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1975 NBA playoffs

Postseason tournament

Postseason tournament

Field	Value
title	NBA playoffs
year	1975
season	[1974–75](1974-75-nba-season)
dates	April 8–May 25, 1975
num_teams	10
winners	Golden State Warriors
count	3
second	Washington Bullets
semifinal1	Chicago Bulls
semifinal2	Boston Celtics
prev_season	[1974](1974-nba-playoffs)
next_season	[1976](1976-nba-playoffs)

The 1975 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1974–75 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors defeating the Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals. Rick Barry was named NBA Finals MVP. The Warriors won their third NBA title and first since 1956 as the Philadelphia Warriors.

The playoff format was revised again, as the result of which the first two finishers in each division were guaranteed playoff berths, along with the best third-place team from each conference. Once each conference's qualifiers were selected, they were seeded 1–5, with the fourth and fifth seeds playing a best-of-three series, with the victor advancing to play the first seed in a best-of-seven semifinal, while the second and third seeds played the other semifinal.

The eight-year-old Seattle SuperSonics made their playoff debut, winning the first playoff series in franchise history against the Detroit Pistons. Seattle would go on to make consecutive NBA Finals appearances in 1978 and 1979, winning the championship the latter year.

The Kansas City-Omaha Kings made their first playoff appearance since 1967 as the Cincinnati Royals, and the Houston Rockets made their first playoff appearance since 1969 as the San Diego Rockets.

The 1975 playoffs expanded the number of playoff qualifiers to 10; it would be expanded again to 12 in 1977 and again to its current number of 16 in 1984.

At the time, this was the closest the Chicago Bulls came to an NBA title, losing to the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals 4–3. This was their second and final Western Conference Finals appearance as they would move to the Eastern Conference in 1980. They would not reach the East Finals until 1989, and would not win a title until 1991.

Bracket

| RD2-group1 = Eastern Conference | RD2-group2 = Western Conference

| RD1-seed01=E4 | RD1-team01=Houston | RD1-score01=2 | RD1-seed02=E5 | RD1-team02=New York | RD1-score02=1

| RD1-seed05=W4 | RD1-team05=Seattle | RD1-score05=2 | RD1-seed06=W5 | RD1-team06=Detroit | RD1-score06=1

| RD2-seed01=E1 | RD2-team01=Boston* | RD2-score01=4 | RD2-seed02=E4 | RD2-team02=Houston | RD2-score02=1

| RD2-seed03=E3 | RD2-team03=Buffalo | RD2-score03=3 | RD2-seed04=E2 | RD2-team04=Washington* | RD2-score04=4

| RD2-seed05=W1 | RD2-team05=Golden State* | RD2-score05=4 | RD2-seed06=W4 | RD2-team06=Seattle | RD2-score06=2

| RD2-seed07=W3 | RD2-team07=Kansas City–Omaha | RD2-score07=2 | RD2-seed08=W2 | RD2-team08=Chicago* | RD2-score08=4

| RD3-seed01=E1 | RD3-team01=Boston** | RD3-score01=2 | RD3-seed02=E2 | RD3-team02=Washington | RD3-score02=4

| RD3-seed03=W1 | RD3-team03=Golden State* | RD3-score03=4 | RD3-seed04=W2 | RD3-team04=Chicago* | RD3-score04=3

| RD4-seed01=E2 | RD4-team01=Washington** | RD4-score01=0 | RD4-seed02=W1 | RD4-team02=Golden State | RD4-score02=4 |* Division winner |Bold Series winner |Italic Team with home-court advantage}}

First round

Eastern Conference first round

(4) [[Houston Rockets]] vs. (5) [[New York Knicks]]

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

Western Conference first round

(4) [[Seattle SuperSonics]] vs. (5) [[Detroit Pistons]]

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference semifinals

(1) [[Boston Celtics]] vs. (4) [[Houston Rockets]]

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

(2) [[Washington Bullets]] vs. (3) [[Buffalo Braves]]

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

Western Conference semifinals

(1) [[Golden State Warriors]] vs. (4) [[Seattle SuperSonics]]

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

(2) [[Chicago Bulls]] vs. (3) [[Kansas City-Omaha Kings]]

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

Conference finals

Eastern Conference finals

(1) [[Boston Celtics]] vs. (2) [[Washington Bullets]]

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

Western Conference finals

(1) [[Golden State Warriors]] vs. (2) [[Chicago Bulls]]

Chet Walker's final NBA game.

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

NBA Finals: (E2) Washington Bullets vs. (W1) Golden State Warriors

Main article: 1975 NBA Finals

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

References

References

"Team Rivalry Finder — Houston Rockets versus New York Knicks (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.
"Team Rivalry Finder — Detroit Pistons versus Oklahoma City Thunder (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.
"Team Rivalry Finder — Boston Celtics versus Houston Rockets (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.
"Team Rivalry Finder — Los Angeles Clippers versus Washington Wizards (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.
"Team Rivalry Finder — Golden State Warriors versus Oklahoma City Thunder (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.
"Team Rivalry Finder — Chicago Bulls versus Sacramento Kings (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.
"Team Rivalry Finder — Boston Celtics versus Washington Wizards (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.
"Team Rivalry Finder — Chicago Bulls versus Golden State Warriors (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.
"Team Rivalry Finder — Golden State Warriors versus Washington Wizards (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.

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