1972-73 Indiana Pacers Schedule and Results

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Record: 51-33, Finished 2nd in ABA Western Division

Coach: Slick Leonard (51-33)

PTS/G: 114.7 (3rd of 10) Opp PTS/G: 112.5 (6th of 10)

SRS: 1.97 (5th of 10) Pace: 112.7 (1st of 10)

Off Rtg: 100.7 (7th of 10) Def Rtg: 98.8 (2nd of 10) Net Rtg: +1.9 (5th of 10)

Expected W-L: 48-36 (5th of 10)

Arena: Indiana State Fair Coliseum

ABA 1973 Playoffs:
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-1) versus Denver Rockets (Series Stats)
Won ABA Western Division Finals (4-2) versus Utah Stars (Series Stats)
Won ABA Finals (4-3) versus Kentucky Colonels (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	Thu, Oct 12, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	W		109	105	1	0	W 1	4,595
2	Fri, Oct 13, 1972	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		88	106	1	1	L 1	8,253
3	Sat, Oct 14, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	L		90	96	1	2	L 2	4,731
4	Wed, Oct 18, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		107	103	2	2	W 1	6,509
5	Fri, Oct 20, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		99	116	2	3	L 1	4,185
6	Sat, Oct 21, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	L		104	113	2	4	L 2	6,911
7	Fri, Oct 27, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Tams	W		128	102	3	4	W 1	6,666
8	Sat, Oct 28, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		119	106	4	4	W 2	3,897
9	Sun, Oct 29, 1972	Box Score	@	San Diego Conquistadors	W		112	98	5	4	W 3	1,824
10	Wed, Nov 1, 1972	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		120	109	6	4	W 4	8,331
11	Fri, Nov 3, 1972	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		118	116	7	4	W 5	10,079
12	Tue, Nov 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	W		124	116	8	4	W 6	3,743
13	Wed, Nov 8, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		135	124	9	4	W 7	8,647
14	Thu, Nov 9, 1972	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		126	134	9	5	L 1	3,979		at Hampton, VA
15	Sat, Nov 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W		129	109	10	5	W 1	10,129
16	Sun, Nov 12, 1972	Box Score	@	San Diego Conquistadors	W		124	119	11	5	W 2	2,635
17	Tue, Nov 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		108	118	11	6	L 1	3,802
18	Fri, Nov 17, 1972	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		120	127	11	7	L 2	8,681		at Greensboro, NC
19	Tue, Nov 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	W		121	120	12	7	W 1	3,858
20	Wed, Nov 22, 1972	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		114	103	13	7	W 2	10,079
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 24, 1972	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		109	99	14	7	W 3	10,079
22	Sat, Nov 25, 1972	Box Score		San Diego Conquistadors	W		111	103	15	7	W 4	8,444
23	Tue, Nov 28, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W	OT	120	117	16	7	W 5	1,931
24	Fri, Dec 1, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	L		117	123	16	8	L 1	9,371
25	Sat, Dec 2, 1972	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		105	111	16	9	L 2	8,365
26	Sun, Dec 3, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		113	110	17	9	W 1	5,575
27	Wed, Dec 6, 1972	Box Score		San Diego Conquistadors	W		124	112	18	9	W 2	6,129
28	Thu, Dec 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		129	132	18	10	L 1	3,851		at Richmond, VA
29	Fri, Dec 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		114	121	18	11	L 2	10,794
30	Sat, Dec 9, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		128	129	18	12	L 3	2,052
31	Thu, Dec 14, 1972	Box Score		San Diego Conquistadors	W		111	104	19	12	W 1	6,431
32	Sat, Dec 16, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Tams	W		125	120	20	12	W 2	7,277
33	Thu, Dec 21, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		112	118	20	13	L 1	8,941
34	Fri, Dec 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L	2OT	142	147	20	14	L 2	2,114
35	Tue, Dec 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		120	129	20	15	L 3	10,891
36	Wed, Dec 27, 1972	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		114	122	20	16	L 4	8,821
37	Thu, Dec 28, 1972	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		106	120	20	17	L 5	6,831		at Raleigh, NC
38	Sat, Dec 30, 1972	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		109	101	21	17	W 1	8,919
39	Wed, Jan 3, 1973	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		107	109	21	18	L 1	8,992
40	Thu, Jan 4, 1973	Box Score		San Diego Conquistadors	W		125	115	22	18	W 1	7,978
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 6, 1973	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		118	125	22	19	L 1	8,904
42	Wed, Jan 10, 1973	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		105	106	22	20	L 2	5,005
43	Thu, Jan 11, 1973	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W		107	106	23	20	W 1	2,072
44	Fri, Jan 12, 1973	Box Score		Denver Rockets	L		119	128	23	21	L 1	6,621		at Fort Wayne, IN
45	Sat, Jan 13, 1973	Box Score		San Diego Conquistadors	W		108	107	24	21	W 1	7,309
46	Tue, Jan 16, 1973	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		130	113	25	21	W 2	6,327
47	Thu, Jan 18, 1973	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		116	109	26	21	W 3	5,699
48	Fri, Jan 19, 1973	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		129	121	27	21	W 4	6,191		at Richmond, VA
49	Sat, Jan 20, 1973	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		121	110	28	21	W 5	10,079
50	Tue, Jan 23, 1973	Box Score		New York Nets	W		110	103	29	21	W 6	6,285
51	Thu, Jan 25, 1973	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		96	94	30	21	W 7	9,369
52	Fri, Jan 26, 1973	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		108	114	30	22	L 1	7,701		at Greensboro, NC
53	Sun, Jan 28, 1973	Box Score		Memphis Tams	L		126	127	30	23	L 2	8,513
54	Tue, Jan 30, 1973	Box Score	@	San Diego Conquistadors	W		126	120	31	23	W 1	3,924
55	Wed, Jan 31, 1973	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		107	122	31	24	L 1	7,863
56	Thu, Feb 1, 1973	Box Score		Denver Rockets	L		92	97	31	25	L 2	6,753
57	Sat, Feb 3, 1973	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		110	103	32	25	W 1	10,079
58	Sun, Feb 4, 1973	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		113	86	33	25	W 2	9,802
59	Fri, Feb 9, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		115	98	34	25	W 3	8,211
60	Sat, Feb 10, 1973	Box Score	N	Dallas Chaparrals	W		105	99	35	25	W 4	3,016		at Birmingham, AL
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 11, 1973	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		87	98	35	26	L 1	11,037
62	Mon, Feb 12, 1973	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W	OT	127	119	36	26	W 1	8,655
63	Wed, Feb 14, 1973	Box Score	@	Memphis Tams	W	OT	129	125	37	26	W 2	2,858
64	Fri, Feb 16, 1973	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		114	124	37	27	L 1	9,897
65	Sun, Feb 18, 1973	Box Score	@	San Diego Conquistadors	W		118	103	38	27	W 1	2,017
66	Tue, Feb 20, 1973	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		112	119	38	28	L 1	1,677
67	Sat, Feb 24, 1973	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		115	126	38	29	L 2	5,452		at Norfolk, VA
68	Sun, Feb 25, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		97	118	38	30	L 3	8,104
69	Mon, Feb 26, 1973	Box Score		New York Nets	W		112	107	39	30	W 1	7,580		at Fort Wayne, IN
70	Wed, Feb 28, 1973	Box Score		San Diego Conquistadors	W		109	106	40	30	W 2	8,119
71	Fri, Mar 2, 1973	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		114	105	41	30	W 3	8,255
72	Sun, Mar 4, 1973	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		121	118	42	30	W 4	8,467
73	Wed, Mar 7, 1973	Box Score		Memphis Tams	W		122	114	43	30	W 5	6,631
74	Fri, Mar 9, 1973	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		110	105	44	30	W 6	9,702
75	Sun, Mar 11, 1973	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		115	105	45	30	W 7	4,890		at Charlotte, NC
76	Wed, Mar 14, 1973	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		113	106	46	30	W 8	10,102
77	Fri, Mar 16, 1973	Box Score		New York Nets	W		98	89	47	30	W 9	9,193
78	Sun, Mar 18, 1973	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		119	105	48	30	W 10	9,632
79	Wed, Mar 21, 1973	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W	2OT	133	131	49	30	W 11	8,100
80	Fri, Mar 23, 1973	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		92	101	49	31	L 1	5,897
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 24, 1973	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		116	94	50	31	W 1	9,866
82	Sun, Mar 25, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L	OT	115	118	50	32	L 1	7,522
83	Tue, Mar 27, 1973	Box Score	@	San Diego Conquistadors	W		110	107	51	32	W 1	2,149
84	Wed, Mar 28, 1973	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		136	138	51	33	L 1	12,153

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	Sat, Mar 31, 1973	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		114	91	1	0	W 1	7,051
2	Sun, Apr 1, 1973	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		106	93	2	0	W 2	7,235
3	Tue, Apr 3, 1973	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		94	105	2	1	L 1	5,335
4	Thu, Apr 5, 1973	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		97	95	3	1	W 1	6,904
5	Sat, Apr 7, 1973	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		121	107	4	1	W 2	9,816
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
6	Thu, Apr 12, 1973	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		107	124	4	2	L 1	7,712
7	Sat, Apr 14, 1973	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W		116	110	5	2	W 1	12,233
8	Mon, Apr 16, 1973	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		118	108	6	2	W 2	9,353
9	Wed, Apr 18, 1973	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		103	104	6	3	L 1	10,079
10	Thu, Apr 19, 1973	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W		104	102	7	3	W 1	12,453
11	Sat, Apr 21, 1973	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		107	98	8	3	W 2	9,529
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
12	Sat, Apr 28, 1973	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W	OT	111	107	9	3	W 3	12,119
13	Mon, Apr 30, 1973	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		102	114	9	4	L 1	13,408
14	Thu, May 3, 1973	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		88	92	9	5	L 2	10,079
15	Sat, May 5, 1973	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		90	86	10	5	W 1	9,498
16	Tue, May 8, 1973	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		89	86	11	5	W 2	16,779
17	Thu, May 10, 1973	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		93	109	11	6	L 1	10,079
18	Sat, May 12, 1973	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		88	81	12	6	W 1	16,597

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