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1980-81 Indiana Pacers Roster and Statistics

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44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Jack McKinney (44-38)

Points Per Game: 107.6 (13th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 106.2 (8th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 45-37 (9th of 23)

Arena: Market Square Arena ▪ Attendance: 409,839 (12th of 23)

SRS: 1.72 (9th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 100.9 (14th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 106.4 (11th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.0 (11th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Philadelphia 76ers

1980-81 Indiana Pacers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
5 Tom Abernethy F 6-7 220 May 6, 1954 4 Indiana University
42 Mike Bantom F-C 6-9 200 December 3, 1951 7 Saint Joseph's University
7 Dudley Bradley G-F 6-6 195 March 19, 1957 1 University of North Carolina
10-11 Don Buse G 6-4 190 August 10, 1950 8 University of Evansville
16 Johnny Davis G 6-2 170 October 21, 1955 4 University of Dayton
40 James Edwards C-F 7-0 225 November 22, 1955 3 University of Washington
45 Clemon Johnson C-F 6-10 240 September 12, 1956 2 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
24 George Johnson F-C 6-7 210 December 8, 1956 2 St. John's University
25 Billy Knight G-F 6-6 195 June 9, 1952 6 University of Pittsburgh
30 George McGinnis F-C 6-8 235 August 12, 1950 9 Indiana University
44 Dick Miller F 6-6 215 April 26, 1958 R University of Toledo
3 Kenny Natt G 6-3 185 October 5, 1958 R University of Louisiana at Monroe
55 Louis Orr F 6-8 175 May 7, 1958 R Syracuse University
14 Jerry Sichting G 6-1 168 November 29, 1956 R Purdue 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 82 19730 3491 7245 .482 30 169 .178 1815 2540 .715 1325 2267 3592 2091 833 484 1491 2006 8827 107.6
Opponent 82 19730 3457 7071 .489 41 179 .229 1757 2290 .767 1246 2407 3653 2113 695 439 1655 2064 8712 106.2

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 Billy Knight 28 82 2385 546 1025 .533 3 19 .158 341 410 .832 191 219 410 157 84 12 177 155 1436
2 James Edwards 25 81 2375 511 1004 .509 0 3 .000 244 347 .703 191 380 571 212 32 128 164 304 1266
3 Johnny Davis 25 76 2536 426 917 .465 4 33 .121 238 299 .796 56 114 170 480 95 14 167 179 1094
4 Mike Bantom 29 76 2375 431 882 .489 0 6 .000 199 281 .708 150 277 427 240 80 85 197 284 1061
5 George McGinnis 30 69 1845 348 768 .453 0 7 .000 207 385 .538 164 364 528 210 99 28 221 242 903
6 Louis Orr 22 82 1787 348 709 .491 0 6 .000 163 202 .807 172 189 361 132 55 25 123 153 859
7 Dudley Bradley 23 82 1867 265 559 .474 2 16 .125 125 178 .702 70 123 193 188 186 37 122 236 657
8 Clemon Johnson 24 81 1643 235 466 .504 0 1 .000 112 189 .593 173 295 468 144 44 119 121 185 582
9 George Johnson 24 43 930 182 394 .462 0 5 .000 93 122 .762 99 179 278 86 47 23 85 120 457
10 Don Buse 30 58 1095 114 287 .397 19 58 .328 50 65 .769 19 65 84 140 74 8 38 61 297
11 Jerry Sichting 24 47 450 34 95 .358 0 5 .000 25 32 .781 11 32 43 70 23 1 28 38 93
12 Kenny Natt 22 19 149 25 77 .325 2 8 .250 7 11 .636 9 6 15 10 5 1 10 18 59
13 Tom Abernethy 26 29 259 24 56 .429 0 1 .000 11 19 .579 19 21 40 18 6 3 6 29 59
14 Dick Miller 22 5 34 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 1 3 4 4 3 0 4 2 4

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 Billy Knight 28 82 29.1 6.7 12.5 .533 0.0 0.2 .158 4.2 5.0 .832 2.3 2.7 5.0 1.9 1.0 0.1 2.2 1.9 17.5
2 James Edwards 25 81 29.3 6.3 12.4 .509 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 4.3 .703 2.4 4.7 7.0 2.6 0.4 1.6 2.0 3.8 15.6
3 Johnny Davis 25 76 33.4 5.6 12.1 .465 0.1 0.4 .121 3.1 3.9 .796 0.7 1.5 2.2 6.3 1.3 0.2 2.2 2.4 14.4
4 Mike Bantom 29 76 31.3 5.7 11.6 .489 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 3.7 .708 2.0 3.6 5.6 3.2 1.1 1.1 2.6 3.7 14.0
5 George McGinnis 30 69 26.7 5.0 11.1 .453 0.0 0.1 .000 3.0 5.6 .538 2.4 5.3 7.7 3.0 1.4 0.4 3.2 3.5 13.1
6 George Johnson 24 43 21.6 4.2 9.2 .462 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 2.8 .762 2.3 4.2 6.5 2.0 1.1 0.5 2.0 2.8 10.6
7 Louis Orr 22 82 21.8 4.2 8.6 .491 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.5 .807 2.1 2.3 4.4 1.6 0.7 0.3 1.5 1.9 10.5
8 Dudley Bradley 23 82 22.8 3.2 6.8 .474 0.0 0.2 .125 1.5 2.2 .702 0.9 1.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 0.5 1.5 2.9 8.0
9 Clemon Johnson 24 81 20.3 2.9 5.8 .504 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.3 .593 2.1 3.6 5.8 1.8 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.3 7.2
10 Don Buse 30 58 18.9 2.0 4.9 .397 0.3 1.0 .328 0.9 1.1 .769 0.3 1.1 1.4 2.4 1.3 0.1 0.7 1.1 5.1
11 Kenny Natt 22 19 7.8 1.3 4.1 .325 0.1 0.4 .250 0.4 0.6 .636 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.9 3.1
12 Jerry Sichting 24 47 9.6 0.7 2.0 .358 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 0.7 .781 0.2 0.7 0.9 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.8 2.0
13 Tom Abernethy 26 29 8.9 0.8 1.9 .429 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.7 .579 0.7 0.7 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.0 2.0
14 Dick Miller 22 5 6.8 0.4 1.2 .333 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.8 0.4 0.8

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 28 82 2385 8.2 15.5 .533 0.0 0.3 .158 5.1 6.2 .832 2.9 3.3 6.2 2.4 1.3 0.2 2.7 2.3 21.7
2 James Edwards 25 81 2375 7.7 15.2 .509 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 5.3 .703 2.9 5.8 8.7 3.2 0.5 1.9 2.5 4.6 19.2
3 George Johnson 24 43 930 7.0 15.3 .462 0.0 0.2 .000 3.6 4.7 .762 3.8 6.9 10.8 3.3 1.8 0.9 3.3 4.6 17.7
4 George McGinnis 30 69 1845 6.8 15.0 .453 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 7.5 .538 3.2 7.1 10.3 4.1 1.9 0.5 4.3 4.7 17.6
5 Louis Orr 22 82 1787 7.0 14.3 .491 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 4.1 .807 3.5 3.8 7.3 2.7 1.1 0.5 2.5 3.1 17.3
6 Mike Bantom 29 76 2375 6.5 13.4 .489 0.0 0.1 .000 3.0 4.3 .708 2.3 4.2 6.5 3.6 1.2 1.3 3.0 4.3 16.1
7 Johnny Davis 25 76 2536 6.0 13.0 .465 0.1 0.5 .121 3.4 4.2 .796 0.8 1.6 2.4 6.8 1.3 0.2 2.4 2.5 15.5
8 Kenny Natt 22 19 149 6.0 18.6 .325 0.5 1.9 .250 1.7 2.7 .636 2.2 1.4 3.6 2.4 1.2 0.2 2.4 4.3 14.3
9 Clemon Johnson 24 81 1643 5.1 10.2 .504 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 4.1 .593 3.8 6.5 10.3 3.2 1.0 2.6 2.7 4.1 12.8
10 Dudley Bradley 23 82 1867 5.1 10.8 .474 0.0 0.3 .125 2.4 3.4 .702 1.3 2.4 3.7 3.6 3.6 0.7 2.4 4.6 12.7
11 Don Buse 30 58 1095 3.7 9.4 .397 0.6 1.9 .328 1.6 2.1 .769 0.6 2.1 2.8 4.6 2.4 0.3 1.2 2.0 9.8
12 Tom Abernethy 26 29 259 3.3 7.8 .429 0.0 0.1 .000 1.5 2.6 .579 2.6 2.9 5.6 2.5 0.8 0.4 0.8 4.0 8.2
13 Jerry Sichting 24 47 450 2.7 7.6 .358 0.0 0.4 .000 2.0 2.6 .781 0.9 2.6 3.4 5.6 1.8 0.1 2.2 3.0 7.4
14 Dick Miller 22 5 34 2.1 6.4 .333 0.0 1.1 .000 0.0 0.0 1.1 3.2 4.2 4.2 3.2 0.0 4.2 2.1 4.2

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 Billy Knight 28 82 2385 19.9 .596 .534 8.5 10.3 9.4 10.0 1.7 0.3 12.8 23.2 117 107 6.5 1.9 8.4
2 James Edwards 25 81 2375 18.2 .547 .509 8.5 18.0 13.1 13.3 0.6 3.1 12.4 22.3 111 105 4.4 2.6 7.0
3 Johnny Davis 25 76 2536 15.2 .522 .467 2.3 5.0 3.7 26.4 1.8 0.3 13.7 19.2 110 109 4.1 1.6 5.7
4 Mike Bantom 29 76 2375 14.5 .528 .489 6.7 13.1 9.8 14.4 1.6 2.0 16.4 20.3 103 105 1.8 2.5 4.4
5 Louis Orr 22 82 1787 16.1 .538 .491 10.2 11.9 11.0 10.7 1.5 0.8 13.4 20.6 110 107 2.8 1.5 4.3
6 Dudley Bradley 23 82 1867 13.7 .515 .476 4.0 7.4 5.6 13.6 4.7 1.1 16.1 16.3 103 101 1.0 2.9 3.9
7 Clemon Johnson 24 81 1643 15.6 .530 .504 11.1 20.2 15.5 11.8 1.3 4.1 18.1 16.3 105 102 1.4 2.3 3.7
8 George Johnson 24 43 930 17.4 .510 .462 11.3 21.6 16.3 13.4 2.4 1.4 16.0 22.9 103 101 0.7 1.4 2.2
9 Don Buse 30 58 1095 11.7 .471 .430 1.8 6.7 4.2 16.4 3.2 0.4 10.7 12.9 107 105 0.9 1.2 2.0
10 George McGinnis 30 69 1845 14.9 .482 .453 9.4 22.2 15.6 16.4 2.6 0.9 19.1 25.1 93 101 -1.1 2.9 1.7
11 Tom Abernethy 26 29 259 8.7 .458 .429 7.8 9.1 8.4 8.8 1.1 0.7 8.5 10.9 109 108 0.2 0.2 0.4
12 Jerry Sichting 24 47 450 8.4 .426 .358 2.6 8.0 5.2 19.2 2.4 0.1 20.4 12.2 94 107 -0.1 0.4 0.3
13 Dick Miller 22 5 34 4.4 .333 .333 3.1 9.9 6.4 14.2 4.2 0.0 40.0 11.8 61 103 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
14 Kenny Natt 22 19 149 5.2 .360 .338 6.4 4.5 5.5 9.4 1.6 0.4 10.9 24.7 82 109 -0.3 0.1 -0.2

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 Johnny Davis 25 2 74 14 35 0 1 12 13 2 8 11 2 0 1 6 40 .400 .000 .923 37.0 20.0 4.0 5.5
2 Billy Knight 28 2 71 16 30 0 0 5 8 6 12 5 1 0 5 5 37 .533 .625 35.5 18.5 6.0 2.5
3 Mike Bantom 29 2 51 12 16 0 0 5 7 5 8 1 1 1 6 10 29 .750 .714 25.5 14.5 4.0 0.5
4 Louis Orr 22 2 56 9 25 0 0 6 7 6 10 4 5 1 6 4 24 .360 .857 28.0 12.0 5.0 2.0
5 Clemon Johnson 24 2 55 5 12 0 0 5 10 10 20 3 4 2 3 3 15 .417 .500 27.5 7.5 10.0 1.5
6 James Edwards 25 2 56 7 24 0 0 0 0 4 14 5 1 1 4 8 14 .292 28.0 7.0 7.0 2.5
7 George Johnson 24 2 23 5 8 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 1 10 .625 11.5 5.0 2.0 0.5
8 George McGinnis 30 2 39 3 15 0 0 4 8 2 10 7 2 0 5 6 10 .200 .500 19.5 5.0 5.0 3.5
9 Dudley Bradley 23 2 19 3 9 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 5 4 9 .333 1.000 1.000 9.5 4.5 1.0 1.0
10 Don Buse 30 2 35 1 8 1 4 2 2 0 5 7 3 0 2 4 5 .125 .250 1.000 17.5 2.5 2.5 3.5
11 Jerry Sichting 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 Johnny Davis 25 2 74 17.7 .491 .400 2.4 9.7 5.6 25.1 1.3 0.0 2.4 22.0 119 109 0.2 0.0 0.2
2 Mike Bantom 29 2 51 16.0 .760 .750 8.9 7.1 8.1 3.6 0.9 1.1 23.9 19.2 113 109 0.1 0.0 0.1
3 Clemon Johnson 24 2 55 16.2 .457 .417 16.5 21.8 18.8 7.9 3.4 2.1 15.5 13.8 101 101 0.0 0.1 0.1
4 Billy Knight 28 2 71 15.2 .552 .533 7.7 10.1 8.7 12.7 0.7 0.0 13.0 21.2 107 110 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 George Johnson 24 2 23 12.1 .625 .625 3.9 15.7 9.0 7.7 0.0 0.0 20.0 17.0 100 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Louis Orr 22 2 56 12.4 .427 .360 9.7 8.6 9.2 11.5 4.1 1.0 17.6 23.7 87 103 -0.1 0.1 0.0
7 Don Buse 30 2 35 7.4 .282 .188 0.0 17.1 7.4 26.6 4.0 0.0 18.4 12.1 77 102 -0.1 0.0 0.0
8 Jerry Sichting 24 1 1 46.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 46.4 0.0 0.0 24 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 George McGinnis 30 2 39 3.0 .270 .200 4.6 24.6 13.2 25.5 2.4 0.0 21.3 23.5 63 104 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
10 James Edwards 25 2 56 3.5 .292 .292 6.5 21.4 12.9 13.6 0.8 1.0 14.3 19.5 69 106 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
11 Dudley Bradley 23 2 19 3.8 .455 .389 4.8 6.3 5.4 16.9 4.9 0.0 33.6 30.6 69 102 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 James Edwards $700,000
2 George McGinnis $500,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)