The

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(ABA) Finals were the championship series of the ABA, a professional basketball league, in which two teams played each other for the title. The ABA was formed in the fall of 1967, and the first ABA Finals were played at the end of the league's first season in the spring of 1968. The league ceased operations in 1976 with the

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and four teams from the ABA continued play in the

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. All ABA Finals were in best-of-seven format and were contested between the winners of the Eastern Division and the Western Division finals. The only teams to win the championship more than once were the

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and the

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. The Indiana Pacers initially played in the ABA Finals in 1969, which they lost to the Oakland Oaks, but they won the championship the next year against the

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. They won in the ABA Finals again in 1972, their first after moving to the Western Division, against the

and won their final ABA championship against the

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in 1973. The New York Nets won their first championship in 1974 against the

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, and their second against the

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in 1976. The last ABA Finals were in 1976, after which the

took place; three of the four teams that continued into the NBA made it to or won the ABA Finals.

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Champions

With the ABA cut down to seven teams by the middle of its final season, the league abandoned divisional play.

Results by teams

Notes

* The Indiana Pacers moved from the Eastern Division to the Western Division between the 1969–1970 and 1970–1971 seasons.

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External links

Professional Basketball Championships
{{ABA seasons * American Basketball Association lists

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Champions

Results by teams

Notes

See also

References

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