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1979–80 Indiana Pacers season

NBA professional basketball team season

The 1979–80 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's fourth season in the NBA and 13th season as a franchise. This was the team's first season in the Eastern Conference since joining the league, replacing the now-relocated Utah Jazz in the Central Division.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1979 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College

Roster

Bobby Leonard

Regular season

Season standings

:z - clinched division title :y - clinched division title :x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | October 13, 1979 | Atlanta | W 115–101 | | | | Market Square Arena | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | October 17, 1979 | @ Houston | L 112–116 | | | | The Summit | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | October 18, 1979 | @ Atlanta | L 85–115 | | | | The Omni | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | October 20, 1979 | Boston | W 131–128 (OT) | | | | Market Square Arena | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | October 24, 1979 | @ Philadelphia | L 110–132 | | | | The Spectrum | 3–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 | October 31, 1979 | Houston | W 133–129 (OT) | | | | Market Square Arena | 5–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 3, 1979 | Philadelphia | L 114–120 (2OT) | | | | Market Square Arena | 5–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | November 14, 1979 | @ Phoenix | L 100–104 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 8–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | November 18, 1979 | @ Los Angeles | L 104–127 | | | | The Forum | 8–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 22 | November 23, 1979 | @ Boston | L 103–118 | | | | Boston Garden | 9–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | November 26, 1979 | @ Philadelphia | L 112–113 | | | | The Spectrum | 10–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 | November 28, 1979 | Milwaukee | L 79–87 | | | | Market Square Arena | 10–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 27 | December 1, 1979 | Boston | L 102–106 (OT) | | | | Market Square Arena | 11–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 12, 1979 | Seattle | L 107–112 | | | | Market Square Arena | 14–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 35 | December 22, 1979 | Atlanta | W 130–110 | | | | Market Square Arena | 16–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 39 | January 2, 1980 | Los Angeles | L 120–127 | | | | Market Square Arena | 17–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 40 | January 3, 1980 | @ Milwaukee | L 96–106 | | | | MECCA Arena | 17–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 | January 9, 1980 | @ Seattle | L 111–120 | | | | Kingdome | 18–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 52 | January 29, 1980 | Houston | W 133–112 | | | | Market Square Arena | 26–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 55 | February 5, 1980 | Philadelphia | L 120–127 | | | | Market Square Arena | 26–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 | February 8, 1980 | @ Boston | L 108–130 | | | | Boston Garden | 27–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 | February 24, 1980 | Phoenix | L 105–113 | | | | Market Square Arena | 31–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | February 26, 1980 | @ Houston | L 88–93 | | | | The Summit | 31–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | February 27, 1980 | @ Atlanta | L 111–116 | | | | The Omni | 31–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | March 5, 1980 | @ Philadelphia | L 113–120 | | | | The Spectrum | 31–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 7, 1980 | Atlanta | L 94–99 | | | | Market Square Arena | 31–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 72 | March 11, 1980 | Boston | W 114–108 | | | | Market Square Arena | 32–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 74 | March 14, 1980 | Philadelphia | W 104–94 | | | | Market Square Arena | 34–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 75 | March 16, 1980 | @ Atlanta | L 90–95 | | | | The Omni | 34–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | March 18, 1980 | @ Boston | L 102–114 | | | | Hartford Civic Center | 34–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 79 | March 22, 1980 | @ Houston | L 110–125 | | | | The Summit | 35–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | March 30, 1980 | Houston | L 106–121 | | | | Market Square Arena | 37–45

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	PG	82	82	2,912	226	440	110	23	1,300	35.5	2.8	5.4	1.3	.3	15.9
	C	82	82	2,314	578	127	55	104	1,287	28.2	7.0	1.5	.7	1.3	15.7
	PF	82		2,647	681	344	153	112	1,566	32.3	8.3	4.2	1.9	1.4	19.1
	SG	82		2,027	223	252	211	48	688	24.7	2.7	3.1	2.6	.6	8.4
	C	79		1,541	394	115	48	121	472	19.5	5.0	1.5	.6	1.5	6.0
	SF	77		2,330	456	279	85	49	908	30.3	5.9	3.6	1.1	.6	11.8
	SF	75		1,910	361	155	82	9	986	25.5	4.8	2.1	1.1	.1	13.1
	SG	74		1,135	94	104	46	8	523	15.3	1.3	1.4	.6	.1	7.1
†	SF	54		1,526	380	142	45	33	806	28.3	7.0	2.6	.8	.6	14.9
†	PF	28		784	237	112	32	6	369	28.0	8.5	4.0	1.1	.2	13.2
	PG	24		100	14	16	7	1	29	4.2	.6	.7	.3	.0	1.2
†	SG	23		380	35	47	15	10	124	16.5	1.5	2.0	.7	.4	5.4
	SG	13		117	19	9	2	3	32	9.0	1.5	.7	.2	.2	2.5
	SF	8		59	14	1	4	3	14	7.4	1.8	.1	.5	.4	1.8
	SF	7		30	10	0	2	0	8	4.3	1.4	.0	.3	.0	1.1
†	PG	5		43	2	5	3	0	7	8.6	.4	1.0	.6	.0	1.4

† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Pacers only.

Awards and records

Don Buse, NBA All-Defensive First Team

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/1980.html 1979-80 Indiana Pacers]

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