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1968–69 ABA season

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1968–69 ABA season
LeagueAmerican Basketball Association
SportBasketball
DurationOctober 18, 1968 – May 7, 1969
Number of games78
Number of teams11
Regular season
Top seedOakland Oaks
Season MVPMel Daniels (Indiana)
Top scorerLarry Jones (Denver)
Finals
ChampionsOakland Oaks
  Runners-upIndiana Pacers
ABA seasons

The 1968–69 ABA season was the second season for the American Basketball Association. Two teams relocated: Minnesota Muskies became the Miami Floridians. The Pittsburgh Pipers moved to Minnesota and became the Minnesota Pipers. Two others relocated within their territory. The Anaheim Amigos became the Los Angeles Stars. The New Jersey Americans became the New York Nets. The season ended with the Oakland Oaks capturing their first ABA championship.

Teams

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1968-69 American Basketball Association
Division Team City Arena Capacity
Eastern Indiana Pacers Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana State Fair Coliseum 10,000
Kentucky Colonels Louisville, Kentucky Louisville Convention Center 6,000
Miami Floridians Miami Beach, Florida Miami Beach Convention Center 15,000
Minnesota Pipers Bloomington, Minnesota Metropolitan Sports Center 15,000
New York Nets Commack, New York Long Island Arena 6,000
Western Dallas Chaparrals University Park, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Moody Coliseum
Dallas Memorial Auditorium
8,998
9,815
Denver Rockets Denver, Colorado Denver Auditorium Arena 6,841
Houston Mavericks Houston, Texas Sam Houston Coliseum 9,200
Los Angeles Stars Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Sports Arena 14,795
New Orleans Buccaneers New Orleans, Louisiana Loyola Field House 6,500
Oakland Oaks Oakland, California Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 13,502

Map of teams

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Eastern Division Western Division

Final standings

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Eastern Division

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Team W L PCT. GB
Indiana Pacers * 44 34 .564
Miami Floridians * 43 35 .551 1
Kentucky Colonels * 42 36 .538 2
Minnesota Pipers * 36 42 .462 8
New York Nets 17 61 .218 27

Western Division

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Team W L PCT. GB
Oakland Oaks * 60 18 .769
New Orleans Buccaneers * 46 32 .590 14
Denver Rockets * 44 34 .564 16
Dallas Chaparrals * 41 37 .526 19
Los Angeles Stars 33 45 .423 27
Houston Mavericks 23 55 .295 37

Asterisk (*) denotes playoff team

Bold – ABA champions

Awards and honors

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Warren Jabali (Oakland) won the 1968–69 ABA Playoffs MVP
Rick Barry (Oakland) was named All-ABA First Team

See also

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References

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