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The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (German: XII. Olympische Winterspiele , French : XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( Austro-Bavarian : Innschbruck 1976 ), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Innsbruck , Austria, from February 4 to 15, 1976.
New York Nets defeat Denver Nuggets 4 games to 2; ... 1976 Winter Olympics takes place in Innsbruck, Austria USSR wins the most medals (27), and the most gold medals ...
The selection process for the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of four bids, and saw Denver, Colorado, United States, selected ahead of Sion, Switzerland; Tampere, Finland; and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The selection was made at the 70th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Amsterdam on 12 May 1970.
The 1976–77 Denver Nuggets season, is the Nuggets first season in the NBA, after nine seasons in the ABA. In their NBA playoffs debut, the Nuggets lost to the eventual NBA champion Portland Trail Blazers in six games in the First Round.
After spending his rookie season with the Nuggets, LaGarde spent the following two seasons with the Seattle SuperSonics, winning an NBA Championship with the Sonics in 1979. In 1980, he was selected by the expansion Dallas Mavericks that offseason in the 1980 expansion draft .
Denver was selected to host the 1976 Winter Olympics, but the citizens of Colorado voted against hosting the games due to environmental and cost concerns. ... Pictured: The opening ceremony of the ...
1976 Winter Olympics medal table; External links "Innsbruck 1976". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. This page was last edited on 16 April 2023, at ...
Jones transitioned to the NBA with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976, as did the rest of the Nuggets. In the 1976–77 season, Denver won the Midwest Division. [29] He averaged a career-high 15.1 points and 8.3 rebounds with a .570 field-goal percentage, and started in his first NBA All-Star Game alongside Thompson and Issel.