1981-82 Indiana Pacers Schedule and Results

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Record: 35-47, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Jack McKinney (35-47)

PTS/G: 102.2 (22nd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 104.0 (6th of 23)

SRS: -1.49 (16th of 23) Pace: 98.7 (20th of 23)

Off Rtg: 102.7 (23rd of 23) Def Rtg: 104.6 (9th of 23) Net Rtg: -1.9 (16th of 23)

Expected W-L: 36-46 (16th of 23)

Arena: Market Square Arena Attendance: 309,633 (20th of 23)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 30, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		96	94	1	0	W 1	8,492
2	Sat, Oct 31, 1981	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		106	99	2	0	W 2	15,952
3	Wed, Nov 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		99	107	2	1	L 1	11,257	2:00
4	Fri, Nov 6, 1981	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		94	111	2	2	L 2	15,320	2:01
5	Sun, Nov 8, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		86	89	2	3	L 3	13,013
6	Tue, Nov 10, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		109	102	3	3	W 1	6,864
7	Thu, Nov 12, 1981	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		93	95	3	4	L 1	10,224
8	Sat, Nov 14, 1981	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		123	114	4	4	W 1	5,696
9	Sun, Nov 15, 1981	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	2OT	123	124	4	5	L 1	14,140
10	Tue, Nov 17, 1981	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		82	102	4	6	L 2	7,084
11	Thu, Nov 19, 1981	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		102	99	5	6	W 1	5,786
12	Sat, Nov 21, 1981	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		100	107	5	7	L 1	7,758
13	Tue, Nov 24, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		127	112	6	7	W 1	5,852
14	Wed, Nov 25, 1981	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		108	102	7	7	W 2	4,667
15	Fri, Nov 27, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	OT	112	124	7	8	L 1	15,613	2:27
16	Sat, Nov 28, 1981	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		92	90	8	8	W 1	6,723
17	Tue, Dec 1, 1981	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		90	87	9	8	W 2	12,634	2:02
18	Fri, Dec 4, 1981	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		105	95	10	8	W 3	15,410
19	Tue, Dec 8, 1981	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L	OT	116	118	10	9	L 1	6,676
20	Wed, Dec 9, 1981	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		113	77	11	9	W 1	5,511
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 11, 1981	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	OT	100	103	11	10	L 1	10,782
22	Sat, Dec 12, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		101	88	12	10	W 1	6,669
23	Tue, Dec 15, 1981	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		96	104	12	11	L 1	6,722
24	Thu, Dec 17, 1981	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		100	96	13	11	W 1	3,542
25	Fri, Dec 18, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		109	73	14	11	W 2	4,942
26	Tue, Dec 22, 1981	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		92	88	15	11	W 3	5,882
27	Fri, Dec 25, 1981	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		98	115	15	12	L 1	8,489
28	Sat, Dec 26, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		106	112	15	13	L 2	7,271
29	Mon, Dec 28, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		103	95	16	13	W 1	11,306
30	Tue, Dec 29, 1981	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		96	107	16	14	L 1	9,106
31	Sat, Jan 2, 1982	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		103	107	16	15	L 2	6,421
32	Tue, Jan 5, 1982	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		87	82	17	15	W 1	7,446
33	Fri, Jan 8, 1982	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		102	108	17	16	L 1	5,586
34	Sat, Jan 9, 1982	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		106	115	17	17	L 2	7,679
35	Tue, Jan 12, 1982	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		93	105	17	18	L 3	12,666
36	Wed, Jan 13, 1982	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		86	106	17	19	L 4	13,214
37	Fri, Jan 15, 1982	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		92	97	17	20	L 5	11,029
38	Sun, Jan 17, 1982	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		116	103	18	20	W 1	8,289
39	Tue, Jan 19, 1982	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		100	110	18	21	L 1	5,216
40	Wed, Jan 20, 1982	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		103	112	18	22	L 2	15,320	1:56
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 22, 1982	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		105	112	18	23	L 3	11,411	1:53
42	Sat, Jan 23, 1982	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		107	98	19	23	W 1	10,236
43	Tue, Jan 26, 1982	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		94	104	19	24	L 1	8,316
44	Tue, Feb 2, 1982	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		105	109	19	25	L 2	13,435	2:08
45	Wed, Feb 3, 1982	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		104	108	19	26	L 3	3,257
46	Thu, Feb 4, 1982	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		131	114	20	26	W 1	7,134
47	Sat, Feb 6, 1982	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		89	95	20	27	L 1	6,680
48	Tue, Feb 9, 1982	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		101	108	20	28	L 2	6,156
49	Wed, Feb 10, 1982	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		96	102	20	29	L 3	9,292	1:54
50	Sat, Feb 13, 1982	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		110	109	21	29	W 1	4,529
51	Sun, Feb 14, 1982	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		107	91	22	29	W 2	6,045
52	Wed, Feb 17, 1982	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		93	104	22	30	L 1	10,787
53	Thu, Feb 18, 1982	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		119	114	23	30	W 1	5,415
54	Sat, Feb 20, 1982	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		100	115	23	31	L 1	14,484
55	Sun, Feb 21, 1982	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		118	107	24	31	W 1
56	Wed, Feb 24, 1982	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		118	87	25	31	W 2	4,983
57	Fri, Feb 26, 1982	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		108	100	26	31	W 3	8,372
58	Sun, Feb 28, 1982	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		112	101	27	31	W 4	11,835
59	Tue, Mar 2, 1982	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W	OT	132	124	28	31	W 5	10,147
60	Wed, Mar 3, 1982	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		82	120	28	32	L 1	6,266	1:49
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Mar 7, 1982	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		108	106	29	32	W 1	8,225
62	Tue, Mar 9, 1982	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		85	92	29	33	L 1	6,895
63	Wed, Mar 10, 1982	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		100	121	29	34	L 2	15,320	1:54
64	Fri, Mar 12, 1982	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		105	110	29	35	L 3	7,211
65	Sat, Mar 13, 1982	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		90	110	29	36	L 4	7,046
66	Tue, Mar 16, 1982	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		109	96	30	36	W 1	6,382
67	Fri, Mar 19, 1982	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		95	112	30	37	L 1	12,522	1:43
68	Sat, Mar 20, 1982	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		104	101	31	37	W 1	6,380
69	Wed, Mar 24, 1982	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		106	114	31	38	L 1	5,107
70	Fri, Mar 26, 1982	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		87	100	31	39	L 2	6,584
71	Sun, Mar 28, 1982	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		102	101	32	39	W 1	6,450	1:59
72	Tue, Mar 30, 1982	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		104	108	32	40	L 1	7,209
73	Wed, Mar 31, 1982	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		108	106	33	40	W 1	8,934
74	Sat, Apr 3, 1982	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		102	105	33	41	L 1	13,045
75	Sun, Apr 4, 1982	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		115	129	33	42	L 2	11,052
76	Wed, Apr 7, 1982	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		85	97	33	43	L 3	7,208
77	Fri, Apr 9, 1982	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		100	97	34	43	W 1	5,709
78	Sat, Apr 10, 1982	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		86	115	34	44	L 1	14,321
79	Tue, Apr 13, 1982	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		89	93	34	45	L 2	6,643	2:05
80	Thu, Apr 15, 1982	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		108	102	35	45	W 1	4,852
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 16, 1982	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		91	109	35	46	L 1	6,838
82	Sun, Apr 18, 1982	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		104	112	35	47	L 2	4,964

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