1978-1979 Indiana Pacers team stats

1978-1979 Indiana Pacers: 38-44 .463
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 25-16 (4539 points scored, 4414 allowed) Road record: 13-27 (4269 points scored, 4500 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (101 points scored, 126 allowed)

Head Coach: Slick Leonard 8909 points scored (13th of 22 teams), 9040 points allowed (12th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team)


Team Roster:

Player                 Hgt   Wgt  Age  School
Mike Bantom            6'9   200   27  St. Joseph's
Corky Calhoun          6'7   210   28  Penn
Brad Davis             6'3   180   23  Maryland
Johnny Davis           6'1   170   23  Dayton
James Edwards          7'0   225   23  Washington
Len Elmore             6'9   220   26  Maryland
Alex English           6'7   190   24  South Carolina
Steve Green            6'7   220   25  Indiana
Billy Knight           6'6   195   26  Pittsburgh
Wayne Radford          6'3   205   22  Indiana
Rick Robey             6'11  230   22  Kentucky
Ricky Sobers           6'3   198   25  Nevada - Las Vegas
Kevin Stacom           6'3   185   27  Providence


Team Stats:

Pos  Player                 GP  Mins   FGM   FGA  3PM  3PA  FTM  FTA  ORB   DRB   REB  ASS  STL  BLK   TO   PF   PTS   PPG
 G   Johnny Davis           79  2971   565  1240    0    0  314  396   70   121   191  453   95   22  214  177  1444  18.3
 G   Ricky Sobers           81  2825   553  1194    0    0  298  338  118   183   301  450  138   23  304  315  1404  17.3
 C   James Edwards          82  2546   534  1065    0    0  298  441  179   514   693   92   60  109  162  363  1366  16.7
 F   Alex English           81  2696   563  1102    0    0  173  230  253   402   655  271   70   78  196  214  1299  16.0
 F   Mike Bantom            81  2528   482  1036    0    0  227  338  225   425   650  223   99   62  193  316  1191  14.7
 F   Billy Knight           39   976   222   399    0    0  131  150   53   121   174   86   32    5   96   74   575  14.7
 F   Corky Calhoun          81  1332   153   335    0    0   72   86   64   174   238  104   37   19   56  189   378   4.7
 C   Rick Robey             43   849   140   295    0    0   90  121   80   174   254   53   25   12   89  111   370   8.6
 C   Len Elmore             80  1264   139   342    0    0   56   78  115   287   402   75   62   79   73  183   334   4.2
 G   Wayne Radford          52   649    83   175    0    0   36   45   25    43    68   57   30    1   45   61   202   3.9
 G   Kevin Stacom           44   571    76   209    0    0   31   41   20    41    61   77   14    1   54   29   183   4.2
 F   Steve Green            39   265    42    89    0    0   20   34   22    30    52   21   11    3   17   39   104   2.7
 G   Brad Davis             22   233    23    44    0    0   13   19    1    15    16   43   14    2   11   22    59   2.7

1978 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1    3  Rick Robey               493          Kentucky                         [pick acquired from BUF via POR]
  2   27  Wayne Radford             52          Indiana                        
  4   71  Ricky Lee                             Oregon State                   
  5   92  James Sparrow                         North Carolina A&T             
  6  115  Sherman Dillard                       James Madison                  
  7  135  Ollie Matson                          Pepperdine                     

Traded draft picks:

#1 to POR (Mychal Thompson)
#3 to BUF (Mike Santos)

Regular Season Game Log:

Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 117-104 1-0 10/18/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics L 92-99 1-1 10/21/1978 vs San Diego Clippers W 125-119 2-1 10/24/1978 vs New Jersey Nets L 95-97 2-2 10/27/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 112-99 3-2 10/28/1978 at New York Knicks L 106-111 3-3 10/31/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 119-114 4-3 11/01/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 113-124 4-4 11/03/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 115-108 5-4 11/04/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 84-97 5-5 11/08/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 111-113 5-6 11/10/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 111-116 5-7 11/12/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 106-134 5-8 11/14/1978 at San Diego Clippers L 106-109 5-9 11/17/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 115-126 5-10 11/18/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 111-123 5-11 11/21/1978 at San Antonio Spurs W 108-103 6-11 11/22/1978 vs Phoenix Suns L 110-115 6-12 11/24/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 98-104 6-13 11/26/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 114-112 7-13 11/29/1978 vs New York Knicks W 101-99 8-13 12/01/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 107-111 8-14 12/02/1978 vs Boston Celtics L 110-117 8-15 12/06/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 115-109 9-15 12/08/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 114-107 10-15 12/12/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 103-109 10-16 12/13/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 101-117 10-17 12/15/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 113-125 10-18 12/19/1978 at New York Knicks L 102-130 10-19 12/20/1978 at Boston Celtics L 105-121 10-20 12/21/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 108-121 10-21 12/23/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 127-103 11-21 12/26/1978 at Washington Bullets L 104-108 11-22 12/27/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 110-122 11-23 12/30/1978 vs San Diego Clippers L 111-114 11-24 01/03/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks W 108-102 12-24 01/05/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 123-96 13-24 01/06/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 99-120 13-25 01/07/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 112-97 14-25 01/09/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers W 112-104 15-25 01/10/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 98-118 15-26 01/13/1979 at Phoenix Suns W 102-99 16-26

Date Opponent Result Record 01/14/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 109-111 16-27 01/17/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 102-112 16-28 01/19/1979 vs Denver Nuggets L 98-101 16-29 01/20/1979 at Washington Bullets L 104-109 16-30 01/23/1979 at Atlanta Hawks W 110-107 17-30 01/26/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 119-106 18-30 01/28/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 123-110 19-30 01/30/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 112-106 20-30 02/02/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 87-84 21-30 02/06/1979 at Chicago Bulls L 107-110 21-31 02/07/1979 vs New Jersey Nets L 84-90 21-32 02/09/1979 at Boston Celtics L 101-112 21-33 02/11/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 110-108 22-33 02/13/1979 at Houston Rockets W 124-120 23-33 02/14/1979 vs New York Knicks W 106-97 24-33 02/16/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 105-100 25-33 02/18/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 111-122 25-34 02/21/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 109-114 25-35 02/23/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 96-94 26-35 02/25/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 108-118 26-36 02/27/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 107-124 26-37 02/28/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 102-103 26-38 03/02/1979 vs Golden State Warriors L 98-105 26-39 03/07/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 109-105 27-39 03/09/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 125-116 28-39 03/11/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 112-111 29-39 03/13/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 122-120 30-39 03/16/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 106-114 30-40 03/17/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 98-105 30-41 03/21/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 114-105 31-41 03/22/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 108-106 32-41 03/23/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 141-134 33-41 03/25/1979 at San Antonio Spurs W 121-113 34-41 03/27/1979 at New Orleans Jazz W 104-101 35-41 03/28/1979 at Houston Rockets W 125-124 36-41 03/30/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 99-101 36-42 03/31/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 101-126 36-43 04/04/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 102-95 37-43 04/06/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 136-118 38-43 04/08/1979 vs Kansas City Kings L 101-107 38-44

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