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{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons
|[[1974-75 American Basketball Association season|1974-75]]
|'''1975-76'''
|Final season
|}

== Teams and Alignment ==

=== Initial Alignment ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
| rowspan="4" |Eastern Division (''eliminated during season'')
|Kentucky Colonels
|Freedom Hall
|Louisville, Kentucky
|-
|New York Nets
|Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Uniondale, New York
|-
|Spirits of St. Louis
|St. Louis Arena
|St. Louis
|-
|Virginia Squires
|Old Dominion University Fieldhouse
|Norfolk, Virginia
|-
| rowspan="5" |Western Division (''eliminated during season'')
|Denver Nuggets
|McNichols Sports Arena
|Denver
|-
|Indiana Pacers
|Market Square Arena
|Indianapolis
|-
|San Antonio Spurs
|HemisFair Arena
|San Antonio
|-
|San Diego Sails (''folded during season'')
|Pechanga Arena San Diego
|San Diego
|-
|Utah Stars (''folded during season'')
|Salt Palace (1969)
|Salt Lake City
|}

=== Final Alignment ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
|Denver Nuggets
|McNichols Sports Arena
|Denver
|-
|Indiana Pacers
|Market Square Arena
|Indianapolis
|-
|Kentucky Colonels
|Freedom Hall
|Louisville, Kentucky
|-
|New York Nets
|Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Uniondale, New York
|-
|San Antonio Spurs
|HemisFair Arena
|San Antonio
|-
|Spirits of St. Louis
|St. Louis Arena
|St. Louis
|-
|Virginia Squires
|Old Dominion University Fieldhouse
|Norfolk, Virginia
|}

=== Changes ===

* Denver Nuggets relocate from Denver Auditorium Arena to McNichols Sports Arena.
* Memphis Sounds fold.
* San Diego Conquistadors renamed San Diego Sails.
* San Diego Sails folded during season.
* Utah Stars folded during season.
* League realigned during season into single table.
* Denver Nuggets realigned during season from Western Division to single table.
* Indiana Pacers realigned during season from Western Division to single table.
* Kentucky Colonels realigned during season from Eastern Division to single table.
* New York Nets realigned during season from Eastern Division to single table.
* San Antonio Spurs realigned during season from Western Division to single table.
* Spirits of St. Louis realigned during season from Eastern Division to single table.
* Virginia Squires realigned during season from Eastern Division to single table.

== Regular Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
|Denver Nuggets
|60
|24
|
|-
|New York Nets
|55
|29
|5
|-
|San Antonio Spurs
|50
|34
|10
|-
|Kentucky Colonels
|46
|38
|14
|-
|Indiana Pacers
|39
|45
|21
|-
|''Virginia Squires''
|''15''
|''68''
|''44''
|-
|''San Diego Sails''
|''3''
|''8''
|''20.5''
|-
|''Utah Stars''
|''4''
|''12''
|''22''
|}

== Postseason Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Seven)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Seven)
!Champions
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Denver Nuggets'''
|'''4'''
| rowspan="3" |Denver Nuggets
| rowspan="3" |2
| rowspan="5" |'''New York Nets'''
|-
|'''Kentucky Colonels'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |Kentucky Colonels
| rowspan="2" |3
|-
|Indiana Pacers
|1
|-
| colspan="3" |'''New York Nets'''
|'''4'''
| rowspan="2" |'''New York Nets'''
| rowspan="2" |'''4'''
|-
| colspan="3" |San Antonio Spurs
|3
|}

== Special Event Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Event
!Away
!Score
!Home
|-
|ABA All-Star Game
|American Basketball Association
|138-144
|'''Denver Nuggets'''
|}

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!Regular
!Postseason
!Total
|-
|Cincinnati-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Hamilton County, Ohio
|Cincinnati
|Heritage Bank Center
|Kentucky Colonels
|Three
|
|Three
|-
| rowspan="2" |Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Danver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Denver County, Colorado
| rowspan="2" |Denver
| rowspan="2" |McNichols Sports Arena
|Denver Rockets
|42
|Seven
|49
|-
|ABA All-Star Game
|
|
|One
|-
|Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Marion County, Indiana
|Indianapolis
|Market Square Arena
|Indiana Pacers
|41
|One
|42
|-
| rowspan="2" |Louisville/Jefferson County--Elizabethtown, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Jefferson County, Kentucky
| rowspan="2" |Louisville, Kentucky
| rowspan="2" |Freedom Hall
|Kentucky Colonels
|39
|Five
|44
|-
|New York Nets
|One
|
|One
|-
|New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
|New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division
|Nassau County, New York
|Uniondale, New York
|Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|New York Nets
|41
|Seven
|48
|-
| colspan="3" |Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Richmond, Virginia
|Richmond Coliseum
|Virginia Squires
|Six
|
|Six
|-
| rowspan="2" |Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem, UT-ID Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Salt Lake County, Utah
| rowspan="2" |Salt Lake City
| rowspan="2" |Salt Palace (1969)
|Utah Stars
|Nine
|
|Nine
|-
|Spirits of St. Louis
|One
|
|One
|-
|San Antonio-New Braunfels-Kerrville, TX Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Bexar County, Texas
|San Antonio
|HemisFair Arena
|San Antonio Spurs
|42
|Three
|45
|-
| colspan="3" |San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|San Diego County, California
|San Diego
|Pechanga Arena San Diego
|San Diego Sails
|Three
|
|Three
|-
|St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |St. Louis
|St. Louis Arena
|Spirits of St. Louis
|42
|
|42
|-
| colspan="3" |Terre Haute, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Vigo County, Indiana
|Terre Haute, Indiana
|Hulman Center
|Indiana Pacers
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="2" |Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Hampton, Virginia
|Hampton Coliseum
|Virginia Squires
|11
|
|11
|-
| colspan="2" |Norfolk, Virginia
|Scope Arena at Norfolk Scope
|Virginia Squires
|25
|
|25
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''307'''
|'''23'''
|'''331'''
|}
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[[Category:American Basketball Association (1967-1976) seasons]]

1975-76 American Basketball Association season - Revision history