1978-79 Indiana Pacers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 38-44
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Slick Leonard (38-44)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 367,160, Avg. 8,955 in 41 home dates

1978-79 Indiana Pacers Roster
1978-79 Indiana Pacers Results

The Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 38 wins and 44 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference.

The Pacers poured in 8,909 points and allowed 9,040. Johnny Davis tossed in a team-leading 1,444 points for Indiana, while Ricky Sobers scored 17 or more per game, too. James Edwards contributed 693 boards. Johnny Davis dished out 453 assists for the squad.

On defense, Ricky Sobers added 138 steals.

Slick Leonard coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Johnny Davis	G	79	79	2971	1240	565			396	314	70	121	191	453	95	22	214	177	1444
Ricky Sobers	G	81	81	2825	1194	553			338	298	118	183	301	450	138	23	304	315	1404
James Edwards	C-F	82	82	2546	1065	534			441	298	179	514	693	92	60	109	162	363	1366
Alex English	F	81	69	2696	1102	563			230	173	253	402	655	271	70	78	196	214	1299
Mike Bantom	F-C	81	81	2528	1036	482			338	227	225	425	650	223	99	62	193	316	1191
Billy Knight	G-F	39	0	976	399	222			150	131	53	121	174	86	32	5	96	74	575
Corky Calhoun	F	81	0	1332	335	153			86	72	64	174	238	104	37	19	56	189	378
Rick Robey	C-F	43	0	849	295	140			121	90	80	174	254	53	25	12	89	111	370
Len Elmore	C-F	80	0	1264	342	139			78	56	115	287	402	75	62	79	73	183	334
Wayne Radford	G	52	0	649	175	83			45	36	25	43	68	57	30	1	45	61	202
Kevin Stacom	G	44	0	571	209	76			41	31	20	41	61	77	14	1	54	29	183
Steve Green	F	39	0	265	89	42			34	20	22	30	52	21	11	3	17	39	104
Brad Davis	G	22	0	233	44	23			19	13	1	15	16	43	14	2	11	22	59
Totals		804	392	19705	7525	3575	0	0	2317	1759	1225	2530	3755	2005	687	416	1510	2093	8909

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Johnny Davis	G	79	79	37.6	45.6	79.3	0.9	1.5	2.4	5.7	1.2	0.3	2.7	2.2	18.3
Ricky Sobers	G	81	81	34.9	46.3	88.2	1.5	2.3	3.7	5.6	1.7	0.3	3.8	3.9	17.3
James Edwards	C-F	82	82	31.0	50.1	67.6	2.2	6.3	8.5	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.0	4.4	16.7
Alex English	F	81	69	33.3	51.1	75.2	3.1	5.0	8.1	3.3	0.9	1.0	2.4	2.6	16.0
Mike Bantom	F-C	81	81	31.2	46.5	67.2	2.8	5.2	8.0	2.8	1.2	0.8	2.4	3.9	14.7
Billy Knight	G-F	39	0	25.0	55.6	87.3	1.4	3.1	4.5	2.2	0.8	0.1	2.5	1.9	14.7
Corky Calhoun	F	81	0	16.4	45.7	83.7	0.8	2.1	2.9	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.7	2.3	4.7
Rick Robey	C-F	43	0	19.7	47.5	74.4	1.9	4.0	5.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	2.1	2.6	8.6
Len Elmore	C-F	80	0	15.8	40.6	71.8	1.4	3.6	5.0	0.9	0.8	1.0	0.9	2.3	4.2
Wayne Radford	G	52	0	12.5	47.4	80.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.9	1.2	3.9
Kevin Stacom	G	44	0	13.0	36.4	75.6	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.2	0.7	4.2
Steve Green	F	39	0	6.8	47.2	58.8	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	2.7
Brad Davis	G	22	0	10.6	52.3	68.4	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.0	2.7
Averages		804	392	24.5	47.5	75.9	1.5	3.1	4.7	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.6	11.1

1978-79 Indiana Pacers Statistics

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