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The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men's basketball league, consisting of 30 teams in North America (29 in the United States and one in Canada). The NBA was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game with the Indiana Pacers x: Denotes player who is currently on the Indiana Pacers roster: 0.0: Denotes the Indiana Pacers statistics leader (min. 100 games played for the team for per-game statistics) player: Denotes player who has played for the Indiana Pacers in the ABA
The Pacers were led during the ABA days by two-time MVP Mel Daniels and by head coach Bobby Leonard. The 1976–77 season marked the first season of NBA play for the Pacers and the team struggled early, compared to their ABA success. The Pacers only made it to the NBA playoffs three times in their first 13 seasons. [1]
The new NBA teams also were barred from sharing in national TV revenues for four years. [1] As a result of the steep price, they paid to join the NBA, the Pacers were in a dire financial situation. It took a $100,000 contribution from a group of local businesses to keep the franchise going through June 1977.
This 1995–96 team did manage to go down in history as the only team to defeat the Chicago Bulls twice that year, a Bulls team which made history with a then all-time best 72–10 record. The Pacers could not withstand several key injuries in 1996–97, nor could they handle the absence of Mark Jackson, who had been traded to the Denver ...
As the NBA celebrates its 75th anniversary, USA TODAY takes a look at the greatest 75 players who have been part of the league's storied history. Ranking the greatest 75 NBA players of all time ...
These records include wins and losses recorded during a team's playing time in the BAA. [a] Defunct BAA/NBA franchises are also accounted for, provided that they played at least one season in the BAA or NBA. [a] NBA win-loss records also do not include wins and losses recorded during a team's playing time in the American Basketball Association ...
After the Pacers closed the deficit to 115-109, Garland sank a 27-foot, 3-pointer to put Cleveland ahead 118-109 with 4:48 left. Key stat The Cavaliers sank 26 of 31 free throws.