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1978-79 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats

Record: 38-44, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Slick Leonard (38-44)

PTS/G: 108.6 (13th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 110.2 (12th of 22)

SRS: -1.41 (14th of 22) Pace: 105.3 (14th of 22)

Off Rtg: 103.0 (13th of 22) Def Rtg: 104.5 (14th of 22) Net Rtg: -1.5 (14th of 22)

Expected W-L: 37-45 (14th of 22)

Arena: Market Square Arena

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
42	Mike Bantom	PF	6-9	200	December 3, 1951	us US	5	Saint Joseph's
10	Corky Calhoun	SF	6-7	210	November 1, 1950	us US	6	Penn
20	Brad Davis	PG	6-3	180	December 17, 1955	us US	1	Maryland
16	Johnny Davis	PG	6-2	170	October 21, 1955	us US	2	Dayton
40	James Edwards	C	7-0	225	November 22, 1955	us US	1	Washington
41	Len Elmore	C	6-9	220	March 28, 1952	us US	4	Maryland
22	Alex English	SF	6-8	190	January 5, 1954	us US	2	South Carolina
24	Steve Green	SF	6-7	220	October 4, 1953	us US	3	Indiana
25	Billy Knight	SF	6-6	195	June 9, 1952	us US	4	Pitt
21	Wayne Radford	SG	6-3	205	May 29, 1956	us US	R	Indiana
53	Rick Robey	C	6-11	230	January 30, 1956	us US	R	Kentucky
14	Ricky Sobers	SG	6-3	198	January 15, 1953	us US	3	UNLV
27	Kevin Stacom	SG	6-3	185	September 4, 1951	us US	4	Holy Cross, Providence

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Johnny Davis	23	PG	79	79	37.6	7.2	15.7	.456	4.0	5.0	.793	0.9	1.5	2.4	5.7	1.2	0.3	2.7	2.2	18.3
2	Ricky Sobers	26	SG	81	81	34.9	6.8	14.7	.463	3.7	4.2	.882	1.5	2.3	3.7	5.6	1.7	0.3	3.8	3.9	17.3
3	Alex English	25	SF	81	69	33.3	7.0	13.6	.511	2.1	2.8	.752	3.1	5.0	8.1	3.3	0.9	1.0	2.4	2.6	16.0
4	Mike Bantom	27	PF	81	81	31.2	6.0	12.8	.465	2.8	4.2	.672	2.8	5.2	8.0	2.8	1.2	0.8	2.4	3.9	14.7
5	James Edwards	23	C	82	82	31.0	6.5	13.0	.501	3.6	5.4	.676	2.2	6.3	8.5	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.0	4.4	16.7
6	Billy Knight	26	SF	39	3	25.0	5.7	10.2	.556	3.4	3.8	.873	1.4	3.1	4.5	2.2	0.8	0.1	2.5	1.9	14.7
7	Rick Robey	23	C	43	13	19.7	3.3	6.9	.475	2.1	2.8	.744	1.9	4.0	5.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	2.1	2.6	8.6
8	Corky Calhoun	28	SF	81	0	16.4	1.9	4.1	.457	0.9	1.1	.837	0.8	2.1	2.9	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.7	2.3	4.7
9	Len Elmore	26	C	80	0	15.8	1.7	4.3	.406	0.7	1.0	.718	1.4	3.6	5.0	0.9	0.8	1.0	0.9	2.3	4.2
10	Kevin Stacom	27	SG	44	0	13.0	1.7	4.8	.364	0.7	0.9	.756	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.2	0.7	4.2
11	Wayne Radford	22	SG	52	2	12.5	1.6	3.4	.474	0.7	0.9	.800	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.9	1.2	3.9
12	Brad Davis	23	PG	22	0	10.6	1.0	2.0	.523	0.6	0.9	.684	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.0	2.7
13	Steve Green	25	SF	39	0	6.8	1.1	2.3	.472	0.5	0.9	.588	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	2.7
	Team Totals			82	82	240.3	43.6	91.8	.475	21.5	28.3	.759	14.9	30.9	45.8	24.5	8.4	5.1	18.7	25.5	108.6

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Johnny Davis	23	PG	79	79	2971	6.8	15.0	.456	3.8	4.8	.793	0.8	1.5	2.3	5.5	1.2	0.3	2.6	2.1	17.5
2	Ricky Sobers	26	SG	81	81	2825	7.0	15.2	.463	3.8	4.3	.882	1.5	2.3	3.8	5.7	1.8	0.3	3.9	4.0	17.9
3	Alex English	25	SF	81	69	2696	7.5	14.7	.511	2.3	3.1	.752	3.4	5.4	8.7	3.6	0.9	1.0	2.6	2.9	17.3
4	James Edwards	23	C	82	82	2546	7.6	15.1	.501	4.2	6.2	.676	2.5	7.3	9.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.3	5.1	19.3
5	Mike Bantom	27	PF	81	81	2528	6.9	14.8	.465	3.2	4.8	.672	3.2	6.1	9.3	3.2	1.4	0.9	2.7	4.5	17.0
6	Corky Calhoun	28	SF	81	0	1332	4.1	9.1	.457	1.9	2.3	.837	1.7	4.7	6.4	2.8	1.0	0.5	1.5	5.1	10.2
7	Len Elmore	26	C	80	0	1264	4.0	9.7	.406	1.6	2.2	.718	3.3	8.2	11.4	2.1	1.8	2.3	2.1	5.2	9.5
8	Billy Knight	26	SF	39	3	976	8.2	14.7	.556	4.8	5.5	.873	2.0	4.5	6.4	3.2	1.2	0.2	3.5	2.7	21.2
9	Rick Robey	23	C	43	13	849	5.9	12.5	.475	3.8	5.1	.744	3.4	7.4	10.8	2.2	1.1	0.5	3.8	4.7	15.7
10	Wayne Radford	22	SG	52	2	649	4.6	9.7	.474	2.0	2.5	.800	1.4	2.4	3.8	3.2	1.7	0.1	2.5	3.4	11.2
11	Kevin Stacom	27	SG	44	0	571	4.8	13.2	.364	2.0	2.6	.756	1.3	2.6	3.8	4.9	0.9	0.1	3.4	1.8	11.5
12	Steve Green	25	SF	39	0	265	5.7	12.1	.472	2.7	4.6	.588	3.0	4.1	7.1	2.9	1.5	0.4	2.3	5.3	14.1
13	Brad Davis	23	PG	22	0	233	3.6	6.8	.523	2.0	2.9	.684	0.2	2.3	2.5	6.6	2.2	0.3	1.7	3.4	9.1