The Eastern Division of the ABA, or ABA Eastern Division, was one of the two groups in which the teams of the American Basketball Association were divided, based on their geographical location. The other group was called the Western Division (ABA), or ABA Western Division.
The first four teams in each division entered the ABA Playoffs. The divisions were maintained until the 1974–75 season, since in the last season the 9 surviving teams were regrouped in a single division.basketball-reference.com 1975–76 ABA Season Summary, Visited in July 2023
Participating teams The last teams that participated in the Eastern Division were the following:
Kentucky Colonels New York Nets Spirits of St. Louis Memphis Sounds Virginia Squires
Other teams Disappeared Pittsburgh Pipers/Minnesota Pipers/Pittsburgh Condors Minnesota Muskies/Miami Floridians/The Floridians
Transferred to Western DivisionThe Pacers played until the 1969–70 season in the East Division, being transferred to the West Division the following year when the competition was restructured due to the appearance of new teams. Indiana Pacers
Eastern Conference champions In bold the ABA champions 1968: Pittsburgh Pipers 1969: Indiana Pacers 1970: Indiana Pacers 1971: Kentucky Colonels 1972: New York Nets 1973: Kentucky Colonels 1974: New York Nets 1975: Kentucky Colonels
Titles 3: Kentucky Colonels 2: Indiana Pacers 2: New York Nets 1: Pittsburgh Pipers
References
External links Remember the ABA