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The 1977 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1976–77 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers played against the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers , with the 76ers holding home-court advantage.
The 1977 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1976–77 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. It was Portland's first (and so far, only) NBA title.
All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, ... 1977, 1979–1984, and ... Finals MVP was on losing team †
Bill Walton was the MVP for the 1977 NBA Finals. The Finals opened in the Spectrum on Sunday, May 22. The 76ers seemed unbeatable after the first two games. Julius Erving opened Game 1 with a stupendous dunk off the opening tip. He finished with 33 points and Doug Collins had 30 as Philadelphia won 107–101.
He was voted the league’s MVP in 1978 and NBA Finals MVP in 1977. During his UCLA days, under the tutelage of the university’s legendary coach John Wooden, Walton was voted national college ...
This scheduling format remains in place for 1977-78 and 1978-79. The NBA Playoffs were expanded from 5 teams per conference to 6, resulting in division winners getting a first round bye. The 1977 NBA All-Star Game was played at The MECCA in Milwaukee, with the West beating the East 125–124.
A new trophy was created for the 1977 NBA Finals.The inaugural winners were the Portland Trail Blazers, who defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in six games. Unlike the original championship trophy, the new trophy was given permanently to the winning team and a new one was made every year, similar to the Vince Lombardi Trophy, awarded annually to the winning team of the NFL's Super Bowl and the ...
2× NBA champion (1974, 1976) NBA Finals MVP ; 7× NBA All-Star (1971–1977) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1975, 1977) NBA All-Rookie First Team ; No. 10 retired by Boston Celtics; 2× Consensus second-team All-American (1968, 1969) No. 15 jersey retired by Kansas Jayhawks; Career statistics; Points: 14,399 (17.2 ppg) Rebounds: 3,345 (4.0 rpg) Assists