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1973-74 Indiana Pacers Roster and Statistics

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46-38, Finished 2nd in ABA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Slick Leonard (46-38)

Points Per Game: 105.8 (7th of 10) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.0 (5th of 10)
Pythagorean W-L: 44-40 (5th of 10)

Arena: Indiana State Fair Coliseum ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 0.68 (5th of 10) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.0 (7th of 10)
Offensive Rating: 101.7 (8th of 10) ▪ Defensive Rating: 100.9 (4th of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Utah Stars
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-3) versus San Antonio Spurs

1973-74 Indiana Pacers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
22 Bob Arnzen F 6-5 205 November 3, 1947 3 University of Notre Dame
22 Johnny Baum F 6-5 200 June 17, 1946 4 Temple University
35 Roger Brown F-G 6-5 205 May 22, 1942 6 University of Dayton
10 Don Buse G 6-4 190 August 10, 1950 1 University of Evansville
33 Larry Cannon G 6-4 195 April 12, 1947 3 La Salle University
34 Mel Daniels C 6-9 220 July 20, 1944 6 University of New Mexico
13 Donnie Freeman G 6-3 185 July 18, 1944 6 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
20 Darnell Hillman F-C 6-9 215 August 29, 1949 2 San Jose State University
43 Kevin Joyce G 6-3 190 June 27, 1951 R University of South Carolina
11 Bill Keller G 5-10 177 August 30, 1947 4 Purdue University
14 Freddie Lewis G 6-0 175 July 1, 1943 7 Arizona State University
30 George McGinnis F-C 6-8 235 August 12, 1950 2 Indiana University
24 Bob Netolicky F-C 6-9 220 August 2, 1942 6 Drake University
24 Bill Newton C 6-9 220 December 22, 1950 1 Louisiana State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 84 20360 3546 7886 .450 171 543 .315 1625 2242 .725 1474 2896 4370 1825 735 459 1554 1926 8888 105.8
Opponent 84 20360 3606 8069 .447 80 332 .241 1524 2031 .750 1468 2788 4256 1853 652 447 1473 2036 8816 105.0

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 23 80 3266 789 1686 .468 5 34 .147 488 715 .683 422 775 1197 267 159 40 393 325 2071
2 Mel Daniels 29 78 2539 492 1117 .440 0 0 217 287 .756 251 655 906 122 56 92 215 283 1201
3 Roger Brown 31 82 2527 379 829 .457 56 155 .361 155 200 .775 112 278 390 232 56 60 125 248 969
4 Donnie Freeman 29 66 1735 383 839 .456 0 2 .000 177 222 .797 91 77 168 165 48 22 132 174 943
5 Freddie Lewis 30 78 2164 290 728 .398 13 72 .181 182 219 .831 84 117 201 322 99 11 169 189 775
6 Darnell Hillman 24 83 2319 328 658 .498 3 8 .375 99 191 .518 198 478 676 96 70 177 177 295 758
7 Bill Keller 26 75 1428 279 615 .454 50 131 .382 107 123 .870 44 84 128 172 37 3 100 83 715
8 Bob Netolicky 31 56 1157 214 449 .477 2 6 .333 77 119 .647 130 162 292 50 21 22 64 92 507
9 Don Buse 23 77 1877 170 427 .398 36 107 .336 48 70 .686 85 169 254 258 146 20 75 109 424
10 Kevin Joyce 22 56 987 171 432 .396 5 27 .185 64 78 .821 33 59 92 128 32 8 80 86 411
11 Bob Arnzen 26 20 149 24 48 .500 1 1 1.000 7 9 .778 10 10 20 3 3 2 8 11 56
12 Johnny Baum 27 13 113 17 36 .472 0 0 2 4 .500 12 13 25 2 6 2 6 17 36
13 Bill Newton 23 11 73 7 15 .467 0 0 1 2 .500 1 17 18 5 2 0 7 12 15
14 Larry Cannon 26 3 26 3 7 .429 0 0 1 3 .333 1 2 3 3 0 0 3 2 7

Per Game

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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 23 80 40.8 9.9 21.1 .468 0.1 0.4 .147 6.1 8.9 .683 5.3 9.7 15.0 3.3 2.0 0.5 4.9 4.1 25.9
2 Mel Daniels 29 78 32.6 6.3 14.3 .440 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.7 .756 3.2 8.4 11.6 1.6 0.7 1.2 2.8 3.6 15.4
3 Donnie Freeman 29 66 26.3 5.8 12.7 .456 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.4 .797 1.4 1.2 2.5 2.5 0.7 0.3 2.0 2.6 14.3
4 Roger Brown 31 82 30.8 4.6 10.1 .457 0.7 1.9 .361 1.9 2.4 .775 1.4 3.4 4.8 2.8 0.7 0.7 1.5 3.0 11.8
5 Freddie Lewis 30 78 27.7 3.7 9.3 .398 0.2 0.9 .181 2.3 2.8 .831 1.1 1.5 2.6 4.1 1.3 0.1 2.2 2.4 9.9
6 Bill Keller 26 75 19.0 3.7 8.2 .454 0.7 1.7 .382 1.4 1.6 .870 0.6 1.1 1.7 2.3 0.5 0.0 1.3 1.1 9.5
7 Bob Netolicky 31 56 20.7 3.8 8.0 .477 0.0 0.1 .333 1.4 2.1 .647 2.3 2.9 5.2 0.9 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.6 9.1
8 Darnell Hillman 24 83 27.9 4.0 7.9 .498 0.0 0.1 .375 1.2 2.3 .518 2.4 5.8 8.1 1.2 0.8 2.1 2.1 3.6 9.1
9 Kevin Joyce 22 56 17.6 3.1 7.7 .396 0.1 0.5 .185 1.1 1.4 .821 0.6 1.1 1.6 2.3 0.6 0.1 1.4 1.5 7.3
10 Don Buse 23 77 24.4 2.2 5.5 .398 0.5 1.4 .336 0.6 0.9 .686 1.1 2.2 3.3 3.4 1.9 0.3 1.0 1.4 5.5
11 Johnny Baum 27 13 8.7 1.3 2.8 .472 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 .500 0.9 1.0 1.9 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.3 2.8
12 Bob Arnzen 26 20 7.5 1.2 2.4 .500 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.4 0.5 .778 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.6 2.8
13 Larry Cannon 26 3 8.7 1.0 2.3 .429 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 .333 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.7 2.3
14 Bill Newton 23 11 6.6 0.6 1.4 .467 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 .500 0.1 1.5 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.6 1.1 1.4

Per 36 Minutes

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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 23 80 3266 8.7 18.6 .468 0.1 0.4 .147 5.4 7.9 .683 4.7 8.5 13.2 2.9 1.8 0.4 4.3 3.6 22.8
2 Donnie Freeman 29 66 1735 7.9 17.4 .456 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 4.6 .797 1.9 1.6 3.5 3.4 1.0 0.5 2.7 3.6 19.6
3 Bill Keller 26 75 1428 7.0 15.5 .454 1.3 3.3 .382 2.7 3.1 .870 1.1 2.1 3.2 4.3 0.9 0.1 2.5 2.1 18.0
4 Mel Daniels 29 78 2539 7.0 15.8 .440 0.0 0.0 3.1 4.1 .756 3.6 9.3 12.8 1.7 0.8 1.3 3.0 4.0 17.0
5 Bob Netolicky 31 56 1157 6.7 14.0 .477 0.1 0.2 .333 2.4 3.7 .647 4.0 5.0 9.1 1.6 0.7 0.7 2.0 2.9 15.8
6 Kevin Joyce 22 56 987 6.2 15.8 .396 0.2 1.0 .185 2.3 2.8 .821 1.2 2.2 3.4 4.7 1.2 0.3 2.9 3.1 15.0
7 Roger Brown 31 82 2527 5.4 11.8 .457 0.8 2.2 .361 2.2 2.8 .775 1.6 4.0 5.6 3.3 0.8 0.9 1.8 3.5 13.8
8 Bob Arnzen 26 20 149 5.8 11.6 .500 0.2 0.2 1.000 1.7 2.2 .778 2.4 2.4 4.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 1.9 2.7 13.5
9 Freddie Lewis 30 78 2164 4.8 12.1 .398 0.2 1.2 .181 3.0 3.6 .831 1.4 1.9 3.3 5.4 1.6 0.2 2.8 3.1 12.9
10 Darnell Hillman 24 83 2319 5.1 10.2 .498 0.0 0.1 .375 1.5 3.0 .518 3.1 7.4 10.5 1.5 1.1 2.7 2.7 4.6 11.8
11 Johnny Baum 27 13 113 5.4 11.5 .472 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.3 .500 3.8 4.1 8.0 0.6 1.9 0.6 1.9 5.4 11.5
12 Larry Cannon 26 3 26 4.2 9.7 .429 0.0 0.0 1.4 4.2 .333 1.4 2.8 4.2 4.2 0.0 0.0 4.2 2.8 9.7
13 Don Buse 23 77 1877 3.3 8.2 .398 0.7 2.1 .336 0.9 1.3 .686 1.6 3.2 4.9 4.9 2.8 0.4 1.4 2.1 8.1
14 Bill Newton 23 11 73 3.5 7.4 .467 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .500 0.5 8.4 8.9 2.5 1.0 0.0 3.5 5.9 7.4

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 George McGinnis 23 80 3266 21.5 .518 .469 12.3 22.1 17.3 13.0 2.3 0.6 16.4 28.6 102 97 4.0 6.0 10.1
2 Roger Brown 31 82 2527 13.5 .528 .491 4.2 10.3 7.3 12.7 1.0 1.2 12.0 16.1 110 103 3.9 2.5 6.5
3 Mel Daniels 29 78 2539 15.8 .483 .440 9.4 24.1 16.8 7.1 1.0 1.9 14.7 22.4 98 97 1.0 4.4 5.4
4 Don Buse 23 77 1877 12.9 .463 .440 4.3 8.4 6.4 17.6 3.6 0.6 14.1 11.1 106 99 1.6 2.8 4.4
5 Darnell Hillman 24 83 2319 13.3 .511 .501 8.2 19.2 13.8 5.7 1.4 4.0 19.3 15.5 96 97 0.2 4.1 4.4
6 Bill Keller 26 75 1428 15.4 .534 .494 2.9 5.5 4.2 17.8 1.2 0.1 13.0 21.0 109 106 2.6 1.0 3.6
7 Donnie Freeman 29 66 1735 15.0 .503 .456 5.0 4.1 4.6 14.6 1.3 0.7 12.4 24.1 103 105 2.2 1.2 3.4
8 Freddie Lewis 30 78 2164 11.8 .470 .407 3.7 5.0 4.4 20.2 2.1 0.3 17.0 17.9 99 104 1.0 2.0 3.0
9 Bob Netolicky 31 56 1157 15.2 .506 .479 10.7 13.1 11.9 6.3 0.8 1.0 11.3 19.1 106 103 1.6 1.2 2.8
10 Kevin Joyce 22 56 987 10.8 .441 .402 3.2 5.6 4.4 18.6 1.5 0.4 14.6 21.6 93 105 -0.2 0.8 0.6
11 Bob Arnzen 26 20 149 11.2 .539 .510 6.4 6.3 6.3 2.8 0.9 0.7 13.3 15.7 105 105 0.2 0.1 0.3
12 Johnny Baum 27 13 113 10.9 .477 .472 10.1 10.7 10.4 2.5 2.5 0.9 13.7 15.1 98 100 0.0 0.2 0.2
13 Larry Cannon 26 3 26 4.0 .421 .429 3.7 7.2 5.4 15.3 0.0 0.0 26.5 17.0 77 107 -0.1 0.0 0.0
14 Bill Newton 23 11 73 4.9 .472 .467 1.3 21.7 11.6 8.8 1.3 0.0 30.6 12.2 76 99 -0.1 0.1 0.0

Playoffs

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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 23 14 585 119 261 2 7 96 129 68 166 47 16 6 46 50 336 .456 .286 .744 41.8 24.0 11.9 3.4
2 Freddie Lewis 30 14 547 90 204 6 19 58 67 20 50 62 24 1 33 35 244 .441 .316 .866 39.1 17.4 3.6 4.4
3 Roger Brown 31 13 452 67 151 9 27 40 49 23 75 48 9 13 11 44 183 .444 .333 .816 34.8 14.1 5.8 3.7
4 Mel Daniels 29 14 498 69 172 0 0 33 43 35 160 27 11 14 30 50 171 .401 .767 35.6 12.2 11.4 1.9
5 Darnell Hillman 24 14 352 47 85 0 1 23 46 37 100 12 6 16 20 44 117 .553 .000 .500 25.1 8.4 7.1 0.9
6 Bill Keller 26 12 194 41 93 15 40 16 19 9 18 25 5 0 16 12 113 .441 .375 .842 16.2 9.4 1.5 2.1
7 Donnie Freeman 29 6 158 30 69 0 0 14 20 2 10 8 4 0 9 14 74 .435 .700 26.3 12.3 1.7 1.3
8 Don Buse 23 14 331 30 68 7 22 6 9 17 37 36 30 1 12 21 73 .441 .318 .667 23.6 5.2 2.6 2.6
9 Kevin Joyce 22 10 136 17 53 2 7 8 10 3 9 12 4 2 10 20 44 .321 .286 .800 13.6 4.4 0.9 1.2
10 Johnny Baum 27 11 107 17 32 0 0 6 6 8 20 2 5 1 5 12 40 .531 1.000 9.7 3.6 1.8 0.2

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 George McGinnis 23 14 585 21.2 .529 .460 11.6 17.3 14.4 13.8 1.4 0.6 12.6 26.9 110 107 1.4 0.4 1.8
2 Roger Brown 31 13 452 17.1 .530 .474 5.1 11.9 8.4 16.7 1.0 1.6 6.0 17.5 121 109 1.2 0.2 1.4
3 Freddie Lewis 30 14 547 15.9 .523 .456 3.7 5.7 4.6 18.3 2.3 0.1 12.4 21.1 109 110 0.9 0.1 1.1
4 Darnell Hillman 24 14 352 14.5 .556 .553 10.5 18.5 14.4 5.2 0.9 2.6 16.0 15.4 108 106 0.4 0.3 0.7
5 Don Buse 23 14 331 13.6 .507 .493 5.1 6.3 5.7 15.7 4.7 0.2 14.3 11.0 111 105 0.4 0.3 0.7
6 Mel Daniels 29 14 498 13.1 .448 .401 7.0 26.0 16.3 8.4 1.1 1.6 13.6 19.2 95 104 -0.1 0.5 0.5
7 Bill Keller 26 12 194 18.7 .557 .522 4.6 4.8 4.7 22.5 1.3 0.0 13.6 26.1 111 112 0.5 0.0 0.5
8 Johnny Baum 27 11 107 14.6 .577 .531 7.5 11.6 9.5 3.0 2.4 0.5 12.6 16.0 113 107 0.2 0.1 0.2
9 Donnie Freeman 29 6 158 10.8 .476 .435 1.3 5.2 3.2 8.5 1.3 0.0 10.4 23.7 96 112 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Kevin Joyce 22 10 136 5.0 .383 .340 2.2 4.6 3.4 13.4 1.5 0.8 14.8 21.4 81 111 -0.3 0.0 -0.2