Indiana Pacers Logo — Indiana Pacers is a franchise NBA based in Indianapolis, Indiana. His greatest achievement was to have reached the NBA Finals in the year 2000, where they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers, 4-2. The Pacers began play in the season 1967 — 68 of the ABA, a league alternative to the NBA. During his first six years, played in the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum, now called Pepsi Coliseum, moving in 1974 at Market Square Arena, located in the center of the city of Indianapolis.
In the second season, Bob “Slick” Leonard, coach of the University of Indiana, became the coach of the Pacers. Leonard quickly turned them into a winning team, being led by players like Mel Daniels, George McGinnis, Rick Mount and Roger Brown. The Pacers were the most successful team in ABA history, winning three championships in four years. In the eight year history of the league, came five times to the Finals. More