1975–76 Golden State Warriors season

1975–76 Golden State Warriors season
Division Champions
Head coach	Al Attles
Arena	Oakland Coliseum Arena
Results
Record	59–23 (.720)
Place	Division: 1st (Pacific) Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	West Finals (Eliminated 3-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KTVU
Radio	KNBR

Coming off their NBA Championship, the Warriors finished the 1975–76 season with a then franchise best 59–23 record.^[1] The record would be surpassed when the team won the championship 39 years later.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1974 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	14	Joe Bryant	F	United States	La Salle
2	20	Gus Williams	G	United States	USC
3	40	Otis Johnson	F	United States	Stetson
3	51	Robert Hawkins	G	United States	Illinois State
4	69	Billy Taylor	F	United States	La Salle
5	87	Larry Pounds		United States	Washington
6	105	Tony Styles		United States	San Francisco
7	123	Stan Boyer	F	United States	Wyoming
8	141	Mike Rozenski		United States	St. Mary's (CA)
9	157	Scott Trobbe		United States	Stanford
10	171	Maurice Harper		United States	St. Mary's (CA)

Roster

1975–76 Golden State Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
4.0 !F	24	Barry, Rick	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1944–03–28	Miami (FL)
4.0 !F	42	Davis, Dwight	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1949–10–28	Houston
4.0 !F	40	Dickey, Derrek	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1951–03–20	Cincinnati
1.5 !G	15	Dudley, Charles	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1950–03–05	Washington
1.5 !G	12	Hawkins, Robert	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1954–06–30	Illinois State
1.5 !G	10	Johnson, Charles	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1949–03–31	UC Berkeley
6.0 !C	52	Johnson, George	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1948–12–18	Dillard
1.5 !G	23	Mullins, Jeff	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1942–03–18	Duke
6.0 !C	44	Ray, Clifford	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1949–01–21	Oklahoma
1.5 !G	20	Smith, Phil	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1952–04–22	San Francisco
4.0 !F	41	Wilkes, Jamaal	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1953–05–02	UCLA
1.5 !G	1	Williams, Gus	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1953–10–10	Southern California

Head coach

Al Attles

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2015-05-10

Regular season

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	—	2–3	2–3	2–2	2–5	1–3	2–2	2–5	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–4	3–2	2–3	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–5
Boston	3–2	—	4–3	2–2	3–2	4–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	4–0	2–2	4–1	5–2	4–3	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–2
Buffalo	3–2	3–4	—	3–1	3–2	1–3	1–3	3–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	4–1	4–3	3–4	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–3
Chicago	2–2	2–2	1–3	—	0–4	3–4	1–4	1–3	1–6	3–2	3–4	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–3	1–4	2–3	0–4
Cleveland	5–2	2–3	2–3	4–0	—	2–2	1–3	2–4	1–3	2–2	4–0	4–3	3–2	3–2	3–1	4–0	3–1	4–2
Detroit	3–1	0–4	3–1	4–3	2–2	—	0–5	2–2	5–2	1–4	3–4	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–4	2–3	3–2	2–2
Golden State	2–2	2–2	3–1	4–1	3–1	5–0	—	2–2	4–1	5–2	5–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	4–2	4–2	4–3	3–1
Houston	5–2	1–4	2–3	3–1	4–2	2–2	2–2	—	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–4	3–2	3–2	0–4	3–1	2–2	3–4
Kansas City	2–2	2–2	0–4	6–1	3–1	2–5	1–4	2–2	—	2–3	2–5	1–3	1–3	1–3	3–2	0–5	2–3	1–3
Los Angeles	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–3	2–2	4–1	2–5	3–1	3–2	—	2–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–4	3–4	3–3	1–3
Milwaukee	2–2	2–2	1–3	4–3	0–4	4–3	0–5	2–2	5–2	3–2	—	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	2–3	2–3	2–2
New Orleans	4–2	1–4	1–4	2–2	3–4	3–1	2–2	4–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	—	2–3	1–4	1–3	3–1	1–3	4–3
New York	2–3	2–5	3–4	4–0	2–3	1–3	0–4	2–3	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–2	—	5–2	2–2	3–1	0–4	3–2
Philadelphia	3–2	3–4	4–3	4–0	2–3	3–1	1–3	2–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	4–1	2–5	—	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–3
Phoenix	4–0	0–4	1–3	3–2	1–3	4–1	2–4	4–0	2–3	4–2	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	—	5–2	4–3	0–4
Portland	2–2	2–2	2–2	4–1	0–4	3–2	2–4	1–3	5–0	4–3	3–2	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–5	—	3–3	2–2
Seattle	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–3	3–4	2–2	3–2	3–3	3–2	3–1	4–0	2–2	3–4	3–3	—	1–3
Washington	5–1	2–3	3–2	4–0	2–4	2–2	1–3	4–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–4	2–3	3–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	—

Postseason

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]

West First Round

The Warriors had a first round bye.

Western Conference Semifinals

(1) Golden State Warriors vs. (5) Detroit Pistons: Warriors win series 4-2

Game 1 @ Golden State: Golden State 127, Detroit 103
Game 2 @ Golden State: Detroit 123, Golden State 111
Game 3 @ Detroit: Golden State 113, Detroit 96
Game 4 @ Detroit: Detroit 106, Golden State 102
Game 5 @ Golden State: Golden State 128, Detroit 109
Game 6 @ Detroit: Golden State 118, Detroit 116 (OT)

Western Conference Finals

(1) Golden State Warriors vs. (3) Phoenix Suns: Suns win series 4-3

Game 1 @ Golden State: Golden State 128, Phoenix 103
Game 2 @ Golden State: Phoenix 108, Golden State 101
Game 3 @ Phoenix: Golden State 99, Phoenix 91
Game 4 @ Phoenix: Phoenix 133, Golden State 129 (2OT)
Game 5 @ Golden State: Golden State 111, Phoenix 95
Game 6 @ Phoenix: Phoenix 105, Golden State 104
Game 7 @ Golden State: Phoenix 94, Golden State 86

Awards and honors

Rick Barry, All-NBA First Team
Rick Barry, NBA All-Star Game
Phil Smith, All-NBA Second Team
Phil Smith, NBA All-Defensive Second Team
Gus Williams, NBA All-Rookie Team First Team

References

1 2 Golden State Warriors (1962-Present)

Warriors on Basketball Reference

1975–76 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Buffalo New York Philadelphia

Central	Atlanta Cleveland Houston New Orleans Washington

Western

Midwest	Chicago Detroit Kansas City Milwaukee

Pacific	Golden State Los Angeles Phoenix Portland Seattle

Philadelphia / San Francisco / Golden State Warriors seasons

1940s

1946–47

1950s

1955–56

1960s

1970s

1974–75

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2014–15

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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