Editing Indiana Pacers (section)

=====Injury-plagued seasons=====
The Pacers duplicated their 52–30 record in [[1995–96 NBA season|1995–96]], but were hurt severely by an injury to Reggie Miller's eye socket in April, from which he was not able to return until Game&nbsp;5 of their first-round series against the [[1995–96 Atlanta Hawks season|Hawks]]. Miller scored 29&nbsp;points in that game, but the Hawks came away with a two-point victory to put an early end to Indiana's season. This 1995–96 team did manage to go down in history as the only team to defeat the [[1995–96 Chicago Bulls season|Chicago Bulls]] twice that year, a Bulls team which made history with a then all-time best 72–10 record. The Pacers could not withstand several key injuries in [[1996–97 NBA season|1996–97]], nor could they handle the absence of Mark Jackson, who had been traded to the [[Denver Nuggets]] before the season (though they did re-acquire Jackson at the trading deadline). The Pacers finished 39–43 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1989, after which coach [[Larry Brown (basketball)|Larry Brown]] stepped down.