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1970-71 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats

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Record: 58-26, Finished 1st in ABA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Slick Leonard (58-26)

PTS/G: 119.1 (4th of 11) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 113.1 (4th of 11)
SRS: 5.63 (2nd of 11)
Expected W-L: 56-28 (2nd of 11)

Arena: Indiana State Fair Coliseum ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Utah Stars
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Memphis Pros

Western Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 John Barnhill PG 6-1 180 March 20, 1938 8 Tennessee State University
43 Arthur Becker PF 6-7 205 January 12, 1942 3 Arizona State University
35 Roger Brown SF 6-5 205 May 22, 1942 3 University of Dayton
22 Wayne Chapman SF 6-6 190 June 15, 1945 2 Western Kentucky University
34 Mel Daniels C 6-9 220 July 20, 1944 3 University of New Mexico
23 Earle Higgins PF 6-8 195 December 30, 1946 R Eastern Michigan University
15 Warren Jabali SG 6-2 200 August 29, 1946 2 Wichita State University
11 Bill Keller PG 5-10 177 August 30, 1947 1 Purdue University
14 Freddie Lewis SG 6-0 175 July 1, 1943 4 Arizona State University
32 Jay Miller SF 6-5 205 July 19, 1943 3 University of Notre Dame
10 Rick Mount SG 6-3 175 January 5, 1947 R Purdue University
24 Bob Netolicky PF 6-9 220 August 2, 1942 3 Drake University
33 Donald Sidle PF 6-8 215 June 21, 1946 2 University of Oklahoma
44 Tom Thacker PG 6-2 170 November 2, 1939 6 University of Cincinnati

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 84 20360 3796 8202 .463 306 1024 .299 2104 2741 .768 1420 2953 4373 2068 1429 1953 10002 119.1
Lg Rank 3 7 9 3 1 1 6 6 7 2 10 8 8 2 2 11 4 4
Opponent 84 20360 3768 8463 .445 118 412 .286 1847 2489 .742 4653 1954 1535 2138 9501 113.1
Lg Rank 3 5 7 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 9 8 5 4 4

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 56 28 5.96 -0.33 5.63 .481 13.2 .257 .452 13.8 .218 Indiana State Fair Coliseum
Lg Rank 2 2 2 9 2 1 3 6 3 7 2

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Mel Daniels 26 82 3170 698 1357 .514 1 13 .077 326 480 .679 394 1081 1475 178 230 292 1723
2 Roger Brown 28 82 3364 610 1266 .482 63 223 .283 407 512 .795 176 393 569 395 232 289 1690
3 Bob Netolicky 28 82 3137 651 1305 .499 2 8 .250 237 333 .712 267 507 774 104 138 192 1541
4 Freddie Lewis 27 81 3034 547 1241 .441 59 194 .304 372 461 .807 169 167 336 433 202 249 1525
5 Bill Keller 23 83 2490 417 980 .426 84 230 .365 267 308 .867 81 159 240 437 196 170 1185
6 Warren Jabali 24 62 1586 227 554 .410 47 163 .288 181 238 .761 64 234 298 214 190 205 682
7 Arthur Becker 29 51 840 187 376 .497 4 6 .667 62 69 .899 71 146 217 22 41 153 440
8 Rick Mount 24 66 832 149 402 .371 23 79 .291 116 145 .800 28 43 71 107 78 127 437
9 Earle Higgins 24 53 467 104 223 .466 3 17 .176 20 30 .667 48 80 128 35 26 109 231
10 Donald Sidle 24 30 528 86 157 .548 2 4 .500 49 74 .662 73 74 147 31 33 66 223
11 John Barnhill 32 43 619 80 241 .332 14 75 .187 42 61 .689 27 35 62 83 39 51 216
12 Wayne Chapman 25 22 192 30 78 .385 4 9 .444 24 29 .828 12 19 31 21 15 31 88
13 Tom Thacker 31 8 92 6 17 .353 0 3 .000 1 1 1.000 7 15 22 7 8 18 13
14 Jay Miller 27 2 9 4 5 .800 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 8

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Mel Daniels 26 82 38.7 8.5 16.5 .514 0.0 0.2 .077 4.0 5.9 .679 4.8 13.2 18.0 2.2 2.8 3.6 21.0
2 Roger Brown 28 82 41.0 7.4 15.4 .482 0.8 2.7 .283 5.0 6.2 .795 2.1 4.8 6.9 4.8 2.8 3.5 20.6
3 Bob Netolicky 28 82 38.3 7.9 15.9 .499 0.0 0.1 .250 2.9 4.1 .712 3.3 6.2 9.4 1.3 1.7 2.3 18.8
4 Freddie Lewis 27 81 37.5 6.8 15.3 .441 0.7 2.4 .304 4.6 5.7 .807 2.1 2.1 4.1 5.3 2.5 3.1 18.8
5 Bill Keller 23 83 30.0 5.0 11.8 .426 1.0 2.8 .365 3.2 3.7 .867 1.0 1.9 2.9 5.3 2.4 2.0 14.3
6 Warren Jabali 24 62 25.6 3.7 8.9 .410 0.8 2.6 .288 2.9 3.8 .761 1.0 3.8 4.8 3.5 3.1 3.3 11.0
7 Arthur Becker 29 51 16.5 3.7 7.4 .497 0.1 0.1 .667 1.2 1.4 .899 1.4 2.9 4.3 0.4 0.8 3.0 8.6
8 Donald Sidle 24 30 17.6 2.9 5.2 .548 0.1 0.1 .500 1.6 2.5 .662 2.4 2.5 4.9 1.0 1.1 2.2 7.4
9 Rick Mount 24 66 12.6 2.3 6.1 .371 0.3 1.2 .291 1.8 2.2 .800 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.6 1.2 1.9 6.6
10 John Barnhill 32 43 14.4 1.9 5.6 .332 0.3 1.7 .187 1.0 1.4 .689 0.6 0.8 1.4 1.9 0.9 1.2 5.0
11 Earle Higgins 24 53 8.8 2.0 4.2 .466 0.1 0.3 .176 0.4 0.6 .667 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.7 0.5 2.1 4.4
12 Wayne Chapman 25 22 8.7 1.4 3.5 .385 0.2 0.4 .444 1.1 1.3 .828 0.5 0.9 1.4 1.0 0.7 1.4 4.0
13 Jay Miller 27 2 4.5 2.0 2.5 .800 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 4.0
14 Tom Thacker 31 8 11.5 0.8 2.1 .353 0.0 0.4 .000 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.9 1.9 2.8 0.9 1.0 2.3 1.6

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Jay Miller 27 2 9 16.0 20.0 .800 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 12.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 32.0
2 Mel Daniels 26 82 3170 7.9 15.4 .514 0.0 0.1 .077 3.7 5.5 .679 4.5 12.3 16.8 2.0 2.6 3.3 19.6
3 Rick Mount 24 66 832 6.4 17.4 .371 1.0 3.4 .291 5.0 6.3 .800 1.2 1.9 3.1 4.6 3.4 5.5 18.9
4 Arthur Becker 29 51 840 8.0 16.1 .497 0.2 0.3 .667 2.7 3.0 .899 3.0 6.3 9.3 0.9 1.8 6.6 18.9
5 Freddie Lewis 27 81 3034 6.5 14.7 .441 0.7 2.3 .304 4.4 5.5 .807 2.0 2.0 4.0 5.1 2.4 3.0 18.1
6 Roger Brown 28 82 3364 6.5 13.5 .482 0.7 2.4 .283 4.4 5.5 .795 1.9 4.2 6.1 4.2 2.5 3.1 18.1
7 Earle Higgins 24 53 467 8.0 17.2 .466 0.2 1.3 .176 1.5 2.3 .667 3.7 6.2 9.9 2.7 2.0 8.4 17.8
8 Bob Netolicky 28 82 3137 7.5 15.0 .499 0.0 0.1 .250 2.7 3.8 .712 3.1 5.8 8.9 1.2 1.6 2.2 17.7
9 Bill Keller 23 83 2490 6.0 14.2 .426 1.2 3.3 .365 3.9 4.5 .867 1.2 2.3 3.5 6.3 2.8 2.5 17.1
10 Wayne Chapman 25 22 192 5.6 14.6 .385 0.7 1.7 .444 4.5 5.4 .828 2.3 3.6 5.8 3.9 2.8 5.8 16.5
11 Warren Jabali 24 62 1586 5.2 12.6 .410 1.1 3.7 .288 4.1 5.4 .761 1.5 5.3 6.8 4.9 4.3 4.7 15.5
12 Donald Sidle 24 30 528 5.9 10.7 .548 0.1 0.3 .500 3.3 5.0 .662 5.0 5.0 10.0 2.1 2.3 4.5 15.2
13 John Barnhill 32 43 619 4.7 14.0 .332 0.8 4.4 .187 2.4 3.5 .689 1.6 2.0 3.6 4.8 2.3 3.0 12.6
14 Tom Thacker 31 8 92 2.3 6.7 .353 0.0 1.2 .000 0.4 0.4 1.000 2.7 5.9 8.6 2.7 3.1 7.0 5.1

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Mel Daniels 26 82 3170 21.9 .549 .515 21.0 7.9 12.8 21.3 6.0 5.4 11.4 .173
2 Roger Brown 28 82 3364 17.1 .567 .507 7.6 15.6 13.5 19.2 7.2 3.6 10.9 .155
3 Bob Netolicky 28 82 3137 16.7 .531 .500 11.1 4.6 8.7 19.0 4.2 3.3 7.5 .114
4 Freddie Lewis 27 81 3034 16.1 .528 .465 5.0 19.0 12.3 20.4 4.2 3.0 7.2 .114
5 Bill Keller 23 83 2490 15.4 .531 .468 4.3 22.9 14.9 19.8 3.5 2.6 6.1 .118
6 Warren Jabali 24 62 1586 10.9 .518 .452 8.5 17.1 22.4 20.1 1.6 1.9 3.5 .105
7 Arthur Becker 29 51 840 15.3 .541 .503 11.7 3.7 9.2 20.0 1.4 0.9 2.3 .130
8 Donald Sidle 24 30 528 16.1 .588 .554 12.6 7.6 14.8 15.8 1.1 0.6 1.7 .159
9 Earle Higgins 24 53 467 13.6 .489 .473 12.4 10.6 9.9 21.1 0.2 0.6 0.8 .079
10 Rick Mount 24 66 832 10.5 .469 .399 3.8 17.1 14.3 24.6 -0.1 0.7 0.7 .039
11 Wayne Chapman 25 22 192 11.3 .485 .410 7.3 14.1 14.2 20.7 0.1 0.2 0.3 .065
12 Jay Miller 27 2 9 40.5 .800 .800 15.0 22.8 16.7 25.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 .513
13 Tom Thacker 31 8 92 1.7 .373 .353 10.8 8.8 31.4 10.4 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .011
14 John Barnhill 32 43 619 7.9 .403 .361 4.5 16.7 12.7 18.6 -0.9 0.6 -0.3 -0.025

Playoffs Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Roger Brown 28 11 477 88 194 .454 10 33 .303 54 69 .783 26 58 84 53 22 42 240
2 Bill Keller 23 11 448 82 190 .432 23 58 .397 50 58 .862 15 27 42 59 45 23 237
3 Mel Daniels 26 11 457 94 194 .485 0 0 47 63 .746 71 140 211 16 26 38 235
4 Bob Netolicky 28 11 380 67 143 .469 0 0 27 37 .730 31 61 92 5 12 26 161
5 Freddie Lewis 27 11 384 39 107 .364 3 23 .130 28 37 .757 22 26 48 52 24 40 109
6 Warren Jabali 24 11 250 29 96 .302 3 28 .107 25 31 .806 12 28 40 33 21 37 86
7 Rick Mount 24 10 129 25 73 .342 5 17 .294 5 7 .714 5 5 10 9 6 15 60
8 Donald Sidle 24 8 88 8 24 .333 0 1 .000 10 16 .625 13 9 22 4 2 9 26
9 Earle Higgins 24 5 31 6 20 .300 0 2 .000 6 7 .857 10 3 13 1 1 6 18
10 Wayne Chapman 25 5 21 6 10 .600 1 3 .333 4 6 .667 4 3 7 2 2 3 17

Playoffs Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Roger Brown 28 11 43.4 8.0 17.6 .454 0.9 3.0 .303 4.9 6.3 .783 2.4 5.3 7.6 4.8 2.0 3.8 21.8
2 Bill Keller 23 11 40.7 7.5 17.3 .432 2.1 5.3 .397 4.5 5.3 .862 1.4 2.5 3.8 5.4 4.1 2.1 21.5
3 Mel Daniels 26 11 41.5 8.5 17.6 .485 0.0 0.0 4.3 5.7 .746 6.5 12.7 19.2 1.5 2.4 3.5 21.4
4 Bob Netolicky 28 11 34.5 6.1 13.0 .469 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.4 .730 2.8 5.5 8.4 0.5 1.1 2.4 14.6
5 Freddie Lewis 27 11 34.9 3.5 9.7 .364 0.3 2.1 .130 2.5 3.4 .757 2.0 2.4 4.4 4.7 2.2 3.6 9.9
6 Warren Jabali 24 11 22.7 2.6 8.7 .302 0.3 2.5 .107 2.3 2.8 .806 1.1 2.5 3.6 3.0 1.9 3.4 7.8
7 Rick Mount 24 10 12.9 2.5 7.3 .342 0.5 1.7 .294 0.5 0.7 .714 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.6 1.5 6.0
8 Earle Higgins 24 5 6.2 1.2 4.0 .300 0.0 0.4 .000 1.2 1.4 .857 2.0 0.6 2.6 0.2 0.2 1.2 3.6
9 Wayne Chapman 25 5 4.2 1.2 2.0 .600 0.2 0.6 .333 0.8 1.2 .667 0.8 0.6 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 3.4
10 Donald Sidle 24 8 11.0 1.0 3.0 .333 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 2.0 .625 1.6 1.1 2.8 0.5 0.3 1.1 3.3

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Wayne Chapman 25 5 21 10.3 17.1 .600 1.7 5.1 .333 6.9 10.3 .667 6.9 5.1 12.0 3.4 3.4 5.1 29.1
2 Earle Higgins 24 5 31 7.0 23.2 .300 0.0 2.3 .000 7.0 8.1 .857 11.6 3.5 15.1 1.2 1.2 7.0 20.9
3 Bill Keller 23 11 448 6.6 15.3 .432 1.8 4.7 .397 4.0 4.7 .862 1.2 2.2 3.4 4.7 3.6 1.8 19.0
4 Mel Daniels 26 11 457 7.4 15.3 .485 0.0 0.0 3.7 5.0 .746 5.6 11.0 16.6 1.3 2.0 3.0 18.5
5 Roger Brown 28 11 477 6.6 14.6 .454 0.8 2.5 .303 4.1 5.2 .783 2.0 4.4 6.3 4.0 1.7 3.2 18.1
6 Rick Mount 24 10 129 7.0 20.4 .342 1.4 4.7 .294 1.4 2.0 .714 1.4 1.4 2.8 2.5 1.7 4.2 16.7
7 Bob Netolicky 28 11 380 6.3 13.5 .469 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.5 .730 2.9 5.8 8.7 0.5 1.1 2.5 15.3
8 Warren Jabali 24 11 250 4.2 13.8 .302 0.4 4.0 .107 3.6 4.5 .806 1.7 4.0 5.8 4.8 3.0 5.3 12.4
9 Donald Sidle 24 8 88 3.3 9.8 .333 0.0 0.4 .000 4.1 6.5 .625 5.3 3.7 9.0 1.6 0.8 3.7 10.6
10 Freddie Lewis 27 11 384 3.7 10.0 .364 0.3 2.2 .130 2.6 3.5 .757 2.1 2.4 4.5 4.9 2.3 3.7 10.2

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Mel Daniels 26 11 457 23.0 .530 .485 5.6 10.5 0.8 0.9 1.7 .177
2 Bill Keller 23 11 448 16.7 .550 .492 20.2 17.3 1.0 0.5 1.6 .168
3 Roger Brown 28 11 477 19.1 .535 .479 17.1 8.9 0.9 0.7 1.5 .154
4 Bob Netolicky 28 11 380 14.6 .505 .469 2.0 7.0 0.3 0.5 0.8 .098
5 Freddie Lewis 27 11 384 8.3 .442 .379 18.5 16.3 -0.2 0.5 0.3 .043
6 Wayne Chapman 25 5 21 40.7 .672 .650 17.3 13.7 0.1 0.0 0.2 .427
7 Donald Sidle 24 8 88 12.0 .419 .333 6.1 6.1 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .017
8 Earle Higgins 24 5 31 20.3 .390 .300 5.0 4.2 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.075
9 Warren Jabali 24 11 250 3.2 .392 .318 18.4 16.1 -0.5 0.4 -0.1 -0.022
10 Rick Mount 24 10 129 3.6 .394 .377 10.9 7.3 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.080