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.1979-80 Indiana Pacers

Offseason

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

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

Game log Regular season

| 2 | October 13, 1979 | Atlanta | W 115–101

| Market Square Arena | 1–1 |- | 4 | October 17, 1979 | @ Houston | L 112–116

| The Summit | 2–2 |- | 5 | October 18, 1979 | @ Atlanta | L 85–115

| The Omni | 2–3 |- | 6 | October 20, 1979 | Boston | W 131–128 (OT)

| Market Square Arena | 3–3 |- | 8 | October 24, 1979 | @ Philadelphia | L 110–132

| The Spectrum | 3–5 |- | 11 | October 31, 1979 | Houston | W 133–129 (OT)

| Market Square Arena | 5–6

| 13 | November 3, 1979 | Philadelphia | L 114–120 (2OT)

| Market Square Arena | 5–8 |- | 18 | November 14, 1979 | @ Phoenix | L 100–104

| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 8–10 |- | 20 | November 18, 1979 | @ Los Angeles | L 104–127

| The Forum | 8–12 |- | 22 | November 23, 1979 | @ Boston | L 103–118

| Boston Garden | 9–13 |- | 24 | November 26, 1979 | @ Philadelphia | L 112–113

| The Spectrum | 10–14 |- | 25 | November 28, 1979 | Milwaukee | L 79–87

| Market Square Arena | 10–15

| 27 | December 1, 1979 | Boston | L 102–106 (OT)

| Market Square Arena | 11–16 |- | 31 | December 12, 1979 | Seattle | L 107–112

| Market Square Arena | 14–27 |- | 35 | December 22, 1979 | Atlanta | W 130–110

| Market Square Arena | 16–19

| 39 | January 2, 1980 | Los Angeles | L 120–127

| Market Square Arena | 17–22 |- | 40 | January 3, 1980 | @ Milwaukee | L 96–106

| MECCA Arena | 17–23 |- | 43 | January 9, 1980 | @ Seattle | L 111–120

| Kingdome | 18–25 |- | 52 | January 29, 1980 | Houston | W 133–112

| Market Square Arena | 26–26

| 55 | February 5, 1980 | Philadelphia | L 120–127

| Market Square Arena | 26–29 |- | 57 | February 8, 1980 | @ Boston | L 108–130

| Boston Garden | 27–30 |- | 64 | February 24, 1980 | Phoenix | L 105–113

| Market Square Arena | 31–33 |- | 65 | February 26, 1980 | @ Houston | L 88–93

| The Summit | 31–34 |- | 66 | February 27, 1980 | @ Atlanta | L 111–116

| The Omni | 31–35

| 69 | March 5, 1980 | @ Philadelphia | L 113–120

| The Spectrum | 31–38 |- | 70 | March 7, 1980 | Atlanta | L 94–99

| Market Square Arena | 31–39 |- | 72 | March 11, 1980 | Boston | W 114–108

| Market Square Arena | 32–40 |- | 74 | March 14, 1980 | Philadelphia | W 104–94

| Market Square Arena | 34–40 |- | 75 | March 16, 1980 | @ Atlanta | L 90–95

| The Omni | 34–41 |- | 76 | March 18, 1980 | @ Boston | L 102–114

| Hartford Civic Center | 34–42 |- | 79 | March 22, 1980 | @ Houston | L 110–125

| The Summit | 35–44 |- | 82 | March 30, 1980 | Houston | L 106–121

| Market Square Arena | 37–45

Player statistics

Ragular season PlayerPG82 82 2,912 226 440 110 23 1,300 35.5 2.8 5.4 1.3 .3 15.9C82 82 2,314 578 127 55 104 1,287 28.2 7.0 1.5 .7 1.3 15.7PF82 2,647 681 344 153 112 1,566 32.3 8.3 4.2 1.9 1.4 19.1SG82 2,027 223 252 211 48 688 24.7 2.7 3.1 2.6 .6 8.4C 79 1,541 394 115 48 121 472 19.5 5.0 1.5 .6 1.5 6.0SF 77 2,330 456 279 85 49 908 30.3 5.9 3.6 1.1 .6 11.8SF 75 1,910 361 155 82 9 986 25.5 4.8 2.1 1.1 .1 13.1SG 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 13.2PG 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 5.4SG 13 117 19 9 2 3 32 9.0 1.5 .7 .2 .2 2.5SF 8 59 14 1 4 3 14 7.4 1.8 .1 .5 .4 1.8SF 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

Awards and records Don Buse, NBA All-Defensive First Team

References

See also 1979-80 NBA season