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The 1967–68 Pittsburgh Pipers season was the 1st season of the ABA. The Pipers finished first in the Eastern Division and won their first and only ABA title. [1] In the Eastern Division semifinals, the Pipers swept the Indiana Pacers in three games. In the Eastern Division Finals, the Pipers eliminated the Minnesota Muskies, in five games
Pittsburgh Pipers; 1967–68: 54: 24.692: Won Eastern Division Semifinals Won Eastern Division Finals Won ABA Finals: Pittsburgh Pipers 3, Indiana Pacers 0 Pittsburgh Pipers 4, Minnesota Muskies 1 Pittsburgh Pipers 4, New Orleans Buccaneers 3 Minnesota Pipers: 1968–69: 36: 42.462: Lost Division Semifinals: Miami Floridians 4, Minnesota Pipers ...
By April 1967, the league announced that they would begin play for the 1967–68 season with 11 teams in two divisions. The Eastern Division would include teams representing Indianapolis, Indiana , Louisville, Kentucky , New York City, Minneapolis and Pittsburgh , while the Western division would be made up of Anaheim, California , Dallas ...
Hawkins joined the Pittsburgh Pipers in the inaugural 1967–68 season of the ABA, leading the team to a 54–24 regular season record and the 1968 ABA championship. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Hawkins led the ABA in scoring that year and won both the ABA's regular season and playoff MVP awards.
He joined the rival American Basketball Association in 1967 and played three seasons there as a member of the Pittsburgh/Minnesota Pipers. Vaughn was the fourth leading scorer (19.9 points per game) on the 1967–68 Pipers team which won the 1968 ABA Championship. Vaughn returned to SIU to obtain his college diploma in 1988.
Pittsburgh Pipers 1969–1970 Pittsburgh Pioneers 1970 Pittsburgh Condors 1970–1972 San Diego Conquistadors/ Sails: San Diego Conquistadors 1972–1975 Folded, 1975 NBA operated in San Diego from 1967 to 1971 with the San Diego Rockets (now the Houston Rockets) and from 1978 to 1984 with the San Diego Clippers (now the Los Angeles Clippers).
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Turner played for the Anaheim Amigos [2] and Pittsburgh Pipers [1] of the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the 1967–68 season. [1] He also played for the Harlem Globetrotters. Following his basketball career, Turner became an exhibited painter. [3] He died in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on August 13, 2024, at the age of 86. [4]