1972-73 Indiana Pacers Roster and Statistics

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51-33, Finished 2nd in ABA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Slick Leonard (51-33)

1972-73 ABA Champions

PTS/G: 114.7 (3rd of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 112.5 (6th of 10)
SRS: 1.97 (5th of 10)
Expected W-L: 48-36 (5th of 10)

Arena: Indiana State Fair Coliseum ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Won ABA Finals (4-3) versus Kentucky Colonels
Won ABA Western Division Finals (4-2) versus Utah Stars
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-1) versus Denver Rockets

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ABA Champions

Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
22	Bob Arnzen	F	6-5	205	November 3, 1947	2	University of Notre Dame
35	Roger Brown	F-G	6-5	205	May 22, 1942	5	University of Dayton
10	Don Buse	G	6-4	190	August 10, 1950	R	University of Evansville
34	Mel Daniels	C	6-9	220	July 20, 1944	5	University of New Mexico
13	Donnie Freeman	G	6-3	185	July 18, 1944	5	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
20	Darnell Hillman	F-C	6-9	215	August 29, 1949	1	San Jose State University
25	Gus Johnson	F-C	6-6	230	December 13, 1938	9	University of Idaho
11	Bill Keller	G	5-10	177	August 30, 1947	3	Purdue University
14	Freddie Lewis	G	6-0	175	July 1, 1943	6	Arizona State University
30	George McGinnis	F-C	6-8	235	August 12, 1950	1	Indiana University
24	Bill Newton	C	6-9	220	December 22, 1950	R	Louisiana State University
15	George Peeples	C-F	6-7	190	October 30, 1943	5	University of Iowa
12	Craig Raymond	C	6-11	235	April 5, 1945	4	Brigham Young University

Team and Opponent Statistics

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	84	20360	3668	7948	.461	172	551	.312	2123	2874	.739	1612	2941	4553	1860	1609	2056	9631	114.7
Lg Rank		1	4	2	7	1	1	3	4	3	6	1	1	1	10	7	9	3	3
Opponent	84	20360	3741	8207	.456	78	284	.275	1891	2547	.742	1647	2697	4344	2033	1538	2255	9451	112.5
Lg Rank		1	8	10	2	1	2	4	2	2	3	10	6	10	6	7	8	6	6

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	George McGinnis	22	82	3347	868	1755	.495	8	32	.250	517	778	.665	434	588	1022	205	160		401	348	2261
2	Mel Daniels	28	81	3103	587	1217	.482	1	4	.250	322	446	.722	348	899	1247	177		157	275	315	1497
3	Bill Keller	25	83	2251	421	973	.433	71	222	.320	234	269	.870	82	122	204	361			171	162	1147
4	Donnie Freeman	28	77	2170	412	933	.442	2	6	.333	277	343	.808	103	116	219	195			160	225	1103
5	Freddie Lewis	29	72	2217	375	860	.436	38	110	.345	287	349	.822	97	131	228	288			173	204	1075
6	Roger Brown	30	72	2177	332	700	.474	42	118	.356	203	247	.822	111	237	348	204			120	181	909
7	Darnell Hillman	23	84	2541	328	735	.446	0	9	.000	148	252	.587	218	517	735	128		116	154	291	804
8	Don Buse	22	77	1484	163	360	.453	5	24	.208	82	109	.752	96	114	210	223			66	143	413
9	Gus Johnson	34	50	753	132	299	.441	4	21	.190	31	42	.738	85	160	245	62			70	113	299
10	Bill Newton	22	24	117	24	56	.429	1	2	.500	9	18	.500	21	26	47	9			10	40	58
11	Bob Arnzen	25	23	111	20	38	.526	0	3	.000	6	8	.750	11	12	23	3			0	12	46
12	George Peeples	29	9	56	4	14	.286	0	0		6	11	.545	3	12	15	4			6	14	14
13	Craig Raymond	27	6	33	2	8	.250	0	0		1	2	.500	3	7	10	1			3	8	5

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	George McGinnis	22	82	40.8	10.6	21.4	.495	0.1	0.4	.250	6.3	9.5	.665	5.3	7.2	12.5	2.5	2.0		4.9	4.2	27.6
2	Mel Daniels	28	81	38.3	7.2	15.0	.482	0.0	0.0	.250	4.0	5.5	.722	4.3	11.1	15.4	2.2		1.9	3.4	3.9	18.5
3	Freddie Lewis	29	72	30.8	5.2	11.9	.436	0.5	1.5	.345	4.0	4.8	.822	1.3	1.8	3.2	4.0			2.4	2.8	14.9
4	Donnie Freeman	28	77	28.2	5.4	12.1	.442	0.0	0.1	.333	3.6	4.5	.808	1.3	1.5	2.8	2.5			2.1	2.9	14.3
5	Bill Keller	25	83	27.1	5.1	11.7	.433	0.9	2.7	.320	2.8	3.2	.870	1.0	1.5	2.5	4.3			2.1	2.0	13.8
6	Roger Brown	30	72	30.2	4.6	9.7	.474	0.6	1.6	.356	2.8	3.4	.822	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.8			1.7	2.5	12.6
7	Darnell Hillman	23	84	30.3	3.9	8.8	.446	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	3.0	.587	2.6	6.2	8.8	1.5		1.4	1.8	3.5	9.6
8	Gus Johnson	34	50	15.1	2.6	6.0	.441	0.1	0.4	.190	0.6	0.8	.738	1.7	3.2	4.9	1.2			1.4	2.3	6.0
9	Don Buse	22	77	19.3	2.1	4.7	.453	0.1	0.3	.208	1.1	1.4	.752	1.2	1.5	2.7	2.9			0.9	1.9	5.4
10	Bill Newton	22	24	4.9	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.1	.500	0.4	0.8	.500	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.4			0.4	1.7	2.4
11	Bob Arnzen	25	23	4.8	0.9	1.7	.526	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.3	.750	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.1			0.0	0.5	2.0
12	George Peeples	29	9	6.2	0.4	1.6	.286	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.2	.545	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.4			0.7	1.6	1.6
13	Craig Raymond	27	6	5.5	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.3	.500	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.2			0.5	1.3	0.8

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	George McGinnis	22	82	3347	9.3	18.9	.495	0.1	0.3	.250	5.6	8.4	.665	4.7	6.3	11.0	2.2	1.7		4.3	3.7	24.3
2	Bill Keller	25	83	2251	6.7	15.6	.433	1.1	3.6	.320	3.7	4.3	.870	1.3	2.0	3.3	5.8			2.7	2.6	18.3
3	Donnie Freeman	28	77	2170	6.8	15.5	.442	0.0	0.1	.333	4.6	5.7	.808	1.7	1.9	3.6	3.2			2.7	3.7	18.3
4	Bill Newton	22	24	117	7.4	17.2	.429	0.3	0.6	.500	2.8	5.5	.500	6.5	8.0	14.5	2.8			3.1	12.3	17.8
5	Freddie Lewis	29	72	2217	6.1	14.0	.436	0.6	1.8	.345	4.7	5.7	.822	1.6	2.1	3.7	4.7			2.8	3.3	17.5
6	Mel Daniels	28	81	3103	6.8	14.1	.482	0.0	0.0	.250	3.7	5.2	.722	4.0	10.4	14.5	2.1		1.8	3.2	3.7	17.4
7	Roger Brown	30	72	2177	5.5	11.6	.474	0.7	2.0	.356	3.4	4.1	.822	1.8	3.9	5.8	3.4			2.0	3.0	15.0
8	Bob Arnzen	25	23	111	6.5	12.3	.526	0.0	1.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.750	3.6	3.9	7.5	1.0			0.0	3.9	14.9
9	Gus Johnson	34	50	753	6.3	14.3	.441	0.2	1.0	.190	1.5	2.0	.738	4.1	7.6	11.7	3.0			3.3	5.4	14.3
10	Darnell Hillman	23	84	2541	4.6	10.4	.446	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.6	.587	3.1	7.3	10.4	1.8		1.6	2.2	4.1	11.4
11	Don Buse	22	77	1484	4.0	8.7	.453	0.1	0.6	.208	2.0	2.6	.752	2.3	2.8	5.1	5.4			1.6	3.5	10.0
12	George Peeples	29	9	56	2.6	9.0	.286	0.0	0.0		3.9	7.1	.545	1.9	7.7	9.6	2.6			3.9	9.0	9.0
13	Craig Raymond	27	6	33	2.2	8.7	.250	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.2	.500	3.3	7.6	10.9	1.1			3.3	8.7	5.5

Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	George McGinnis	22	82	3347	22.7	.539	.497	12.3	15.6	14.0	9.5	2.2		16.1	28.1	6.2	5.2	11.4	.164
2	Mel Daniels	28	81	3103	19.3	.530	.483	10.6	25.7	18.4	8.0		2.6	16.3	20.5	3.5	5.8	9.2	.142
3	Roger Brown	30	72	2177	14.5	.562	.504	4.8	9.7	7.3	12.5			12.9	16.1	3.5	2.7	6.1	.136
4	Bill Keller	25	83	2251	15.9	.525	.469	3.4	4.8	4.1	22.5			13.5	21.1	2.5	2.9	5.4	.114
5	Freddie Lewis	29	72	2217	14.3	.530	.458	4.1	5.2	4.7	17.8			14.6	20.1	2.6	2.6	5.2	.113
6	Donnie Freeman	28	77	2170	13.1	.509	.443	4.5	4.7	4.6	12.6			12.9	21.6	1.4	2.2	3.7	.081
7	Darnell Hillman	23	84	2541	11.9	.475	.446	8.1	18.1	13.2	6.5		2.3	15.4	14.8	-0.5	3.7	3.3	.062
8	Don Buse	22	77	1484	11.7	.506	.460	6.1	6.8	6.5	19.0			13.9	12.0	0.5	2.1	2.6	.084
9	Gus Johnson	34	50	753	12.0	.471	.448	10.7	18.9	14.9	11.3			18.1	19.4	-0.3	1.3	1.0	.066
10	Bob Arnzen	25	23	111	16.1	.554	.526	9.4	9.6	9.5	3.8			0.0	14.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	.121
11	Bill Newton	22	24	117	12.5	.454	.438	17.0	19.7	18.4	11.1			13.5	23.8	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.046
12	George Peeples	29	9	56	1.1	.372	.286	5.1	19.0	12.3	8.6			24.2	16.7	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.030
13	Craig Raymond	27	6	33	-1.5	.282	.250	8.6	18.8	13.9	3.6			25.3	13.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.077

Playoffs

			Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
1	George McGinnis	22	18	731	161	357	0	5	109	149	92	222	39			61	78	431	.451	.000	.732	40.6	23.9	12.3	2.2
2	Mel Daniels	28	18	636	112	238	0	0	62	81	70	248	40			39	76	286	.471		.765	35.3	15.9	13.8	2.2
3	Donnie Freeman	28	18	557	105	237	0	2	71	89	27	48	50			40	52	281	.443	.000	.798	30.9	15.6	2.7	2.8
4	Freddie Lewis	29	18	637	102	260	6	27	69	80	31	66	91			49	57	279	.392	.222	.863	35.4	15.5	3.7	5.1
5	Roger Brown	30	17	584	82	160	13	29	37	49	20	74	41			24	58	214	.513	.448	.755	34.4	12.6	4.4	2.4
6	Bill Keller	25	17	348	57	149	8	36	31	38	18	52	63			16	35	153	.383	.222	.816	20.5	9.0	3.1	3.7
7	Darnell Hillman	23	18	485	43	101	0	0	20	35	39	135	17			29	44	106	.426		.571	26.9	5.9	7.5	0.9
8	Don Buse	22	14	163	16	45	0	7	13	21	12	25	17			10	30	45	.356	.000	.619	11.6	3.2	1.8	1.2
9	Gus Johnson	34	17	184	15	59	0	3	12	16	23	69	15			18	27	42	.254	.000	.750	10.8	2.5	4.1	0.9
10	Bob Arnzen	25	7	13	3	6	0	2	1	1	0	0	0			0	1	7	.500	.000	1.000	1.9	1.0	0.0	0.0
11	Bill Newton	22	4	7	2	5	0	1	0	0	2	5	0			1	3	4	.400	.000		1.8	1.0	1.3	0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	George McGinnis	22	18	731	21.7	.510	.451	14.5	9.2	12.6	26.7	1.0	1.4	2.4	.157
2	Mel Daniels	28	18	636	20.5	.523	.471	18.6	10.0	12.5	19.9	0.8	1.5	2.3	.176
3	Roger Brown	30	17	584	14.5	.589	.553	6.0	10.6	11.7	14.2	1.3	0.8	2.1	.171
4	Donnie Freeman	28	18	557	15.7	.509	.443	4.1	14.6	12.7	22.9	0.6	0.7	1.3	.114
5	Freddie Lewis	29	18	637	14.4	.473	.404	4.9	22.2	14.2	21.8	0.1	1.0	1.1	.081
6	Darnell Hillman	23	18	485	8.5	.455	.426	13.2	4.9	19.9	12.1	-0.1	0.8	0.7	.072
7	Bill Keller	25	17	348	17.9	.462	.409	7.1	28.3	8.8	21.1	-0.1	0.7	0.6	.085
8	Don Buse	22	14	163	6.9	.415	.356	7.3	14.8	15.6	15.9	-0.2	0.3	0.1	.024
9	Bill Newton	22	4	7	12.9	.400	.400	34.0	0.0	16.7	34.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	.004
10	Bob Arnzen	25	7	13	16.5	.543	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.121
11	Gus Johnson	34	17	184	5.3	.318	.254	17.8	11.3	21.4	18.5	-0.6	0.4	-0.2	-0.046

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