Q 01/05

In which year were the Pacers founded as an original member of the ABA?

A) 1976

B) 1974

C) 1970

D) 1967

Answer · why

D) 1967

The Pacers were founded in 1967 as a charter ABA franchise and played nine ABA seasons before the 1976 merger brought them into the NBA.

Q 02/05

What name did the Pacers' home arena, opened in 1999, take in 2021?

A) Market Square Arena

B) Bankers Life Fieldhouse

C) Gainbridge Fieldhouse

D) Conseco Fieldhouse

Answer · why

C) Gainbridge Fieldhouse

The building opened in 1999 as Conseco Fieldhouse and became Bankers Life Fieldhouse in 2011; Gainbridge is an Indianapolis-based financial platform.

Q 03/05

The team name 'Pacers' was inspired by which piece of Indiana history?

A) A local marching-band tempo

B) Indianapolis 500 pace cars and harness racing

C) The pace of the state's steel mills

D) Indiana's early railroad pacesetters

Answer · why

B) Indianapolis 500 pace cars and harness racing

The name nods both to the pace cars that lead the field at the Indianapolis 500 and to Indiana's harness-racing tradition.

Q 04/05

How many ABA championships did the Pacers win?

A) Four

B) Five

C) Two

D) Three

Answer · why

D) Three

The Pacers won three ABA championships, in 1970, 1972 and 1973, the most of any franchise in the league's nine-year history.

Q 05/05

By 2026, in which two years had the Pacers reached the NBA Finals?

A) 2004 and 2024

B) 1998 and 2013

C) 2000 and 2025

D) 1994 and 2004

Answer · why

C) 2000 and 2025

The Pacers reached the NBA Finals in 2000 and 2025 and lost both times, in six games in 2000 and in a deciding seventh game in 2025.