1974-75 American Basketball Association season

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Seasons
1973-74 1974-75 1975-76

Teams and Alignment

Division Team Primary Venue Municipality
Eastern Division Kentucky Colonels Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Memphis Sounds Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
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
Western Division Denver Rockets Denver Auditorium Arena Denver
Indiana Pacers Market Square Arena Indianapolis
San Antonio Spurs HemisFair Arena San Antonio
San Diego Conquistadors Pechanga Arena San Diego San Diego
Utah Stars Salt Palace (1969) Salt Lake City

Changes

  • Carolina Cougars relocate from First Horizon Coliseum at Greensboro Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina to St. Louis Arena in St. Louis and renamed Spirits of St. Louis.
  • Indiana Pacers relocate from Corteva Coliseum to Market Square Arena.
  • Memphis Tams renamed Memphis Sounds.
  • San Diego Conquistadors relocate from Golden Hall at San Diego Concourse to Pechanga Arena San Diego.

Regular Season Results

Division Team W L GB
Eastern Division Kentucky Colonels 58 26
New York Nets 58 26 0
Spirits of St. Louis 32 52 26
Memphis Sounds 27 57 31
Virginia Squires 15 69 43
Western Division Denver Nuggets 65 19
San Antonio Spurs 51 33 14
Indiana Pacers 45 39 20
Utah Stars 38 46 27
San Diego Conquistadors 31 53 34

Postseason Results

Seeding Tiebreaker Results

Team (Single-Game) Champions
Kentucky Colonels 108 Kentucky Colonels
New York Nets 99

Postseason Results

Team (Best-of-Seven) Team (Best-of-Seven) Team (Best-of-Seven) Champions
Kentucky Colonels 4 Kentucky Colonels 4 Kentucky Colonels 4 Kentucky Colonels
Memphis Sounds 1
New York Nets 1 Spirits of St. Louis 1
Spirits of St. Louis 4
Denver Nuggets 4 Denver Nuggets 3 Indiana Pacers 1
Utah Stars 2
San Antonio Spurs 2 Indiana Pacers 4
Indiana Pacers 4

Special Event Results

Event Away Score Home
ABA All-Star Game Eastern Division 151-124 Western Division

Markets and Venues

Combined Statistical Area Metropolitan Statistical Area Metropolitan Division County / Equivalent Municipality Venue Team / Event Regular Postseason Total
Bowling Green-Glasgow-Franklin, KY Combined Statistical Area Bowling Green, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area Warren County, Kentucky Bowling Green, Kentucky E.A. Diddle Arena Kentucky Colonels One One
Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area Danver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area Denver County, Colorado Denver Denver Auditorium Arena Denver Rockets 42 Seven 49
Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn, IN Combined Statistical Area Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area Allen County, Indiana Fort Wayne, Indiana Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Indiana Pacers 40 Eight 48
Lexington-Fayette--Richmond--Frankfort, KY Combined Statistical Area Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area Fayette County, Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Historic Memorial Coliseum Kentucky Colonels Six Six
Louisville/Jefferson County--Elizabethtown, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area Jefferson County, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky Freedom Hall Kentucky Colonels 35 One tiebreaker + nine 45
San Antonio Spurs 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 Memphis Sounds 42 Two 44
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 42 Three 45
Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem, UT-ID Combined Statistical Area Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area Salt Lake County, Utah Salt Lake City Salt Palace (1969) Utah Stars 42 Three 45
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Kerrville, TX Combined Statistical Area San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area Bexar County, Texas San Antonio HemisFair Arena San Antonio Spurs 41 Three 44
ABA All-Star Game One
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area San Diego County, California San Diego Pechanga Arena San Diego San Diego Conquistadors 42 42
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area St. Louis St. Louis Arena Spirits of St. Louis 42 Four 46
Terre Haute, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area Vigo County, Indiana Terre Haute, Indiana Hulman Center Indiana Pacers Two Two
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area Hampton, Virginia Hampton Coliseum Virginia Squires 19 19
Norfolk, Virginia Scope Arena at Norfolk Scope Virginia Squires 23 23
Total 420 One tiebreaker + 39 461
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