1975 NBA Playoffs

The 1975 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1974-1975 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors defeating the Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets, four games to none in the NBA Finals. Rick Barry of the Warriors was named NBA Finals MVP.

The Warriors won their third NBA championship, first since 1956 as the Philadelphia Warriors, and as of 2008 their most recent title.

The playoff format was revised again. Now the first two finishers in each division were guaranteed playoff berths, along with the best third-place team from each conference. Once each conference's qualifiers were selected, they were seeded 1 through 5, with the 4th and 5th seeds playing in a best-of-three series to advance to play the 1st seed in a best-of-seven semifinal, while the 2nd and 3rd seeds simply played the other semifinal.

The eight-year-old Seattle SuperSonics made their playoff debut in the 1975 playoffs, even winning the first playoff series in franchise history against the Detroit Pistons. Seattle would go on to make two NBA Finals appearances in 1978 and 1979, winning the championship the latter year.

The Kansas City-Omaha Kings made their first postseason appearance since 1967 as the Cincinnati Royals, and the Houston Rockets made their first playoff appearance since 1969 when they played in San Diego.

The 1975 playoffs featured an expansion in the number of postseason qualifiers from 8 to 10 teams; it would be expanded to 12 in 1977 and again to its current number of 16 in 1984.

Bracket

4RoundBracket-Byes

RD1=First Round
RD2=Conference Semifinals
RD3=Conference Finals
RD4=NBA Finals
group1=Western Conference
group2=Eastern Conference

RD1-seed03=4
RD1-team03=Seattle
RD1-score03=2
RD1-seed04=5
RD1-team04=Detroit
RD1-score04=1

RD1-seed11=4
RD1-team11=Houston
RD1-score11=2
RD1-seed12=5
RD1-team12=New York
RD1-score12=1

RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Golden State
RD2-score01=4
RD2-seed02=4
RD2-team02=Seattle
RD2-score02=2

RD2-seed03=3
RD2-team03=KC-Omaha
RD2-score03=2
RD2-seed04=2
RD2-team04=Chicago
RD2-score04=4

RD2-seed05=1
RD2-team05=Boston
RD2-score05=4
RD2-seed06=4
RD2-team06=Houston
RD2-score06=1

RD2-seed07=3
RD2-team07=Buffalo
RD2-score07=3
RD2-seed08=2
RD2-team08=Washington
RD2-score08=4

RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Golden State
RD3-score01=4
RD3-seed02=2
RD3-team02=Chicago
RD3-score02=3

RD3-seed03=1
RD3-team03=Boston
RD3-score03=2
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=Washington
RD3-score04=4

RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Golden State
RD4-score01=4
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=Washington
RD4-score02=0

cores

*Seattle SuperSonics over Detroit Pistons (Western Conference First Round)
*Game 1- 90-77, SuperSonics over Pistons
*Game 2- 122-106, Pistons over SuperSonics
*Game 3- 100-93, SuperSonics over Pistons
*Houston Rockets over New York Knickerbockers (Eastern Conference First Round)

*Game 1- 99-84, Rockets over Knickerbockers
*Game 2- 106-96, Knickerbockers over Rockets
*Game 3- 118-86, Rockets over Knickerbockers

*Golden State Warriors over Seattle SuperSonics (Western Conference Semifinals)
*Game 1- 123-96, Warriors over SuperSonics
*Game 2- 100-99, SuperSonics over Warriors
*Game 3- 105-96, Warriors over SuperSonics
*Game 4- 111-94, SuperSonics over Warriors
*Game 5- 124-100, Warriors over SuperSonics
*Game 6- 105-96, Warriors over SuperSonics

*Chicago Bulls over KC-Omaha Kings (Western Conference Semifinals)

*Game 1- 95-89, Bulls over Kings
*Game 2- 102-95, Kings over Bulls
*Game 3- 93-90, Bulls over Kings
*Game 4- 104-100, Kings over Bulls
*Game 5- 104-77, Bulls over Kings
*Game 6- 101-89, Bulls over Kings

*Washington Bullets over Buffalo Braves (Eastern Conference Semifinals)

*Game 1- 113-102, Braves over Bullets
*Game 2- 120-106, Bullets over Braves
*Game 3- 111-96, Bullets over Braves
*Game 4- 108-102, Braves over Bullets
*Game 5- 97-93, Bullets over Braves
*Game 6- 102-96, Braves over Bullets
*Game 7- 115-96, Bullets over Braves

*Boston Celtics over Houston Rockets (Eastern Conference Semifinals)

*Game 1- 123-106, Celtics over Rockets
*Game 2- 112-100, Celtics over Rockets
*Game 3- 117-102, Rockets over Celtics
*Game 4- 122-117, Celtics over Rockets
*Game 5- 128-115, Celtics over Rockets

*Golden State Warriors over Chicago Bulls (Western Conference Finals)

*Game 1- 107-89, Warriors over Bulls
*Game 2- 90-89, Bulls over Warriors
*Game 3- 108-101, Bulls over Warriors
*Game 4- 111-106, Warriors over Bulls
*Game 5- 89-79, Bulls over Warriors
*Game 6- 86-72, Warriors over Bulls
*Game 7- 83-79, Warriors over Bulls

External links

* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1975.html Basketball-Reference.com's 1975 NBA Playoffs page]