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1978-79 Indiana Pacers

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38-44, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 108.6 points per game, Allowed 110.2 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 37-45)
Coached by Slick Leonard (38-44)

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

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 Statistics / Schedule

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 13, 1978 Atlanta Hawks W 117 104 1 0 W 1
2 Wed, Oct 18, 1978 Seattle Supersonics L 92 99 1 1 L 1
3 Sat, Oct 21, 1978 San Diego Clippers W 125 119 2 1 W 1
4 Tue, Oct 24, 1978 New Jersey Nets L 95 97 2 2 L 1
5 Fri, Oct 27, 1978 Denver Nuggets W 112 99 3 2 W 1
6 Sat, Oct 28, 1978 @ New York Knickerbockers L 106 111 3 3 L 1
7 Tue, Oct 31, 1978 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 119 114 4 3 W 1
8 Wed, Nov 1, 1978 Washington Bullets L 113 124 4 4 L 1
9 Fri, Nov 3, 1978 Kansas City Kings W 115 108 5 4 W 1
10 Sat, Nov 4, 1978 @ Chicago Bulls L 84 97 5 5 L 1
11 Wed, Nov 8, 1978 Los Angeles Lakers L 111 113 5 6 L 2
12 Fri, Nov 10, 1978 @ Golden State Warriors L 111 116 5 7 L 3
13 Sun, Nov 12, 1978 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 106 134 5 8 L 4
14 Tue, Nov 14, 1978 @ San Diego Clippers L 106 109 5 9 L 5
15 Fri, Nov 17, 1978 @ Seattle Supersonics L 115 126 5 10 L 6
16 Sat, Nov 18, 1978 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 111 123 5 11 L 7
17 Tue, Nov 21, 1978 @ San Antonio Spurs W 108 103 6 11 W 1
18 Wed, Nov 22, 1978 Phoenix Suns L 110 115 6 12 L 1
19 Fri, Nov 24, 1978 Cleveland Cavaliers L 98 104 6 13 L 2
20 Sun, Nov 26, 1978 Milwaukee Bucks W 114 112 7 13 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 29, 1978 New York Knickerbockers W 101 99 8 13 W 2
22 Fri, Dec 1, 1978 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 107 111 8 14 L 1
23 Sat, Dec 2, 1978 Boston Celtics L 110 117 8 15 L 2
24 Wed, Dec 6, 1978 Portland Trail Blazers W 115 109 9 15 W 1
25 Fri, Dec 8, 1978 Detroit Pistons W 114 107 10 15 W 2
26 Tue, Dec 12, 1978 @ New Orleans Jazz L 103 109 10 16 L 1
27 Wed, Dec 13, 1978 @ Atlanta Hawks L 101 117 10 17 L 2
28 Fri, Dec 15, 1978 San Antonio Spurs L 113 125 10 18 L 3
29 Tue, Dec 19, 1978 @ New York Knickerbockers L 102 130 10 19 L 4
30 Wed, Dec 20, 1978 @ Boston Celtics L 105 121 10 20 L 5
31 Thu, Dec 21, 1978 @ Detroit Pistons L 108 121 10 21 L 6
32 Sat, Dec 23, 1978 New Orleans Jazz W 127 103 11 21 W 1
33 Tue, Dec 26, 1978 @ Washington Bullets L 104 108 11 22 L 1
34 Wed, Dec 27, 1978 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 110 122 11 23 L 2
35 Sat, Dec 30, 1978 San Diego Clippers L 111 114 11 24 L 3
36 Wed, Jan 3, 1979 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 108 102 12 24 W 1
37 Fri, Jan 5, 1979 Philadelphia 76ers W 123 96 13 24 W 2
38 Sat, Jan 6, 1979 @ Kansas City Kings L 99 120 13 25 L 1
39 Sun, Jan 7, 1979 Atlanta Hawks W 112 97 14 25 W 1
40 Tue, Jan 9, 1979 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 112 104 15 25 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 10, 1979 @ Seattle Supersonics L 98 118 15 26 L 1
42 Sat, Jan 13, 1979 @ Phoenix Suns W 102 99 16 26 W 1
43 Sun, Jan 14, 1979 @ Denver Nuggets L 109 111 16 27 L 1
44 Wed, Jan 17, 1979 Seattle Supersonics L 102 112 16 28 L 2
45 Fri, Jan 19, 1979 Denver Nuggets L 98 101 16 29 L 3
46 Sat, Jan 20, 1979 @ Washington Bullets L 104 109 16 30 L 4
47 Tue, Jan 23, 1979 @ Atlanta Hawks W 110 107 17 30 W 1
48 Fri, Jan 26, 1979 Boston Celtics W 119 106 18 30 W 2
49 Sun, Jan 28, 1979 San Antonio Spurs W 123 110 19 30 W 3
50 Tue, Jan 30, 1979 Houston Rockets W 112 106 20 30 W 4
51 Fri, Feb 2, 1979 Golden State Warriors W 87 84 21 30 W 5
52 Tue, Feb 6, 1979 @ Chicago Bulls L 107 110 21 31 L 1
53 Wed, Feb 7, 1979 New Jersey Nets L 84 90 21 32 L 2
54 Fri, Feb 9, 1979 @ Boston Celtics L 101 112 21 33 L 3
55 Sun, Feb 11, 1979 Chicago Bulls W 110 108 22 33 W 1
56 Tue, Feb 13, 1979 @ Houston Rockets W 124 120 23 33 W 2
57 Wed, Feb 14, 1979 New York Knickerbockers W 106 97 24 33 W 3
58 Fri, Feb 16, 1979 @ New Jersey Nets W 105 100 25 33 W 4
59 Sun, Feb 18, 1979 Los Angeles Lakers L 111 122 25 34 L 1
60 Wed, Feb 21, 1979 @ Denver Nuggets L 109 114 25 35 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Feb 23, 1979 @ Golden State Warriors W 96 94 26 35 W 1
62 Sun, Feb 25, 1979 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 108 118 26 36 L 1
63 Tue, Feb 27, 1979 @ San Diego Clippers L 107 124 26 37 L 2
64 Wed, Feb 28, 1979 @ Phoenix Suns L 102 103 26 38 L 3
65 Fri, Mar 2, 1979 Golden State Warriors L 98 105 26 39 L 4
66 Wed, Mar 7, 1979 Washington Bullets W 109 105 27 39 W 1
67 Fri, Mar 9, 1979 Portland Trail Blazers W 125 116 28 39 W 2
68 Sun, Mar 11, 1979 Phoenix Suns W 112 111 29 39 W 3
69 Tue, Mar 13, 1979 Detroit Pistons W OT 122 120 30 39 W 4
70 Fri, Mar 16, 1979 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 106 114 30 40 L 1
71 Sat, Mar 17, 1979 @ Detroit Pistons L 98 105 30 41 L 2
72 Wed, Mar 21, 1979 Chicago Bulls W 114 105 31 41 W 1
73 Thu, Mar 22, 1979 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 108 106 32 41 W 2
74 Fri, Mar 23, 1979 Houston Rockets W 141 134 33 41 W 3
75 Sun, Mar 25, 1979 @ San Antonio Spurs W 121 113 34 41 W 4
76 Tue, Mar 27, 1979 @ New Orleans Jazz W 104 101 35 41 W 5
77 Wed, Mar 28, 1979 @ Houston Rockets W 125 124 36 41 W 6
78 Fri, Mar 30, 1979 Milwaukee Bucks L 99 101 36 42 L 1
79 Sat, Mar 31, 1979 @ Kansas City Kings L 101 126 36 43 L 2 at St. Louis, MO
80 Wed, Apr 4, 1979 Cleveland Cavaliers W 102 95 37 43 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 6, 1979 Philadelphia 76ers W 136 118 38 43 W 2
82 Sun, Apr 8, 1979 Kansas City Kings L 101 107 38 44 L 1