Did You Know...

The Indiana Pacers finished the 2006-07 season without a trip to the playoffs, but new head coach Jim O’Brien (who replaced Rick Carlisle) promises to get there in 2007-08. Adding Travis Diener and Kareem Rush to the roster strengthens the weak offense and O’Brien’s faster coaching style should serve the Pacers well. Get your tickets to Conseco Fieldhouse and see the newly retooled Indiana Pacers excel in 2007-2008!

The Indiana Pacers came into the NBA in 1976. Having excelled in the American Basketball Association, winning three league championships in just nine seasons, the Pacers and three other ABA teams made the switch. The Pacers fell upon hard times early on in their NBA campaign. As the merger agreement denied the former ABA teams TV revenue for several years, there was little the Pacers could do to improve themselves at first. Struggling in the new league, the Indiana Pacers posted just one winning season in their first thirteen years. After over a decade of mediocrity, the Pacers finally started to play some good basketball and turned into a force in the Eastern Conference.