Indiana Pacers Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-06 · 129 entries checked · 109 flagged · 294 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 294 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Market Square Arena — The first Pacers basketball game held in the arena could not have been the first event if it was held after the Glen Campbell concert on September 15, 1974; also, the attendance figure of 16,929 exceeds the stated basketball capacity of 16,530.

Conseco Fieldhouse — The entry states the arena hosted games 3, 4, and 6 of the 2025 NBA Finals, but the 2025 NBA Finals have not occurred yet as of the current date, and no such series has taken place.

Pacers Pride — Mel Daniels was not the first professional basketball player Larry Bird ever saw; Bird's account of watching the Pacers as a child does not specify Daniels as the first player.

Pacers Pride — Mel Daniels never served as an assistant coach to Larry Bird at Indiana State University; his coaching roles were with the Pacers and other teams, not at Indiana State.

Hoosier Hysteria — The claim that Crispus Attucks High School became the first all-black school in the nation to win a state title open to all races in 1955 is inaccurate; other all-black schools had achieved this earlier.

Hoosier Hysteria — The claim that James Naismith visited an Indiana state finals game in 1925 and wrote that 'basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport' is misattributed; the widely accepted quote is different in wording and the exact yea

Black and Gold — The entry incorrectly states that Gainbridge Fieldhouse opened in 1974 as Market Square Arena, but Gainbridge Fieldhouse opened in 1999 and is a different building.

Black and Gold — The entry incorrectly states the 1970 title is the franchise's only title; the Pacers won ABA championships in 1970, 1972, and 1973.

Pacers Nation — The 1994 NBA Finals is incorrect; the Pacers reached the NBA Finals in 2000, not 1994.

Pacers Nation — The 2012 NBA Finals is incorrect; the Pacers did not reach the NBA Finals in 2012.

Gainbridge Fieldhouse — The 'Opened' stat incorrectly lists '1974 (as Market Square Arena)'; Gainbridge Fieldhouse opened in November 1999, not 1974.

Gainbridge Fieldhouse — The 'Iconic moment' lists Reggie Miller's 8 points in 40 seconds, 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals; this event occurred at Market Square Arena, not at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

2018-19 Indiana Pacers — Oladipo missed the rest of the season after his injury, but he did not miss the entire season as stated in the Key Absence field; he played 36 games before the injury.

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