List of Indiana Pacers seasons

Bankers Life Fieldhouse has been home to the Pacers since 1999.

The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Pacers were founded in 1967, originally as members of the American Basketball Association, where they were crowned league champions three times and made the playoffs in all of the nine seasons they participated in the league.^[1] The Pacers were lead 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.^[2] The Pacers would not win their first playoff series until the 1993–94 season, which came against the Orlando Magic. It was during this time that the Pacers were led by 1987 draft pick, Reggie Miller, who will enter the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.^[3] Miller would play for the Pacers until the 2005 season and with his help, the Pacers would go onto win one Eastern Conference championship, four Central Division championships, and make fifteen playoff appearances.^[4]

Over the Pacers forty-five seasons of play they have made the playoffs twenty-nine times (twenty in the NBA and nine in the ABA). The Pacers have appeared in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals five times and advanced to the NBA Finals in 2000, where they would lose to the Los Angeles Lakers 4–2.^[5] The Pacers are one of thirteen franchises to have never won an NBA championship.

Table key

Reggie Miller played with the Pacers from 1987 to 2005, and will enter the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.

AMVP	All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
COY	Coach of the Year
Finish	Final position in league or division standings
GB	Games behind first-place team in division^[a]
Losses	Number of regular season losses
EOY	Executive of the Year
JWKC	J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship
MVP	Most Valuable Player
ROY	Rookie of the Year
SMOY	Sixth Man of the Year
Wins	Number of regular season wins
Win%	Winning percentage

Seasons

ABA Champions ‡	Conference Champions *	Division Champions ^	Playoff berth ¤

Season	Conference	Division	Finish^[b]	Wins^[c]	Losses^[c]	Win%	GB	Playoffs	Awards	Head Coach
Indiana Pacers (American Basketball Association)
1967–68	—	Eastern	3rd ¤	38	40	.487	16	Lost Division Semifinals to Pittsburgh Pipers, 3–0^[6]		Larry Staverman
1968–69	—	Eastern ^	1st ¤	44	34	.564	—	Won Division Semifinals vs. Kentucky Colonels, 4–3 Won Division Finals vs. Miami Floridians, 4–1 Lost ABA Finals to Oakland Oaks, 4–1^[7]	Mel Daniels (MVP)	Larry Staverman Bob Leonard
1969–70 ‡	—	Eastern ^	1st ¤	59	25	.702	—	Won Division Semifinals vs. Carolina Cougars, 4–0 Won Division Finals vs. Kentucky Colonels, 4–1 Won ABA Finals vs. Los Angeles Stars, 4–2 ‡^[8]	Roger Brown (PMVP)	Bob Leonard
1970–71	—	Western ^	1st ¤	58	26	.690	—	Won Division Semifinals vs. Pros, 4–0 Lost Division Finals to Utah Stars, 4–3^[9]	Mel Daniels (AMVP, MVP)	Bob Leonard
1971–72 ‡	—	Western	2nd ¤	47	37	.560	13	Won Division Semifinals vs. Denver Rockets, 4–3 Won Division Finals vs. Utah Stars, 4–3 Won ABA Finals vs. New Jersey Nets, 4–2 ‡^[10]	Freddie Lewis (PMVP)	Bob Leonard
1972–73 ‡	—	Western	2nd ¤	51	33	.607	4	Won Division Semifinals vs. Denver Rockets, 4–1 Won Division Finals vs. Utah Stars, 4–2 Won ABA Finals vs. Kentucky Colonels, 4–3 ‡^[11]	George McGinnis (PMVP)	Bob Leonard
1973–74	—	Western	2nd ¤	46	38	.548	5	Won Division Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs, 4–3 Lost Division Finals to Utah Stars, 4–3^[12]		Bob Leonard
1974–75	—	Western	3rd ¤	45	39	.536	20	Won Division Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs, 4–2 Won Division Finals vs. Denver Nuggets, 4–3 Lost ABA Finals to Kentucky Colonels, 4–1^[13]	George McGinnis (MVP)	Bob Leonard
1975–76	—	—^[d]	5th ¤	39	45	.464	21	Lost First Round to Kentucky Colonels, 2–1^[14]		Bob Leonard
Indiana Pacers (National Basketball Association)
1976–77	Western	Midwest	5th	36	46	.439	14	Did not reach the Playoffs		Bob Leonard
1977–78	Western	Midwest	5th	31	51	.378	17	Did not reach the Playoffs		Bob Leonard
1978–79	Western	Midwest	3rd	38	44	.463	10	Did not reach the Playoffs		Bob Leonard
1979–80	Eastern	Central	4th	37	45	.451	13	Did not reach the Playoffs		Bob Leonard
1980–81	Eastern	Central	3rd ¤	44	38	.537	16	Lost First Round to Philadelphia 76ers, 2–0^[15]	Jack McKinney (COY)	Jack McKinney
1981–82	Eastern	Central	4th	35	47	.427	20	Did not reach the Playoffs		Jack McKinney
1982–83	Eastern	Central	6th	20	62	.244	31	Did not reach the Playoffs		Jack McKinney
1983–84	Eastern	Central	6th	26	56	.317	24	Did not reach the Playoffs		Jack McKinney
1984–85	Eastern	Central	6th	22	60	.268	37	Did not reach the Playoffs		George Irvine
1985–86	Eastern	Central	6th	26	56	.317	31	Did not reach the Playoffs		George Irvine
1986–87	Eastern	Central	4th ¤	41	41	.500	16	Lost First Round to Atlanta Hawks, 3–1^[16]	Chuck Person (ROY)	Jack Ramsay
1987–88	Eastern	Central	6th	38	44	.463	16	Did not reach the Playoffs		Jack Ramsay
1988–89	Eastern	Central	6th	28	54	.341	35	Did not reach the Playoffs		Jack Ramsay Mel Daniels George Irvine Dick Versace
1989–90	Eastern	Central	4th ¤	42	40	.512	17	Lost First Round to Detroit Pistons, 3–0^[17]		Dick Versace
1990–91	Eastern	Central	5th ¤	41	41	.500	20	Lost First Round to Boston Celtics, 3–2^[18]	Detlef Schrempf (SMOY)	Dick Versace Bob Hill
1991–92	Eastern	Central	4th ¤	40	42	.488	27	Lost First Round to Boston Celtics, 3–0^[19]	Detlef Schrempf (SMOY)	Bob Hill
1992–93	Eastern	Central	5th ¤	41	41	.500	16	Lost First Round to New York Knicks, 3–1^[20]		Bob Hill
1993–94	Eastern	Central	3rd ¤	47	35	.573	10	Won First Round vs. Orlando Magic, 3–0 Won Conference Semifinals vs. Atlanta Hawks, 4–2 Lost Conference Finals to New York Knicks, 4–3^[21]		Larry Brown
1994–95	Eastern	Central ^	1st ¤	52	30	.634	—	Won First Round vs. Atlanta Hawks, 3–0 Won Conference Semifinals vs. New York Knicks, 4–3 Lost Conference Finals to Orlando Magic, 4–3^[22]		Larry Brown
1995–96	Eastern	Central	2nd ¤	52	30	.634	20	Lost First Round to Atlanta Hawks, 3–2^[23]		Larry Brown
1996–97	Eastern	Central	6th	39	43	.476	30	Did not reach the Playoffs		Larry Brown
1997–98	Eastern	Central	2nd ¤	58	24	.707	4	Won First Round vs. Cleveland Cavaliers, 3–1 Won Conference Semifinals vs. Knicks, 4–1 Lost Conference Finals to Chicago Bulls, 4–3^[24]	Larry Bird (COY)	Larry Bird
1998–99^[e]	Eastern	Central ^	1st ¤	33	17	.660	—	Won First Round vs. Milwaukee Bucks, 3–0 Won Conference Semifinals vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 4–0 Lost Conference Finals to New York Knicks, 4–2^[25]		Larry Bird
1999–00	Eastern *	Central ^	1st ¤	56	26	.683	—	Won First Round vs. Milwaukee Bucks, 3–2 Won Conference Semifinals vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 4–2 Won Conference Finals vs. New York Knicks, 4–2 Lost NBA Finals to Los Angeles Lakers, 4–2^[26]	Jalen Rose (MIP)	Larry Bird
2000–01	Eastern	Central	4th ¤	41	41	.500	11	Lost First Round to Philadelphia 76ers, 3–1^[27]		Isiah Thomas
2001–02	Eastern	Central	4th ¤	42	40	.512	8	Lost First Round to New Jersey Nets, 3–2^[28]	Jermaine O'Neal (MIP)	Isiah Thomas
2002–03	Eastern	Central	2nd ¤	48	34	.585	2	Lost First Round to Boston Celtics, 4–2^[29]		Isiah Thomas
2003–04	Eastern	Central ^	1st ¤	61	21	.744	—	Won First Round vs. Boston Celtics, 4–0 Won Conference Semifinals vs. Miami Heat, 4–2 Lost Conference Finals to Detroit Pistons, 4–2^[30]	Ron Artest (DPOY) Reggie Miller (JWKC)	Rick Carlisle
2004–05	Eastern	Central	3rd ¤	44	38	.537	10	Won First Round vs. Boston Celtics, 4–3 Lost Conference Semifinals to Detroit Pistons, 4–2^[31]		Rick Carlisle
2005–06	Eastern	Central	4th ¤	41	41	.500	23	Lost First Round to New Jersey Nets, 4–2^[32]		Rick Carlisle
2006–07	Eastern	Central	4th	35	47	.427	18	Did not reach the Playoffs		Rick Carlisle
2007–08	Eastern	Central	3rd	36	46	.439	23	Did not reach the Playoffs		Jim O'Brien
2008–09	Eastern	Central	4th	36	46	.439	30	Did not reach the Playoffs	Danny Granger (MIP)	Jim O'Brien
2009–10	Eastern	Central	4th	32	50	.390	29	Did not reach the Playoffs		Jim O'Brien
2010–11	Eastern	Central	2nd ¤	37	45	.451	25	Lost First Round to Chicago Bulls, 4–1^[33]		Jim O'Brien Frank Vogel
2011–12^[f]	Eastern	Central	2nd ¤	42	24	.636	8	Won First Round vs. Orlando Magic, 4–1 Lost Conference Semifinals vs. Miami Heat, 4–2^[34]	Larry Bird (EOY)	Frank Vogel

All-time records

Statistic	Wins	Losses	Win%
Indiana Pacers regular season record (1967–present)	1845	1803	.506
Indiana Pacers post-season record (1967–present)	150	130	.536
All-time regular and post-season record	1995	1933	.508

Notes

^a The formula is as followed: $\mathrm{Games}\ \mathrm{behind} = \frac{(\mathrm{Team A's}\ \mathrm{wins}-\mathrm{Team B's}\ \mathrm{wins}) + (\mathrm{Team B's}\ \mathrm{losses} - \mathrm{Team A's}\ \mathrm{losses})}{\mathrm{2}}$
^b The Finish column lists regular season results and excludes postseason play.
^c The Wins and Losses columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Regular and postseason records are combined only below the table.
^d The league merged its two divisions into one seven-team division.
^e A lockout shortened the season to 50 games.
^f A lockout shortened the season to 66 games.

References

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^ "1968–69 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/INA/1969.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1969–70 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/INA/1970.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1970–71 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/INA/1971.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1971–72 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/INA/1972.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1972–73 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/INA/1973.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1973–74 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/INA/1974.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1974–75 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/INA/1975.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1975–76 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/INA/1976.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1980–81 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/1981.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1986–87 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/1987.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1989–90 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/1990.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1990–91 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/1991.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1991–92 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/1992.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1992–93 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/1993.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1993–94 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/1994.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1994–95 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/1995.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1995–96 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/1996.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1997–98 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/1998.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1998–99 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/1999.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "1999–00 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/2000.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "2000–01 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/2001.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "2001–02 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/2002.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "2002–03 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/2003.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "2003–04 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/2004.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "2004–05 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/2005.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "2005–06 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/2006.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "2010–11 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/2011.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
^ "2011–12 Indiana Pacers". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/2012.html. Retrieved May 25, 2012.

v t e Indiana Pacers

Founded in 1967 Based in Indianapolis, Indiana

The Franchise	Franchise Team history All-Time roster Seasons Head coaches Current season

Arenas	Indiana State Fair Coliseum Market Square Arena Bankers Life Fieldhouse

Coaches	Staverman Leonard McKinney Irvine Ramsay Versace Hill Brown Bird Thomas Carlisle O'Brien Vogel

General Managers	Storen Weissert Leonard Vertlieb Salyers Walsh Kahn Morway

D-League Affiliate	Fort Wayne Mad Ants

Administration	Herb Simon (Owner, Chairman and CEO) Larry Bird (President) David Morway (GM) Frank Vogel (Head Coach)

Retired Numbers	30 31 34 35 529 (in honor of Leonard's total wins as Pacers coach)

ABA Titles	League 1970 1972 1973 Conference 1969 1970 1972 1973 1975 Division 1969 1970 1971

NBA Titles	Conference 2000 Division 1995 1999 2000 2004

Mascot	Boomer

Media	TV Fox Sports Indiana Radio WIBC-FM Announcers Chris Denari Quinn Buckner Clark Kellogg Stacy Paetz Mark Boyle Bob "Slick" Leonard

Rivals	Chicago Bulls Detroit Pistons New York Knicks Miami Heat

Indiana Pacers seasons

1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70 • 1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–2000 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10 • 2010–11 • 2011–12
Bold indicates ABA Championship