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1972 ABA Playoffs Summary

1971 Playoffs Summary 1973 Playoffs Summary

League Champion: Indiana Pacers

Playoffs MVP: Freddie Lewis

1972 Playoff Leaders:

PTS: Rick Barry (554)

TRB: Mel Daniels (302)

AST: Freddie Lewis (87)

WS: Julius Erving (2.8)

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Playoff Series

Playoff Series Table

Indiana Pacers over New York Nets (4-2)

Game 1	Sat, May 6	New York Nets	103	@ Indiana Pacers	124
Game 2	Tue, May 9	New York Nets	117	@ Indiana Pacers	115
Game 3	Fri, May 12	Indiana Pacers	114	@ New York Nets	108
Game 4	Mon, May 15	Indiana Pacers	105	@ New York Nets	110
Game 5	Thu, May 18	New York Nets	99	@ Indiana Pacers	100
Game 6	Sat, May 20	Indiana Pacers	108	@ New York Nets	105

New York Nets over Virginia Squires (4-3)

Game 1	Thu, April 13	New York Nets	91	@ Virginia Squires	138
Game 2	Sat, April 15	New York Nets	106	@ Virginia Squires	115
Game 3	Mon, April 24	Virginia Squires	117	@ New York Nets	119
Game 4	Wed, April 26	Virginia Squires	107	@ New York Nets	118
Game 5	Sat, April 29	New York Nets	107	@ Virginia Squires	116
Game 6	Mon, May 1	Virginia Squires	136	@ New York Nets	146
Game 7	Thu, May 4	New York Nets	94	@ Virginia Squires	88

Indiana Pacers over Utah Stars (4-3)

Game 1	Sat, April 15	Indiana Pacers	100	@ Utah Stars	108
Game 2	Mon, April 17	Indiana Pacers	109	@ Utah Stars	117
Game 3	Wed, April 19	Utah Stars	111	@ Indiana Pacers	116
Game 4	Sat, April 22	Utah Stars	108	@ Indiana Pacers	118
Game 5	Mon, April 24	Indiana Pacers	130	@ Utah Stars	139
Game 6	Wed, April 26	Utah Stars	99	@ Indiana Pacers	105
Game 7	Mon, May 1	Indiana Pacers	117	@ Utah Stars	113

New York Nets over Kentucky Colonels (4-2)

Game 1	Sat, April 1	New York Nets	122	@ Kentucky Colonels	108
Game 2	Tue, April 4	New York Nets	105	@ Kentucky Colonels	90
Game 3	Wed, April 5	Kentucky Colonels	105	@ New York Nets	99
Game 4	Fri, April 7	Kentucky Colonels	92	@ New York Nets	100
Game 5	Sat, April 8	New York Nets	93	@ Kentucky Colonels	109
Game 6	Mon, April 10	Kentucky Colonels	96	@ New York Nets	101

Virginia Squires over The Floridians (4-0)

Game 1	Fri, March 31	The Floridians	107	@ Virginia Squires	114
Game 2	Sat, April 1	The Floridians	100	@ Virginia Squires	125
Game 3	Tue, April 4	Virginia Squires	118	@ The Floridians	113
Game 4	Thu, April 6	Virginia Squires	115	@ The Floridians	106

Indiana Pacers over Denver Rockets (4-3)

Game 1	Fri, March 31	Denver Rockets	96	@ Indiana Pacers	102
Game 2	Sat, April 1	Denver Rockets	106	@ Indiana Pacers	105
Game 3	Tue, April 4	Indiana Pacers	122	@ Denver Rockets	120
Game 4	Thu, April 6	Indiana Pacers	96	@ Denver Rockets	112
Game 5	Sat, April 8	Denver Rockets	79	@ Indiana Pacers	91
Game 6	Sun, April 9	Indiana Pacers	99	@ Denver Rockets	106
Game 7	Thu, April 13	Denver Rockets	89	@ Indiana Pacers	91

Utah Stars over Dallas Chaparrals (4-0)

Game 1	Sat, April 1	Dallas Chaparrals	96	@ Utah Stars	106
Game 2	Mon, April 3	Dallas Chaparrals	107	@ Utah Stars	113
Game 3	Wed, April 5	Utah Stars	96	@ Dallas Chaparrals	89
Game 4	Fri, April 7	Utah Stars	103	@ Dallas Chaparrals	99

Per Game Stats

Per Game Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Virginia Squires	11	240.0	47.1	96.1	.490	0.5	1.7	.263	46.6	94.4	.494	22.5	28.7	.785			54.0	21.7			19.8	26.5	117.2
2	Utah Stars	11	240.0	42.8	83.8	.511	0.9	3.6	.250	41.9	80.2	.523	23.7	31.4	.757			49.9	21.5			16.5	26.6	110.3
3	Indiana Pacers	20	241.3	41.3	90.8	.454	2.7	8.4	.317	38.6	82.5	.468	23.2	31.5	.738	18.9	32.0	50.9	19.2			14.6	24.0	108.4
4	New York Nets	19	240.0	42.4	88.8	.477	1.8	5.3	.340	40.6	83.5	.486	21.0	28.4	.740			45.9	18.9			17.7	22.7	107.5
5	The Floridians	4	240.0	39.8	96.3	.413	1.3	6.3	.200	38.5	90.0	.428	25.8	32.8	.786			53.5	19.5			15.5	25.8	106.5
6	Denver Rockets	7	243.6	39.1	91.3	.429	0.4	2.0	.214	38.7	89.3	.434	22.4	28.3	.793			54.7	18.4			13.6	26.7	101.1
7	Kentucky Colonels	6	240.0	39.3	83.0	.474	2.3	6.7	.350	37.0	76.3	.485	19.0	25.0	.760			43.5	20.3			19.5	22.8	100.0
8	Dallas Chaparrals	4	240.0	40.3	91.8	.439	1.0	5.0	.200	39.3	86.8	.452	16.3	23.8	.684			45.8	20.8			11.5	30.8	97.8
	League Average	10	240.6	42.1	89.9	.468	1.6	5.2	.301	40.5	84.7	.478	22.1	29.3	.754	4.6	7.8	49.7	19.9			16.5	24.9	107.8

Per Game Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Denver Rockets	7	243.6	38.4	88.6	.434	1.9	7.7	.241	36.6	80.9	.452	22.1	29.7	.745			51.0	19.0			12.6	24.1	100.9
2	Kentucky Colonels	6	240.0	40.5	83.0	.488	2.0	5.8	.343	38.5	77.2	.499	20.3	25.5	.797			45.0	19.8			13.7	21.0	103.3
3	Dallas Chaparrals	4	240.0	37.0	72.3	.512	0.5	3.0	.167	36.5	69.3	.527	30.0	35.8	.839			47.5	17.0			16.8	23.8	104.5
4	Indiana Pacers	20	241.3	42.9	90.4	.475	1.0	3.6	.264	42.0	86.8	.484	20.5	27.9	.735			50.1	20.9			16.4	26.6	107.3
5	Utah Stars	11	240.0	41.6	93.2	.447	2.1	7.2	.291	39.5	86.0	.460	22.5	30.7	.731			49.0	20.2			11.4	26.6	107.8
6	New York Nets	19	240.0	43.4	90.7	.478	2.1	5.7	.361	41.3	85.1	.486	20.8	27.7	.753			50.1	20.1			20.5	24.3	109.6
7	Virginia Squires	11	240.0	41.8	94.5	.443	1.7	5.5	.317	40.1	89.0	.450	24.4	32.6	.747			50.6	18.0			18.2	23.8	109.7
8	The Floridians	4	240.0	47.3	92.3	.512	0.3	1.3	.200	47.0	91.0	.516	23.3	29.5	.788			51.8	22.8			17.5	26.8	118.0
	League Average	10	240.6	42.1	89.9	.468	1.6	5.2	.301	40.5	84.7	.478	22.1	29.3	.754	4.6	7.8	49.7	19.9			16.5	24.9	107.8

Total Stats

Total Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Indiana Pacers	20	4825	825	1816	.454	53	167	.317	772	1649	.468	464	629	.738	378	639	1017	384			292	479	2167
2	New York Nets	19	4560	805	1687	.477	34	100	.340	771	1587	.486	399	539	.740			873	360			337	432	2043
3	Virginia Squires	11	2640	518	1057	.490	5	19	.263	513	1038	.494	248	316	.785			594	239			218	291	1289
4	Utah Stars	11	2640	471	922	.511	10	40	.250	461	882	.523	261	345	.757			549	236			182	293	1213
5	Denver Rockets	7	1705	274	639	.429	3	14	.214	271	625	.434	157	198	.793			383	129			95	187	708
6	Kentucky Colonels	6	1440	236	498	.474	14	40	.350	222	458	.485	114	150	.760			261	122			117	137	600
7	The Floridians	4	960	159	385	.413	5	25	.200	154	360	.428	103	131	.786			214	78			62	103	426
8	Dallas Chaparrals	4	960	161	367	.439	4	20	.200	157	347	.452	65	95	.684			183	83			46	123	391
	League Average	10	2466	431	921	.468	16	53	.301	415	868	.478	226	300	.754	378	639	509	204			169	256	1105

Total Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Dallas Chaparrals	4	960	148	289	.512	2	12	.167	146	277	.527	120	143	.839			190	68			67	95	418
2	The Floridians	4	960	189	369	.512	1	5	.200	188	364	.516	93	118	.788			207	91			70	107	472
3	Kentucky Colonels	6	1440	243	498	.488	12	35	.343	231	463	.499	122	153	.797			270	119			82	126	620
4	Denver Rockets	7	1705	269	620	.434	13	54	.241	256	566	.452	155	208	.745			357	133			88	169	706
5	Utah Stars	11	2640	458	1025	.447	23	79	.291	435	946	.460	247	338	.731			539	222			125	293	1186
6	Virginia Squires	11	2640	460	1039	.443	19	60	.317	441	979	.450	268	359	.747			557	198			200	262	1207
7	New York Nets	19	4560	824	1724	.478	39	108	.361	785	1616	.486	396	526	.753			952	382			390	461	2083
8	Indiana Pacers	20	4825	858	1807	.475	19	72	.264	839	1735	.484	410	558	.735			1002	418			327	532	2145
	League Average	10	2466	431	921	.468	16	53	.301	415	868	.478	226	300	.754	378	639	509	204			169	256	1105

Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats Table
																Offense Four Factors					Defense Four Factors
Rk	Team	Age	W	L	W/L%	PW	PL	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%		eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA		eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	Virginia Squires	26.6	7	4	.636	8	3	104.2	97.6	+6.6	112.4	.299	.018	.539		.492	15.4		.235		.452	14.3		.258
2	Utah Stars	26.8	7	4	.636	6	5	104.1	101.7	+2.4	106.0	.374	.043	.565		.516	14.5		.283		.458	9.6		.241
3	Indiana Pacers	26.1	12	8	.600	11	9	101.2	100.2	+1.0	106.5	.346	.092	.518		.469	12.2		.256		.480	13.7		.227
4	Denver Rockets	25.3	3	4	.429	4	3	96.3	96.0	+0.3	103.5	.310	.022	.488		.431	11.6		.246		.444	11.0		.250
5	New York Nets	24.7	10	9	.526	8	11	101.7	103.6	-1.9	105.8	.320	.059	.531		.487	14.9		.237		.489	16.6		.230
6	Kentucky Colonels	25.4	2	4	.333	2	4	102.5	105.9	-3.4	97.6	.301	.080	.532		.488	17.2		.229		.500	12.7		.245
7	Dallas Chaparrals	25.9	0	4	.000	1	3	99.2	106.0	-6.8	98.6	.259	.054	.478		.444	10.1		.177		.516	16.0		.415
8	The Floridians	25.1	0	4	.000	1	3	95.6	105.9	-10.3	111.4	.340	.065	.481		.419	12.3		.268		.514	14.3		.252
	League Average	25.8				5	5	101.4	101.4		106.0	.326	.058	.524		.477	13.8		.246		.477	13.8		.246

Playoff Leaders

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East Division Semis

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East Division Finals

New York Nets vs. Virginia Squires

West Division Finals

Indiana Pacers vs. Utah Stars

Finals

1971-72 Reg. Season Summary