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{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons
|[[1975-76 National Basketball Association season|1975-76]]
|'''1976-77'''
|[[1977-78 National Basketball Association season|1977-78]]
|}

== Teams and Alignment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Conference
!Division
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
| rowspan="11" |Eastern Conference
| rowspan="5" |Atlantic Division
|Boston Celtics
|Boston Garden
|Boston
|-
|Buffalo Braves
|Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
|Buffalo, New York
|-
|New York Knickerbockers
|Madison Square Garden
|Manhattan, New York
|-
|New York Nets
|Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Uniondale, New York
|-
|Philadelphia 76ers
|The Spectrum
|Philadelphia
|-
| rowspan="6" |Central Division
|Atlanta Hawks
|Omni Coliseum
|Atlanta
|-
|Cleveland Cavaliers
|Richfield Coliseum
|Summit County, Ohio
|-
|Houston Rockets
|The Summit
|Houston
|-
|New Orleans Jazz
|Caesars Superdome
|New Orleans
|-
|San Antonio Spurs
|HemisFair Arena
|San Antonio
|-
|Washington Bullets
|Capital Centre
|Lake Arbor, Maryland
|-
| rowspan="11" |Western Conference
| rowspan="6" |Midwest Division
|Chicago Bulls
|Chicago Stadium
|Chicago
|-
|Denver Nuggets
|McNichols Sports Arena
|Denver
|-
|Detroit Pistons
|Cobo Arena at Cobo Center
|Detroit
|-
|Indiana Pacers
|Market Square Arena
|Indianapolis
|-
|Kansas City Kings
|Hy-Vee Arena
|Kansas City, Missouri
|-
|Milwaukee Bucks
|UWM Panther Arena
|Milwaukee
|-
| rowspan="5" |Pacific Division
|Golden State Warriors
|Oakland Arena
|Oakland, California
|-
|Los Angeles Lakers
|Kia Forum
|Inglewood, California
|-
|Phoenix Suns
|Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Phoenix
|-
|Portland Trail Blazers
|Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Portland, Oregon
|-
|Seattle SuperSonics
|Climate Pledge Arena
|Seattle
|}

=== Changes ===

* Denver Nuggets transfer from American Basketball Association and aligned into Western Conference Midwest Division, playing at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver.
* Indiana Pacers transfer from American Basketball Association and aligned into Western Conference Midwest Division, playing at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis.
* New York Nets transfer from American Basketball Association and aligned into Eastern Conference Atlantic Division, playing at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
* San Antonio Spurs transfer from American Basketball Association and aligned into Eastern Conference Central Division, playing at HemisFair Arena in San Antonio.

== Regular Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Conference
!Division
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
| rowspan="11" |Eastern Conference
| rowspan="5" |Atlantic Division
|'''Philadelphia 76ers'''
|'''50'''
|'''32'''
|
|-
|'''Boston Celtics'''
|'''44'''
|'''38'''
|'''6'''
|-
|New York Knickerbockers
|40
|42
|10
|-
|Buffalo Braves
|30
|52
|20
|-
|New York Nets
|22
|60
|28
|-
| rowspan="6" |Central Division
|'''Houston Rockets'''
|'''49'''
|'''33'''
|
|-
|'''Washington Bullets'''
|'''48'''
|'''34'''
|'''1'''
|-
|'''San Antonio Spurs'''
|'''44'''
|'''38'''
|'''5'''
|-
|'''Cleveland Cavaliers'''
|'''43'''
|'''39'''
|'''6'''
|-
|New Orleans Jazz
|35
|47
|14
|-
|Atlanta Hawks
|31
|51
|18
|-
| rowspan="11" |Western Conference
| rowspan="6" |Midwest Division
|'''Denver Nuggets'''
|'''50'''
|'''32'''
|
|-
|'''Detroit Pistons'''
|'''44'''
|'''38'''
|'''6'''
|-
|'''Chicago Bulls'''
|'''44'''
|'''38'''
|'''6'''
|-
|Kansas City Kings
|40
|42
|10
|-
|Indiana Pacers
|36
|46
|14
|-
|Milwaukee Bucks
|30
|52
|20
|-
| rowspan="5" |Pacific Division
|'''Los Angeles Lakers'''
|'''53'''
|'''29'''
|
|-
|'''Portland Trail Blazers'''
|'''49'''
|'''33'''
|'''4'''
|-
|'''Golden State Warriors'''
|'''46'''
|'''36'''
|'''7'''
|-
|Seattle SuperSonics
|40
|42
|13
|-
|Phoenix Suns
|34
|48
|19
|}

== Postseason Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Seven)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Seven)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Seven)
!Champions
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Philadelphia 76ers'''
|'''4'''
| rowspan="3" |'''Philadelphia 76ers'''
| rowspan="3" |'''4'''
| rowspan="6" |Philadelphia 76ers
| rowspan="6" |2
| rowspan="12" |'''Portland Trail Blazers'''
|-
|'''Boston Celtics'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |Boston Celtics
| rowspan="2" |3
|-
|San Antonio Spurs
|0
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Houston Rockets'''
|'''4'''
| rowspan="3" |Houston Rockets
| rowspan="3" |2
|-
|'''Washington Bullets'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |Washington Bullets
| rowspan="2" |2
|-
|Cleveland Cavaliers
|1
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Los Angeles Lakers'''
|'''4'''
| rowspan="3" |Los Angeles Lakers
| rowspan="3" |0
| rowspan="6" |'''Portland Trail Blazers'''
| rowspan="6" |'''4'''
|-
|'''Golden State Warriors'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |Golden State Warriors
| rowspan="2" |3
|-
|Detroit Pistons
|1
|-
| colspan="3" |Denver Nuggets
|2
| rowspan="3" |'''Portland Trail Blazers'''
| rowspan="3" |'''4'''
|-
|'''Portland Trail Blazers'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Portland Trail Blazers'''
| rowspan="2" |'''4'''
|-
|Chicago Bulls
|1
|}

== Special Event Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Event
!Away
!Score
!Home
|-
|NBA All-Star Game
|Eastern Conference
|124-125
|'''Western Conference'''
|}

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!Regular
!Postseason
!Total
|-
|Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area
|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Division
|Fulton County, Georgia
|Atlanta
|Omni Coliseum
|Atlanta Hawks
|41
|
|41
|-
|Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area
|Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Boston, MA Metropolitan Division
|Suffolk County, Massachusetts
|Boston
|Boston Garden
|Boston Celtics
|35
|Four
|39
|-
|Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Erie County, New York
|Buffalo, New York
|Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
|Buffalo Braves
|41
|
|41
|-
|Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area
|Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division
|Cook County, Illinois
|Chicago
|Chicago Stadium
|Chicago Bulls
|41
|One
|42
|-
|Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Summit County, Ohio
|Unincorporated
|Richfield Coliseum
|Cleveland Cavaliers
|41
|One
|42
|-
|Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Denver County, Colorado
|Denver
|McNichols Sports Arena
|Denver Nuggets
|41
|Three
|44
|-
|Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area
|Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Division
|Wayne County, Michigan
|Detroit
|Cobo Arena at Cobo Center
|Detroit Pistons
|41
|One
|42
|-
|Houston-Pasadena, TX Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Harris County, Texas
|Houston
|The Summit
|Houston Rockets
|41
|Six
|47
|-
|Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Marion County, Indiana
|Indianapolis
|Market Square Arena
|Indiana Pacers
|41
|
|41
|-
|Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Jackson County, Missouri
|Kansas City, Missouri
|Hy-Vee Arena
|Kansas City Kings
|35
|
|35
|-
|Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area
|Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division
|Los Angeles County, California
|Inglewood, California
|Kia Forum
|Los Angeles Lakers
|41
|Six
|47
|-
| rowspan="2" |Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
| rowspan="2" |Milwaukee
| rowspan="2" |UWM Panther Arena
|Milwaukee Bucks
|41
|
|41
|-
|NBA All-Star Game
|
|
|One
|-
|New Haven-Hartford-Waterbury, CT Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut
|Hartford, Connecticut
|PeoplesBank Arena
|Boston Celtics
|Six
|
|Six
|-
|New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Orleans Parish, Louisiana
|New Orleans
|Caesars Superdome
|New Orleans Jazz
|41
|
|41
|-
| rowspan="2" |New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division
|Nassau County, New York
|Uniondale, New York
|Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|New York Nets
|41
|
|41
|-
|New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division
|New York County, New York
|Manhattan, New York
|Madison Square Garden
|New York Knickerbockers
|41
|
|41
|-
|Omaha-Fremont, NE-IA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Omaha, NE-IA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Douglas County, Nebraska
|Omaha, Nebraska
|Omaha Civic Auditorium
|Kansas City Kings
|Six
|
|Six
|-
|Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
|Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
|Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
|Philadelphia
|The Spectrum
|Philadelphia 76ers
|41
|10
|51
|-
|Phoenix-Mesa, AZ Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Maricopa County, Arizona
|Phoenix
|Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Phoenix Suns
|41
|
|41
|-
|Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Multnomah County, Oregon
|Portland, Oregon
|Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Portland Trail Blazers
|41
|10
|51
|-
|San Antonio-New Braunfels-Kerrville, TX Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Bexar County, Texas
|San Antonio
|HemisFair Arena
|San Antonio Spurs
|41
|One
|42
|-
|San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area
|San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA Metropolitan Division
|Alameda County, California
|Oakland, California
|Oakland Arena
|Golden State Warriors
|41
|Five
|46
|-
|Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area
|Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA Metropolitan Division
|King County, Washington
|Seattle
|Climate Pledge Arena
|Seattle SuperSonics
|41
|
|41
|-
|Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
|Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division
|Prince George's County, Maryland
|Lake Arbor, Maryland
|Capital Centre
|Washington Bullets
|41
|Five
|46
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''902'''
|'''53'''
|'''956'''
|}
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