1976β77 Indiana Pacers season | |
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Head coach | Bobby Leonard |
Arena | Market Square Arena |
Results | |
Record | 36–46 (.439) |
Place | Division: 5th (
Midwest) Conference: 9th ( Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WTTV |
Radio | WIBC |
The 1976β77 NBA season was Indiana's first season in the NBA and tenth season as a franchise. [1]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 8 | Wil Jonesβ | PF | United States | Albany State |
β In the 1976 ABA Dispersal Draft, ABA and NBA teams selected players that were on the Kentucky Colonels and the Spirits of St. Louis, the two ABA teams that were not included in the ABAβNBA merger in 1976. Wil Jones was a member of the Kentucky Colonels during the 1975β76 ABA season. Because the Pacers were in the ABA before the merger, they did not have any picks in the 1976 NBA draft.
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Buoyed by the sensational playmaking of Don Buse and scoring of Billy Knight, The Pacers hovered around the .500 mark for much of the first half of their inaugural NBA season but a lack of depth and a few injuries blunted the Pacers progress. The Pacers were significantly hampered by injuries to center, Len Elmore, who missed all but six games.
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y- Denver Nuggets | 50 | 32 | .610 | β | 36β5 | 14β27 | 15β5 |
x- Detroit Pistons | 44 | 38 | .537 | 6 | 30β11 | 14β27 | 12β8 |
x- Chicago Bulls | 44 | 38 | .537 | 6 | 31β10 | 13β28 | 10β10 |
Kansas City Kings | 40 | 42 | .488 | 10 | 28β13 | 12β29 | 7β13 |
Indiana Pacers | 36 | 46 | .439 | 14 | 25β16 | 11β30 | 9β11 |
Milwaukee Bucks | 30 | 52 | .366 | 20 | 24β17 | 6β35 | 7β13 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z- Los Angeles Lakers | 53 | 29 | .646 | β |
2 | y- Denver Nuggets | 50 | 32 | .610 | 3 |
3 | x- Portland Trail Blazers | 49 | 33 | .598 | 4 |
4 | x- Golden State Warriors | 46 | 36 | .561 | 7 |
5 | x- Detroit Pistons | 44 | 38 | .537 | 9 |
6 | x- Chicago Bulls | 44 | 38 | .537 | 9 |
7 | Kansas City Kings | 40 | 42 | .488 | 13 |
8 | Seattle SuperSonics | 40 | 42 | .488 | 13 |
9 | Indiana Pacers | 36 | 46 | .439 | 17 |
10 | Phoenix Suns | 34 | 48 | .415 | 19 |
11 | Milwaukee Bucks | 30 | 52 | .366 | 23 |
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Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | KCK | LAL | MIL | NOJ | NYK | NYN | PHI | PHO | POR | SAS | SEA | WAS |
Atlanta | β | 0β4 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 1β3 |
Boston | 4β0 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 0β4 |
Buffalo | 0β4 | 1β3 | β | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 0β4 |
Chicago | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 |
Cleveland | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | β | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 |
Denver | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 |
Detroit | 4β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 |
Golden State | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | β | 2β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 |
Houston | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 0β3 | 2β2 | 1β2 | β | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 |
Indiana | 4β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | β | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 |
Kansas City | 2β1 | 1β3 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
Los Angeles | 2β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | β | 3β1 | 3β0 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 |
Milwaukee | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | β | 1β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 |
New Orleans | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 2β1 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
N.Y. Knicks | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | β | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 2β2 |
N.Y. Nets | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 |
Philadelphia | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | β | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 |
Phoenix | 4β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | β | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 |
Portland | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β2 |
San Antonio | 0β4 | 0β4 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 |
Seattle | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 |
Washington | 3β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | β |
1976β77 Indiana Pacers season | |
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Head coach | Bobby Leonard |
Arena | Market Square Arena |
Results | |
Record | 36–46 (.439) |
Place | Division: 5th (
Midwest) Conference: 9th ( Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WTTV |
Radio | WIBC |
The 1976β77 NBA season was Indiana's first season in the NBA and tenth season as a franchise. [1]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 | Wil Jonesβ | PF | United States | Albany State |
β In the 1976 ABA Dispersal Draft, ABA and NBA teams selected players that were on the Kentucky Colonels and the Spirits of St. Louis, the two ABA teams that were not included in the ABAβNBA merger in 1976. Wil Jones was a member of the Kentucky Colonels during the 1975β76 ABA season. Because the Pacers were in the ABA before the merger, they did not have any picks in the 1976 NBA draft.
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Buoyed by the sensational playmaking of Don Buse and scoring of Billy Knight, The Pacers hovered around the .500 mark for much of the first half of their inaugural NBA season but a lack of depth and a few injuries blunted the Pacers progress. The Pacers were significantly hampered by injuries to center, Len Elmore, who missed all but six games.
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y- Denver Nuggets | 50 | 32 | .610 | β | 36β5 | 14β27 | 15β5 |
x- Detroit Pistons | 44 | 38 | .537 | 6 | 30β11 | 14β27 | 12β8 |
x- Chicago Bulls | 44 | 38 | .537 | 6 | 31β10 | 13β28 | 10β10 |
Kansas City Kings | 40 | 42 | .488 | 10 | 28β13 | 12β29 | 7β13 |
Indiana Pacers | 36 | 46 | .439 | 14 | 25β16 | 11β30 | 9β11 |
Milwaukee Bucks | 30 | 52 | .366 | 20 | 24β17 | 6β35 | 7β13 |
# | |||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z- Los Angeles Lakers | 53 | 29 | .646 | β |
2 | y- Denver Nuggets | 50 | 32 | .610 | 3 |
3 | x- Portland Trail Blazers | 49 | 33 | .598 | 4 |
4 | x- Golden State Warriors | 46 | 36 | .561 | 7 |
5 | x- Detroit Pistons | 44 | 38 | .537 | 9 |
6 | x- Chicago Bulls | 44 | 38 | .537 | 9 |
7 | Kansas City Kings | 40 | 42 | .488 | 13 |
8 | Seattle SuperSonics | 40 | 42 | .488 | 13 |
9 | Indiana Pacers | 36 | 46 | .439 | 17 |
10 | Phoenix Suns | 34 | 48 | .415 | 19 |
11 | Milwaukee Bucks | 30 | 52 | .366 | 23 |
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Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | KCK | LAL | MIL | NOJ | NYK | NYN | PHI | PHO | POR | SAS | SEA | WAS |
Atlanta | β | 0β4 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 1β3 |
Boston | 4β0 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 0β4 |
Buffalo | 0β4 | 1β3 | β | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 0β4 |
Chicago | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 |
Cleveland | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | β | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 |
Denver | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 |
Detroit | 4β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 |
Golden State | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | β | 2β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 |
Houston | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 0β3 | 2β2 | 1β2 | β | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 |
Indiana | 4β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | β | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 |
Kansas City | 2β1 | 1β3 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
Los Angeles | 2β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | β | 3β1 | 3β0 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 |
Milwaukee | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | β | 1β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 |
New Orleans | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 2β1 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
N.Y. Knicks | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | β | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 2β2 |
N.Y. Nets | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 |
Philadelphia | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | β | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 |
Phoenix | 4β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | β | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 |
Portland | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β2 |
San Antonio | 0β4 | 0β4 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 |
Seattle | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 |
Washington | 3β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | β |