1978 in basketball

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

• 1978 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Italy:

   Soviet Union (Win European title, 104–100)

   Spain

   Yugoslavia

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

Bill Walton, Portland Trail Blazers

Wes Unseld, Washington Wizards

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

• Class of 1978:^[1]
  • Paul Arizin
  • Joe Fulks
  • Cliff Hagan
  • Jim Pollard

• February 14 - Richard Hamilton, NBA player
• May 13 - Mike Bibby, NBA player
• June 19 — Dirk Nowitzki, NBA player
• August 23 — Kobe Bryant, NBA player (died 2020)
• September 9 - Shane Battier, NBA player
• December 2 - Jason Collins, NBA player

• 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).

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