1969 ABA Playoffs
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The 1969 ABA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Basketball Association's 1968-1969 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Division champion Oakland Oaks defeating the Eastern Division champion Indiana Pacers, four games to one in the ABA Finals.
| Division Semifinals | Division Finals | ABA Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Oakland | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Denver | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Oakland | 4 | |||||||||||
| Western Division | |||||||||||||
| 2 | New Orleans | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Dallas | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | New Orleans | 4 | |||||||||||
| W1 | Oakland | 4 | |||||||||||
| E1 | Indiana | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Indiana | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Kentucky | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Indiana | 4 | |||||||||||
| Eastern Division | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Miami | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Minnesota | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Miami | 4 | |||||||||||
[edit] Trivia
The Oakland Oaks won the ABA championship after finishing with the league's best record during the regular season (60-18, .769). The Pittsburgh Pipers had accomplished the same feat the year prior.
The Oaks, like the Pittsburgh Pipers before them, did not play in the following season as the same team. 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.
The Oaks' 60-18 (.769) record in this season was the best in ABA history until the Kentucky Colonels finished the 1971-1972 season with a record of 68-16 (.810), a record that was never surpassed.
Warren Armstrong of Oakland was the Most Valuable Player of the ABA finals.
