1975 NBA Finals: Golden State vs Washington

[excelsior544]

Dr. J. was marvelous, but I'll take Portland's greyhound guards, Walton and Mo Lucas over the rest of the 76er's. Plus, they had a much better coach.

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[mansterbmr]

Al Attles was biting off more than he could chew. Mike Riordan was the Ron Artest of his day, on and off the court. Two of Queens finest. Also, Rick Barry molests collies

[Killoea]

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[wowmage6]

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[RUfaggle]

Possibly it was the first time that there were two black coaches playing in a final.

There were four professional teams in Oakland:The Seals(hockey), Raiders, Warriors and the A's

[Whatsfudenna]

warriors finals championship!!!!

[sportshistorybuff]

Warriors seemed to be a team of destiny like the 1968 Jets or 1969 Mets, winning a series they had no business winning based on talent. They seem similar to the 1977 Trail Blazers in that they epitomized the team concept, their play on the floor seemingly greater than the sum of their individual parts, beating a team with greater players, as Portland beat the Sixers two years later. Which team do you think played a better series, the 1975 Warriors or the 1977 Blazers?

[tellthetruthg]

Portland because they had Walton, Lucas and Hollins.

The warriors had Barry and Silk and an up and coming Smith. If they had met each other in the playoff's Portland would have won. Portland played better as a team but in 75 the GSW made play after play that seemed like magic. They made the plays at just the right moment to stop a run or turn the tide. Dunks steals or Barry with a steal or pass or 30 footer to take the starch out of the Bullets. if he got fouled it was automatic.

[TheLions4superbowl]

@sportshistorybuff Remember the 2004 Pistons?

[KobraCola]

@sportshistorybuff definitely the 1975 Warriors

[yomamadontdanz]

Al Attles gave The big E a whip cream blowjob.

[MLinden22]

Mike Riordan was very lucky Al Attles didn't get to him. It took all of Wes Unseld's strength to hold him back. As a player, Attles' nickname was "The Destroyer," and from what I've heard nobody in their right mind ever messed with him. As to the booking, yes, they played at least one game at the Cow Palace. Ah, the good old days!

[Ariamaluum]

They played both games at the Cow Palace becuase according to Rick Barry the rims were looser.

[MLinden22]

Rick Barry would know, as he played there in the 60s. I believe Barry and Jeff Mullins were the only holdovers from those days. Nate Thurmond and Clyde Lee had been traded, Guy Rodgers was retired, and Al Attles was obviously the head coach. By today's standards, the Warriors were very young. Keith Wilkes and Phil Smith were rookies, and there were several other young players. Today, no team that young is going to come close to the Finals.

[Ariamaluum]

Just give the ball to Rick because he forces double teams combing that with his passing ability like you see in the films against the Bullets. The Chicago series, Dick Motta did the smart thing by playing man but they used he believed in playing his starting 5 the whole time and Chicago wore down and that pass to George Johnson proved that. The Bullets had a good bench but Rick and the players you mentioned as well Clifford Ray made clutch plays on offense and defense.

[tellthetruthg]

Yes he was, because Attles would jack anybody up, and GSW were lucky to because with out Al at court side the confidence the warriors had was HIM. He added soooo much to that team it was a perfect fit. Al doesn't get enough credit for keeping that team believing in them selves. That is truly coaching ,along with the way he rotated his squad. The first coach to truly use 8-9 guys as a plan.

[JavateamAndre]

Rick Barry is superb

[ddenuci]

The series had an unusual format 1-2-2-1-1. NBA was sort of a second class citizen in those days, and the Warriors did not have access to their arena, hence the strange format. I remember the near-fight between Riordan and coach Attles. Being from the NY area, I saw alot of Riordan as a Knick and he really looked like he would be a lifelong scrub, but turned out to have a nice career with the Bullets. Hayes, Chenier, Unseld... hard to believe they lost this series. Not only lost, but swept!

[SFFOOL76]

Also their was a schedule conflict I think at the Oakland Colisuem had some booked event at the time.

[tellthetruthg]

footnote: the officials / mgnt of the coliseum didn't think the GSW would make it that far so they booked another event. But when i was a kid the SF warriors played the SF civic auditorium and in Oakland's Auditorium too. Back then as long as they were in the Bay area it was home. Now that Oakland is and has been for 4 + decades their home they should be called the Oakland Warriors. EB Bball rules. HS through to the pro's

[conlanding]

This 1-2-2-1-1 format is really weird, a precursor to the 2-3-2. The current 2-3-2 format is such a disadvantage to the team with the 1st 2 games at home because you don't host that crucial Game 5, which is the swing game in a 7 Game series. It's difficult to beat the same team 2 times in a row at home and I think it's impossible to beat the same team at home 3 times in a row, even though it's been done twice before in 2004 (Detriot over L.A. Lakers) and 2006 (Miami over Dallas).