1975 NBA Finals

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The 1975 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1974-75 NBA season of the National Basketball Association. The Golden State Warriors (48-34) of the Western Conference played against the Washington Bullets (60-22) of the Eastern Conference. The series was played under a best-of-seven format.

The Warriors' home games were played at Cow Palace in San Francisco due to scheduling conflicts at their normal home court of Oakland Arena during the week of May 19-26. In addition, an odd scheduling format had to be used because Golden State could not secure Cow Palace for Memorial Day Weekend (May 24-26). A Sports Illustrated article about the series reported that Washington, which held home court advantage, was given the option of a 1-2-2-1-1 scheduling format due to Golden State's problems or, if they wished, opening on the road and then having Games 2, 3, and 4 at home. Washington opted for the 1-2-2-1-1 format not out of a sense of fairness, but because they wanted to open the series at home.^{[citation needed]}

The series is notable as it was the first championship game or series in any of the four North American major professional sports leagues to feature two African American head coaches or managers, as Al Attles coached the Warriors and KC Jones coached the Bullets.^[1]

The underdog Warriors won four close games in a row to earn a sweep over the Bullets.

[edit] Series Summary

Game	Date	Winner	Score	Site
Game 1	May 18 (Sun.)	Golden State Warriors	101-95	@ Landover, Md.
Game 2	May 20 (Tue.)	Golden State Warriors	92-91	@ San Francisco, Cal.
Game 3	May 22 (Fri.)	Golden State Warriors	109-101	@ San Francisco, Cal.
Game 4	May 25 (Sun.)	Golden State Warriors	96-95	@ Landover, Md.