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The 1978 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1977-78 season.The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets defeating the Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
The New Jersey Nets won a playoff series for the first time in their NBA history, upsetting the defending champion Philadelphia 76ers in 5. This was also the only time the road team won every game in a five-game playoff series. The Nets would not win a playoff series again until 2002.
The Celtics were not able to overcome a 3–1 series deficit like they had in last season's Eastern Conference finals, losing Game 7 at home. The Sixers became the 2nd team to ever beat the Celtics in a Game 7 in the Garden (after the New York Knicks did in 1973) and the 3rd NBA road team to win Game 7 after leading series 3–1.
New York Knicks vs. Washington Wizards/ Baltimore/ Capital/ Washington Bullets: Knicks, 2–1 1970, 1971, 1974: 3 Milwaukee Bucks vs. Philadelphia 76ers: 76ers, 2–1 1981, 1986, 2001: 3 Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: Cavaliers, 2–1 1992, 2008, 2018: 3 Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder/ Seattle SuperSonics: Rockets, 2–1 ...
Led by head coach Alex Hannum, the 76ers had a dream season as they started 46–4, [9] en route to a record of 68–13, the best record in league history at the time. [10] Chamberlain set a then-NBA-record with his league-leading 0.683 field goal percentage, and again led the NBA in rebounding with 24.2 boards per game.
New York Knicks 112, Philadelphia 76ers 115 Spectrum , Philadelphia This was the ninth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the 76ers winning six of the first eight meetings.
The expansion Chicago Bulls made the playoffs in their debut season, and the New York Knicks returned to the postseason for the first time since 1959. It is the longest gap in Knicks franchise history, a record they matched when they missed the playoffs starting in 2004 and ending in 2011.
Philadelphia 76ers The final piece of the Philadelphia 76ers ' championship puzzle was completed before the 1982–83 season when they acquired center Moses Malone from the Houston Rockets . They went on to capture their third NBA championship as they won 65 games, and stormed through the playoffs , first sweeping the New York Knicks , and then ...