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1970-1971 Indiana Pacers: 58-26 .690
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-10 (4682 points scored, 4317 allowed) Road record: 25-15 (4711 points scored, 4610 allowed) Other sites: 4-1 (609 points scored, 574 allowed)

Head Coach: Slick Leonard 10002 points scored (4th of 11 teams), 9501 points allowed (4th) ABA Averages: 117.5 points/game (9869.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School John Barnhill 6'1 180 32 Tennessee State Art Becker 6'6 205 28 Arizona State Roger Brown 6'5 205 28 Dayton Wayne Chapman 6'6 190 25 Western Kentucky Mel Daniels 6'9 220 26 New Mexico Earle Higgins 6'8 195 24 Eastern Michigan Warren Jabali 6'2 200 24 Wichita State Billy Keller 5'10 177 23 Purdue Freddie Lewis 6'0 175 27 Arizona State Jay Miller 6'5 205 27 Notre Dame Rick Mount 6'3 175 23 Purdue Bob Netolicky 6'9 220 28 Drake Don Sidle 6'8 215 24 Oklahoma Tom Thacker 6'2 170 31 Cincinnati
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Mel Daniels 82 3170 698 1357 1 13 326 480 394 1081 1475 178 230 292 1723 21.0 F Roger Brown 82 3364 610 1266 63 223 407 512 176 393 569 395 232 289 1690 20.6 C Bob Netolicky 82 3137 651 1305 2 8 237 333 267 507 774 104 138 192 1541 18.8 G Freddie Lewis 81 3034 547 1241 59 194 372 461 169 167 336 433 202 249 1525 18.8 G Billy Keller 83 2490 417 980 84 230 267 308 81 159 240 437 196 170 1185 14.3 G Warren Jabali 62 1586 227 554 47 163 181 238 64 234 298 214 190 205 682 11.0 F Art Becker 51 840 187 376 4 6 62 69 71 146 217 22 41 153 440 8.6 G Rick Mount 66 832 149 402 23 79 116 145 28 43 71 107 78 127 437 6.6 F Earle Higgins 53 467 104 223 3 17 20 30 48 80 128 35 26 109 231 4.4 F Don Sidle 30 528 86 157 2 4 49 74 73 74 147 31 33 66 223 7.4 G John Barnhill 43 619 80 241 14 75 42 61 27 35 62 83 39 51 216 5.0 G Wayne Chapman 22 192 30 78 4 9 24 29 12 19 31 21 15 31 88 4.0 G Tom Thacker 8 92 6 17 0 3 1 1 7 15 22 7 8 18 13 1.6 F Jay Miller 2 9 4 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 8 4.0


Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 04/02/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 114-98 04/03/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 106-104 04/05/1971 at Memphis Pros W 91-90 04/07/1971 at Memphis Pros W 102-101 (OT) -------------------------------------------------- Western Finals 04/12/1971 vs Utah Stars L 118-120 04/14/1971 vs Utah Stars W 120-107 04/17/1971 at Utah Stars L 108-121 04/20/1971 at Utah Stars L 99-126 04/22/1971 vs Utah Stars W 127-109 04/24/1971 at Utah Stars W 105-102 04/28/1971 vs Utah Stars L 101-108
Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Roger Brown 11 477 88 194 10 33 54 69 26 58 84 53 22 42 240 21.8 G Billy Keller 11 448 82 190 23 58 50 58 15 27 42 59 45 23 237 21.5 C Mel Daniels 11 457 94 194 0 0 47 63 71 140 211 16 26 38 235 21.4 C Bob Netolicky 11 380 67 143 0 0 27 37 31 61 92 5 12 26 161 14.6 G Freddie Lewis 11 384 39 107 3 23 28 37 22 26 48 52 24 40 109 9.9 G Warren Jabali 11 250 29 96 3 28 25 31 12 28 40 33 21 37 86 7.8 G Rick Mount 10 129 25 73 5 17 5 7 5 5 10 9 6 15 60 6.0 F Don Sidle 8 88 8 24 0 1 10 16 13 9 22 4 2 9 26 3.2 F Earle Higgins 5 31 6 20 0 2 6 7 10 3 13 1 1 6 18 3.6 G Wayne Chapman 5 21 6 10 1 3 4 6 4 3 7 2 2 3 17 3.4

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/15/1970 vs Kentucky Colonels W 127-95 1-0 10/16/1970 vs Denver Rockets W 115-103 2-0 10/18/1970 vs Texas Chaparrals W 134-113 3-0 10/19/1970 vs The Floridians W 123-97 4-0 10/21/1970 at Carolina Cougars W 125-113 5-0 10/23/1970 at Texas Chaparrals W 122-118 6-0 10/24/1970 at Utah Stars L 118-124 6-1 10/25/1970 at Denver Rockets L 116-122 6-2 10/28/1970 at Memphis Pros W 113-99 7-2 10/31/1970 at The Floridians L 104-116 7-3 11/04/1970 vs Utah Stars L 99-102 7-4 11/06/1970 vs Memphis Pros L 93-98 7-5 11/08/1970 vs Utah Stars L 103-111 7-6 11/09/1970 vs Kentucky Colonels W 130-112 8-6 11/12/1970 at Pittsburgh Condors W 135-132 9-6 11/14/1970 at Carolina Cougars W 128-119 10-6 11/17/1970 at Utah Stars W 125-122 11-6 11/18/1970 at Denver Rockets W 119-114 12-6 11/20/1970 at Texas Chaparrals L 126-140 12-7 11/21/1970 at Virginia Squires L 103-110 12-8 11/25/1970 vs Virginia Squires W 109-100 13-8 11/27/1970 at New York Nets L 97-99 13-9 11/29/1970 vs Denver Rockets W 130-107 14-9 12/02/1970 vs Memphis Pros L 100-106 14-10 12/04/1970 vs Carolina Cougars W 150-116 15-10 12/09/1970 at New York Nets W 129-108 16-10 12/11/1970 at Carolina Cougars W 155-148 17-10 12/12/1970 at Texas Chaparrals W 124-118 18-10 12/16/1970 at Kentucky Colonels L 110-125 18-11 12/18/1970 at New York Nets W 129-117 19-11 12/19/1970 vs Texas Chaparrals L 117-131 19-12 12/21/1970 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 144-115 20-12 12/22/1970 at The Floridians W 131-123 21-12 12/23/1970 vs Virginia Squires L 128-146 21-13 12/26/1970 at The Floridians W 115-92 22-13 12/27/1970 at Memphis Pros L 106-109 22-14 12/29/1970 at Denver Rockets L 106-116 22-15 01/02/1971 at Kentucky Colonels W 134-132 23-15 01/04/1971 vs The Floridians W 111-99 24-15 01/05/1971 at Memphis Pros W 92-88 25-15 01/06/1971 vs Utah Stars W 111-106 26-15 01/09/1971 vs New York Nets W 116-88 27-15
Date Opponent Result Record 01/11/1971 vs Utah Stars W 111-101 28-15 01/15/1971 vs Virginia Squires W 125-119 29-15 01/16/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors W 115-107 30-15 01/17/1971 vs Kentucky Colonels W 137-124 31-15 01/19/1971 at Utah Stars L 106-116 31-16 01/21/1971 at Denver Rockets W 118-106 32-16 01/24/1971 at Virginia Squires L 128-130 32-17 01/26/1971 at Memphis Pros L 102-108 32-18 01/27/1971 vs New York Nets W 116-100 33-18 01/29/1971 vs Denver Rockets W 127-123 34-18 01/31/1971 at Denver Rockets W 124-104 35-18 02/03/1971 at Utah Stars L 111-120 35-19 02/06/1971 vs New York Nets W 110-109 36-19 02/07/1971 vs Denver Rockets L 131-133 36-20 02/10/1971 vs Texas Chaparrals W 115-104 37-20 02/12/1971 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 120-109 38-20 02/14/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 116-111 39-20 02/15/1971 vs Texas Chaparrals L 118-119 39-21 02/19/1971 at Kentucky Colonels W 126-121 40-21 02/21/1971 at The Floridians W 121-107 41-21 02/22/1971 at Memphis Pros W 102-99 42-21 02/24/1971 at Texas Chaparrals W 117-113 43-21 02/25/1971 at Utah Stars L 109-112 43-22 02/28/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors L 110-113 43-23 03/03/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 122-98 44-23 03/05/1971 at Utah Stars W 98-97 45-23 03/06/1971 at Texas Chaparrals W 124-112 46-23 03/07/1971 at Kentucky Colonels W 127-122 47-23 03/08/1971 vs Carolina Cougars W 118-105 48-23 03/10/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 122-113 49-23 03/12/1971 vs Utah Stars W 106-95 50-23 03/13/1971 at Virginia Squires L 111-129 50-24 03/14/1971 vs Denver Rockets W 131-121 51-24 03/16/1971 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 130-119 52-24 03/17/1971 vs Texas Chaparrals W 123-109 53-24 03/19/1971 vs Kentucky Colonels W 120-109 54-24 03/22/1971 vs Utah Stars W 110-106 55-24 03/25/1971 at Denver Rockets W 129-110 56-24 03/26/1971 at Texas Chaparrals W 127-126 57-24 03/28/1971 vs Denver Rockets W 146-126 58-24 03/30/1971 vs Carolina Cougars L 112-114 58-25 03/31/1971 vs Texas Chaparrals L 129-133 58-26

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