1970–71 Indiana Pacers season

ABA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Indiana Pacers yes ABA 1971 58 26 Eastern 1 Bobby Leonard Indiana State Fair Coliseum Division finals(lost to Stars 3–4) IND The 1970–71 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's fourth season in the American Basketball Association and fourth as a team. Entering this season, the Pacers sought to repeat as champions of the entire ABA, as well as remain in the state of Indiana so that they would be financially stable enough to showcase that a champion team in the ABA can stay intact and not move elsewhere for various reasons. This season saw the Pacers come close to matching their best record at the time with a 58–26 record helping solidify them as the Western Division champions by the end of the regular season. In the 1971 ABA Playoffs, the Pacers would sweep the Memphis Pros, but ultimately lose a seven-game series to the eventual champion Utah Stars (who would get their revenge after losing the 1970 ABA Playoffs' championship match in what turned out to their last games played under the original Los Angeles Stars name); for the next few seasons after that, the Stars would become bitter divisional rivals with the Pacers during their ABA tenure before the Utah franchise eventually folded operations by December 1975 during what later became the final ABA season played. ABA Draft 1970 ABA draft Player School/Club teamDennis AwtreySanta ClaraVince FritzOregon StateSurry OliverStephen F. AustinDon CurnuttMiamiRick EricksonWashington StateBilly JonesLouisiana CollegeJerry KrollDavidsonBob RileyMt. St. Mary'sHeyward DotsonColumbiaMickey FosterArizonaSeaburn HillArizona StateTed HillerySt. Joseph's (IN)Jeff SewellMarquette 1970 ABA Draft on dataBasketball.com Roster Indiana Pacers 1969–70 #0032A0 #FEDD00 #FEDD00 #0032A0 12 John Barnhill basketball SG 6 1 180 March 20, 1938 Tennessee State 43 Art Becker PF 6 7 205 January 12, 1942 Arizona State 35 Roger Brown basketball, born 1942 SF 6 5 205 May 22, 1942 Dayton 22 Wayne Chapman basketball SF 6 6 190 June 15, 1945 Western Kentucky University 34 Mel Daniels C 6 9 220 July 20, 1944 New Mexico 23 Earle Higgins PF 6 8 195 December 30, 1946 Eastern Michigan University 15 Warren Jabali SG 6 2 200 August 29, 1946 Wichita State University 11 Billy Keller SG 5 10 177 August 30, 1947 Purdue 14 Freddie Lewis PG 6 0 175 July 1, 1943 Arizona State 32 Jay Miller basketball SF 6 5 205 July 19, 1943 Notre Dame 10 Rick Mount SG 6 3 175 January 5, 1947 Purdue University 24 Bob Netolicky PF 6 9 220 August 2, 1942 Drake University 33 Don Sidle PF 6 8 215 June 21, 1946 University of Oklahoma 44 Tom Thacker basketball PG 6 2 170 November 2, 1939 Cincinnati Bobby Leonard https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/INA/1971.html<noinclude> Season standings Western Division Team W L Pct.Indiana Pacers5826.690Utah Stars5727.679Memphis Pros4143.488Texas Chaparrals3054.357Denver Rockets3054.357 Awards, records, and honors Mel Daniels (averaged 21.0 points, 18.0 rebounds, and 2.2 assists) won the ABA MVP award for the second time in four years; he last won the award in the 1968–69 ABA season. Mel Daniels also won the ABA All-Star Game MVP ABA All-Stars Roger Brown Mel Daniels Bob Netolicky Team leaders Stat Player Average per gamePointsMel Daniels21.0AssistsBill Keller and Freddie Lewis5.3ReboundsMel Daniels18.0(4.8 offensive and 13.2 defensive rebounds)FG%Donald Sidle.548MinutesRoger Brown41.0 ABA Playoffs ABA Western Division Semifinals vs Memphis Proshttp://www.remembertheaba.com/PlayoffPages/1971Playoffs.html Remember the ABA: 1970-71 Regular Season Standings and Playoff Results 2015-06-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150611213734/http://www.remembertheaba.com/PlayoffPages/1971Playoffs.html 2015-06-11 Game Date Location Score Record Attendance 1 April 2 Indiana 114–98 1–0 7,562 2 April 3 Indiana 106–104 2–0 8,701 3 April 5 Memphis 91–90 3–0 4,107 4 April 7 Memphis 102–101 4–0 3,681 Pacers win series, 4–0 ABA Western Division Finals vs Utah Stars Game Date Location Score Record Attendance 1 April 12 Indiana 118–120 0–1 7,734 2 April 14 Indiana 120–107 1–1 9,458 3 April 17 Utah 107–121 1–2 12,711 4 April 20 Utah 99–126 1–3 12,761 5 April 22 Indiana 127–109 2–3 8,279 6 April 24 Utah 105–102 3–3 13,208 7 April 28 Indiana 101–108 3–4 11,202 Pacers lose series, 4–3 References Category:Indiana Pacers seasons Indiana Indiana Pacers Indiana Pacers