The
American Basketball Association
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major professional basketball league that operated for nine seasons from 1967 to 1976. The upstart ABA operated in direct competition with the more established National Basketball Association thr ...
(ABA) was a professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
league founded in 1967. The ABA ceased to exist after
merging with the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1976. In total, the league held nine
all-star game
An all-star game is an exhibition game that showcases the best players (the "stars") of a sports league. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or division, bu ...
s, with all but the last being between the Western Division and the Eastern Division. In the final one, it was held between the first place team at the time of the All-Star break face off against a selected group of All-Stars, regardless of conference.
Players with most selections in ABA All-Star Game
ABA All-Star Game head coaches
Eastern Division (1968–1975)
Western Division (1968–1975)
ABA All-Stars vs. Denver Nuggets (1976)
Most selections
See also
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List of American Basketball Association awards and honors
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a professional basketball league that operated from the until it ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. The ABA presented a variety of annual awards and honors to recognize its players and ...
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ABA All-Star Game MVP
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NBA–ABA All-Star Game
References
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American Basketball Association
Basketball all-star games
Recurring sporting events established in 1968
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1976
1968 establishments in the United States
1976 disestablishments in the United States