The 1976 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round for the 1975-76 NBA season.
The Phoenix Suns finished the season with 42 wins and 40 losses, but beat the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors in the playoffs and went on to play the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals, giving the Celtics a tough battle before falling in six games.
The 1976 NBA Finals also marked the first time that NBA games of any kind were being played duri...
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The 1976 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round for the 1975-76 NBA season.
The Phoenix Suns finished the season with 42 wins and 40 losses, but beat the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors in the playoffs and went on to play the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals, giving the Celtics a tough battle before falling in six games.
The 1976 NBA Finals also marked the first time that NBA games of any kind were being played during the month of June.
Boston Celtics defeated Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2
The Suns looked weary and shell-shocked in this one, shooting only 38 percent from the field as Boston cruised to an easy 98-87 win in the Boston Garden.
The Celtics posted another easy win at home, going on a 20-2 run in the third quarter that put the game out of reach.
Having won the first two games rather easily, playing the next two at Phoenix was expected to be a minor inconvenience for the Celtics. However, the young Suns had other ideas. Phoenix stepped up their...
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