1973-74 Indiana Pacers Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 46-38
Finishing 2nd in the ABA's Western Division
Postseason: 7-7 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated San Antonio Spurs 4-3
Division Finals - Lost to Utah Stars 4-3
Coach: Slick Leonard (46-38)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 318,307, Avg. 7,579 in 42 home dates

1973-74 Indiana Pacers Roster
1973-74 Indiana Pacers Results

The Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association ended the 1973-74 season with a record of 46 wins and 38 losses, finishing second in the ABA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-7.

Indiana netted 8,888 points and yielded 8,816. George McGinnis tossed in a team-leading 2,071 points for the Pacers and racked up 1,197 rebounds. Freddie Lewis dished out 322 assists for the squad.

On defense, George McGinnis added 159 steals, while Darnell Hillman swatted 177 opponent shot attempts.

Slick Leonard coached the team. The 1973-74 Indiana Pacers lost in the division finals.

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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	80	3266	1686	789	34	5	715	488	422	775	1197	267	159	40	393	325	2071
Mel Daniels	C	78	2539	1117	492	0	0	287	217	251	655	906	122	56	92	215	283	1201
Roger A. Brown	F-G	82	2527	829	379	155	56	200	155	112	278	390	232	56	60	125	248	969
Donnie Freeman	G	66	1735	839	383	2	0	222	177	91	77	168	165	48	22	132	174	943
Freddie Lewis	G	78	2164	728	290	72	13	219	182	84	117	201	322	99	11	169	189	775
Darnell Hillman	F-C	83	2319	658	328	8	3	191	99	198	478	676	96	70	177	177	295	758
Billy Keller	G	75	1428	615	279	131	50	123	107	44	84	128	172	37	3	100	83	715
Bob Netolicky	F-C	56	1157	449	214	6	2	119	77	130	162	292	50	21	22	64	92	507
Don Buse	G	77	1877	427	170	107	36	70	48	85	169	254	258	146	20	75	109	424
Kevin Joyce	G	56	987	432	171	27	5	78	64	33	59	92	128	32	8	80	86	411
Bob Arnzen	F	20	149	48	24	1	1	9	7	10	10	20	3	3	2	8	11	56
Johnny Baum	F	13	113	36	17	0	0	4	2	12	13	25	2	6	2	6	17	36
Bill Newton	C	11	73	15	7	0	0	2	1	1	17	18	5	2	0	7	12	15
Larry Cannon	G	3	26	7	3	0	0	3	1	1	2	3	3	0	0	3	2	7
Totals		778	20360	7886	3546	543	171	2242	1625	1474	2896	4370	1825	735	459	1554	1926	8888

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
George McGinnis	F-C	80	40.8	46.8	14.7	68.3	5.3	9.7	15.0	3.3	2.0	0.5	4.9	4.1	25.9
Mel Daniels	C	78	32.6	44.0		75.6	3.2	8.4	11.6	1.6	0.7	1.2	2.8	3.6	15.4
Roger A. Brown	F-G	82	30.8	45.7	36.1	77.5	1.4	3.4	4.8	2.8	0.7	0.7	1.5	3.0	11.8
Donnie Freeman	G	66	26.3	45.6	0.0	79.7	1.4	1.2	2.5	2.5	0.7	0.3	2.0	2.6	14.3
Freddie Lewis	G	78	27.7	39.8	18.1	83.1	1.1	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.4	9.9
Darnell Hillman	F-C	83	27.9	49.8	37.5	51.8	2.4	5.8	8.1	1.2	0.8	2.1	2.1	3.6	9.1
Billy Keller	G	75	19.0	45.4	38.2	87.0	0.6	1.1	1.7	2.3	0.5	0.0	1.3	1.1	9.5
Bob Netolicky	F-C	56	20.7	47.7	33.3	64.7	2.3	2.9	5.2	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.1	1.6	9.1
Don Buse	G	77	24.4	39.8	33.6	68.6	1.1	2.2	3.3	3.4	1.9	0.3	1.0	1.4	5.5
Kevin Joyce	G	56	17.6	39.6	18.5	82.1	0.6	1.1	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.5	7.3
Bob Arnzen	F	20	7.5	50.0	100.0	77.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	2.8
Johnny Baum	F	13	8.7	47.2		50.0	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.3	2.8
Bill Newton	C	11	6.6	46.7		50.0	0.1	1.5	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.4
Larry Cannon	G	3	8.7	42.9		33.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	2.3
Averages		778	26.2	45.0	31.5	72.5	1.9	3.7	5.6	2.3	0.9	0.6	2.0	2.5	11.4

Postseason - 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	14	585	261	119		2	129	96	68	98	166	47	16	6	46	50	336
Freddie Lewis	G	14	547	204	90		6	67	58	20	30	50	62	24	1	33	35	244
Roger A. Brown	F-G	13	452	151	67		9	49	40	23	52	75	48	9	13	11	44	183
Mel Daniels	C	14	498	172	69		0	43	33	35	125	160	27	11	14	30	50	171
Darnell Hillman	F-C	14	352	85	47		0	46	23	37	63	100	12	6	16	20	44	117
Billy Keller	G	12	194	93	41		15	19	16	9	9	18	25	5	0	16	12	113
Donnie Freeman	G	6	158	69	30		0	20	14	2	8	10	8	4	0	9	14	74
Don Buse	G	14	331	68	30		7	9	6	17	20	37	36	30	1	12	21	73
Kevin Joyce	G	10	136	53	17		2	10	8	3	6	9	12	4	2	10	20	44
Johnny Baum	F	11	107	32	17		0	6	6	8	12	20	2	5	1	5	12	40
Totals		122	3360	1188	527	0	41	398	300	222	423	645	279	114	54	192	302	1395

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
George McGinnis	F-C	14	41.8	45.6	74.4	4.9	7.0	11.9	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.3	3.6	24.0
Freddie Lewis	G	14	39.1	44.1	86.6	1.4	2.1	3.6	4.4	1.7	0.1	2.4	2.5	17.4
Roger A. Brown	F-G	13	34.8	44.4	81.6	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.7	0.7	1.0	0.8	3.4	14.1
Mel Daniels	C	14	35.6	40.1	76.7	2.5	8.9	11.4	1.9	0.8	1.0	2.1	3.6	12.2
Darnell Hillman	F-C	14	25.1	55.3	50.0	2.6	4.5	7.1	0.9	0.4	1.1	1.4	3.1	8.4
Billy Keller	G	12	16.2	44.1	84.2	0.8	0.8	1.5	2.1	0.4	0.0	1.3	1.0	9.4
Donnie Freeman	G	6	26.3	43.5	70.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.3	0.7	0.0	1.5	2.3	12.3
Don Buse	G	14	23.6	44.1	66.7	1.2	1.4	2.6	2.6	2.1	0.1	0.9	1.5	5.2
Kevin Joyce	G	10	13.6	32.1	80.0	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.0	4.4
Johnny Baum	F	11	9.7	53.1	100.0	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.1	3.6
Averages		778	27.5	44.4	75.4	1.8	3.5	5.3	2.3	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.5	11.4