1967–68 ABA season
The ABA 1967/68 season was the first season in the newly founded American Basketball Association. The season started on 13 October 1967. At Play operating participated 11 teams. Each team completed 78 games. The four best of each division qualified for the playoffs. On 4 May 1968, the season ended with the ABA Championship. The Pittsburgh Pipers defeated in the finals of the New Orleans Buccaneers and were thus the first champion of the new league.
- 4.1 ABA Finals 1968
Season notes
- On 2 February 1967, the new league was launched.
- Before the season, the Oakland Americans were renamed Oakland Oaks.
- The franchise, which was awarded to Kansas City, had to move to Denver because they could not find a venue. There she was first called Denver Larks, later Denver Rockets.
- The New Jersey Freighters were renamed prior to the season in the New Jersey Americans.
- Rick Barry was the first NBA star, who wrote in the ABA with the Oakland Oaks, but sat due to a dispute with the San Francisco Warriors all season out.
- The first ABA All-Star Game was held in Indianapolis on January 9, 1968.
- New Jersey had a playoff against the Kentucky Colonels for the last playoff place in the Eastern Division. Since the normal Hall in New Jersey but was busy and the replacement hall unplayable, the Colonels were declared the winner.
Awards
- ABA Most Valuable Player: Connie Hawkins ( Pittsburgh)
- ABA Rookie of the Year: Mel Daniels ( Minnesota)
- ABA Coach of the Year: Vince Cazzetta ( Pittsburgh)
- ABA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player: Larry Brown ( New Orleans)
ABA All- League Team
End figures
W = Wins, L = Losses, PCT = percentage share of victory, P = behind Division leaders
In parentheses are the rankings in the seedings of the respective division playoffs are listed.
Playoffs in 1968
The first play-off round was played in best- of-five format. All other rounds were best- of-seven series.
ABA Finals 1968
- Connie Hawkins of the Pittsburgh Pipers was named Most Valuable Player of the ABA Finals.