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This category is for players of the Detroit Falcons who played in the Basketball Association of America. See Category:Detroit Falcons players for members of the hockey club. Pages in category "Detroit Falcons (basketball) players"
The American Basketball Association (ABA) Finals were the championship series of the ABA, a professional basketball league, in which two teams played each other for the title. The ABA was formed in the fall of 1967, and the first ABA Finals were played at the end of the league's first season in the spring of 1968.
Continental Basketball Association (CBA), 1946–2009; [1] originally named Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, then Eastern Professional Basketball League. Professional Basketball League of America (PBLA), 1947–1948
However, due to fewer teams in the league caused by World War II, the NBL was not separated into divisions between 1940–41 and 1943–44, therefore the playoffs included the top four teams in the single-division league. Home court advantage was determined by better overall record heading into the championship series.
2000–2001 Idaho Stampede (17–7) and Connecticut Pride (15–9) led their divisions when the league suspended operations. 2001–2002 Dakota Wizards 116, Rockford Lightning 109; 2002–2003 Yakima Sun Kings 117, Grand Rapids Hoops 107; 2003–2004 Dakota Wizards 132, Idaho Stampede 129
The Falcons played only in the inaugural season of the BAA and finished 4th in the Western Division with a 20–40 record, 18 + 1 ⁄ 2 games out of first place. Stan Miasek was the team's star, scoring 895 points (14.9 points per game) and making the BAA's First-Team that year.
After more than two years, the league was reorganized in 1933, but as an East Coast league, with teams in Pennsylvania and New York City metro area. [1] The league did take some measures to help modernize the game. One of the major issues that had plagued basketball was players jumping from team to team.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men's basketball league, consisting of thirty teams in North America (twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada). The NBA was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]