Portland Trail Blazers win NBA championship in six games 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 5 1977)


Video: '1977 NBA Finals Game 6: Blazers vs Sixers'

(Sunday, June 5, 1977, afternoon PDT) — The Portland Trail Blazers won the 1977 NBA Finals, defeating the Philadelphia 76ers 109–107 this afternoon at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, in the sixth and deciding game.

Portland’s Bill Walton was selected as the MVP of the series.

It was the first and only NBA championship title for the Trail Blazers.