The 1977–78 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's second season in the National Basketball Association and 11th season as a franchise.1977–78 Indiana Pacers

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 2 29 Alonzo Bradley SF Texas Southern 3 51 Stan Mayhew Weber State 4 73 George Pendleton Georgia State 5 95 Marvin Jackson Prairie View A&M 6 117 Tom Scheffler C Purdue

Roster

Regular season Season standings

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

Game log Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | October 28, 19777:05p.m. EST | Washington | W 136–127

| Market Square Arena12,542 | 3–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 | January 6, 19788:05p.m. EST | @ Washington | L 114–146

Capital Centre9,215 | 15–19

|- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 57 | February 17, 19788:05p.m. EST | Washington | W 123–111

| Market Square Arena10,637 | 21–36

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 69 | March 17, 19788:05p.m. EST | @ Washington | W 105–99

| Capital Centre8,196 | 27–42

Player statistics

Regular season PlayerSF82 2,775 610 238 100 50 1,258 33.8 7.4 2.9 1.2 .6 15.3PG 79 3,019 327 584 170 23 1,436 38.2 4.1 7.4 2.2 .3 18.2PF 79 2,423 802 196 81 149 1,060 30.7 10.2 2.5 1.0 1.9 13.4PG 71 955 117 142 41 10 295 13.5 1.6 2.0 .6 .1 4.2C 69 1,327 420 80 74 71 372 19.2 6.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 5.4†C 58 1,682 435 56 37 50 892 29.0 7.5 1.0 .6 .9 15.4†SG 57 1,859 205 226 103 30 822 32.6 3.6 4.0 1.8 .5 14.4†PF 51 1,131 333 65 32 19 572 22.2 6.5 1.3 .6 .4 11.2SF 44 449 71 30 14 2 151 10.2 1.6 .7 .3 .0 3.4†SG 42 1,449 120 132 47 0 804 34.5 2.9 3.1 1.1 .0 19.1†SG 35 621 62 62 22 11 250 17.7 1.8 1.8 .6 .3 7.1PF 31 285 93 22 11 7 74 9.2 3.0 .7 .4 .2 2.4†SF 23 948 216 65 48 17 609 41.2 9.4 2.8 2.1 .7 26.5†C 23 598 173 48 20 15 196 26.0 7.5 2.1 .9 .7 8.5SG 20 216 14 27 6 1 83 10.8 .7 1.4 .3 .1 4.2SG 12 86 12 8 2 1 30 7.2 1.0 .7 .2 .1 2.5PG 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 .0 1.0 .0 .0 .0

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

References