1972–73 Indiana Pacers season

1972–73 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach Bobby Leonard
Arena Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Results
Record 51–33 (.607)
Place Division: 2nd
Conference: 2nd
Playoff finish ABA Champions (Won 4–3)

The 1972–73 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's 6th season in the ABA and 6th as a team. The Pacers finished second in the Western Division and won their third ABA title. In a rematch of the 1972 division semifinals, the Pacers eliminated the Denver Rockets. After defeating the Rockets in five games, the Pacers eliminated the Utah Stars in six games. The Eastern Division champion Kentucky Colonels appeared in the ABA Championships for the second time and were defeated by the Pacers in seven games.

Offseason

ABA Draft

Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
Ed RatleffLong Beach State
Nate StephensLong Beach State
Oscar EvansButler
George AdamsGardner-Webb
Rich GarnerManhattan
Cavin AndersonValley City
Wardell DysonShaw
Jolly SpightSanta Clara
Bill BurtonEastern Kentucky
Wally RicePenn Military
Lee SimsMorehead State
Nate WilliamsUtah State

[1]

Regular season

Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultPacers pointsOpponentsRecord
1
2

[2]

Season standings

1972–73 ABA Western Standings
Western DivisionWLPCT.GB
Utah Stars5529.655–
Indiana Pacers5133.6074
Denver Rockets4737.5608
San Diego Conquistadors3054.35725
Dallas Chaparrals2856.33327

[3]

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; MIN= Minutes; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player GP MIN REB AST STL BLK PTS AVG
George McGinnis8233471022205160N/A2261
Mel Daniels8131031247177N/A1571497
Bill Keller832251204361N/AN/A1147
Donnie Freeman772170219195N/AN/A1103
Freddie Lewis722217228288N/AN/A1075
Roger Brown722177348204N/AN/A909
Darnell Hillman842541735128N/AN/A804

[4]

Roster

NumberNamePositionHeight ExperienceCollege
22Bob ArnzenForward6–52 yrs.Notre Dame
35Roger BrownGuard-Forward6–55 yrs.Dayton
10Don BuseGuard6–4RookieEvansville
34Mel DanielsCenter6–95 yrs.New Mexico
13Donnie FreemanGuard6–35 yrs.Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
20Darnell HillmanForward-Center6–91 yr.San Jose State
25Gus JohnsonForward-Center6–69 yrs.Idaho
11Bill KellerGuard5–103 yrs.Purdue
14Freddie LewisGuard6–06 yrs.Arizona State
30George McGinnisForward-Center6–81 yr.Indiana
24Bill NewtonCenter6–9RookieLouisiana State
15George PeeplesCenter-Forward6–75 yrs.Iowa
12Craig RaymondCenter6–114 yrs.Brigham Young

Playoffs

Western Division Semifinals[5]

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1March 31Indiana114–911–07,051
2April 1Denver106–932–07,235
3April 3Denver94–1052–15,335
4April 5Denver97–953–16,904
5April 7Indiana121–1074–19,816

Western Division Finals

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1April 12Utah107–1240–17,712
2April 14Utah116–1101–112,233
3April 16Indiana118–1082–19,353
4April 18Indiana103–1042–210,079
5April 19Utah104–1023–212,453
6April 21Indiana107–984–29,529

ABA Finals

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1April 28Kentucky111–107 (OT)1–012,119
2April 30Kentucky102–1141–113,408
3May 3Indiana88–921–210,079
4May 5Indiana90–862–29,498
5May 8Kentucky89–863–216,779
6May 10Indiana93–1093–310,079
7May 12Kentucky88–814–316,597

Awards, records, and honors

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  2. ↑ 1972–73 Indiana Pacers Games – Basketball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/ABA_1973.html
  4. ↑ https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/INA/1973.html
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
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