1972-1973 Indiana Pacers: 51-33 .607
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 32-9 (4683 points scored, 4455 allowed) Road record: 17-23 (4612 points scored, 4662 allowed) Other sites: 2-1 (336 points scored, 334 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 32-9 (4683 points scored, 4455 allowed) Road record: 17-23 (4612 points scored, 4662 allowed) Other sites: 2-1 (336 points scored, 334 allowed)
Head Coach: Slick Leonard 9631 points scored (3rd of 10 teams), 9451 points allowed (6th) ABA Averages: 111.6 points/game (9374.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Bob Arnzen 6'5 205 25 Notre Dame Roger Brown 6'5 205 30 Dayton Don Buse 6'4 190 22 Evansville Mel Daniels 6'9 220 28 New Mexico Donnie Freeman 6'3 185 28 Illinois Darnell Hillman 6'9 215 23 San Jose State Gus Johnson 6'5 230 34 Idaho Billy Keller 5'10 177 25 Purdue Freddie Lewis 6'0 175 29 Arizona State George McGinnis 6'8 235 22 Indiana Bill Newton 6'9 220 22 Louisiana State George Peeples 6'7 190 29 Iowa Craig Raymond 6'11 235 27 Brigham YoungTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F George McGinnis 82 3347 868 1755 8 32 517 778 434 588 1022 205 160 401 348 2261 27.6 C Mel Daniels 81 3103 587 1217 1 4 322 446 348 899 1247 177 157 275 315 1497 18.5 G Billy Keller 83 2251 421 973 71 222 234 269 82 122 204 361 171 162 1147 13.8 G Donnie Freeman 77 2170 412 933 2 6 277 343 103 116 219 195 160 225 1103 14.3 G Freddie Lewis 72 2217 375 860 38 110 287 349 97 131 228 288 173 204 1075 14.9 F Roger Brown 72 2177 332 700 42 118 203 247 111 237 348 204 120 181 909 12.6 F Darnell Hillman 84 2541 328 735 0 9 148 252 218 517 735 128 116 154 291 804 9.6 G Don Buse 77 1484 163 360 5 24 82 109 96 114 210 223 66 143 413 5.4 F Gus Johnson 50 753 132 299 4 21 31 42 85 160 245 62 70 113 299 6.0 C Bill Newton 24 117 24 56 1 2 9 18 21 26 47 9 10 40 58 2.4 F Bob Arnzen 23 111 20 38 0 3 6 8 11 12 23 3 0 12 46 2.0 F George Peeples 9 56 4 14 0 0 6 11 3 12 15 4 6 14 14 1.6 C Craig Raymond 6 33 2 8 0 0 1 2 3 7 10 1 3 8 5 0.8
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 03/31/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 114-91 04/01/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 106-93 04/03/1973 at Denver Rockets L 94-105 04/05/1973 at Denver Rockets W 97-95 04/07/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 121-107 -------------------------------------------------- Western Finals 04/12/1973 at Utah Stars L 107-124 04/14/1973 at Utah Stars W 116-110 04/16/1973 vs Utah Stars W 118-108 04/18/1973 vs Utah Stars L 103-104 04/19/1973 at Utah Stars W 104-102 04/21/1973 vs Utah Stars W 107-98 -------------------------------------------------- Finals 04/28/1973 at Kentucky Colonels W 111-107 (OT) 04/30/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 102-114 05/03/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 88-92 05/05/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels W 90-86 05/08/1973 at Kentucky Colonels W 89-86 05/10/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 93-109 05/12/1973 at Kentucky Colonels W 88-81Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F George McGinnis 18 731 161 357 0 5 109 149 92 130 222 39 61 78 431 23.9 C Mel Daniels 18 636 112 238 0 0 62 81 70 178 248 40 39 76 286 15.9 G Donnie Freeman 18 557 105 237 0 2 71 89 27 21 48 50 40 52 281 15.6 G Freddie Lewis 18 637 102 260 6 27 69 80 31 35 66 91 49 57 279 15.5 F Roger Brown 17 584 82 160 13 29 37 49 20 54 74 41 24 58 214 12.6 G Billy Keller 17 348 57 149 8 36 31 38 18 34 52 63 16 35 153 9.0 F Darnell Hillman 18 485 43 101 0 0 20 35 39 96 135 17 29 44 106 5.9 G Don Buse 14 163 16 45 0 7 13 21 12 13 25 17 10 30 45 3.2 F Gus Johnson 17 184 15 59 0 3 12 16 23 46 69 15 18 27 42 2.5 F Bob Arnzen 7 13 3 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1.0 C Bill Newton 4 7 2 5 0 1 0 0 2 3 5 0 1 3 4 1.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/12/1972 at Memphis Tams W 109-105 1-0
10/13/1972 vs Carolina Cougars L 88-106 1-1
10/14/1972 vs Denver Rockets L 90-96 1-2
10/18/1972 vs Utah Stars W 107-103 2-2
10/20/1972 at Denver Rockets L 99-116 2-3
10/21/1972 vs New York Nets L 104-113 2-4
10/27/1972 vs Memphis Tams W 128-102 3-4
10/28/1972 at Denver Rockets W 119-106 4-4
10/29/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors W 112-98 5-4
11/01/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 120-109 6-4
11/03/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels W 118-116 7-4
11/07/1972 at Memphis Tams W 124-116 8-4
11/08/1972 vs Utah Stars W 135-124 9-4
11/09/1972 at Virginia Squires L 126-134 9-5
11/11/1972 at Utah Stars W 129-109 10-5
11/12/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors W 124-119 11-5
11/14/1972 at Denver Rockets L 108-118 11-6
11/17/1972 at Carolina Cougars L 120-127 11-7
11/21/1972 at Memphis Tams W 121-120 12-7
11/22/1972 vs Carolina Cougars W 114-103 13-7
11/24/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels W 109-99 14-7
11/25/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 111-103 15-7
11/28/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals W 120-117 16-7
12/01/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals L 117-123 16-8
12/02/1972 at Utah Stars L 105-111 16-9
12/03/1972 at New York Nets W 113-110 17-9
12/06/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 124-112 18-9
12/07/1972 at Virginia Squires L 129-132 18-10
12/08/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 114-121 18-11
12/09/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 128-129 18-12
12/14/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 111-104 19-12
12/16/1972 vs Memphis Tams W 125-120 20-12
12/21/1972 vs Utah Stars L 112-118 20-13
12/22/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 142-147 20-14
12/26/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 120-129 20-15
12/27/1972 vs Carolina Cougars L 114-122 20-16
12/28/1972 at Carolina Cougars L 106-120 20-17
12/30/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 109-101 21-17
01/03/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 107-109 21-18
01/04/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 125-115 22-18
01/06/1973 vs Utah Stars L 118-125 22-19
01/10/1973 at Denver Rockets L 105-106 22-20
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/11/1973 at Dallas Chaparrals W 107-106 23-20
01/12/1973 vs Denver Rockets L 119-128 23-21
01/13/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 108-107 24-21
01/16/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 130-113 25-21
01/18/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 116-109 26-21
01/19/1973 at Virginia Squires W 129-121 27-21
01/20/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 121-110 28-21
01/23/1973 vs New York Nets W 110-103 29-21
01/25/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels W 96-94 30-21
01/26/1973 at Carolina Cougars L 108-114 30-22
01/28/1973 vs Memphis Tams L 126-127 30-23
01/30/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors W 126-120 31-23
01/31/1973 at Utah Stars L 107-122 31-24
02/01/1973 vs Denver Rockets L 92-97 31-25
02/03/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels W 110-103 32-25
02/04/1973 vs Utah Stars W 113-86 33-25
02/09/1973 at New York Nets W 115-98 34-25
02/10/1973 at Dallas Chaparrals W 105-99 35-25
02/11/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 87-98 35-26
02/12/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 127-119 36-26
02/14/1973 at Memphis Tams W 129-125 37-26
02/16/1973 at Utah Stars L 114-124 37-27
02/18/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors W 118-103 38-27
02/20/1973 at Dallas Chaparrals L 112-119 38-28
02/24/1973 at Virginia Squires L 115-126 38-29
02/25/1973 at New York Nets L 97-118 38-30
02/26/1973 vs New York Nets W 112-107 39-30
02/28/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 109-106 40-30
03/02/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 114-105 41-30
03/04/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 121-118 42-30
03/07/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 122-114 43-30
03/09/1973 vs Carolina Cougars W 110-105 44-30
03/11/1973 at Carolina Cougars W 115-105 45-30
03/14/1973 vs Utah Stars W 113-106 46-30
03/16/1973 vs New York Nets W 98-89 47-30
03/18/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 119-105 48-30
03/21/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 133-131 49-30
03/23/1973 at Denver Rockets L 92-101 49-31
03/24/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 116-94 50-31
03/25/1973 at New York Nets L 115-118 50-32
03/27/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors W 110-107 51-32
03/28/1973 at Utah Stars L 136-138 51-33
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