Philadelphia 76ers: Ranking the championship seasons
By Matt Plesco
1. 1967 championship
The 1967 Sixers were one of the best teams ever put together. Two years prior, the Sixers acquired Wilt Chamberlain from the Warriors. After 50 games, the 76ers had only lost four. They finished with, then, the best record in league history, 68-13.
The team featured four Hall of Famers in Chamberlain, Billy Cunningham, Hal Greer and Chet Walker. Along with that, they had two more All-Stars in Luke Jackson and Wali Jones.
In the Conference Finals, Philadelphia ended Boston’s reign as champs. In that series, Wilt snagged an NBA playoff record 41 rebounds in one game. That wasn’t even his most impressive accomplishment that week…
In Game 1, Wilt recorded a quadruple-double.
Game 5 of the series saw the Sixers score 140 points. Incredibly, this was only 15 above their 125 point average for the regular season. Right now that is still the third highest mark of all-time.
After beating Boston, the Sixers played the San Francisco Warriors in the NBA Finals and handled them 4-2.
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The 1967 team is one of the best ever. Wilt Chamberlain won league MVP. In 1980, they were named THE best team of all-time. In 1996 they were named as one of the top 10 teams in league history. Four players averaged almost 20 points a game. Wilt set an NBA record for center’s with eight assists per game. He set yet another NBA record shooting 68 percent. There was no stopping this team.