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1986-87 Indiana Pacers Roster and Statistics

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41-41, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Jack Ramsay (41-41)

Points Per Game: 106.1 (18th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 106.7 (7th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 39-43 (13th of 23)

Arena: Market Square Arena ▪ Attendance: 520,007 (10th of 23)

SRS: -0.17 (13th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 98.8 (18th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 106.0 (16th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.6 (8th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Atlanta Hawks

1986-87 Indiana Pacers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
15 Ron Anderson F-G 6-7 215 October 15, 1958 2 California State University, Fresno
7 Michael Brooks F 6-7 220 August 17, 1958 4 La Salle University
54 Greg Dreiling C 7-1 250 November 7, 1963 R University of Kansas
10 Vern Fleming G 6-5 185 February 4, 1962 2 University of Georgia
55 Stuart Gray C-F 7-0 235 May 27, 1963 2 University of California, Los Angeles
33 Clark Kellogg F 6-7 225 July 2, 1961 4 Ohio State University
25 John Long G-F 6-5 195 August 28, 1956 8 University of Detroit Mercy
44 Kyle Macy G 6-3 175 April 9, 1957 6 University of Kentucky
45 Chuck Person F 6-8 220 June 27, 1964 R Auburn University
4 Clint Richardson G 6-3 195 August 7, 1956 7 Seattle University
31 Walker Russell G 6-5 195 October 26, 1960 4 Western Michigan University
40 Steve Stipanovich C 6-11 245 November 17, 1960 3 University of Missouri
23 Wayman Tisdale F-C 6-9 240 June 9, 1964 1 University of Oklahoma
50 Pete Verhoeven F 6-9 215 February 15, 1959 5 California State University, Fresno
32 Herb Williams C-F 6-10 242 February 16, 1958 5 Ohio 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 82 19930 3454 7324 .472 94 316 .297 1696 2170 .782 1132 2464 3596 2170 697 311 1276 2097 8698 106.1
Opponent 82 19930 3344 6969 .480 103 345 .299 1960 2584 .759 1117 2584 3701 2019 660 472 1416 1852 8751 106.7

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 Chuck Person 22 82 78 2956 635 1358 .468 49 138 .355 222 297 .747 168 509 677 295 90 16 211 310 1541
2 John Long 30 80 68 2265 490 1170 .419 19 67 .284 219 246 .890 75 142 217 258 96 8 153 167 1218
3 Wayman Tisdale 22 81 15 2159 458 892 .513 0 2 .000 258 364 .709 217 258 475 117 50 26 139 293 1174
4 Herb Williams 28 74 67 2526 451 939 .480 0 9 .000 199 269 .740 143 400 543 174 59 93 145 255 1101
5 Steve Stipanovich 26 81 81 2761 382 760 .503 1 4 .250 307 367 .837 184 486 670 180 106 97 130 304 1072
6 Vern Fleming 24 82 82 2549 370 727 .509 2 10 .200 238 302 .788 109 225 334 473 109 18 167 222 980
7 Clint Richardson 30 78 14 1396 218 467 .467 6 17 .353 59 74 .797 51 92 143 241 49 7 85 106 501
8 Kyle Macy 29 76 0 1250 164 341 .481 14 46 .304 34 41 .829 25 88 113 197 59 7 58 136 376
9 Ron Anderson 28 63 0 721 139 294 .473 0 5 .000 85 108 .787 73 78 151 54 31 3 55 65 363
10 Walker Russell 26 48 0 511 64 165 .388 2 16 .125 27 37 .730 18 37 55 129 20 5 60 62 157
11 Stuart Gray 23 55 1 456 41 101 .406 0 0 28 39 .718 39 90 129 26 10 28 36 93 110
12 Greg Dreiling 23 24 0 128 16 37 .432 0 0 10 12 .833 12 31 43 7 2 2 7 42 42
13 Michael Brooks 28 10 0 148 13 37 .351 0 0 7 10 .700 9 19 28 11 9 0 11 19 33
14 Clark Kellogg 25 4 4 60 8 22 .364 1 2 .500 3 4 .750 7 4 11 6 5 0 4 12 20
15 Pete Verhoeven 27 5 0 44 5 14 .357 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 2 2 1 0 11 10

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 Chuck Person 22 82 78 36.0 7.7 16.6 .468 0.6 1.7 .355 2.7 3.6 .747 2.0 6.2 8.3 3.6 1.1 0.2 2.6 3.8 18.8
2 John Long 30 80 68 28.3 6.1 14.6 .419 0.2 0.8 .284 2.7 3.1 .890 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.2 1.2 0.1 1.9 2.1 15.2
3 Herb Williams 28 74 67 34.1 6.1 12.7 .480 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 3.6 .740 1.9 5.4 7.3 2.4 0.8 1.3 2.0 3.4 14.9
4 Wayman Tisdale 22 81 15 26.7 5.7 11.0 .513 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 4.5 .709 2.7 3.2 5.9 1.4 0.6 0.3 1.7 3.6 14.5
5 Steve Stipanovich 26 81 81 34.1 4.7 9.4 .503 0.0 0.0 .250 3.8 4.5 .837 2.3 6.0 8.3 2.2 1.3 1.2 1.6 3.8 13.2
6 Vern Fleming 24 82 82 31.1 4.5 8.9 .509 0.0 0.1 .200 2.9 3.7 .788 1.3 2.7 4.1 5.8 1.3 0.2 2.0 2.7 12.0
7 Clint Richardson 30 78 14 17.9 2.8 6.0 .467 0.1 0.2 .353 0.8 0.9 .797 0.7 1.2 1.8 3.1 0.6 0.1 1.1 1.4 6.4
8 Ron Anderson 28 63 0 11.4 2.2 4.7 .473 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 1.7 .787 1.2 1.2 2.4 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.9 1.0 5.8
9 Clark Kellogg 25 4 4 15.0 2.0 5.5 .364 0.3 0.5 .500 0.8 1.0 .750 1.8 1.0 2.8 1.5 1.3 0.0 1.0 3.0 5.0
10 Kyle Macy 29 76 0 16.4 2.2 4.5 .481 0.2 0.6 .304 0.4 0.5 .829 0.3 1.2 1.5 2.6 0.8 0.1 0.8 1.8 4.9
11 Walker Russell 26 48 0 10.6 1.3 3.4 .388 0.0 0.3 .125 0.6 0.8 .730 0.4 0.8 1.1 2.7 0.4 0.1 1.3 1.3 3.3
12 Michael Brooks 28 10 0 14.8 1.3 3.7 .351 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 .700 0.9 1.9 2.8 1.1 0.9 0.0 1.1 1.9 3.3
13 Stuart Gray 23 55 1 8.3 0.7 1.8 .406 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.7 .718 0.7 1.6 2.3 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.7 1.7 2.0
14 Pete Verhoeven 27 5 0 8.8 1.0 2.8 .357 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.0 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 2.2 2.0
15 Greg Dreiling 23 24 0 5.3 0.7 1.5 .432 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5 .833 0.5 1.3 1.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.8 1.8

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 Wayman Tisdale 22 81 15 2159 7.6 14.9 .513 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 6.1 .709 3.6 4.3 7.9 2.0 0.8 0.4 2.3 4.9 19.6
2 John Long 30 80 68 2265 7.8 18.6 .419 0.3 1.1 .284 3.5 3.9 .890 1.2 2.3 3.4 4.1 1.5 0.1 2.4 2.7 19.4
3 Chuck Person 22 82 78 2956 7.7 16.5 .468 0.6 1.7 .355 2.7 3.6 .747 2.0 6.2 8.2 3.6 1.1 0.2 2.6 3.8 18.8
4 Ron Anderson 28 63 0 721 6.9 14.7 .473 0.0 0.2 .000 4.2 5.4 .787 3.6 3.9 7.5 2.7 1.5 0.1 2.7 3.2 18.1
5 Herb Williams 28 74 67 2526 6.4 13.4 .480 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.8 .740 2.0 5.7 7.7 2.5 0.8 1.3 2.1 3.6 15.7
6 Steve Stipanovich 26 81 81 2761 5.0 9.9 .503 0.0 0.1 .250 4.0 4.8 .837 2.4 6.3 8.7 2.3 1.4 1.3 1.7 4.0 14.0
7 Vern Fleming 24 82 82 2549 5.2 10.3 .509 0.0 0.1 .200 3.4 4.3 .788 1.5 3.2 4.7 6.7 1.5 0.3 2.4 3.1 13.8
8 Clint Richardson 30 78 14 1396 5.6 12.0 .467 0.2 0.4 .353 1.5 1.9 .797 1.3 2.4 3.7 6.2 1.3 0.2 2.2 2.7 12.9
9 Clark Kellogg 25 4 4 60 4.8 13.2 .364 0.6 1.2 .500 1.8 2.4 .750 4.2 2.4 6.6 3.6 3.0 0.0 2.4 7.2 12.0
10 Greg Dreiling 23 24 0 128 4.5 10.4 .432 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.4 .833 3.4 8.7 12.1 2.0 0.6 0.6 2.0 11.8 11.8
11 Walker Russell 26 48 0 511 4.5 11.6 .388 0.1 1.1 .125 1.9 2.6 .730 1.3 2.6 3.9 9.1 1.4 0.4 4.2 4.4 11.1
12 Kyle Macy 29 76 0 1250 4.7 9.8 .481 0.4 1.3 .304 1.0 1.2 .829 0.7 2.5 3.3 5.7 1.7 0.2 1.7 3.9 10.8
13 Stuart Gray 23 55 1 456 3.2 8.0 .406 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.1 .718 3.1 7.1 10.2 2.1 0.8 2.2 2.8 7.3 8.7
14 Pete Verhoeven 27 5 0 44 4.1 11.5 .357 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 4.1 5.7 1.6 1.6 0.8 0.0 9.0 8.2
15 Michael Brooks 28 10 0 148 3.2 9.0 .351 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.4 .700 2.2 4.6 6.8 2.7 2.2 0.0 2.7 4.6 8.0

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 Steve Stipanovich 26 81 2761 15.9 .582 .503 7.1 19.6 13.3 9.0 1.9 2.1 12.4 15.9 117 104 4.6 4.4 9.0
2 Vern Fleming 24 82 2549 15.8 .570 .510 4.6 9.8 7.2 25.7 2.1 0.4 16.3 16.8 114 107 4.0 2.9 7.0
3 Wayman Tisdale 22 81 2159 16.3 .558 .513 10.8 13.3 12.0 8.3 1.1 0.7 11.7 23.0 111 108 3.2 2.3 5.6
4 Chuck Person 22 82 2956 15.6 .518 .486 6.1 19.2 12.5 15.3 1.5 0.3 12.4 24.0 103 106 1.5 3.9 5.4
5 Herb Williams 28 74 2526 14.1 .521 .480 6.1 17.6 11.7 10.0 1.1 2.2 12.1 19.9 104 106 1.3 3.4 4.7
6 Kyle Macy 29 76 1250 11.7 .524 .501 2.1 7.8 4.9 21.4 2.3 0.3 13.9 13.9 108 107 1.0 1.4 2.4
7 Clint Richardson 30 78 1396 12.8 .501 .473 3.9 7.3 5.6 24.3 1.7 0.3 14.5 17.5 104 109 0.7 1.3 2.1
8 John Long 30 80 2265 13.8 .476 .427 3.6 7.0 5.2 17.5 2.1 0.2 10.7 26.4 99 108 -0.3 2.3 2.1
9 Ron Anderson 28 63 721 16.0 .531 .473 10.9 12.0 11.4 11.1 2.1 0.3 13.9 22.9 106 107 0.6 0.9 1.5
10 Stuart Gray 23 55 456 8.0 .465 .406 9.2 22.0 15.5 7.3 1.1 3.7 23.4 14.1 90 103 -0.4 0.8 0.4
11 Greg Dreiling 23 24 128 8.6 .497 .432 10.1 27.0 18.4 7.4 0.8 0.9 14.2 16.1 103 104 0.0 0.2 0.2
12 Clark Kellogg 25 4 60 10.2 .421 .386 12.5 7.4 10.0 13.6 4.0 0.0 14.4 19.3 95 104 0.0 0.1 0.1
13 Pete Verhoeven 27 5 44 5.2 .357 .357 4.9 12.6 8.7 6.0 2.2 1.4 0.0 13.3 92 105 0.0 0.1 0.0
14 Michael Brooks 28 10 148 6.4 .399 .351 6.5 14.3 10.3 9.5 3.0 0.0 21.0 14.8 82 104 -0.2 0.2 0.0
15 Walker Russell 26 48 511 9.5 .433 .394 3.8 8.1 5.9 34.1 1.9 0.6 24.9 19.7 88 108 -0.7 0.5 -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 Chuck Person 22 4 159 38 74 2 8 30 39 6 33 20 5 2 15 14 108 .514 .250 .769 39.8 27.0 8.3 5.0
2 Steve Stipanovich 26 4 149 21 38 0 1 13 19 7 30 3 3 2 4 14 55 .553 .000 .684 37.3 13.8 7.5 0.8
3 Wayman Tisdale 22 4 108 19 31 0 0 13 23 5 16 9 1 0 5 17 51 .613 .565 27.0 12.8 4.0 2.3
4 Vern Fleming 24 4 141 13 36 0 1 23 30 9 26 24 4 1 10 15 49 .361 .000 .767 35.3 12.3 6.5 6.0
5 Herb Williams 28 4 134 20 34 0 0 7 13 3 20 7 0 1 11 12 47 .588 .538 33.5 11.8 5.0 1.8
6 John Long 30 4 109 16 52 1 6 11 13 2 6 9 6 0 5 16 44 .308 .167 .846 27.3 11.0 1.5 2.3
7 Clint Richardson 30 4 73 7 12 0 1 2 4 3 10 8 0 0 5 12 16 .583 .000 .500 18.3 4.0 2.5 2.0
8 Kyle Macy 29 4 49 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 3 5 1 0 3 7 4 .333 .000 .000 12.3 1.0 0.8 1.3
9 Ron Anderson 28 4 24 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .500 6.0 1.0 0.8 0.0
10 Stuart Gray 23 3 14 0 1 0 0 2 4 2 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .500 4.7 0.7 2.3 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 Chuck Person 22 4 159 22.4 .592 .527 4.6 20.8 12.7 26.2 1.7 0.9 14.1 31.2 111 104 0.2 0.3 0.5
2 Steve Stipanovich 26 4 149 13.5 .593 .553 5.8 18.9 12.4 3.5 1.1 0.9 7.9 15.8 117 106 0.2 0.3 0.4
3 Vern Fleming 24 4 141 13.5 .498 .361 7.9 14.7 11.3 27.2 1.5 0.5 16.9 19.6 105 106 0.0 0.2 0.3
4 Wayman Tisdale 22 4 108 14.7 .620 .613 5.7 12.5 9.1 15.4 0.5 0.0 10.8 19.9 119 109 0.2 0.2 0.3
5 Herb Williams 28 4 134 8.5 .592 .588 2.8 15.5 9.2 9.2 0.0 0.5 21.7 17.7 95 109 -0.1 0.2 0.1
6 Clint Richardson 30 4 73 5.9 .581 .583 5.1 11.7 8.4 17.6 0.0 0.0 26.7 12.0 100 110 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 Kyle Macy 29 4 49 -0.4 .311 .333 0.0 7.5 3.8 15.1 1.1 0.0 31.8 9.0 62 109 -0.1 0.1 0.0
8 Stuart Gray 23 3 14 8.3 .362 .000 17.6 43.7 30.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 110 102 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Ron Anderson 28 4 24 5.8 .500 .500 10.3 5.1 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.8 120 112 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 John Long 30 4 109 6.2 .381 .317 2.3 4.5 3.4 14.4 2.9 0.0 8.0 26.9 83 106 -0.3 0.2 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Wayman Tisdale *$993,500
2 Herb Williams *$629,167
3 Steve Stipanovich *$620,000
4 John Long *$362,500
5 Vern Fleming *$228,750
6 Stuart Gray *$171,600
7 Ron Anderson *$157,500
8 Michael Brooks *$92,857
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)