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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 Pacers would not win their first playoff series until the 1993–94 season, which came against the Orlando Magic.
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 ...
The Pacers finished the 2006–07 season as one of the worst seasons in team history. For the Pacers, who finished with a 35–47 records, nearly everything that could have gone wrong did. The turning point of the season would be the 11-game losing streak that started around the all-star break.
The Pacers sat a dismal 10-15, about as close to last place in the East as they were to the top four. The league-leading offense that had carried Rick Carlisle’s club all the way to the Eastern ...
The 11th team in NBA history to lose a playoff series after taking a 3–1 playoff series lead (lost 3–4 against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals), and the only team to do so in the NBA Finals. Only team in NBA history to finish with same number of regular season and postseason losses (9)
Also played for the National Basketball League teams Toledo Jeeps from 1946 to 1947 and Syracuse Nationals, when the team was a member of the NBL, from 1948 to 1949. [119] Don Nelson * F Boston Celtics (1965–1976) Chicago Zephyrs (1962–1963) Los Angeles Lakers (1963–1965) Nelson was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a coach. [120] Alex ...
Jack Ramsay, Larry Brown, and Bobby Leonard are the only Pacers' coaches to be elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. [8] [9] Ramsay was also named one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. [10] Jack McKinney and Larry Bird have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, in 1980–81 and 1997–98, respectively, with the Pacers. [11]