The 1972 ABA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Basketball Association's 1971-1972 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Division champion Indiana Pacers defeating the Eastern Division champion New York Nets, 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). ... The New Jersey Nets are a National Basketball Association team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ...

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The Kentucky Colonels, despite finishing the season with the best record in the history of the ABA (68-16, .810), winning 8 of 11 regular season games against the New York Nets and finishing 24 games ahead of the Nets in the regular season standings, lost their first round series to the Nets. Kentucky Colonels Logo This article is about a professional basketball team. ... The New Jersey Nets are a National Basketball Association team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ...

The Floridians played their final game on April 6, 1972, losing at home in their Eastern Division semifinal series to the Virginia Squires 115-106. The Squires swept the series 4 games to none behind rookie Julius Erving who grabbed at least thirty rebounds in three of those four games. On June 13, 1972 the league bought the Floridians and disbanded the team. Miami Floridians, later in their history known simply as The Floridians, were a professional basketball franchise in the original, now-defunct American Basketball Association. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Virginia Squires was a basketball franchise in the former American Basketball Association that existed from 1970 through 1976. ... Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950 in Roosevelt, New York), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is a former American basketball player who helped launch a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ...

The Indiana Pacers became the first team to win a second ABA championship. The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...

Freddie Lewis of the Pacers was the Most Valuable Player of the ABA finals. Frederick L. Lewis (born July 1, 1943 in Huntington, West Virginia) is a retired American basketball player. ...

This was the first season in which two future NBA teams met for the ABA Championship. This only happened one other time in the league's history, during its final year in 1976 when the Denver Nuggets edged past the Colonels 4-3 to meet the Nets in the ABA championship series. The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Five of the seven playoff series ended in final games in which the home team lost.

External Links

• Basketball-Reference.com's 1972 ABA Playoffs page