The 1970 ABA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Basketball Association's 1969-1970 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Indiana Pacers defeating the Western Division champion Los Angeles Stars, four games to two 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). ... The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... Los Angeles Stars is the name of three American Basketball Association (ABA) teams based in Los Angeles, California. ...
Division Semifinals
Division Finals
ABA Finals
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Denver
4
3
Washington
3
1
Denver
1
Western Division
4
Los Angeles
4
4
Los Angeles
4
2
Dallas
2
W4
Los Angeles
2
E1
Indiana
4
1
Indiana
4
3
Carolina
0
1
Indiana
4
Eastern Division
2
Kentucky
1
4
New York
3
2
Kentucky
4
Trivia
The Indiana Pacers finished the season with the league's best regular season record (59-25, .702) before going on to win the ABA championship. This same feat was accomplished by the Oakland Oaks during the prior season and by the Pittsburgh Pipers in the year before that. The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in 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 Pittsburgh Pipers were a professional basketball team in the original American Basketball Association. ...
The Pacers became the first ABA champions to return in the same form for the following season. 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. ...
Roger Brown of Indiana was the Most Valuable Player of the ABA finals. Roger A. Brown (born May 22, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former professional basketball player. ...
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