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58-26, Finished 1st in ABA Western Division (Game Results)
ABA Season Summary
Scored 119.1 points per game, Allowed 113.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 56-28)
Coached by Slick Leonard (58-26)
Arena: Indiana State Fair Coliseum / Attendance: NA
SRS: 5.63 (2nd of 11)
Playoffs:
Lost ABA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Utah Stars
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Memphis Pros
1970-71 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Oct 15, 1970 | Kentucky Colonels | W | 127 | 95 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 16, 1970 | Denver Rockets | W | 115 | 103 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Oct 18, 1970 | Texas Chaparrals | W | 134 | 113 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 4 | Mon, Oct 19, 1970 | The Floridians | W | 123 | 97 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |||
| 5 | Wed, Oct 21, 1970 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 125 | 113 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | at Charlotte, NC | |
| 6 | Fri, Oct 23, 1970 | @ | Texas Chaparrals | W | 122 | 118 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | at Dallas, TX | |
| 7 | Sat, Oct 24, 1970 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 118 | 124 | 6 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Sun, Oct 25, 1970 | @ | Denver Rockets | L | OT | 116 | 122 | 6 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 9 | Wed, Oct 28, 1970 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | 113 | 99 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Oct 31, 1970 | @ | The Floridians | L | 104 | 116 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Nov 4, 1970 | Utah Stars | L | 99 | 102 | 7 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 6, 1970 | Memphis Pros | L | 93 | 98 | 7 | 5 | L 3 | |||
| 13 | Sun, Nov 8, 1970 | Utah Stars | L | 103 | 111 | 7 | 6 | L 4 | |||
| 14 | Mon, Nov 9, 1970 | Kentucky Colonels | W | 130 | 112 | 8 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 15 | Thu, Nov 12, 1970 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 135 | 132 | 9 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 14, 1970 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 128 | 119 | 10 | 6 | W 3 | at Raleigh, NC | |
| 17 | Tue, Nov 17, 1970 | @ | Utah Stars | W | OT | 125 | 122 | 11 | 6 | W 4 | |
| 18 | Wed, Nov 18, 1970 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 119 | 114 | 12 | 6 | W 5 | at Fort Collins, CO | |
| 19 | Fri, Nov 20, 1970 | @ | Texas Chaparrals | L | 126 | 140 | 12 | 7 | L 1 | at Dallas, TX | |
| 20 | Sat, Nov 21, 1970 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 103 | 110 | 12 | 8 | L 2 | at Hampton, VA | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Nov 25, 1970 | Virginia Squires | W | 109 | 100 | 13 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Fri, Nov 27, 1970 | @ | New York Nets | L | 97 | 99 | 13 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Nov 29, 1970 | Denver Rockets | W | 130 | 107 | 14 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Wed, Dec 2, 1970 | Memphis Pros | L | 100 | 106 | 14 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 25 | Fri, Dec 4, 1970 | Carolina Cougars | W | 150 | 116 | 15 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 9, 1970 | @ | New York Nets | W | 129 | 108 | 16 | 10 | W 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 27 | Fri, Dec 11, 1970 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 2OT | 155 | 148 | 17 | 10 | W 3 | at Greensboro, NC |
| 28 | Sat, Dec 12, 1970 | @ | Texas Chaparrals | W | 124 | 118 | 18 | 10 | W 4 | at Fort Worth, TX | |
| 29 | Wed, Dec 16, 1970 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | L | 110 | 125 | 18 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Fri, Dec 18, 1970 | @ | New York Nets | W | 129 | 117 | 19 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 19, 1970 | Texas Chaparrals | L | 117 | 131 | 19 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 32 | Mon, Dec 21, 1970 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 144 | 115 | 20 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Tue, Dec 22, 1970 | N | The Floridians | W | 131 | 123 | 21 | 12 | W 2 | at Louisville, KY | |
| 34 | Wed, Dec 23, 1970 | Virginia Squires | L | 128 | 146 | 21 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Dec 26, 1970 | @ | The Floridians | W | 115 | 92 | 22 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 36 | Sun, Dec 27, 1970 | N | Memphis Pros | L | 106 | 109 | 22 | 14 | L 1 | at Jackson, MS | |
| 37 | Tue, Dec 29, 1970 | @ | Denver Rockets | L | 106 | 116 | 22 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 38 | Sat, Jan 2, 1971 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | W | 134 | 132 | 23 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 39 | Mon, Jan 4, 1971 | The Floridians | W | 111 | 99 | 24 | 15 | W 2 | |||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 5, 1971 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | 92 | 88 | 25 | 15 | W 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 6, 1971 | Utah Stars | W | 111 | 106 | 26 | 15 | W 4 | |||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 9, 1971 | New York Nets | W | 116 | 88 | 27 | 15 | W 5 | |||
| 43 | Mon, Jan 11, 1971 | Utah Stars | W | 111 | 101 | 28 | 15 | W 6 | |||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 15, 1971 | Virginia Squires | W | 125 | 119 | 29 | 15 | W 7 | |||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 16, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 115 | 107 | 30 | 15 | W 8 | ||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 17, 1971 | Kentucky Colonels | W | 137 | 124 | 31 | 15 | W 9 | |||
| 47 | Tue, Jan 19, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 106 | 116 | 31 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Thu, Jan 21, 1971 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 118 | 106 | 32 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 49 | Sun, Jan 24, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 128 | 130 | 32 | 17 | L 1 | at Norfolk, VA | |
| 50 | Tue, Jan 26, 1971 | @ | Memphis Pros | L | 102 | 108 | 32 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 51 | Wed, Jan 27, 1971 | New York Nets | W | 116 | 100 | 33 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Fri, Jan 29, 1971 | Denver Rockets | W | 127 | 123 | 34 | 18 | W 2 | |||
| 53 | Sun, Jan 31, 1971 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 124 | 104 | 35 | 18 | W 3 | ||
| 54 | Wed, Feb 3, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 111 | 120 | 35 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Sat, Feb 6, 1971 | New York Nets | W | OT | 110 | 109 | 36 | 19 | W 1 | ||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 7, 1971 | Denver Rockets | L | OT | 131 | 133 | 36 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Wed, Feb 10, 1971 | Texas Chaparrals | W | 115 | 104 | 37 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Fri, Feb 12, 1971 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 120 | 109 | 38 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 59 | Sun, Feb 14, 1971 | Memphis Pros | W | OT | 116 | 111 | 39 | 20 | W 3 | ||
| 60 | Mon, Feb 15, 1971 | Texas Chaparrals | L | 118 | 119 | 39 | 21 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Feb 19, 1971 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | W | 126 | 121 | 40 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 21, 1971 | @ | The Floridians | W | 121 | 107 | 41 | 21 | W 2 | at Tampa, FL | |
| 63 | Mon, Feb 22, 1971 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | 102 | 99 | 42 | 21 | W 3 | ||
| 64 | Wed, Feb 24, 1971 | @ | Texas Chaparrals | W | 117 | 113 | 43 | 21 | W 4 | at Fort Worth, TX | |
| 65 | Thu, Feb 25, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 109 | 112 | 43 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Sun, Feb 28, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 110 | 113 | 43 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 67 | Wed, Mar 3, 1971 | Memphis Pros | W | 122 | 98 | 44 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Fri, Mar 5, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | W | 98 | 97 | 45 | 23 | W 2 | ||
| 69 | Sat, Mar 6, 1971 | @ | Texas Chaparrals | W | 124 | 112 | 46 | 23 | W 3 | at Dallas, TX | |
| 70 | Sun, Mar 7, 1971 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | W | 127 | 122 | 47 | 23 | W 4 | ||
| 71 | Mon, Mar 8, 1971 | Carolina Cougars | W | 118 | 105 | 48 | 23 | W 5 | |||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 10, 1971 | Memphis Pros | W | 122 | 113 | 49 | 23 | W 6 | |||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 12, 1971 | Utah Stars | W | 106 | 95 | 50 | 23 | W 7 | |||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 13, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 111 | 129 | 50 | 24 | L 1 | at Roanoke, VA | |
| 75 | Sun, Mar 14, 1971 | Denver Rockets | W | 131 | 121 | 51 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 16, 1971 | N | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 130 | 119 | 52 | 24 | W 2 | at Louisville, KY | |
| 77 | Wed, Mar 17, 1971 | Texas Chaparrals | W | 123 | 109 | 53 | 24 | W 3 | at Anderson, IN | ||
| 78 | Fri, Mar 19, 1971 | Kentucky Colonels | W | 120 | 109 | 54 | 24 | W 4 | |||
| 79 | Mon, Mar 22, 1971 | Utah Stars | W | 110 | 106 | 55 | 24 | W 5 | |||
| 80 | Thu, Mar 25, 1971 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 129 | 110 | 56 | 24 | W 6 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Mar 26, 1971 | @ | Texas Chaparrals | W | OT | 127 | 126 | 57 | 24 | W 7 | at Dallas, TX |
| 82 | Sun, Mar 28, 1971 | Denver Rockets | W | 146 | 126 | 58 | 24 | W 8 | |||
| 83 | Tue, Mar 30, 1971 | Carolina Cougars | L | 112 | 114 | 58 | 25 | L 1 | |||
| 84 | Wed, Mar 31, 1971 | Texas Chaparrals | L | 129 | 133 | 58 | 26 | L 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Apr 2, 1971 | Memphis Pros | W | 114 | 98 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Apr 3, 1971 | Memphis Pros | W | 106 | 104 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Mon, Apr 5, 1971 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | 91 | 90 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Apr 7, 1971 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | OT | 102 | 101 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 5 | Mon, Apr 12, 1971 | Utah Stars | L | 118 | 120 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 6 | Wed, Apr 14, 1971 | Utah Stars | W | 120 | 107 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Apr 17, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 108 | 121 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Apr 20, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 99 | 126 | 5 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Apr 22, 1971 | Utah Stars | W | 127 | 109 | 6 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Apr 24, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | W | 105 | 102 | 7 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Apr 28, 1971 | Utah Stars | L | 101 | 108 | 7 | 4 | L 1 |