but he only aggravated the injury and he subsequently sat out the rest of the season, only appearing in 35 games as a result. Regardless, the Oaks won 60 games on the season. In the playoffs, the Oaks outlasted the Denver Rockets in seven games in the semifinals then swept the New Orleans Buccaneers in the Division Finals to advance to the ABA Finals versus the Indiana Pacers. After a split of the first two games, the Oaks won an overtime thriller 134–126 to take a 2–1 lead in the series. Then they won the fourth game to set up a clinching opportunity in Oakland. In Game 5, the Oaks won 135–131 in overtime to clinch the series and league title Warren Jabali was named Playoffs MVP on the strength of 21.5 points and 9.7 rebounds per game in the postseason. In the nine playoff games in Oakland, the Oaks averaged just 3,401 attendance a game (30,615 total). The highest came in Game 5 of the Finals, when 6,340 were on hand. Demise With or without Barry, the team proved to be a poor investment for Boone, who became majority owner after Davidson left the group. Despite winning the ABA championship, the Oaks were a failure at the box office, due in large part to the proximity of the NBA Warriors nearby. The team was sold and moved to Washington, D.C. for the 1969–70 season, where it was renamed the Washington Caps. After one season in the nation's capital, the franchise moved to Norfolk, Virginia for the 1970–71 season and became the Virginia Squires. The team disbanded after the 1975–76 season, keeping it out of the ABA–NBA merger which occurred just weeks later. Basketball Hall of Famers Notes: 1 Inducted as a coach. Seasons |- !colspan="6" style="background:#228B22; color:#FFD700;"|Oakland Oaks (ABA) |- |1967–68 ||22 ||56 ||.282 ||colspan=2|Did not qualify |- |1968–69 ||60 ||18 ||.769 ||Won Western Division SemifinalsWon Western Division FinalsWon ABA Finals||Oakland Oaks 4, Denver Rockets 3Oakland Oaks 4, New Orleans Bucs 0Oakland Oaks 4, Indiana Pacers 1 |- References External links Oakland Oaks site at remembertheaba.com Year-to-Year Franchise Notes American Basketball Association teams Defunct basketball teams in California Oakland Oaks Basketball teams established in 1967 Basketball teams disestablished in 1969 1969 disestablishments in California 1967 establishments in California