Editing Indiana Pacers (section)

===1967–1976: ABA dynasty===
[[File:George McGinnis.png|thumb|alt=McGinnis shooting|[[George McGinnis]] was an early standout for the Pacers during their time in the ABA]]
In early 1967, a group of six investors (attorney [[Richard Tinkham]], John DeVoe, Chuck DeVoe, entrepreneur Lyn Treece, sports agent [[Chuck Barnes]], and ''[[Indianapolis Star]]'' sports writer Bob Collins) pooled their resources to purchase a franchise in the proposed [[American Basketball Association]].

For their first seven years, they played in the [[Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum]], although they did play select playoff games in various places, such as [[Anderson High School Wigwam]] for four playoff games (1969, 1971, 1972). and even [[Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall|Assembly Hall]] for two playoff games (1972).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pacers-found-happy-home-anderson | title=Pacers Found a Happy Home in Anderson &#124; Indiana Pacers | website=[[NBA.com]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.iu.edu/live/news/27429-ncaa-tournament-site-simon-skjodt-assembly-hall | title=NCAA tournament site Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall has been a historic venue for more than hoops }}</ref> In 1974, they moved to the new [[Market Square Arena]] in [[downtown Indianapolis]], where they played for 25&nbsp;years.

Early in the Pacers' second season, former [[Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball|Indiana Hoosiers]] standout [[Bobby Leonard|Bob "Slick" Leonard]] became the team's head coach, replacing [[Larry Staverman]]. Leonard quickly turned the Pacers into a juggernaut. His teams were buoyed by the great play of superstars such as [[Mel Daniels]], [[George McGinnis]], [[Bob Netolicky]], [[Rick Mount]], [[Freddie Lewis]] and [[Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)|Roger Brown]]. The Pacers were the most successful team in ABA history, winning three ABA Championships in four years. In all, they appeared in the ABA Finals five times in the league's nine-year history, which was an ABA record.<ref>{{cite web|title=Remember the ABA: Indiana Pacers|url=http://www.remembertheaba.com/Indiana-Pacers.html}}</ref>