Nov. 9, 1974 ABA - Pacers at Spurs

November 9, 1974

Pacers at Spurs

Collis Temple's late 4th quarter shot brought the Spurs to within a point of the Pacers with just one shot left. The Spurs intentionally fouled Darrell Hillman who hit both his free throws to make it a 131-128 game. The Spurs missed the potential game tying three pointer on the last shot of the game.

The Pacers had a big advantage at the free throw line shooting 41 free throws to the Spurs 27. In fact, Swen Nater, Rich Jones, and Coby Dietrick fouled out of the game while George Gervin and George Karl had five fouls each. 

The free throw disparity and some poor shooting by the spurs helped the 

pacers to open up a 16 point lead in the second half. The Spurs slowly chipped away in the fourth quarter before coming up just short. Next week - a rematch of these two teams.

Indiana      35  37  34  25  -  131

San Antonio  32  32  28  36  -  128

Pacers Leaders

Points - 29 Darrell Hillman (11-14 FG, 7-9 FT)

         26 George McGinnis (8-22 FG, 11-12 FT)

         18 Bill Keller (7-11 FG, 4-4 FT)

Rebounds - 18 George McGinnis

           10 Bill Keller

         

Spurs Leaders

Points - 29 James Silas (11-17 FG, 7-7 FT) 

         21 Rich Jones (8-14 FG, 5-7 FT)

         19 George Gervin (8-19 FG, 3-3 FT)

  

Rebounds - 17 Swen Nater 

            8 Donnie  Freeman