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==Aftermath==
The league's assertion that they still had "nine financially solid franchises" quickly proved to be incorrect, as both the San Diego Sails and the Utah Stars ceased operations before the 1975 calendar year was out. The wobbly Virginia Squires franchise did manage to finish the regular season, but with an awful 15–68 record played in front of small crowds. They too folded before the end of the [[1976 ABA Playoffs]], leaving the ABA with only six remaining teams. Finally, the ABA would [[ABA–NBA merger|merge with the NBA]] during the summer of 1976. By that point in time, the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets, and San Antonio Spurs would be the four teams from the ABA to survive and make it to the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), while the Kentucky Colonels and Spirits of St. Louis (the latter of whom initially planned to become the [[Utah Rockies]] had they survived) ended up folding during the merger talks.