The 1967–68 NBA Season was the 22nd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.
This season marked a turning point for the NBA and for pro basketball as a whole. Television was a growing component in the growth of the league and the game. Two more NBA teams meant two six-team divisions and the highest number of ...
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The 1967–68 NBA Season was the 22nd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.
This season marked a turning point for the NBA and for pro basketball as a whole. Television was a growing component in the growth of the league and the game. Two more NBA teams meant two six-team divisions and the highest number of teams the NBA had since 1952. All signs pointed up not just for the NBA or basketball, but for sports as a whole. The other side of this growth in sports culture that included the NBA, was the growth in media that also covered the events of the day, some of which were pretty severe. The Vietnam War raged. Long-time critics of the conflict, the start of which was questionable to many, grew many allies in American homes everywhere as news images brought the war to the dinner table. Also, a civil rights campaign led by Martin Luther King, Jr. had...
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