The 1967–68 Anaheim Amigos season was the only season of the franchise in the American Basketball Association (ABA). On February 2, 1967, a charter franchise in Anaheim, California was awarded to Art Kim and James Ackerman for $30,000. They participated in the first ever ABA game, losing 134–129 to the Oakland Oaks. The team ended up losing their first five games of the season, winning their first game 13 days later. The team only played 12 games at home in the calendar year of 1967, while playing on the road (or at a neutral site) for the other 25. The team failed to garner much interest from the locale, along with having to deal with working around the Convention Center's busy schedule due to being across the street from Disneyland. Three of the home games for the Amigos were played in Honolulu, Hawaii (supposedly to have a sense of Art Kim having a professional basketball team in his home state after failing with his first venture through the Hawaii Chiefs in the short-lived American Basketball League revival, which could be considered to be a precursor to the ABA). The team lost $500,000 over the course of the season. They led the league in turnovers with 1,516, averaging over 19 a game, with the highest being 36 against the Denver Rockets.

After the Amigos lost on December 27, Harry Dinnel took over as coach before they played the next day on the 28th. The team never won more than three games in a row, with their highest winning streak being 2 games, which they did 7 times. From January 7 to January 21, they lost 8 straight games. After the season, the team moved to Los Angeles to become the Los Angeles Stars. Jim Hardy, the newly hired general manager for the Stars stated that "This is a brand-new franchise. We will have new players, new uniforms, new management, as well as a new home. The Amigos have been buried, and we burned their uniforms after the final game." Despite that notion, however, the Stars would stay in the city of Los Angeles for the next two seasons before the Stars later left the state of California and moved to the nearby state of Utah to become the Utah Stars for the rest of their existence going forward.

Roster

Regular season Western Division + Team W L PCT. GB New Orleans Buccaneers 48 30 .615 – Dallas Chaparrals 46 32 .590 2 Denver Rockets 45 33 .577 3 Houston Mavericks 29 49 .372 19 Anaheim Amigos 25 53 .321 23 Oakland Oaks 22 56 .282 26

Game log 1967–68 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Attendance Record 1 October 13 @ Oakland 129–134 John Fairchild (30) 4,828 0–1 2 October 15 @ Denver 105–110 Lester Selvage (26) 2,748 0–2 3 October 16 @ Dallas 125–129 Stephen Chubin (24) 3,200 0–3 4 October 18 @ Indiana 103–106 John Fairchild (24) 5,923 0–4 5 October 24 @ Kentucky 127–128 Stephen Chubin (42) 2,601 0–5 6 October 26 @ Minnesota 115–99 Stephen Chubin (24) 807 1–5 7 October 29 Oakland 120–123 Lester Selvage (29) 3,716 1–6 8 October 31 Oakland 126–123 John Fairchild (26)Lester Selvage (26) 1,013 2–6 9 November 3 Pittsburgh 101–94 Ben Warley (27) 1,432 3–6 10 November 4 @ Kentucky 103–104 Ben Warley (29) 5,152 3–7 11 November 5 @ Minnesota 92–119 Ben Warley (22) 2,230 3–8 12 November 6 @ Denver 100–121 Stephen Chubin (29) 2,954 3–9 13 November 8 Houston 104–101 Larry Bunce (24) 1,114 4–9 14 November 13 @ New Orleans 98–106 Steven Kramer (24) 1,724 4–10 15 November 14 @ Houston 106–113 Ben Warley (28) 1,089 4–11 16 November 15 @ Dallas 116–105 Lester Selvage (24) 2,710 5–11 17 November 19 Oakland 100–102 Bob Bedell (21)Lester Selvage (21) 1,095 5–12 18 November 21 Minnesota 101–110 Ben Warley (24) 1,242 5–13 19 November 23 @ Oakland Oaks 107–95 Warren Davis (32) 4,787 6–13 20 November 25 New Orleans 98–118 Stephen Chubin (24) 1,764 6–14 21 November 26 @ Dallas 102–114 Bob Bedell (23) 2,032 6–15 22 November 28 @ New Jersey 110–104 Warren Davis (25) 1,234 7–15 23 November 29 @ New Jersey 101–106 Stephen Chubin (30) 1,814 7–16 24 December 2 @ Indiana 117–132 Warren Davis (29) 3,987 7–17 25 December 3 @ Denver 87–100 Ben Warley (24) 2,914 7–18 26 December 6 @ Houston 124–100 Ben Warley (30) 1,020 8–18 27 December 8 @ Dallas 110–123 Warren Davis (33) 3,620 8–19

Notes The game was held at Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.

Awards and honors 1968 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on January 9, 1968) Ben Warley Larry Bunce

References

External links RememberTheABA.com 1967–68 regular season and playoff results RememberTheABA.com Anaheim Amigos page