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Thanks for visiting the Indiana Pacers Basketball Card Page.  I have been a Indiana Pacers fan since the ABA days.  I used to have a Red/White & Blue basketball and used it until it was slick.  I can remember the Pacers Telethon on Channel 4 to raise money for Season Tickets to help pay for the entrance fee into the NBA.  This site is dedicated to Indiana Pacers Basketball cards, and memorabilia.

The Indiana Pacers joined the NBA for the 1976-77 season as one of four former American Basketball Association franchises to cross over when the two leagues merged. The three-time ABA champions struggled from the beginning in the NBA, posting only one winning season in their first 13 NBA campaigns. After a decade and a half of failure, the team finally began to play .500 ball in the early 1990s. By mid-decade, the Pacers had become one of the Eastern Conference's top clubs. From 1994-2000, they reached the conference finals five times, won two Central Division titles and advanced to the NBA Finals in 2000.

When the Pacers began play in the ABA's inaugural 1967-68 season, they had already been preceded by two Indianapolis NBA teams. In 1948-49 the Indianapolis Jets had compiled an 18-42 record in their only year of existence. The next year the Indianapolis Olympians began play, winning the NBA's Western Division with a 39-25 record. The Olympians folded in 1953 after four seasons.

The state of Indiana has long been a bastion of basketball fandom. There is great support for high school teams and for the Indiana University Hoosiers, especially after their success in the 1970s and 1980s under Coach Bob Knight. Naturally, professional leagues coveted the Indiana market. So when eight businessmen invested a few thousand dollars apiece, the Indiana Pacers franchise began in 1967 as a charter member of the ABA.

Statistics

Season    W   L  %
2002-03  48  34 .585
2001-02  42  40 .512
2000-01  41  41 .500
1999-00  56  26 .683
1998-99  33  17 .660
1997-98  58  24 .707       
1996-97  39  43 .476
1995-96  52  30 .634
1994-95  52  30 .634   
1993-94  47  35 .573   
1992-93  41  41 .500   
1991-92  40  42 .488   
1990-91  41  41 .500   
1989-90  42  40 .512   
1988-89  28  54 .341   
1987-88  38  44 .463   
1986-87  41  41 .500   
1985-86  26  56 .317   
1984-85  22  60 .268   
1983-84  26  56 .317   
1982-83  20  62 .244   
1981-82  35  47 .427   
1980-81  44  38 .537   
1979-80  37  45 .451   
1978-79  38  44 .463   
1977-78  31  51 .378   
1976-77  36  46 .439