SuperSonics: Dennis Johnson (2010) Jack Sikma (2019) Bullets: Bob Dandridge (2021) Elvin Hayes (1990) Wes Unseld (1988) Coaches: Lenny Wilkens (1989, player/1998, coach) Officials: Darell Garretson (2016) Earl Strom (1995)
Eastern Finals
Bullets defeated 76ers, 4–2
Western Finals
SuperSonics defeated Nuggets, 4–2
← 1977
NBA Finals
1979 →
The 1978 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1977–78 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. The series featured the Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics against the Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets. The Bullets defeated the SuperSonics in seven games to win their first NBA championship. Bullets power forward/center Wes Unseld was named MVP of the series. Before the Cleveland Cavaliers' Game 7 win at Golden State in the 2016 NBA Finals, 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 1958 World Championship Series 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.
2016 NBAFinals, this was the last time a road team had won Game 7 in the NBAFinals. The 1978 World Championship Series was the first NBAFinals series...
Stanley Cup Finals. The city's next title wouldn't be until 2014 when the Seahawks won Super Bowl XLVIII. Both the 1978 and 1979 NBAFinals were informally...
Cleveland's comeback, these Finals are widely regarded as among the greatest in NBA history. LeBron James was named the NBAFinals Most Valuable Player (MVP)...
The NBAFinals is the championship series for the National Basketball Association (NBA) held at the conclusion of its postseason. All NBAFinals have been...
win Finals MVP, being the 41st pick of the 2014 NBA draft. This marked the first NBAFinals appearance for Denver. This was also the second Finals to feature...
in the Finals for the first time since 1971, and it was consequently the first Finals since 1978 where neither team had previously won an NBA title. The...
The 2013 NBAFinals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2012–13 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs,...
The 2015 NBAFinals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2014–15 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs...
The 2007 NBAFinals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2006–07 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs....
was June 7, 1978. This record was eclipsed two years later when the finals ended on June 12, 1984. The Lakers were stunned in the 1981 NBA Playoffs by...
The 1984 NBAFinals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1983–84 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs...
The NBA conference finals are the Eastern and Western championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA), a major professional basketball...
The 1971 NBAFinals was the championship series played at the conclusion of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 25th anniversary season of 1970–71...
The NBAFinals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven-game...
for NBAFinals in the United States, based on Nielsen viewing data. The highest rated and most watched NBAFinals series was the 1998 NBAFinals between...
subsequent Finals (except 1978, which has three of its seven contests missing). The Washington Bullets would re-appear in the NBAFinals in 1978 and 1979...
The 2000 NBAFinals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1999–2000 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs...
The 2012 NBAFinals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2011–12 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs...
The 2004 NBAFinals was the championship round of the 2003–04 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs...
The 2014 NBAFinals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2013–14 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs...
since the 1969 NBAFinals. The award is decided by a panel of eleven media members, who cast votes after the conclusion of the Finals. The person with...
The 2003 NBAFinals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2002–03 season, and the culmination of the playoffs. The...
The 2011 NBAFinals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2010–11 season. A rematch of the 2006 Finals, the series...
15 and concluded on June 12 with the Denver Nuggets winning the 2023 NBAFinals, their first title in franchise history. The Milwaukee Bucks entered the...
The 1978NBA draft was the 32nd annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on June 9, 1978, at the Plaza Hotel in New...
have won. It was the third NBAFinals appearance and first title for the Bullets, founded in 1961. The Sonics made the Finals for the first time in their...
The 2005 NBAFinals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2004–05 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs...
it to their first NBAFinals. The Boston Celtics were seeking to make up for the lost opportunity they squandered in the 1975 NBA Playoffs. That year...
Global Information