1974–75 Indiana Pacers season

1974–75 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach Bobby Leonard
Arena Market Square Arena
Results
Record 45–39 (.536)
Place Division: 3rd
Conference: 3rd
Playoff finish Lost to Kentucky Colonels in ABA Finals (1-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio WIBC

The 1974–75 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's 8th season in the American Basketball Association and 8th as a team.[1]

Player notes

Roger Brown retired after this season.

After leading the Pacers to the finals, George McGinnis decided to jump to the NBA to the Philadelphia 76ers, who held his original NBA draft rights.

Draft picks

Player College
Billy Knight Pittsburgh
Bruce King Pan American
Roland Grant New Mexico State
Eddie Woods Oral Roberts
Ron DeVries Illinois State
Alex English South Carolina
Bobby Florence Nevada Las Vegas
Kevin Fitzgerald Oklahoma State
Mark Browne Missouri Western
Clifford Ray Chicago
Bill Bradley New York
Mel Counts Los Angeles
Pat Riley Los Angeles
Jim Davis Detroit[2]

Roster

Number Player Position Height Weight Birthday Experience (in years) College
1 Roger Brown SF 6-5 205 May 22, 1942 7 University of Dayton
10 Don Buse PG 6-4 190 August 10, 1950 2 University of Evansville
35 Charles Edge SF 6-6 210 February 23, 1950 1 LeMoyne-Owen College
41 Len Elmore C 6-9 220 March 28, 1952 R University of Maryland
20 Darnell Hillman C 6-9 215 August 29, 1949 3 San Jose State University
43 Kevin Joyce SG 6-3 190 June 27, 1951 1 University of South Carolina
11 Bill Keller PG 5-10 177 August 30, 1947 5 Purdue University
25 Billy Knight SF 6-6 195 June 9, 1952 R University of Pittsburgh
30 George McGinnis PF 6-8 235 August 12, 1950 3 Indiana University
24 Bob Netolicky PF 6-9 220 August 2, 1942 7 Drake University
4 Johnny Neumann SG 6-6 200 September 11, 1951 3 University of Mississippi
6 Wayne Pack PG 6-0 165 July 5, 1950 R Tennessee Technological University

Regular season standings

Eastern Division

Team Wins Loses Pct.
Kentucky Colonels 58 26 .690
New York Nets 58 26 .690
Spirits of St. Louis 32 52 .381
Memphis Sounds 27 57 .321
Virginia Squires 15 69 .179

Western Division

Team Wins Loses Pct.
Denver Nuggets 65 19 .774
San Antonio Spurs 51 33 .607
Indiana Pacers 45 39 .536
Utah Stars 38 46 .452
San Diego Conquistadors 31 53 .369

Playoffs

Western Division Semifinals[3]

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1April 5San Antonio122–119 (OT)1–08,529
2April 7San Antonio98–932–07,643
3April 10Indiana103–1133–012,217
4April 12Indiana109–1103–117,389
5April 14San Antonio117–1233–210,986
6April 16Indiana115–1004–215,675

Pacers win series, 4–2

Western Division Finals

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1April 20Denver128–1310–17,444
2April 22Denver131–1241–17,491
3April 24Indiana118–1122–115,496
4April 25Indiana109–1262–217,389
5April 27Denver109–903–27,483
6April 30Indiana99–1043–317,421
7May 3Denver104–964–37,401

Pacers win series, 4–3

ABA Finals[3]

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1May 13Kentucky94–1200–114,368
2May 15Kentucky93–950–213,212
3May 17Indiana101–1090–317,388
4May 19Indiana94–861–314,589
5May 22Kentucky95–1101–416,622

Pacers lose series, 4–1

References

  1. ↑ 1974-75 Indiana Pacers
  2. ↑ 1974 ABA Draft on databaseBasketball Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 "1974-75 ABA Regular Season Standings". Remembertheaba.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
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