1967–68 New Orleans Buccaneers season

The 1967–68 New Orleans Buccaneers season was the 1st season of the ABA and of the Buccaneers. The Pipers finished first in the Western Division, going all the way to the ABA Finals.[1]

1967–68 New Orleans Buccaneers season
Division champions
Head coachBabe McCarthy
ArenaLoyola Field House
Results
Record48–30 (.615)
PlaceDivision: 1st
Playoff finishLost in ABA Finals

In the Western Division semifinals, the Bucs beat the Denver Rockets in five games. In the Division Finals, they won three straight over the Dallas Chaparrals to win the series in five games. In the ABA Finals, the Bucs and the Pittsburgh Pipers split the six games of the series (with a Game 6 loss at home) that set up a pivotal Game 7 in Pittsburgh. The Pipers won the game and the Finals 122–113.

Roster

Final standings

Western Division
TeamWLPCT.GB
New Orleans Buccaneers4830.615–
Dallas Chaparrals4632.5902
Denver Rockets4533.5773
Houston Mavericks2949.37219
Anaheim Amigos2553.32123
Oakland Oaks2256.28226

Record vs. opponents
1967-68 ABA Records
Team ANA DAL DEN HOU IND KEN MIN NJA NOB OAK PIT
Anaheim —2–83–76–32–40–61–52–42–76–41–5
Dallas 8–2—4–58–23–35–12–43–34–67–22–4
Denver 7–35–4—6–34–22–42–45–15–57–32–4
Houston 3–62–83–6—3–33–33–33–30–107–32–4
Indiana 4–23–32–43–3—6–53–86–43–34–24–6
Kentucky 6–01–54–23–35–6—5–54–72–43–33–7
Minnesota 5–14–24–23–38–35–5—7–35–15–14–7
New Jersey 4–23–31–53–34–67–43–7—3–35–13–8
New Orleans 7–26–45–510–03–34–21–53–3—6–33–3
Oakland 4–62–73–73–72–43–31–51–53–6—0–6
Pittsburgh 5–14–24–24–26–47–37–48–33–36–0—

Playoffs

Western Division Semifinals[2]

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1March 26New Orleans130–1041–03,111
2March 27New Orleans105–932–03,622
3March 30Denver98–1051–23,678
4March 31Denver100–1082–23,485
5April 3New Orleans102–973–24,500

Western Division Finals

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1April 5New Orleans104–991–03,332
2April 9New Orleans109–1121–15,287
3April 10Dallas110–1072–14,825
4April 11Dallas119–1033–13,623
5April 13New Orleans108–1074–14,614

ABA Finals[2]

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1April 18Pittsburgh112–1200–12,665
2April 20Pittsburgh109–1001–13,877
3April 24New Orleans109–1012–16,300
4April 25New Orleans105–106 (OT)2–27,000
5April 27Pittsburgh111–1083–23,347
6May 1New Orleans112–1183–37,200
7May 4Pittsburgh113–1223–411,457

Bucs lose series, 4–3

Awards, records, and honors

1968 ABA All-Star Game played on January 9, 1968

Brown (7-of-9 for 17 points) was named All–Star MVP.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-09-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2015-06-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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