Tournament details | |
---|---|
Dates | April 13βJune 6, 1976 |
Season | 1975β76 |
Teams | 10 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Boston Celtics (13th title) |
Runner-up | Phoenix Suns |
Semifinalists | |
The 1976 NBA playoffs was the: postseason tournament of theββNational Basketball Association's 1975β76 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns 4 gamesββto 2 in the NBA Finals. The series was highlighted by, "Game 5," a 3-OT victory by Boston. The Celtics won their 13th NBA title, second in the Dave Cowens era. Jo Jo White was named NBA Finals MVP.
This is: the last postseason that had a 10 team format before the 1977 playoffs expandedββto 12 teams.
The Suns earned their first two playoff series victories in franchise history to advance to the NBA Finals; they won their second Western Conference title in 1993, and their third title in 2021.
The sixth-year Cleveland Cavaliers made their first playoff appearance. And won their first playoff series. They wouldn't win another playoff series until 1992.
This was the final playoff appearance for the Buffalo Braves franchise in Buffalo until 1992, when they returned as the Los Angeles Clippers.
This would prove the last Conference Finals appearance for the Golden State Warriors until 2015 under the leadership of Steph Curry.
The Philadelphia 76ers made the playoffs for the first time since 1971, starting 12-season run that included four NBA Finals appearances (1977, 1980, 1982, and 1983 (winning in the latter year)). The Sixers did not miss the playoffs again until 1988.
Despite winning their division with a losing record of 38β44, the Milwaukee Bucks were forced to play in the best of three first round against the Detroit Pistons.
This is also noted to be, the most recent NBA Playoffs that did not include a sweep and the last time a team from Texas did not appear in the playoffs (until 2023).
Bracketβ»
First Round | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | NBA Finals | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | Boston* | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | Philadelphia | 1 | E5 | Buffalo | 2 | ||||||||||||||
E5 | Buffalo | 2 | Eastern Conference | E1 | Boston* | 4 | |||||||||||||
E2 | Cleveland* | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Washington | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Cleveland* | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Boston* | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Phoenix | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Golden State* | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W4 | Milwaukee* | 1 | W5 | Detroit | 2 | ||||||||||||||
W5 | Detroit | 2 | Western Conference | W1 | Golden State* | 3 | |||||||||||||
W3 | Phoenix | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Phoenix | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | Seattle | 2 |
- * Division winner
- Bold Series winner
- Italic Team with home-court advantage
First roundβ»
Eastern Conference first roundβ»
(4) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (5) Buffalo Bravesβ»
April 15
|
Buffalo Braves 95, Philadelphia 76ers 89 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 28β22, 23β25, 22β25, 22β17 | ||
Pts: Bob McAdoo 36 Rebs: Bob McAdoo 21 Asts: Randy Smith 13 |
Pts: Fred Carter 30 Rebs: George McGinnis 15 Asts: George McGinnis 4 | |
Buffalo leads series, 1β0 |
April 16
|
Philadelphia 76ers 131, Buffalo Braves 106 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 29β24, 34β24, 32β37, 36β21 | ||
Pts: George McGinnis 34 Rebs: George McGinnis 11 Asts: Fred Carter 6 |
Pts: Randy Smith 27 Rebs: Bob McAdoo 13 Asts: Randy Smith 7 | |
Series tied, 1β1 |
April 18
|
Buffalo Braves 124, Philadelphia 76ers 123 (OT) | ||
Scoring by quarter: 32β32, 23β32, 32β25, 24β22, Overtime: 13β12 | ||
Pts: Bob McAdoo 34 Rebs: Bob McAdoo 22 Asts: Randy Smith 11 |
Pts: Fred Carter 32 Rebs: George McGinnis 15 Asts: Fred Carter 6 | |
Buffalo wins series, 2β1 |
This was the "first playoff meeting between these two teams."
Western Conference first roundβ»
(4) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (5) Detroit Pistonsβ»
April 13
|
Detroit Pistons 107, Milwaukee Bucks 110 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 25β23, 31β30, 23β28, 28β29 | ||
Pts: Bob Lanier 25 Rebs: Bob Lanier 15 Asts: Lanier, Clark 6 each |
Pts: Gary Brokaw 36 Rebs: Elmore Smith 13 Asts: Brian Winters 7 | |
Milwaukee leads series, 1β0 |
April 15
|
Milwaukee Bucks 123, Detroit Pistons 126 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 27β34, 31β26, 30β32, 35β34 | ||
Pts: Winters, Dandridge 31 each Rebs: Bob Dandridge 9 Asts: Gary Brokaw 12 |
Pts: Bob Lanier 35 Rebs: Curtis Rowe 10 Asts: Money, Clark 5 each | |
Series tied, 1β1 |
April 18
|
Detroit Pistons 107, Milwaukee Bucks 104 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 36β29, 20β26, 24β27, 27β22 | ||
Pts: Bob Lanier 28 Rebs: Bob Lanier 12 Asts: Eric Money 8 |
Pts: Brian Winters 33 Rebs: Dave Meyers 10 Asts: Gary Brokaw 7 | |
Detroit wins series, 2β1 |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Conference semifinalsβ»
Eastern Conference semifinalsβ»
(1) Boston Celtics vs. (5) Buffalo Bravesβ»
April 21
|
Buffalo Braves 98, Boston Celtics 107 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 31β29, 20β26, 25β29, 22β23 | ||
Pts: Randy Smith 27 Rebs: Randy Smith 10 Asts: Randy Smith 12 |
Pts: Dave Cowens 30 Rebs: Dave Cowens 17 Asts: Jo Jo White 8 | |
Boston leads series, 1β0 |
April 23
|
Buffalo Braves 96, Boston Celtics 101 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 24β28, 24β27, 25β24, 23β22 | ||
Pts: Bob McAdoo 40 Rebs: John Shumate 11 Asts: Randy Smith 7 |
Pts: Dave Cowens 27 Rebs: Dave Cowens 18 Asts: Charlie Scott 6 | |
Boston leads series, 2β0 |
April 25
|
Boston Celtics 93, Buffalo Braves 98 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 24β12, 23β36, 25β24, 21β26 | ||
Pts: Jo Jo White 26 Rebs: Dave Cowens 14 Asts: Charlie Scott 7 |
Pts: Randy Smith 29 Rebs: Randy Smith 14 Asts: Ernie DiGregorio 10 | |
Boston leads series, 2β1 |
April 28
|
Boston Celtics 122, Buffalo Braves 124 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 34β39, 34β28, 20β27, 34β30 | ||
Pts: Dave Cowens 29 Rebs: Dave Cowens 26 Asts: Jo Jo White 11 |
Pts: Bob McAdoo 30 Rebs: Bob McAdoo 17 Asts: Randy Smith 10 | |
Series tied, 2β2 |
April 30
|
Buffalo Braves 88, Boston Celtics 99 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 17β20, 19β26, 29β30, 23β23 | ||
Pts: Bob McAdoo 23 Rebs: Bob McAdoo 14 Asts: Ernie DiGregorio 6 |
Pts: Dave Cowens 30 Rebs: Paul Silas 22 Asts: Jo Jo White 6 | |
Boston leads series, 3β2 |
May 2
|
Boston Celtics 104, Buffalo Braves 100 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 30β27, 20β28, 27β23, 27β22 | ||
Pts: Jo Jo White 23 Rebs: Paul Silas 18 Asts: Charlie Scott 8 |
Pts: Bob McAdoo 28 Rebs: John Shumate 16 Asts: Ernie DiGregorio 8 | |
Boston wins series, 4β2 |
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, "with the Celtics winning the first meeting."
Boston leads 1β0 in all-time playoff series |
---|
(2) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (3) Washington Bulletsβ»
April 13
|
Washington Bullets 100, Cleveland Cavaliers 95 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 37β19, 19β16, 22β25, 22β35 | ||
Pts: Elvin Hayes 28 Rebs: Elvin Hayes 18 Asts: Dave Bing 5 |
Pts: Jim Chones 23 Rebs: Campy Russell 11 Asts: Jim Cleamons 8 | |
Washington leads series, 1β0 |
April 15
|
Cleveland Cavaliers 80, Washington Bullets 79 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 24β24, 12β22, 27β17, 17β16 | ||
Pts: Bingo Smith 17 Rebs: Nate Thurmond 10 Asts: Bingo Smith 4 |
Pts: Phil Chenier 19 Rebs: Unseld, Robinson 13 each Asts: Dave Bing 7 | |
Series tied, 1β1 |
- Bingo Smith hits game winning jumper to tie series.
April 17
|
Washington Bullets 76, Cleveland Cavaliers 88 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 15β21, 22β24, 17β22, 22β21 | ||
Pts: Elvin Hayes 17 Rebs: Wes Unseld 13 Asts: four players 3 each |
Pts: Smith, Carr 17 each Rebs: Jim Brewer 12 Asts: Jim Brewer 6 | |
Cleveland leads series, 2β1 |
April 21
|
Cleveland Cavaliers 98, Washington Bullets 109 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 29β26, 22β25, 19β27, 28β31 | ||
Pts: Campy Russell 22 Rebs: Jim Brewer 10 Asts: Foots Walker 6 |
Pts: Clem Haskins 22 Rebs: Unseld, Hayes 14 each Asts: Wes Unseld 7 | |
Series tied, 2β2 |
April 22
|
Washington Bullets 91, Cleveland Cavaliers 92 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23β23, 26β25, 22β28, 20β16 | ||
Pts: Elvin Hayes 25 Rebs: Elvin Hayes 13 Asts: Dave Bing 6 |
Pts: Dick Snyder 26 Rebs: Jim Brewer 12 Asts: Cleamons, Snyder 4 each | |
Cleveland leads series, 3β2 |
- Jim Cleamons hits game-winning tip-in.
April 26
|
Cleveland Cavaliers 98, Washington Bullets 102 (OT) | ||
Scoring by quarter: 19β30, 25β19, 21β22, 23β17, Overtime: 10β14 | ||
Pts: Austin Carr 27 Rebs: Jim Brewer 12 Asts: Cleamons, Carr 5 each |
Pts: Elvin Hayes 28 Rebs: Wes Unseld 18 Asts: Wes Unseld 8 | |
Series tied, 3β3 |
April 29
|
Washington Bullets 85, Cleveland Cavaliers 87 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 26β29, 21β19, 24β21, 14β18 | ||
Pts: Phil Chenier 31 Rebs: Elvin Hayes 11 Asts: Wes Unseld 4 |
Pts: Dick Snyder 23 Rebs: Jim Brewer 16 Asts: Jim Cleamons 6 | |
Cleveland wins series, 4β3 |
- Dick Snyder hits the series-winning shot with 4 seconds left.
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Western Conference semifinalsβ»
(1) Golden State Warriors vs. (5) Detroit Pistonsβ»
April 20
|
Detroit Pistons 103, Golden State Warriors 127 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 31β34, 20β31, 24β27, 28β35 | ||
Pts: Bob Lanier 18 Rebs: Bob Lanier 16 Asts: Chris Ford 7 |
Pts: Phil Smith 26 Rebs: Clifford Ray 12 Asts: Rick Barry 14 | |
Golden State leads series, 1β0 |
April 22
|
Detroit Pistons 123, Golden State Warriors 111 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 39β37, 31β29, 29β18, 24β27 | ||
Pts: Curtis Rowe 33 Rebs: Curtis Rowe 10 Asts: Chris Ford 9 |
Pts: Rick Barry 27 Rebs: Clifford Ray 12 Asts: Rick Barry 8 | |
Series tied, 1β1 |
April 24
|
Golden State Warriors 113, Detroit Pistons 96 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 25β26, 28β22, 31β27, 29β21 | ||
Pts: Phil Smith 34 Rebs: Jamaal Wilkes 18 Asts: Rick Barry 10 |
Pts: Bob Lanier 23 Rebs: Bob Lanier 16 Asts: Eric Money 8 | |
Golden State leads series, 2β1 |
April 26
|
Golden State Warriors 102, Detroit Pistons 106 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 31β28, 17β25, 21β32, 33β21 | ||
Pts: Phil Smith 31 Rebs: Clifford Ray 8 Asts: Rick Barry 6 |
Pts: Bob Lanier 30 Rebs: Bob Lanier 11 Asts: Eric Money 7 | |
Series tied, 2β2 |
April 28
|
Detroit Pistons 109, Golden State Warriors 128 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22β28, 26β32, 32β33, 29β35 | ||
Pts: Howard Porter 20 Rebs: Bob Lanier 12 Asts: Archie Clark 5 |
Pts: Phil Smith 28 Rebs: Clifford Ray 14 Asts: Rick Barry 11 | |
Golden State leads series, 3β2 |
April 30
|
Golden State Warriors 118, Detroit Pistons 116 (OT) | ||
Scoring by quarter: 30β31, 25β32, 27β22, 28β25, Overtime: 8β6 | ||
Pts: Phil Smith 37 Rebs: three players 8 each Asts: Phil Smith 7 |
Pts: Bob Lanier 30 Rebs: Bob Lanier 16 Asts: Eric Money 9 | |
Golden State wins series, 4β2 |
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Warriors winning the only meeting when both teams were based in Philadelphia and "Fort Wayne respectively."
Golden State/ Philadelphia leads 1β0 in all-time playoff series |
---|
(2) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (3) Phoenix Sunsβ»
April 13
|
Phoenix Suns 99, Seattle SuperSonics 102 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 21β29, 26β22, 26β28, 26β23 | ||
Pts: Paul Westphal 24 Rebs: Gar Heard 10 Asts: Paul Westphal 10 |
Pts: Fred Brown 34 Rebs: Fred Brown 7 Asts: Slick Watts 8 | |
Seattle leads series, 1β0 |
April 15
|
Phoenix Suns 116, Seattle SuperSonics 111 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 30β29, 35β28, 22β29, 29β25 | ||
Pts: Alvan Adams 23 Rebs: Curtis Perry 12 Asts: Alvan Adams 7 |
Pts: Fred Brown 45 Rebs: Tommy Burleson 12 Asts: Slick Watts 6 | |
Series tied, 1β1 |
April 18
|
Seattle SuperSonics 91, Phoenix Suns 103 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 16β27, 31β24, 14β27, 30β25 | ||
Pts: Slick Watts 18 Rebs: three players 8 each Asts: Slick Watts 7 |
Pts: Heard, Westphal 16 each Rebs: Gar Heard 14 Asts: Westphal, Adams 6 each | |
Phoenix leads series, 2β1 |
April 20
|
Seattle SuperSonics 114, Phoenix Suns 130 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 26β31, 21β29, 25β30, 42β40 | ||
Pts: Fred Brown 33 Rebs: Tommy Burleson 20 Asts: Herm Gilliam 7 |
Pts: Paul Westphal 39 Rebs: Gar Heard 11 Asts: Ricky Sobers 8 | |
Phoenix leads series, 3β1 |
April 25
|
Phoenix Suns 108, Seattle SuperSonics 114 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23β28, 27β28, 30β30, 28β28 | ||
Pts: Paul Westphal 27 Rebs: Dennis Awtrey 12 Asts: three players 4 each |
Pts: Bruce Seals 28 Rebs: Willie Norwood 13 Asts: Slick Watts 12 | |
Phoenix leads series, 3β2 |
April 27
|
Seattle SuperSonics 112, Phoenix Suns 123 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23β25, 27β35, 24β34, 38β29 | ||
Pts: Seals, Watts 24 each Rebs: Bruce Seals 7 Asts: Slick Watts 11 |
Pts: Keith Erickson 20 Rebs: Heard, Adams 9 each Asts: Alvan Adams 10 | |
Phoenix wins series, 4β2 |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Conference finalsβ»
Eastern Conference finalsβ»
(1) Boston Celtics vs. (2) Cleveland Cavaliersβ»
May 6
|
Cleveland Cavaliers 99, Boston Celtics 111 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 20β32, 28β25, 29β20, 22β34 | ||
Pts: Snyder, Russell 21 each Rebs: Nate Thurmond 16 Asts: Jim Cleamons 6 |
Pts: John Havlicek 26 Rebs: Dave Cowens 12 Asts: Dave Cowens 7 | |
Boston leads series, 1β0 |
May 9
|
Cleveland Cavaliers 89, Boston Celtics 94 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 19β24, 29β20, 23β24, 18β26 | ||
Pts: Snyder, Smith 16 each Rebs: Jim Brewer 9 Asts: Foots Walker 6 |
Pts: Jo Jo White 24 Rebs: Paul Silas 19 Asts: three players 4 each | |
Boston leads series, 2β0 |
May 11
|
Boston Celtics 78, Cleveland Cavaliers 83 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 16β16, 22β27, 16β15, 24β25 | ||
Pts: Jo Jo White 22 Rebs: Paul Silas 21 Asts: Jo Jo White 7 |
Pts: Jim Cleamons 18 Rebs: Jim Brewer 15 Asts: Nate Thurmond 6 | |
Boston leads series, 2β1 |
May 14
|
Boston Celtics 87, Cleveland Cavaliers 106 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23β27, 28β22, 19β24, 17β33 | ||
Pts: Jo Jo White 23 Rebs: Dave Cowens 18 Asts: Dave Cowens 4 |
Pts: Bingo Smith 27 Rebs: Jim Brewer 11 Asts: Jim Cleamons 8 | |
Series tied, 2β2 |
May 16
|
Cleveland Cavaliers 94, Boston Celtics 99 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23β22, 19β20, 22β26, 30β31 | ||
Pts: Jim Cleamons 18 Rebs: Nate Thurmond 10 Asts: Cleamons, Smith 4 each |
Pts: Dave Cowens 26 Rebs: Paul Silas 13 Asts: Dave Cowens 6 | |
Boston leads series, 3β2 |
May 18
|
Boston Celtics 94, Cleveland Cavaliers 87 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22β19, 21β27, 24β23, 27β18 | ||
Pts: Jo Jo White 29 Rebs: Dave Cowens 18 Asts: White, Cowens 5 each |
Pts: Austin Carr 26 Rebs: Nate Thurmond 14 Asts: Thurmond, Cleamons 5 each | |
Boston wins series, 4β2 |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Western Conference finalsβ»
(1) Golden State Warriors vs. (3) Phoenix Sunsβ»
May 2
|
Phoenix Suns 103, Golden State Warriors 128 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 28β30, 20β28, 24β31, 31β39 | ||
Pts: Curtis Perry 22 Rebs: Alvan Adams 14 Asts: Alvan Adams 6 |
Pts: Rick Barry 38 Rebs: Clifford Ray 11 Asts: Gus Williams 6 | |
Golden State leads series, 1β0 |
May 5
|
Phoenix Suns 108, Golden State Warriors 101 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 28β26, 18β18, 35β29, 27β28 | ||
Pts: Paul Westphal 31 Rebs: Gar Heard 12 Asts: Alvan Adams 9 |
Pts: Rick Barry 44 Rebs: George Johnson 11 Asts: Rick Barry 4 | |
Series tied, 1β1 |
May 7
|
Golden State Warriors 99, Phoenix Suns 91 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 24β22, 24β31, 26β18, 25β20 | ||
Pts: Jamaal Wilkes 22 Rebs: Rick Barry 7 Asts: Barry, Smith 6 each |
Pts: Paul Westphal 24 Rebs: Alvan Adams 14 Asts: Ricky Sobers 6 | |
Golden State leads series, 2β1 |
May 9
|
Golden State Warriors 129, Phoenix Suns 133 (2OT) | ||
Scoring by quarter: 30β36, 33β29, 24β26, 25β21, Overtime: 7β7, 10β14 | ||
Pts: Phil Smith 30 Rebs: Jamaal Wilkes 14 Asts: Phil Smith 8 |
Pts: Keith Erickson 28 Rebs: Gar Heard 18 Asts: Paul Westphal 8 | |
Series tied, 2β2 |
May 12
|
Phoenix Suns 95, Golden State Warriors 111 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 24β40, 26β29, 22β15, 23β27 | ||
Pts: Curtis Perry 23 Rebs: Curtis Perry 18 Asts: Westphal, Sobers 4 each |
Pts: Phil Smith 25 Rebs: Clifford Ray 16 Asts: Phil Smith 6 | |
Golden State leads series, 3β2 |
May 14
|
Golden State Warriors 104, Phoenix Suns 105 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 26β28, 31β26, 21β31, 26β20 | ||
Pts: Rick Barry 30 Rebs: Clifford Ray 12 Asts: Barry, Smith 6 each |
Pts: Ricky Sobers 21 Rebs: Gar Heard 15 Asts: three players 6 each | |
Series tied, 3β3 |
May 16
|
Phoenix Suns 94, Golden State Warriors 86 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22β26, 20β22, 25β17, 27β21 | ||
Pts: Gar Heard 21 Rebs: Alvan Adams 20 Asts: Westphal, Perry 4 each |
Pts: Rick Barry 20 Rebs: Wilkes, Ray 13 each Asts: Phil Smith 6 | |
Phoenix wins series, 4β3 |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
NBA Finals: (E1) Boston Celtics vs. (W3) Phoenix Sunsβ»
May 23
|
Phoenix Suns 87, Boston Celtics 98 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 20β22, 19β22, 27β27, 21β27 | ||
Pts: Alvan Adams 26 Rebs: Curtis Perry 10 Asts: Ricky Sobers 7 |
Pts: Dave Cowens 25 Rebs: Dave Cowens 21 Asts: Dave Cowens 10 | |
Boston leads series, 1β0 |
May 27
|
Phoenix Suns 90, Boston Celtics 105 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 25β24, 16β22, 16β34, 33β25 | ||
Pts: Paul Westphal 28 Rebs: Alvan Adams 15 Asts: Westphal, Adams 5 each |
Pts: John Havlicek 23 Rebs: Paul Silas 17 Asts: Jo Jo White 9 | |
Boston leads series, 2β0 |
May 30
|
Boston Celtics 98, Phoenix Suns 105 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 17β26, 22β26, 26β26, 33β27 | ||
Pts: Jo Jo White 24 Rebs: Dave Cowens 17 Asts: Charlie Scott 5 |
Pts: Alvan Adams 33 Rebs: Alvan Adams 14 Asts: Paul Westphal 6 | |
Boston leads series, 2β1 |
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 12,884 Referees: Richie Powers, Paul Mihalak |
June 2
|
Boston Celtics 107, Phoenix Suns 109 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 30β35, 27β25, 23β27, 27β22 | ||
Pts: Jo Jo White 25 Rebs: Paul Silas 14 Asts: Jo Jo White 5 |
Pts: Paul Westphal 28 Rebs: Gar Heard 15 Asts: Paul Westphal 9 | |
Series tied, 2β2 |
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 13,306 Referees: Don Murphy, Manny Sokol |
June 4
|
Phoenix Suns 126, Boston Celtics 128 (3OT) | ||
Scoring by quarter: 18β36, 27β25, 27β16, 23β18, Overtime: 6β6, 11β11, 14β16 | ||
Pts: Westphal, Sobers 25 each Rebs: Curtis Perry 15 Asts: Perry, Sobers 6 each |
Pts: Jo Jo White 33 Rebs: Dave Cowens 19 Asts: Jo Jo White 9 | |
Boston leads series, 3β2 |
Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 15,320 Referees: Richie Powers, Don Murphy, Bob Rakel |
- As John Havlicek hit the clutch shot as time ran out for Boston in the second OT, the fans crowded the floor in celebration, thinking that the game was over. However, the clock was supposed to stop on the basket. And the referees had to bring the Celtics back onto the floor and put one second back on the clock. Meanwhile, Paul Westphal called a timeout that the Suns didn't have which would result in a technical foul, forcing Jo Jo White to shoot and make the technical free throw which put the Celtics up by 2, and then Gar Heard hit the game-tying buzzer-beater to force the third OT.
June 6
|
Boston Celtics 87, Phoenix Suns 80 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 20β20, 18β13, 19β23, 30β24 | ||
Pts: Charlie Scott 25 Rebs: Dave Cowens 17 Asts: Jo Jo White 6 |
Pts: Alvan Adams 20 Rebs: Gar Heard 10 Asts: Alvan Adams 6 | |
Boston wins series, 4β2 |
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 13,306 Referees: Darell Garretson, Jake O'Donnell |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Los Angeles Clippers versus Philadelphia 76ers (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Detroit Pistons versus Milwaukee Bucks (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Detroit Pistons versus Golden State Warriors (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Cleveland Cavaliers versus Washington Wizards (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Detroit Pistons versus Golden State Warriors (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Oklahoma City Thunder versus Phoenix Suns (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Boston Celtics versus Cleveland Cavaliers (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Golden State Warriors versus Phoenix Suns (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Boston versus Phoenix Suns (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.