1978-79 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats

Record: 38-44, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Slick Leonard (38-44)

PTS/G: 108.6 (13th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 110.2 (12th of 22)

SRS: -1.41 (14th of 22) Pace: 105.3 (14th of 22)

Off Rtg: 103.0 (13th of 22) Def Rtg: 104.5 (14th of 22) Net Rtg: -1.5 (14th of 22)

Expected W-L: 37-45 (14th of 22)

Arena: Market Square Arena

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
42	Mike Bantom	PF	6-9	200	December 3, 1951	us	5	Saint Joseph's
10	Corky Calhoun	SF	6-7	210	November 1, 1950	us	6	Penn
20	Brad Davis	PG	6-3	180	December 17, 1955	us	1	Maryland
16	Johnny Davis	PG	6-2	170	October 21, 1955	us	2	Dayton
40	James Edwards	C	7-0	225	November 22, 1955	us	1	Washington
41	Len Elmore	C	6-9	220	March 28, 1952	us	4	Maryland
22	Alex English	SF	6-8	190	January 5, 1954	us	2	South Carolina
24	Steve Green	SF	6-7	220	October 4, 1953	us	3	Indiana
25	Billy Knight	SF	6-6	195	June 9, 1952	us	4	Pitt
21	Wayne Radford	SG	6-3	205	May 29, 1956	us	R	Indiana
53	Rick Robey	C	6-11	230	January 30, 1956	us	R	Kentucky
14	Ricky Sobers	SG	6-3	198	January 15, 1953	us	3	UNLV
27	Kevin Stacom	SG	6-3	185	September 4, 1951	us	4	Holy Cross, Providence

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Johnny Davis	23	79		37.6	7.2	15.7	.456	7.2	15.7	.456	.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	6.8	14.7	.463	.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	Alex English	25	81		33.3	7.0	13.6	.511	7.0	13.6	.511	.511	2.1	2.8	.752	3.1	5.0	8.1	3.3	0.9	1.0	2.4	2.6	16.0
4	Mike Bantom	27	81		31.2	6.0	12.8	.465	6.0	12.8	.465	.465	2.8	4.2	.672	2.8	5.2	8.0	2.8	1.2	0.8	2.4	3.9	14.7
5	James Edwards	23	82	82	31.0	6.5	13.0	.501	6.5	13.0	.501	.501	3.6	5.4	.676	2.2	6.3	8.5	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.0	4.4	16.7
6	Billy Knight	26	39		25.0	5.7	10.2	.556	5.7	10.2	.556	.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	3.3	6.9	.475	.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	1.9	4.1	.457	.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	1.7	4.3	.406	.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	1.7	4.8	.364	.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	1.6	3.4	.474	.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	Brad Davis	23	22		10.6	1.0	2.0	.523	1.0	2.0	.523	.523	0.6	0.9	.684	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.0	2.7
13	Steve Green	25	39		6.8	1.1	2.3	.472	1.1	2.3	.472	.472	0.5	0.9	.588	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	2.7

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Johnny Davis	23	79		2971	565	1240	.456	565	1240	.456	.456	314	396	.793	70	121	191	453	95	22	214	177	1444
2	Ricky Sobers	26	81		2825	553	1194	.463	553	1194	.463	.463	298	338	.882	118	183	301	450	138	23	304	315	1404
3	Alex English	25	81		2696	563	1102	.511	563	1102	.511	.511	173	230	.752	253	402	655	271	70	78	196	214	1299
4	James Edwards	23	82	82	2546	534	1065	.501	534	1065	.501	.501	298	441	.676	179	514	693	92	60	109	162	363	1366
5	Mike Bantom	27	81		2528	482	1036	.465	482	1036	.465	.465	227	338	.672	225	425	650	223	99	62	193	316	1191
6	Corky Calhoun	28	81		1332	153	335	.457	153	335	.457	.457	72	86	.837	64	174	238	104	37	19	56	189	378
7	Len Elmore	26	80		1264	139	342	.406	139	342	.406	.406	56	78	.718	115	287	402	75	62	79	73	183	334
8	Billy Knight	26	39		976	222	399	.556	222	399	.556	.556	131	150	.873	53	121	174	86	32	5	96	74	575
9	Rick Robey	23	43		849	140	295	.475	140	295	.475	.475	90	121	.744	80	174	254	53	25	12	89	111	370
10	Wayne Radford	22	52		649	83	175	.474	83	175	.474	.474	36	45	.800	25	43	68	57	30	1	45	61	202
11	Kevin Stacom	27	44		571	76	209	.364	76	209	.364	.364	31	41	.756	20	41	61	77	14	1	54	29	183
12	Steve Green	25	39		265	42	89	.472	42	89	.472	.472	20	34	.588	22	30	52	21	11	3	17	39	104
13	Brad Davis	23	22		233	23	44	.523	23	44	.523	.523	13	19	.684	1	15	16	43	14	2	11	22	59
			82		19705	3575	7525	.475	3575	7525	.475	.475	1759	2317	.759	1225	2530	3755	2005	687	416	1536	2093	8909

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Johnny Davis	23	79	2971	14.7	.511	.319	2.4	4.2	3.3	21.3	1.5	0.4	13.1	21.4	3.7	1.5	5.2	.083	0.5	-1.2	-0.7	1.0
2	Ricky Sobers	26	81	2825	14.8	.523	.283	4.3	6.7	5.5	22.4	2.2	0.4	18.5	22.8	2.1	2.3	4.3	.074	-0.3	-0.3	-0.7	1.0
3	Alex English	25	81	2696	17.6	.540	.209	9.7	15.3	12.5	14.4	1.2	1.5	14.0	20.3	4.3	2.6	7.0	.124	2.1	0.0	2.1	2.8
4	James Edwards	23	82	2546	16.9	.542	.414	7.2	20.8	14.0	5.2	1.1	2.2	11.4	21.8	3.9	3.2	7.1	.133	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	1.0
5	Mike Bantom	27	81	2528	15.7	.503	.326	9.2	17.3	13.2	12.3	1.8	1.3	14.0	21.3	2.2	3.0	5.2	.099	0.0	0.3	0.2	1.4
6	Corky Calhoun	28	81	1332	9.9	.507	.257	4.9	13.4	9.2	9.9	1.3	0.7	13.1	12.6	1.1	1.2	2.3	.082	-2.0	0.5	-1.5	0.2
7	Len Elmore	26	80	1264	12.2	.444	.228	9.4	23.4	16.4	7.4	2.2	3.3	16.2	13.9	-0.1	2.2	2.1	.079	-2.3	1.9	-0.3	0.5
8	Billy Knight	26	39	976	19.0	.618	.376	5.6	12.8	9.2	13.0	1.5	0.3	17.1	22.5	2.2	0.8	3.0	.149	2.4	-0.4	2.0	1.0
9	Rick Robey	23	43	849	13.4	.531	.410	9.7	21.1	15.4	8.4	1.3	0.7	20.4	20.1	0.3	1.0	1.3	.072	-1.8	-0.5	-2.2	-0.1
10	Wayne Radford	22	52	649	9.7	.518	.257	4.0	6.8	5.4	11.3	2.1	0.1	18.8	14.4	0.2	0.5	0.7	.049	-2.6	0.4	-2.2	0.0
11	Kevin Stacom	27	44	571	7.1	.403	.196	3.6	7.4	5.5	17.4	1.1	0.1	19.2	19.2	-0.9	0.3	-0.6	-0.049	-3.5	-1.9	-5.4	-0.5
12	Steve Green	25	39	265	12.4	.500	.382	8.5	11.7	10.1	10.6	1.9	0.6	14.1	17.8	0.2	0.3	0.4	.080	-1.7	0.1	-1.6	0.1
13	Brad Davis	23	22	233	12.6	.563	.432	0.4	6.6	3.5	22.8	2.7	0.5	17.4	10.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	.112	-1.7	1.5	-0.2	0.2

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.