Editing American Basketball Association (section)

==List of ABA championships==
{{main|List of ABA champions}}
{| class="wikitable"
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|bgcolor=#FFFF99|'''Bold'''
|ABA champions
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Overview of American Basketball Association champions
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Western Division finalist
!scope="col"| Games
!scope="col"| Eastern Division finalist
!scope="col"| Playoffs MVP
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | [[1968 ABA Playoffs|1968]]
| [[New Orleans Buccaneers]] 
|3–4
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|'''[[Pittsburgh Pipers]]'''
| [[Connie Hawkins]], Pittsburgh 
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | [[1969 ABA Playoffs|1969]]
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|'''[[Oakland Oaks (ABA)|Oakland Oaks]]'''
|4–1
| [[Indiana Pacers]]
| [[Warren Jabali]], Oakland 
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | [[1970 ABA Playoffs|1970]]
|[[Los Angeles Stars]] 
|2–4
|bgcolor="#FFFF99"|'''[[Indiana Pacers]]''' 
|[[Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)|Roger Brown]], Indiana 
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | [[1971 ABA Playoffs|1971]]
|bgcolor="#FFFF99"|'''[[Utah Stars]]''' 
|4–3 
|[[Kentucky Colonels]]
|[[Zelmo Beaty]], Utah 
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | [[1972 ABA Playoffs|1972]]
|bgcolor="#FFFF99"|'''[[Indiana Pacers]]''' 
|4–2 
|[[New York Nets]] 
|[[Freddie Lewis]], Indiana
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | [[1973 ABA Playoffs|1973]] 
|bgcolor="#FFFF99"|'''[[Indiana Pacers]]''' 
|4–3
|[[Kentucky Colonels]] 
|[[George McGinnis]], Indiana 
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | [[1974 ABA Playoffs|1974]]
|[[Utah Stars]]
|1–4 
|bgcolor="#FFFF99"|'''[[New York Nets]]'''
|[[Julius Erving]], New York 
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | [[1975 ABA Playoffs|1975]]
|[[Indiana Pacers]] 
|1–4 
|bgcolor="#FFFF99"|'''[[Kentucky Colonels]]'''
|[[Artis Gilmore]], Kentucky 
|-
|}

With the ABA cut down to seven teams by the middle of its final season, the league abandoned divisional play.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ABA final season champions
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Winner
!scope="col"| Games
!scope="col"| Runners-up
!scope="col"| Playoffs MVP
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | [[1976 ABA Playoffs|1976]]
|bgcolor="#FFFF99"|'''[[New York Nets]]'''
|4–2 
|[[Denver Nuggets]] 
|[[Julius Erving]] F, New York
|-
|}