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1978 in basketball

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The following are the basketball events of the year 1978 throughout the world.

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Basketball competitions taking place in 1981

NBA Finals MVP

CSP Limoges were promoted to the first division of the French championship (future Pro A)

Births

  • June 19 — Dirk Nowitzki, NBA player
  • August 23 — Kobe Bryant, NBA player

    • Deaths

  • May 8 — Chuck Hyatt, Hall of Fame player (born 1908)
  • August 15 — Mike Novak, NBA, BAA and NBL player (born 1915)
  • September 11 — Omar Browning, American player and coach of the 1948 Olympic champions (born 1911)
  • September 28 — Neil Johnston, Hall of Fame player (Philadelphia Warriors) (born 1929)
  • November 11 — Bennie Borgmann, American Hall of Fame player (Original Celtics) (born 1900)

    • References

    1978 in basketball Wikipedia
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