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There were 18 teams before the merger in 1976.

In 1967, a new basketball organization, ABA (American Basketball Association), was founded, with George McCon as its first president. The San Diego Rockets (Houston Rockets) and the Seattle SuperSonics joined the team, bringing the total number of teams up to 12. In 1968, the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns joined.

In 1970, the three new teams were, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Portland Trail Blazers, and the Buffalo Braves, and the NBA league was officially divided into East and West Divisions. In 1973, CBS bought the broadcast rights of NBA games for 3 years for $27 million, making NBA games on TV for the first time, but because the conditions for live broadcast were not available at that time, they could only be recorded. In 1974, the New Orleans Jazz (Utah Jazz) joined.

The total number of teams reached 18. In 1976, due to poor management, ABA was annexed by the NBA, and the original ABA teams Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets and San Antonio Spurs were merged into the NBA. The number of teams increased to 22.

Since then, the NBA has formed a monopoly on the American basketball industry.

There were 18 teams before the merger in 1976.

1976!The NBA finally put it on its own track in 1976 after nearly a decade of competition with another professional basketball league in the United States, ABA (American Basketball Ascciaton). ABA was founded on February 2, 1967, its appearance is a bit like a group of children's fun game, at the beginning of its establishment, in order to increase the popularity of the league, ABA specially hired 20 years ago NBA famous center "giant" George McCan as president.

McCan's unique sense of basketball is unmatched by others, and he stands up to the conservative NBA with an open league stance. McCan's first event in office was to change the brown basketball to a red and white basketball tricolor ball. As a striking sign of the new alliance.

At the same time, the league is open to everyone who can play basketball, especially those who have not yet graduated from college. The move put pressure on the N.B.A., which had previously been dismissive of the ABA. Because the NBA rules at that time stated that only players who had completed four years after entering college were eligible to join the NBA league.

And in order to increase the excitement of the game. ABA adopted the three-point shot rule and a slam dunk game in the All-Star Game. At that time, the ABA game was characterized by more fast breaks, more passes, three points and dunks in various ways, as long as you can make moves, you can play to your heart's content.

These attracted many good players such as "Dr. J" Owen, "Super Spring-Legged" David Thompson, "Iceman" George Gwen and Moses Malone, and ABA also swept the United States with its tricolor ball. The battle between ABA and the NBA has led to a sharp increase in legal lawsuits over college players and players from both sides who have jumped ship with each other. After nine years of standoff, both sides were overwhelmed by the contract ** that had been raised due to competition.

Coupled with the fact that the ABA itself was not well managed, the three-color ball patent was not registered, and the economy was sluggish, it was almost unsustainable by 1976, while the NBA had grown to 18 teams, so the two presidents Debsgal (ABA) and O'Brien (the third president of the NBA) negotiated that the NBA annexed ABA in the name of merger and took over 3 of the teams, (that is, the current Pacers, Denver Gold Nuggets, Marat and New Jersey Nets). After the NBA formed a large-scale basketball market, it also absorbed the essence from ABA, began to pay attention to spectacle, no longer excluded dunks, and also implemented a 3-point system since 1979. It can be said that without ABA, there would not be such a wonderful NBA game as today.

ABA has 14 teams: Anaheim Buddies, Dallas Bushes, Denver Rockets, Houston Mavericks, Utah Rocky Hills, Indiana Pacers, Kentucky Colonels, New Orleans Pirates, Baltimore Rush Vanguards, Minnesota Maskyes, New Jersey Americans, Oakland Oaks, Pittsburgh Pigians, San Diego Conquerors.

ABA stands for American Basketball Association, which was founded in 1967 and competed with the NBA before being merged by the NBA in 1976.

The ABA and the NBA are in a competitive relationship.

The NBA and the NBA league compete with each other, and the ABA league differs from her rival NBA in terms of openness, freedom, and more emphasis on offense, even including the use of 30 seconds of different offensive times and three-point circles.

Also, the ABA league uses a colored ball of red, blue, and white instead of the traditional brown leather basketball used in the NBA. In 1976, it was annexed to another well-established league, the NBA.

In 1976, due to poor management, ABA was annexed by the American NBA.

A total of four teams have entered the NBA as a result, with the former ABA teams Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets (Brooklyn Nets) and San Antonio Spurs joining the NBA.

The original ABA was established in 1967 and joined the National Basketball Association in 1976 until an agreement was reached to merge them. The last four ABA teams were absorbed into the older leagues: the New York Nets, Denver Lumps, Indiana Pacers, and San Anthony Spurs.

Two other clubs, the Kentucky Colonel and the Spirit of St. Louis, were disbanded or merged.

Original ABA Team Roster.

Anaheim Friends Baltimore Jaw Baltimore**.

Carolina Cougars Dallas Jungle Denver Mine Blocks Denver Rockets Floridas Houston Dissidents.

Indiana Pacers Kentucky Colonel Los Angeles Star Memphis Pro Memphis Voices Memphis Tams Miami Floridians

Minnesota muskies

Minnesota Piper.

New Jersey Americans.

New Orleans Pirates New York Net Oakland Oak Pittsburgh Condor Pittsburgh Piper.

San Anthony Spurs.

San Diego Conqueror, San Diego Sail, Spirit of St. Louis, Texas Jungle, Utah Star, Virginia Largelands, Washington Block.