1967–68 Dallas Chaparrals season

The 1967–68 Dallas Chaparrals season was the first season of the Chaparrals in the American Basketball Association. The Chaps fell to the New Orleans Buccaneers in the Division Finals after beating the Houston Mavericks in the Semifinals. That playoff victory would be their only victory for the Chaparrals as they fell in the Semifinals for the next four years, before they moved to San Antonio.

1967–68 Dallas Chaparrals season
Head coachCliff Hagan
ArenaMoody Coliseum
Dallas Memorial Auditorium
Results
Record46–32 (.590)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishLost in the Division finals

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[1]

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1March 23Dallas111–1101–01,857
2March 25Dallas115–972–0891
3March 26Houston116–1033–03,117

Chaparrals win series 3–0

Western Division Finals

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1April 5New Orleans99–1040–13,332
2April 9New Orleans112–1091–15,287
3April 10Dallas107–1101–24,825
4April 11Dallas103–1191–33,623
5April 13New Orleans107–1081–44,614

Chaparrals lose series 4–1

Awards and honors

1968 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on January 9, 1968)

References
  1. "Remember the ABA: 1967-68 Regular Season Standings and Playoff Results". Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2008.
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