1981–82 Indiana Pacers season

1981–82 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach	Jack McKinney
Arena	Market Square Arena
Results
Record	35–47 (.427)
Place	Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1981-82 NBA season was Indiana's 6th season in the NBA and 15th season as a franchise.^[1]

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1981 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	14	Herb Williams	C	United States	Ohio State
2	36	Ray Blume	C	United States	Oregon State
2	37	Al Leslie	SG	United States	Bucknell
3	60	Purvis Miller	SF	United States	USC

Roster

1981-82 Indiana Pacers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	From
4.0 !F	42	USA !	Bantom, Mike	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1951–12–3	Saint Joseph's
1.5 !G	10	USA !	Buse, Don	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1950–8–10	Evansville
1.5 !G	12	USA !	Carter, Butch	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1958–6–11	Indiana
1.5 !G	16	USA !	Davis, Johnny	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1955–10–21	Dayton
5.5 !F/C	45	USA !	Johnson, Clemon	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1956–09–12	Florida A&M
4.0 !F	24	USA !	Johnson, George	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1956–12–8	St. John's
2.5 !G/F	25	USA !	Knight, Billy	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1952–06–9	Pittsburgh
4.0 !F	30	USA !	McGinnis, George	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1950-08-12	Indiana
4.0 !F	55	USA !	Orr, Louis	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1958–05–7	Syracuse
5.5 !F/C	26	USA !	Owens, Tom	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1949–06–28	South Carolina
1.5 !G	14	USA !	Sichting, Jerry	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	1956–11–29	Purdue
1.5 !G	11	USA !	Townsend, Raymond	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1955–12–20	UCLA
5.5 !F/C	32	USA !	Williams, Herb	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	1958–02–16	Ohio State

Head coach

Jack McKinney

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2012–10–10

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	55	27	.671	–	31–10	24–17	24–6
x-Atlanta Hawks	42	40	.512	13.0	24–17	18–23	15–14
Detroit Pistons	39	43	.476	16.0	23–18	16–25	19–11
Indiana Pacers	35	47	.427	20.0	25–16	10–31	14–16
Chicago Bulls	34	48	.415	21.0	22–19	12–29	12–17
Cleveland Cavaliers	15	67	.183	40.0	9–32	6–35	5–25

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	63	19	.768	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	55	27	.671	8
3	x-Philadelphia 76ers	58	24	.707	5
4	x-New Jersey Nets	44	38	.537	19
5	x-Washington Bullets	43	39	.524	20
6	x-Atlanta Hawks	42	40	.512	21

7	Detroit Pistons	39	43	.476	24
8	Indiana Pacers	35	47	.427	28
9	Chicago Bulls	34	48	.415	29
10	New York Knicks	33	49	.402	30
11	Cleveland Cavaliers	15	67	.183	48

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1981-82 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–2	5–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–4
Boston	5–1	—	4–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	5–1	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	6–0
Chicago	3–2	2–4	—	5–1	1–1	1–1	0–6	0–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–5	2–4	3–2	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4
Cleveland	2–4	0–5	1–5	—	2–0	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–2	0–6	0–6	0–6	0–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–5
Dallas	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	—	1–5	1–1	0–5	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–3	1–5	2–3	1–4	3–3	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	—	1–1	3–2	5–1	0–2	4–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–3	2–4	5–0	2–3	3–3	2–0
Detroit	4–2	0–6	6–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–0	2–4	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–4	3–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–4
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–3	0–2	—	1–4	2–0	3–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–2	2–4	3–2	5–1	1–5	3–2	1–1
Houston	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–5	0–2	4–1	—	2–0	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	3–3	4–1	2–3	6–0	2–0
Indiana	2–4	1–5	3–3	5–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	0–2	0–2	—	1–1	0–2	0–6	4–2	3–2	0–6	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–5
Kansas City	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–4	0–2	2–3	3–3	1–1	—	1–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	0–5	1–5	4–1	2–3	3–3	0–2
Los Angeles	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–1	4–1	2–0	3–3	4–1	2–0	4–1	—	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2	5–1	2–3	5–1	4–2	5–0	2–0
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	5–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	—	4–1	3–3	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–2
New Jersey	2–3	1–5	4–2	6–0	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–4	—	4–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–2
New York	1–5	1–5	2–3	6–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	2–0	3–3	2–4	—	1–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–5
Philadelphia	3–3	2–4	5–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	6–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	5–1	—	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	6–0
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	3–2	2–0	2–4	2–3	1–1	3–2	2–4	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	3–3	4–1	4–2	3–3	3–2	1–1
Portland	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	2–0	4–2	1–4	1–1	5–0	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–3	—	3–2	4–2	3–3	4–1	0–2
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–3	3–3	0–2	5–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–4	2–3	—	3–2	4–1	3–3	1–1
San Diego	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	0–5	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	1–4	1–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	2–3	—	1–5	1–4	0–2
Seattle	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–2	1–1	5–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–4	5–1	—	5–0	1–1
Utah	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–1	2–3	0–6	1–1	3–3	0–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	3–3	4–1	0–5	—	1–1
Washington	4–2	0–6	4–2	5–1	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	0–2	5–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–4	5–1	0–6	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	—

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

References

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Indiana Pacers

Founded in 1967 Based in Indianapolis, Indiana

Franchise	Franchise Team history ABA–NBA merger All-time roster Draft history Seasons Head coaches Current season

Arenas	Indiana State Fair Coliseum Market Square Arena Bankers Life Fieldhouse

General managers	Storen Weissert Leonard Vertlieb Salyers Walsh Kahn Morway Pritchard

D-League affiliate	Fort Wayne Mad Ants

Administration	Herb Simon (Owner, Chairman and CEO) Larry Bird (President) Kevin Pritchard (GM) Nate McMillan (Head coach)

Retired numbers	30 31 34 35 529 (in honor of Leonard's total wins as Pacers coach)

ABA Finals appearances	1969 1970 1972 1973 1975

NBA Finals appearances	2000

Culture and lore	Pacers–Pistons brawl The Knick-Killer Dancing Harry Boomer

Rivals	New York Knicks

Media	TV Fox Sports Indiana Radio WFNI-AM Announcers Chris Denari Quinn Buckner Clark Kellogg Brooke Olzendam Mark Boyle Bob "Slick" Leonard

Indiana Pacers seasons

1960s

1967–68

1968–69

1970s

1969–70

1970–71

1971–72

1972–73

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Bold indicates ABA Championship victory

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