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Top Teams

Champion: Los Angeles Lakers

Runner-up: New York Knicks

Best Offense: Los Angeles Lakers: 108.5 ORating

Best Defense: Chicago Bulls: 93.3 DRating

Best Net: Los Angeles Lakers: +10.5 NetRating

Awards

MVP: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Finals MVP: Wilt Chamberlain

Defensive Player of the Year:

Sixth Man of the Year:

Most Improved Player:

Rookie of the Year: Sidney Wicks

Historical Context

Relative ORating: 0.98

Relative Pace: 1.09

Relative TS%: 1.04

Relative FG%: 1.09

Relative FT%: 1.00

Relative 3-Point Attempt Rate: 0.00

Relative Free Throw Attempt Rate: 1.08

ALL-ROOKIE 1ST TEAM

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Austin Carr 43.035.821.23.53.40.00.00.02.3nannannan-1.82.00.2.005nannannannannannannannannan
Phil Chenier 81.030.612.33.32.50.00.00.02.4nannannan-2.52.1-0.4-.00nannannannannannannannannan
Clifford Ray 82.022.87.010.63.10.00.00.03.6nannannan1.25.16.3.161nannannannannannannannannan
Elmore Smith 78.040.817.315.21.40.00.00.03.9nannannan-2.2-10.9-13.1-.190nannannannannannannannannan
Sidney Wicks 82.039.624.511.54.30.00.00.02.3nannannan-2.54.92.4.036nannannannannannannannannan

ALL-ROOKIE 2ND TEAM

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