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* Houston Mavericks relocate from Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston to First Horizon Coliseum at Greensboro Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina, renamed Carolina Cougars, and realigned from Western Division to Eastern Division.
* Houston Mavericks relocate from Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston to First Horizon Coliseum at Greensboro Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina, renamed Carolina Cougars, and realigned from Western Division to Eastern Division.
* Miami Floridians relocate from Miami Beach Convention Center North in Miami Beach, Florida to Coconut Grove Convention Center in Miami.
* Miami Floridians relocate from Miami Beach Convention Hall North in Miami Beach, Florida to Coconut Grove Convention Center in Miami.
* Minnesota Pipers relocate from Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota to Civic Arena in Pittsburgh and renamed Pittsburgh Pipers.
* Minnesota Pipers relocate from Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota to Civic Arena in Pittsburgh and renamed Pittsburgh Pipers.
* New Orleans Buccaneers relocate from Loyola Field House to Avron B. Fogelman Arena In The Devlin Fieldhouse.
* New Orleans Buccaneers relocate from Loyola Field House to Avron B. Fogelman Arena In The Devlin Fieldhouse.
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!Combined Statistical Area
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan / Micropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!County / Equivalent
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|Indiana Pacers
|Indiana Pacers
|One
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|One
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|Memphis-Clarksdale-Forrest City, TN-MS-AR Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Shelby County, Tennessee
|Memphis, Tennessee
|Mid-South Coliseum
|New Orleans Buccaneers
|One
|One
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| rowspan="3" |Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="3" |Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="3" |Miami-Dade County, Florida
| rowspan="3" |Miami-Dade County, Florida
|Miami
| rowspan="3" |Miami
|JFK Health Center
|Coconut Grove Convention Center
|Miami Floridians
|Miami Floridians
|24
|
|
|
|24
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |Miami Beach, Florida
| rowspan="2" |JFK Health Center
|Miami Beach Convention Center North
|Miami Floridians
|Miami Floridians
|14
|
|
|
|14
|
|-
|-
|Miami Beach Convention Center South
|Pittsburgh Pipers
|Miami Floridians
|One
|
|
|
|
|One
|-
|-
|West Palm Beach-Delray Beach-Boca Raton, FL Metropolitan Division
|West Palm Beach-Delray Beach-Boca Raton, FL Metropolitan Division
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|West Palm Beach Auditorium
|West Palm Beach Auditorium
|Miami Floridians
|Miami Floridians
|One
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|
|
|One
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="3" |New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Hennepin County, Minnesota
| rowspan="3" |Orleans Parish, Louisiana
|Bloomington, Minnesota
| rowspan="3" |New Orleans
|Met Center
|Avron B. Fogelman Arena In The Devlin Fieldhouse
|Minnesota Pipers
|New Orleans Buccaneers
|
|34
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|
|-
|Ramsey County, Minnesota
|St. Paul, Minnesota
|Roy Wilkins Auditorium
|Minnesota Pipers
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|
|34
|-
|-
|Monroe-Ruston, LA Combined Statistical Area
|Human Performance Center
| colspan="2" |Monroe, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
|Monroe, Louisiana
|Monroe Civic Center Arena
|New Orleans Buccaneers
|New Orleans Buccaneers
|One
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|
|
|One
|
|-
|-
|New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS Combined Statistical Area
|Municipal Auditorium
| colspan="2" |New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Orleans Parish, Louisiana
|New Orleans
|Loyola Field House
|New Orleans Buccaneers
|New Orleans Buccaneers
|Four
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|
|
|Four
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|-
|New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
|New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
|New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division
|Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division
|Suffolk County, New York
|Nassau County, New York
|Commack, New York
|Garden City South, New York
|Long Island Arena
|Island Garden (1957)
|New York Nets
|New York Nets
|42
|Three
|45
|-
| rowspan="4" |Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
| rowspan="2" |Pittsburgh
| rowspan="2" |Civic Arena
|Pittsburgh Pipers
|38
|
|
|38
|-
|Miami Floridians
|One
|
|
|One
|-
|Washington County, Pennsylvania
|California, Pennsylvania
|Hamer Hall
|Pittsburgh Pipers
|One
|
|
|One
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Jefferson County, Ohio
| rowspan="2" |Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA Metropolitan Division
|Steubenville, Ohio
| rowspan="2" |Alameda County, California
|St. John Arena
| rowspan="2" |Oakland, California
|Pittsburgh Pipers
|HJK Arena at Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts
|One
|Oakland Oaks
|
|
|
|
|One
|-
|-
|Oakland Arena
| rowspan="2" |Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area
|Oakland Oaks
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
| rowspan="2" |Wake County, North Carolina
|
| rowspan="2" |Raleigh, North Carolina
|James T. Valvano Arena at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum
|Carolina Cougars
|
|
|One
|One
|-
|-
| colspan="2" |San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|J.S. Dorton Arena
|Santa Clara County, California
|Carolina Cougars
|San José, California
|Eight
|San Jose Civic
|Oakland Oaks
|
|
|
|
|Eight
|-
|-
|St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area
|Tallahassee-Bainbridge, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Tallahassee, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |St. Louis
|Leon County, Florida
|St. Louis Arena
|Tallahassee, Florida
|Tully Gymnasium
|Miami Floridians
|Miami Floridians
|One
|
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="2" |Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-VA-MD-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |District of Columbia
| rowspan="2" |Uline Arena
|Washington Capitols
|31
|Three
|34
|-
|Los Angeles Stars
|Four
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|
|Four
|-
| rowspan="2" |Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Sedgwick County, Kansas
| rowspan="2" |Wichita, Kansas
| rowspan="2" |Charles Koch Arena
|Denver Rockets
|One
|
|
|One
|-
|-
| colspan="2" |Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Washington Caps
|St. Petersburg-Clearwater-Largo, FL Metropolitan Division
|One
|Pinellas County, Florida
|St. Petersburg, Florida
|Bayfront Center
|Miami Floridians
|
|
|
|
|One
|-
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
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|'''462'''
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|'''40'''
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|'''503'''
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[[Category:1969-70]]
[[Category:American Basketball Association (1967-1976) seasons]]

Latest revision as of 01:46, 17 October 2026

Seasons
1968-69 1969-70 1970-71

Teams and Alignment

Division Team Primary Venue Municipality
Eastern Division Carolina Cougars First Horizon Coliseum at Greensboro Complex Greensboro, North Carolina
Indiana Pacers Corteva Coliseum Indianapolis
Kentucky Colonels Louisville Gardens Louisville, Kentucky
Miami Floridians Coconut Grove Convention Center Miami
New York Nets Island Garden (1957) Garden City South, New York
Pittsburgh Pipers Civic Arena Pittsburgh
Western Division Dallas Chaparrals Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Memorial Arena Dallas
Denver Rockets Denver Auditorium Arena Denver
Los Angeles Stars Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles
New Orleans Buccaneers Avron B. Fogelman Arena In The Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans
Washington Caps Uline Arena Washington

Changes

  • Houston Mavericks relocate from Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston to First Horizon Coliseum at Greensboro Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina, renamed Carolina Cougars, and realigned from Western Division to Eastern Division.
  • Miami Floridians relocate from Miami Beach Convention Hall North in Miami Beach, Florida to Coconut Grove Convention Center in Miami.
  • Minnesota Pipers relocate from Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota to Civic Arena in Pittsburgh and renamed Pittsburgh Pipers.
  • New Orleans Buccaneers relocate from Loyola Field House to Avron B. Fogelman Arena In The Devlin Fieldhouse.
  • New York Nets relocate from Long Island Arena in Commack, New York to Island Garden (1957) in Garden City South, New York.
  • Oakland Oaks relocate from Oakland Arena in Oakland, California to Uline Arena in Washington and renamed Washington Caps.

Regular Season Results

Division Team W L GB
Eastern Division Indiana Pacers 59 25
Kentucky Colonels 45 39 14
Carolina Cougars 42 42 17
New York Nets 39 45 20
Pittsburgh Pipers 29 55 30
Miami Floridians 23 61 36
Western Division Denver Rockets 51 33
Dallas Chaparrals 45 39 6
Washington Caps 44 40 7
Los Angeles Stars 43 41 8
New Orleans Buccaneers 42 42 9

Postseason Results

Team (Best-of-Seven) Team (Best-of-Seven) Team (Best-of-Seven) Champions
Indiana Pacers 4 Indiana Pacers 4 Indiana Pacers 4 Indiana Pacers
Carolina Cougars 0
Kentucky Colonels 4 Kentucky Colonels 1
New York Nets 3
Denver Rockets 4 Denver Rockets 1 Los Angeles Stars 2
Washington Caps 3
Dallas Chaparrals 2 Los Angeles Stars 4
Los Angeles Stars 4

Special Event Results

Event Away Score Home
ABA All-Star Game Western Division 128-98 Eastern Division

Markets and Venues

Combined Statistical Area Metropolitan Statistical Area Metropolitan Division County / Equivalent Municipality Venue Team / Event Regular Postseason Total
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM Combined Statistical Area Albuquerque, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area Bernalillo County, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico The Pit - Powered by Nusenda Denver Rockets One One
Altoona-Huntingdon, PA Combined Statistical Area Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Blair County, Pennsylvania Altoona, Pennsylvania Jaffa Shrine Center Pittsburgh Pipers One One
Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC Combined Statistical Area Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina Bojangles Coliseum Carolina Cougars 14 One 15
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 30 Three 33
University Park, Texas Moody Coliseum Dallas Chaparrals Nine Nine
Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine, TX Metropolitan Division Tarrant County, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth Convention Center Arena Dallas Chaparrals Three Three
Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area Danver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area Denver County, Colorado Denver Denver Auditorium Arena Denver Rockets 39 Four 43
Denver Coliseum Denver Rockets One Three Four
Washington Caps One One
Fresno-Hanford-Corcoran, CA Combined Statistical Area Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area Fresno County, California Fresno, California Selland Arena Los Angeles Stars Two Two
Washington Caps Two Two
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area Guilford County, North Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina First Horizon Coliseum at Greensboro Complex Carolina Cougars 20 20
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN Combined Statistical Area Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area Madison County, Indiana Anderson, Indiana Anderson High School Wigwam (1961) Indiana Pacers Four Four
Marion County, Indiana Indianapolis Corteva Coliseum Indiana Pacers 37 Eight 45
Kentucky Colonels One One
ABA All-Star Game One
Jackson County, North Carolina Cullowhee, North Carolina Reid Gym Washington Caps One One
Jackson-Vicksburg-Brookhaven, MS Combined Statistical Area Jackson, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area Hinds County, Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi Mississippi Coliseum New Orleans Buccaneers One One
Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area Duval County, Florida Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum Miami Floridians One One
Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA Combined Statistical Area Lafayette, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area Lafayette Parish, Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana Blackham Coliseum New Orleans Buccaneers One One
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles Stars 36 Eight 44
Washington Caps Six Six
Louisville/Jefferson County--Elizabethtown, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area Jefferson County, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky Louisville Gardens Kentucky Colonels 41 Six 47
Indiana Pacers One One
Memphis-Clarksdale-Forrest City, TN-MS-AR Combined Statistical Area Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area Shelby County, Tennessee Memphis, Tennessee Mid-South Coliseum New Orleans Buccaneers One One
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL Combined Statistical Area Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division Miami-Dade County, Florida Miami Coconut Grove Convention Center Miami Floridians 24 24
JFK Health Center Miami Floridians 14 14
Pittsburgh Pipers One One
West Palm Beach-Delray Beach-Boca Raton, FL Metropolitan Division Palm Beach County, Florida West Palm Beach, Florida West Palm Beach Auditorium Miami Floridians One One
New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS Combined Statistical Area New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area Orleans Parish, Louisiana New Orleans Avron B. Fogelman Arena In The Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans Buccaneers 34 34
Human Performance Center New Orleans Buccaneers One One
Municipal Auditorium New Orleans Buccaneers Four Four
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 Garden City South, New York Island Garden (1957) New York Nets 42 Three 45
Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV Combined Statistical Area Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Civic Arena Pittsburgh Pipers 38 38
Miami Floridians One One
Washington County, Pennsylvania California, Pennsylvania Hamer Hall Pittsburgh Pipers One One
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area Jefferson County, Ohio Steubenville, Ohio St. John Arena Pittsburgh Pipers One One
Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area Wake County, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina James T. Valvano Arena at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum Carolina Cougars One One
J.S. Dorton Arena Carolina Cougars Eight Eight
Tallahassee-Bainbridge, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area Tallahassee, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area Leon County, Florida Tallahassee, Florida Tully Gymnasium Miami Floridians One One
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-VA-MD-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division District of Columbia Uline Arena Washington Capitols 31 Three 34
Los Angeles Stars Four Four
Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Combined Statistical Area Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area Sedgwick County, Kansas Wichita, Kansas Charles Koch Arena Denver Rockets One One
Washington Caps One One
Total 462 40 503
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