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1972-73 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats

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

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

ABA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
22 Bob Arnzen SF 6-5 205 November 3, 1947 2 University of Notre Dame
35 Roger Brown SF 6-5 205 May 22, 1942 5 University of Dayton
10 Don Buse PG 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 SG 6-3 185 July 18, 1944 5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
20 Darnell Hillman PF 6-9 215 August 29, 1949 1 San Jose State University
25 Gus Johnson SF 6-6 230 December 13, 1938 9 University of Idaho
11 Bill Keller PG 5-10 177 August 30, 1947 3 Purdue University
14 Freddie Lewis SG 6-0 175 July 1, 1943 6 Arizona State University
30 George McGinnis PF 6-8 235 August 12, 1950 1 Indiana University
24 Bill Newton PF 6-9 220 December 22, 1950 R Louisiana State University
15 George Peeples C 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 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 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

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 48 36 2.14 -0.18 1.97 106.8 104.8 106.3 .472 14.9 37.4 .267 .461 14.2 64.1 .230 Indiana State Fair Coliseum
Lg Rank 5 5 5 6 5 3 5 3 7 5 1 6 2 8 8 1

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 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 GS 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 GS 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% ORtg DRtg 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

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 George McGinnis 22 18 731 161 357 .451 0 5 .000 109 149 .732 92 130 222 39 61 78 431
2 Mel Daniels 28 18 636 112 238 .471 0 0 62 81 .765 70 178 248 40 39 76 286
3 Donnie Freeman 28 18 557 105 237 .443 0 2 .000 71 89 .798 27 21 48 50 40 52 281
4 Freddie Lewis 29 18 637 102 260 .392 6 27 .222 69 80 .863 31 35 66 91 49 57 279
5 Roger Brown 30 17 584 82 160 .513 13 29 .448 37 49 .755 20 54 74 41 24 58 214
6 Bill Keller 25 17 348 57 149 .383 8 36 .222 31 38 .816 18 34 52 63 16 35 153
7 Darnell Hillman 23 18 485 43 101 .426 0 0 20 35 .571 39 96 135 17 29 44 106
8 Don Buse 22 14 163 16 45 .356 0 7 .000 13 21 .619 12 13 25 17 10 30 45
9 Gus Johnson 34 17 184 15 59 .254 0 3 .000 12 16 .750 23 46 69 15 18 27 42
10 Bob Arnzen 25 7 13 3 6 .500 0 2 .000 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
11 Bill Newton 22 4 7 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 0 0 2 3 5 0 1 3 4

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 George McGinnis 22 18 40.6 8.9 19.8 .451 0.0 0.3 .000 6.1 8.3 .732 5.1 7.2 12.3 2.2 3.4 4.3 23.9
2 Mel Daniels 28 18 35.3 6.2 13.2 .471 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.5 .765 3.9 9.9 13.8 2.2 2.2 4.2 15.9
3 Donnie Freeman 28 18 30.9 5.8 13.2 .443 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 4.9 .798 1.5 1.2 2.7 2.8 2.2 2.9 15.6
4 Freddie Lewis 29 18 35.4 5.7 14.4 .392 0.3 1.5 .222 3.8 4.4 .863 1.7 1.9 3.7 5.1 2.7 3.2 15.5
5 Roger Brown 30 17 34.4 4.8 9.4 .513 0.8 1.7 .448 2.2 2.9 .755 1.2 3.2 4.4 2.4 1.4 3.4 12.6
6 Bill Keller 25 17 20.5 3.4 8.8 .383 0.5 2.1 .222 1.8 2.2 .816 1.1 2.0 3.1 3.7 0.9 2.1 9.0
7 Darnell Hillman 23 18 26.9 2.4 5.6 .426 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.9 .571 2.2 5.3 7.5 0.9 1.6 2.4 5.9
8 Don Buse 22 14 11.6 1.1 3.2 .356 0.0 0.5 .000 0.9 1.5 .619 0.9 0.9 1.8 1.2 0.7 2.1 3.2
9 Gus Johnson 34 17 10.8 0.9 3.5 .254 0.0 0.2 .000 0.7 0.9 .750 1.4 2.7 4.1 0.9 1.1 1.6 2.5
10 Bill Newton 22 4 1.8 0.5 1.3 .400 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.0
11 Bob Arnzen 25 7 1.9 0.4 0.9 .500 0.0 0.3 .000 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0

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 George McGinnis 22 18 731 7.9 17.6 .451 0.0 0.2 .000 5.4 7.3 .732 4.5 6.4 10.9 1.9 3.0 3.8 21.2
2 Bill Newton 22 4 7 10.3 25.7 .400 0.0 5.1 .000 0.0 0.0 10.3 15.4 25.7 0.0 5.1 15.4 20.6
3 Bob Arnzen 25 7 13 8.3 16.6 .500 0.0 5.5 .000 2.8 2.8 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 19.4
4 Donnie Freeman 28 18 557 6.8 15.3 .443 0.0 0.1 .000 4.6 5.8 .798 1.7 1.4 3.1 3.2 2.6 3.4 18.2
5 Mel Daniels 28 18 636 6.3 13.5 .471 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.6 .765 4.0 10.1 14.0 2.3 2.2 4.3 16.2
6 Bill Keller 25 17 348 5.9 15.4 .383 0.8 3.7 .222 3.2 3.9 .816 1.9 3.5 5.4 6.5 1.7 3.6 15.8
7 Freddie Lewis 29 18 637 5.8 14.7 .392 0.3 1.5 .222 3.9 4.5 .863 1.8 2.0 3.7 5.1 2.8 3.2 15.8
8 Roger Brown 30 17 584 5.1 9.9 .513 0.8 1.8 .448 2.3 3.0 .755 1.2 3.3 4.6 2.5 1.5 3.6 13.2
9 Don Buse 22 14 163 3.5 9.9 .356 0.0 1.5 .000 2.9 4.6 .619 2.7 2.9 5.5 3.8 2.2 6.6 9.9
10 Gus Johnson 34 17 184 2.9 11.5 .254 0.0 0.6 .000 2.3 3.1 .750 4.5 9.0 13.5 2.9 3.5 5.3 8.2
11 Darnell Hillman 23 18 485 3.2 7.5 .426 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.6 .571 2.9 7.1 10.0 1.3 2.2 3.3 7.9

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 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