Indiana Pacers Milestones

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How to play the Indiana Pacers history timeline

Pacers history is split into individual moments here: drafts, hires, arena openings, playoff runs. Each card shows the moment and a short description below it. You order them by year, starting with one card that is placed for you and dated. Put each new card in the gap you think is right. A correct placement reveals the year; a wrong one costs you a life, one of three, and the card moves to where it really goes.

Before joining the NBA, the franchise was a powerhouse in another league, and those championship cards are tough to tell apart. The NBA years bring a long stretch built around one sharpshooter, heated playoff duels with a big-market rival, an ugly brawl and several rebuilds. The descriptions often name the opponent or the coach, which helps more than the headlines do when two playoff runs sound the same.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

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Here are 27 of the 27 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Began play as a charter ABA franchise The team was founded as an original member of the American Basketball Association
Reached their first ABA Finals They lost the championship series to the Oakland Oaks
Won their first ABA championship Mel Daniels and Roger Brown led the way to a red-white-and-blue-ball title
Won a second ABA championship They beat the New York Nets for another ABA crown
Won a third ABA championship They downed the Kentucky Colonels for their final ABA title
Moved into Market Square Arena The franchise opened a new downtown Indianapolis home during the ABA years
Returned to the ABA Finals They lost the championship series to the Kentucky Colonels
Joined the NBA in the ABA-NBA merger One of four ABA teams absorbed into the older league
Drafted Chuck Person The Auburn forward, a future Rookie of the Year, was taken in the first round
Drafted Reggie Miller The UCLA sharpshooter was taken 11th overall to Indianapolis boos
Drafted Rik Smits second overall The 7-foot-4 'Dunking Dutchman' was selected No. 2
Reggie scored 25 fourth-quarter points against the Knicks His playoff outburst at Madison Square Garden included taunting Spike Lee
'8 points in 9 seconds' stunned the Knicks Reggie's flurry stole a playoff game at Madison Square Garden
Larry Bird hired as head coach The Indiana legend took over the bench in his first coaching job
Conseco Fieldhouse opened The team moved into a new fieldhouse-style downtown arena
Reached the franchise's first NBA Finals Reggie Miller's team lost to Shaq and Kobe's Lakers
Acquired Ron Artest in a trade The defensive forward arrived from Chicago
Rick Carlisle hired as head coach The future champion coach took over the bench
Won a franchise-record 61 games before the 'Malice at the Palace' A dominant regular season was overshadowed by a November brawl in Detroit
Drafted Danny Granger The New Mexico forward, a future All-Star, was taken 17th overall
Reggie Miller's number was retired The franchise icon's No. 31 was raised to the rafters
Drafted Paul George The Fresno State wing was taken 10th overall
Reached the Eastern Conference Finals under Frank Vogel They pushed LeBron's Heat to seven games
Paul George suffered a gruesome leg injury with Team USA The star broke his leg in a national-team scrimmage
Traded Paul George to Oklahoma City for Victor Oladipo The franchise dealt its star and got back a future All-Star guard
Acquired Tyrese Haliburton in a trade The young guard arrived from Sacramento in the Domantas Sabonis deal
Returned to the Eastern Conference Finals A fast-paced Haliburton-led team fell to the Celtics