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1979–80 NBA season

Index 1979–80 NBA season

The 1979–80 NBA season was the 34th season of the National Basketball Association. [1]

90 relations: Adrian Dantley, Al Attles, Atlanta Hawks, Basketball, Bill Cartwright, Bill Fitch, Billy Ray Bates, Bob Bass, Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951), Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, Calvin Natt, Capital Centre, Cedric Maxwell, Chicago Bulls, Chris Ford, Cleveland Cavaliers, Cliff Robinson (basketball, born 1960), Dan Roundfield, Darryl Dawkins, Dave Cowens, David Greenwood, Del Harris, Dennis Johnson, Detroit Pistons, Dick Vitale, Don Buse, Doug Moe, Eddie Johnson (basketball, born 1955), Elgin Baylor, Fred Brown (basketball), George Gervin, Golden State Warriors, Greg Ballard (basketball), Home advantage, Houston Rockets, Hy-Vee Arena, Jack Kent Cooke, Jerry Buss, Jerry Sloan, Jerry West, Johnny Bach, Julius Erving, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kermit Washington, Kevin Grevey, Landover, Maryland, Larry Bird, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, ..., Magic Johnson, Marques Johnson, Mendy Rudolph, Micheal Ray Richardson, Mike Mitchell (basketball, born 1956), Milwaukee Bucks, Moses Malone, Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City, Missouri), National Basketball Association, NBA on CBS, NBA on USA, New Orleans, New York Knicks, Paul Westhead, Paul Westphal, Phil Ford (basketball), Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, Quinn Buckner, Richie Adubato, Rick Barry, Sacramento Kings, Salt Lake City, San Antonio Spurs, Scott Wedman, Scotty Robertson, Seattle SuperSonics, Stan Albeck, Swen Nater, Three-point field goal, Tom Nissalke, USA Network, Utah Jazz, Walter Davis (basketball), Washington Wizards, 1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers season, 1980 NBA All-Star Game, 1980 NBA Finals, 1988–89 NBA season. Expand index (40 more) »

Adrian Dantley

Adrian Delano Dantley (born February 28, 1956) is a retired American basketball player who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Al Attles

Alvin Austin Attles Jr. (born November 7, 1936) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach best known for his longtime association with the Golden State Warriors.

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Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at Philips Arena. The team's origins can be traced to the establishment of the Buffalo Bisons in 1946 in Buffalo, New York, a member of the National Basketball League (NBL) owned by Ben Kerner and Leo Ferris. After 38 days in Buffalo, the team moved to Moline, Illinois, where they were renamed the Tri-Cities Blackhawks. In 1949, they joined the NBA as part of the merger between the NBL and the Basketball Association of America (BAA), and briefly had Red Auerbach as coach. In 1951, Kerner moved the team to Milwaukee, where they changed their name to the Hawks. Kerner and the team moved again in 1955 to St. Louis, where they won their only NBA championship in 1958 and qualified to play in the NBA Finals in 1957, 1960 and 1961. The Hawks played the Boston Celtics in all four of their trips to the NBA Finals. The St. Louis Hawks moved to Atlanta in 1968, when Kerner sold the franchise to Thomas Cousins and former Georgia Governor Carl Sanders. The Hawks currently own the second-longest drought (behind the Sacramento Kings) of not winning an NBA championship at 60 seasons. The franchise's lone NBA championship, as well as all four NBA Finals appearances, occurred when the team was based in St. Louis. Meanwhile, they went 48 years without advancing past the second round of the playoffs in any format, until finally breaking through in 2015. Much of the failure they have experienced in the postseason can be traced back to their poor history in the NBA draft. Since 1980, the Hawks have drafted only four players who have been chosen to play in an NBA All-Star Game (Doc Rivers, Kevin Willis, Al Horford, and Jeff Teague). Dominique Wilkins was actually selected by the Utah Jazz and traded to the Hawks a few months after the draft. Horford and Teague are the only All-Star Hawks to have been drafted since Willis was selected in 1984, and Horford is also the only first-rounder the Hawks selected in their nine-year playoff drought to play in an NBA All-Star Game.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport played on a rectangular court.

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Bill Cartwright

James William Cartwright (born July 30, 1957) is an American retired NBA basketball player and a former head coach with the Chicago Bulls.

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Bill Fitch

William Charles Fitch (born May 19, 1932) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) coach who had been successful in developing a number of teams into playoff contenders.

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Billy Ray Bates

Billy Ray Bates (born May 31, 1956) is a retired American professional basketball player.

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Bob Bass

Robert Eugene Bass (born January 28, 1929) is a retired American basketball coach and executive who worked in college basketball, the American Basketball Association (ABA), and the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)

Robert Clyde Jones (born December 18, 1951) is an American retired professional basketball player in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Brooklyn Nets

The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City.

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Calvin Natt

Calvin Leon Natt (born January 8, 1957) is a retired American professional basketball player.

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Capital Centre

The Capital Centre (later USAir Arena and US Airways Arena) was an indoor arena in the eastern United States, located in Landover, Maryland, a suburb east of Washington, D.C..

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Cedric Maxwell

Cedric Bryan Maxwell (born November 21, 1955) is an American retired professional basketball player now in radio broadcasting.

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Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Chris Ford

Christopher Joseph Ford (born January 11, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach.

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Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers, often referred to as the Cavs, are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Cliff Robinson (basketball, born 1960)

Clifford Trent Robinson (born March 13, 1960) is a retired American professional basketball player.

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Dan Roundfield

Danny Thomas Roundfield (May 26, 1953 – August 6, 2012) was an American professional basketball player.

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Darryl Dawkins

Darryl Dawkins (January 11, 1957 – August 27, 2015) was an American professional basketball player, most noted for his days with the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, although he also played briefly for the Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz late in his career.

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Dave Cowens

David William Cowens (born October 25, 1948) is an American retired professional basketball player and NBA head coach.

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David Greenwood

Dave Kasim Greenwood (born May 27, 1957) is a retired American professional basketball player whose NBA career spanned 12 years from 1979 to 1991.

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Del Harris

Delmer William Harris (born June 18, 1937) is an American basketball coach who is currently the vice president of the Texas Legends, the NBA D-League affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks.

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Dennis Johnson

Dennis Wayne Johnson (September 18, 1954 – February 22, 2007), nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics and coach of the Los Angeles Clippers.

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Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit, Michigan.

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Dick Vitale

Richard John Vitale (born June 9, 1939), also known as "Dickie V", is an American basketball sportscaster.

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Don Buse

Donald R. Buse (born August 10, 1950) is a retired American professional basketball player.

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Doug Moe

Douglas Edwin Moe (born September 21, 1938) is an American former professional basketball player and coach.

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Eddie Johnson (basketball, born 1955)

Edward Lee "Fast Eddie" Johnson Jr. (born February 24, 1955) is a retired American professional basketball player.

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Elgin Baylor

Elgin Gay Baylor (born September 16, 1934) is an American former basketball player, coach, and executive.

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Fred Brown (basketball)

Fred Brown (born August 7, 1948), nicknamed "Downtown Freddie Brown", is a retired American professional basketball player.

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George Gervin

George Gervin (born April 27, 1952), nicknamed "The Iceman", is an American retired professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Virginia Squires, San Antonio Spurs, and Chicago Bulls.

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Golden State Warriors

The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in the San Francisco Bay Area in Oakland, California.

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Greg Ballard (basketball)

Gregory Ballard (January 29, 1955 – November 9, 2016) was an American professional basketball player and NBA assistant coach.

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Home advantage

In team sports, the term home advantage – also called home ground, home field, home-field advantage, home court, home-court advantage, defender's advantage or home-ice advantage – describes the benefit that the home team is said to gain over the visiting team.

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Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas.

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Hy-Vee Arena

Hy-Vee Arena (previously known as Kemper Arena) is an indoor arena located in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Jack Kent Cooke

Jack Kent Cooke (October 25, 1912 – April 6, 1997) was a Canadian entrepreneur and former owner of the Washington Redskins (NFL), the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA), the Los Angeles Kings (NHL), and the Los Angeles Wolves (United Soccer Association).

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Jerry Buss

Gerald Hatten Buss (January 27, 1933 – February 18, 2013) was an American businessman, investor, chemist, and philanthropist.

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Jerry Sloan

Gerald Eugene Sloan (born March 28, 1942) is an American former National Basketball Association player and head coach, and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Jerry West

Jerry Alan West (born May 28, 1938) is an American retired basketball player who played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Johnny Bach

John William Bach (July 10, 1924 – January 18, 2016) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

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Julius Erving

Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American retired basketball player who helped popularize a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and playing above the rim.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 16, 1947) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Kermit Washington

Kermit Alan Washington (born September 17, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player.

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Kevin Grevey

Kevin Michael Grevey (born May 12, 1953) is a retired American professional basketball player.

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Landover, Maryland

Landover is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.

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Larry Bird

Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach and former player, most recently serving as president of the Indiana Pacers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Los Angeles Clippers

The Los Angeles Clippers, abbreviated by the team as the LA Clippers, are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles.

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Magic Johnson

Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American retired professional basketball player and current president of basketball operations of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Marques Johnson

Marques Kevin Johnson (born February 8, 1956) is an American retired professional basketball player.

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Mendy Rudolph

Marvin "Mendy" Rudolph (March 8, 1926July 4, 1979) was an American professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 22 years, from 1953 to 1975.

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Micheal Ray Richardson

Micheal "Sugar" Ray Richardson (born April 11, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach.

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Mike Mitchell (basketball, born 1956)

Michael Anthony Mitchell (January 1, 1956 – June 9, 2011) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), over eleven seasons, from 1978 to 1990.

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Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Moses Malone

Moses Eugene Malone (March 23, 1955 – September 13, 2015) was an American basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 through 1995.

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Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City, Missouri)

Municipal Auditorium is a multi-purpose facility located in Kansas City, Missouri.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league in North America; composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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NBA on CBS

The NBA on CBS is the branding that was used for weekly broadcasts of National Basketball Association (NBA) games produced by CBS Sports, the sports division of the CBS television network in the United States.

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NBA on USA

The NBA on USA is the de facto name for the USA Network's National Basketball Association television coverage.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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New York Knicks

The New York Knickerbockers, commonly referred to as the Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City.

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Paul Westhead

Paul William Westhead (born February 21, 1939) is an American basketball coach who most recently was the head coach of the University of Oregon women's team.

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Paul Westphal

Paul Douglas Westphal (born November 30, 1950) is an American retired basketball player and a former head coach with several National Basketball Association (NBA) and college teams.

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Phil Ford (basketball)

Phil Jackson Ford Jr. (born February 9, 1956) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers (also commonly known as the Sixers) are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

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Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon.

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Quinn Buckner

William Quinn Buckner (born August 20, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player and coach.

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Richie Adubato

Richard Adam "Richie" Adubato (born November 23, 1937) is a former basketball coach in the National Basketball Association.

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Rick Barry

Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944) is an American retired professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Sacramento Kings

The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California.

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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah.

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San Antonio Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas.

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Scott Wedman

Scott Dean Wedman (born July 29, 1952) is an American former professional basketball player who played several seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Scotty Robertson

Robert Scott "Scotty" Robertson III (February 1, 1930 – August 18, 2011) was an American basketball coach.

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Seattle SuperSonics

The Seattle SuperSonics, commonly known as the Sonics, were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington.

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Stan Albeck

Charles Stanley Albeck (born May 17, 1931) is a former professional basketball coach.

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Swen Nater

Swen Erick Nater (born January 14, 1950) is a retired Dutch professional basketball player, primarily in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Three-point field goal

A three-point field goal (also 3-pointer or informally, trey) is a field goal in a basketball game made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc surrounding the basket.

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Tom Nissalke

Thomas Edward Nissalke (born July 7, 1932) is a retired American professional basketball coach in the NBA and American Basketball Association.

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USA Network

USA Network (commonly referred to as simply USA stylized as usa network since 2005) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group division of NBCUniversal, itself a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Walter Davis (basketball)

Walter Pearl Davis (born September 9, 1954) is a retired American basketball player.

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Washington Wizards

The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division.

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1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers season

The 1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers season was their 24th season in the NBA and tenth in Philadelphia.

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1980 NBA All-Star Game

The 1980 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, on February 3, 1980.

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1980 NBA Finals

The 1980 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1979–80 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.

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1988–89 NBA season

The 1988–89 NBA season was the 43rd season of the National Basketball Association.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979–80_NBA_season

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