Indiana Pacers Team Stats 2021 Pacers Team Stats

34-38, 2nd in East Central

As one of the original members of the ABA, Indiana was one of the fledgling league's most successful franchises. The Pacers made the ABA playoffs every season during its existence, appearing in half the ABA Finals, and winning three titles. When the ABA merged with the NBA ahead of the 1976-77 season, Hoosier State basketball enthusiasts expected the Pacers' success to follow them. It simply did not. During their first 13 NBA seasons, Indiana made only three playoff appearances, winning only a single game. With their third appearance at the end of the 1989-90 season, Indiana began one of the more successful runs in the NBA. The Pacers would continue to get bumped from the playoff bracket in the first round for the following three seasons.

Home Record: 3-1 Away Record: 1-0 Conference Record: 4-1 Division Record: 2-0

Head Coach: Nate Bjorkgren Assitant Coach: Greg Foster Assitant Coach: Kaleb Canales Assitant Coach: Bill Bayno

Assitant Coach: Calbert Cheaney Assitant Coach: Tyler Marsh General Manager: Kevin Pritchard Arena:

Pacers Team Stats

Team Ratings				Offense Stats											Defense Stats
Overall	OFF RTG	DEF RTG	PPG	ORB	AST	TO	FGM	FGA	3PA	3-PM	FG%	3PT%	FT%	Pace	PPG Allow	DRB	AST Allow	STL	BLK	FG% Allow	3P% Allow	FORCE TO
			115.3	648	1973	937	3115	6567	2445	889	47.4	36.4	79.2		115.3	2424	1877	611	460	46.8	36.6	1066

Pacers Team Rankings

Team Rankings				Offense Rankings											Defense Rankings
Overall	OFF RTG	DEF RTG	PPG	ORB	AST	TO	FGM	FGA	3PA	3-PM	FG%	3PT%	FT%	Pace	PPG Allow	DRB	AST Allow	STL	BLK	FG% Allow	3P% Allow	FORCE TO
			7	26	2	13	3	3	18	18	11	17	10		25	21	28	5	1	16	16	8

Pacers Team Offensive Stats

Opponent		Vegas			Points Scored					Shooting						Rebounding			Assists	TO
Date	Team	Spread	ML	O/U	TOT PTS	Q1 PTS	Q2 PTS	Q3 PTS	Q4 PTS	FGA	FGM	3PTA	3PTM	3PT%	FG%	DREB	OREB	TOT REB	TOT ASS	TO
5/20/21	WAS	-2.5	-165	240	115	29	23	31	32	100	41	41	15	36.6	41	31	9	40	30	14
5/18/21	CHA	-1.5	-126	226	144	40	29	39	36	105	58	35	16	45.7	55.2	42	12	54	35	16
5/16/21	TOR	0	0	0	125	31	37	26	31	95	48	37	15	40.5	50.5	37	10	47	34	13
5/15/21	LAL	0	0	0	115	28	28	32	27	89	46	33	9	27.3	51.7	29	8	37	28	13
5/13/21	MIL	0	0	0	133	38	28	30	37	110	50	43	21	48.8	45.5	28	12	40	34	7
5/11/21	PHI	0	0	0	103	26	25	24	28	83	37	41	14	34.1	44.6	38	7	45	28	13
5/10/21	CLE	0	0	0	111	27	26	26	32	88	44	27	11	40.7	50	37	10	47	32	11
5/8/21	WAS	0	0	0	132	32	30	39	23	104	50	29	7	24.1	48.1	41	8	49	33	13
5/6/21	ATL	0	0	0	133	36	36	38	23	87	54	20	8	40	62.1	32	4	36	35	15
5/5/21	SAC	0	0	0	93	26	21	21	25	83	36	25	9	36	43.4	38	10	48	26	22
5/3/21	WAS	0	0	0	141	31	35	36	39	107	53	27	14	51.9	49.5	31	14	45	28	17
5/1/21	OKC	0	0	0	152	42	40	44	26	87	57	33	21	63.6	65.5	50	3	53	41	17
4/29/21	BKN	0	0	0	113	28	24	41	20	96	41	39	11	28.2	42.7	31	7	38	23	10
4/27/21	POR	0	0	0	112	35	27	16	34	86	40	30	10	33.3	46.5	31	7	38	25	13
4/24/21	DET	0	0	0	115	35	23	26	31	96	40	32	10	31.3	41.7	30	9	39	28	4
4/21/21	OKC	0	0	0	122	34	33	26	29	101	46	40	14	35	45.5	33	14	47	30	11
4/19/21	SAS	0	0	0	94	21	23	22	28	104	34	34	8	23.5	32.7	40	14	54	20	7
4/18/21	ATL	0	0	0	117	23	34	33	27	92	45	32	10	31.3	48.9	33	8	41	33	12
4/16/21	UTA	0	0	0	111	32	37	20	22	105	41	39	13	33.3	39	29	14	43	23	10
4/14/21	HOU	0	0	0	132	33	42	31	26	94	50	36	15	41.7	53.2	37	11	48	28	18
4/11/21	MEM	0	0	0	132	45	29	32	26	99	52	37	13	35.1	52.5	38	15	53	35	12
4/9/21	ORL	0	0	0	111	33	31	19	28	92	38	33	11	33.3	41.3	38	11	49	26	14
4/7/21	MIN	0	0	0	141	35	42	32	32	93	55	28	14	50	59.1	28	7	35	32	13
4/6/21	CHI	0	0	0	97	28	21	25	23	88	38	30	9	30	43.2	27	6	33	20	14
4/3/21	SAS	0	0	0	139	32	35	31	28	94	52	29	12	41.4	55.3	33	11	44	27	13
4/2/21	CHA	0	0	0	97	24	25	27	21	82	38	33	10	30.3	46.3	39	9	48	29	20
3/29/21	WAS	0	0	0	124	28	30	34	32	93	44	30	12	40	47.3	30	7	37	32	14
3/26/21	DAL	0	0	0	109	31	30	21	27	87	38	47	20	42.6	43.7	36	13	49	26	10
3/24/21	DET	0	0	0	116	21	36	29	30	97	45	34	15	44.1	46.4	26	11	37	25	10
3/22/21	MIL	0	0	0	113	26	34	34	19	111	45	50	12	24	40.5	29	11	40	27	6
3/21/21	MIA	0	0	0	109	32	25	22	19	98	38	45	15	33.3	38.8	37	13	50	27	14
3/19/21	MIA	0	0	0	137	32	36	31	38	89	52	36	20	55.6	58.4	38	9	47	38	16
3/17/21	BKN	0	0	0	115	40	21	30	24	84	43	32	9	28.1	51.2	30	4	34	29	16
3/13/21	PHX	0	0	0	122	29	33	35	25	87	46	28	13	46.4	52.9	36	9	45	25	15
3/12/21	LAL	0	0	0	100	28	26	25	21	88	37	36	8	22.2	42	34	10	44	22	16
3/4/21	DEN	0	0	0	103	29	23	22	29	90	41	39	14	35.9	45.6	23	11	34	27	14
3/3/21	CLE	0	0	0	114	28	23	31	32	83	47	25	8	32	56.6	23	4	27	27	11
3/1/21	PHI	0	0	0	114	32	23	22	37	91	44	29	8	27.6	48.4	26	8	34	27	19
2/27/21	NYK	0	0	0	107	32	20	26	29	84	38	28	11	39.3	45.2	29	6	35	27	16
2/26/21	BOS	0	0	0	112	31	29	24	28	89	35	46	15	32.6	39.3	32	8	40	26	8
2/26/21	BOS	0	0	0	112	31	29	24	28	89	35	46	15	32.6	39.3	32	8	40	26	8
2/17/21	MIN	0	0	0	134	39	30	17	35	97	49	26	13	50	50.5	41	10	51	31	14
2/15/21	CHI	0	0	0	112	21	23	26	35	92	39	33	9	27.3	42.4	39	8	47	18	19
2/13/21	ATL	0	0	0	125	27	35	22	41	89	45	31	12	38.7	50.6	36	7	43	34	9
2/11/21	DET	0	0	0	111	28	24	30	29	86	44	31	14	45.2	51.2	31	10	41	26	7
2/10/21	BKN	0	0	0	94	18	12	32	32	92	36	38	15	39.5	39.1	33	10	43	26	8
2/7/21	UTA	0	0	0	95	20	27	21	27	93	37	29	8	27.6	39.8	37	8	45	23	9
2/5/21	NOP	0	0	0	113	30	18	27	38	93	41	42	20	47.6	44.1	27	10	37	31	10
2/3/21	MIL	0	0	0	110	21	30	21	38	95	43	34	11	32.4	45.3	38	8	46	28	14
2/2/21	MEM	0	0	0	134	37	34	33	30	82	49	29	16	55.2	59.8	33	9	42	30	18
1/31/21	PHI	0	0	0	110	28	35	32	15	84	41	28	10	35.7	48.8	32	9	41	21	17
1/31/21	PHI	0	0	0	110	28	35	32	15	84	41	28	10	35.7	48.8	32	9	41	21	17
1/29/21	CHA	0	0	0	105	28	32	20	25	87	42	35	11	31.4	48.3	30	9	39	30	16
1/27/21	CHA	0	0	0	116	36	23	25	32	88	45	40	16	40	51.1	36	11	47	34	12
1/25/21	TOR	0	0	0	129	33	37	28	31	78	40	29	12	41.4	51.3	38	7	45	26	13
1/24/21	TOR	0	0	0	102	24	23	28	27	87	35	39	13	33.3	40.2	35	12	47	23	18
1/24/21	TOR	0	0	0	102	24	23	28	27	87	35	39	13	33.3	40.2	35	12	47	23	18
1/22/21	ORL	0	0	0	120	37	25	26	20	93	46	34	12	35.3	49.5	36	8	44	28	10
1/20/21	DAL	0	0	0	112	28	35	29	20	92	41	39	16	41	44.6	30	8	38	21	10
1/17/21	LAC	0	0	0	96	26	29	20	21	89	37	38	11	28.9	41.6	27	6	33	28	16
1/14/21	POR	0	0	0	111	26	33	25	27	92	44	30	9	30	47.8	37	13	50	29	12
1/12/21	GSW	0	0	0	104	19	31	23	31	88	39	28	9	32.1	44.3	40	10	50	26	14
1/11/21	SAC	0	0	0	122	30	34	29	29	97	47	39	13	33.3	48.5	27	10	37	26	12
1/9/21	PHX	0	0	0	117	32	21	34	30	92	44	29	12	41.4	47.8	39	13	52	23	10
1/6/21	HOU	0	0	0	114	35	27	28	24	89	42	23	9	39.1	47.2	31	7	38	21	9
1/4/21	NOP	0	0	0	118	26	27	26	27	93	45	45	19	42.2	48.4	37	5	42	32	14
1/2/21	NYK	0	0	0	102	28	23	31	20	84	34	50	19	38	40.5	27	5	32	22	8
12/31/20	CLE	0	0	0	119	32	25	31	31	87	42	35	16	45.7	48.3	34	9	43	28	14
12/29/20	BOS	0	0	0	111	26	31	37	17	84	43	33	12	36.4	51.2	32	4	36	27	14
12/27/20	BOS	0	0	0	108	19	30	39	20	88	45	26	7	26.9	51.1	29	8	37	23	16
12/26/20	CHI	0	0	0	125	27	39	33	26	93	52	26	9	34.6	55.9	40	9	49	34	16
12/23/20	NYK	0	0	0	121	35	26	27	33	94	46	34	8	23.5	48.9	40	10	50	28	13

Pacers Team Defensive Stats

Opponent		Vegas			Points Allowed					Shooting (Allowed)						Rebounding (Allowed)			AST Allow	Defensive
Date	Team	Spread	ML	O/U	TOT PTS	Q1 PTS	Q2 PTS	Q3 PTS	Q4 PTS	FGA	FGM	3PTA	3PTM	3PT%	FG%	DREB	OREB	TOT REB	TOT ASS	BLK	STL
5/20/21	WAS	-2.5	+145	240	142	30	36	48	28	93	54	28	14	50	58.1	45	7	52	34	4	9
5/18/21	CHA	-1.5	-102	226	117	24	21	33	39	94	43	40	12	30	45.7	29	7	36	26	5	7
5/16/21	TOR	0	0	0	113	30	25	28	30	97	39	38	12	31.6	40.2	32	16	48	21	3	8
5/15/21	LAL	0	0	0	122	36	28	32	26	86	41	29	11	37.9	47.7	34	11	45	25	8	10
5/13/21	MIL	0	0	0	142	39	30	40	33	94	54	30	11	36.7	57.4	41	10	51	34	2	6
5/11/21	PHI	0	0	0	94	33	29	13	19	87	38	26	8	30.8	43.7	30	5	35	23	6	7
5/10/21	CLE	0	0	0	102	28	32	17	25	93	33	39	13	33.3	35.5	35	15	50	21	13	7
5/8/21	WAS	0	0	0	133	33	30	29	32	110	49	32	9	28.1	44.5	45	15	60	26	5	11
5/6/21	ATL	0	0	0	126	26	32	38	30	94	48	37	15	40.5	51.1	24	10	34	27	4	11
5/5/21	SAC	0	0	0	104	30	26	29	19	95	43	32	8	25	45.3	36	12	48	21	6	8
5/3/21	WAS	0	0	0	154	36	46	40	32	103	63	22	9	40.9	61.2	35	9	44	50	6	8
5/1/21	OKC	0	0	0	95	29	17	24	25	111	38	38	8	21.1	34.2	27	21	48	23	11	7
4/29/21	BKN	0	0	0	130	35	31	45	19	89	47	35	12	34.3	52.8	42	8	50	35	6	8
4/27/21	POR	0	0	0	133	34	39	40	20	106	50	35	20	57.1	47.2	37	20	57	26	12	6
4/24/21	DET	0	0	0	109	25	36	21	27	96	39	34	10	29.4	40.6	47	15	62	26	9	10
4/21/21	OKC	0	0	0	116	28	29	29	30	104	48	29	9	31	46.2	38	18	56	26	7	13
4/19/21	SAS	0	0	0	109	36	19	27	27	84	36	28	8	28.6	42.9	48	9	57	27	7	4
4/18/21	ATL	0	0	0	129	35	31	28	35	92	45	32	13	40.6	48.9	37	14	51	20	5	7
4/16/21	UTA	0	0	0	119	24	32	33	30	87	42	42	16	38.1	48.3	46	10	56	22	3	13
4/14/21	HOU	0	0	0	124	24	31	39	30	104	48	34	10	29.4	46.2	31	16	47	22	6	10
4/11/21	MEM	0	0	0	125	31	32	34	28	115	53	20	6	30	46.1	26	24	50	27	10	5
4/9/21	ORL	0	0	0	106	30	21	27	28	90	38	24	6	25	42.2	38	12	50	23	10	8
4/7/21	MIN	0	0	0	137	31	25	38	43	91	48	28	10	35.7	52.7	29	13	42	30	7	6
4/6/21	CHI	0	0	0	113	30	32	35	16	94	44	33	14	42.4	46.8	43	14	57	28	12	15
4/3/21	SAS	0	0	0	133	33	26	38	29	99	48	29	10	34.5	48.5	28	18	46	22	6	10
4/2/21	CHA	0	0	0	114	28	32	24	30	95	43	31	8	25.8	45.3	33	11	44	27	6	7
3/29/21	WAS	0	0	0	132	24	33	38	37	99	55	19	10	52.6	55.6	43	12	55	30	6	11
3/26/21	DAL	0	0	0	94	29	19	27	19	95	39	35	8	22.9	41.1	36	15	51	17	10	9
3/24/21	DET	0	0	0	111	24	27	28	32	83	44	28	11	39.3	53	36	5	41	29	8	7
3/22/21	MIL	0	0	0	140	48	35	27	30	94	53	39	24	61.5	56.4	47	8	55	35	3	8
3/21/21	MIA	0	0	0	106	26	23	21	28	97	39	37	9	24.3	40.2	38	13	51	27	10	8
3/19/21	MIA	0	0	0	110	30	28	24	28	92	41	34	9	26.5	44.6	26	10	36	22	9	7
3/17/21	BKN	0	0	0	124	25	33	31	35	87	42	27	9	33.3	48.3	35	15	50	22	3	10
3/13/21	PHX	0	0	0	111	33	24	20	34	91	43	31	12	38.7	47.3	30	10	40	28	6	9
3/12/21	LAL	0	0	0	105	20	26	25	34	76	34	22	7	31.8	44.7	38	6	44	20	4	7
3/4/21	DEN	0	0	0	113	28	33	21	31	77	45	28	12	42.9	58.4	35	6	41	27	3	12
3/3/21	CLE	0	0	0	111	28	33	29	21	83	43	28	11	39.3	51.8	32	11	43	29	8	18
3/1/21	PHI	0	0	0	130	33	39	33	25	88	50	35	15	42.9	56.8	33	6	39	27	1	8
2/27/21	NYK	0	0	0	110	23	31	27	29	81	40	24	12	50	49.4	34	4	38	26	7	5
2/26/21	BOS	0	0	0	118	32	29	31	26	82	42	22	9	40.9	51.2	38	7	45	24	6	8
2/26/21	BOS	0	0	0	118	32	29	31	26	82	42	22	9	40.9	51.2	38	7	45	24	6	8
2/17/21	MIN	0	0	0	128	33	40	19	29	107	45	40	15	37.5	42.1	33	11	44	37	7	5
2/15/21	CHI	0	0	0	120	24	25	30	26	102	44	33	13	39.4	43.1	47	13	60	25	14	9
2/13/21	ATL	0	0	0	113	26	32	29	26	90	43	31	9	29	47.8	31	7	38	35	6	8
2/11/21	DET	0	0	0	95	19	33	18	25	85	38	28	5	17.9	44.7	28	15	43	21	5	10
2/10/21	BKN	0	0	0	104	27	35	20	22	76	32	31	9	29	42.1	37	9	46	20	5	4
2/7/21	UTA	0	0	0	103	25	22	28	28	93	38	42	13	31	40.9	44	17	61	22	7	9
2/5/21	NOP	0	0	0	114	27	30	29	28	76	41	25	13	52	53.9	39	11	50	23	7	9
2/3/21	MIL	0	0	0	130	29	39	38	24	102	48	48	21	43.8	47.1	42	11	53	33	6	7
2/2/21	MEM	0	0	0	116	27	23	35	31	93	42	25	9	36	45.2	26	10	36	27	8	8
1/31/21	PHI	0	0	0	119	18	36	28	37	92	45	26	8	30.8	48.9	30	14	44	20	7	6
1/31/21	PHI	0	0	0	119	18	36	28	37	92	45	26	8	30.8	48.9	30	14	44	20	7	6
1/29/21	CHA	0	0	0	108	32	32	25	19	85	43	37	16	43.2	50.6	33	9	42	35	4	7
1/27/21	CHA	0	0	0	106	19	36	25	26	90	37	38	13	34.2	41.1	28	11	39	28	9	1
1/25/21	TOR	0	0	0	114	30	30	37	17	93	38	38	14	36.8	40.9	26	13	39	24	8	5
1/24/21	TOR	0	0	0	107	24	34	19	30	90	37	35	15	42.9	41.1	33	12	45	24	8	10
1/24/21	TOR	0	0	0	107	24	34	19	30	90	37	35	15	42.9	41.1	33	12	45	24	8	10
1/22/21	ORL	0	0	0	118	28	32	27	21	94	43	37	17	45.9	45.7	36	13	49	29	5	9
1/20/21	DAL	0	0	0	124	37	28	28	31	97	51	27	8	29.6	52.6	40	9	49	32	3	6
1/17/21	LAC	0	0	0	129	36	25	39	29	87	48	39	19	48.7	55.2	43	9	52	27	2	13
1/14/21	POR	0	0	0	87	26	10	35	16	87	32	43	13	30.2	36.8	29	14	43	16	5	11
1/12/21	GSW	0	0	0	95	28	29	18	20	88	34	38	13	34.2	38.6	36	10	46	25	8	9
1/11/21	SAC	0	0	0	127	30	35	32	30	84	47	32	15	46.9	56	37	7	44	29	3	14
1/9/21	PHX	0	0	0	125	30	26	34	35	94	46	41	16	39	48.9	36	4	40	33	4	2
1/6/21	HOU	0	0	0	107	30	26	31	20	81	39	30	8	26.7	48.1	34	5	39	19	9	10
1/4/21	NOP	0	0	0	116	24	27	26	29	101	44	27	9	33.3	43.6	41	16	57	26	8	10
1/2/21	NYK	0	0	0	106	26	24	32	24	83	42	27	12	44.4	50.6	41	10	51	23	4	6
12/31/20	CLE	0	0	0	99	21	30	17	31	82	37	23	12	52.2	45.1	32	12	44	22	1	13
12/29/20	BOS	0	0	0	116	31	27	25	33	80	40	22	9	40.9	50	31	12	43	21	5	9
12/27/20	BOS	0	0	0	107	23	32	28	24	79	40	23	9	39.1	50.6	34	6	40	21	7	11
12/26/20	CHI	0	0	0	106	28	28	15	35	91	34	39	16	41	37.4	28	13	41	23	4	15
12/23/20	NYK	0	0	0	107	33	33	16	25	85	39	28	12	42.9	45.9	35	5	40	25	9	6

Pacers Team Leaders

Points Per Game

M. Brogdon: 21.2

D. Sabonis: 20.3

T. Warren: 15.5

D. McDermott: 13.6

M. Turner: 12.6

Assists Per Game

D. Sabonis: 6.7

T. McConnell: 6.6

M. Brogdon: 5.9

V. Oladipo: 3.5

A. Holiday: 1.9

Rebounds Per Game

D. Sabonis: 12

M. Turner: 6.5

O. Brissett: 5.5

M. Brogdon: 5.2

T. McConnell: 3.7

Steals Per Game

T. McConnell: 1.9

V. Oladipo: 1.8

D. Sabonis: 1.2

J. Holiday: 1

O. Brissett: 0.9

Blocks per Game

M. Turner: 3.4

G. Bitadze: 1.3

O. Brissett: 1

J. Lamb: 0.6

J. Holiday: 0.6

Pacers Player Stats

NAME	RTG	MINS	PTS	AST	REB	STL	Blk	TO	FG%	FGM	3PTM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%
Domantas Sabonis	84	2231	1260	415	742	76	33	213	53.5	484	52	162	32.1 0	240	328	73.2
Justin Holiday	72	2183	756	119	256	74	41	54	41.3	258	173	453	38.2 0	67	85	78.8
Malcolm Brogdon	80	1930	1186	329	294	49	15	115	45.3	444	145	374	38.8 0	153	177	86.4
T.J. McConnell	75	1796	596	456	256	128	23	135	55.9	274	15	48	31.3 0	33	48	68.8
Doug McDermott	79	1619	899	85	221	20	6	53	53.2	354	111	286	38.8 0	80	98	81.6
Myles Turner	80	1455	592	48	306	40	159	67	47.7	206	69	206	33.5 0	111	142	78.2
Aaron Holiday	76	1176	475	123	89	46	13	66	39	170	67	182	36.8 0	68	83	81.9
Edmond Sumner	70	861	399	49	94	33	10	51	52.5	148	35	88	39.8 0	68	83	81.9
Jeremy Lamb	76	765	363	53	131	34	23	22	43.5	120	52	128	40.6 0	71	75	94.7
Goga Bitadze	70	561	231	37	150	9	60	17	42.8	83	20	79	25.3 0	45	61	73.8
Oshae Brissett	67	519	229	18	115	19	20	10	48.3	73	33	78	42.3 0	50	65	76.9
Kelan Martin	69	322	157	17	78	10	10	16	44.9	62	24	60	40 0	9	10	90
JaKarr Sampson	71	316	134	4	77	2	14	15	49.6	56	3	15	20 0	19	29	65.5
T.J. Warren	88	117	62	5	14	2	0	4	52.9	27	0	7	0 0	8	10	80
Victor Oladipo	83	111	48	14	14	7	2	14	37.2	16	4	17	23.5 0	12	18	66.7
Cassius Stanley	66	93	36	1	20	1	2	1	30.2	13	3	13	23.1 0	7	9	77.8
Brian Bowen	65	15	3	0	3	0	0	0	25	1	0	1	0 0	1	1	100
Jalen Lecque	65	12	5	2	5	0	0	0	11.1	1	0	1	0 0	3	3	100

Contents

Indiana Pacers Team Stats 2021
Pacers Team Stats
Pacers Team Rankings
Pacers Team Offensive Stats
Pacers Team Defensive Stats
Pacers Team Leaders
Pacers Player Stats

However, in 1993-94, Indiana would make their first appearance in a conference final in almost 20 years. Indiana would make it back to the Eastern Conference Finals the following season, but again fall one game short of the NBA Finals. After missing the playoffs the next season, Indiana would make it to the conference finals three consecutive years. They lost the first shots at the finals but finally made it to an NBA Final during the 1999-2000 season. Indiana has consistently been a playoff-caliber team but has appeared in only two more Eastern Conference Finals, losing both of those. The Pacers have never won an NBA Title, a sore spot in a state that adores their basketball. The Pacers have been a competitive team each of the last five seasons, both statistically and in the standings. They are on another consecutive playoff appearance streak during this period. However, Indiana is adding another series of bitter playoff disappointments.

The Pacers have excellent odds for stretching that playoff streak to six seasons. They made minimal roster adjustments ahead of the 2020-21 season, but have improved their scoring tremendously. Indiana has pushed the ball up the court at a faster pace than in previous seasons, turning a bottom-10 scoring team into a top-10 threat to produce points. The Pacers have brought back their original 2016 first-round draft pick Caris LeVert. LeVert recently had surgery to remove a mass from his left kidney. The prognosis is for a full recovery. He will be counted on to further improve the Pacers scoring potential. Indiana doesn't boast a roster full of headline stars, other than Domantas Sabonis, but they have depth at all positions. The Pacers will have a difficult time pushing the Milwaukee Bucks for the Central Division top spot, but they have the talent to be a problem in the playoffs. It will prove very important if Indiana can earn the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference. That would allow the Pacers to host a first-round series.