This is my favorite year of the nba’s peak. The best of the best ABA guys had come over to the NBA, the pros would go against the few goat streetball legends like Joe Hammond in the off-season for entire pro league tournaments, and Wilt Chamberlain 3 years after his prime and surgery was still dominating the league in blocks, field goal scoring, rebounding, and at his position Playmaking, and went toe to toe with a peak prime Kareem in the postseason and outdid him in individual matchup with only Gail goodrich by his side which completely amazes me. Kareem and Oscar went on to win their first chip which was incredible. The black population was also well over the majority and talent combined with excitement of flashy play but still within the strict rules forcing it all to be super skill based, and ball movement high tempo pace, and great minded but physical defense, etc… was all happening in perfect balance
I remember watching game 7 of the Bullets-Knicks ECF on TV. The one thing I remember was how quiet the crowd in Madison Square Garden was when the Bullets won. You could actually hear the shuffling of their feet as the Bullets players and coaches celebrated.
@@misterb7070 They might have actually beaten Milwaukee in the finals that season. But, on second thought, as bad as the Knicks were beaten up from the rough and tumble series with the Bullets, probably not.
I enjoyed watching Earl the Pearl and the Bullets back in the day and I was bummed they were swept by the Bucks. A few years later they were swept again by the Rick Barry led Warriors ('75). The Bullets were so fun to watch though and Earl Monroe was at his best with the Bullets, before he was traded to the Knicks.
Great to see some of the stars of yesteryear, i remember these guys well. Thanks , and please post more, especially any with my fave baller, Connie " The Hawk" Hawkins.
Great memories! I remember Knicks-Bullets semifinals. Willis injured his shoulder in Atlanta series and that hurt the Knicks but Monroe played great and they had Wes Unseld and Jack Marin and heartbreaking loss for Knicks in game 7. Otherwise that team would’ve played in 4 consecutive finals.
@@oldsensei8350 Who eventually became the San Diego Clippers prior to the 1978-79 season, and in 1984-85 became the Los Angeles Clippers, and are still that team now.
IThe great Archie Clark the forgotten NBA point guard the first to cross over "Mr shake and Bake" as they call him that's my uncle my father's brother he's in his early 70s now but he looked great as ever love you unc
Well not really. Keep in mind these are highlights. When you look at the Field goal percentage and the pace of the game (Teams back then moved faster and shot a lot of bricks) it's a different story.
Talking about all of these player are working part time in a shop or any company, we can say the past NBA was just a Semi-Pro. Can say the same about the ABA. The salary income for these player weren't huge so they need to work for living the rest of their live in before & after every NBA season and have limited scheduled time for practiced 🏀. Gonna appreciated the sacrificed job by these player careers
Weird that the Bucks played the first-round playoff series at Madison instead of Milwaukee. I know they would play some regular-season games there, but I wonder why they played those playoff games at Madtown
NBA teams didn't get priority at most arenas until the late 1980s. The Forum was the exception, since Jack Kent Cooke owned both the Lakers and Kings. Remember, Golden State had to play its home games in the 1975 Finals at San Francisco instead of Oakland because of the Ice Capades.
Generally when NBA teams played in the postseason, teams had to switch the games from their regular home court to say, a college gym because the circus or the Ice Capades would take place.
Actually, they did. It's just that officials actually called fouls back then instead of allowing all the bumping and chucking on the perimeter and the wrestling match under the basket.
