1970-71 Indiana Pacers Schedule and Results

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Record: 58-26, Finished 1st in ABA Western Division

Coach: Slick Leonard (58-26)

PTS/G: 119.1 (4th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 113.1 (4th of 11)

SRS: 5.63 (2nd of 11) Pace: 108.1 (9th of 11)

Off Rtg: 109.1 (1st of 11) Def Rtg: 103.6 (4th of 11) Net Rtg: +5.5 (2nd of 11)

Expected W-L: 56-28 (2nd of 11)

Arena: Indiana State Fair Coliseum

ABA 1971 Playoffs:
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Memphis Pros (Series Stats)
Lost ABA Western Division Finals (3-4) versus Utah Stars (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Oct 15, 1970	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		127	95	1	0	W 1	8,570
2	Fri, Oct 16, 1970	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		115	103	2	0	W 2	7,189
3	Sun, Oct 18, 1970	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	W		134	113	3	0	W 3	6,003
4	Mon, Oct 19, 1970	Box Score		The Floridians	W		123	97	4	0	W 4	5,127
5	Wed, Oct 21, 1970	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		125	113	5	0	W 5	4,944		at Charlotte, NC
6	Fri, Oct 23, 1970	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	W		122	118	6	0	W 6	4,328		at Dallas, TX
7	Sat, Oct 24, 1970	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		118	124	6	1	L 1	11,162
8	Sun, Oct 25, 1970	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L	OT	116	122	6	2	L 2	4,191
9	Wed, Oct 28, 1970	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		113	99	7	2	W 1	3,379
10	Sat, Oct 31, 1970	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		104	116	7	3	L 1	4,123
11	Wed, Nov 4, 1970	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		99	102	7	4	L 2	10,511
12	Fri, Nov 6, 1970	Box Score		Memphis Pros	L		93	98	7	5	L 3	7,749
13	Sun, Nov 8, 1970	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		103	111	7	6	L 4	9,059
14	Mon, Nov 9, 1970	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		130	112	8	6	W 1	7,013
15	Thu, Nov 12, 1970	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		135	132	9	6	W 2	2,884
16	Sat, Nov 14, 1970	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		128	119	10	6	W 3	6,013		at Raleigh, NC
17	Tue, Nov 17, 1970	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W	OT	125	122	11	6	W 4	9,367
18	Wed, Nov 18, 1970	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		119	114	12	6	W 5	4,291		at Fort Collins, CO
19	Fri, Nov 20, 1970	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	L		126	140	12	7	L 1	2,942		at Dallas, TX
20	Sat, Nov 21, 1970	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		103	110	12	8	L 2	5,163		at Hampton, VA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Nov 25, 1970	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		109	100	13	8	W 1	10,427
22	Fri, Nov 27, 1970	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		97	99	13	9	L 1	5,073
23	Sun, Nov 29, 1970	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		130	107	14	9	W 1	8,005
24	Wed, Dec 2, 1970	Box Score		Memphis Pros	L		100	106	14	10	L 1	6,235
25	Fri, Dec 4, 1970	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		150	116	15	10	W 1	8,023
26	Wed, Dec 9, 1970	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		129	108	16	10	W 2	12,522		at New York, NY
27	Fri, Dec 11, 1970	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W	2OT	155	148	17	10	W 3	4,611		at Greensboro, NC
28	Sat, Dec 12, 1970	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	W		124	118	18	10	W 4	1,788		at Fort Worth, TX
29	Wed, Dec 16, 1970	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		110	125	18	11	L 1	5,733
30	Fri, Dec 18, 1970	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		129	117	19	11	W 1	4,483
31	Sat, Dec 19, 1970	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	L		117	131	19	12	L 1	8,055
32	Mon, Dec 21, 1970	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		144	115	20	12	W 1	7,991
33	Tue, Dec 22, 1970	Box Score	N	The Floridians	W		131	123	21	12	W 2	8,000		at Louisville, KY
34	Wed, Dec 23, 1970	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L		128	146	21	13	L 1	7,949
35	Sat, Dec 26, 1970	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		115	92	22	13	W 1	5,017
36	Sun, Dec 27, 1970	Box Score	N	Memphis Pros	L		106	109	22	14	L 1	465		at Jackson, MS
37	Tue, Dec 29, 1970	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		106	116	22	15	L 2	4,864
38	Sat, Jan 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		134	132	23	15	W 1	5,733
39	Mon, Jan 4, 1971	Box Score		The Floridians	W		111	99	24	15	W 2	6,489
40	Tue, Jan 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		92	88	25	15	W 3	3,821
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 6, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		111	106	26	15	W 4	8,772
42	Sat, Jan 9, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	W		116	88	27	15	W 5	9,389
43	Mon, Jan 11, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		111	101	28	15	W 6	9,513
44	Fri, Jan 15, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		125	119	29	15	W 7	9,828
45	Sat, Jan 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		115	107	30	15	W 8	4,392
46	Sun, Jan 17, 1971	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		137	124	31	15	W 9	8,473
47	Tue, Jan 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		106	116	31	16	L 1	8,865
48	Thu, Jan 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		118	106	32	16	W 1	3,553
49	Sun, Jan 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		128	130	32	17	L 1	3,127		at Norfolk, VA
50	Tue, Jan 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	L		102	108	32	18	L 2	2,725
51	Wed, Jan 27, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	W		116	100	33	18	W 1	7,429
52	Fri, Jan 29, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		127	123	34	18	W 2	9,901
53	Sun, Jan 31, 1971	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		124	104	35	18	W 3	3,898
54	Wed, Feb 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		111	120	35	19	L 1	11,123
55	Sat, Feb 6, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	W	OT	110	109	36	19	W 1	9,250
56	Sun, Feb 7, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	L	OT	131	133	36	20	L 1	7,742
57	Wed, Feb 10, 1971	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	W		115	104	37	20	W 1	6,224
58	Fri, Feb 12, 1971	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		120	109	38	20	W 2	7,418
59	Sun, Feb 14, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W	OT	116	111	39	20	W 3	7,451
60	Mon, Feb 15, 1971	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	L		118	119	39	21	L 1	7,359
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		126	121	40	21	W 1	5,733
62	Sun, Feb 21, 1971	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		121	107	41	21	W 2	4,427		at Tampa, FL
63	Mon, Feb 22, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		102	99	42	21	W 3	4,229
64	Wed, Feb 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	W		117	113	43	21	W 4	2,164		at Fort Worth, TX
65	Thu, Feb 25, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		109	112	43	22	L 1	10,286
66	Sun, Feb 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	L		110	113	43	23	L 2	3,012
67	Wed, Mar 3, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		122	98	44	23	W 1	7,975
68	Fri, Mar 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W		98	97	45	23	W 2	12,478
69	Sat, Mar 6, 1971	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	W		124	112	46	23	W 3	3,072		at Dallas, TX
70	Sun, Mar 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		127	122	47	23	W 4	10,768
71	Mon, Mar 8, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		118	105	48	23	W 5	7,065
72	Wed, Mar 10, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		122	113	49	23	W 6	7,771
73	Fri, Mar 12, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		106	95	50	23	W 7	10,702
74	Sat, Mar 13, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		111	129	50	24	L 1	2,057		at Roanoke, VA
75	Sun, Mar 14, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		131	121	51	24	W 1	8,052
76	Tue, Mar 16, 1971	Box Score	N	Pittsburgh Condors	W		130	119	52	24	W 2	11,828		at Louisville, KY
77	Wed, Mar 17, 1971	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	W		123	109	53	24	W 3	6,721		at Anderson, IN
78	Fri, Mar 19, 1971	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		120	109	54	24	W 4	10,353
79	Mon, Mar 22, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		110	106	55	24	W 5	9,872
80	Thu, Mar 25, 1971	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		129	110	56	24	W 6	3,707
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	W	OT	127	126	57	24	W 7	4,117		at Dallas, TX
82	Sun, Mar 28, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		146	126	58	24	W 8	10,142
83	Tue, Mar 30, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		112	114	58	25	L 1	8,157
84	Wed, Mar 31, 1971	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	L		129	133	58	26	L 2	7,419

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Apr 2, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		114	98	1	0	W 1	7,562
2	Sat, Apr 3, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		106	104	2	0	W 2	8,701
3	Mon, Apr 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		91	90	3	0	W 3	4,107
4	Wed, Apr 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W	OT	102	101	4	0	W 4	3,681
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
5	Mon, Apr 12, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		118	120	4	1	L 1	7,734
6	Wed, Apr 14, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		120	107	5	1	W 1	9,458
7	Sat, Apr 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		108	121	5	2	L 1	12,711
8	Tue, Apr 20, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		99	126	5	3	L 2	12,761
9	Thu, Apr 22, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		127	109	6	3	W 1	8,279
10	Sat, Apr 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W		105	102	7	3	W 2	13,208
11	Wed, Apr 28, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		101	108	7	4	L 1	11,202

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