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1979-1980 Indiana Pacers: 37-45 .451
Previous Season Home record: 26-15 (4710 points scored, 4490 allowed) Road record: 11-29 (4307 points scored, 4572 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (102 points scored, 114 allowed)

Head Coach: Slick Leonard 9119 points scored (6th of 22 teams), 9176 points allowed (17th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Mike Bantom 6'9 200 28 St. Joseph's Dudley Bradley 6'6 195 22 North Carolina Corky Calhoun 6'7 210 29 Penn Ron Carter 6'5 190 23 VMI Phil Chenier 6'3 180 29 California Brad Davis 6'3 180 24 Maryland Johnny Davis 6'1 170 24 Dayton James Edwards 7'0 225 24 Washington Alex English 6'7 190 25 South Carolina Joey Hassett 6'5 180 24 Providence Clemon Johnson 6'10 240 23 Florida A&M Mickey Johnson 6'10 190 27 Aurora Billy Knight 6'6 195 27 Pittsburgh John Kuester 6'2 180 24 North Carolina George McGinnis 6'8 235 29 Indiana Tony Zeno 6'8 210 22 Arizona State
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Mickey Johnson 82 2647 588 1271 5 32 385 482 258 423 681 344 153 112 286 291 1566 19.1 G Johnny Davis 82 2912 496 1159 4 42 304 352 102 124 226 440 110 23 202 178 1300 15.9 C James Edwards 82 2314 528 1032 0 1 231 339 179 399 578 127 55 104 131 324 1287 15.7 F Billy Knight 75 1910 385 722 4 15 212 262 136 225 361 155 82 9 132 96 986 13.1 F Mike Bantom 77 2330 384 760 1 3 139 209 192 264 456 279 85 49 189 268 908 11.8 F Alex English 54 1526 346 686 0 3 114 140 167 213 380 142 45 33 124 128 806 14.9 G Dudley Bradley 82 2027 275 609 2 5 136 174 69 154 223 252 211 48 166 194 688 8.4 G Joey Hassett 74 1135 215 509 69 198 24 29 35 59 94 104 46 8 45 85 523 7.1 C Clemon Johnson 79 1541 199 396 0 0 74 117 145 249 394 115 48 121 78 211 472 6.0 F George McGinnis 28 784 132 302 1 8 104 181 88 149 237 112 32 6 93 116 369 13.2 G Phil Chenier 23 380 52 135 2 6 18 26 9 26 35 47 15 10 26 29 124 5.4 G Ron Carter 13 117 15 37 0 0 2 7 5 14 19 9 2 3 10 19 32 2.5 G John Kuester 24 100 12 34 0 1 5 7 3 11 14 16 7 1 5 8 29 1.2 F Tony Zeno 8 59 6 21 0 0 2 2 3 11 14 1 4 3 9 13 14 1.8 F Corky Calhoun 7 30 4 9 0 0 0 2 7 3 10 0 2 0 1 6 8 1.1 G Brad Davis 5 43 2 7 0 0 3 4 0 2 2 5 3 0 3 7 7 1.4
1979 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1   13  Dudley Bradley           600          North Carolina                   [pick acquired from ATL]
  2   32  Tony Zeno                  8          Arizona State                  
  4   74  Don Newman                            Idaho                          
  5   98  Billy Reid                59          San Francisco                  
  6  117  Greg Guye                             Stetson                        
  7  136  Dirk Ewing                            Stetson                        
  8  157  Brian Magid                           George Washington              

Traded draft picks:

#1 to NJ via MIL  (Calvin Natt)
#3 to BOS (Wayne Kreklow)

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 105-114 0-1 10/13/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 115-101 1-1 10/16/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 113-100 2-1 10/17/1979 at Houston Rockets L 112-116 2-2 10/18/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 85-115 2-3 10/20/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 131-128 3-3 10/23/1979 at New York Knicks L 112-136 3-4 10/24/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 110-132 3-5 10/26/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 118-108 4-5 10/27/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 121-128 4-6 10/31/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 133-129 5-6 11/02/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 93-115 5-7 11/03/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 114-120 5-8 11/06/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 117-134 5-9 11/07/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 97-90 6-9 11/10/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 104-101 7-9 11/12/1979 at Utah Jazz W 113-105 8-9 11/14/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 100-104 8-10 11/16/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 97-105 8-11 11/18/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 104-127 8-12 11/21/1979 vs New York Knicks W 119-108 9-12 11/23/1979 at Boston Celtics L 103-118 9-13 11/24/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 115-97 10-13 11/26/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 112-113 10-14 11/28/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 79-87 10-15 11/30/1979 at Washington Bullets W 99-91 11-15 12/01/1979 vs Boston Celtics L 102-106 11-16 12/05/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 118-99 12-16 12/08/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 103-102 13-16 12/11/1979 at New York Knicks W 124-122 14-16 12/12/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 107-112 14-17 12/14/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 111-109 15-17 12/16/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 105-107 15-18 12/19/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 123-127 15-19 12/22/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 130-110 16-19 12/26/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 98-97 17-19 12/28/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 101-116 17-20 12/29/1979 vs Utah Jazz L 114-116 17-21 01/02/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 120-127 17-22 01/03/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks L 96-106 17-23 01/05/1980 at Denver Nuggets L 105-111 17-24 01/08/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers W 122-118 18-24
Date Opponent Result Record 01/09/1980 at Seattle Supersonics L 111-120 18-25 01/11/1980 at Chicago Bulls W 110-105 19-25 01/12/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 122-109 20-25 01/16/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 117-99 21-25 01/19/1980 vs Kansas City Kings W 108-103 22-25 01/23/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs L 130-144 22-26 01/25/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 139-117 23-26 01/26/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 115-114 24-26 01/27/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 123-121 25-26 01/29/1980 vs Houston Rockets W 133-112 26-26 01/30/1980 at Washington Bullets L 119-120 26-27 01/31/1980 vs New York Knicks L 102-112 26-28 02/05/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 108-109 26-29 02/07/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 134-104 27-29 02/08/1980 at Boston Celtics L 108-130 27-30 02/09/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs W 131-127 28-30 02/13/1980 vs New Jersey Nets L 96-98 28-31 02/14/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 118-114 29-31 02/15/1980 vs Golden State Warriors L 107-118 29-32 02/17/1980 vs Chicago Bulls W 108-100 30-32 02/20/1980 vs New York Knicks W 131-86 31-32 02/24/1980 vs Phoenix Suns L 105-113 31-33 02/26/1980 at Houston Rockets L 88-93 31-34 02/27/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 111-116 31-35 03/02/1980 at Washington Bullets L 104-118 31-36 03/04/1980 at New Jersey Nets L 109-114 31-37 03/05/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 113-120 31-38 03/07/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks L 94-99 31-39 03/09/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 107-113 31-40 03/11/1980 vs Boston Celtics W 114-108 32-40 03/13/1980 at New York Knicks W 107-100 33-40 03/14/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 104-94 34-40 03/16/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 90-95 34-41 03/18/1980 at Boston Celtics L 102-114 34-42 03/19/1980 vs New Jersey Nets W 125-112 35-42 03/21/1980 at San Antonio Spurs L 109-116 35-43 03/22/1980 at Houston Rockets L 110-125 35-44 03/26/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 124-114 36-44 03/28/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs W 127-122 37-44 03/30/1980 vs Houston Rockets L 106-121 37-45

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