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1967–68 Oakland Oaks Season
The 1967–68 Oakland Oaks season was the first season of the Oakland Oaks franchise in the American Basketball Association (ABA). The Oaks played in the first ever game of the ABA on October 13, 1967, beating the Anaheim Amigos 134–129. Rick Barry attempted to defect to the Oaks due to being angered by San Francisco Warriors management's failure to pay him certain incentive awards he felt he was due. However the team sued to stop him from playing, which meant that he would sit out the season rather than play for the Warriors, subsequently doing radio broadcasts for the Oaks. The next season, Barry was allowed to play for the Oaks. The team struggled, finishing dead last in the West by 3 games, with the worst record in the ABA. The Oaks averaged 110.8 points a game (which was 4th best in the league), but gave up an average of 117.4 points, the worst in the league. According to the Elo rating system, the Oaks had the second-worst performance of any professional basketball team ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Basketball Association
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major professional basketball league that operated for nine seasons from 1967 to 1976. The upstart ABA operated in direct competition with the more established National Basketball Association throughout its existence. The second of two leagues established in the 1960s after the American Basketball League (1961–1962), American Basketball League, the ABA was the more successful rival to the NBA. The league started with eleven teams; the Indiana Pacers, Kentucky Colonels, Minnesota Muskies, New Jersey Americans, and Pittsburgh Pipers were placed in the Eastern Division and the Anaheim Amigos, Dallas Chaparrals, Denver Rockets, Houston Mavericks, New Orleans Buccaneers, and Oakland Oaks (ABA), Oakland Oaks in the Western Division. George Mikan served as the first league commissioner and came up with the idea for the three-point shot to go along with a 30-second shot clock. Echoing the NHL, the league named a Most Valuable Player fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver Rockets
Denver ( ) is a consolidated city and county, the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Western United States, in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. With a population of 715,522 as of the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010, Denver is the 19th most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. Denver is the principal city of the Denver Metropolitan area (which includes over 3 million people), as well as the economic and cultural center of the broader Front Range, home to more than 5 million people. Denver's downtown district lies about east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Named after James W. Denver, the governor of the Kansas Territory at the time, Denver was founded at the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River in 1858 during the Gold Rush era. Nicknamed the "Mile High City" be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levern Tart
Levern Tart (June 1, 1942 – June 22, 2010) was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Bradley Braves and for five teams of the American Basketball Association. Early life Born in Marion, South Carolina, Tart went to Roosevelt High School in West Palm Beach, Florida. College career The 6'2" (later listed as 6'3"), guard Tart played college basketball at Bradley University with Joe Strawder. He had not been recruited to play college basketball and so he intended to go to Indiana University, where Ron Burns and Bobby Knight played football before Bradley's coach discovered and signed him. In his career at Bradley Tart scored 1,053 points in 73 games for an average of 14.4 points per game. He was the Most Valuable Player of the 1964 National Invitational Tournament, which Bradley won. In that season Tart led the team with 17.5 points per game and was first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference. Amateur and semi-professional career Tart wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 ABA All-Star Game
The first American Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 9, 1968, at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, before an audience of 10,872. Jim Pollard ( Minnesota Muskies) coached the Eastern Conference team, while Babe McCarthy (New Orleans Buccaneers) coached the West. Mel Daniels helped take the East team to victory by leading all players with 22 points and 15 rebounds, but Larry Brown of the losing West squad was named MVP. Joe Belmont and Ron Feiereisel officiated the game. Western Conference Eastern Conference *Halftime — East, 61–59 *Third Quarter — East, 92–91 References * * External links ABA All Star Game at RemembertheABA.com All-Star ABA All-star game ABA All-star game The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a professional basketball league founded in 1967. The ABA ceased to exist after merging with the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1976. In total, the league held nine all-star game A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967–68 Pittsburgh Pipers Season
The 1967–68 ABA season, 1967–68 Pittsburgh Pipers season was the very first season of the American Basketball Association, ABA and the team alike. The Pipers finished first in the Eastern Division and won their 1968 ABA Playoffs, first and only ABA title. In the Eastern Division semifinals, the Pipers swept the Indiana Pacers in three games. In the Eastern Division Finals, the Pipers eliminated the Minnesota Muskies, in five games. The Western Division champion New Orleans Buccaneers appeared in the ABA Championships for the first time and were defeated by the Pipers in seven games. The Pipers would soon move to Minnesota for the 1968–69 Minnesota Pipers season, next season, only to return a 1969–70 Pittsburgh Pipers season, year later. Plaguing injuries nagged the team for the rest of their brief tenure in Pittsburgh, as they would disband in 1972, only four years after winning the title. The Pipers hold a legacy as the first ABA champion along with Pittsburgh's only prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967–68 New Orleans Buccaneers Season
The 1967–68 New Orleans Buccaneers season was the 1st season of the ABA and of the Buccaneers. The Pipers finished first in the Western Division, going all the way to the ABA Finals. In the Western Division semifinals, the Bucs beat the Denver Rockets in five games. In the Division Finals, they won three straight over the Dallas Chaparrals to win the series in five games. In the ABA Finals, the Bucs and the Pittsburgh Pipers split the six games of the series (with a Game 6 loss at home) that set up a pivotal Game 7 in Pittsburgh. The Pipers won the game and the Finals 122–113. Roster Final standings Western Division Record vs. opponents Playoffs Western Division Semifinals Western Division Finals ABA Finals ''Bucs lose series, 4–3'' Awards, records, and honors 1968 ABA All-Star Game played on January 9, 1968 * Doug Moe * Larry Brown * Jimmy Jones * Red Robbins Brown (7-of-9 for 17 points) was named All–Star MVP. References Buccaneers on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967–68 New Jersey Americans Season
The 1967–68 New Jersey Americans season was the first season of the franchise in the American Basketball Association (ABA). Originally, they planned on going by the ''New Jersey Freighters'' or ''New York Freighters'' before changing their team name to the ''New York Americans'' and then New Jersey Americans by the start of the regular season due to the Americans failing to find a permanent home venue in the New York City area. The Americans finished the season tied with the Kentucky Colonels for the fourth and final playoff spot. However, due to the Teaneck Armory being booked up on the day of the one-game playoff and the playing surface at the Commack Long Island Arena (the future home of the team) being deemed unsuitable, the two teams did not play a one-game playoff, which resulted in the game being forfeited in favor of the Colonels, giving them the last playoff spot instead of the Americans. The team would relocate to Long Island and then become the New York Nets before th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967–68 Minnesota Muskies Season
The 1967–68 Minnesota Muskies season was the first and only season of the Muskies in the newly created American Basketball Association. The team was created on February 2, 1967, for the price of $30,000 to L.P. Shields and Fred Jefferson. The team was named after a nickname for the Muskellunge, which is a fish found in Minnesota. The team did well on the court, finishing second to the Pittsburgh Pipers in the Eastern Division. In the playoffs, they made it to the Division Finals, but the Muskies lost in 5 games to the Pipers. However, this proved to be the only season for the Muskies due to them losing money (reportedly $400,000) with middling attendance in relation to minimal season tickets purchased. (In the five playoff games played in Minnesota, they averaged 3,511 in attendance, with the highest being 8,357 for Game 3 of the Division Finals and the lowest being 661 for Game 1 of the Semifinals.) A plan to play 9 games in their following season within other places around Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967–68 Indiana Pacers Season
The 1967–68 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's first season in the ABA and its first as a team. During the first season, the Pacers played most of their games at Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum, but they staged a handful of games across Indiana to help build attention for the team, playing one game in Fort Wayne, Shelbyville, New Castle, Madison along with two in Kokomo. ABA Draft Roster Season standings Eastern Division Western Division Record vs. opponents Awards, records, and honors ABA All-Stars * Roger Brown * Mel Daniels * Bob Netolicky Playoffs Eastern Division semifinals , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 1 , March 25 , @ Pittsburgh L 127–146, Roger Brown (32) , Roger Brown (12) , , Civic Arena , 0–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 2 , March 26 , @ Pittsburgh L 108–121, Freddie Lewis (21) , Ollie Darden (16) , , Civic Arena , 0–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 3 , March 27 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967–68 Houston Mavericks Season
The 1967–68 Houston Mavericks season was the first season of the Mavericks in the American Basketball Association. On February 2, 1967, Houston was awarded a franchise for $30,000 with William Whitmore, Charles Frazier and Cloyce Box being the buyers. Later that year, T.C. Morrow and Bud Adams, owner of a Houston-based oil company and the American Football League's Houston Oilers bought Box's interest in the team. Morrow would be majority owner while Adams was a minority owner. The team had less than stellar attendance, with 3,091 attending the first ever game versus the Chaparrals on October 23, 1967 (losing 100–83). The lowest attended game was held on February 5, 1968, when only 575 people attended. The highest attended game was on February 29, 1968, with 4,965 attendance. Despite all of this, the Mavericks spiraled into the playoffs, in part due to 8 of the 11 teams in the new league being guaranteed a spot into the Playoffs, with Houston getting the final spot by 4 games. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967–68 Denver Rockets Season
The 1967–68 ABA season marked the inaugural season of both the American Basketball Association and the Denver Rockets. Initially, the team was meant to play in Kansas City out in Missouri, but was able to relocate themselves to Denver in time for the start of the 1967 ABA draft due to a lack of suitable playing arenas; they then also considered the ideas of Denver Larks and Denver Lark Buntings as team names for the franchise at first before an eleventh hour purchase by Bill Ringsby and his son Don Ringsby (who had owned the local Ringsby Rocket Truck Lines business at that point in time) that helped save the franchise before they even had a chance to play a single game caused the team to change their team name to the Denver Rockets (primarily as a promotion to the Ringsby Rocket Truck Lines business at hand) before the season officially began. This was the first time that professional basketball was officially played in the city of Denver since the original Denver Nuggets left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
