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Each would go on to coach more than 2,000 games in the NBA. This was the final season before the NBA-ABA merger. In the 1976 offseason, four ABA teams joined the NBA: the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, and the reigning ABA champion New York Nets, who relocated to New Jersey.
The 1976–77 NBA season was the 31st season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Portland Trail Blazers winning their first NBA Championship in franchise history, beating the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in the NBA Finals .
[4] [1] [5] In 1976, the NBA and the American Basketball Association (ABA) merged, adding four franchises to the NBA. The NBA's regular season runs from October to April, with each team playing 82 games. The league's playoff tournament extends into June, culminating with the NBA Finals championship series.
1976–77 NBA teams Eastern Western; Atlantic: Central: Midwest: Pacific: Boston Celtics: Atlanta Hawks: Chicago Bulls: Golden State Warriors: Buffalo Braves: Cleveland Cavaliers: Denver Nuggets^ Los Angeles Lakers: New York Knicks: Houston Rockets: Detroit Pistons: Phoenix Suns: New York Nets^ New Orleans Jazz: Indiana Pacers^ Portland Trail ...
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a men's professional basketball major league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1976, resulting in four ABA teams joining the NBA and the introduction of the NBA 3-point shot in 1979.
Cities that hosted NBA and ABA teams at the time of the merger in 1976. Pre-existing NBA cities are marked in black. ABA franchises that were accepted into the NBA are marked in red. New York, marked in blue, hosted both leagues. The remaining ABA teams, marked in orange, folded either during merger talks or before talks began in Virginia's case.
The American Basketball Association joined the NBA with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. Of the teams remaining in the ABA, four joined the NBA. The two teams, the Kentucky Colonels and Spirits of St. Louis, which folded had their players assigned to a dispersal draft for draft purposes.
1976 NBA All-Star Game; 1975–76 Atlanta Hawks season; B. 1975–76 Boston Celtics season; 1975–76 Buffalo Braves season; C. 1975–76 Chicago Bulls season;