It's NBA All-Star week in Indianapolis; home of the Indiana Pacers, the flagship franchise of the old American Basketball Association. In 1967, the ABA was launched as a rival to the established ...

The Pacers were founded in 1967 as an American Basketball Association (ABA) member. The team later joined the NBA in 1976 after the NBA-ABA merger. The franchise plays its home games at the ...

The rivalry dates back to 1976 when the Pacers joined the NBA as a result of the ABA-NBA merger. That year, George McGinnis, who had previously played for Indiana in the ABA, was named All-NBA ...