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1974–75 Indiana Pacers season

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1974–75 Indiana Pacers season
Head coachBobby Leonard
ArenaMarket Square Arena
Results
Record45–39 (.536)
PlaceDivision: 3rd
Conference: 3rd
Playoff finishLost to Kentucky Colonels in ABA Finals (1-4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
RadioWIBC
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The 1974–75 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's eighth season in the American Basketball Association and eighth as a team.[1]

Player notes

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Roger Brown retired after this season.

After leading the Pacers to the finals, George McGinnis decided to jump to the NBA to the Philadelphia 76ers, who held his original NBA draft rights.

Draft picks

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Player College
Billy Knight Pittsburgh
Bruce King Pan American
Roland Grant New Mexico State
Eddie Woods Oral Roberts
Ron DeVries Illinois State
Alex English South Carolina
Bobby Florence Nevada Las Vegas
Kevin Fitzgerald Oklahoma State
Mark Browne Missouri Western
Clifford Ray Chicago
Bill Bradley New York
Mel Counts Los Angeles
Pat Riley Los Angeles
Jim Davis Detroit[2]

Roster

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1974–75 Indiana Pacers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
SF 1 Brown, Roger 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) May 22, 1942 Dayton
PG 10 Buse, Don 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) August 10, 1950 Evansville
SF 35 Edge, Charles 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) February 23, 1950 LeMoyne–Owen
C 41 Elmore, Len 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) March 28, 1952 Maryland
PF 20 Hillman, Darnell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) August 29, 1949 San José State
SG 43 Joyce, Kevin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) June 27, 1951 South Carolina
SG 11 Keller, Billy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 177 lb (80 kg) August 30, 1947 Purdue
SF 25 Knight, Billy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) June 9, 1952 Pittsburgh
PF 30 McGinnis, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) August 12, 1950 Indiana
PF 24 Netolicky, Bob 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) August 2, 1942 Drake
SG 4 Neumann, Johnny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) September 11, 1951 Mississippi
PG 6 Pack, Wayne 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) July 5, 1950 Tennessee Tech
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Regular season standings

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Western Division

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Team W L Pct.
Denver Nuggets 65 19 .774
San Antonio Spurs 51 33 .607
Indiana Pacers 45 39 .536
Utah Stars 38 46 .452
San Diego Conquistadors 31 53 .369

Playoffs

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Western Division Semifinals[3]

Game Date Location Score Record Attendance
1 April 5 San Antonio 122–119 (OT) 1–0 8,529
2 April 7 San Antonio 98–93 2–0 7,643
3 April 10 Indiana 103–113 3–0 12,217
4 April 12 Indiana 109–110 3–1 17,389
5 April 14 San Antonio 117–123 3–2 10,986
6 April 16 Indiana 115–100 4–2 15,675

Pacers win series, 4–2

Western Division Finals

Game Date Location Score Record Attendance
1 April 20 Denver 128–131 0–1 7,444
2 April 22 Denver 131–124 1–1 7,491
3 April 24 Indiana 118–112 2–1 15,496
4 April 25 Indiana 109–126 2–2 17,389
5 April 27 Denver 109–90 3–2 7,483
6 April 30 Indiana 99–104 3–3 17,421
7 May 3 Denver 104–96 4–3 7,401

Pacers win series, 4–3

ABA Finals[3]

Game Date Location Score Record Attendance
1 May 13 Kentucky 94–120 0–1 14,368
2 May 15 Kentucky 93–95 0–2 13,212
3 May 17 Indiana 101–109 0–3 17,388
4 May 19 Indiana 94–86 1–3 14,589
5 May 22 Kentucky 95–110 1–4 16,622

Pacers lose series, 4–1

References

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  1. ^ 1974-75 Indiana Pacers
  2. ^ 1974 ABA Draft on databaseBasketball Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "1974-75 ABA Regular Season Standings". Remembertheaba.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2009. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
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