 The Sixers, bolstered by the addition of league MVP Moses Malone, won 65 games, and steamrolled through the playoffs, in which they lost only once (completing Malone's famous "Fo, Fo, Fo" prediction, stating that the Sixers needed to win 4 games in each of the three series) en route to their third NBA title overall (they won in 1955 as the Syracuse Nationals, and in 1967).The Lakers finished the regular season with 58 wins, but were overmatched by the hungrier Sixers in the Finals.Then-rookie and future Hall of Famer James Worthy did not play in the series because of a late-season leg injury.