1975–76 Golden State Warriors season

The 1975–76 Golden State Warriors season was the 31st season of NBA basketball in Oakland, California Coming off their NBA Championship, the Warriors finished with a then-franchise-best 59–23 record.[1] The Warriors would however lose in the Western Conference finals to the upstart Phoenix Suns, four games to three. The Warriors’ franchise-best regular-season record would be surpassed when the team won the 2014–15 championship, but in between the Warriors would play thirty-eight seasons without even reaching the conference finals, the fourth-longest such drought in NBA history.

1975–76 Golden State Warriors season
Division champions
Head coachAl Attles
General managerDick Vertlieb
Owner(s)Franklin Mieuli
ArenaOakland Coliseum Arena
Results
Record59–23 (.720)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Pacific)
Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishConference finals
(lost to Suns 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKTVU
RadioKNBR

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1974 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
114Joe BryantF United StatesLa Salle
220Gus WilliamsG United StatesUSC
340Otis JohnsonF United StatesStetson
351Robert HawkinsG United StatesIllinois State
469Billy TaylorF United StatesLa Salle
587Larry Pounds United StatesWashington
6105Tony Styles United StatesSan Francisco
7123Stan BoyerF United StatesWyoming
8141Mike Rozenski United StatesSt. Mary's (CA)
9157Scott Trobbe United StatesStanford
10171Maurice Harper United StatesSt. Mary's (CA)

Roster
1975–76 Golden State Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SF 24 Barry, Rick (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1944-03-28 Miami (FL)
PF 42 Davis, Dwight 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1949-10-28 Houston
PF 40 Dickey, Derrek 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1951-03-20 Cincinnati
PG 15 Dudley, Charles 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1950-03-05 Washington
SG 12 Hawkins, Robert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1954-06-30 Illinois State
PG 10 Johnson, Charles 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1949-03-31 California
C 52 Johnson, George 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1948-12-18 Dillard
SG 23 Mullins, Jeff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1942-03-18 Duke
C 44 Ray, Clifford 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1949-01-21 Oklahoma
SG 20 Smith, Phil 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1952-04-22 San Francisco
SF 41 Wilkes, Jamaal 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1953-05-02 UCLA
PG 1 Williams, Gus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1953-10-10 USC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: October 23, 1975

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Division
y-Golden State Warriors 5923.720–36–523–1817–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics 4339.5241631–1012–2912–14
x-Phoenix Suns 4240.5121727–1415–2615–11
Los Angeles Lakers 4042.4881931–119–3110–16
Portland Trail Blazers 3745.4512225–1512–3011–15
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Golden State Warriors5923.720–
2 x-Seattle SuperSonics4339.52416
3 x-Phoenix Suns4240.51217
4 y-Milwaukee Bucks3844.46321
5 x-Detroit Pistons3646.43923
6 Los Angeles Lakers4042.48819
7 Portland Trail Blazers3745.45122
8 Kansas City Kings3151.37828
9 Chicago Bulls2458.29335

Record vs. opponents
1975–76 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCK LAL MIL NOJ NYK PHI PHO POR SEA WAS
Atlanta —2–32–32–22–51–32–22–52–21–32–22–43–22–30–42–21–31–5
Boston 3–2—4–32–23–24–02–24–12–24–02–24–15–24–34–02–22–23–2
Buffalo 3–23–4—3–13–21–31–33–24–02–23–14–14–33–43–12–22–22–3
Chicago 2–22–21–3—0–43–41–41–31–63–23–42–20–40–42–31–42–30–4
Cleveland 5–22–32–34–0—2–21–32–41–32–24–04–33–23–23–14–03–14–2
Detroit 3–10–43–14–32–2—0–52–25–21–43–41–33–11–31–42–33–22–2
Golden State 2–22–23–14–13–15–0—2–24–15–25–02–24–03–14–24–24–33–1
Houston 5–21–42–33–14–22–22–2—2–21–32–22–43–23–20–43–12–23–4
Kansas City 2–22–20–46–13–12–51–42–2—2–32–51–31–31–33–20–52–31–3
Los Angeles 3–10–42–22–32–24–12–53–13–2—2–33–13–12–22–43–43–31–3
Milwaukee 2–22–21–34–30–44–30–52–25–23–2—2–22–22–23–22–32–32–2
New Orleans 4–21–41–42–23–43–12–24–23–11–32–2—2–31–41–33–11–34–3
New York 2–32–53–44–02–31–30–42–33–11–32–23–2—5–22–23–10–43–2
Philadelphia 3–23–44–34–02–33–11–32–33–12–22–24–12–5—3–14–02–22–3
Phoenix 4–00–41–33–21–34–12–44–02–34–22–33–12–21–3—5–24–30–4
Portland 2–22–22–24–10–43–22–41–35–04–33–21–31–30–42–5—3–32–2
Seattle 3–12–22–23–21–32–33–42–23–23–33–23–14–02–23–43–3—1–3
Washington 5–12–33–24–02–42–21–34–33–13–12–23–42–33–24–02–23–1—

Playoffs

In the playoffs, the Warriors returned to the Western Conference finals by beating the Detroit Pistons in 6 games. In the Western Finals, the Warriors faced the Phoenix Suns. The Warriors had a 2 games to 1 lead. Game 4 went in overtime and the Warriors were unable to grab a 3–1 series lead. The Suns would rally to win the game 133–129. The Warriors would bounce back to take Game 5, but the Suns would win Games 6 & 7 to stun the defending Champions.[1]

1976 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 20 Detroit W 127–103 Phil Smith (26) Clifford Ray (12) Rick Barry (14) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,067		 1–0
2 April 22 Detroit L 111–123 Rick Barry (27) Clifford Ray (12) Rick Barry (8) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,067		 1–1
3 April 24 @ Detroit W 113–96 Phil Smith (34) Jamaal Wilkes (18) Rick Barry (10) Cobo Arena
10,022		 2–1
4 April 26 @ Detroit L 102–106 Phil Smith (31) Clifford Ray (8) Rick Barry (6) Cobo Arena
11,389		 2–2
5 April 28 Detroit W 128–109 Phil Smith (28) Clifford Ray (14) Rick Barry (11) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,067		 3–2
6 April 30 @ Detroit W 118–116 (OT) Phil Smith (37) three players tied (8) Phil Smith (7) Cobo Arena
10,361		 4–2
Conference finals: 3–4 (home: 2–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 2 Phoenix W 128–103 Rick Barry (38) Clifford Ray (11) Gus Williams (6) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
12,475		 1–0
2 May 5 Phoenix L 101–108 Rick Barry (44) George Johnson (11) Rick Barry (4) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,067		 1–1
3 May 7 @ Phoenix W 99–91 Jamaal Wilkes (22) Rick Barry (7) Barry, Smith (6) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
13,306		 2–1
4 May 9 @ Phoenix L 129–133 (2OT) Phil Smith (30) Jamaal Wilkes (14) Phil Smith (8) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
12,884		 2–2
5 May 12 Phoenix W 111–95 Phil Smith (25) Clifford Ray (16) Phil Smith (6) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,067		 3–2
6 May 14 @ Phoenix L 104–105 Rick Barry (30) Clifford Ray (12) Barry, Smith (6) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
13,396		 3–3
7 May 16 Phoenix L 86–94 Rick Barry (20) Wilkes, Ray (13) Phil Smith (6) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,067		 3–4
1976 schedule

Awards and honors

References
  1. Golden State Warriors (1962-present)
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