Articles in the ‘Basketball’ Category

The Atlanta Hawks managed to keep their season alive with a thrilling 88-87 win over the Boston Celtics at home in Game 5. The Celtics will take a 3-2 series lead back home for Game 6 on Thursday. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 EST and will be broadcasted nationally on TNT. While Atlanta is the team facing elimination, you can’t over look the significance of this game for the Celtics. If Boston can not close out the series on their home floor, the two teams would return to Atlanta for Game 7 on Saturday.

The Milwaukee Bucks were set up in 1968. Over the years they have won 2 Conference titles and 13 Division titles, with the only Championship season all of the way back in 1971. Check out our NBA Championship odds to find out which teams are in the running to win it all this year. The team has had in their history, players such as Oscar Robertson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sidney Moncrief, Bob Lanier, Glenn Robinson and Marques Johnson. The greatest players for the franchise of the Bucks are Marques Johnson, Sidney Mocrief and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The Philadelphia 76′ers were originally called the Syracuse Nationals. The name was switched to the Philadelphia 76′ers in 1963. The franchise has won three NBA titles. The 1st was in 1955, the second in 1967 and the 3rd in 1983. The 76′ers have a rich history with lots of great players. Top notch players to have put on the 76ers uniform in Philadelphia include Allen Iverson, Moses Malone, Charles Barkley, Wilt Chamberlin, Julius Erving and Hal Greer. The best Philadelphia 76′ers of all time are Julius Erving, Wilt Chamberlain and Allen Iverson.

When the Cavaliers offically became a member of the NBA in 1970, the team was led by head coach Bill Fitch. Although the Cleveland had a tough time winning early on, they gradually started climbing up the standings until they finally made the postseason in the 1975-76 season. They finished with a 49-33 record and captured their first Central Division title. Bill Fitch was named Coach of the Year and with the core of Austin Carr, Bingo Smith, Jim Chones and Nate Thurmond, the Cavaliers made the playoffs and beat the Washington Bullets in the 1st round. They’d lose to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Finals In the following years, Cleveland would not be able to replicate their success as they would make the playoffs but lose repeatidlyover and over in the 1st round till Bill Fitch resigned in 1979.

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