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Shaq and Kareem sit down for the first time to resolve their differences.
The 1974–75 NBA season was the 29th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Golden State Warriors winning the NBA Championship, sweeping the Washington Bullets 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals.
* The New Orleans Jazz became the league's 18th franchise.
* The 1975 NBA All-Star Game was played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona, with the East beating the West 108–102. Walt Frazier of the New York Knicks won the game's MVP award.
* The NBA Playoffs were expanded from four teams per conference to five teams, adding another round to the playoffs consisting of a best-of-three series between the Nos. 4 and 5 seeds in each conference, with the winner earning the right to play the No. 1 seed in the conference semifinals.
* The Capital Bullets were renamed the Washington Bullets.
* The Los Angeles Lakers miss the playoffs for the first time since their 1960 move to Southern California.
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