Title towns

Basketball Digest, March-April, 2004 by Kerry Peyton

I'm new subscriber and I like what I read in BASKETBALL DIGEST. But why is there not a list of the NBA/ABA titles shown anywhere?

Kerry Peyton

Huntingdon, Pa.

Kerry, we regularly print a list of NBA title winners in our playoff preview, so look for that in our June 2004 issue. We haven't listed ABA titlists in the past, but we may add that to one of our "Names and Numbers" sections in the future. For now, we've listed the nine ABA titlists, as well as their opponents and series duration, at the top of this page.

Year    Winner (Coach)                Loser (Coach)               Games

1968    Pittsburgh (Vince Cazzetta)   New Orleans (Babe McCarthy)   4-3
1969    Oakland (Alex Hannum)         Indiana (Slick Leonard)       4-1
1970    Indiana (Slick Leonard)       Los Angeles (Bill Sharman)    4-2
1971    Utah (Bill Sharman)           Kentucky (Frank Ramsey)       4-3
1972    Indiana (Slick Leonard)       New York (Lou Carnesecca)     4-2
1973    Indiana (Slick Leonard)       Kentucky (Joe Mullaney)       4-3
1974    New York (Kevin Loughery)     Utah (Joe Mullaney)           4-1
1975    Kentucky (Hubie Brown)        Indiana (Slick Leonard)       4-1
1976    New York (Kevin Loughery)     Denver (Larry Brown)          4-2