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. 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. 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.
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. 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.
Teams SR Croatia Cibona Industromontaža Kvarner Jugoplastika Zadar SR Serbia Beko Beograd Crvena Zvezda Metalac Valjevo Partizan Radnički Belgrade SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna Igman Ilidža SR Macedonia Rabotnički SR Slovenia Brest Olimpija
Classification Regular season ranking 1976-77GVPPFPSPt 1. Jugoplastika 262332647225246 2. Bosna 262332549225746 3. Partizan 262242649245644 4. Cibona 2616102193218632 5. Beko Beograd 2615112478245130 6. Crvena Zvezda 2615112416226730 7. Radnički Belgrade 2613132401228726 8. Kvarner 2612142688269724 9. Metalac Valjevo 2611152199238222 10. Brest Olimpija 269172445240318 11. Zadar 269172219230918 12. Rabotnički 268182268253316 13. Industromontaža 265212152239410 14. Igman Ilidža 26125191123402 The winning roster of Jugoplastika: Mlađan Tudor Željko Jerkov Slobodan Bjelajac Branko Macura Ratomir Tvrdić Ivica Dukan Damir Šolman Duje Krstulović Mirko Grgin Mihajlo Manović Mladen Bratić Ivan Sunara Deni Kuvačić
Coach: Petar Skansi
Results
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 Dražen Dalipagić (Partizan) - ___ points (34.8ppg)
Qualification in 1977-78 season European competitions
FIBA European Champions Cup Jugoplastika (champions)
FIBA Cup Winner's Cup Kvarner (Cup finalist)
FIBA Korać Cup Bosna (2nd) Partizan (3rd) Cibona (4th) Beko Beograd (5th)
Basketball Cup
Bracket
References