1976-1977 Indiana Pacers: 36-46 .439
Next Season Home record: 25-16 (4462 points scored, 4277 allowed) Road record: 10-30 (4209 points scored, 4544 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (87 points scored, 82 allowed) Head Coach: Slick Leonard 8758 points scored (11th of 22 teams), 8903 points allowed (17th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jerome Anderson 6'5 195 23 West Virginia Mel Bennett 6'7 200 21 Pittsburgh Don Buse 6'4 190 26 Evansville Len Elmore 6'9 220 24 Maryland Darrell Elston 6'3 190 24 North Carolina Mike Flynn 6'2 180 23 Kentucky Steve Green 6'7 220 23 Indiana Rudy Hackett 6'9 210 23 Syracuse Darnell Hillman 6'9 215 27 San Jose State Wil Jones 6'8 205 29 Albany State Billy Knight 6'6 195 24 Pittsburgh Freddie Lewis 6'0 175 33 Arizona State Clyde Mayes 6'8 225 23 Furman Dave Robisch 6'10 235 27 Kansas Dan Roundfield 6'8 205 23 Central Michigan John Williamson 6'2 185 25 New Mexico State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Billy Knight 78 3117 831 1687 0 0 413 506 223 359 582 260 117 19 0 197 2075 26.6 F Wil Jones 80 2709 438 1019 0 0 166 223 218 386 604 189 102 80 0 305 1042 13.0 C Dave Robisch 80 1966 369 811 0 0 213 256 171 383 554 158 55 37 0 169 951 11.9 F Darnell Hillman 82 2302 359 811 0 0 161 244 228 465 693 166 95 106 0 353 879 10.7 F Dan Roundfield 61 1645 342 734 0 0 164 239 179 339 518 69 61 131 0 243 848 13.9 G Don Buse 81 2947 266 639 0 0 114 145 66 204 270 685 281 16 0 129 646 8.0 G John Williamson 30 1055 261 544 0 0 98 125 18 56 74 111 48 7 0 103 620 20.7 G Mike Flynn 73 1324 250 573 0 0 101 142 76 111 187 179 57 6 0 106 601 8.2 F Steve Green 70 918 183 424 0 0 84 113 79 98 177 46 46 12 0 157 450 6.4 F Mel Bennett 67 911 101 294 0 0 112 187 110 127 237 70 37 33 0 155 314 4.7 G Freddie Lewis 32 552 81 199 0 0 62 77 17 30 47 56 18 2 0 58 224 7.0 G Jerome Anderson 27 164 26 59 0 0 14 20 9 3 12 10 6 2 0 26 66 2.4 C Len Elmore 6 46 7 17 0 0 4 5 7 8 15 2 0 4 0 11 18 3.0 F Rudy Hackett 5 38 3 8 0 0 6 9 3 7 10 3 0 1 0 7 12 2.4 F Clyde Mayes 2 21 3 7 0 0 1 4 4 3 7 3 0 2 0 5 7 3.5 G Darrell Elston 5 40 2 14 0 0 1 2 1 5 6 2 1 0 0 6 5 1.0
1976 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
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Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/21/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 122-129 0-1 10/22/1976 vs Denver Nuggets L 110-123 0-2 10/23/1976 at Chicago Bulls L 97-102 0-3 10/26/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 120-90 1-3 10/29/1976 at New York Nets W 90-89 2-3 10/30/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 112-102 3-3 11/03/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs W 113-97 4-3 11/05/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 103-112 4-4 11/06/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 94-113 4-5 11/11/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 98-108 4-6 11/12/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 106-117 4-7 11/13/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 112-120 4-8 11/14/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 118-121 4-9 11/17/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers W 123-117 5-9 11/18/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 104-99 6-9 11/24/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 115-93 7-9 11/26/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 109-98 8-9 11/27/1976 at Denver Nuggets L 113-122 8-10 11/28/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 115-145 8-11 11/30/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 103-97 9-11 12/01/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 100-101 9-12 12/03/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 112-109 10-12 12/04/1976 at Houston Rockets L 108-120 10-13 12/07/1976 at Buffalo Braves W 107-103 11-13 12/08/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 111-98 12-13 12/10/1976 at Washington Bullets L 88-98 12-14 12/11/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 109-101 13-14 12/15/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs W 116-102 14-14 12/16/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 105-111 14-15 12/17/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 104-113 14-16 12/18/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 93-97 14-17 12/21/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 113-123 14-18 12/23/1976 vs New York Nets W 96-94 15-18 12/26/1976 vs Houston Rockets L 79-93 15-19 12/28/1976 vs Washington Bullets L 111-117 15-20 12/30/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 104-97 16-20 01/02/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks W 116-109 17-20 01/05/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 109-94 18-20 01/06/1977 at Atlanta Hawks W 103-95 19-20 01/08/1977 vs New York Nets W 80-73 20-20 01/12/1977 at Boston Celtics W 112-101 21-20 01/14/1977 vs Golden State Warriors L 109-113 21-21 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/16/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 115-122 21-22 01/19/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 102-109 21-23 01/21/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 96-125 21-24 01/23/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 104-121 21-25 01/26/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 121-101 22-25 01/29/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 107-108 22-26 01/30/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 120-127 22-27 02/01/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 110-109 23-27 02/03/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 98-107 23-28 02/06/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 111-99 24-28 02/09/1977 vs New York Knicks W 110-109 25-28 02/10/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-116 25-29 02/11/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 109-118 25-30 02/16/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 111-93 26-30 02/18/1977 vs Golden State Warriors L 111-116 26-31 02/20/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 135-115 27-31 02/21/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 106-117 27-32 02/23/1977 at Washington Bullets L 101-109 27-33 02/26/1977 at New York Knicks L 115-129 27-34 03/01/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 85-102 27-35 03/02/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 116-108 28-35 03/05/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 118-96 29-35 03/06/1977 at New Orleans Jazz W 110-106 30-35 03/11/1977 vs Houston Rockets L 109-124 30-36 03/12/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 106-108 30-37 03/13/1977 vs Kansas City Kings L 98-103 30-38 03/16/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 109-98 31-38 03/18/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 110-134 31-39 03/19/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 91-150 31-40 03/22/1977 at Houston Rockets L 99-106 31-41 03/23/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 97-105 31-42 03/25/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 103-95 32-42 03/27/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz L 118-119 32-43 03/29/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 105-119 32-44 03/31/1977 vs New York Knicks L 131-135 32-45 04/01/1977 at New York Nets W 89-88 33-45 04/02/1977 at Atlanta Hawks W 106-99 34-45 04/03/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 112-120 34-46 04/05/1977 at Kansas City Kings W 87-82 35-46 04/07/1977 at New York Knicks W 114-100 36-46 |