1972-73 Indiana Pacers Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 51-33
Finishing 2nd in the ABA's Western Division
Postseason: 12-6 Won ABA championship
Division Semifinals - Defeated Denver Rockets 4-1
Division Finals - Defeated Utah Stars 4-2
Finals - Defeated Kentucky Colonels 4-3
Coach: Slick Leonard (51-33)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 347,817, Avg. 8,281 in 42 home dates

1972-73 Indiana Pacers Roster
1972-73 Indiana Pacers Results

The Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 51 wins and 33 losses, finishing second in the ABA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-6.

The Pacers scored 9,631 points and allowed 9,451. George McGinnis tossed in a team-leading 2,261 points for Indiana, while Mel Daniels netted 18 or more per game, too. Mel Daniels contributed 1,247 boards. Billy Keller dished out 361 assists for the squad.

Defensively, George McGinnis added 160 steals, and Mel Daniels blocked 157 shots.

Slick Leonard coached the team. The 1972-73 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	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
George McGinnis	F-C	82	3347	1755	868	32	8	778	517	434	588	1022	205	160	0	401	348	2261
Mel Daniels	C	81	3103	1217	587	4	1	446	322	348	899	1247	177	0	157	275	315	1497
Billy Keller	G	83	2251	973	421	222	71	269	234	82	122	204	361	0	0	171	162	1147
Donnie Freeman	G	77	2170	933	412	6	2	343	277	103	116	219	195	0	0	160	225	1103
Freddie Lewis	G	72	2217	860	375	110	38	349	287	97	131	228	288	0	0	173	204	1075
Roger A. Brown	F-G	72	2177	700	332	118	42	247	203	111	237	348	204	0	0	120	181	909
Darnell Hillman	F-C	84	2541	735	328	9	0	252	148	218	517	735	128	0	116	154	291	804
Don Buse	G	77	1484	360	163	24	5	109	82	96	114	210	223	0	0	66	143	413
Gus Johnson	F-C	50	753	299	132	21	4	42	31	85	160	245	62	0	0	70	113	299
Bill Newton	C	24	117	56	24	2	1	18	9	21	26	47	9	0	0	10	40	58
Bob Arnzen	F	23	111	38	20	3	0	8	6	11	12	23	3	0	0	0	12	46
George Peeples	C-F	9	56	14	4	0	0	11	6	3	12	15	4	0	0	6	14	14
Craig Raymond	C	6	33	8	2	0	0	2	1	3	7	10	1	0	0	3	8	5
Totals		740	20360	7948	3668	551	172	2874	2123	1612	2941	4553	1860	160	273	1609	2056	9631

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
George McGinnis	F-C	82	40.8	49.5	25.0	66.5	5.3	7.2	12.5	2.5	2.0	0.0	4.9	4.2	27.6
Mel Daniels	C	81	38.3	48.2	25.0	72.2	4.3	11.1	15.4	2.2	0.0	1.9	3.4	3.9	18.5
Billy Keller	G	83	27.1	43.3	32.0	87.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	4.3	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.0	13.8
Donnie Freeman	G	77	28.2	44.2	33.3	80.8	1.3	1.5	2.8	2.5	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.9	14.3
Freddie Lewis	G	72	30.8	43.6	34.5	82.2	1.3	1.8	3.2	4.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	2.8	14.9
Roger A. Brown	F-G	72	30.2	47.4	35.6	82.2	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.8	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.5	12.6
Darnell Hillman	F-C	84	30.3	44.6	0.0	58.7	2.6	6.2	8.8	1.5	0.0	1.4	1.8	3.5	9.6
Don Buse	G	77	19.3	45.3	20.8	75.2	1.2	1.5	2.7	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.9	5.4
Gus Johnson	F-C	50	15.1	44.1	19.0	73.8	1.7	3.2	4.9	1.2	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.3	6.0
Bill Newton	C	24	4.9	42.9	50.0	50.0	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.7	2.4
Bob Arnzen	F	23	4.8	52.6	0.0	75.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0
George Peeples	C-F	9	6.2	28.6		54.5	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.6	1.6
Craig Raymond	C	6	5.5	25.0		50.0	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.3	0.8
Averages		740	27.5	46.1	31.2	73.9	2.2	4.0	6.2	2.5	0.2	0.4	2.2	2.8	13.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
George McGinnis	F-C	18	731	357	161		0	149	109	92	130	222	39	61	78	431
Mel Daniels	C	18	636	238	112		0	81	62	70	178	248	40	39	76	286
Donnie Freeman	G	18	557	237	105		0	89	71	27	21	48	50	40	52	281
Freddie Lewis	G	18	637	260	102		6	80	69	31	35	66	91	49	57	279
Roger A. Brown	F-G	17	584	160	82		13	49	37	20	54	74	41	24	58	214
Billy Keller	G	17	348	149	57		8	38	31	18	34	52	63	16	35	153
Darnell Hillman	F-C	18	485	101	43		0	35	20	39	96	135	17	29	44	106
Don Buse	G	14	163	45	16		0	21	13	12	13	25	17	10	30	45
Gus Johnson	F-C	17	184	59	15		0	16	12	23	46	69	15	18	27	42
Bob Arnzen	F	7	13	6	3		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
Bill Newton	C	4	7	5	2		0	0	0	2	3	5	0	1	3	4
Totals		166	4345	1617	698	0	27	559	425	334	610	944	373	287	461	1848

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
George McGinnis	F-C	18	40.6	45.1	73.2	5.1	7.2	12.3	2.2	3.4	4.3	23.9
Mel Daniels	C	18	35.3	47.1	76.5	3.9	9.9	13.8	2.2	2.2	4.2	15.9
Donnie Freeman	G	18	30.9	44.3	79.8	1.5	1.2	2.7	2.8	2.2	2.9	15.6
Freddie Lewis	G	18	35.4	39.2	86.3	1.7	1.9	3.7	5.1	2.7	3.2	15.5
Roger A. Brown	F-G	17	34.4	51.3	75.5	1.2	3.2	4.4	2.4	1.4	3.4	12.6
Billy Keller	G	17	20.5	38.3	81.6	1.1	2.0	3.1	3.7	0.9	2.1	9.0
Darnell Hillman	F-C	18	26.9	42.6	57.1	2.2	5.3	7.5	0.9	1.6	2.4	5.9
Don Buse	G	14	11.6	35.6	61.9	0.9	0.9	1.8	1.2	0.7	2.1	3.2
Gus Johnson	F-C	17	10.8	25.4	75.0	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.9	1.1	1.6	2.5
Bob Arnzen	F	7	1.9	50.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.0
Bill Newton	C	4	1.8	40.0		0.5	0.8	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.0
Averages		740	26.2	43.2	76.0	2.0	3.7	5.7	2.2	1.7	2.8	11.1