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  1. 5. Averaged 33 points vs Pacers in the ABA Finals, was known to hit his head on the rim, won an ABA title with the Oaks
  2. 6. Won a title with the Colonels, averaged 12 points per game, playing 366 games
  3. 8. 5 All Star appearances with the Kentucky Colonels. The A Train won three ABA Rookie of the Year
  4. 10. The Iceman, played for the Spurs, never won an ABA Playoff game
  5. 11. Team out of Minnesota
  6. 13. Disappeared while in Uganda,Played for the Condors, 2 x ABA All Star and tough guy
  7. 15. Team based out of Baltimore
  8. 16. Played for the Stars, winning the 1971 ABA Championship scoring 19 points a game for his career
  9. 17. Team based out of Virginia
  10. 18. Team out of Kentucky
  11. 23. Team from New York and New Jersey
  12. 25. In 1976 "the Human Eraser" played for the Nuggets in the ABA Finals
  13. 28. above the rim style of basketball shot
  14. 29. Color of the basketball
  15. 30. Team based out of Carolina
  16. 31. Team from New Orleans
  17. 34. Played in all 9 of the ABA seasons,"GO GO" never played in the NBA
  18. 35. Team from Memphis
  19. 37. Billy played with the Pacers and was a 1st team ABA All Star
  20. 38. Team based out of San Antonio Texas
  21. 40. created by the ABA to increase scoring opportunities
  22. 42. The Dr. played for the Squires winning 3 Championships
  23. 43. Was drafted out of high school where he played 2 years for the Stars before going on to become an NBA Hall Of Famer.
  24. 46. Team based out of Minnesota, later to become the Timberwolves
  25. 50. Led the ABA his Rookie year in points per game with 30 and rebounds per game with 19. Youngest recipient of the ABA MV
  26. 51. Team. out of San Diego
  27. 52. Team based out of New Jersey
  28. 53. Known as "The Whopper" led the ABA in blocked shots in
  29. 54. Team out of Miami
  30. 56. Team based out of Utah
  31. 57. Played for the San Antonio Spurs where he spent 3 seasons as their point guard
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  1. 1. Team based out of Texas and in particular the city of Dallas
  2. 2. Team out of Indiana
  3. 3. Played for Dallas, helped lead the Stars to the 1971 Championship, from Omaha Nebraska
  4. 4. Team from Anaheim, California
  5. 7. enabled long range shooting for more points per shot
  6. 9. Of St. Louis
  7. 11. Played college for the Indiana Hoosiers, then for the ABA Pacers where he was MVP in 1975
  8. 12. "Captain Late, played most of his career with the Chaparrals and Spurs
  9. 14. Marvin Barnes nickname
  10. 19. Team based out of Los Angeles
  11. 20. Team created in Memphis
  12. 21. Was one of the ABA's biggest enforcers and was an All Star in 1971, losing his life while in the ABA in a plane crash
  13. 22. Played for the Muskies and was a 2 x MVP and 7 x All Star
  14. 24. Banned from playin gin the NCAA because in High School he had associated with a gambler, 1970 ABA Finals MVP
  15. 26. Marvin was an All American out of Providence, was the Rookie of the Year and scored 27 2 point field goals in a game
  16. 27. joining the NBA
  17. 32. Team based out of Pittsburgh
  18. 33. Team based out of Washington
  19. 36. Played at Purdue then to the Pacers where they won the 1972 Championship
  20. 39. At odds with teh Warriors management, he moved to the Oaks and was the first marquee NBA player to jump to the ABA
  21. 41. Team based in San Diego - Had Caldwell Jones
  22. 44. Played all 9 seasons of the ABA with the same team and finished first in games played in the ABA
  23. 45. Played for the Pacers and was known for his stylish dunks
  24. 47. "Skywalker" was the #1 pick of the Virginia Squires and the 1976 ABA All Star Game MVP
  25. 48. Played college ball at Kentucky and then for the ABA Nuggets. Shared the ABA Rookie of the Year in 1971
  26. 49. 5 x ABA All Star, played for the Stars and averaged 27 points per game with the Floridians
  27. 55. Team out of Oakland