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Indiana Pacers

professional basketball team from Indianapolis, Indiana
Organization basketball_team Q170329
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Summary

Indiana Pacers is a basketball team[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of basketball team entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,798 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Founder: Richard Tinkham[4], Chuck Barnes[5]
  • Home venue: Gainbridge Fieldhouse[6]
  • League or competition: National Basketball Association[7]
  • Owned by: Herb Simon[8]
  • Named after: safety car[9]
  • Headquarters location: Indianapolis[10]
  • Head coach: Rick Carlisle[11]
  • Part of: Central Division[12]
  • Commons category: Indiana Pacers[13]
  • General manager: Chad Buchanan[14]
  • Inception: 1967[15]
  • Sport: basketball[16]
  • Mascot: Boomer[17]
  • Official website: http://www.nba.com/pacers/[18]
  • Sponsor: Lucas Oil[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Indiana Pacers[20]
  • Participant in: 2000 NBA Finals[21], 2025 NBA Finals[22]
  • Topic has template: Q25867936[23], Template:Indiana Pacers[24]
  • Official name: Indiana Pacers[25]
  • Nickname: 'Cers[26]
  • Owner of: Noblesville Boom[27]
  • Category for members of a team: Category:Indiana Pacers players[28]
  • Social media followers: 1,286,080[29], 1,261,872[30], 1,359,029[31], 1,427,919[32]

Why It Matters

Indiana Pacers has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . espn.com. espn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . lucasoil.com. Retrieved . lucasoil.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Zafer · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owner of → Noblesville Boom
    Founder → Richard Tinkham, Chuck Barnes
    Mascot → Boomer
    Inception → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instagram username: pacers"
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