List of ABA champions
[1][2] The league ceased operations in 1976 with the ABA–NBA merger and four teams from the ABA continued play in the National Basketball Association.The only teams to win the championship more than once were the Indiana Pacers and the New York Nets.The Indiana Pacers initially played in the ABA Finals in 1969, which they lost to the Oakland Oaks, but they won the championship the next year against the Los Angeles Stars.[6][7] The New York Nets won their first championship in 1974 against the Utah Stars, and their second against the Denver Nuggets in 1976.[3] With the ABA cut down to seven teams by the middle of its final season, the league abandoned divisional play.