1981–82 Indiana Pacers season
NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
1981–82 Indiana Pacers season | |||
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Head coach | Jack McKinney | ||
Arena | Market Square Arena | ||
Results | |||
Record | 35–47 (.427) | ||
Place | Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 8th (Eastern) | ||
Playoff finish | Did not qualify | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Local media | |||
Television | WTTV | ||
Radio | WIBC | ||
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The 1981–82 NBA season was Indiana's sixth season in the NBA and 15th season as a franchise.[1]
Offseason
Draft picks
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 14 | Herb Williams | C | ![]() | Ohio State |
2 | 36 | Ray Blume | C | ![]() | Oregon State |
2 | 37 | Al Leslie | SG | ![]() | Bucknell |
3 | 60 | Purvis Miller | SF | ![]() | USC |
Roster
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Regular season
Season standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
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y-Milwaukee Bucks | 55 | 27 | .671 | – | 31–10 | 24–17 | 24–6 |
x-Atlanta Hawks | 42 | 40 | .512 | 13.0 | 24–17 | 18–23 | 15–14 |
Detroit Pistons | 39 | 43 | .476 | 16.0 | 23–18 | 16–25 | 19–11 |
Indiana Pacers | 35 | 47 | .427 | 20.0 | 25–16 | 10–31 | 14–16 |
Chicago Bulls | 34 | 48 | .415 | 21.0 | 22–19 | 12–29 | 12–17 |
Cleveland Cavaliers | 15 | 67 | .183 | 40.0 | 9–32 | 6–35 | 5–25 |
# | Eastern Conference
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z-Boston Celtics | 63 | 19 | .768 | – |
2 | y-Milwaukee Bucks | 55 | 27 | .671 | 8 |
3 | x-Philadelphia 76ers | 58 | 24 | .707 | 5 |
4 | x-New Jersey Nets | 44 | 38 | .537 | 19 |
5 | x-Washington Bullets | 43 | 39 | .524 | 20 |
6 | x-Atlanta Hawks | 42 | 40 | .512 | 21 |
7 | Detroit Pistons | 39 | 43 | .476 | 24 |
8 | Indiana Pacers | 35 | 47 | .427 | 28 |
9 | Chicago Bulls | 34 | 48 | .415 | 29 |
10 | New York Knicks | 33 | 49 | .402 | 30 |
11 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 15 | 67 | .183 | 48 |
- z - clinched division title
- y - clinched division title
- x - clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1981-82 NBA Records | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BOS | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | KCK | LAL | MIL | NJN | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SAS | SDC | SEA | UTA | WAS |
Atlanta | — | 1–5 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 |
Boston | 5–1 | — | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
Chicago | 3–2 | 2–4 | — | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 |
Cleveland | 2–4 | 0–5 | 1–5 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 |
Dallas | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
Denver | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
Detroit | 4–2 | 0–6 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
Golden State | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | — | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
Houston | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 4–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
Indiana | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 |
Kansas City | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 |
Los Angeles | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
Milwaukee | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
New Jersey | 2–3 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | — | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
New York | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | — | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 |
Philadelphia | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
Phoenix | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
Portland | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 |
San Antonio | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | — | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
San Diego | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–3 | — | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
Seattle | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 5–1 | — | 5–0 | 1–1 |
Utah | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–5 | — | 1–1 |
Washington | 4–2 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
Game log
Regular season
1981–82 game log Total: 35–47 (Home: 25–16; Road: 10–31) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
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November: 6–8 (home: 3–2; road: 3–6)
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December: 8–6 (home: 6–3; road: 2–3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
January: 3–10 (home: 2–3; road: 1–7)
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February: 8–7 (home: 7–3; road: 1–4)
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March: 6–9 (home: 4–3; road: 2–6)
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April: 2–7 (home: 2–2; road: 0–5)
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1981–82 schedule |
Player statistics
Ragular season
Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Don Buse | PG | 82 | 78 | 2,529 | 223 | 407 | 164 | 27 | 797 | 30.8 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 2.0 | .3 | 9.7 |
Herb Williams | C | 82 | 75 | 2,277 | 605 | 139 | 53 | 178 | 942 | 27.8 | 7.4 | 1.7 | .6 | 2.2 | 11.5 |
Johnny Davis | SG | 82 | 70 | 2,664 | 178 | 346 | 76 | 11 | 1,396 | 32.5 | 2.2 | 4.2 | .9 | .1 | 17.0 |
Billy Knight | SF | 81 | 19 | 1,803 | 257 | 118 | 63 | 14 | 998 | 22.3 | 3.2 | 1.5 | .8 | .2 | 12.3 |
Louis Orr | SF | 80 | 41 | 1,951 | 331 | 134 | 56 | 26 | 918 | 24.4 | 4.1 | 1.7 | .7 | .3 | 11.5 |
Clemon Johnson | C | 79 | 42 | 1,979 | 571 | 127 | 60 | 112 | 747 | 25.1 | 7.2 | 1.6 | .8 | 1.4 | 9.5 |
George McGinnis | PF | 76 | 4 | 1,341 | 398 | 204 | 96 | 28 | 354 | 17.6 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 1.3 | .4 | 4.7 |
Butch Carter | SG | 75 | 0 | 1,035 | 79 | 60 | 34 | 11 | 442 | 13.8 | 1.1 | .8 | .5 | .1 | 5.9 |
Tom Owens | PF | 74 | 40 | 1,599 | 372 | 127 | 41 | 37 | 780 | 21.6 | 5.0 | 1.7 | .6 | .5 | 10.5 |
George L. Johnson | PF | 59 | 4 | 720 | 217 | 40 | 36 | 25 | 300 | 12.2 | 3.7 | .7 | .6 | .4 | 5.1 |
Jerry Sichting | PG | 51 | 0 | 800 | 55 | 117 | 33 | 1 | 212 | 15.7 | 1.1 | 2.3 | .6 | .0 | 4.2 |
Mike Bantom† | SF | 39 | 37 | 1,037 | 214 | 68 | 38 | 24 | 458 | 26.6 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 1.0 | .6 | 11.7 |
Raymond Townsend | SG | 14 | 0 | 95 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 6.8 | .9 | .7 | .2 | .0 | 2.5 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Pacers only.
Awards and records
Transactions
References
- ^ 1981-82 Indiana Pacers