WHA Opens First Season With Ottawa and Cleveland Matchups
WHA launches its inaugural season with games in Ottawa hosting the Alberta Oilers and Cleveland facing the Quebec Nordiques. Anticipated sellouts up to 10,000 fans. notable defections from NHL clubs include Bobby Hull. Gerry Cheevers’ successor Gerry Some and players like Gerry Pinder and Gary Jarrett join Crusaders and Nordiques are active in the Eastern league. Ottawa and Alberta slated as possible strong teams despite weaker rosters on paper.
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NHL
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Chicago Black Hawks
Winnipeg Jets
Philadelphia
New York
Raiders
Knicks Debut Without Reed Past Sonics 113 89
The New York Knicks, minus Willis Reed for five games with a bruised thigh, defeated the Seattle Super Sonics 113-89. Coach Red Holzman rested scrubs late as New York built a 33 point lead. Bill Bradley led with 22 points and Dave DeBusschere added 18 as the team shot 20 of 36 from the field.
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Red Holzman
New York
Dollar Bill Bradley
Dave DeBusschere
Knicks
Knicks stun Seattle with early comeback to open NBA season
The Knicks sparked by three steals in the first period overturned Seattle as they built a 37-21 run after trailing early. John Brisker led Seattle with 16 points while Jim McDaniels added 4 after ABA recruitment. In other games Atlanta beat Buffalo 120-109 and Baltimore downed Cleveland 102-90 with Pete Maravich scoring 24 for Atlanta.
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John Brisker
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Jim McDaniels
Brisker
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Buffalo
Baltimore
Cleveland
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pete Maravich
Lou Hudson
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Dick Garrett
Braves
Bulls Rally Past 76ers Behind Weiss Comeback
Chicago erased a 65 63 third quarter deficit to beat Philadelphia 89 71 as Rob Weiss scored nine straight in the final period and Chet Walker finished with 24 points to top the Bulls. Elvin Hayes grabbed 23 rebounds for Baltimore and John Johnson led Cleveland with 24 points in a separate box. Weiss added 17 points while Fred Carter had 22 for Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
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Chet Walker
Fred Carter
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