1978 in basketball

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

National team competitions

Country	League	Champion	Runner-up	Result	Playoff format
United States	1977–78 NBA season	Washington Bullets	Seattle SuperSonics	4–3	Best-of-7 series

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

May 8 — Chuck Hyatt, 70, American Hall of Fame college player (Pittsburgh).
June 6 — Paul Lambert, 43, American college coach (Pittsburg State, Hardin–Simmons, Southern Illinois).^[2]
June 30 — Bob Matheny, 49, All-American college player (California)^[3]
August 15 — Mike Novak, 63, American NBA, BAA and NBL player.
September 11 — Omar Browning, 66, American AAU player and coach of the 1948 Olympic champions.
September 24 — Bob Kramer, 56, American NBL player (Oshkosh All-Stars, Youngstown Bears).
September 28 — Neil Johnston, 49, American Hall of Fame player (Philadelphia Warriors).
November 11 — Bennie Borgmann, 77, American Hall of Fame player (Original Celtics).

^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
^ "Lambert dies in motel fire". Chicago Tribune. June 7, 1978. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
^ "Rites set for Matheny". Tucson Citizen. March 25, 1955. p. 38. Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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