1977–78 Indiana Pacers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Indiana Pacers 1978 31 51 Midwest 5 10 Bobby Leonard Market Square Arena WTTV WIBC Did not qualify IND The 1977–78 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's second season in the National Basketball Association and 11th season as a franchise.1977–78 Indiana Pacers Draft picks 1977 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 2 29 Alonzo Bradley SF Texas Southern 3 51 Stan Mayhew Weber State 4 73 George Pendleton Georgia State 5 95 Marvin Jackson Prairie View A&M 6 117 Tom Scheffler C Purdue Roster Indiana Pacers 1977–78 #2C3294 #FFFFFF #FCC624 #2C3294 42 Mike Bantom SF 6 9 200 St. Joseph's 1 Ron Behagen PF 6 9 185 Minnesota 9 Mel Bennett PF 6 7 200 Pittsburgh 30 Bob Carrington SG 6 6 195 Boston College 40 James Edwards basketball C 7 0 225 Washington 41 Len Elmore C 6 9 220 Maryland 44 Mike Flynn basketball PG 6 2 180 Kentucky 24 Steve Green basketball SF 6 7 220 Indiana 32 Dan Roundfield PF 6 8 205 Central Michigan 14 Ricky Sobers PG 6 3 198 UNLV 43 Earl Tatum SG 6 5 185 Marquette Slick Leonard Jerry Oliver Regular season Season standings IND IND z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Game log Regular season Indiana Pacers 1978 #000080 #FFD700 Total: 31–51 (Home: 27–14; Road: 17–24) Indiana Pacers October yes #FFD700 #000080 3 1 0 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | October 28, 19777:05p.m. EST | Washington | W 136–127 | | | | Market Square Arena12,542 | 3–2 Indiana Pacers November #FFD700 #000080 2 3 2 8 Indiana Pacers December #FFD700 #000080 5 2 2 2 Indiana Pacers January #FFD700 #000080 4 3 1 8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 | January 6, 19788:05p.m. EST | @ Washington | L 114–146 | | | Capital Centre9,215 | 15–19 Indiana Pacers February #FFD700 #000080 2 5 1 6 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 57 | February 17, 19788:05p.m. EST | Washington | W 123–111 | | | | Market Square Arena10,637 | 21–36 Indiana Pacers March #FFD700 #000080 5 4 2 6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 69 | March 17, 19788:05p.m. EST | @ Washington | W 105–99 | | | | Capital Centre8,196 | 27–42 Indiana Pacers April #FFD700 #000080 0 2 2 0 IND 1978 Player statistics Regular season Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameMike BantomSF82 2,775 610 238 100 50 1,258 33.8 7.4 2.9 1.2 .6 15.3Ricky SobersPG 79 3,019 327 584 170 23 1,436 38.2 4.1 7.4 2.2 .3 18.2Dan RoundfieldPF 79 2,423 802 196 81 149 1,060 30.7 10.2 2.5 1.0 1.9 13.4Mike Flynn basketballPG 71 955 117 142 41 10 295 13.5 1.6 2.0 .6 .1 4.2Len ElmoreC 69 1,327 420 80 74 71 372 19.2 6.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 5.4James Edwards basketball†C 58 1,682 435 56 37 50 892 29.0 7.5 1.0 .6 .9 15.4Earl Tatum†SG 57 1,859 205 226 103 30 822 32.6 3.6 4.0 1.8 .5 14.4Ron Behagen†PF 51 1,131 333 65 32 19 572 22.2 6.5 1.3 .6 .4 11.2Steve Green basketballSF 44 449 71 30 14 2 151 10.2 1.6 .7 .3 .0 3.4John Williamson basketball, born 1951†SG 42 1,449 120 132 47 0 804 34.5 2.9 3.1 1.1 .0 19.1Bob Carrington†SG 35 621 62 62 22 11 250 17.7 1.8 1.8 .6 .3 7.1Mel BennettPF 31 285 93 22 11 7 74 9.2 3.0 .7 .4 .2 2.4Adrian Dantley†SF 23 948 216 65 48 17 609 41.2 9.4 2.8 2.1 .7 26.5Dave Robisch†C 23 598 173 48 20 15 196 26.0 7.5 2.1 .9 .7 8.5Johnny NeumannSG 20 216 14 27 6 1 83 10.8 .7 1.4 .3 .1 4.2Bobby Wilson basketball, born 1951SG 12 86 12 8 2 1 30 7.2 1.0 .7 .2 .1 2.5Willie Smith basketballPG 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 .0 1.0 .0 .0 .0 † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Pacers only. Awards and records Don Buse, NBA All-Defensive First Team References Category:Indiana Pacers seasons Indiana Indiana Pacers Indiana Pacers