1976–77 Yugoslav First Basketball League
LeagueYugoslav First Basketball League
SportBasketball
1976–77
Season championsSocialist Republic of Croatia Jugoplastika

The 1976–77 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 33rd season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

Notable events

Dalipagić knocking out assistant coach Vlade Đurović

Week 13 of the league season, played on 15 January 1977, featured an ill-tempered contest at SC Šumice between the home team, OKK Beograd (playing under their sponsor's name, Beko), and cross-town visitors KK Partizan.[1] Involved in a title chase, league-leaders Partizan (sharing a spot at the top of the table with KK Bosna, both with an 11–1 record) came to Šumice looking for an away win against mid-table opposition OKK Beograd with a 7–5 record.[1] However, OKK managed an upset 89–85 win in a game that featured no shortage of physicality and verbal antagonism between the two sets of players and even respective coaching staffs.[1]

The game-long duel between Partizan's star shooting guard Dragan Kićanović and OKK's Nikolić continued after the game as Kićanović punched Nikolić while the players were leaving the court, causing mass confrontation as players began pushing and shoving.[1] Among the fracas, OKK's assistant coach Vlade Đurović aggressively ran up on Kićanović, seemingly in an effort of assaulting him in response for his earlier punch of Nikolić, at which point Kićanović's teammate Dražen Dalipagić got involved, punching, and effectively knocking out, Đurović who ended up on the floor.[1]

Teams

Socialist Republic of Croatia SR Croatia

Socialist Republic of Serbia SR Serbia

Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina SR Bosnia and Herzegovina

Socialist Republic of Macedonia SR Macedonia

Socialist Republic of Slovenia SR Slovenia

Classification

Regular season ranking 1976-77 G V P PF PS Pt
1.Jugoplastika262332647225246
2.Bosna262332549225746
3.Partizan262242649245644
4.Cibona2616102193218632
5.Beko Beograd2615112478245130
6.Crvena Zvezda2615112416226730
7.Radnički Belgrade2613132401228726
8.Kvarner2612142688269724
9.Metalac Valjevo2611152199238222
10.Brest Olimpija269172445240318
11.Zadar269172219230918
12.Rabotnički268182268253316
13.Industromontaža265212152239410
14.Igman Ilidža26125191123402

The winning roster of Jugoplastika:[2]

Coach: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Petar Skansi

Results

Home \ Away JUG BOS PAR CIB OKK CZV RAD KVA MET OLI ZAD RAB IND IGM
Jugoplastika — 85–100 117–98 101–77 94–78 90–85 90–85 126–104 89–79 99–91 94–77 105–83 107–78 103–66
Bosna 95–110 — 73–72 85–83 114–92 93–88 107–103 99–91 107–85 117–104 97–77 124–94 105–73 78–61
Partizan 94–92 89–91 — 104–101 140–111 91–85 100–98 118–108 100–87 117–106 110–107 111–105 103–98 133–97
Cibona 85–83 76–72 88–110 — 80–79 88–79 69–80 100–95 77–76 95–80 79–78 102–71 92–85 62–55
Beko Beograd 90–129 98–109 89–85 99–97 — 84–83 88–91 122–116 91–89 107–94 112–73 134–106 85–73 94–80
Crvena Zvezda 84–88 78–85 89–92 92–86 88–89 — 94–69 121–98 107–102 102–97 94–80 97–89 114–89 94–80
Radnički Belgrade 99–100 76–82 89–107 107–85 73–93 88–96 — 118–114 107–79 103–93 93–76 97–69 90–80 113–63
Kvarner 109–128 118–120 103–108 95–71 113–101 108–107 109–105 — 106–98 79–78 85–80 108–89 116–94 99–88
Metalac Valjevo 72–116 88–111 100–114 81–93 84–83 86–84 76–75 117–115 — 98–97 102–101 88–85 72–73 70–69
Olimpija 91–106 78–89 84–86 93–79 96–93 85–92 80–88 126–107 88–67 — 105–94 109–83 111–78 112–76
Zadar 88–89 88–83 87–92 74–77 95–83 77–96 75–73 111–114 77–78 85–84 — 98–89 93–87 84–64
Rabotnički 85–99 93–120 83–90 81–86 90–94 96–117 92–90 102–99 86–84 78–72 98–97 — 81–76 81–78
Industromontaža 87–102 80–101 95–96 76–83 77–86 76–80 90–93 89–86 71–72 95–85 76–93 101–103 — 83–74
Igman Ilidža 73–105 78–92 73–89 55–83 82–103 61–70 80–98 81–93 59–60 90–106 73–80 83–74 71–72 —
Source: Pearlbasket
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Due to a tie at the top between Jugoplastika and Bosna after the end of the regular season, the season champion was decided in a one-game playoff between the two teams at a neutral venue. The game was played in Belgrade's Hala Pionir.

Single-game title playoff

Hala Pionir, Belgrade

Jugoplastika vs Bosna: 98-96

Scoring leaders

  1. Dražen Dalipagić (Partizan) - ___ points (34.8ppg)[3]

Qualification in 1977-78 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

FIBA Cup Winner's Cup

FIBA Korać Cup

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Šibanja koja se pamte: Praja "zakucao" Đurovića". Sportska kupusara: Brišemo prašinu sa starih novina. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Yugoslav basketball league standings 1945-91". nsl.kosarka.co.yu. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Martinović, Dragan (22 January 2017). "DRAŽEN PETROVIĆ ILI RADIVOJ KORAĆ?". Koš magazin. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
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