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NBA1976 NBA Finals Game 5

CelticsVERSUSSuns

1976 NBA Finals Game 5 · Jun 4, 1976

Boston and Phoenix played one of the longest, strangest, and most dramatic Finals games ever staged.

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Game lineups

Starting fives

Verified starters

Home starting five
Boston Celtics
StarterCSCharlie Scott
StarterDCDave Cowens
StarterDNDon Nelson
StarterGMGlenn McDonald
StarterJAJim Ard
Away starting five
Phoenix Suns
StarterAAAlvan Adams
StarterCPCurtis Perry
StarterDADennis Awtrey
StarterDVDick Van Arsdale
StarterGHGarfield Heard

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.

Before the game

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Phoenix had entered the playoffs with only 42 wins but pushed the veteran Celtics into a tied Finals. Game 5 at Boston Garden became a contest between an established championship core and the league's most improbable finalist.

  • The series was tied 2–2, making the winner one victory from the championship.
  • Phoenix was pursuing the first title in franchise history; Boston was seeking its second championship in three years.

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