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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.

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 champion Boston Celtics

1974 Boston Celtics

1974 NBA Season
Boston Celtics

17 teams competed during the regular season

Boston Celtics defeated Milwaukee Bucks for the championship

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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