1983–84 Indiana Pacers season

The 1983–84 NBA season was Indiana's eighth season in the NBA and 17th season as a franchise.^[1]

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
< 1982–83 1984–85 >

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

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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 (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	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 v t e
	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	—

Game log

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Steve Stipanovich	C	81	73	2,426	562	170	73	67	970	30.0	6.9	2.1	.9	.8	12.0
George L. Johnson	SF	81	20	2,073	460	195	82	49	1,056	25.6	5.7	2.4	1.0	.6	13.0
Jerry Sichting	PG	80	80	2,497	171	457	90	8	917	31.2	2.1	5.7	1.1	.1	11.5
Clark Kellogg	PF	79	79	2,676	719	234	121	28	1,506	33.9	9.1	3.0	1.5	.4	19.1
Granville Waiters	C	78	8	1,040	227	60	24	85	277	13.3	2.9	.8	.3	1.1	3.6
Sidney Lowe	PG	78	2	1,238	122	269	93	5	324	15.9	1.6	3.4	1.2	.1	4.2
Butch Carter	SG	73	54	2,045	153	206	128	13	977	28.0	2.1	2.8	1.8	.2	13.4
Jim Thomas	SG	72	15	1,219	149	130	60	6	455	16.9	2.1	1.8	.8	.1	6.3
Herb Williams	C	69	53	2,279	554	215	60	108	1,029	33.0	8.0	3.1	.9	1.6	14.9
Kevin McKenna	SG	61	13	923	95	114	46	5	387	15.1	1.6	1.9	.8	.1	6.3
Brook Steppe	SG	61	13	857	122	79	34	6	430	14.0	2.0	1.3	.6	.1	7.0
Leroy Combs	SF	48	0	446	56	38	23	18	218	9.3	1.2	.8	.5	.4	4.5
Bruce Kuczenski†	PF	5	0	51	9	2	0	0	14	10.2	1.8	.4	.0	.0	2.8
Tracy Jackson	SG	2	0	10	1	0	0	0	6	5.0	.5	.0	.0	.0	3.0

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Pacers only.

Awards and records

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

Transactions

References

1. 1983-84 Indiana Pacers

See also

• 1983-84 NBA season