1977-1978 Indiana Pacers: 31-51 .378
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 21-20 (4476 points scored, 4448 allowed) Road record: 10-30 (4334 points scored, 4557 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (94 points scored, 104 allowed) Head Coach: Slick Leonard 8904 points scored (11th of 22 teams), 9109 points allowed (17th) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Mike Bantom 6'9 200 26 St. Joseph's Ron Behagen 6'9 185 26 Minnesota Mel Bennett 6'7 200 22 Pittsburgh Bob Carrington 6'6 195 24 Boston College Adrian Dantley 6'5 208 21 Notre Dame James Edwards 7'0 225 22 Washington Len Elmore 6'9 220 25 Maryland Mike Flynn 6'2 180 24 Kentucky Steve Green 6'7 220 24 Indiana Johnny Neumann 6'6 200 26 Mississippi Dave Robisch 6'10 235 28 Kansas Dan Roundfield 6'8 205 24 Central Michigan Willie Smith 6'2 170 24 Missouri Ricky Sobers 6'3 198 24 Nevada - Las Vegas Earl Tatum 6'4 185 24 Marquette John Williamson 6'2 185 26 New Mexico State Bobby Wilson 6'2 175 26 Wichita State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Ricky Sobers 79 3019 553 1221 0 0 330 400 92 235 327 584 170 23 352 308 1436 18.2 F Mike Bantom 82 2775 502 1047 0 0 254 342 184 426 610 238 100 50 218 333 1258 15.3 F Dan Roundfield 79 2423 421 861 0 0 218 300 275 527 802 196 81 149 194 297 1060 13.4 C James Edwards 58 1682 350 777 0 0 192 296 153 282 435 56 36 50 112 233 892 15.4 G Earl Tatum 57 1859 357 773 0 0 108 137 56 149 205 226 103 30 131 172 822 14.4 G John Williamson 42 1449 335 795 0 0 134 161 34 86 120 132 47 0 127 131 804 19.1 F Adrian Dantley 23 948 201 403 0 0 207 263 94 122 216 65 48 17 67 76 609 26.5 F Ron Behagen 51 1131 222 544 0 0 128 176 146 187 333 65 32 19 113 160 572 11.2 C Len Elmore 69 1327 142 386 0 0 88 132 139 281 420 80 74 71 73 174 372 5.4 G Mike Flynn 71 955 120 267 0 0 55 97 47 70 117 142 41 10 75 52 295 4.2 G Bob Carrington 35 621 96 197 0 0 58 74 28 34 62 62 22 11 52 73 250 7.1 C Dave Robisch 23 598 73 181 0 0 50 64 47 126 173 49 20 15 34 59 196 8.5 F Steve Green 44 449 56 128 0 0 39 56 31 40 71 30 14 2 23 67 151 3.4 G Johnny Neumann 20 216 35 86 0 0 13 18 5 9 14 27 6 1 22 24 83 4.2 F Mel Bennett 31 285 23 81 0 0 28 45 49 44 93 22 11 7 30 54 74 2.4 G Bobby Wilson 12 86 14 36 0 0 2 3 6 6 12 8 2 1 6 16 30 2.5 G Willie Smith 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
1977 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 29 Alonzo Bradley 99 Texas Southern
3 51 Stan Mayhew Weber State
4 73 George Pendleton Georgia State
5 95 Marvin Jackson Prairie View A&M
6 117 Tom Scheffler 39 Purdue
Traded draft picks:
#1 to NJ (Bernard King)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/19/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 120-133 0-1 10/21/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 119-122 0-2 10/22/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 106-101 1-2 10/25/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 129-104 2-2 10/28/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 136-127 3-2 11/02/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics L 104-106 3-3 11/04/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-111 3-4 11/06/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 106-108 3-5 11/09/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 129-132 3-6 11/11/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 111-117 3-7 11/13/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 107-116 3-8 11/15/1977 at Buffalo Braves W 100-94 4-8 11/16/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 111-104 5-8 11/18/1977 at New Jersey Nets W 124-116 6-8 11/19/1977 at New York Knicks L 127-129 6-9 11/22/1977 at New Orleans Jazz L 108-123 6-10 11/23/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 126-116 7-10 11/25/1977 vs Phoenix Suns L 110-118 7-11 11/26/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 123-136 7-12 11/30/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 113-120 7-13 12/02/1977 vs Chicago Bulls L 102-107 7-14 12/03/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 103-89 8-14 12/07/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 118-103 9-14 12/10/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 114-108 10-14 12/14/1977 vs New York Knicks L 98-101 10-15 12/16/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 114-106 11-15 12/18/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 114-115 11-16 12/21/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 109-98 12-16 12/27/1977 at San Antonio Spurs W 96-89 13-16 12/28/1977 at Atlanta Hawks L 92-99 13-17 12/30/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 99-98 14-17 01/03/1978 at New Orleans Jazz W 104-103 15-17 01/04/1978 at Houston Rockets L 96-104 15-18 01/06/1978 at Washington Bullets L 114-146 15-19 01/08/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 104-103 16-19 01/10/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 103-125 16-20 01/12/1978 at Buffalo Braves L 92-111 16-21 01/13/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 108-106 17-21 01/16/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 120-112 18-21 01/17/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 104-105 18-22 01/18/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 96-109 18-23 01/20/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 82-112 18-24 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/21/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 100-111 18-25 01/22/1978 vs Buffalo Braves W 99-90 19-25 01/24/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 92-96 19-26 01/29/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz L 91-107 19-27 01/31/1978 at Boston Celtics L 94-104 19-28 02/02/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks L 105-107 19-29 02/03/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 104-116 19-30 02/07/1978 vs Boston Celtics L 89-92 19-31 02/08/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 138-140 19-32 02/09/1978 at New York Knicks L 117-126 19-33 02/10/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 108-112 19-34 02/12/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 111-94 20-34 02/14/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 116-119 20-35 02/15/1978 at Houston Rockets L 122-126 20-36 02/17/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 123-111 21-36 02/18/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 101-114 21-37 02/19/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 104-127 21-38 02/22/1978 at Denver Nuggets W 99-96 22-38 02/28/1978 vs Denver Nuggets L 106-122 22-39 03/03/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 115-111 23-39 03/05/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 110-122 23-40 03/06/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 88-98 23-41 03/09/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 112-105 24-41 03/10/1978 vs New York Knicks W 122-115 25-41 03/12/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 90-95 25-42 03/15/1978 vs Buffalo Braves W 111-106 26-42 03/17/1978 at Washington Bullets W 105-99 27-42 03/18/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 104-113 27-43 03/20/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 127-104 28-43 03/21/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 119-115 29-43 03/23/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 115-119 29-44 03/24/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 102-104 29-45 03/26/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-110 29-46 03/29/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 91-106 29-47 03/30/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 100-105 29-48 03/31/1978 vs Golden State Warriors L 103-111 29-49 04/02/1978 at Boston Celtics W 123-120 30-49 04/04/1978 vs New Jersey Nets L 121-129 30-50 04/07/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers W 127-118 31-50 04/08/1978 vs Houston Rockets L 111-112 31-51 |