1968-69 Indiana Pacers Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 44-34
Finishing 1st in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 9-8 Lost finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Kentucky Colonels 4-3
Division Finals - Defeated Miami Floridians 4-1
Finals - Lost to Oakland Oaks 4-1
Coach: Larry Staverman (2-7)
Coach: Slick Leonard (42-27)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 228,678, Avg. 5,864 in 39 home dates

1968-69 Indiana Pacers Roster
1968-69 Indiana Pacers Results

The Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association ended the 1968-69 season with a record of 44 wins and 34 losses, finishing first in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 9-8.

The Pacers scored 9,331 points and allowed 9,010. Mel Daniels tossed in a team-leading 1,824 points for Indiana, while Roger A. Brown and Freddie Lewis netted 19 or more per game, too. Mel Daniels contributed 1,256 boards. Freddie Lewis dished out 346 assists for the squad.

Larry Staverman and Slick Leonard coached the team. The 1968-69 Indiana Pacers lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Mel Daniels	C	76	2934	1496	712	4	0	662	400	383	873	1256	116	272	276	1824
Freddie Lewis	G	78	3055	1300	572	83	22	510	419	119	255	374	346	224	289	1585
Roger A. Brown	F-G	75	2658	1169	563	16	5	563	442	223	287	510	345	215	281	1573
Bob Netolicky	F-C	78	2721	1145	583	5	0	491	306	313	485	798	87	178	231	1472
Ron Perry	G	27	865	336	137	91	33	70	58	24	49	73	97	67	108	365
George Peeples	C-F	64	1111	278	122	0	0	142	101	126	232	358	33	73	137	345
Don Dee	F	58	989	387	138	1	0	75	56	104	188	292	33	72	179	332
Steve Chubin	G	24	725	245	101	6	1	162	129	40	55	95	125	86	104	332
John Fairchild	F	52	582	260	101	29	10	103	73	42	69	111	28	59	90	285
Jay Miller	F	41	494	229	103	0	0	112	77	42	39	81	20	55	65	283
Bob Hooper	G	54	955	271	112	32	4	59	43	35	74	109	142	52	91	271
Jim Rayl	G	27	567	202	72	92	34	68	61	25	42	67	63	50	80	239
Mike Lewis	C-F	24	457	163	75	2	0	68	47	78	103	181	29	49	68	197
Tom Thacker	G-F	18	346	117	40	2	0	31	18	31	36	67	52	26	51	98
Jerry Harkness	G	10	272	67	31	0	0	47	30	10	24	34	21	20	27	92
Phil Wagner	G	12	180	41	11	4	1	17	13	8	15	23	14	18	28	36
Jack Thompson	G	2	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	2
Harry Joyner	F	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Totals		722	18920	7709	3474	368	110	3180	2273	1604	2827	4431	1553	1518	2106	9331

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Mel Daniels	C	76	38.6	47.6	0.0	60.4	5.0	11.5	16.5	1.5	3.6	3.6	24.0
Freddie Lewis	G	78	39.2	44.0	26.5	82.2	1.5	3.3	4.8	4.4	2.9	3.7	20.3
Roger A. Brown	F-G	75	35.4	48.2	31.3	78.5	3.0	3.8	6.8	4.6	2.9	3.7	21.0
Bob Netolicky	F-C	78	34.9	50.9	0.0	62.3	4.0	6.2	10.2	1.1	2.3	3.0	18.9
Ron Perry	G	27	32.0	40.8	36.3	82.9	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.6	2.5	4.0	13.5
George Peeples	C-F	64	17.4	43.9		71.1	2.0	3.6	5.6	0.5	1.1	2.1	5.4
Don Dee	F	58	17.1	35.7	0.0	74.7	1.8	3.2	5.0	0.6	1.2	3.1	5.7
Steve Chubin	G	24	30.2	41.2	16.7	79.6	1.7	2.3	4.0	5.2	3.6	4.3	13.8
John Fairchild	F	52	11.2	38.8	34.5	70.9	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.5	1.1	1.7	5.5
Jay Miller	F	41	12.0	45.0		68.8	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	1.3	1.6	6.9
Bob Hooper	G	54	17.7	41.3	12.5	72.9	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.6	1.0	1.7	5.0
Jim Rayl	G	27	21.0	35.6	37.0	89.7	0.9	1.6	2.5	2.3	1.9	3.0	8.9
Mike Lewis	C-F	24	19.0	46.0	0.0	69.1	3.3	4.3	7.5	1.2	2.0	2.8	8.2
Tom Thacker	G-F	18	19.2	34.2	0.0	58.1	1.7	2.0	3.7	2.9	1.4	2.8	5.4
Jerry Harkness	G	10	27.2	46.3		63.8	1.0	2.4	3.4	2.1	2.0	2.7	9.2
Phil Wagner	G	12	15.0	26.8	25.0	76.5	0.7	1.3	1.9	1.2	1.5	2.3	3.0
Jack Thompson	G	2	2.0	33.3	0.0		0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0
Harry Joyner	F	2	2.5				0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
Averages		722	26.2	45.1	29.9	71.5	2.2	3.9	6.1	2.2	2.1	2.9	12.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Roger A. Brown	F-G	17	668	329	169	5	1	155	120	143	57	49	86	459
Freddie Lewis	G	17	727	327	144	17	5	133	116	70	79	43	68	409
Bob Netolicky	F-C	17	702	303	161	3	0	97	61	214	17	27	55	383
Mel Daniels	C	17	570	301	127	1	0	130	79	237	22	57	75	333
George Peeples	C-F	17	419	81	32	1	0	57	38	116	11	15	41	102
Tom Thacker	G-F	16	391	117	36	5	0	47	28	77	59	33	53	100
Ron Perry	G	17	202	114	34	38	11	27	18	21	18	19	33	97
Bob Hooper	G	16	288	74	25	16	4	26	22	38	45	13	41	76
John Fairchild	F	9	85	44	19	10	4	6	4	21	3	4	13	46
Jay Miller	F	11	62	33	15	0	0	10	4	21	2	5	14	34
Don Dee	F	12	41	13	4	0	0	0	0	10	1	4	10	8
Totals		166	4155	1736	766	96	25	688	490	968	314	269	489	2047

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Roger A. Brown	F-G	17	39.3	51.4	20.0	77.4	8.4	3.4	2.9	5.1	27.0
Freddie Lewis	G	17	42.8	44.0	29.4	87.2	4.1	4.6	2.5	4.0	24.1
Bob Netolicky	F-C	17	41.3	53.1	0.0	62.9	12.6	1.0	1.6	3.2	22.5
Mel Daniels	C	17	33.5	42.2	0.0	60.8	13.9	1.3	3.4	4.4	19.6
George Peeples	C-F	17	24.6	39.5	0.0	66.7	6.8	0.6	0.9	2.4	6.0
Tom Thacker	G-F	16	24.4	30.8	0.0	59.6	4.8	3.7	2.1	3.3	6.3
Ron Perry	G	17	11.9	29.8	28.9	66.7	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.9	5.7
Bob Hooper	G	16	18.0	33.8	25.0	84.6	2.4	2.8	0.8	2.6	4.8
John Fairchild	F	9	9.4	43.2	40.0	66.7	2.3	0.3	0.4	1.4	5.1
Jay Miller	F	11	5.6	45.5		40.0	1.9	0.2	0.5	1.3	3.1
Don Dee	F	12	3.4	30.8			0.8	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.7
Averages		722	25.0	44.1	26.0	71.2	5.8	1.9	1.6	2.9	12.3