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Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |+Seasons |Inaugural season |'''1967-68''' |1968-69 |} == Teams and Alignment == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Division !Team !Primary Venue !Municipality |- | rowspan="5" |Eastern Division |Indiana Pacers |Corteva Coliseum |Indianapolis |- |Kentucky Colonels |Louisville Gardens |Louisville, Kentucky |- |Minnesota Muskies |Met Center |Bloomington, Minnesota |- |New Jersey Americans |The Soccer Coliseum a..."

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{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons
|Inaugural season
|'''1967-68'''
|[[1968-69 American Basketball Association season|1968-69]]
|}

== Teams and Alignment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
| rowspan="5" |Eastern Division
|Indiana Pacers
|Corteva Coliseum
|Indianapolis
|-
|Kentucky Colonels
|Louisville Gardens
|Louisville, Kentucky
|-
|Minnesota Muskies
|Met Center
|Bloomington, Minnesota
|-
|New Jersey Americans
|The Soccer Coliseum at Teaneck Armory
|Teaneck, New Jersey
|-
|Pittsburgh Pipers
|Civic Arena
|Pittsburgh
|-
| rowspan="6" |Western Division
|Anaheim Amigos
|Anaheim Arena at the Anaheim Convention Center
|Anaheim, California
|-
|Dallas Chaparrals
|Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Memorial Arena
|Dallas
|-
|Denver Rockets
|Denver Auditorium Arena
|Denver
|-
|Houston Mavericks
|Sam Houston Coliseum
|Houston
|-
|New Orleans Buccaneers
|Loyola Field House
|New Orleans
|-
|Oakland Oaks
|Oakland Arena
|Oakland, California
|}

=== Changes ===

* League established and aligned into Eastern Division and Western Division.
* Anaheim Amigos enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Anaheim Arena at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
* Dallas Chaparrals enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Memorial Arena in Dallas.
* Denver Rockets enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Denver Auditorium Arena in Denver.
* Houston Mavericks enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston.
* Indiana Pacers enfranchised in Eastern Division, playing at Corteva Coliseum in Indianapolis.
* Kentucky Colonels enfranchised in Eastern Division, playing at Louisville Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky.
* Minnesota Muskies enfranchised in Eastern Division, playing at Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota.
* New Jersey Americans enfranchised in Eastern Division, playing at The Soccer Coliseum at Teaneck Armory in Teaneck, New Jersey.
* New Orleans Buccaneers enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Loyola Field House in New Orleans.
* Oakland Oaks enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Oakland Arena in Oakland, California.
* Pittsburgh Pipers enfranchised in Eastern Division, playing at Civic Arena in Pittsburgh.

== Regular Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
| rowspan="5" |Eastern Division
|'''Pittsburgh Pipers'''
|'''54'''
|'''24'''
|
|-
|'''Minnesota Muskies'''
|'''50'''
|'''28'''
|'''4'''
|-
|'''Indiana Pacers'''
|'''38'''
|'''40'''
|'''16'''
|-
|'''Kentucky Colonels'''
|'''36'''
|'''42'''
|'''18'''
|-
|New Jersey Americans
|36
|42
|18
|-
| rowspan="6" |Western Division
|'''New Orleans Buccaneers'''
|'''48'''
|'''30'''
|
|-
|'''Dallas Chaparrals'''
|'''46'''
|'''32'''
|'''2'''
|-
|'''Denver Rockets'''
|'''45'''
|'''33'''
|'''3'''
|-
|'''Houston Rockets'''
|'''29'''
|'''49'''
|'''19'''
|-
|Anaheim Amigos
|25
|53
|23
|-
|Oakland Oaks
|22
|56
|26
|}

== Postseason Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Five)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Seven)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Seven)
!Champions
|-
|'''New Orleans Buccaneers'''
|'''3'''
| rowspan="2" |'''New Orleans Buccaneers'''
| rowspan="2" |'''4'''
| rowspan="4" |New Orleans Buccaneers
| rowspan="4" |3
| rowspan="8" |'''Pittsburgh Pipers'''
|-
|Denver Rockets
|2
|-
|'''Dallas Chaparrals'''
|'''3'''
| rowspan="2" |Dallas Chaparrals
| rowspan="2" |1
|-
|Houston Mavericks
|0
|-
|'''Pittsburgh Pipers'''
|'''3'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Pittsburgh Pipers'''
| rowspan="2" |'''4'''
| rowspan="4" |'''Pittsburgh Pipers'''
| rowspan="4" |'''4'''
|-
|Indiana Pacers
|0
|-
|'''Minnesota Muskies'''
|'''3'''
| rowspan="2" |Minnesota Muskies
| rowspan="2" |1
|-
|Kentucky Colonels
|2
|}

== Special Event Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Event
!Away
!Score
!Home
|-
|ABA All-Star Game
|Western Division
|120-126
|'''Eastern Division'''
|}

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!Regular
!Postseason
!Total
|-
|Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK Combined Statistical Area
|Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
|Dallas County, Texas
|Dallas
|Kay Baiiley Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Memorial Arena
|Dallas Chaparrals
|39
|Four
|43
|-
|Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Montgomery County, Ohio
|Trotwood, Ohio
|Hara Arena
|Indiana Pacers
|One
|
|One
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|
|
|
|}

1967-68 American Basketball Association season - Revision history

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