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Here is the Indiana Pacers 1986–87 Roster and their Regular Season Player Statistics:

Indiana Pacers 1986–87 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Birthdate College/From
10 Vern Fleming PG 6’5″ 185 lbs Feb 2, 1962 Georgia
11 John Long SG 6’5″ 195 lbs Aug 28, 1956 Detroit Mercy
12 Jerry Sichting PG 6’1″ 175 lbs Nov 29, 1956 Purdue
14 Herb Williams C 6’11” 240 lbs Feb 16, 1958 Ohio State
21 Wayman Tisdale PF 6’9″ 240 lbs Jun 9, 1964 Oklahoma
22 Steve Stipanovich C 6’11” 240 lbs Nov 17, 1960 Missouri
23 Chuck Person SF 6’8″ 220 lbs Jun 27, 1964 Auburn
24 Dwayne McClain SG 6’6″ 195 lbs Feb 7, 1963 Villanova
30 Greg Dreiling C 7’1″ 250 lbs Nov 7, 1963 Kansas
33 Clemon Johnson C 6’10” 240 lbs Sep 12, 1956 Florida A&M
34 Ron Anderson SF 6’7″ 215 lbs Oct 15, 1958 Fresno State
42 Scott Skiles PG 6’1″ 185 lbs Mar 5, 1964 Michigan State

1986–87 Regular Season Per Game

Player Name Pos Age G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Chuck Person SF 22 82 78 36.0 18.8 8.3 3.6 1.1 0.2 2.6 16.6 7.7 .468 1.7 0.6 .355 3.6 2.7 .747
John Long SG 30 80 68 28.3 15.2 2.7 3.2 1.2 0.1 1.9 14.6 6.1 .419 0.8 0.2 .284 3.1 2.7 .890
Herb Williams PF 28 74 67 34.1 14.9 7.3 2.4 0.8 1.3 2.0 12.7 6.1 .480 0.1 0.0 .000 3.6 2.7 .740
Wayman Tisdale PF 22 81 15 26.7 14.5 5.9 1.4 0.6 0.3 1.7 11.0 5.7 .513 0.0 0.0 .000 4.5 3.2 .709
Steve Stipanovich C 26 81 81 34.1 13.2 8.3 2.2 1.3 1.2 1.6 9.4 4.7 .503 0.0 0.0 .250 4.5 3.8 .837
Vern Fleming PG 24 82 82 31.1 12.0 4.1 5.8 1.3 0.2 2.0 8.9 4.5 .509 0.1 0.0 .200 3.7 2.9 .788
Clint Richardson SG 30 78 14 17.9 6.4 1.8 3.1 0.6 0.1 1.1 6.0 2.8 .467 0.2 0.1 .353 0.9 0.8 .797
Ron Anderson SF 28 63 0 11.4 5.8 2.4 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.9 4.7 2.2 .473 0.1 0.0 .000 1.7 1.3 .787
Clark Kellogg PF 25 4 4 15.0 5.0 2.8 1.5 1.3 0.0 1.0 5.5 2.0 .364 0.5 0.3 .500 1.0 0.8 .750
Kyle Macy PG 29 76 0 16.4 4.9 1.5 2.6 0.8 0.1 0.8 4.5 2.2 .481 0.6 0.2 .304 0.5 0.4 .829
Michael Brooks SF 28 10 0 14.8 3.3 2.8 1.1 0.9 0.0 1.1 3.7 1.3 .351 0.0 0.0   1.0 0.7 .700
Walker Russell PG 26 48 0 10.6 3.3 1.1 2.7 0.4 0.1 1.3 3.4 1.3 .388 0.3 0.0 .125 0.8 0.6 .730
Pete Verhoeven PF 27 5 0 8.8 2.0 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 2.8 1.0 .357 0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0  
Stuart Gray C 23 55 1 8.3 2.0 2.3 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.7 1.8 0.7 .406 0.0 0.0   0.7 0.5 .718
Greg Dreiling C 24 24 0 5.3 1.8 1.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.5 0.7 .432 0.0 0.0   0.5 0.4 .833
Team Totals     82 82 243.0 106.1 43.9 26.5 8.5 3.8 15.6 89.3 42.1 .472 3.9 1.1 .297 26.5 20.7 .782**

1986–87 Playoff Per Game

Player Name Pos Age G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Chuck Person SF 22 4 4 39.8 27.0 8.3 5.0 1.3 0.5 3.8 18.5 9.5 .514 2.0 0.5 .250 9.8 7.5 .769
Wayman Tisdale PF 22 4 0 27.0 12.8 4.0 2.3 0.3 0.0 1.3 7.8 4.8 .613 0.0 0.0   5.8 3.3 .565
Steve Stipanovich C 26 4 4 37.3 13.8 7.5 0.8 0.8 0.5 1.0 9.5 5.3 .553 0.3 0.0 .000 4.8 3.3 .684
Vern Fleming PG 24 4 4 35.3 12.3 6.5 6.0 1.0 0.3 2.5 9.0 3.3 .361 0.3 0.0 .000 7.5 5.8 .767
Herb Williams PF 28 4 4 33.5 11.8 5.0 1.8 0.0 0.3 2.8 8.5 5.0 .588 0.0 0.0   3.3 1.8 .538
John Long SG 30 4 4 27.3 11.0 1.5 2.3 1.5 0.0 1.3 13.0 4.0 .308 1.5 0.3 .167 3.3 2.8 .846
Clint Richardson SG 30 4 0 18.3 4.0 2.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 3.0 1.8 .583 0.3 0.0 .000 1.0 0.5 .500
Kyle Macy PG 29 4 0 12.3 1.0 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.8 1.5 0.5 .333 0.3 0.0 .000 0.3 0.0 .000
Ron Anderson SF 28 4 0 6.0 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 .500 0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0  
Stuart Gray C 23 3 0 4.7 0.7 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0   1.3 0.7 .500
Team Totals     4 4 240.0 95.0 38.5 21.3 5.0 1.5 14.8 72.0 34.5 .479 4.5 0.8 .167 36.5 25.3 .692**

1986–87 Regular Season Totals

PLAYER POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
John Long SG 30 80 68 2265 1218 217 258 96 8 153 1170 490 .419 67 19 .284 246 219 .890
Chuck Person SF 22 82 78 2956 1541 677 295 90 16 211 1358 635 .468 138 49 .355 297 222 .747
Herb Williams PF 28 74 67 2526 1101 543 174 59 93 145 939 451 .480 9 0 .000 269 199 .740
Wayman Tisdale PF 22 81 15 2159 1174 475 117 50 26 139 892 458 .513 2 0 .000 364 258 .709
Steve Stipanovich C 26 81 81 2761 1072 670 180 106 97 130 760 382 .503 4 1 .250 367 307 .837
Vern Fleming PG 24 82 82 2549 980 334 473 109 18 167 727 370 .509 10 2 .200 302 238 .788
Clint Richardson SG 30 78 14 1396 501 143 241 49 7 85 467 218 .467 17 6 .353 74 59 .797
Kyle Macy PG 29 76 0 1250 376 113 197 59 7 58 341 164 .481 46 14 .304 41 34 .829
Ron Anderson SF 28 63 0 721 363 151 54 31 3 55 294 139 .473 5 0 .000 108 85 .787
Walker Russell PG 26 48 0 511 157 55 129 20 5 60 165 64 .388 16 2 .125 37 27 .730
Stuart Gray C 23 55 1 456 110 129 26 10 28 36 101 41 .406 0 0 – 39 28 .718
Michael Brooks PF 28 10 0 148 33 28 11 9 0 11 37 13 .351 0 0 – 10 7 .700
Greg Dreiling C 24 24 0 128 42 43 7 2 2 7 37 16 .432 0 0 – 12 10 .833
Clark Kellogg PF 25 4 4 60 20 11 6 5 0 4 22 8 .364 2 1 .500 4 3 .750
Pete Verhoeven PF 27 5 0 44 10 7 2 2 1 0 14 5 .357 0 0 – 0 0 –
Team Totals     82 82 19930 8698 3596 2170 697 311 1261 7324 3454 .472 316 94 .297 2170 1696 .782

1986–87 Playoff Totals

PLAYER POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Chuck Person SF 22 4 4 159 108 33 20 5 2 15 74 38 .514 8 2 .250 39 30 .769
Wayman Tisdale PF 22 4 0 108 51 16 9 1 0 5 31 19 .613 0 0 – 23 13 .565
Steve Stipanovich C 26 4 4 149 55 30 3 3 2 4 38 21 .553 1 0 .000 19 13 .684
Vern Fleming PG 24 4 4 141 49 26 24 4 1 10 36 13 .361 1 0 .000 30 23 .767
Herb Williams C 28 4 4 134 47 20 7 0 1 11 34 20 .588 0 0 – 13 7 .538
John Long SG 30 4 4 109 44 6 9 6 0 5 52 16 .308 6 1 .167 13 11 .846
Clint Richardson SG 30 4 0 73 16 10 8 0 0 5 12 7 .583 1 0 .000 4 2 .500
Kyle Macy PG 29 4 0 49 4 3 5 1 0 3 6 2 .333 1 0 .000 3 0 .000
Ron Anderson SF 28 4 0 24 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 .500 0 0 – 0 0 –
Stuart Gray C 23 3 0 14 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 – 4 2 .500
Team Totals     4 4 960 380 154 85 20 6 58 288 138 .479 18 3 .167 146 101 .692

Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier* MPG Usage Tier* PPG RPG APG STK (SPG + BPG) Impact Index* Notes Awards
Chuck Person Primary Scorer / Two‑Way Forward 36.0 High 18.8 8.3 3.6 1.3 16.5 As a rookie, led the team in scoring by a comfortable margin (18.8 ppg). Also contributed strong rebounding for a forward and added some defensive activity (~1.3 STK), showing two‑way value. His all-around game helped the Pacers reach .500 and the playoffs. Rookie of the Year, All‑Rookie First Team 
Steve Stipanovich Starting Center / Defensive Anchor 34.1 Moderate‑High 13.2 8.3 2.2 2.5 13.1 As the starting center, provided consistent inside scoring and rebounding (8.3 rpg) at 50.3% FG. Added decent paint protection and defensive activity (~2.5 STK), anchoring the frontcourt.  —
Herb Williams Starting PF/C — Reliability Big 34.1 Moderate 14.9 7.3 2.4 2.1 13.3 Offered dependable scoring and rebounding from the frontcourt, with some inside defense (blocks + steals). Gave the Pacers a stable front‑line presence alongside Stipanovich, helping balance the lineup.  —
John Long Secondary Scoring Guard / 3‑Point Offense 28.3 Moderate 15.2 2.7 3.2 1.3 11.2 Played a key secondary scoring role off the guard/wing — giving spacing and offensive punch next to the frontcourt. His scoring load and outside shooting relieved pressure from the frontcourt.  —
Wayman Tisdale Rotational PF / Scoring Big Off Bench 26.7 Moderate 14.5 5.9 1.4 0.9 11.5 Coming off the bench much of the season, Tisdale provided efficient scoring inside and on mid‑range (51.3% FG), giving the second unit or frontcourt rotation a reliable scoring option.  —
Vern Fleming Starting Point Guard / Lead Playmaker 31.1 High (Facilitator) 12.0 4.1 5.8 1.5 11.2 As the primary ball‑handler and playmaker, led the team in assists (5.8 apg) and contributed steady two‑way guard play with ~1.5 steals/blocks. Critical in orchestrating the offense and pushing pace.  —
Clint Richardson 3‑and‑D Role Guard / Bench Shooter 17.9 Low–Moderate 6.4 1.8 3.1 0.7 5.0 A role player off the bench who supplied some shooting, perimeter defense and ball‑movement, giving the starters rest while keeping spacing and defensive pressure.  —
Ron Anderson Depth Wing / Reserve Forward 11.4 Low 5.8 2.4 0.9 0.5 4.8 Provided spot minutes to fill gaps — modest scoring and rebounding, useful as a reserve forward when needed.  —
Clark Kellogg Spot PF — Trial Minutes 15.0 Very Low 5.0 2.8 1.5 1.3 5.3 In limited action, showed glimpses — modest scoring and a decent rebound rate and defensive activity, but too small a sample to consider a major contributor.  —
Kyle Macy Backup PG / Situational Ball‑Handler 16.4 Low 4.9 1.5 2.6 0.9 5.0 Gave rest to the starters and occasional ball‑handling; modest scoring but contributed as a stable backup point guard.  —
Michael Brooks Deep Reserve Forward 14.8 Very Low 3.3 2.8 1.1 0.9 4.0 Saw very limited minutes and played a minor role — limited scoring and board contribution despite reasonable efficiency in small sample.  —
Walker Russell Reserve Guard / Trash‑Time Minutes 10.6 Very Low 3.3 1.1 2.7 0.5 4.3 Appeared mostly in mop‑up minutes; provided some ball‑movement and minimal scoring.  —
Stuart Gray Backup Center / Depth Big 8.3 Very Low 2.0 2.3 0.5 0.7 2.7 Provided occasional size and defensive presence though with very limited minutes.  —
Pete Verhoeven Short‑Term Depth PF 8.8 Very Low 2.0 1.4 0.4 0.6 2.2 Extremely limited appearances — more depth than meaningful rotation.  —
Greg Dreiling Third‑String Center / Garbage Time 5.3 Very Low 1.8 1.8 0.3 0.2 2.1 Minimal role with few minutes — essentially a depth body on the roster.  —