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The 1969 ABA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Basketball Association's 1968-1969 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Division champion Oakland Oaks defeating the Eastern Division champion Indiana Pacers, four games to one in the ABA Finals. For the league that began in 1999, see American Basketball Association (2000-). The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a professional basketball league founded in 1967, and eventually merged, in part, with the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...
There have been two sports franchises based in Oakland known as the Oakland Oaks: The Oakland Oaks of minor league baseball, who played in the Pacific Coast League. ...
The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...
| | Division Semifinals | | Division Finals | | ABA Finals | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Oakland | 4 | | | 3 | Denver | 3 | | | | 1 | Oakland | 4 | | | Western Division | | | | 2 | New Orleans | 0 | | | 4 | Dallas | 3 | | | | 2 | New Orleans | 4 | | | | | W1 | Oakland | 4 | | | E1 | Indiana | 1 | | | 1 | Indiana | 4 | | | 3 | Kentucky | 3 | | | | 1 | Indiana | 4 | | Eastern Division | | | | 2 | Miami | 1 | | | 4 | Minnesota | 3 | | | | 2 | Miami | 4 | |
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The Oakland Oaks won the ABA championship after finishing with the league's best record during the regular season (60-18, .769). The Pittsburgh Pipers had accomplished the same feat the year prior. There have been two sports franchises based in Oakland known as the Oakland Oaks: The Oakland Oaks of minor league baseball, who played in the Pacific Coast League. ...
The Pittsburgh Pipers were a professional basketball team in the original American Basketball Association. ...
The Oaks, like the Pittsburgh Pipers before them, did not play in the following season as the same team. The Oakland Oaks became the Carolina Cougars for the 1969-1970 ABA season; the Pittsburgh Pipers had become the Minnesota Pipers after winning the ABA championship the prior season. Carolina Cougars was a basketball franchise in the former American Basketball Association that existed from late 1969 through 1974. ...
The Oaks' 60-18 (.769) record in this season was the best in ABA history until the Kentucky Colonels finished the 1971-1972 season with a record of 68-16 (.810), a record that was never surpassed. Kentucky Colonels Logo This article is about a professional basketball team. ...
Warren Armstrong of Oakland was the Most Valuable Player of the ABA finals.
External Links - Basketball-Reference.com's 1969 ABA Playoffs page
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