The 1981–82 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's sixth season in the NBA and 15th season as a franchise.1981-82 Indiana Pacers

Offseason

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 14 Herb Williams C Ohio State 2 36 Ray Blume C Oregon State 2 37 Al Leslie SG Bucknell 3 60 Purvis Miller SF USC

Roster

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Regular season

Season standings

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

Game log Regular season

| 3 | | @ Philadelphia | L 99–107 | Knight (21) | Bantom (10) | Buse (13) | The Spectrum11,257 | 2–1 |- | 4 | | @ Boston | L 94–111 | Owens (16) | Owens (7) | Davis (5) | Boston Garden15,320 | 2–2 |- | 9 | | @ Los Angeles | L 123–124 (2OT) | Owens (26) | Knight (8) | Buse,Davis (7) | The Forum14,140 | 4–5 |- | 15 | | Philadelphia | L 112–124 (OT) | Orr (24) | C Johnson (14) | McGinnis (5) | Market Square Arena15,613 | 7–8

| 17 | | Boston | W 90–87 | Davis (21) | Williams (10) | Davis,Williams (4) | Market Square Arena12,634 | 9–8 |- | 21 | | @ Milwaukee |- | 23 | | Milwaukee |- | 30 | | Milwaukee

| 37 | | Los Angeles | L 92–97 | Davis (18) | Williams (16) | Davis (6) | Market Square Arena11,029 | 17–20 |- | 40 | | @ Boston | L 103–112 | Knight (20) | Williams (9) | Buse,Davis,C Johnson,Orr (3) | Boston Garden15,320 | 18–22 |- | 41 | | Philadelphia | L 105–112 | Williams (22) | C Johnson (12) | Davis (7) | Market Square Arena11,411 | 18–23 |- | 42 | | @ San Antonio | W 107–98 | Davis (24) | Orr (11) | Buse (7) | HemisFair Arena10,236 | 19–23 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 44 | | Boston | L 105–109 | Buse,Orr (18) | Williams (12) | Buse (7) | Market Square Arena13,435 | 19–25 |- | 48 | | @ Milwaukee |- | 49 | | @ Philadelphia | L 96–102 | Knight (19) | Knight (8) | Buse (5) | The Spectrum9,292 | 20–29 |- | 52 | | Milwaukee |- | 57 | | San Antonio | W 108–100 | Buse (23) | Owens (9) | Buse (10) | Market Square Arena8,372 | 26–31

| 63 | | @ Boston | L 100–121 | C Johnson (20) | C Johnson (11) | Buse (6) | Boston Garden15,320 | 29–34 |- | 67 | | @ Philadelphia | L 95–112 | Knight (22) | C Johnson (18) | Buse (6) | The Spectrum12,522 | 30–37

| 75 | | @ Milwaukee |- | 79 | | Philadelphia | L 89–93 | Davis (23) | Knight (10) | McGinnis (7) | Market Square Arena6,643 | 34–45

Player statistics

Ragular season PlayerPG82 78 2,529 223 407 164 27 797 30.8 2.7 5.0 2.0 .3 9.7C82 75 2,277 605 139 53 178 942 27.8 7.4 1.7 .6 2.2 11.5SG82 70 2,664 178 346 76 11 1,396 32.5 2.2 4.2 .9 .1 17.0SF 81 19 1,803 257 118 63 14 998 22.3 3.2 1.5 .8 .2 12.3SF 80 41 1,951 331 134 56 26 918 24.4 4.1 1.7 .7 .3 11.5C 79 42 1,979 571 127 60 112 747 25.1 7.2 1.6 .8 1.4 9.5PF 76 4 1,341 398 204 96 28 354 17.6 5.2 2.7 1.3 .4 4.7SG 75 0 1,035 79 60 34 11 442 13.8 1.1 .8 .5 .1 5.9PF 74 40 1,599 372 127 41 37 780 21.6 5.0 1.7 .6 .5 10.5PF 59 4 720 217 40 36 25 300 12.2 3.7 .7 .6 .4 5.1PG 51 0 800 55 117 33 1 212 15.7 1.1 2.3 .6 .0 4.2†SF 39 37 1,037 214 68 38 24 458 26.6 5.5 1.7 1.0 .6 11.7SG 14 0 95 13 10 3 0 35 6.8 .9 .7 .2 .0 2.5

References

See also 1981-82 NBA season