Team: | Miami Floridians |
League: | ABA |
End Year: | 1969 |
Wins: | 43 |
Losses: | 35 |
Division: | Eastern |
Division Place: | 2nd |
Coach: | Jim Pollard |
Arena: | Miami Beach Convention Center Convention Center Annex |
Playoffs: | Lost in the Eastern Division Finals |
No Prevseason: | 1 |
The 1968–69 Miami Floridians season was the first season of the Floridians in the American Basketball Association. The team had moved from Minnesota after one season as the Muskies. The Floridians finished one game behind the Pacers, for a second-place finish. They faced the replacement for them in Minnesota, the Pipers. They beat them in a close 7-game series to set up a chance to go to the ABA Finals. In the Eastern Division Finals, they lost to the Indiana Pacers 4 games to 1.
44 | 34 | .564 | - | ||
43 | 35 | .551 | 1 | ||
42 | 36 | .538 | 2 | ||
36 | 42 | .462 | 8 | ||
17 | 61 | .218 | 27 |
Eastern Division Semifinals vs. Minnesota Pipers[1]
Game | Date | Location | Score | Record | Attendance | |
1 | April 7 | Miami | 119–110 | 1–0 | 4,103 | |
2 | April 9 | Miami | 99–106 | 1–1 | 1,688 | |
3 | April 10 | Minnesota | 93–109 | 1–2 | 1,520 | |
4 | April 12 | Minnesota | 116–109 | 2–2 | 2,532 | |
5 | April 13 | Miami | 122–107 | 3–2 | 4,206 | |
6 | April 15 | Minnesota | 100–105 | 3–3 | 1,345 | |
7 | April 19 | Miami | 137–128 | 4–3 | 5,702 |
Eastern Division Finals vs Indiana Pacers
Game | Date | Location | Result | Record | Attendance |
1 | April 20 | Indiana | 110–126 | 0–1 | 8,721 |
2 | April 22 | Indiana | 116–131 | 0–2 | 7,243 |
3 | April 23 | Miami | 105–119 | 0–3 | 2,112 |
4 | April 25 | Miami | 114–110 | 1–3 | 2,846 |
4 | April 26 | Indiana | 105–127 | 1–4 | 3,528 |
1969 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on January 28, 1969)