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" The ABA was basketball's Wild West, and Julius Erving, George Gervin, James Silas, and all the other ABA stars were the gunfighters." --Bob Costas What do the Utah Jazz, New York Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers, and Houston Rockets all have in common? T ....

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.... American. They had a huge promotion of these colorful ball giving away over thirty million to children country wide. Mikan was later named the first commissioner of the ABA. After they set up the first teams they added a three point play to the game. The ABA created this play to give the game more excitement and to increase the scoring. It was a half circular shape that was outside the key. It was twenty - two feet from the basket on the corners and twenty - three feet and nine inches from the basket at the top of the key. The distance has slightly change in today's professional game. George Mikan described it as " the home run in basketball." Th ....