The final ever game of the ABA saw Julius Erving (31 points 19 rebounds) and the Nets overcome a 22-point deficit to beat Denver in Game 6 and claim the last championship of the renegade league.

He led New York to a 55-29 record and the second seed in the four-team ABA playoffs. In the 1976 ABA playoffs, Erving averaged 34.7 points (61.0 TS%), 12.6 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 3.9 blocks ...

The Indiana Pacers were founded in 1967 as a charter member of the American Basketball Association (ABA), and have carved out a rich basketball legacy since their inception. Transitioning to the ...

Julius Erving was the star of the 1976 ABA Playoffs, winning the postseason MVP award after averaging an impressive 34.7 points over 13 games and playing a crucial role in the New York Nets ...

how the Nuggets with David Thompson and Dan Issel had come off an ABA Finals run in 1976 and were a strong NBA Finals contender, a forgotten classic Nuggets-Bucks playoff series in 1978, ...

Julius Erving was the star of the 1976 ABA Playoffs, winning the postseason MVP award after averaging an impressive 34.7 points over 13 games and playing a crucial role in the New York Nets ...

From NBA.com Staff PREVIOUS SEASON | NEXT SEASON The 1976-77 season was a time of change in pro basketball. Four teams from the disbanded ABA — the ... and the playoff system was restructured ...

how the Nuggets with David Thompson and Dan Issel had come off an ABA Finals run in 1976 and were a strong NBA Finals contender, a forgotten classic Nuggets-Bucks playoff series in 1978, ...

Yet even in 1976, the New York market was not completely without playoff basketball. The New Jersey Nets (now the Brooklyn Nets) won the last ABA title in 1976 before joining the NBA. Before then ...

In 1976, four ABA teams — the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets and San Antonio Spurs — merged with the NBA. The terms of the merger required each team to pay the NBA $3.2 million ...