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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1978 basketball championship series</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Dick_Motta" title="Dick Motta">Dick Motta</a></td> <td>4</td> </tr><tr class="vcard" style=""> <td class="fn org" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1977–78 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle SuperSonics</a></td> <td class="agent"><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a></td> <td>3</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">May 21 – June 7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a><br />(Washington Bullets)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>SuperSonics:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a> (2010)<br /><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Jack Sikma</a> (2019)<br /><b>Bullets:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Bob Dandridge</a> (2021)<br /><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> (1990)<br /><a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> (1988)<br /><b>Coaches:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a> (1989, player/1998, coach)<br /><b>Officials:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Darell_Garretson" title="Darell Garretson">Darell Garretson</a> (2016)<br /><a href="/wiki/Earl_Strom" title="Earl Strom">Earl Strom</a> (1995)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_conference_finals" title="NBA conference finals">Eastern finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1977–78 Washington Bullets season">Bullets</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1977–78 Philadelphia 76ers season">76ers</a>, 4–2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_conference_finals" title="NBA conference finals">Western finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1977–78 Seattle SuperSonics season">SuperSonics</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1977–78 Denver Nuggets season">Nuggets</a>, 4–2</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">1977</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA finals">NBA finals</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_Finals" title="1979 NBA Finals">1979</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1978 NBA World Championship Series</b> was the championship round of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA)'s <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1977–78</a> season, and the culmination of the <a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 NBA Playoffs">season's playoffs</a>. The series featured the <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1977–78 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle SuperSonics</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1977–78 Washington Bullets season">Washington Bullets</a>. The Bullets defeated the SuperSonics in seven games to win their first NBA championship. Bullets <a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">power forward</a>/<a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">center</a> <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> was named <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a> of the series. Before the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>' Game 7 win at <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2015–16 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016 NBA Finals</a>, this was the last time a road team had won Game 7 in the NBA Finals. The 1978 World Championship Series was the first NBA Finals series since the <a href="/wiki/1958_NBA_Finals" title="1958 NBA Finals">1958 World Championship Series</a> in which both teams had under 50 wins, and is the only NBA Finals to feature two teams with under 50 wins in an 82-game season. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seattle_SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Seattle SuperSonics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1977–78 Seattle SuperSonics season">1977–78 Seattle SuperSonics season</a></div> <p>The Seattle SuperSonics had a disappointing start to the season, going 5–17 to begin with. <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hopkins" title="Bob Hopkins">Bob Hopkins</a>, who replaced former <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> center <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a> as coach, was fired and <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a> returned for a second tour of duty. The Sonics were led by rookie forward <a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Jack Sikma</a>, center Marvin Webster, forwards, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Silas" title="Paul Silas">Paul Silas</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1947)" title="John Johnson (basketball, born 1947)">John Johnson</a>, and guards <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gus_Williams_(basketball)" title="Gus Williams (basketball)">Gus Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Brown_(basketball)" title="Fred Brown (basketball)">Fred Brown</a>. With Wilkens' experience being a key factor, the Sonics turned their season around, finishing with 47 wins and the fourth seed in the West. In the playoffs, they defeated the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> in a three-game miniseries, then upset the top-seeded and <a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">defending champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> (who lost center <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a> in the second game of the series) in six games, before a six-game win over the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> in the Conference Finals sent them to their first of back-to-back NBA Finals appearances. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Washington_Bullets">Washington Bullets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Washington Bullets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1977–78 Washington Bullets season">1977–78 Washington Bullets season</a></div> <p>The Washington Bullets franchise made the Finals twice before in the 1970s, but were swept on both occasions, first by the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> in <a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_Finals" title="1971 NBA Finals">1971</a> when they were still in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, and then by the <a href="/wiki/Cinderella_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinderella (sports)">Cinderella</a> <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> in <a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_Finals" title="1975 NBA Finals">1975</a>. The Bullets kept some of the personnel from that 1975 team, including All-Stars <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a>, but <a href="/wiki/Dick_Motta" title="Dick Motta">Dick Motta</a> was now in his second year of coaching duty. The Bullets struggled with injuries during the season, but managed to finish with 44 wins, good for the third seed in the East. In the playoffs, the Bullets disposed the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> in a two-game first round series, then ousted the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> in six games, before making the finals again with a six-game win over the defending Eastern Conference champion <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>. </p><p>From a <a href="/wiki/KENS-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="KENS-TV">KENS-TV</a> Spurs broadcast in the San Antonio series after Washington took a 3–1 lead, Motta adopted the expression "The '<a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">opera</a>' isn't over 'til the fat lady sings" to warn Bullets fans against <a href="/wiki/Confidence" title="Confidence">braggadocio</a>. Motta also used an upbeat <a href="/wiki/Ostinato" title="Ostinato">ostinato</a>, "Wait for the fat lady!", to encourage the fans. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road_to_the_Finals">Road to the Finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Road to the Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 NBA Playoffs">1978 NBA Playoffs</a></div> <table style="width:100%; font-size:90%" class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <th colspan="2" style="width:45%;"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> (<a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" 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colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1977–78 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>43</td> <td>39</td> <td>.524</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1977–78 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a></td> <td>40</td> <td>42</td> <td>.488</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1977–78 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>38</td> <td>44</td> <td>.463</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1977–78 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a></td> <td>31</td> <td>51</td> <td>.378</td> <td>27 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a 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season">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td> <td>55</td> <td>27</td> <td>.671</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>y</b>-<a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1977–78 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a></td> <td>52</td> <td>30</td> <td>.634</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"> <th>3 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1977–78 Washington Bullets season">Washington Bullets</a></td> <td>44</td> <td>38</td> <td>.537</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1977–78 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></td> <td>43</td> <td>39</td> <td>.524</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1977–78 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a></td> <td>43</td> <td>39</td> <td>.524</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1977–78 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a></td> <td>41</td> <td>41</td> <td>.500</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc"> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_New_Orleans_Jazz_season" title="1977–78 New Orleans Jazz season">New Orleans Jazz</a></td> <td>39</td> <td>43</td> <td>.476</td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1977–78 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a></td> <td>32</td> <td>50</td> <td>.390</td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1977–78 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>54</td> <td>.341</td> <td>27 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Buffalo_Braves_season" title="1977–78 Buffalo Braves season">Buffalo Braves</a></td> <td>27</td> <td>55</td> <td>.329</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1977–78 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey Nets</a></td> <td>24</td> <td>58</td> <td>.293</td> <td>31 </td></tr></tbody></table>3rd seed in the East, 9th best league record </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the (5) <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>, 2–1 </td> <th colspan="2">First Round </th> <td>Defeated the (6) <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a>, 2–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the (1) <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>, 4–2 </td> <th colspan="2">Conference Semifinals </th> <td>Defeated the (2) <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>, 4–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the (2) <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>, 4–2 </td> <th colspan="2">Conference Finals </th> <td>Defeated the (1) <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>, 4–2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season_series">Regular season series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Regular season series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Washington won the regular season series 3–1. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">November 15, 1977</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> 109, <b><a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a></b> 111 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_Centre_(Landover,_Maryland)" title="Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)">Capital Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover, Maryland</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">December 18, 1977</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a> 109, <b><a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a></b> 111 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Center_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Center Coliseum">Seattle Center Coliseum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">February 8, 1978</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a></b> 106, <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> 100 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Center_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Center Coliseum">Seattle Center Coliseum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 14, 1978</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> 115, <b><a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a></b> 120 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_Centre_(Landover,_Maryland)" title="Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)">Capital Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover, Maryland</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series_summary">Series summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Series summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Home team</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Road team </th></tr> <tr> <td>Game 1</td> <td>May 21</td> <td><b>Seattle SuperSonics</b></td> <td>106–102 (1–0)</td> <td>Washington Bullets </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 2</td> <td>May 25</td> <td><b>Washington Bullets</b></td> <td>106–98 (1–1)</td> <td>Seattle SuperSonics </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 3</td> <td>May 28</td> <td>Washington Bullets</td> <td>92–93 (1–2)</td> <td><b>Seattle SuperSonics</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 4</td> <td>May 30</td> <td>Seattle SuperSonics</td> <td>116–120 (OT) (2–2)</td> <td><b>Washington Bullets</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 5</td> <td>June 2</td> <td><b>Seattle SuperSonics</b></td> <td>98–94 (3–2)</td> <td>Washington Bullets </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 6</td> <td>June 4</td> <td><b>Washington Bullets</b></td> <td>117–82 (3–3)</td> <td>Seattle SuperSonics </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 7</td> <td>June 7</td> <td>Seattle SuperSonics</td> <td>99–105 (3–4)</td> <td><b>Washington Bullets</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Bullets win series 4–3</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_summaries">Game summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Game summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_1">Game 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Game 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 21<br /><small> 12:00 p.m. PDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a> 102, <b><a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a></b> 106 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>31</b>–25, <b>27</b>–24, <b>26</b>–24, 18–<b>33</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Grevey" title="Kevin Grevey">Kevin Grevey</a> 27<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> 9<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Henderson_(basketball)" title="Tom Henderson (basketball)">Tom Henderson</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fred_Brown_(basketball)" title="Fred Brown (basketball)">Fred Brown</a> 30<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Webster" title="Marvin Webster">Marvin Webster</a> 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a> 5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Seattle leads the series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Center_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Center Coliseum">Seattle Center Coliseum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle, Washington</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 14,098<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 10 Darell Garretson</li> <li>No. 17 Ed Rush</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The Bullets, behind <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Grevey" title="Kevin Grevey">Kevin Grevey</a>'s 27 and <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a>'s 21 points, held a 19-point lead in the fourth quarter at the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Center_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Center Coliseum">Seattle Center Coliseum</a>. But, the Sonics staged a comeback in front of the home crowd, led by "instant offense" guard <a href="/wiki/Fred_Brown_(basketball)" title="Fred Brown (basketball)">Fred Brown</a>. Brown scored 16 points in the last nine minutes to finish with 30 and give the SuperSonics the win.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_2">Game 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Game 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 25<br /><small> 9:00 p.m. EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> 98, <b><a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a></b> 106 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 16–<b>29</b>, <b>36</b>–27, 19–<b>24</b>, <b>27</b>–26</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gus_Williams_(basketball)" title="Gus Williams (basketball)">Gus Williams</a> 24<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Webster" title="Marvin Webster">Marvin Webster</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Silas" title="Paul Silas">Silas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gus_Williams_(basketball)" title="Gus Williams (basketball)">Williams</a> 4 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Bob Dandridge</a> 34<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Henderson_(basketball)" title="Tom Henderson (basketball)">Henderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld</a> 5 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_Centre_(Landover,_Maryland)" title="Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)">Capital Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover, Maryland</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,035<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 7 Joe Gushue</li> <li>No. 11 Jake O'Donnell</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>In an unusual 1–2–2–1–1 scheduling format, the next two games were played at the <a href="/wiki/Capital_Centre_(Landover,_Maryland)" title="Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)">Capital Centre</a>, the Bullets' home floor. <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> defended inside on <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Webster" title="Marvin Webster">Marvin Webster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Jack Sikma</a>, pulled down 15 rebounds, and handed out five assists. This work enabled <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Bob Dandridge</a> to score 34 points and <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> 25 as the Bullets evened the series, winning their first NBA Finals game following nine consecutive losses.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_3">Game 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Game 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 28<br /><small> 1:30 p.m. EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a></b> 93, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a> 92 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 24–24, <b>25</b>–23, 20–20, 24–<b>25</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Webster" title="Marvin Webster">Webster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gus_Williams_(basketball)" title="Gus Williams (basketball)">Williams</a> 20 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Silas" title="Paul Silas">Paul Silas</a> 14<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fred_Brown_(basketball)" title="Fred Brown (basketball)">Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Sikma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Webster" title="Marvin Webster">Webster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gus_Williams_(basketball)" title="Gus Williams (basketball)">Williams</a> 2 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> 29<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> 20<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Bob Dandridge</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Seattle leads the series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_Centre_(Landover,_Maryland)" title="Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)">Capital Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover, Maryland</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,035<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 12 Earl Strom</li> <li>No. 9 John Vanak</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a> was superb on defense, blocking seven shots and holding <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Grevey" title="Kevin Grevey">Kevin Grevey</a> to 1-for-14 shooting. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Silas" title="Paul Silas">Paul Silas</a>, the SuperSonics' veteran leader off the bench, helped shut down the Bullets' big men. </p><p>With 10 seconds remaining and the SuperSonics leading 93–90, Johnson's inbounds pass was stolen by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Henderson_(basketball)" title="Tom Henderson (basketball)">Tom Henderson</a>, who scored to make it 93–92 with five seconds left. Silas then stepped on the baseline trying to make the subsequent inbounds pass, turning the ball over to the Bullets. <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Bob Dandridge</a> missed at the buzzer, however, and the SuperSonics picked up a victory on the road.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_4">Game 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Game 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 30<br /><small> 6:00 p.m. PDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a></b> 120, <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> 116 (OT) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 23–<b>25</b>, 25–<b>31</b>, 30–<b>31</b>, <b>28</b>–19, <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> <b>14</b>–10</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Bob Dandridge</a> 23<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> 13<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Henderson_(basketball)" title="Tom Henderson (basketball)">Tom Henderson</a> 11</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a> 33<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Webster" title="Marvin Webster">Marvin Webster</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Silas" title="Paul Silas">Paul Silas</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 2–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Kingdome" title="Kingdome">Kingdome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle, Washington</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 39,457<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 14 Jack Madden</li> <li>No. 6 Don Murphy</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>Game 4 was held in the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Kingdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Kingdome">Seattle Kingdome</a> because the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Center_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Center Coliseum">Seattle Center Coliseum</a> was tied up with a mobile-home show. As a result, the Bullets had to contend with a then-record playoff crowd of over 39,000 fans. </p><p>The SuperSonics led by 15 with two minutes left in the third quarter. At this point, the Bullet guards, who had been victimized all series by <a href="/wiki/Gus_Williams_(basketball)" title="Gus Williams (basketball)">Gus Williams</a> and emerging star <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a>, started to assert themselves, especially reserves <a href="/wiki/Charles_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1949)" title="Charles Johnson (basketball, born 1949)">Charles Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Wright_(basketball)" title="Larry Wright (basketball)">Larry Wright</a>. </p><p>At the start of the final period, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a> was elbowed hard in the ribs and left the game for a short time. With <a href="/wiki/Charles_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1949)" title="Charles Johnson (basketball, born 1949)">Charles Johnson</a>, Wright, <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Kupchak" title="Mitch Kupchak">Mitch Kupchak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Bob Dandridge</a> in the lineup, the Bullets stormed back and took a 103–101 lead with about 3.5 minutes left in the game. <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a> then returned and went on a barrage, scoring first to tie the game, blocking a Dandridge shot, getting an offensive rebound, and pushing the Sonics to a 104–103 lead with a foul shot. Johnson would finish with 33 points, seven rebounds and three blocks. </p><p>Dandridge answered with a three-point play that returned the lead to Washington, 106–104. Seattle got the ball back and tied it with "instant offense" <a href="/wiki/Fred_Brown_(basketball)" title="Fred Brown (basketball)">Fred Brown</a>'s jumper from "downtown". With two seconds left, Dandridge got a good shot in the lane, only to have Johnson block it, forcing overtime. But then, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1949)" title="Charles Johnson (basketball, born 1949)">Charles Johnson</a> became an instant hero by hitting three quick shots in overtime to give the Bullets a 120–116 win. The Bullets had tied the series at two wins apiece.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_5">Game 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Game 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 2<br /><small> 6:00 p.m. PDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a> 94, <b><a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a></b> 98 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>24</b>–23, 17–<b>29</b>, <b>26</b>–24, <b>27</b>–22</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Grevey" title="Kevin Grevey">Kevin Grevey</a> 22<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> 14<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Henderson_(basketball)" title="Tom Henderson (basketball)">Tom Henderson</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fred_Brown_(basketball)" title="Fred Brown (basketball)">Fred Brown</a> 26<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Webster" title="Marvin Webster">Marvin Webster</a> 13<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1947)" title="John Johnson (basketball, born 1947)">John Johnson</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Seattle leads the series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Center_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Center Coliseum">Seattle Center Coliseum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle, Washington</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 14,098<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 7 Joe Gushue</li> <li>No. 11 Jake O'Donnell</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The SuperSonics returned to the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Center_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Center Coliseum">Seattle Center Coliseum</a> and eked out a close win. "Downtown" <a href="/wiki/Fred_Brown_(basketball)" title="Fred Brown (basketball)">Freddie Brown</a> had 26 points and <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a> 24 to carry Seattle to a 98–94 win and the series lead. The Bullets lost it at the line, making only 9 of 20 free throws in the second half. Even so, they cut Seattle's 11-point lead to two with less than two minutes to go before <a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Jack Sikma</a> hit three free throws down the stretch.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_6">Game 6</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Game 6"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 4<br /><small> 1:30 p.m. EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> 82, <b><a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a></b> 117 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>21</b>–19, 14–<b>28</b>, 26–<b>37</b>, 21–<b>33</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fred_Brown_(basketball)" title="Fred Brown (basketball)">Fred Brown</a> 17<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Webster" title="Marvin Webster">Marvin Webster</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gus_Williams_(basketball)" title="Gus Williams (basketball)">Gus Williams</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> 21<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Ballard_(basketball)" title="Greg Ballard (basketball)">Greg Ballard</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 3–3</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_Centre_(Landover,_Maryland)" title="Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)">Capital Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover, Maryland</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,035<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 10 Darell Garretson</li> <li>No. 6 Don Murphy</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>Game 6, in Washington, was all Bullets, 117–82. With the Washington backcourt continuing to struggle, Bullets coach <a href="/wiki/Dick_Motta" title="Dick Motta">Dick Motta</a> inserted <a href="/wiki/Greg_Ballard_(basketball_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greg Ballard (basketball player)">Greg Ballard</a> at forward and moved <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Bob Dandridge</a> to guard, a risky move considering Dandridge had played very little guard. Ballard and Dandridge produced a run that gave the Bullets a 12-point lead at the half. Washington scored 70 points in the second half, and the SuperSonics weren't up to that pace. <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Kupchak" title="Mitch Kupchak">Mitch Kupchak</a> added 19 points, and Ballard had 12 points and 12 rebounds. The 35-point margin of victory was an NBA Finals record that stood until the <a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_Finals" title="1998 NBA Finals">1998 NBA Finals</a> Game 3 (96–54, 42 points).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_7">Game 7</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Game 7"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 7<br /><small> 6:00 p.m. PDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a></b> 105, <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> 99 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>31</b>–28, <b>22</b>–17, <b>26</b>–21, 26–<b>33</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Dandridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1949)" title="Charles Johnson (basketball, born 1949)">Charles Johnson</a> 19 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> 9<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Webster" title="Marvin Webster">Marvin Webster</a> 27<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Webster" title="Marvin Webster">Marvin Webster</a> 19<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gus_Williams_(basketball)" title="Gus Williams (basketball)">Gus Williams</a> 5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Washington wins the series 4–3</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Center_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Center Coliseum">Seattle Center Coliseum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle, Washington</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 14,098<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 14 Jack Madden</li> <li>No. 12 Earl Strom</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a>, who before the 1977–78 playoffs was a relatively unknown guard from <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University" title="Pepperdine University">Pepperdine University</a>, had grown into a star in this series in front of a national TV audience. However, DJ would miss every one of his 14 shots in this game. Fellow guard <a href="/wiki/Gus_Williams_(basketball)" title="Gus Williams (basketball)">Gus Williams</a> was a bit more accurate, shooting 4-for-12. SuperSonics big men <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Webster" title="Marvin Webster">Marvin Webster</a> scored 27 points and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Jack Sikma</a> 21 to take up the slack, and that kept it close. </p><p>With 90 seconds left, Seattle whittled the lead from 11 points down to four, but <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Kupchak" title="Mitch Kupchak">Mitch Kupchak</a> came up with a three-point play. <a href="/wiki/Fred_Brown_(basketball)" title="Fred Brown (basketball)">Fred Brown</a>, who finished with 21 points off the bench, hit a short jumper, then <a href="/wiki/Paul_Silas" title="Paul Silas">Paul Silas</a> got a tip-in to cut it to 101–99. Silas then fouled <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a>, a 55-percent shooter from the line during the playoffs. He hit two free throws, and moments later Washington sealed it with a <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Bob Dandridge</a> dunk, 105–99. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Charles_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1949)" title="Charles Johnson (basketball, born 1949)">Charles Johnson</a> and Dandridge each scored 19 points for the Bullets, while <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> fouled out with 12 points, a development that brought a couple of needling questions from the writers about his past failures in the playoffs and Hayes' cheerful comeback "Whatever else they can say about me, they also got to say E's a world champion. E wears the ring." Unseld would be named Finals MVP.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the climactic Game 7 victory, Motta celebrated with his team wearing a beer-soaked <i>The Opera Isn't Over 'Til The Fat Lady Sings</i> T-shirt. He said, "What made the championship so great was that we weren't supposed to win it. We came a long way. Most people didn't give us a chance, but I felt all along we could. I really did."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This was the last time the road team won Game 7 of the NBA Finals until the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> did so in <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_statistics">Player statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Player statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="min-width:40em; white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minute_(basketball)" title="Minute (basketball)">Minutes</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free-throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a> per game </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Washington Bullets</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Washington Wizards statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GS </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">MPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FG% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">3P% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FT% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">RPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">APG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">SPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">BPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">PPG </th></tr> </tbody></table> <dl><dt>Seattle SuperSonics</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Seattle SuperSonics statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #006633 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #006633 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #006633 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GS </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #006633 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">MPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #006633 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FG% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #006633 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">3P% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #006633 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FT% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #006633 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">RPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #006633 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">APG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #006633 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">SPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #006633 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">BPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #006633 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">PPG </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting">Broadcasting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_coverage">Television coverage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Television coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nationwide TV coverage of the 1978 NBA finals was broadcast by <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS Sports</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a> (All Games) on play-by-play and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a> (All Games), <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jones_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Jones (basketball)">Steve Jones</a> (Game 1), recently retired <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> (Games 2, 4 and 7), <a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">Gus Johnson</a> (Game 3) and <a href="/wiki/Keith_Erickson" title="Keith Erickson">Keith Erickson</a> (Games 4 and 5) on color commentary. Locally, the 1978 NBA Finals was broadcast by <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Broadcasting_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbia Broadcasting System">CBS</a> affiliates: <a href="/wiki/WUSA_(TV)" title="WUSA (TV)">WTOP-TV</a> in Washington, D.C., and <a href="/wiki/KIRO-TV" title="KIRO-TV">KIRO-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle, Washington</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_coverage">National coverage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: National coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nationwide radio coverage of the 1978 NBA Finals was broadcast by <a href="/wiki/Mutual_Broadcasting_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Mutual Broadcasting Network">Mutual</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Tony_Roberts_(sportscaster)" title="Tony Roberts (sportscaster)">Tony Roberts</a> on play-by-play and <a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a> on color commentary. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_market_coverage">Local market coverage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Local market coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Flagship_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Flagship station">flagship stations</a> of each station of each team carried their local play-by-play calls. In Washington, D.C., <a href="/wiki/WFED" title="WFED">WTOP-AM</a> carried the series, with <a href="/wiki/Frank_Herzog" title="Frank Herzog">Frank Herzog</a> on play-by-play. In Seattle, <a href="/wiki/KNWN_(AM)" title="KNWN (AM)">KOMO</a>, carried the series with <a href="/wiki/Bob_Blackburn_(announcer)" title="Bob Blackburn (announcer)">Bob Blackburn</a> on play-by-play. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The NBA received much criticism over the fact that the seven-game series was stretched out over 18 days, presumably for television; it remains the longest playoff series (in total number of days) ever played in any sport. (Even the <a href="/wiki/1989_World_Series" title="1989 World Series">1989 World Series</a>, interrupted for ten days by an <a href="/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake" title="1989 Loma Prieta earthquake">earthquake</a>, lasted only 15 days. However, that series ended in a sweep and, had it gone the full seven games, would have lasted 19 days). </p><p>Both teams met again in the <a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_Finals" title="1979 NBA Finals">1979 finals</a>, which Seattle won four games to one. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_rosters">Team rosters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Team rosters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Washington_Bullets_2">Washington Bullets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Washington Bullets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color: #213582 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #F02B34, inset -2px -2px 0 #F02B34; !important;; text-align: center;"><b>1977–78 Washington Bullets roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #F02B34 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #213582, inset -2px -2px 0 #213582; !important;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #F02B34 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #213582, inset -2px -2px 0 #213582; !important;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001420000000000000♠">42</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Ballard_(basketball)" title="Greg Ballard (basketball)">Ballard, Greg</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Oregon" title="University of Oregon">Oregon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001450000000000000♠">45</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Chenier" title="Phil Chenier">Chenier, Phil</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">180 lb (82 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">California</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">SF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001100000000000000♠">10</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Dandridge, Bob</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">195 lb (88 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_State_University" title="Norfolk State University">Norfolk State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001350000000000000♠">35</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Grevey" title="Kevin Grevey">Grevey, Kevin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000195580000000000♠"></span>6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">Kentucky</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001140000000000000♠">14</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Henderson_(basketball)" title="Tom Henderson (basketball)">Henderson, Tom</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">190 lb (86 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Hawai%CA%BBi_at_M%C4%81noa" title="University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa">Hawaiʻi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠">11</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes, Elvin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">235 lb (107 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">Houston</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">PF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001250000000000000♠">25</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Kupchak" title="Mitch Kupchak">Kupchak, Mitch</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">North Carolina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001150000000000000♠">15</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1949)" title="Charles Johnson (basketball, born 1949)">Johnson, Charles</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000182880000000000♠"></span>6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">170 lb (77 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">California</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001440000000000000♠">44</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Pace" title="Joe Pace">Pace, Joe</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000208279999999999♠"></span>6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">220 lb (100 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Coppin_State_University" title="Coppin State University">Coppin State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001410000000000000♠">41</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld, Wes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">245 lb (111 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisville" title="University of Louisville">Louisville</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001320000000000000♠">32</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Wright_(basketball)" title="Larry Wright (basketball)">Wright, Larry</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000185420000000000♠"></span>6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">160 lb (73 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Grambling_State_University" title="Grambling State University">Grambling State</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Motta" title="Dick Motta">Dick Motta</a></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li><b>(DP)</b> Unsigned draft pick</li><li><b>(FA)</b> Free agent</li><li><b>(S)</b> Suspended</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span> Injured</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seattle_SuperSonics_2">Seattle SuperSonics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Seattle SuperSonics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color: #006633 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFBE00, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFBE00; !important;; text-align: center;"><b>1977–78 Seattle SuperSonics roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #FFBE00 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006633, inset -2px -2px 0 #006633; !important;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #FFBE00 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #006633, inset -2px -2px 0 #006633; !important;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001320000000000000♠">32</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Brown_(basketball)" title="Fred Brown (basketball)">Brown, Fred</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">182 lb (83 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1948–08–07 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Iowa" title="University of Iowa">Iowa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001300000000000000♠">30</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Al_Fleming_(basketball)" title="Al Fleming (basketball)">Fleming, Al</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1954–04–05 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Arizona" title="University of Arizona">Arizona</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001100000000000000♠">10</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hassett" title="Joe Hassett">Hassett, Joe</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000195580000000000♠"></span>6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">180 lb (82 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1955–09–11 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Providence_College" title="Providence College">Providence</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001240000000000000♠">24</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Johnson, Dennis</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000193040000000000♠"></span>6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">185 lb (84 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1954–09–18 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University" title="Pepperdine University">Pepperdine</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001270000000000000♠">27</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/John_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1947)" title="John Johnson (basketball, born 1947)">Johnson, John</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">200 lb (91 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1947–10–18 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Iowa" title="University of Iowa">Iowa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001450000000000000♠">45</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Seals" title="Bruce Seals">Seals, Bruce</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1953–06–18 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Xavier_University_of_Louisiana" title="Xavier University of Louisiana">Xavier (LA)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward-center" title="Forward-center">F/C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001430000000000000♠">43</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Sikma, Jack</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000210820000000000♠"></span>6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1955–11–14 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Wesleyan_University" title="Illinois Wesleyan University">Illinois Wesleyan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward-center" title="Forward-center">F/C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001350000000000000♠">35</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Silas" title="Paul Silas">Silas, Paul</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">220 lb (100 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1943–07–12 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Creighton_University" title="Creighton University">Creighton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001420000000000000♠">42</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Wally_Walker" title="Wally Walker">Walker, Wally</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">190 lb (86 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1954–07–18 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">Virginia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001400000000000000♠">40</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Webster" title="Marvin Webster">Webster, Marvin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000215899999999999♠"></span>7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">225 lb (102 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1952–04–13 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_State_University" title="Morgan State University">Morgan State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠">1</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gus_Williams_(basketball)" title="Gus Williams (basketball)">Williams, Gus</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000187960000000000♠"></span>6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">175 lb (79 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1953–10–10 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">USC</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a></span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Providence_College" title="Providence College">Providence</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li><b>(DP)</b> Unsigned draft pick</li><li><b>(FA)</b> Free agent</li><li><b>(S)</b> Suspended</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span> Injured</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 NBA Playoffs">1978 NBA 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style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_Finals" title="1973 NBA Finals">1973</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_Finals" title="1974 NBA Finals">1974</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_Finals" title="1975 NBA Finals">1975</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals" title="1976 NBA Finals">1976</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">1977</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1978</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_Finals" title="1979 NBA Finals">1979</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">1984</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Finals" title="1986 NBA Finals">1986</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_Finals" title="1991 NBA Finals">1991</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_Finals" title="1992 NBA Finals">1992</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_Finals" title="1993 NBA Finals">1993</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Finals" title="1994 NBA Finals">1994</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_Finals" title="1995 NBA Finals">1995</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_Finals" title="1996 NBA Finals">1996</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_Finals" title="1997 NBA Finals">1997</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_Finals" title="1998 NBA Finals">1998</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_Finals" title="1999 NBA Finals">1999</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_Finals" title="2000 NBA Finals">2000</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Finals" title="2001 NBA Finals">2001</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_Finals" title="2002 NBA Finals">2002</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Finals" title="2003 NBA Finals">2003</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_Finals" title="2004 NBA Finals">2004</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_Finals" title="2005 NBA Finals">2005</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_Finals" title="2006 NBA Finals">2006</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_Finals" title="2007 NBA Finals">2007</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">2008</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_Finals" title="2012 NBA Finals">2012</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_Finals" title="2013 NBA Finals">2013</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_Finals" title="2014 NBA Finals">2014</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">2015</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Finals" title="2017 NBA Finals">2017</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_Finals" title="2019 NBA Finals">2019</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Finals" title="2020 NBA Finals">2020</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_Finals" title="2021 NBA Finals">2021</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_Finals" title="2022 NBA Finals">2022</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_Finals" 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Wizards</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color: #E31837 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002B5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #002B5C; !important;;"><div> <ul><li>Founded in <b><a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_NBA_season" title="1961–62 NBA season"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFFFFF">1961</span></a></b></li> <li>Formerly the <b>Chicago Packers</b> (1961–1962), <b>Chicago Zephyrs</b> (1962–1963), <b>Baltimore Bullets</b> (1963–1973), <b>Capital Bullets</b> (1973–1974), and <b>Washington Bullets</b> (1974–1997)</li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C."><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFFFFF">Washington, D.C.</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E31837 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002B5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #002B5C; 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title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics_relocation_to_Oklahoma_City" title="Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma City">relocation to Oklahoma City</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Schultz" title="Howard Schultz">Howard Schultz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheedle" title="Wheedle">Wheedle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squatch" title="Squatch">Squatch</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rumble_the_Bison" title="Rumble the Bison">Rumble the Bison</a></b></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It_Was_a_Good_Day" title="It Was a Good Day">It Was a Good Day</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sonicsgate" title="Sonicsgate">Sonicsgate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thunderstruck_(2012_film)" title="Thunderstruck (2012 film)">Thunderstruck</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Race_for_the_Prize" title="Race for the Prize">Thunder Up</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thunder_Radio_Network" title="Thunder Radio Network">Radio network</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%">Related programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Basketball_Association_broadcasters" title="List of American Basketball Association broadcasters">ABA on CBS</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_CBS_Late_Movie" title="The CBS Late Movie">The CBS Late Movie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_CBS_Sports" title="College Basketball on CBS Sports">College Basketball on CBS</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_on_television" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association on television">NBA on TV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings" 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bender" title="Gary Bender">Gary Bender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Brant" title="Tim Brant">Tim Brant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Costas" title="Bob Costas">Bob Costas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Criqui" title="Don Criqui">Don Criqui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Doucette" title="Eddie Doucette">Eddie Doucette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Glieber" title="Frank Glieber">Frank Glieber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Gumbel" title="Greg Gumbel">Greg Gumbel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Kelly (sportscaster)">Jim Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Lundquist" title="Verne Lundquist">Verne Lundquist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Musser" title="Andy Musser">Andy Musser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nantz" title="Jim Nantz">Jim Nantz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Patrick" title="Mike Patrick">Mike Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Robertson_(television_announcer)" title="Don Robertson (television announcer)">Don Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Summerall" title="Pat Summerall">Pat Summerall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Andariese" title="John Andariese">John Andariese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Elgin Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(sportscaster)" title="James Brown (sportscaster)">James Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Buckner" title="Quinn Buckner">Quinn Buckner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Dischinger" title="Terry Dischinger">Terry Dischinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Elmore" title="Len Elmore">Len Elmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Erickson" title="Keith Erickson">Keith Erickson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Tom Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">Gus Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Sonny Jurgensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stu_Lantz" title="Stu Lantz">Stu Lantz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Loughery" title="Kevin Loughery">Kevin Loughery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_McGlocklin" title="Jon McGlocklin">Jon McGlocklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Motta" title="Dick Motta">Dick Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Mullins_(basketball)" title="Jeff Mullins (basketball)">Jeff Mullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Packer" title="Billy Packer">Billy Packer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Raftery" title="Bill Raftery">Bill Raftery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Ramsey" title="Cal Ramsey">Cal Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendy_Rudolph" title="Mendy Rudolph">Mendy Rudolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cazzie_Russell" title="Cazzie Russell">Cazzie Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Shackelford" title="Lynn Shackelford">Lynn Shackelford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Steele" title="Larry Steele">Larry Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlsie_Cantey" title="Charlsie Cantey">Charlsie Cantey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Chastain" title="Jane Chastain">Jane Chastain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irv_Cross" title="Irv Cross">Irv Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gray (sportscaster)">Jim Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Hill" title="Sonny Hill">Sonny Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Jiggetts" title="Dan Jiggetts">Dan Jiggetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Joyce" title="Andrea Joyce">Andrea Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_O%27Brien_(radio_and_television_personality)" title="Pat O'Brien (radio and television personality)">Pat O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesley_Visser" title="Lesley Visser">Lesley Visser</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NBA Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_Finals" title="1974 NBA Finals">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_Finals" title="1975 NBA Finals">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals" title="1976 NBA Finals">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">1977</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_Finals" title="1979 NBA Finals">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Finals" title="1986 NBA Finals">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">All-Star Game</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1974 NBA All-Star Game">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1975 NBA All-Star Game">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1976 NBA All-Star Game">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1977 NBA All-Star Game">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1978 NBA All-Star Game">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1979 NBA All-Star Game">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1980 NBA All-Star Game">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1981 NBA All-Star Game">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1982 NBA All-Star Game">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1983 NBA All-Star Game">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1984 NBA All-Star Game">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1985 NBA All-Star Game">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1986 NBA All-Star Game">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1987 NBA All-Star Game">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1988 NBA All-Star Game">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1989 NBA All-Star Game">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1990 NBA All-Star Game">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Campbell_(sportscaster)" title="Bill Campbell (sportscaster)">Bill Cambell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skip_Caray" title="Skip Caray">Skip Caray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Doucette" title="Eddie Doucette">Eddie Doucette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Fleming" title="Jack Fleming">Jack Fleming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Chick Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Roberts_(sportscaster)" title="Tony Roberts (sportscaster)">Tony Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Tait" title="Joe Tait">Joe Tait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Wismer" title="Harry Wismer">Harry Wismer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Blackburn_(announcer)" 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