1983–84 Indiana Pacers season

1983–84 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach	Jack McKinney
Arena	Market Square Arena
Results
Record	26–56 (.317)
Place	Division: 6th (Central) Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WTTV
Radio	WNDE

The 1983–84 NBA season was Indiana's eighth season in the NBA and 17th season as a franchise.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1983 NBA draft

This table only lists picks through the second round.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	2	Steve Stipanovich	C	United States	Missouri
1	23	Mitchell Wiggins	SG	United States	Florida State
2	26	Leroy Combs	SF	United States	Oklahoma State
2	40	Jim Thomas	G	United States	Indiana

Roster

Indiana Pacers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From SG 12 Carter, Butch 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Indiana SF 34 Combs, Leroy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Oklahoma State SF 24 Johnson, George 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) St. John's PF 33 Kellogg, Clark 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Ohio State PG 35 Lowe, Sidney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) NC State SG 21 McKenna, Kevin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Creighton PG 14 Sichting, Jerry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Purdue SG 11 Steppe, Brook 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Georgia Tech C 40 Stipanovich, Steve 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Missouri SG 6 Thomas, Jim 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Indiana C 31 Waiters, Granville 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Ohio State C 32 Williams, Herb 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 242 lb (110 kg) Ohio State	Head coach Jack McKinney Assistant coach(es) Scotty Robertson Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	50	32	.610	–	30–11	20–21	19–10
x-Detroit Pistons	49	33	.598	1	30–11	19–22	21–8
x-Atlanta Hawks	40	42	.488	10	31–10	9–32	16–14
Cleveland Cavaliers	28	54	.341	22	23–18	5–36	11–19
Chicago Bulls	27	55	.329	23	18–23	9–32	10–20
Indiana Pacers	26	56	.317	24	20–21	6–35	12–18

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	50	32	.610	12
3	x-Philadelphia 76ers	52	30	.634	10
4	x-Detroit Pistons	49	33	.598	13
5	x-New York Knicks	47	35	.573	15
6	x-New Jersey Nets	45	37	.549	17
7	x-Atlanta Hawks	40	42	.488	22
8	x-Washington Bullets	35	47	.427	27
9	Cleveland Cavaliers	28	54	.341	34
10	Chicago Bulls	27	55	.329	35
11	Indiana Pacers	26	56	.317	36

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1983-84 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–5	4–2	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	0–2	3–3	3–3	4–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2
Boston	5–0	—	5–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	5–1	4–2	3–3	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–2
Chicago	2–4	0–5	—	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–3	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4
Cleveland	3–3	0–6	4–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–3	1–5	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–1
Dallas	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	4–2	0–2	4–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	3–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	4–2	4–1	1–4	4–2	0–2
Denver	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–4	—	1–1	2–3	4–2	0–2	4–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	3–3	3–2	2–3	3–3	0–2
Detroit	4–2	2–4	5–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–4	4–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–3
Golden State	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	3–2	1–1	—	2–3	2–0	4–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	2–4	3–2	3–3	4–2	1–4	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	3–2	—	1–1	2–4	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	2–4	2–3	3–2	1–5	0–2
Indiana	2–4	1–5	3–3	4–2	0–2	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–5	2–4	0–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4
Kansas City	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–4	4–2	2–0	—	0–5	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	2–3	5–1	3–2	1–4	3–3	2–0
Los Angeles	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	4–1	1–1	3–3	4–1	1–1	5–0	—	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	5–1	2–3	4–2	3–3	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	3–3	1–5	4–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	—	4–2	4–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1
New Jersey	3–3	2–4	4–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	—	3–3	3–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
New York	1–4	3–3	4–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–0	1–4	3–3	—	2–4	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2
Philadelphia	1–5	4–2	3–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	3–3	4–2	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	0–2	5–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–4	5–0	4–2	2–4	1–4	2–0
Portland	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	3–2	1–5	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	—	4–1	4–2	4–2	1–4	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	1–1	2–3	4–2	2–0	1–5	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–5	1–4	—	4–1	2–3	4–2	1–1
San Diego	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	0–2	3–3	3–2	1–1	2–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	1–4	—	3–3	2–3	1–1
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	2–4	2–3	1–1	4–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–4	3–2	3–3	—	1–4	1–1
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–4	3–3	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–1	4–1	2–4	3–2	4–1	—	1–1
Washington	2–4	2–4	4–2	1–4	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–2	2–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–5	2–4	2–4	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Clark Kellogg	79	79	33.9	51.9	33.3	76.8	9.1	3.0	1.5	0.4	19.1
Herb Williams	69	53	33.0	47.8	0.0	70.2	8.0	3.1	0.9	1.6	14.9
Butch Carter	73	54	28.0	47.9	32.6	76.4	2.1	2.8	1.8	0.2	13.4
George Johnson	81	20	25.6	46.5	23.4	82.6	5.7	2.4	1.0	0.6	13.0
Steve Stipanovich	81	73	30.0	48.0	18.8	75.3	6.9	2.1	0.9	0.8	12.0
Jerry Sichting	80	80	31.2	53.2	30.0	86.7	2.1	5.7	1.1	0.1	11.5
Brook Steppe	61	13	14.0	47.1	0.0	83.2	2.0	1.3	0.6	0.1	7.0
Jim Thomas	72	15	16.9	46.4	9.1	72.7	2.1	1.8	0.8	0.1	6.3
Kevin McKenna	61	13	15.1	41.0	17.6	81.6	1.6	1.9	0.8	0.1	6.3
Leroy Combs	48	0	9.3	49.7	0.0	61.5	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.4	4.5
Sidney Lowe	78	2	15.9	41.3	11.1	77.7	1.6	3.4	1.2	0.1	4.2
Granville Waiters	78	8	13.3	51.7	0.0	60.8	2.9	0.8	0.3	1.1	3.6
Tracy Jackson	2	0	5.0	25.0	0.0	100.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
Bruce Kuczenski	5	0	10.2	29.4	0.0	100.0	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.0	2.8

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Awards and records

• Steve Stipanovich, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

See also

• 1983-84 NBA season