1971-72 Indiana Pacers Schedule and Results

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Record: 47-37, Finished 2nd in ABA Western Division

Coach: Slick Leonard (47-37)

PTS/G: 112.9 (6th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 110.3 (3rd of 11)

SRS: 2.72 (3rd of 11) Pace: 110.7 (8th of 11)

Off Rtg: 101.1 (5th of 11) Def Rtg: 98.7 (2nd of 11) Net Rtg: +2.4 (3rd of 11)

Expected W-L: 49-35 (3rd of 11)

Arena: Indiana State Fair Coliseum

ABA 1972 Playoffs:
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-3) versus Denver Rockets (Series Stats)
Won ABA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Utah Stars (Series Stats)
Won ABA Finals (4-2) versus New York Nets (Series Stats)

ABA Champions

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 15, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		115	104	1	0	W 1	8,575
2	Sat, Oct 16, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		106	98	2	0	W 2	8,819
3	Tue, Oct 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		122	117	3	0	W 3	3,714
4	Thu, Oct 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W		125	122	4	0	W 4	6,746
5	Fri, Oct 22, 1971	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		105	102	5	0	W 5	9,479
6	Sat, Oct 23, 1971	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	L		93	105	5	1	L 1	8,743
7	Fri, Oct 29, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W		121	109	6	1	W 1	8,678
8	Sun, Oct 31, 1971	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		108	125	6	2	L 1	1,417
9	Tue, Nov 2, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		137	116	7	2	W 1	7,272
10	Thu, Nov 4, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	L		94	105	7	3	L 1	4,062
11	Fri, Nov 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		110	115	7	4	L 2	11,551
12	Sat, Nov 6, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	L	OT	107	108	7	5	L 3	9,479
13	Tue, Nov 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	L		123	133	7	6	L 4	3,627
14	Wed, Nov 10, 1971	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		154	125	8	6	W 1	7,813
15	Sat, Nov 13, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		116	111	9	6	W 2	16,621
16	Tue, Nov 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		108	111	9	7	L 1	3,437
17	Wed, Nov 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		111	113	9	8	L 2	10,367
18	Fri, Nov 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	L		123	124	9	9	L 3	3,642
19	Wed, Nov 24, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	W		112	101	10	9	W 1	9,479
20	Fri, Nov 26, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		110	96	11	9	W 2	9,479
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Nov 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		116	110	12	9	W 3	5,107		at Charlotte, NC
22	Tue, Nov 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		114	88	13	9	W 4	3,304
23	Fri, Dec 3, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L	OT	121	128	13	10	L 1	9,479
24	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		115	108	14	10	W 1	8,453
25	Tue, Dec 7, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		119	114	15	10	W 2	4,736
26	Thu, Dec 9, 1971	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		101	103	15	11	L 1	9,479
27	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		114	118	15	12	L 2	8,676		at Norfolk, VA
28	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	Box Score		The Floridians	W		105	96	16	12	W 1	9,009
29	Tue, Dec 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W		107	98	17	12	W 2	949
30	Wed, Dec 15, 1971	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		124	110	18	12	W 3	5,871
31	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		94	92	19	12	W 4	8,514
32	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		107	117	19	13	L 1	1,819
33	Tue, Dec 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		109	113	19	14	L 2	3,626
34	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L	2OT	120	123	19	15	L 3	1,778
35	Thu, Dec 23, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		104	101	20	15	W 1	9,121
36	Sat, Dec 25, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		129	150	20	16	L 1	10,111
37	Sun, Dec 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		117	111	21	16	W 1	14,661
38	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		111	104	22	16	W 2	6,347
39	Wed, Dec 29, 1971	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		112	123	22	17	L 1	2,959
40	Fri, Dec 31, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	W		104	100	23	17	W 1	8,998
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Mon, Jan 3, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		101	102	23	18	L 1	1,076
42	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	L		101	104	23	19	L 2	8,233
43	Sun, Jan 9, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		100	97	24	19	W 1	9,011
44	Tue, Jan 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		114	99	25	19	W 2	4,035
45	Fri, Jan 14, 1972	Box Score	N	Memphis Pros	W		135	120	26	19	W 3	7,225		at Toronto, Canada
46	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		117	106	27	19	W 4	7,883
47	Tue, Jan 18, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		130	116	28	19	W 5	6,891
48	Thu, Jan 20, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		109	107	29	19	W 6	6,479
49	Fri, Jan 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		88	108	29	20	L 1	5,733
50	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		119	113	30	20	W 1	9,906
51	Sun, Jan 23, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	L	OT	110	113	30	21	L 1	8,324
52	Tue, Jan 25, 1972	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		113	107	31	21	W 1	1,622
53	Thu, Jan 27, 1972	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		94	98	31	22	L 1	9,011
54	Mon, Jan 31, 1972	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		123	115	32	22	W 1	4,347		at Hampton, VA
55	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		110	121	32	23	L 1	11,240
56	Sun, Feb 6, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		107	115	32	24	L 2	5,186
57	Wed, Feb 9, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W		128	111	33	24	W 1	7,142
58	Fri, Feb 11, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		115	119	33	25	L 1	10,021
59	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		133	111	34	25	W 1	8,529
60	Sun, Feb 13, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		123	110	35	25	W 2	8,439
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 15, 1972	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		99	101	35	26	L 1	9,797
62	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		102	115	35	27	L 2	9,378
63	Sun, Feb 20, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W	2OT	131	127	36	27	W 1	4,577
64	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		106	108	36	28	L 1	5,228		at Uniondale, NY
65	Fri, Feb 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		107	117	36	29	L 2	12,201
66	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W	OT	115	113	37	29	W 1	10,203
67	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		111	98	38	29	W 2	8,385
68	Fri, Mar 3, 1972	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L		116	121	38	30	L 1	9,276
69	Sun, Mar 5, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		110	99	39	30	W 1	8,175
70	Fri, Mar 10, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		127	115	40	30	W 2	9,123
71	Sat, Mar 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		112	122	40	31	L 1	4,918		at Charlotte, NC
72	Sun, Mar 12, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W		103	92	41	31	W 1	7,002
73	Tue, Mar 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		106	123	41	32	L 1	4,297
74	Wed, Mar 15, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		108	109	41	33	L 2	8,117
75	Fri, Mar 17, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		111	93	42	33	W 1	7,367
76	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		117	112	43	33	W 2	5,469		at Richmond, VA
77	Sun, Mar 19, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	L		117	121	43	34	L 1	7,812
78	Tue, Mar 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		139	116	44	34	W 1	689
79	Wed, Mar 22, 1972	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		129	118	45	34	W 2	7,382
80	Fri, Mar 24, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	L		92	93	45	35	L 1	6,621		at Fort Wayne, IN
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		104	121	45	36	L 2	3,190		at Greensboro, NC
82	Sun, Mar 26, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		98	88	46	36	W 1	7,818
83	Tue, Mar 28, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		86	92	46	37	L 1	7,541		at Uniondale, NY
84	Wed, Mar 29, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		128	113	47	37	W 1	7,790

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Mar 31, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		102	96	1	0	W 1	6,103
2	Sat, Apr 1, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	L		105	106	1	1	L 1	6,521
3	Tue, Apr 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W	OT	122	120	2	1	W 1	5,304
4	Thu, Apr 6, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		96	112	2	2	L 1	6,109
5	Sat, Apr 8, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		91	79	3	2	W 1	9,428
6	Sun, Apr 9, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		99	106	3	3	L 1	5,815
7	Thu, Apr 13, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		91	89	4	3	W 1	8,643
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Sat, Apr 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		100	108	4	4	L 1	9,854
9	Mon, Apr 17, 1972	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		109	117	4	5	L 2	11,780
10	Wed, Apr 19, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		116	111	5	5	W 1	7,489
11	Sat, Apr 22, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		118	108	6	5	W 2	13,007
12	Mon, Apr 24, 1972	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		130	139	6	6	L 1	12,526
13	Wed, Apr 26, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		105	99	7	6	W 1	8,103
14	Mon, May 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W		117	113	8	6	W 2	12,724
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
15	Sat, May 6, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	W		124	103	9	6	W 3	7,483
16	Tue, May 9, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	L		115	117	9	7	L 1	10,079
17	Fri, May 12, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		114	108	10	7	W 1	15,241
18	Mon, May 15, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		105	110	10	8	L 1	15,870
19	Thu, May 18, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	W		100	99	11	8	W 1	10,079
20	Sat, May 20, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		108	105	12	8	W 2	10,434

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