

1974 NBA Draft

Pick Player Team

1 Bill Walton Trail Blazers

2 Marvin Barnes 76ers

3 Tom Burleson Supersonics

4 John Shumate Suns

5 Bobby Jones Rockets

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1 Comment

Davan S. Mani says:

April 17, 2020 at 11:36 pm

what a year. the competitiveness of the ABL really brought the NBA out of its duldrums.

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1974 NBA Draft

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