1974-75 NBA Season

As originally posted by Tony Miller:

In 1974-75, the Kings moved their Kansas City home games to Kemper Arena, continuing to split time with the Omaha Civic Auditorium. The Cavaliers moved from Depression-era Cleveland Arena to the Coliseum at Richfield, which sat 8,000 more people but was 20 miles south. The Capital Bullets became the Washington Bullets, despite remaining in Landover, Md.

NBA basketball came to the shores of the lower Mississippi when the expansion Jazz played at Municipal Auditorium. The arena is a block NW of the French Quarter, which would have been a better description. And the Jazz played some games at Loyola University, which is even farther west. Wherever they played, the team was not good, finishing last in the five-team Central and seven games behind the Lakers for the worst record in the league.

The playoffs grew from eight teams to 10: the fourth- and fifth-place teams met in a best-of-three first-round series.

Data transcribed from ”’NBA on CBS’ Regular Season Schedules” and ”NBA on CBS Playoff Games”. Additional listings and significant clarifications on which games have been confirmed came from jtgrace1 and Jeff79.

For the few games that are not confirmed, the initials of jtgrace1's guesses are given in parentheses. These are, for the sake of emphasis, GUESSES.

OCTOBER

Sunday 10/27:

Sonics-Blazers, 4:30, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson, Jane Chastain

NOVEMBER

Sunday 11/10:

Braves-Pistons, 1:00, CBS regional. Announcers unknown (dc-jw)

76ers-Sonics, 4:30, CBS regional. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

Markets receiving a late NFL game got BUF/DET; those receiving an early game got PHI/SEA.

DECEMBER

Sunday 12/8:

Kings-Pistons, 4:30, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

Sunday 12/15:

Lakers-Blazers, 4:30, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson, Jane Chastain

JANUARY

Sunday 1/5:

Bulls-Bucks, 3:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

Sunday 1/12:

Celtics-Braves, 12:30, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

Tuesday 1/14:

NBA All-Star Game at Phoenix

East-West, 9:30, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson, Sonny Hill

Sunday 1/19:

Blazers-Bucks, 2:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

Sunday 1/26:

Bulls-Pistons, 3:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

FEBRUARY

Sunday 2/2:

Bucks-Celtics, 3:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

Sunday 2/9:

Knicks-Celtics, 3:00, CBS regional. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

Lakers-Pistons, 3:00, CBS regional. Don Criqui, Jerry West

Sunday 2/16:

Braves-Bulls, 3:00, CBS regional. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

Lakers-Sonics, 6:00, CBS regional. Don Criqui, Jerry West

Sunday 2/23:

Blazers-Bullets, 1:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

MARCH

Sunday 3/2:

Sonics-Celtics, 1:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

Sunday 3/9:

Warriors-Celtics, 2:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

Sunday 3/16:

Bucks-Bulls, 3:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

Sunday 3/23:

Bulls-Kings, 3:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

Sunday 3/30:

Bulls-Bullets, 2:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

APRIL

Sunday 4/6:

Braves-Knicks, 1:00, CBS. Don Criqui, Jerry West

Cavaliers-Kings (at Omaha), 3:30, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson, Sonny Hill

Saturday 4/12:

East first rd, g3: Knicks-Rockets, 1:30, CBS. Don Criqui, Jerry West

Sunday 4/13:

West semis, g2: Bulls-Kings, 1:30, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson, Sonny Hill

Friday 4/18:

East semis, g4: Bullets-Braves, 9:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson, Sonny Hill

Saturday 4/19:

East semis, g3: Celtics-Rockets, 1:00, CBS. Don Criqui, Jerry West

West semis, g4: Warriors-Sonics, 3:30, CBS. Frank Glieber, Lynn Shackelford

Sunday 4/20:

East semis, g5: Braves-Bullets, 1:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson, Sonny Hill

West semis, g5: Kings-Bulls, 3:30, CBS. Don Criqui, Jerry West

Tuesday 4/22:

East semis, g4: Celtics-Rockets, 9:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson, Sonny Hill

Sunday 4/27:

East finals, g1: Bullets-Celtics, 2:30, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson, Sonny Hill

(Note: The Kings played all 3 home playoff games at Kemper Arena, so 4/6 was their last home game as an Omaha franchise. They would move to KC full-time in the fall.)

MAY

Saturday 5/3:

East finals, g3: Bullets-Celtics, 3:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

Sunday 5/4:

West finals, g3: Warriors-Bulls, 1:00, CBS. Don Criqui, Jerry West

Sunday 5/11:

East finals, g6: Celtics-Bullets, 3:00, CBS regional. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson, Sonny Hill

West finals, g6: Warriors-Bulls, 3:00, CBS regional. Don Criqui, Jerry West

Wednesday 5/14:

West finals, g7: Bulls-Warriors, 9:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson, Sonny Hill

Sunday 5/18:

NBA Finals, g1: Warriors-Bullets, 3:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson, Sonny Hill

Tuesday 5/20:

NBA Finals, g2: Bullets-Warriors (at Daly City, Calif.), 9:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson, Sonny Hill

Friday 5/23:

NBA Finals, g3: Bullets-Warriors (at Daly City, Calif.), 9:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

Sunday 5/25:

NBA Finals, g4: Warriors-Bullets, 2:00, CBS. Brent Musburger, Oscar Robertson

(Note: The Warriors couldn’t play at their normal arena in Oakland due to scheduling conflicts, so they hosted games 2 and 3 at the Cow Palace in Daly City. Furthermore, that arena was booked for Memorial Day weekend.)