1970-71 Indiana Pacers Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 58-26
Finishing 1st in the ABA's Western Division
Postseason: 7-4 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Memphis Pros 4-0
Division Finals - Lost to Utah Stars 4-3
Coach: Slick Leonard (58-26)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 327,487, Avg. 8,187 in 40 home dates

1970-71 Indiana Pacers Roster
1970-71 Indiana Pacers Results

The Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association ended the 1970-71 season with a record of 58 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the ABA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-4.

Indiana scored 10,002 points and allowed 9,501. Mel Daniels tossed in a team-leading 1,723 points for the Pacers, while Roger A. Brown netted 19 or more per game also. Mel Daniels contributed 1,475 boards. Billy Keller dished out 437 assists for the squad.

Slick Leonard coached the team. The 1970-71 Indiana Pacers lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Mel Daniels	C	82	3170	1357	698	13	1	480	326	394	1081	1475	178	230	292	1723
Roger A. Brown	F-G	82	3364	1266	610	223	63	512	407	176	393	569	395	232	289	1690
Bob Netolicky	F-C	82	3137	1305	651	8	2	333	237	267	507	774	104	138	192	1541
Freddie Lewis	G	81	3034	1241	547	194	59	461	372	169	167	336	433	202	249	1525
Billy Keller	G	83	2490	980	417	230	84	308	267	81	159	240	437	196	170	1185
Warren Jabali	G-F	62	1586	554	227	163	47	238	181	64	234	298	214	190	205	682
Art Becker	F	51	840	376	187	6	4	69	62	71	146	217	22	41	153	440
Rick Mount	G	66	832	402	149	79	23	145	116	28	43	71	107	78	127	437
Earlie Higgins	F	53	467	223	104	17	3	30	20	48	80	128	35	26	109	231
Don Sidle	F-C	30	528	157	86	4	2	74	49	73	74	147	31	33	66	223
John Barnhill	G	43	619	241	80	75	14	61	42	27	35	62	83	39	51	216
Wayne Chapman	G-F	22	192	78	30	9	4	29	24	12	19	31	21	15	31	88
Tom Thacker	G-F	8	92	17	6	3	0	1	1	7	15	22	7	8	18	13
Jay Miller	F	2	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	1	1	8
Totals		747	20360	8202	3796	1024	306	2741	2104	1420	2953	4373	2068	1429	1953	10002

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Mel Daniels	C	82	38.7	51.4	7.7	67.9	4.8	13.2	18.0	2.2	2.8	3.6	21.0
Roger A. Brown	F-G	82	41.0	48.2	28.3	79.5	2.1	4.8	6.9	4.8	2.8	3.5	20.6
Bob Netolicky	F-C	82	38.3	49.9	25.0	71.2	3.3	6.2	9.4	1.3	1.7	2.3	18.8
Freddie Lewis	G	81	37.5	44.1	30.4	80.7	2.1	2.1	4.1	5.3	2.5	3.1	18.8
Billy Keller	G	83	30.0	42.6	36.5	86.7	1.0	1.9	2.9	5.3	2.4	2.0	14.3
Warren Jabali	G-F	62	25.6	41.0	28.8	76.1	1.0	3.8	4.8	3.5	3.1	3.3	11.0
Art Becker	F	51	16.5	49.7	66.7	89.9	1.4	2.9	4.3	0.4	0.8	3.0	8.6
Rick Mount	G	66	12.6	37.1	29.1	80.0	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.6	1.2	1.9	6.6
Earlie Higgins	F	53	8.8	46.6	17.6	66.7	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.7	0.5	2.1	4.4
Don Sidle	F-C	30	17.6	54.8	50.0	66.2	2.4	2.5	4.9	1.0	1.1	2.2	7.4
John Barnhill	G	43	14.4	33.2	18.7	68.9	0.6	0.8	1.4	1.9	0.9	1.2	5.0
Wayne Chapman	G-F	22	8.7	38.5	44.4	82.8	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.0	0.7	1.4	4.0
Tom Thacker	G-F	8	11.5	35.3	0.0	100.0	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.9	1.0	2.3	1.6
Jay Miller	F	2	4.5	80.0			1.5	0.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	4.0
Averages		747	27.3	46.3	29.9	76.8	1.9	4.0	5.9	2.8	1.9	2.6	13.4

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Roger A. Brown	F-G	11	477	194	88		10	69	54	26	58	84	53	22	42	240
Billy Keller	G	11	448	190	82		23	58	50	15	27	42	59	45	23	237
Mel Daniels	C	11	457	194	94		0	63	47	71	140	211	16	26	38	235
Bob Netolicky	F-C	11	380	143	67		0	37	27	31	61	92	5	12	26	161
Freddie Lewis	G	11	384	107	39		3	37	28	22	26	48	52	24	40	109
Warren Jabali	G-F	11	250	96	29		3	31	25	12	28	40	33	21	27	86
Rick Mount	G	10	129	73	25		5	7	5	5	5	10	9	6	13	60
Don Sidle	F-C	8	68	24	8		0	16	10	13	9	22	4	2	8	26
Earlie Higgins	F	5	31	20	6		0	7	6	10	3	13	1	1	5	18
Wayne Chapman	G-F	5	21	10	6		1	6	4	4	3	7	2	2	3	17
Totals		94	2645	1051	444	0	45	331	256	209	360	569	234	161	225	1189

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Roger A. Brown	F-G	11	43.4	45.4	78.3	2.4	5.3	7.6	4.8	2.0	3.8	21.8
Billy Keller	G	11	40.7	43.2	86.2	1.4	2.5	3.8	5.4	4.1	2.1	21.5
Mel Daniels	C	11	41.5	48.5	74.6	6.5	12.7	19.2	1.5	2.4	3.5	21.4
Bob Netolicky	F-C	11	34.5	46.9	73.0	2.8	5.5	8.4	0.5	1.1	2.4	14.6
Freddie Lewis	G	11	34.9	36.4	75.7	2.0	2.4	4.4	4.7	2.2	3.6	9.9
Warren Jabali	G-F	11	22.7	30.2	80.6	1.1	2.5	3.6	3.0	1.9	2.5	7.8
Rick Mount	G	10	12.9	34.2	71.4	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.9	0.6	1.3	6.0
Don Sidle	F-C	8	8.5	33.3	62.5	1.6	1.1	2.8	0.5	0.3	1.0	3.3
Earlie Higgins	F	5	6.2	30.0	85.7	2.0	0.6	2.6	0.2	0.2	1.0	3.6
Wayne Chapman	G-F	5	4.2	60.0	66.7	0.8	0.6	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	3.4
Averages		747	28.1	42.2	77.3	2.2	3.8	6.1	2.5	1.7	2.4	12.6