2013–14 Indiana Pacers season

The 2013–14 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's 47th season as a franchise and 38th season in the NBA. The Pacers marked their best start in franchise history, 11–1.

For the second straight year, Indiana went to the Conference Finals, only again to be stopped by the Miami Heat in six games. Miami would go on to lose to a rejuvenated San Antonio Spurs team in a five-game NBA Finals series.

Key dates

• June 27 – The 2013 NBA draft in New York City.^[1]
• July 1 – The free agency period began.^[2]
• July 7–12 – The Pacers took part in the 2013 NBA Summer League in Orlando, Florida.^[3]
• September 28 – The Pacers began their annual training camp at their practice facility.^[4]
• October 5 – The Pacers opened their preseason schedule with a 82–76 loss to the Chicago Bulls.^[5]
• October 30 – The Pacers won their regular season opening game at home 97–87 against the Orlando Magic.^[6]
• November 22 – The Pacers began their season 11-1, the best season start in franchise history.
• January 24 – Paul George selected as All-Star Game starter.^[7]
• January 30 – Roy Hibbert selected as All-Star Reserve.^[8]
• February 1 – The Pacers sign Andrew Bynum for rest of the season.^[9]
• February 14–16 – The 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend will take place in New Orleans.^[10]
• February 20 – Pacers trade Danny Granger to Philadelphia 76ers for Evan Turner and Lavoy Allen
• February 20 – Trade deadline at 3:00 p.m. ET.^[10]

2013 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
1	23	Hill, SolomonSolomon Hill	Small/Power Forward	United States	Arizona (Sr.)
2	53	Iverson, ColtonColton Iverson*	Center	United States	Colorado State (Sr.)

* The Pacers traded the draft rights of Iverson to the Boston Celtics for cash.^[11]

Roster

2013–14 Indiana Pacers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 5.5 !F/C 5 Allen, Lavoy 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1989–02–04 Temple 2.5 !G/F 8 Butler, Rasual 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1979–05–23 La Salle 6.0 !C 17 Bynum, Andrew 7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 285 lb (129 kg) 1987–10–27 St. Joseph HS (NJ) 4.0 !F 22 Copeland, Chris 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1984–03–17 Colorado 2.5 !G/F 24 George, Paul (C) 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990–05–02 Fresno State 4.0 !F 33 Granger, Danny  (to PHI) 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1983–04–20 New Mexico 6.0 !C 55 Hibbert, Roy 7000218440000000000♠7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 290 lb (132 kg) 1986–12–11 Georgetown 1.5 !G 3 Hill, George 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1986–05–04 IUPUI 4.0 !F 9 Hill, Solomon 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1991–03–18 Arizona 1.5 !G 11 Johnson, Orlando (waived) 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–03–11 UC Santa Barbara 6.0 !C 28 Mahinmi, Ian 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1986–11–05 France 4.0 !F 4 Scola, Luis 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1980–04–30 Argentina 1.5 !G 15 Sloan, Donald 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1988–01–15 Texas A&M 1.5 !G 1 Stephenson, Lance 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1990–09–05 Cincinnati 2.5 !G/F 12 Turner, Evan 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–10–27 Ohio State 1.5 !G 32 Watson, C. J. 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1984–04–17 Tennessee 4.0 !F 21 West, David 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980–08–29 Xavier	Head coach Frank Vogel Assistant coach(es) Nate McMillan Dan Burke Popeye Jones Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2014–02–20

Depth chart

Pre-season

Regular season

Game log

Playoffs

Game log

Standings

See also

• National Basketball Association portal

References

External links

• Official website