1971-72 Indiana Pacers Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 47-37
Finishing 2nd in the ABA's Western Division
Postseason: 12-8 Won ABA championship
Division Semifinals - Defeated Denver Rockets 4-3
Division Finals - Defeated Utah Stars 4-3
Finals - Defeated New York Nets 4-2
Coach: Slick Leonard (47-37)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 355,985, Avg. 8,476 in 42 home dates

1971-72 Indiana Pacers Roster
1971-72 Indiana Pacers Results

The Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 47 wins and 37 losses, finishing second in the ABA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-8.

Indiana racked up 9,487 points and yielded 9,266. Mel Daniels tossed in a team-leading 1,513 points for the Pacers, while Roger A. Brown scored 18 or more per game also. Mel Daniels contributed 1,297 boards. Freddie Lewis dished out 362 assists for the squad.

Slick Leonard coached the team. The 1971-72 Indiana Pacers won the ABA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Mel Daniels	C	79	2971	1184	598	6	0	451	317	383	914	1297	176	239	289	1513
Roger A. Brown	F-G	78	2987	1112	532	185	57	401	323	163	339	502	306	214	227	1444
Bob Netolicky	F-C	83	2905	1090	522	19	4	279	202	264	500	764	83	166	185	1250
George McGinnis	F-C	73	2179	999	465	38	6	462	298	290	421	711	137	256	260	1234
Freddie Lewis	G	77	2714	947	405	100	31	396	341	134	193	327	362	194	230	1182
Rick Mount	G	78	2126	949	420	180	57	261	216	48	107	155	230	142	233	1113
Billy Keller	G	76	1729	619	264	169	56	174	153	62	102	164	264	131	118	737
Darnell Hillman	F-C	73	1386	410	200	5	1	177	114	152	326	478	49	84	210	515
Larry Cannon	G	28	478	175	67	6	1	71	51	15	18	33	72	42	61	186
Don Sidle	F-C	27	394	143	72	1	0	49	31	44	51	95	10	20	39	175
John Barnhill	G	19	194	87	28	35	4	15	8	8	11	19	16	12	16	68
Marv Winkler	G	20	155	54	15	4	2	14	8	7	9	16	12	12	16	40
Wayne Chapman	G-F	7	76	18	7	2	1	6	3	2	3	5	11	6	10	18
Arvesta Kelly	G	4	41	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	6	7	2	2	10	6
Mike Price	G	4	25	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	4	4	6
Totals		726	20360	7805	3601	750	220	2756	2065	1574	3004	4578	1731	1524	1908	9487

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Mel Daniels	C	79	37.6	50.5	0.0	70.3	4.8	11.6	16.4	2.2	3.0	3.7	19.2
Roger A. Brown	F-G	78	38.3	47.8	30.8	80.5	2.1	4.3	6.4	3.9	2.7	2.9	18.5
Bob Netolicky	F-C	83	35.0	47.9	21.1	72.4	3.2	6.0	9.2	1.0	2.0	2.2	15.1
George McGinnis	F-C	73	29.8	46.5	15.8	64.5	4.0	5.8	9.7	1.9	3.5	3.6	16.9
Freddie Lewis	G	77	35.2	42.8	31.0	86.1	1.7	2.5	4.2	4.7	2.5	3.0	15.4
Rick Mount	G	78	27.3	44.3	31.7	82.8	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.9	1.8	3.0	14.3
Billy Keller	G	76	22.8	42.6	33.1	87.9	0.8	1.3	2.2	3.5	1.7	1.6	9.7
Darnell Hillman	F-C	73	19.0	48.8	20.0	64.4	2.1	4.5	6.5	0.7	1.2	2.9	7.1
Larry Cannon	G	28	17.1	38.3	16.7	71.8	0.5	0.6	1.2	2.6	1.5	2.2	6.6
Don Sidle	F-C	27	14.6	50.3	0.0	63.3	1.6	1.9	3.5	0.4	0.7	1.4	6.5
John Barnhill	G	19	10.2	32.2	11.4	53.3	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.8	3.6
Marv Winkler	G	20	7.8	27.8	50.0	57.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.8	2.0
Wayne Chapman	G-F	7	10.9	38.9	50.0	50.0	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.6	0.9	1.4	2.6
Arvesta Kelly	G	4	10.3	33.3			0.3	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.5	2.5	1.5
Mike Price	G	4	6.3	33.3			0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	1.0	1.5
Averages		726	28.0	46.1	29.3	74.9	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.4	2.1	2.6	13.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Roger A. Brown	F-G	20	845	329	160		15	90	74	121	81	35	65	409
Freddie Lewis	G	20	805	322	142		7	108	92	81	87	45	70	383
George McGinnis	F-C	20	633	261	106		4	150	94	227	52	63	75	310
Mel Daniels	C	20	744	252	121		0	85	64	302	28	58	85	306
Billy Keller	G	20	532	188	84		19	63	53	35	84	26	47	240
Bob Netolicky	F-C	20	552	191	91		0	61	36	118	12	22	36	218
Rick Mount	G	20	387	178	68		8	39	33	23	31	23	49	177
Darnell Hillman	F-C	20	327	95	53		0	33	18	110	9	20	52	124
Totals		160	4825	1816	825	0	53	629	464	1017	384	292	479	2167

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Roger A. Brown	F-G	20	42.3	48.6	82.2	6.1	4.1	1.8	3.3	20.5
Freddie Lewis	G	20	40.3	44.1	85.2	4.1	4.4	2.3	3.5	19.2
George McGinnis	F-C	20	31.7	40.6	62.7	11.4	2.6	3.2	3.8	15.5
Mel Daniels	C	20	37.2	48.0	75.3	15.1	1.4	2.9	4.3	15.3
Billy Keller	G	20	26.6	44.7	84.1	1.8	4.2	1.3	2.4	12.0
Bob Netolicky	F-C	20	27.6	47.6	59.0	5.9	0.6	1.1	1.8	10.9
Rick Mount	G	20	19.4	38.2	84.6	1.2	1.6	1.2	2.5	8.9
Darnell Hillman	F-C	20	16.4	55.8	54.5	5.5	0.5	1.0	2.6	6.2
Averages		726	30.2	45.4	73.8	6.4	2.4	1.8	3.0	13.5