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1978-79 Indiana Pacers Roster and Statistics

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38-44, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Slick Leonard (38-44)

Points Per Game: 108.6 (13th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.2 (12th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 37-45 (14th of 22)

Arena: Market Square Arena ▪ Attendance: 367,160 (17th of 22)

SRS: -1.41 (14th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 105.3 (14th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 103.0 (13th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.5 (14th of 22)

1978-79 Indiana Pacers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Mike Bantom F-C 6-9 200 December 3, 1951 5 Saint Joseph's University
10 Corky Calhoun F 6-7 210 November 1, 1950 6 University of Pennsylvania
20 Brad Davis G 6-3 180 December 17, 1955 1 University of Maryland
16 Johnny Davis G 6-2 170 October 21, 1955 2 University of Dayton
40 James Edwards C-F 7-0 225 November 22, 1955 1 University of Washington
41 Len Elmore C-F 6-9 220 March 28, 1952 4 University of Maryland
22 Alex English F 6-7 190 January 5, 1954 2 University of South Carolina
24 Steve Green F 6-7 220 October 4, 1953 3 Indiana University
25 Billy Knight G-F 6-6 195 June 9, 1952 4 University of Pittsburgh
21 Wayne Radford G 6-3 205 May 29, 1956 R Indiana University
53 Rick Robey C-F 6-11 230 January 30, 1956 R University of Kentucky
14 Ricky Sobers G 6-3 198 January 15, 1953 3 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
27 Kevin Stacom G 6-3 185 September 4, 1951 4 Providence College

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 82 19705 3575 7525 .475 1759 2317 .759 1225 2530 3755 2005 687 416 1536 2093 8909 108.6
Opponent 82 19705 3586 7499 .478 1868 2416 .773 1299 2605 3904 2178 677 437 1618 2091 9040 110.2

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 Johnny Davis 23 79 2971 565 1240 .456 314 396 .793 70 121 191 453 95 22 214 177 1444
2 Ricky Sobers 26 81 2825 553 1194 .463 298 338 .882 118 183 301 450 138 23 304 315 1404
3 James Edwards 23 82 2546 534 1065 .501 298 441 .676 179 514 693 92 60 109 162 363 1366
4 Alex English 25 81 2696 563 1102 .511 173 230 .752 253 402 655 271 70 78 196 214 1299
5 Mike Bantom 27 81 2528 482 1036 .465 227 338 .672 225 425 650 223 99 62 193 316 1191
6 Billy Knight 26 39 976 222 399 .556 131 150 .873 53 121 174 86 32 5 96 74 575
7 Corky Calhoun 28 81 1332 153 335 .457 72 86 .837 64 174 238 104 37 19 56 189 378
8 Rick Robey 23 43 849 140 295 .475 90 121 .744 80 174 254 53 25 12 89 111 370
9 Len Elmore 26 80 1264 139 342 .406 56 78 .718 115 287 402 75 62 79 73 183 334
10 Wayne Radford 22 52 649 83 175 .474 36 45 .800 25 43 68 57 30 1 45 61 202
11 Kevin Stacom 27 44 571 76 209 .364 31 41 .756 20 41 61 77 14 1 54 29 183
12 Steve Green 25 39 265 42 89 .472 20 34 .588 22 30 52 21 11 3 17 39 104
13 Brad Davis 23 22 233 23 44 .523 13 19 .684 1 15 16 43 14 2 11 22 59

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 Johnny Davis 23 79 37.6 7.2 15.7 .456 4.0 5.0 .793 0.9 1.5 2.4 5.7 1.2 0.3 2.7 2.2 18.3
2 Ricky Sobers 26 81 34.9 6.8 14.7 .463 3.7 4.2 .882 1.5 2.3 3.7 5.6 1.7 0.3 3.8 3.9 17.3
3 James Edwards 23 82 31.0 6.5 13.0 .501 3.6 5.4 .676 2.2 6.3 8.5 1.1 0.7 1.3 2.0 4.4 16.7
4 Alex English 25 81 33.3 7.0 13.6 .511 2.1 2.8 .752 3.1 5.0 8.1 3.3 0.9 1.0 2.4 2.6 16.0
5 Mike Bantom 27 81 31.2 6.0 12.8 .465 2.8 4.2 .672 2.8 5.2 8.0 2.8 1.2 0.8 2.4 3.9 14.7
6 Billy Knight 26 39 25.0 5.7 10.2 .556 3.4 3.8 .873 1.4 3.1 4.5 2.2 0.8 0.1 2.5 1.9 14.7
7 Rick Robey 23 43 19.7 3.3 6.9 .475 2.1 2.8 .744 1.9 4.0 5.9 1.2 0.6 0.3 2.1 2.6 8.6
8 Corky Calhoun 28 81 16.4 1.9 4.1 .457 0.9 1.1 .837 0.8 2.1 2.9 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.7 2.3 4.7
9 Len Elmore 26 80 15.8 1.7 4.3 .406 0.7 1.0 .718 1.4 3.6 5.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.9 2.3 4.2
10 Kevin Stacom 27 44 13.0 1.7 4.8 .364 0.7 0.9 .756 0.5 0.9 1.4 1.8 0.3 0.0 1.2 0.7 4.2
11 Wayne Radford 22 52 12.5 1.6 3.4 .474 0.7 0.9 .800 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.0 0.9 1.2 3.9
12 Steve Green 25 39 6.8 1.1 2.3 .472 0.5 0.9 .588 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.0 2.7
13 Brad Davis 23 22 10.6 1.0 2.0 .523 0.6 0.9 .684 0.0 0.7 0.7 2.0 0.6 0.1 0.5 1.0 2.7

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 Billy Knight 26 39 976 8.2 14.7 .556 4.8 5.5 .873 2.0 4.5 6.4 3.2 1.2 0.2 3.5 2.7 21.2
2 James Edwards 23 82 2546 7.6 15.1 .501 4.2 6.2 .676 2.5 7.3 9.8 1.3 0.8 1.5 2.3 5.1 19.3
3 Ricky Sobers 26 81 2825 7.0 15.2 .463 3.8 4.3 .882 1.5 2.3 3.8 5.7 1.8 0.3 3.9 4.0 17.9
4 Johnny Davis 23 79 2971 6.8 15.0 .456 3.8 4.8 .793 0.8 1.5 2.3 5.5 1.2 0.3 2.6 2.1 17.5
5 Alex English 25 81 2696 7.5 14.7 .511 2.3 3.1 .752 3.4 5.4 8.7 3.6 0.9 1.0 2.6 2.9 17.3
6 Mike Bantom 27 81 2528 6.9 14.8 .465 3.2 4.8 .672 3.2 6.1 9.3 3.2 1.4 0.9 2.7 4.5 17.0
7 Rick Robey 23 43 849 5.9 12.5 .475 3.8 5.1 .744 3.4 7.4 10.8 2.2 1.1 0.5 3.8 4.7 15.7
8 Steve Green 25 39 265 5.7 12.1 .472 2.7 4.6 .588 3.0 4.1 7.1 2.9 1.5 0.4 2.3 5.3 14.1
9 Kevin Stacom 27 44 571 4.8 13.2 .364 2.0 2.6 .756 1.3 2.6 3.8 4.9 0.9 0.1 3.4 1.8 11.5
10 Wayne Radford 22 52 649 4.6 9.7 .474 2.0 2.5 .800 1.4 2.4 3.8 3.2 1.7 0.1 2.5 3.4 11.2
11 Corky Calhoun 28 81 1332 4.1 9.1 .457 1.9 2.3 .837 1.7 4.7 6.4 2.8 1.0 0.5 1.5 5.1 10.2
12 Len Elmore 26 80 1264 4.0 9.7 .406 1.6 2.2 .718 3.3 8.2 11.4 2.1 1.8 2.3 2.1 5.2 9.5
13 Brad Davis 23 22 233 3.6 6.8 .523 2.0 2.9 .684 0.2 2.3 2.5 6.6 2.2 0.3 1.7 3.4 9.1

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 James Edwards 23 82 2546 16.9 .542 .501 7.2 20.8 14.0 5.2 1.1 2.2 11.4 21.8 107 102 3.9 3.2 7.1
2 Alex English 25 81 2696 17.6 .540 .511 9.7 15.3 12.5 14.4 1.2 1.5 14.0 20.3 108 104 4.3 2.6 7.0
3 Mike Bantom 27 81 2528 15.7 .503 .465 9.2 17.3 13.2 12.3 1.8 1.3 14.0 21.3 102 103 2.2 3.0 5.2
4 Johnny Davis 23 79 2971 14.7 .511 .456 2.4 4.2 3.3 21.3 1.5 0.4 13.1 21.4 105 108 3.7 1.5 5.2
5 Ricky Sobers 26 81 2825 14.8 .523 .463 4.3 6.7 5.5 22.4 2.2 0.4 18.5 22.8 101 106 2.1 2.3 4.3
6 Billy Knight 26 39 976 19.0 .618 .556 5.6 12.8 9.2 13.0 1.5 0.3 17.1 22.5 112 105 2.2 0.8 3.0
7 Corky Calhoun 28 81 1332 9.9 .507 .457 4.9 13.4 9.2 9.9 1.3 0.7 13.1 12.6 106 105 1.1 1.2 2.3
8 Len Elmore 26 80 1264 12.2 .444 .406 9.4 23.4 16.4 7.4 2.2 3.3 16.2 13.9 95 98 -0.1 2.2 2.1
9 Rick Robey 23 43 849 13.4 .531 .475 9.7 21.1 15.4 8.4 1.3 0.7 20.4 20.1 98 103 0.3 1.0 1.3
10 Wayne Radford 22 52 649 9.7 .518 .474 4.0 6.8 5.4 11.3 2.1 0.1 18.8 14.4 99 106 0.2 0.5 0.7
11 Brad Davis 23 22 233 12.6 .563 .523 0.4 6.6 3.5 22.8 2.7 0.5 17.4 10.6 114 105 0.3 0.2 0.5
12 Steve Green 25 39 265 12.4 .500 .472 8.5 11.7 10.1 10.6 1.9 0.6 14.1 17.8 102 105 0.2 0.3 0.4
13 Kevin Stacom 27 44 571 7.1 .403 .364 3.6 7.4 5.5 17.4 1.1 0.1 19.2 19.2 83 108 -0.9 0.3 -0.6