1978 in basketball
National team competitions
Men's Division
- 1978 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Quezon City and Manila:
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- 1978 FIBA Oceania Championship in New Zealand:
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- AfroBasket 1978 in Dakar:
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Women's Division
- 1978 FIBA Asia Women's Cup in Kuala Lumpur:
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Youth Division
Player awards (NBA">National Basketball Association">NBA)
Regular Season MVP">Most valuable player">MVP
Bill Walton, Portland Trail BlazersNBA Finals MVP
Wes Unseld, Washington Wizards- CSP Limoges were promoted to the first division of the French championship
[Naismith Memorial [Basketball Hall of Fame]]
- Class of 1978:
- *Paul Arizin
- *Joe Fulks
- *Cliff Hagan
- *Jim Pollard
Births
- February 14 - Richard Hamilton, NBA player
- May 13 - Mike Bibby, NBA player
- June 19 — Dirk Nowitzki, NBA player
- August 23 — Kobe Bryant, NBA player
- September 9 - Shane Battier, NBA player
- December 2 - Jason Collins, NBA player
Deaths
- May 8 — Chuck Hyatt, 70, American Hall of Fame college player.
- June 6 — Paul Lambert, 43, American college coach.
- June 30 — Bob Matheny, 49, All-American college player
- August 15 — Mike Novak, 63, American NBA, BAA and NBL player.
- September 11 — Omar Browning, 66, American AAU player and coach of the 1948 Olympic champions.
- September 24 — Bob Kramer, 56, American NBL player.
- September 28 — Neil Johnston, 49, American Hall of Fame player.
- November 11 — Bennie Borgmann, 77, American Hall of Fame player.