1977β78 Indiana Pacers season | |
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Head coach | Bobby Leonard |
Arena | Market Square Arena |
Results | |
Record | 31–51 (.378) |
Place | Division: 5th (
Midwest) Conference: 10th ( Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WTTV |
Radio | WIBC |
The 1977β78 NBA season was Indiana's second season in the National Basketball Association and 11th season as a franchise. [1]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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2 | 29 | Alonzo Bradley | SF | United States | Texas Southern |
3 | 51 | Stan Mayhew | United States | Weber State | |
4 | 73 | George Pendleton | United States | Georgia State | |
5 | 95 | Marvin Jackson | United States | Prairie View A&M | |
6 | 117 | Tom Scheffler | C | United States | Purdue |
1977β78 Indiana Pacers roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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y- Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | β | 33β8 | 15β26 | 11β9 |
x- Milwaukee Bucks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 4 | 28β13 | 16β25 | 14β6 |
Chicago Bulls | 40 | 42 | .488 | 8 | 29β12 | 11β30 | 8β12 |
Detroit Pistons | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10 | 24β17 | 14β27 | 8β12 |
Indiana Pacers | 31 | 51 | .378 | 17 | 21β20 | 10β31 | 8β12 |
Kansas City Kings | 31 | 51 | .378 | 17 | 22β19 | 9β32 | 11β9 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z- Portland Trail Blazers | 58 | 24 | .707 | β |
2 | y- Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 10 |
3 | x- Phoenix Suns | 49 | 33 | .598 | 9 |
4 | x- Seattle SuperSonics | 47 | 35 | .573 | 11 |
5 | x- Los Angeles Lakers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 13 |
6 | x- Milwaukee Bucks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 14 |
7 | Golden State Warriors | 43 | 39 | .524 | 15 |
8 | Chicago Bulls | 40 | 42 | .488 | 18 |
9 | Detroit Pistons | 38 | 44 | .463 | 20 |
10 | Indiana Pacers | 31 | 51 | .378 | 27 |
11 | Kansas City Kings | 31 | 51 | .378 | 27 |
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Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | KCK | LAL | MIL | NJN | NOJ | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SAS | SEA | WAS |
Atlanta | β | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 1β3 |
Boston | 2β2 | β | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β3 |
Buffalo | 1β3 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 |
Chicago | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 |
Cleveland | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 2β2 |
Denver | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | β | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 |
Detroit | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
Golden State | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 |
Houston | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 1β2 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β3 |
Indiana | 1β3 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | β | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 |
Kansas City | 1β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
Los Angeles | 1β3 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | β | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
Milwaukee | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 |
New Jersey | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | β | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 |
New Orleans | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 4β0 | β | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β4 |
New York | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | β | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 |
Philadelphia | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 2β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 |
Phoenix | 1β3 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | β | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 |
Portland | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β1 |
San Antonio | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β2 | 2β2 |
Seattle | 1β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | β | 1β3 |
Washington | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β |
1977β78 game log Total: 31β51 (Home: 27β14; Road: 17β24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 3β2 (home: 3β1; road: 0β1)
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November: 4β11 (home: 2β3; road: 2β8)
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December: 7β4 (home: 5β2; road: 2β2)
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January: 5β11 (home: 4β3; road: 1β8)
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February: 3β11 (home: 2β5; road: 1β6)
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March: 7β10 (home: 5β4; road: 2β6)
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April: 2β2 (home: 0β2; road: 2β0)
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1977β78 schedule |
1977β78 Indiana Pacers season | |
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Head coach | Bobby Leonard |
Arena | Market Square Arena |
Results | |
Record | 31–51 (.378) |
Place | Division: 5th (
Midwest) Conference: 10th ( Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WTTV |
Radio | WIBC |
The 1977β78 NBA season was Indiana's second season in the National Basketball Association and 11th season as a franchise. [1]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 29 | Alonzo Bradley | SF | United States | Texas Southern |
3 | 51 | Stan Mayhew | United States | Weber State | |
4 | 73 | George Pendleton | United States | Georgia State | |
5 | 95 | Marvin Jackson | United States | Prairie View A&M | |
6 | 117 | Tom Scheffler | C | United States | Purdue |
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W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y- Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | β | 33β8 | 15β26 | 11β9 |
x- Milwaukee Bucks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 4 | 28β13 | 16β25 | 14β6 |
Chicago Bulls | 40 | 42 | .488 | 8 | 29β12 | 11β30 | 8β12 |
Detroit Pistons | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10 | 24β17 | 14β27 | 8β12 |
Indiana Pacers | 31 | 51 | .378 | 17 | 21β20 | 10β31 | 8β12 |
Kansas City Kings | 31 | 51 | .378 | 17 | 22β19 | 9β32 | 11β9 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z- Portland Trail Blazers | 58 | 24 | .707 | β |
2 | y- Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 10 |
3 | x- Phoenix Suns | 49 | 33 | .598 | 9 |
4 | x- Seattle SuperSonics | 47 | 35 | .573 | 11 |
5 | x- Los Angeles Lakers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 13 |
6 | x- Milwaukee Bucks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 14 |
7 | Golden State Warriors | 43 | 39 | .524 | 15 |
8 | Chicago Bulls | 40 | 42 | .488 | 18 |
9 | Detroit Pistons | 38 | 44 | .463 | 20 |
10 | Indiana Pacers | 31 | 51 | .378 | 27 |
11 | Kansas City Kings | 31 | 51 | .378 | 27 |
1977β78 NBA Records | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | KCK | LAL | MIL | NJN | NOJ | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SAS | SEA | WAS |
Atlanta | β | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 1β3 |
Boston | 2β2 | β | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β3 |
Buffalo | 1β3 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 |
Chicago | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 |
Cleveland | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 2β2 |
Denver | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | β | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 |
Detroit | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
Golden State | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 |
Houston | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 1β2 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β3 |
Indiana | 1β3 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | β | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 |
Kansas City | 1β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
Los Angeles | 1β3 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | β | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
Milwaukee | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 |
New Jersey | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | β | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 |
New Orleans | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 4β0 | β | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β4 |
New York | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | β | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 |
Philadelphia | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 2β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 |
Phoenix | 1β3 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | β | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 |
Portland | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β1 |
San Antonio | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β2 | 2β2 |
Seattle | 1β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | β | 1β3 |
Washington | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β |
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October: 3β2 (home: 3β1; road: 0β1)
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November: 4β11 (home: 2β3; road: 2β8)
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December: 7β4 (home: 5β2; road: 2β2)
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January: 5β11 (home: 4β3; road: 1β8)
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February: 3β11 (home: 2β5; road: 1β6)
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March: 7β10 (home: 5β4; road: 2β6)
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April: 2β2 (home: 0β2; road: 2β0)
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