Eastern Division (ABA)

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Eastern Division (ABA) was one of the two regional groupings of teams in the original American Basketball Association, organizing franchises primarily located in the eastern United States.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball division
competitionFormat playoff qualification
regular season divisional play
competitionLevel top-tier professional basketball in United States
country United States
dissolved 1976
era early 1970s
late 1960s
mid 1970s
hadDistinctiveLeagueFeatures emphasis on fast-paced, high-scoring play
red-white-and-blue basketball
three-point line
hasSisterDivision Western Division (ABA)
hasTeam Carolina Cougars
Cincinnati Royals (ABA rights / brief ABA usage)
linked to: Cincinnati Royals

Indiana Pacers (ABA)
Kentucky Colonels
Memphis Pros
Memphis Sounds
Memphis Tams
linked to: Memphis Sounds

Miami Floridians
Minnesota Pipers
New York Nets (ABA)
Pittsburgh Pipers
Spirits of St. Louis
The Floridians
Virginia Squires
inception 1967
league American Basketball Association
levelOnPyramid major professional
locationOfTeams Midwestern United States
eastern United States
notableChampionTeam Indiana Pacers (ABA)
Kentucky Colonels
New York Nets (ABA)
numberOfConferencesOrDivisionsInLeague 2
numberOfTeamsVariedBySeason true
organizedBy American Basketball Association
partOf American Basketball Association
playoffStructure top teams qualified for ABA playoffs
reasonForDissolution ABA–NBA merger
regionServed eastern United States
sport basketball
successor Eastern Conference (NBA) (indirect)

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Division (ABA) sisterConference Eastern Division (ABA)
Western Division (ABA 1967–68) parallelDivision Eastern Division (ABA 1967–68)
subject linked to: Western Division
linked to: Eastern Division (ABA)