1980-81 Indiana Pacers Statistics
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 44-38
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Philadelphia 76ers 2-0
Coach: Jack McKinney (44-38)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 409,839, Avg. 9,996 in 41 home dates
1980-81 Indiana Pacers RosterTeam Record: 44-38
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Philadelphia 76ers 2-0
Coach: Jack McKinney (44-38)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 409,839, Avg. 9,996 in 41 home dates
1980-81 Indiana Pacers Results
The Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 44 wins and 38 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.
Indiana racked up 8,827 points and allowed 8,712. Billy Knight tossed in a team-leading 1,436 points for the Pacers, while James Edwards contributed 571 boards. Johnny Davis dished out 480 assists for the squad.
On the defensive side of the ball, Dudley Bradley added 186 steals, and James Edwards blocked 128 shots.
Jack McKinney coached the team. The 1980-81 Indiana Pacers lost in the conference first round.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Knight | G-F | 82 | 0 | 2385 | 1025 | 546 | 19 | 3 | 410 | 341 | 191 | 219 | 410 | 157 | 84 | 12 | 177 | 155 | 1436 |
| James Edwards | C-F | 81 | 80 | 2375 | 1004 | 511 | 3 | 0 | 347 | 244 | 191 | 380 | 571 | 212 | 32 | 128 | 164 | 304 | 1266 |
| Johnny Davis | G | 76 | 73 | 2536 | 917 | 426 | 33 | 4 | 299 | 238 | 56 | 114 | 170 | 480 | 95 | 14 | 167 | 179 | 1094 |
| Mike Bantom | F-C | 76 | 74 | 2375 | 882 | 431 | 6 | 0 | 281 | 199 | 150 | 277 | 427 | 240 | 80 | 85 | 197 | 284 | 1061 |
| George McGinnis | F-C | 69 | 0 | 1845 | 768 | 348 | 7 | 0 | 385 | 207 | 164 | 364 | 528 | 210 | 99 | 28 | 221 | 242 | 903 |
| Louis Orr | F | 82 | 7 | 1787 | 709 | 348 | 6 | 0 | 202 | 163 | 172 | 189 | 361 | 132 | 55 | 25 | 123 | 153 | 859 |
| Dudley Bradley | G-F | 82 | 24 | 1867 | 559 | 265 | 16 | 2 | 178 | 125 | 70 | 123 | 193 | 188 | 186 | 37 | 122 | 236 | 657 |
| Clemon Johnson | C-F | 81 | 0 | 1643 | 466 | 235 | 1 | 0 | 189 | 112 | 173 | 295 | 468 | 144 | 44 | 119 | 121 | 185 | 582 |
| George Johnson | F-C | 43 | 0 | 930 | 394 | 182 | 5 | 0 | 122 | 93 | 99 | 179 | 278 | 86 | 47 | 23 | 85 | 120 | 457 |
| Don Buse | G | 58 | 0 | 1095 | 287 | 114 | 58 | 19 | 65 | 50 | 19 | 65 | 84 | 140 | 74 | 8 | 38 | 61 | 297 |
| Jerry Sichting | G | 47 | 1 | 450 | 95 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 70 | 23 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 93 |
| Tom Abernethy | F | 29 | 0 | 259 | 56 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 59 |
| Kenny Natt | G | 19 | 0 | 149 | 77 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 59 |
| Dick Miller | F | 5 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 830 | 259 | 19730 | 7245 | 3491 | 169 | 30 | 2540 | 1815 | 1325 | 2267 | 3592 | 2091 | 833 | 484 | 1463 | 2006 | 8827 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Knight | G-F | 82 | 0 | 29.1 | 53.3 | 15.8 | 83.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 17.5 |
| James Edwards | C-F | 81 | 80 | 29.3 | 50.9 | 0.0 | 70.3 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 15.6 |
| Johnny Davis | G | 76 | 73 | 33.4 | 46.5 | 12.1 | 79.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 14.4 |
| Mike Bantom | F-C | 76 | 74 | 31.3 | 48.9 | 0.0 | 70.8 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 14.0 |
| George McGinnis | F-C | 69 | 0 | 26.7 | 45.3 | 0.0 | 53.8 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 13.1 |
| Louis Orr | F | 82 | 7 | 21.8 | 49.1 | 0.0 | 80.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 10.5 |
| Dudley Bradley | G-F | 82 | 24 | 22.8 | 47.4 | 12.5 | 70.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 8.0 |
| Clemon Johnson | C-F | 81 | 0 | 20.3 | 50.4 | 0.0 | 59.3 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 7.2 |
| George Johnson | F-C | 43 | 0 | 21.6 | 46.2 | 0.0 | 76.2 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 10.6 |
| Don Buse | G | 58 | 0 | 18.9 | 39.7 | 32.8 | 76.9 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| Jerry Sichting | G | 47 | 1 | 9.6 | 35.8 | 0.0 | 78.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| Tom Abernethy | F | 29 | 0 | 8.9 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 57.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Kenny Natt | G | 19 | 0 | 7.8 | 32.5 | 25.0 | 63.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 3.1 |
| Dick Miller | F | 5 | 0 | 6.8 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.8 | |
| Averages | 830 | 259 | 23.8 | 48.2 | 17.8 | 71.5 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 10.6 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Davis | G | 2 | 74 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 40 |
| Billy Knight | G-F | 2 | 71 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 37 |
| Mike Bantom | F-C | 2 | 51 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 29 |
| Louis Orr | F | 2 | 56 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| Clemon Johnson | C-F | 2 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| James Edwards | C-F | 2 | 56 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| George McGinnis | F-C | 2 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| George Johnson | F-C | 2 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Dudley Bradley | G-F | 2 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Don Buse | G | 2 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Jerry Sichting | G | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 480 | 182 | 75 | 6 | 2 | 57 | 41 | 37 | 56 | 93 | 46 | 22 | 5 | 39 | 51 | 193 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Davis | G | 2 | 37.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 92.3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| Billy Knight | G-F | 2 | 35.5 | 53.3 | 62.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 18.5 | |
| Mike Bantom | F-C | 2 | 25.5 | 75.0 | 71.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 14.5 | |
| Louis Orr | F | 2 | 28.0 | 36.0 | 85.7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | |
| Clemon Johnson | C-F | 2 | 27.5 | 41.7 | 50.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 7.5 | |
| James Edwards | C-F | 2 | 28.0 | 29.2 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | ||
| George McGinnis | F-C | 2 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 | |
| George Johnson | F-C | 2 | 11.5 | 62.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 5.0 | ||
| Dudley Bradley | G-F | 2 | 9.5 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| Don Buse | G | 2 | 17.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Jerry Sichting | G | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Averages | 830 | 22.9 | 41.2 | 33.3 | 71.9 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 9.2 |
