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1978-79 Indiana Pacers Statistics
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 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.
Indiana poured in 8,909 points and allowed 9,040. Johnny Davis tossed in a team-leading 1,444 points for the Pacers, 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% | 3P% | 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 |