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1970-71 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 58-26, Finished 1st in ABA Western Division

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) Pace: 108.1 (9th of 11)

Off Rtg: 109.1 (1st of 11) Def Rtg: 103.6 (4th of 11) Net Rtg: +5.5 (2nd of 11)

Expected W-L: 56-28 (2nd of 11)

Arena: Indiana State Fair Coliseum

ABA 1971 Playoffs:
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Memphis Pros (Series Stats)
Lost ABA Western Division Finals (3-4) versus Utah Stars (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

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

Roster

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

Team and Opponent Stats

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

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Roger Brown	28	82		41.0	7.4	15.4	.482	0.8	2.7	.283	6.7	12.7	.524	.507	5.0	6.2	.795	2.1	4.8	6.9	4.8			2.8	3.5	20.6
2	Mel Daniels	26	82		38.7	8.5	16.5	.514	0.0	0.2	.077	8.5	16.4	.519	.515	4.0	5.9	.679	4.8	13.2	18.0	2.2			2.8	3.6	21.0
3	Bob Netolicky	28	82		38.3	7.9	15.9	.499	0.0	0.1	.250	7.9	15.8	.500	.500	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	6.0	12.9	.466	.465	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	4.0	9.0	.444	.468	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	6.3	.460	.452	2.9	3.8	.761	1.0	3.8	4.8	3.5			3.1	3.3	11.0
7	Don Sidle	24	30		17.6	2.9	5.2	.548	0.1	0.1	.500	2.8	5.1	.549	.554	1.6	2.5	.662	2.4	2.5	4.9	1.0			1.1	2.2	7.4
8	Art Becker	29	51		16.5	3.7	7.4	.497	0.1	0.1	.667	3.6	7.3	.495	.503	1.2	1.4	.899	1.4	2.9	4.3	0.4			0.8	3.0	8.6
9	John Barnhill	32	43		14.4	1.9	5.6	.332	0.3	1.7	.187	1.5	3.9	.398	.361	1.0	1.4	.689	0.6	0.8	1.4	1.9			0.9	1.2	5.0
10	Rick Mount	24	66		12.6	2.3	6.1	.371	0.3	1.2	.291	1.9	4.9	.390	.399	1.8	2.2	.800	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.6			1.2	1.9	6.6
11	Tom Thacker	31	8		11.5	0.8	2.1	.353	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	1.8	.429	.353	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.9			1.0	2.3	1.6
12	Earle Higgins	24	53		8.8	2.0	4.2	.466	0.1	0.3	.176	1.9	3.9	.490	.473	0.4	0.6	.667	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.7			0.5	2.1	4.4
13	Wayne Chapman	25	22		8.7	1.4	3.5	.385	0.2	0.4	.444	1.2	3.1	.377	.410	1.1	1.3	.828	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.0			0.7	1.4	4.0
14	Jay Miller	27	2		4.5	2.0	2.5	.800	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.5	.800	.800	0.0	0.0		1.5	0.0	1.5	0.5			0.5	0.5	4.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	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	7.1	14.6	.484	.479	4.9	6.3	.783	2.4	5.3	7.6	4.8			2.0	3.8	21.8
2	Mel Daniels	26	11		41.5	8.5	17.6	.485	0.0	0.0		8.5	17.6	.485	.485	4.3	5.7	.746	6.5	12.7	19.2	1.5			2.4	3.5	21.4
3	Bill Keller	23	11		40.7	7.5	17.3	.432	2.1	5.3	.397	5.4	12.0	.447	.492	4.5	5.3	.862	1.4	2.5	3.8	5.4			4.1	2.1	21.5
4	Freddie Lewis	27	11		34.9	3.5	9.7	.364	0.3	2.1	.130	3.3	7.6	.429	.379	2.5	3.4	.757	2.0	2.4	4.4	4.7			2.2	3.6	9.9
5	Bob Netolicky	28	11		34.5	6.1	13.0	.469	0.0	0.0		6.1	13.0	.469	.469	2.5	3.4	.730	2.8	5.5	8.4	0.5			1.1	2.4	14.6
6	Warren Jabali	24	11		22.7	2.6	8.7	.302	0.3	2.5	.107	2.4	6.2	.382	.318	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	2.0	5.6	.357	.377	0.5	0.7	.714	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.9			0.6	1.5	6.0
8	Don Sidle	24	8		11.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.9	.348	.333	1.3	2.0	.625	1.6	1.1	2.8	0.5			0.3	1.1	3.3
9	Earle Higgins	24	5		6.2	1.2	4.0	.300	0.0	0.4	.000	1.2	3.6	.333	.300	1.2	1.4	.857	2.0	0.6	2.6	0.2			0.2	1.2	3.6
10	Wayne Chapman	25	5		4.2	1.2	2.0	.600	0.2	0.6	.333	1.0	1.4	.714	.650	0.8	1.2	.667	0.8	0.6	1.4	0.4			0.4	0.6	3.4

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Roger Brown	28	82		3364	610	1266	.482	63	223	.283	547	1043	.524	.507	407	512	.795	176	393	569	395			232	289	1690
2	Mel Daniels	26	82		3170	698	1357	.514	1	13	.077	697	1344	.519	.515	326	480	.679	394	1081	1475	178			230	292	1723
3	Bob Netolicky	28	82		3137	651	1305	.499	2	8	.250	649	1297	.500	.500	237	333	.712	267	507	774	104			138	192	1541
4	Freddie Lewis	27	81		3034	547	1241	.441	59	194	.304	488	1047	.466	.465	372	461	.807	169	167	336	433			202	249	1525
5	Bill Keller	23	83		2490	417	980	.426	84	230	.365	333	750	.444	.468	267	308	.867	81	159	240	437			196	170	1185
6	Warren Jabali	24	62		1586	227	554	.410	47	163	.288	180	391	.460	.452	181	238	.761	64	234	298	214			190	205	682
7	Art Becker	29	51		840	187	376	.497	4	6	.667	183	370	.495	.503	62	69	.899	71	146	217	22			41	153	440
8	Rick Mount	24	66		832	149	402	.371	23	79	.291	126	323	.390	.399	116	145	.800	28	43	71	107			78	127	437
9	John Barnhill	32	43		619	80	241	.332	14	75	.187	66	166	.398	.361	42	61	.689	27	35	62	83			39	51	216
10	Don Sidle	24	30		528	86	157	.548	2	4	.500	84	153	.549	.554	49	74	.662	73	74	147	31			33	66	223
11	Earle Higgins	24	53		467	104	223	.466	3	17	.176	101	206	.490	.473	20	30	.667	48	80	128	35			26	109	231
12	Wayne Chapman	25	22		192	30	78	.385	4	9	.444	26	69	.377	.410	24	29	.828	12	19	31	21			15	31	88
13	Tom Thacker	31	8		92	6	17	.353	0	3	.000	6	14	.429	.353	1	1	1.000	7	15	22	7			8	18	13
14	Jay Miller	27	2		9	4	5	.800	0	0		4	5	.800	.800	0	0		3	0	3	1			1	1	8
			84		20360	3796	8202	.463	306	1024	.299	3490	7178	.486	.481	2104	2741	.768	1420	2953	4373	2068			1429	1953	10002

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Roger Brown	28	11		477	88	194	.454	10	33	.303	78	161	.484	.479	54	69	.783	26	58	84	53			22	42	240
2	Mel Daniels	26	11		457	94	194	.485	0	0		94	194	.485	.485	47	63	.746	71	140	211	16			26	38	235
3	Bill Keller	23	11		448	82	190	.432	23	58	.397	59	132	.447	.492	50	58	.862	15	27	42	59			45	23	237
4	Freddie Lewis	27	11		384	39	107	.364	3	23	.130	36	84	.429	.379	28	37	.757	22	26	48	52			24	40	109
5	Bob Netolicky	28	11		380	67	143	.469	0	0		67	143	.469	.469	27	37	.730	31	61	92	5			12	26	161
6	Warren Jabali	24	11		250	29	96	.302	3	28	.107	26	68	.382	.318	25	31	.806	12	28	40	33			21	37	86
7	Rick Mount	24	10		129	25	73	.342	5	17	.294	20	56	.357	.377	5	7	.714	5	5	10	9			6	15	60
8	Don Sidle	24	8		88	8	24	.333	0	1	.000	8	23	.348	.333	10	16	.625	13	9	22	4			2	9	26
9	Earle Higgins	24	5		31	6	20	.300	0	2	.000	6	18	.333	.300	6	7	.857	10	3	13	1			1	6	18
10	Wayne Chapman	25	5		21	6	10	.600	1	3	.333	5	7	.714	.650	4	6	.667	4	3	7	2			2	3	17

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Roger Brown	28	82	3364	17.1	.567	.176	.404			7.6	15.6			13.5	19.2		7.2	3.6	10.9	.155
2	Mel Daniels	26	82	3170	21.9	.549	.010	.354			21.0	7.9			12.8	21.3		6.0	5.4	11.4	.173
3	Bob Netolicky	28	82	3137	16.7	.531	.006	.255			11.1	4.6			8.7	19.0		4.2	3.3	7.5	.114
4	Freddie Lewis	27	81	3034	16.1	.528	.156	.371			5.0	19.0			12.3	20.4		4.2	3.0	7.2	.114
5	Bill Keller	23	83	2490	15.4	.531	.235	.314			4.3	22.9			14.9	19.8		3.5	2.6	6.1	.118
6	Warren Jabali	24	62	1586	10.9	.518	.294	.430			8.5	17.1			22.4	20.1		1.6	1.9	3.5	.105
7	Art Becker	29	51	840	15.3	.541	.016	.184			11.7	3.7			9.2	20.0		1.4	0.9	2.3	.130
8	Rick Mount	24	66	832	10.5	.469	.197	.361			3.8	17.1			14.3	24.6		-0.1	0.7	0.7	.039
9	John Barnhill	32	43	619	7.9	.403	.311	.253			4.5	16.7			12.7	18.6		-0.9	0.6	-0.3	-0.025
10	Don Sidle	24	30	528	16.1	.588	.025	.471			12.6	7.6			14.8	15.8		1.1	0.6	1.7	.159
11	Earle Higgins	24	53	467	13.6	.489	.076	.135			12.4	10.6			9.9	21.1		0.2	0.6	0.8	.079
12	Wayne Chapman	25	22	192	11.3	.485	.115	.372			7.3	14.1			14.2	20.7		0.1	0.2	0.3	.065
13	Tom Thacker	31	8	92	1.7	.373	.176	.059			10.8	8.8			31.4	10.4		-0.1	0.1	0.0	.011
14	Jay Miller	27	2	9	40.5	.800	.000	.000			15.0	22.8			16.7	25.0		0.1	0.0	0.1	.513

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Roger Brown	28	11	477	18.7	.535	.170	.356				17.1			8.9			0.9	0.7	1.5	.154
2	Mel Daniels	26	11	457	22.6	.530	.000	.325				5.6			10.5			0.8	0.9	1.7	.177
3	Bill Keller	23	11	448	16.3	.550	.305	.305				20.2			17.3			1.0	0.5	1.6	.168
4	Freddie Lewis	27	11	384	8.2	.442	.215	.346				18.5			16.3			-0.2	0.5	0.3	.043
5	Bob Netolicky	28	11	380	14.3	.505	.000	.259				2.0			7.0			0.3	0.5	0.8	.098
6	Warren Jabali	24	11	250	3.1	.392	.292	.323				18.4			16.1			-0.5	0.4	-0.1	-0.022
7	Rick Mount	24	10	129	3.5	.394	.233	.096				10.9			7.3			-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.080
8	Don Sidle	24	8	88	11.8	.419	.042	.667				6.1			6.1			-0.1	0.1	0.0	.017
9	Earle Higgins	24	5	31	19.9	.390	.100	.350				5.0			4.2			-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.075
10	Wayne Chapman	25	5	21	39.9	.672	.300	.600				17.3			13.7			0.1	0.0	0.2	.427

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