1974-1975 Indiana Pacers: 45-39 .536
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 30-10 (4632 points scored, 4385 allowed) Road record: 14-27 (4522 points scored, 4662 allowed) Other sites: 1-2 (317 points scored, 334 allowed) Head Coach: Slick Leonard 9471 points scored (3rd of 10 teams), 9381 points allowed (8th) ABA Averages: 108.8 points/game (9136.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Roger Brown 6'5 205 32 Dayton Don Buse 6'4 190 24 Evansville Charlie Edge 6'6 210 24 LeMoyne-Owen Len Elmore 6'9 220 22 Maryland Darnell Hillman 6'9 215 25 San Jose State Kevin Joyce 6'3 190 23 South Carolina Billy Keller 5'10 177 27 Purdue Billy Knight 6'6 195 22 Pittsburgh George McGinnis 6'8 235 24 Indiana Bob Netolicky 6'9 220 32 Drake Johnny Neumann 6'6 200 23 Mississippi Wayne Pack 6'0 165 24 Tennessee Tech Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F George McGinnis 79 3193 873 1934 62 175 545 753 396 730 1126 495 206 56 422 303 2353 29.8 F Billy Knight 80 2559 580 1087 4 16 207 259 284 348 632 168 115 29 236 194 1371 17.1 G Kevin Joyce 81 2828 530 1245 8 42 142 180 60 103 163 322 107 23 151 259 1210 14.9 F Darnell Hillman 81 2603 486 923 0 4 152 202 296 451 747 131 73 132 209 330 1124 13.9 G Billy Keller 79 1918 397 908 80 240 113 128 90 121 211 204 59 3 109 101 987 12.5 G Don Buse 80 2369 216 500 38 123 47 59 84 188 272 335 166 15 95 149 517 6.5 C Len Elmore 77 1414 218 523 1 1 72 93 148 247 395 35 67 91 83 241 509 6.6 F Charlie Edge 77 1142 195 386 0 3 63 114 164 176 340 39 53 35 82 103 453 5.9 C Bob Netolicky 59 1077 189 375 2 12 62 98 98 133 231 49 9 18 55 108 442 7.5 G Johnny Neumann 48 835 164 378 21 73 49 67 34 44 78 123 22 10 74 118 398 8.3 G Wayne Pack 21 189 23 60 5 17 10 12 7 13 20 13 6 0 13 21 61 2.9 F Roger Brown 10 133 20 46 3 12 3 4 12 11 23 13 7 1 14 19 46 4.6
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 04/05/1975 at San Antonio Spurs W 122-119 (OT) 04/07/1975 at San Antonio Spurs W 98-93 04/10/1975 vs San Antonio Spurs W 113-103 (OT) 04/12/1975 vs San Antonio Spurs L 109-110 04/14/1975 at San Antonio Spurs L 117-123 04/16/1975 vs San Antonio Spurs W 115-100 -------------------------------------------------- Western Finals 04/20/1975 at Denver Nuggets L 128-131 04/22/1975 at Denver Nuggets W 131-124 04/24/1975 vs Denver Nuggets W 118-112 04/25/1975 vs Denver Nuggets L 109-126 04/27/1975 at Denver Nuggets W 109-90 04/30/1975 vs Denver Nuggets L 99-104 05/03/1975 at Denver Nuggets W 104-96 -------------------------------------------------- Finals 05/13/1975 at Kentucky Colonels L 94-120 05/15/1975 at Kentucky Colonels L 93-95 05/17/1975 vs Kentucky Colonels L 101-109 05/19/1975 vs Kentucky Colonels W 94-86 05/22/1975 at Kentucky Colonels L 105-110 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F George McGinnis 18 731 213 455 23 73 132 192 95 191 286 148 36 10 111 88 581 32.3 F Billy Knight 18 763 176 310 0 2 82 97 64 96 160 43 17 1 55 45 434 24.1 G Kevin Joyce 18 593 88 211 5 13 32 41 3 28 31 45 17 9 31 55 213 11.8 C Len Elmore 18 565 83 190 0 0 25 37 51 94 145 16 21 39 26 74 191 10.6 G Billy Keller 17 405 68 162 17 43 30 30 8 16 24 29 7 0 22 24 183 10.8 F Darnell Hillman 17 482 73 146 0 0 35 51 40 93 133 14 10 30 24 68 181 10.6 G Don Buse 18 576 39 103 6 26 16 30 16 42 58 80 45 5 17 42 100 5.6 F Roger Brown 14 182 22 52 2 8 16 19 8 18 26 21 4 8 6 24 62 4.4 C Bob Netolicky 7 31 3 8 0 0 4 4 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 7 10 1.4 F Charlie Edge 7 42 2 8 0 0 0 0 4 5 9 2 0 0 5 6 4 0.6
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs L 121-129 0-1 10/20/1974 at Kentucky Colonels L 92-101 0-2 10/23/1974 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 122-107 1-2 10/26/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels L 95-107 1-3 10/30/1974 at Virginia Squires L 111-114 1-4 11/01/1974 at New York Nets W 99-97 2-4 11/02/1974 vs Memphis Sounds L 104-105 2-5 11/06/1974 vs Denver Nuggets W 136-116 3-5 11/09/1974 at San Antonio Spurs L 118-131 3-6 11/10/1974 at Spirits of St. Louis W 117-109 4-6 11/13/1974 at Utah Stars L 103-114 4-7 11/15/1974 at Denver Nuggets L 114-120 4-8 11/16/1974 at San Antonio Spurs L 109-112 4-9 11/17/1974 at Kentucky Colonels L 103-116 4-10 11/20/1974 vs Denver Nuggets L 106-117 4-11 11/22/1974 at Memphis Sounds W 132-116 5-11 11/23/1974 vs New York Nets W 104-95 6-11 11/27/1974 vs Memphis Sounds W 125-104 7-11 11/29/1974 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 139-114 8-11 11/30/1974 at Virginia Squires L 120-121 8-12 12/04/1974 vs Utah Stars W 104-100 9-12 12/07/1974 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 126-113 10-12 12/11/1974 at Denver Nuggets L 114-117 10-13 12/13/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels W 114-108 11-13 12/14/1974 at San Antonio Spurs W 110-105 12-13 12/18/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs W 128-122 13-13 12/21/1974 vs New York Nets L 122-134 13-14 12/22/1974 at Kentucky Colonels L 110-118 13-15 12/23/1974 vs Utah Stars L 99-103 13-16 12/26/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels W 122-111 14-16 12/27/1974 at Virginia Squires L 116-118 14-17 12/31/1974 at San Antonio Spurs L 105-140 14-18 01/01/1975 at San Diego Conquistadors L 100-118 14-19 01/03/1975 at Denver Nuggets L 111-120 14-20 01/04/1975 at Utah Stars L 108-115 14-21 01/05/1975 at Memphis Sounds W 108-99 15-21 01/08/1975 at New York Nets W 127-119 16-21 01/09/1975 at Memphis Sounds W 122-112 17-21 01/11/1975 vs San Diego Conquistadors L 119-121 17-22 01/13/1975 at Virginia Squires W 105-88 18-22 01/15/1975 vs New York Nets W 111-106 19-22 01/17/1975 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 108-107 20-22 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/18/1975 at Utah Stars L 118-122 20-23 01/19/1975 at San Diego Conquistadors W 108-91 21-23 01/21/1975 at San Antonio Spurs L 91-110 21-24 01/22/1975 vs Denver Nuggets W 120-110 22-24 01/24/1975 vs San Antonio Spurs W 114-105 23-24 01/26/1975 at New York Nets L 111-115 23-25 01/31/1975 vs Utah Stars W 107-93 24-25 02/02/1975 vs San Antonio Spurs L 100-119 24-26 02/05/1975 vs Denver Nuggets L 113-123 24-27 02/07/1975 vs Virginia Squires W 111-106 25-27 02/08/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 103-92 26-27 02/09/1975 at Spirits of St. Louis L 108-120 26-28 02/13/1975 vs Virginia Squires W 107-105 27-28 02/15/1975 vs Memphis Sounds W 115-113 28-28 02/17/1975 at Spirits of St. Louis W 100-99 29-28 02/19/1975 vs Virginia Squires W 120-107 30-28 02/22/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 125-115 31-28 02/24/1975 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 120-108 32-28 02/26/1975 at Kentucky Colonels L 99-101 32-29 02/28/1975 at San Diego Conquistadors L 102-115 32-30 03/01/1975 at Denver Nuggets W 124-109 33-30 03/02/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 104-99 34-30 03/05/1975 vs Kentucky Colonels W 103-90 35-30 03/06/1975 at Utah Stars W 115-101 36-30 03/07/1975 at San Diego Conquistadors L 116-118 36-31 03/09/1975 vs San Antonio Spurs W 141-107 37-31 03/14/1975 vs Utah Stars W 121-111 38-31 03/15/1975 at Memphis Sounds W 107-100 39-31 03/16/1975 vs Virginia Squires W 121-103 40-31 03/17/1975 at New York Nets L 116-124 40-32 03/19/1975 vs New York Nets L 110-119 40-33 03/21/1975 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 115-103 41-33 03/22/1975 at Denver Nuggets L 105-122 41-34 03/23/1975 vs Utah Stars W 117-112 42-34 03/25/1975 at Utah Stars L 97-112 42-35 03/26/1975 at San Diego Conquistadors W 121-111 43-35 03/28/1975 at Spirits of St. Louis L 96-125 43-36 03/29/1975 vs Memphis Sounds W 114-104 44-36 03/30/1975 vs Denver Nuggets W 128-121 45-36 04/01/1975 at Denver Nuggets L 115-126 45-37 04/02/1975 vs Utah Stars L 112-119 45-38 04/03/1975 at San Antonio Spurs L 122-137 45-39 |