1974-75 NBA Eastern Conference standings

Name: 1974-75 NBA Eastern Conference standings
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The Boston Celtics and Washington Bullets finished tied atop the 1974-75 NBA Eastern Conference playoff race, both at 60-22. The Boston Celtics finished first on an NBA tiebreaker these standings do not carry.

The 1974-75 playoffs, series by series

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East standings, 1974-75

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Streak
Boston Celtics (BOS) e	60	22	.732	-	9-1	W3
Washington Bullets (WAS) x	60	22	.732	-	8-2	W2
Buffalo Braves (BUF) x	49	33	.598	11	6-4	L1
Houston Rockets (HOU) x	41	41	.500	19	4-6	L1
Cleveland Cavaliers (CLE)	40	42	.488	20	5-5	L1
New York Knicks (NYK) x	40	42	.488	20	5-5	W1
Philadelphia 76ers (PHL)	34	48	.415	26	1-9	L7
Atlanta Hawks (ATL)	31	51	.378	29	3-7	L3
New Orleans Jazz (NOJ)	23	59	.280	37	3-7	L3

Final standings.

Clinch key

x: clinched a playoff place
e: clinched the top seed in the Eastern Conference

Turning points

The lead changed hands 11 times.
The Boston Celtics trailed by as many as 5.5 games on November 23, 1974.
The Boston Celtics won 11 games in a row from January 17, 1975 to February 5, 1975, the longest run of the race.
The Washington Bullets led by 4 games as late as December 31, 1974.
The Boston Celtics went 18-1 from December 27, 1974 to February 5, 1975, turning a deficit of 5 games into a lead of 1 game.
The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 64 of the 148 days played.
Six teams held first place.
The Washington Bullets held first place for 66 straight days, the season's longest run.
The Boston Celtics spent 21 of the season's 172 charted days in first place.