ABA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1972–73 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's sixth season in the ABA and sixth as a team. The Pacers finished second in the Western Division and won their third ABA title . In a rematch of the 1972 division semifinals, the Pacers eliminated the Denver Rockets . After defeating the Rockets in five games, the Pacers eliminated the Utah Stars in six games. The Eastern Division champion Kentucky Colonels appeared in the ABA Championships for the second time and were defeated by the Pacers in seven games.
Offseason [ edit ] ABA Draft [ edit ] Player Position Nationality School/Club Team Ed Ratleff Long Beach State Nate Stephens Long Beach State Oscar Evans Butler George Adams Gardner-Webb Rich Garner Manhattan Cavin Anderson Valley City Wardell Dyson Shaw Jolly Spight Santa Clara Bill Burton Eastern Kentucky Wally Rice Penn Military Lee Sims Morehead State Nate Williams Utah State
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Regular season [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] Game Date Opponent Result Pacers points Opponents Record 1 2
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Season standings [ edit ] [3]
Player stats [ edit ] Note: GP= Games played; MIN= Minutes; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average
Player GP MIN REB AST STL BLK PTS AVG George McGinnis 82 3347 1022 205 160 N/A 2261 Mel Daniels 81 3103 1247 177 N/A 157 1497 Bill Keller 83 2251 204 361 N/A N/A 1147 Donnie Freeman 77 2170 219 195 N/A N/A 1103 Freddie Lewis 72 2217 228 288 N/A N/A 1075 Roger Brown 72 2177 348 204 N/A N/A 909 Darnell Hillman 84 2541 735 128 N/A N/A 804
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Playoffs [ edit ] Western Division Semifinals [5]
Game Date Location Score Record Attendance 1 March 31 Indiana 114–91 1–0 7,051 2 April 1 Denver 106–93 2–0 7,235 3 April 3 Denver 94–105 2–1 5,335 4 April 5 Denver 97–95 3–1 6,904 5 April 7 Indiana 121–107 4–1 9,816
Western Division Finals
Game Date Location Score Record Attendance 1 April 12 Utah 107–124 0–1 7,712 2 April 14 Utah 116–110 1–1 12,233 3 April 16 Indiana 118–108 2–1 9,353 4 April 18 Indiana 103–104 2–2 10,079 5 April 19 Utah 104–102 3–2 12,453 6 April 21 Indiana 107–98 4–2 9,529
ABA Finals
Game Date Location Score Record Attendance 1 April 28 Kentucky 111–107 (OT) 1–0 12,119 2 April 30 Kentucky 102–114 1–1 13,408 3 May 3 Indiana 88–92 1–2 10,079 4 May 5 Indiana 90–86 2–2 9,498 5 May 8 Kentucky 89–86 3–2 16,779 6 May 10 Indiana 93–109 3–3 10,079 7 May 12 Kentucky 88–81 4–3 16,597
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