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1976-77 NBA Eastern Conference standings
The Philadelphia 76ers won the 1976-77 NBA Eastern Conference playoff race at 50-32, 1 game ahead of the Houston Rockets.
🏆How the 1976-77 playoffs went
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East standings, 1976-77
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| Philadelphia 76ers (PHL) | 50 | 32 | .610 | - | 6-4 | L1 |
| Houston Rockets (HOU) | 49 | 33 | .598 | 1 | 4-6 | L2 |
| Washington Bullets (WAS) | 48 | 34 | .585 | 2 | 6-4 | W1 |
| Boston Celtics (BOS) | 44 | 38 | .537 | 6 | 6-4 | W3 |
| San Antonio Spurs (SAN) | 44 | 38 | .537 | 6 | 4-6 | L2 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers (CLE) | 43 | 39 | .524 | 7 | 5-5 | L2 |
| New York Knicks (NYK) | 40 | 42 | .488 | 10 | 7-3 | W2 |
| New Orleans Jazz (NOJ) | 35 | 47 | .427 | 15 | 5-5 | W1 |
| Atlanta Hawks (ATL) | 31 | 51 | .378 | 19 | 2-8 | L3 |
| Buffalo Braves (BUF) | 30 | 52 | .366 | 20 | 3-7 | L2 |
| New York Nets (NYN) | 22 | 60 | .268 | 28 | 1-9 | L3 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 20 times.
- The Philadelphia 76ers trailed by as many as 4 games on November 9, 1976.
- The Philadelphia 76ers took first place for good on March 27, 1977.
- The Houston Rockets won 9 games in a row from March 2, 1977 to March 17, 1977, the longest run of the race.
- The Cleveland Cavaliers led by 3 games as late as November 18, 1976.
- The Philadelphia 76ers led by as many as 3.5 games on January 23, 1977.
- The Philadelphia 76ers went 13-6 from December 4, 1976 to January 16, 1977, turning a deficit of 4 games into a lead of 2.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 77 of the 149 days played.
- The Philadelphia 76ers spent 73 of the season's 172 charted days in first place.