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1975 ABA Playoffs Summary

1974 Playoffs Summary 1976 Playoffs Summary

League Champion: Kentucky Colonels

Playoffs MVP: Artis Gilmore

1975 Playoff Leaders:

PTS: George McGinnis (581)

TRB: George McGinnis (286)

AST: George McGinnis (148)

WS: Artis Gilmore (3.0)

Playoff Series

Playoff Series Table

Kentucky Colonels over Indiana Pacers (4-1)

Series Stats

Game 1	Tue, May 13	Indiana Pacers	94	@ Kentucky Colonels	120
Game 2	Thu, May 15	Indiana Pacers	93	@ Kentucky Colonels	95
Game 3	Sat, May 17	Kentucky Colonels	109	@ Indiana Pacers	101
Game 4	Mon, May 19	Kentucky Colonels	86	@ Indiana Pacers	94
Game 5	Thu, May 22	Indiana Pacers	105	@ Kentucky Colonels	110

Kentucky Colonels over Spirits of St. Louis (4-1)

Series Stats

Game 1	Mon, April 21	Spirits of St. Louis	109	@ Kentucky Colonels	112
Game 2	Wed, April 23	Spirits of St. Louis	103	@ Kentucky Colonels	108
Game 3	Fri, April 25	Kentucky Colonels	97	@ Spirits of St. Louis	103
Game 4	Sun, April 27	Kentucky Colonels	117	@ Spirits of St. Louis	98
Game 5	Mon, April 28	Spirits of St. Louis	103	@ Kentucky Colonels	123

Indiana Pacers over Denver Nuggets (4-3)

Series Stats

Game 1	Sun, April 20	Indiana Pacers	128	@ Denver Nuggets	131
Game 2	Tue, April 22	Indiana Pacers	131	@ Denver Nuggets	124
Game 3	Thu, April 24	Denver Nuggets	112	@ Indiana Pacers	118
Game 4	Fri, April 25	Denver Nuggets	126	@ Indiana Pacers	109
Game 5	Sun, April 27	Indiana Pacers	109	@ Denver Nuggets	90
Game 6	Wed, April 30	Denver Nuggets	104	@ Indiana Pacers	99
Game 7	Sat, May 3	Indiana Pacers	104	@ Denver Nuggets	96

Kentucky Colonels over Memphis Sounds (4-1)

Series Stats

Game 1	Sun, April 6	Memphis Sounds	91	@ Kentucky Colonels	98
Game 2	Tue, April 8	Memphis Sounds	105	@ Kentucky Colonels	119
Game 3	Thu, April 10	Kentucky Colonels	101	@ Memphis Sounds	80
Game 4	Fri, April 11	Kentucky Colonels	93	@ Memphis Sounds	107
Game 5	Sun, April 13	Memphis Sounds	99	@ Kentucky Colonels	111

Spirits of St. Louis over New York Nets (4-1)

Series Stats

Game 1	Sun, April 6	Spirits of St. Louis	105	@ New York Nets	111
Game 2	Wed, April 9	Spirits of St. Louis	115	@ New York Nets	97
Game 3	Fri, April 11	New York Nets	108	@ Spirits of St. Louis	113
Game 4	Sun, April 13	New York Nets	89	@ Spirits of St. Louis	100
Game 5	Tue, April 15	Spirits of St. Louis	108	@ New York Nets	107

Denver Nuggets over Utah Stars (4-2)

Series Stats

Game 1	Sun, April 6	Utah Stars	107	@ Denver Nuggets	122
Game 2	Mon, April 7	Utah Stars	120	@ Denver Nuggets	126
Game 3	Wed, April 9	Denver Nuggets	108	@ Utah Stars	122
Game 4	Fri, April 11	Denver Nuggets	110	@ Utah Stars	132
Game 5	Sat, April 12	Utah Stars	119	@ Denver Nuggets	130
Game 6	Mon, April 14	Denver Nuggets	115	@ Utah Stars	113

Indiana Pacers over San Antonio Spurs (4-2)

Series Stats

Game 1	Sat, April 5	Indiana Pacers	122	@ San Antonio Spurs	119
Game 2	Mon, April 7	Indiana Pacers	98	@ San Antonio Spurs	93
Game 3	Thu, April 10	San Antonio Spurs	103	@ Indiana Pacers	113
Game 4	Sat, April 12	San Antonio Spurs	110	@ Indiana Pacers	109
Game 5	Mon, April 14	Indiana Pacers	117	@ San Antonio Spurs	123
Game 6	Wed, April 16	San Antonio Spurs	100	@ Indiana Pacers	115

Kentucky Colonels over New York Nets (1-0)

Series Stats

Game 1

Fri, April 4

New York Nets

@ Kentucky Colonels

108

Per Game Stats

Team

Opponent

Per Game Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Utah Stars	6	240.0	47.0	94.0	.500	1.8	4.3	.423	45.2	89.7	.504	23.0	29.7	.775	20.2	30.3	50.5	26.3	7.3	5.7	20.7	27.0	118.8
2	Denver Nuggets	13	240.0	44.4	92.1	.482	0.4	2.2	.172	44.0	89.8	.490	25.8	29.9	.861	15.6	27.7	43.3	23.3	8.8	4.5	17.6	26.8	114.9
3	Indiana Pacers	18	242.8	42.6	91.4	.466	2.9	9.2	.321	39.7	82.2	.482	20.7	27.8	.743	16.2	32.6	48.7	22.2	8.7	5.7	16.5	24.1	108.8
4	San Antonio Spurs	6	248.3	44.7	99.2	.450	0.7	3.7	.182	44.0	95.5	.461	18.0	24.8	.725	18.8	35.7	54.5	22.8	5.8	4.5	13.8	25.8	108.0
5	Kentucky Colonels	15	240.0	42.7	90.9	.470	0.4	1.6	.250	42.3	89.3	.474	20.7	26.3	.789	16.9	32.9	49.7	25.7	7.9	4.5	16.3	23.1	106.6
6	Spirits of St. Louis	10	240.0	42.1	90.4	.466	0.7	2.4	.292	41.4	88.0	.470	20.8	28.3	.735	17.0	33.7	50.7	21.9	9.0	5.6	18.0	24.5	105.7
7	New York Nets	5	240.0	42.6	91.8	.464	1.4	6.0	.233	41.2	85.8	.480	15.8	20.8	.760	13.4	30.2	43.6	21.8	7.2	9.0	16.2	27.6	102.4
8	Memphis Sounds	5	240.0	38.2	81.6	.468	1.4	4.8	.292	36.8	76.8	.479	18.6	23.2	.802	11.8	28.4	40.2	17.6	7.4	3.4	13.2	19.2	96.4
	League Average	10	241.3	43.1	91.5	.471	1.3	4.4	.291	41.8	87.1	.480	21.1	27.1	.778	16.4	31.6	48.0	23.1	8.1	5.2	16.7	24.7	108.5

Per Game Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kentucky Colonels	15	240.0	39.3	86.8	.452	1.3	5.5	.229	38.0	81.3	.468	19.2	25.2	.762	14.5	31.3	45.9	19.5	7.2	4.1	16.3	22.6	99.0
2	Memphis Sounds	5	240.0	43.6	87.0	.501	0.4	1.4	.286	43.2	85.6	.505	16.8	20.8	.808	15.0	29.4	44.4	25.6	7.8	2.6	15.2	21.2	104.4
3	Spirits of St. Louis	10	240.0	42.8	91.3	.469	0.9	3.6	.250	41.9	87.7	.478	20.4	27.0	.756	14.7	32.0	46.7	23.9	7.8	8.0	17.1	25.5	106.9
4	New York Nets	5	240.0	42.6	88.8	.480	1.0	2.0	.500	41.6	86.8	.479	22.0	28.8	.764	15.2	35.6	50.8	22.6	9.8	7.8	17.8	22.4	108.2
5	Indiana Pacers	18	242.8	43.1	94.6	.456	0.6	3.0	.204	42.5	91.6	.464	21.6	26.4	.817	18.2	32.8	51.1	23.7	7.4	4.2	16.6	25.3	108.4
6	San Antonio Spurs	6	248.3	44.8	95.7	.469	3.3	8.7	.385	41.5	87.0	.477	19.3	28.3	.682	17.8	35.7	53.5	22.2	9.2	5.0	13.5	25.5	112.3
7	Denver Nuggets	13	240.0	45.4	92.4	.491	2.6	7.2	.362	42.8	85.2	.502	22.8	29.7	.769	18.5	29.6	48.1	25.0	8.9	6.2	19.4	25.5	116.2
8	Utah Stars	6	240.0	46.2	94.0	.491	0.0	1.3	.000	46.2	92.7	.498	26.2	31.2	.840	14.3	26.7	41.0	23.7	9.2	4.8	15.3	28.7	118.5
	League Average	10	241.3	43.1	91.5	.471	1.3	4.4	.291	41.8	87.1	.480	21.1	27.1	.778	16.4	31.6	48.0	23.1	8.1	5.2	16.7	24.7	108.5

Total Stats

Team

Opponent

Total Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Indiana Pacers	18	4370	767	1645	.466	53	165	.321	714	1480	.482	372	501	.743	291	586	877	399	157	103	297	433	1959
2	Kentucky Colonels	15	3600	641	1364	.470	6	24	.250	635	1340	.474	311	394	.789	253	493	746	386	119	67	245	347	1599
3	Denver Nuggets	13	3120	577	1197	.482	5	29	.172	572	1168	.490	335	389	.861	203	360	563	303	115	59	229	348	1494
4	Spirits of St. Louis	10	2400	421	904	.466	7	24	.292	414	880	.470	208	283	.735	170	337	507	219	90	56	180	245	1057
5	Utah Stars	6	1440	282	564	.500	11	26	.423	271	538	.504	138	178	.775	121	182	303	158	44	34	124	162	713
6	San Antonio Spurs	6	1490	268	595	.450	4	22	.182	264	573	.461	108	149	.725	113	214	327	137	35	27	83	155	648
7	New York Nets	5	1200	213	459	.464	7	30	.233	206	429	.480	79	104	.760	67	151	218	109	36	45	81	138	512
8	Memphis Sounds	5	1200	191	408	.468	7	24	.292	184	384	.479	93	116	.802	59	142	201	88	37	17	66	96	482
	League Average	10	2353	420	892	.471	13	43	.291	408	849	.480	206	264	.778	160	308	468	225	79	51	163	241	1058

Total Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Memphis Sounds	5	1200	218	435	.501	2	7	.286	216	428	.505	84	104	.808	75	147	222	128	39	13	76	106	522
2	New York Nets	5	1200	213	444	.480	5	10	.500	208	434	.479	110	144	.764	76	178	254	113	49	39	89	112	541
3	San Antonio Spurs	6	1490	269	574	.469	20	52	.385	249	522	.477	116	170	.682	107	214	321	133	55	30	81	153	674
4	Utah Stars	6	1440	277	564	.491	0	8	.000	277	556	.498	157	187	.840	86	160	246	142	55	29	92	172	711
5	Spirits of St. Louis	10	2400	428	913	.469	9	36	.250	419	877	.478	204	270	.756	147	320	467	239	78	80	171	255	1069
6	Kentucky Colonels	15	3600	589	1302	.452	19	83	.229	570	1219	.468	288	378	.762	218	470	688	293	108	61	245	339	1485
7	Denver Nuggets	13	3120	590	1201	.491	34	94	.362	556	1107	.502	297	386	.769	240	385	625	325	116	80	252	332	1511
8	Indiana Pacers	18	4370	776	1703	.456	11	54	.204	765	1649	.464	388	475	.817	328	591	919	426	133	76	299	455	1951
	League Average	10	2353	420	892	.471	13	43	.291	408	849	.480	206	264	.778	160	308	468	225	79	51	163	241	1058

Advanced Stats

Team

Advanced Stats Table
															Offense Four Factors				Defense Four Factors
Rk	Team	Age	W	L	W/L%	PW	PL	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	Kentucky Colonels	26.5	12	3	.800	11	4	108.0	100.3	+7.7	98.7	.289	.018	.520	.472	13.7	35.0	.228	.460	14.3	69.3	.221
2	Indiana Pacers	24.0	9	9	.500	9	9	106.8	106.4	+0.4	100.7	.305	.100	.525	.482	13.7	33.0	.226	.459	13.5	64.1	.228
3	Utah Stars	25.9	2	4	.333	3	3	113.0	112.7	+0.3	105.1	.316	.046	.555	.510	16.2	43.1	.245	.491	12.5	67.9	.278
4	Spirits of St. Louis	25.0	5	5	.500	5	5	103.0	104.2	-1.2	102.6	.313	.027	.514	.470	14.9	34.7	.230	.474	14.2	69.6	.223
5	Denver Nuggets	25.2	7	6	.538	6	7	110.7	112.0	-1.3	103.8	.325	.024	.546	.484	14.3	34.5	.280	.505	15.5	60.0	.247
6	San Antonio Spurs	25.4	2	4	.333	2	4	105.3	109.5	-4.2	99.1	.250	.037	.490	.454	11.2	34.6	.182	.486	11.1	66.7	.202
7	New York Nets	24.5	1	4	.200	2	3	100.6	106.3	-5.7	101.7	.227	.065	.507	.472	13.8	27.3	.172	.485	14.9	66.5	.248
8	Memphis Sounds	27.7	1	4	.200	1	4	104.1	112.7	-8.6	92.6	.284	.059	.525	.477	12.6	28.6	.228	.503	13.7	65.4	.193
	League Average	25.3				5	5	107.0	107.0		100.8	.296	.048	.525	.478	13.9	34.1	.230	.478	13.9	65.9	.230