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Indiana Pacers
(58-24, 2nd in Central, 4 games back)
DRAFT PICKS: (25)
| 1998 Draft Order |
| Round |
Pick |
Name |
School |
Position |
| 1 |
25 |
Al Harrington |
St. Patrick's High School (NJ)
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SF |
| Team Strengths |
Bench and Experience
Coach Larry Bird
Shooting
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| Team Statistics |
| |
PPG |
FG% |
REBs |
TOs |
| Pacers |
96.0 (12th) | .469 (4th) | 39.3 (27th) | 14.2 (4th) |
| Opponents |
89.9 (5th) | .432 (6th) | 41.1 (14th) | 15.1 (18th) |
| Weaknesses |
Rebounding (see game 7)
Getting Older
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| Changes |
Bird???
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| Needs |
Another Inside Scorer
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| Notes: |
Their 58 wins were the most by a Pacers' team in the NBA. (The '69-'70 team won 59 games in the ABA)
Their 19 win improvement over '96/'97 was a team record
Shot .390 from the 3-point line, which was good for second the league - Seattle shot .396
Pacers were the worst offensive-rebounding team in the NBA this year at 10.7 a game
Indaina scored 55 points vs San Antonio on March 29th, the 2nd-lowest total ever for an NBA game (since shot clock)
Teams shot a league-low .316 vs the Pacers from 3-point range this year
Were an Eastern-best 33-13 at the All-Star break and 25-11 after the All Star break
On February 27th, the Pacers beat the Trailblazers 124-59, becoming the first team to double-up another team in the history of the NBA.
Pacers were 25-0 when they scored 100+ points, the best mark in the NBA
Chris Mullin led the league in FT shooting (.939)
Reggie Miller was one of the few players who was not affected by the longer 3-points line. He shot .429 from downtown, two-one-hundreths's of a percent better than last year (.427)
Miller, Rose and Mullin all shot better from three-point range this year than they did last year
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| First Round Draft Picks in the 90's |
1990 None
1991 Dale Davis, F, Clemson (13)
1992 Malik Sealy, F, St. John's (14)
1993 Scott Haskin, C, Oregon State (14)
1994 Eric Piatkowski, G/F, Nebraska (15)
1995 Travis Best, G, Georgia Tech (23)
1996 Erick Dampier, C, Mississippi State (10)
1997 Austin Croshere, F, Providence (12)
Complete draft list over the years |
| Players by Position |
| Small Forwards |
Power Forwards |
Centers |
Point Guards |
Shooting Guards |
Chris Mullin
Derrick McKey
Austin Croshere
Etdrick Bohannon
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Dale Davis
Antonio Davis
Mark Pope
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Rik Smits
Mark West
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Mark Jackson
Travis Best
Haywoode Workman-I
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Reggie Miller
Jalen Rose
Fred Hoiberg
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| Free Agents |
| 1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
Rik Smits
Travis Best
Mark West
Fred Hoiberg
Mark Pope
Etdrick Bohannon
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Haywoode Workman
Dale Davis (P-FA)
Chris Mullin
Antonio Davis
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Reggie Miller
Jalen Rose
Mark Jackson
Austin Croshere
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