1969–70 ABA season
The ABA season 1969/70 was the third season of the American Basketball Association. The season started on 17 October 1969. At Play operating attended eleven teams. Each team completed 84 games. The four best of each division qualified for the playoffs. On May 25, 1970, the season ended with the ABA Championship. The Indiana Pacers defeated in the finals of the Los Angeles Stars and have been so for the first time master of the ABA.
- 4.1 ABA Finals 1970
Season notes
- The reigning champion Oakland Oaks had to because of the termination of a loan to Washington DC be sold, where the team played as a Washington Caps.
- Although Washington was in the Eastern U.S., you had to compete in the Western Division. One of its home games from the team wore in Mexico City.
- The Houston Mavericks moved to North Carolina, where she served as Carolina Cougars competed as a regional team. They changed the division, from west to east. Therefore, the Western Division had only five teams that six Eastern Division.
- The Minnesota Pipers moved back to Pittsburgh, where they already 1967/68 played.
- John McLendon of the Denver Rockets became the first African-American coach in the ABA.
- The ABA All-Star Game was held in Indianapolis on January 24, 1970.
- The owner of the ABA approved a merger with the NBA, but were thwarted by a suit of 14 NBA players.
- The League takes over before the end of the season the business of the Miami Floridians.
Awards
- ABA Most Valuable Player: Spencer Haywood ( Denver)
- ABA Rookie of the Year: Spencer Haywood ( Denver)
- ABA Coach of the Year: Bill Sharman (Los Angeles ) and Joe Belmont ( Denver)
- ABA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player: Spencer Haywood ( Denver)
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 1970
The play-off rounds were played in best- of-seven format.
ABA Finals 1970
- Roger Brown of the Indiana Pacers was named Most Valuable Player of the ABA Finals.