1970 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 1970 throughout the world.

The following are the basketball events of the year 1970 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.

ABA

• 1970 ABA All-Star Game
• 1970 ABA Playoffs

NBA

• 1970 NBA Finals
• 1970 NBA Playoffs
• 1970 NBA All-Star Game
• 1969–70 NBA season
• 1970–71 NBA season

FIBA

• 1970 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
• FIBA Africa Championship 1970
• 1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup
• 1970 FIBA World Championship
• 1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

NCAA

• 1970 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
• 1970 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

Women's tournaments

• 1970 ABC Championship for Women
• EuroBasket 1970 Women
• 1970 ABC Under-18 Championship for Women

International Competition

• Basketball at the 1970 Asian Games
• Basketball at the 1970 Summer Universiade

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

• Class of 1970:
  • Ben Carnevale
  • Bob Davies

Deaths

• January 2 — Edgar Diddle, American college coach (Western Kentucky) (born 1895)
• April 6 — Maurice Stokes, American NBA player (Cincinnati Royals) (born 1933)
• April 29 — Forrest DeBernardi, American Hall of Fame player (born 1899)
• June 4 — Branch McCracken, American Hall of Fame college coach (Indiana Hoosiers) (born 1908)
• August 10 — Joe Lapchick, American Hall of Fame player (Original Celtics) and coach (St. John's, New York Knicks) (born 1900)

External links

• Basketball-Reference.com's 1970 NBA Playoffs page
• NBA History