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The 1973 ABA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Basketball Association's 1972-1973 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Division champion Indiana Pacers defeating the Eastern Division champion Kentucky Colonels, four games to three 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). ...
Kentucky Colonels Logo This article is about a professional basketball team. ...
| | Division Semifinals | | Division Finals | | ABA Finals | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Utah | 4 | | | 4 | San Diego | 0 | | | | 1 | Utah | 2 | | | Western Division | | | | 2 | Indiana | 4 | | | 3 | Denver | 1 | | | | 2 | Indiana | 4 | | | | | W2 | Indiana | 4 | | | E2 | Kentucky | 3 | | | 1 | Carolina | 4 | | | 4 | New York | 1 | | | | 1 | Carolina | 3 | | Eastern Division | | | | 2 | Kentucky | 4 | | | 3 | Virginia | 1 | | | | 2 | Kentucky | 4 | |
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The teams with the three best records in the ABA that year failed to win the championship. The Carolina Cougars had the league's best record at 57-27 (.679), one game ahead of the Kentucky Colonels (56-28, .667) in the Eastern Division. The Utah Stars won the Western Division with a record of 55-29 (.655), four games ahead of the Indiana Pacers, who won the league championship after posting a regular season record of 51-33 (.607).[1] Carolina Cougars was a basketball franchise in the former American Basketball Association that existed from late 1969 through 1974. ...
Kentucky Colonels Logo This article is about a professional basketball team. ...
The Utah Stars was an American Basketball Association (ABA) team based in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. // The Anaheim Amigos, based in Anaheim, California, began play in the fall of 1967, in the Anaheim Convention Center. ...
The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...
The Pacers became the first team to win a third ABA championship.
The Colonels became the first team to lose two separate ABA championship series.
The Pacers' George McGinnis was the Most Valuable Player of the ABA finals. George F. McGinnis (born August 12, 1950 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a former pro basketball player. ...
External Links - Basketball-Reference.com's 1973 ABA Playoffs page
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