1977-78 Indiana Pacers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 31-51
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Slick Leonard (31-51)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 501,759, Avg. 12,238 in 41 home dates

1977-78 Indiana Pacers Roster
1977-78 Indiana Pacers Results

The Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 31 wins and 51 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference.

Indiana tossed in 8,904 points and gave up 9,109. Ricky Sobers scored a team-leading 1,436 points for the Pacers, while Dan Roundfield accounted for 802 boards. Ricky Sobers dished out 584 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Ricky Sobers added 170 steals, and Dan Roundfield swatted 149 opponent shot attempts.

Slick Leonard coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Ricky Sobers	G	79	79	3019	1221	553			400	330	92	235	327	584	170	23	352	308	1436
Mike Bantom	F-C	82	78	2775	1047	502			342	254	184	426	610	238	100	50	218	333	1258
Dan Roundfield	F-C	79	0	2423	861	421			300	218	275	527	802	196	81	149	194	297	1060
James Edwards	C-F	58	52	1682	777	350			296	192	153	282	435	56	36	50	112	233	892
Earl Tatum	G-F	57	0	1859	773	357			137	108	56	149	205	226	103	30	131	172	822
John Williamson	G	42	38	1449	795	335			161	134	34	86	120	132	47	0	127	131	804
Adrian Dantley	F-G	23	23	948	403	201			263	207	94	122	216	65	48	17	67	76	609
Ron Behagen	F-C	51	0	1131	544	222			176	128	146	187	333	65	32	19	113	160	572
Len Elmore	C-F	69	0	1327	386	142			132	88	139	281	420	80	74	71	73	174	372
Mike Flynn	G	71	0	955	267	120			97	55	47	70	117	142	41	10	75	52	295
Bob Carrington	G-F	35	0	621	197	96			74	58	28	34	62	62	22	11	52	73	250
Dave Robisch	C-F	23	0	598	181	73			64	50	47	126	173	49	20	15	34	59	196
Steve Green	F	44	0	449	128	56			56	39	31	40	71	30	14	2	23	67	151
Johnny Neumann	G-F	20	0	216	86	35			18	13	5	9	14	27	6	1	22	24	83
Mel Bennett	F	31	0	285	81	23			45	28	49	44	93	22	11	7	30	54	74
Bobby Wilson	G	12	0	86	36	14			3	2	6	6	12	8	2	1	6	16	30
Willie Smith	G	1	0	7	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		777	270	19830	7783	3500	0	0	2564	1904	1386	2624	4010	1983	807	456	1629	2230	8904

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Ricky Sobers	G	79	79	38.2	45.3	82.5	1.2	3.0	4.1	7.4	2.2	0.3	4.5	3.9	18.2
Mike Bantom	F-C	82	78	33.8	47.9	74.3	2.2	5.2	7.4	2.9	1.2	0.6	2.7	4.1	15.3
Dan Roundfield	F-C	79	0	30.7	48.9	72.7	3.5	6.7	10.2	2.5	1.0	1.9	2.5	3.8	13.4
James Edwards	C-F	58	52	29.0	45.0	64.9	2.6	4.9	7.5	1.0	0.6	0.9	1.9	4.0	15.4
Earl Tatum	G-F	57	0	32.6	46.2	78.8	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.0	1.8	0.5	2.3	3.0	14.4
John Williamson	G	42	38	34.5	42.1	83.2	0.8	2.0	2.9	3.1	1.1	0.0	3.0	3.1	19.1
Adrian Dantley	F-G	23	23	41.2	49.9	78.7	4.1	5.3	9.4	2.8	2.1	0.7	2.9	3.3	26.5
Ron Behagen	F-C	51	0	22.2	40.8	72.7	2.9	3.7	6.5	1.3	0.6	0.4	2.2	3.1	11.2
Len Elmore	C-F	69	0	19.2	36.8	66.7	2.0	4.1	6.1	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.1	2.5	5.4
Mike Flynn	G	71	0	13.5	44.9	56.7	0.7	1.0	1.6	2.0	0.6	0.1	1.1	0.7	4.2
Bob Carrington	G-F	35	0	17.7	48.7	78.4	0.8	1.0	1.8	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.5	2.1	7.1
Dave Robisch	C-F	23	0	26.0	40.3	78.1	2.0	5.5	7.5	2.1	0.9	0.7	1.5	2.6	8.5
Steve Green	F	44	0	10.2	43.8	69.6	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.4
Johnny Neumann	G-F	20	0	10.8	40.7	72.2	0.3	0.5	0.7	1.4	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.2	4.2
Mel Bennett	F	31	0	9.2	28.4	62.2	1.6	1.4	3.0	0.7	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.7	2.4
Bobby Wilson	G	12	0	7.2	38.9	66.7	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.3	2.5
Willie Smith	G	1	0	7.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		777	270	25.5	45.0	74.3	1.8	3.4	5.2	2.6	1.0	0.6	2.1	2.9	11.5

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