From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1976–77 NBA season was Indiana's 1st season in the NBA and 10th season as a franchise.[1]
Offseason
Draft picks
†In the 1976 ABA Dispersal Draft, ABA and NBA teams selected players that were on the Kentucky Colonels and the Spirits of St. Louis, the two ABA teams that were not included in the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. Wil Jones was a member of the Kentucky Colonels during the 1975–76 ABA season. Because the Pacers were in the ABA before the merger, they did not have any picks in the 1976 NBA draft.
Roster
Players
|
Coaches
|
Pos.
|
No.
|
Name
|
Height
|
Weight
|
DOB
|
From
|
SG
|
21
|
|
Anderson, Jerome
|
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
|
195 lb (88 kg)
|
|
West Virginia
|
PF
|
9
|
|
Bennett, Mel
|
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
|
200 lb (91 kg)
|
|
Pittsburgh
|
PG
|
10
|
|
Buse, Don
|
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
|
190 lb (86 kg)
|
|
Evansville
|
C
|
41
|
|
Elmore, Len
|
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
|
220 lb (100 kg)
|
|
Maryland
|
SG
|
44
|
|
Flynn, Mike
|
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|
180 lb (82 kg)
|
|
Kentucky
|
SF
|
24
|
|
Green, Steve
|
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
|
220 lb (100 kg)
|
|
Indiana
|
C
|
20
|
|
Hillman, Darnell
|
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
|
215 lb (98 kg)
|
|
San José State
|
PF
|
22
|
|
Jones, Wil
|
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
|
205 lb (93 kg)
|
|
Albany State
|
SF
|
25
|
|
Knight, Billy
|
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
|
195 lb (88 kg)
|
|
Pittsburgh
|
C
|
40
|
|
Robisch, Dave
|
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
|
235 lb (107 kg)
|
|
Kansas
|
PF
|
32
|
|
Roundfield, Dan
|
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
|
205 lb (93 kg)
|
|
Central Michigan
|
SG
|
23
|
|
Williamson, John
|
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|
185 lb (84 kg)
|
|
New Mexico State
|
|
- Head coach
- Assistant coach(es)
- Legend
- (DP) Unsigned draft pick
- (FA) Free agent
- (S) Suspended
- Injured
|
Regular season
Season standings
- z – clinched division title
- y – clinched division title
- x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1976–77 NBA Records
|
Team
|
ATL
|
BOS
|
BUF
|
CHI
|
CLE
|
DEN
|
DET
|
GSW
|
HOU
|
IND
|
KCK
|
LAL
|
MIL
|
NOJ
|
NYK
|
NYN
|
PHI
|
PHO
|
POR
|
SAS
|
SEA
|
WAS
|
Atlanta
|
— |
0–4 |
4–0 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
0–4 |
0–4 |
1–3 |
0–4 |
1–2 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
0–4 |
3–1 |
4–0 |
1–2 |
1–3
|
Boston
|
4–0 |
— |
3–1 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
1–2 |
3–1 |
2–1 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
4–0 |
2–2 |
0–4
|
Buffalo
|
0–4 |
1–3 |
— |
1–3 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
0–3 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
0–3 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
0–4 |
3–1 |
0–4
|
Chicago
|
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
— |
3–1 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
4–0 |
2–2 |
2–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
0–4 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
1–2
|
Cleveland
|
2–2 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
— |
2–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
2–1 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
4–0 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
2–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
1–3
|
Denver
|
2–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
— |
3–1 |
2–2 |
3–0 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
1–2 |
4–0 |
2–2
|
Detroit
|
4–0 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
— |
3–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
4–0 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
1–2 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
1–2 |
1–3 |
1–3
|
Golden State
|
4–0 |
3–1 |
3–0 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
— |
2–1 |
4–0 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
4–0 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
3–1
|
Houston
|
3–1 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
0–3 |
2–2 |
1–2 |
— |
4–0 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
3–1
|
Indiana
|
4–0 |
2–1 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
1–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
0–4 |
0–4 |
— |
2–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
4–0 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
0–4 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
0–4
|
Kansas City
|
2–1 |
1–3 |
3–0 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
0–4 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
— |
1–3 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
4–0 |
4–0 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
2–2
|
Los Angeles
|
2–2 |
1–2 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
— |
3–1 |
3–0 |
1–3 |
4–0 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
4–0
|
Milwaukee
|
2–2 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
0–4 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
— |
1–2 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
1–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
1–3
|
New Orleans
|
3–1 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
0–4 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
0–3 |
2–1 |
— |
3–1 |
2–2 |
0–4 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
2–2
|
N.Y. Knicks
|
3–1 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
2–1 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
0–4 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
— |
2–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
1–2 |
2–2
|
N.Y. Nets
|
1–3 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
1–2 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
0–4 |
0–4 |
0–4 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
— |
1–3 |
2–2 |
0–3 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
1–3
|
Philadelphia
|
3–1 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
2–1 |
4–0 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
— |
1–2 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
3–1
|
Phoenix
|
4–0 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
1–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
0–4 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
2–1 |
— |
1–3 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
1–3
|
Portland
|
1–3 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
4–0 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
4–0 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
3–0 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
— |
2–2 |
3–1 |
1–2
|
San Antonio
|
0–4 |
0–4 |
4–0 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
2–1 |
2–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
— |
3–1 |
2–2
|
Seattle
|
2–1 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
0–4 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
3–1 |
2–1 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
— |
3–1
|
Washington
|
3–1 |
4–0 |
4–0 |
2–1 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
4–0 |
2–2 |
0–4 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
3–1 |
2–1 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
—
|
Awards and records
References
|
---|
|
1960s | |
---|
1970s | |
---|
1980s | |
---|
1990s | |
---|
2000s | |
---|
2010s | |
---|
2020s | |
---|
|