2014–15 Indiana Pacers season

2014–15 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach	Frank Vogel
General manager	Larry Bird
Owners	Herb Simon
Arena	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Results
Record	38–44 (.463)
Place	Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The 2014–15 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's 48th season as a franchise and 39th season in the NBA. The Pacers finished fourth in Central Division and ninth in Eastern Conference. The Pacers missed the playoffs for the first time since 2010 after a 56–26 mark from the previous season, following two-straight Eastern Conference Finals appearances. Before the start of the season, storm clouds gathered when superstar forward Paul George seriously injured his leg during a Team USA scrimmage. The injury required immediate surgery. George was originally to be ruled out for the entire season, but as the season progressed, he was talking about returning. He also announced before the season that he would be wearing number 13 and earned the nickname 'PG-13' (his initials and New Jersey number). As the season winded down and after months of rehabilitation, George made his regular-season debut on April 5 in a home game against the Miami Heat. He finished the game with 13 points off the bench and received a standing ovation. George was only able to play the final six games of the season.

This was the last time the Pacers missed the playoffs until the 2020–21 season.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
2	57	Louis Labeyrie	PF/C	France	Paris-Levallois Basket (France)

Standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Cleveland Cavaliers	53	29	.646	–	31‍–‍10	22‍–‍19	11–5	82
x-Chicago Bulls	50	32	.610	3.0	27‍–‍14	23‍–‍18	8–8	82
x-Milwaukee Bucks	41	41	.500	12.0	23‍–‍18	18‍–‍23	7–9	82
Indiana Pacers	38	44	.463	15.0	23‍–‍18	15‍–‍26	8–8	82
Detroit Pistons	32	50	.390	21.0	18‍–‍23	14‍–‍27	6–10	82

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-Atlanta Hawks *	60	22	.732	–	82
2	y-Cleveland Cavaliers *	53	29	.646	7.0	82
3	x-Chicago Bulls	50	32	.610	10.0	82
4	y-Toronto Raptors *	49	33	.598	11.0	82
5	x-Washington Wizards	46	36	.561	14.0	82
6	x-Milwaukee Bucks	41	41	.500	19.0	82
7	x-Boston Celtics	40	42	.488	20.0	82
8	x-Brooklyn Nets	38	44	.463	22.0	82
9	Indiana Pacers	38	44	.463	22.0	82
10	Miami Heat	37	45	.451	23.0	82
11	Charlotte Hornets	33	49	.402	27.0	82
12	Detroit Pistons	32	50	.390	28.0	82
13	Orlando Magic	25	57	.305	35.0	82
14	Philadelphia 76ers	18	64	.220	42.0	82
15	New York Knicks	17	65	.207	43.0	82

Game log

Preseason

2014 pre-season game log Total: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–3)
Pre-season: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 7 Minnesota W 103–90 George Hill (17) Lavoy Allen (7) George Hill (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 13,160 1–0 2 October 10 Orlando L 93–96 Donald Sloan (16) Luis Scola (9) George Hill (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,111 1–1 3 October 12 @ Dallas L 98–106 C. J. Miles (19) Lavoy Allen (8) Damjan Rudež (6) American Airlines Center 17,971 1–2 4 October 15 @ Cleveland L 93–98 Chris Copeland (16) Ian Mahinmi (7) George Hill (5) Cintas Center 10,250 1–3 5 October 18 Dallas W 98–93 Chris Copeland (22) George Hill (9) George Hill (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,748 2–3 6 October 21 @ Minnesota L 89–107 Donald Sloan (19) Roy Hibbert (9) Donald Sloan (5) Target Center 8,660 2–4 7 October 23 @ Charlotte W 88–79 C. J. Miles (23) Luis Scola (12) Donald Sloan (8) Time Warner Cable Arena 8,529 3–4
2014–15 season schedule

Regular season

2014–15 game log Total: 38–44 (Home: 23–18; Road: 15–26)
October: 1–1 (home: 1–1; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 29 Philadelphia W 103–91 Roy Hibbert (22) Donald Sloan (10) Donald Sloan (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 1–0 2 October 31 Memphis L 89–97 Chris Copeland (16) Lavoy Allen (10) Donald Sloan (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,441 1–1
November : 6–9 (home: 3–4; road: 3–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 1 @ Atlanta L 92–102 Chris Copeland (21) Roy Hibbert (12) Donald Sloan (7) Philips Arena 19,118 1–2 4 November 4 Milwaukee L 81–87 Chris Copeland (19) Lavoy Allen (12) Donald Sloan (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,012 1–3 5 November 5 @ Washington L 94–96 (OT) Donald Sloan (31) Chris Copeland (12) Donald Sloan (7) Verizon Center 15,268 1–4 6 November 7 @ Boston L 98–101 Roy Hibbert (22) Roy Hibbert (11) Sloan, Copeland, Price (4) TD Garden 17,122 1–5 7 November 8 Washington L 90–97 Solomon Hill (28) Luis Scola (8) A. J. Price (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,302 1–6 8 November 10 Utah W 97–86 Roy Hibbert (29) Lavoy Allen (15) Sloan, Scola, Allen (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 12,513 2–6 9 November 12 @ Miami W 81–75 Chris Copeland (17) Roy Hibbert (15) Sloan & Scola (3) AmericanAirlines Arena 19,658 3–6 10 November 14 Denver L 87–108 A. J. Price (14) Ian Mahinmi (10) Sloan & Price (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,286 3–7 11 November 15 @ Chicago W 99–90 S. Hill, Scola, Price (21) Solomon Hill (12) Donald Sloan (7) United Center 22,248 4–7 12 November 19 Charlotte W 88–86 Roy Hibbert (18) Roy Hibbert (11) Donald Sloan (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,748 5–7 13 November 22 Phoenix L 83–106 Rodney Stuckey (14) Mahinmi, Scola (10) Donald Sloan (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,870 5–8 14 November 24 @ Dallas W 111–100 Donald Sloan (29) Luis Scola (11) Sloan & Stuckey (5) American Airlines Center 19,850 6–8 15 November 26 @ San Antonio L 100–107 Rodney Stuckey (22) Lavoy Allen (9) Donald Sloan (6) AT&T Center 18,581 6–9 16 November 28 Orlando W 98–83 Rodney Stuckey (24) Lavoy Allen (14) Donald Sloan (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 7–9 17 November 29 @ Cleveland L 97–109 David West (14) Ian Mahinmi (10) Donald Sloan (6) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 7–10
December : 5–11 (home: 3–4; road: 2–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 December 2 @ Phoenix L 99–116 C.J. Miles (17) Roy Hibbert (10) C.J. Watson (7) US Airways Center 15,059 7–11 19 December 4 @ Portland L 82–88 Rodney Stuckey (16) Ian Mahinmi (10) Rodney Stuckey (5) Moda Center 19,191 7–12 20 December 5 @ Sacramento L 101–102 (OT) David West (16) West & Scola (8) Stuckey, S. Hill & Watson (3) Sleep Train Arena1 5,512 7–13 21 December 8 Atlanta L 92–108 Stuckey & Miles (15) Luis Scola (9) Solomon Hill (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,519 7–14 22 December 10 L.A. Clippers L 96–103 C.J. Miles (30) Luis Scola (14) C.J. Watson (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,392 7–15 23 December 12 @ Toronto L 94–106 Solomon Hill (16) David West (7) David West (5) Air Canada Centre 19,800 7–16 24 December 13 Portland L 85–95 C.J. Watson (23) Rodney Stuckey (14) David West (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,206 7–17 25 December 15 L.A. Lakers W 110–91 Stuckey & Miles (20) Rodney Stuckey (10) Rodney Stuckey (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,261 8–17 26 December 17 @ L.A. Clippers L 100–102 West & Miles (20) Lavoy Allen (14) Solomon Hill (6) Staples Center 19,060 8–18 27 December 20 @ Denver L 73–76 David West (19) West & Allen (20) David West (5) Pepsi Center 14,125 8–19 28 December 21 @ Minnesota W 100–96 C.J. Miles (28) Roy Hibbert (8) Donald Sloan (7) Target Center 12,687 9–19 29 December 23 New Orleans W 96–84 George Hill (15) West & Allen (7) David West (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,336 10–19 30 December 26 @ Detroit L 109–119 Roy Hibbert (19) David West (11) C.J. Watson (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,408 10–20 31 December 27 @ Brooklyn W 110–85 Rodney Stuckey (20) C.J. Watson (9) Rodney Stuckey (8) Barclays Center 17,732 11–20 32 December 29 Chicago L 90–92 Chris Copeland (17) Scola & Allen (8) Lavoy Allen (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 11–21 33 December 31 Miami W 106–95 C.J. Miles (25) Roy Hibbert (10) West, Miles & Watson (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 12–21
January : 5–11 (home: 2–4; road: 3–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 34 January 2 @ Milwaukee W 94–91 C.J. Miles (22) West & Sloan (8) Donald Sloan (6) BMO Harris Bradley Center 16,238 13–21 35 January 4 @ L.A. Lakers L 87–88 C.J. Miles (19) Roy Hibbert (11) Donald Sloan (9) Staples Center 18,997 13–22 36 January 5 @ Utah W 105–101 Roy Hibbert (22) Roy Hibbert (8) David West (6) EnergySolutions Arena 17,378 14–22 37 January 7 @ Golden State L 102–117 Solomon Hill (21) Lavoy Allen (9) David West (6) Oracle Arena 19,596 14–23 38 January 9 Boston W 107–103 (OT) Roy Hibbert (19) Roy Hibbert (11) Stuckey, Sloan & Hibbert (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 15–23 39 January 10 @ Philadelphia L 92–93 David West (28) Roy Hibbert (13) C.J. Watson (4) Wells Fargo Center 17,496 15–24 40 January 13 Minnesota L 101–110 C.J. Miles (22) Roy Hibbert (8) Sloan & Watson (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,781 15–25 41 January 16 Detroit L 96–98 Roy Hibbert (14) Ian Mahinmi (9) Sloan & Stuckey (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,558 15–26 42 January 17 @ Charlotte L 71–80 (OT) David West (19) Roy Hibbert (14) Sloan & Stuckey (4) Time Warner Cable Arena 19,285 15–27 43 January 19 @ Houston L 98–110 C.J. Miles (23) Ian Mahinmi (14) Donald Sloan (6) Toyota Center 18,266 15–28 44 January 21 @ Atlanta L 91–110 C.J. Miles (18) David West (11) Donald Sloan (5) Philips Arena 15,045 15–29 45 January 23 @ Miami L 87–89 Luis Scola (14) David West (9) Rodney Stuckey (3) AmericanAirlines Arena 19,693 15–30 46 January 25 @ Orlando W 106–99 David West (20) Roy Hibbert (13) C.J. Watson (8) Amway Center 16,704 16–30 47 January 27 Toronto L 91–104 Rodney Stuckey (22) Roy Hibbert (8) David West (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,204 16–31 48 January 29 New York W 103–82 Rodney Stuckey (22) Roy Hibbert (8) David West (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,665 17–31 49 January 31 Sacramento L 94–99 West & Miles (17) Roy Hibbert (7) C.J. Watson (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 17–32
February : 7–2 (home: 4–1; road: 3–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 50 February 4 Detroit W 114–109 George Hill (20) Roy Hibbert (12) George Hill (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,892 18–32 51 February 6 Cleveland W 103–99 C.J. Miles (26) David West (13) George Hill (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 19–32 52 February 8 @ Charlotte W 103–102 C.J. Watson (22) Luis Scola (14) G. Hill, Scola, S. Hill & Watson (3) Time Warner Cable Arena 16,991 20–32 53 February 9 San Antonio L 93–95 Rodney Stuckey (18) David West (18) David West (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,691 20–33 54 February 11 @ New Orleans W 106–93 G. Hill & West (17) Ian Mahinmi (8) George Hill (9) Smoothie King Center 17,074 21–33 All-Star Break 55 February 20 @ Philadelphia W 106–95 Rodney Stuckey (30) West & Hibbert & Scola (4) G. Hill & West & Stuckey & Miles (4) Wells Fargo Center 16,777 22–33 56 February 22 Golden State W 104–98 Rodney Stuckey (30) C.J. Miles (9) Stuckey & Miles (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,777 23–33 57 February 24 @ Oklahoma City L 92–105 C.J. Miles (21) Roy Hibbert (10) George Hill (8) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 23–34 58 February 27 Cleveland W 93–86 Rodney Stuckey (19) George Hill (10) George Hill (12) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 24–34
March : 8–8 (home: 6–4; road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 59 March 1 Philadelphia W 94–74 George Hill (17) Roy Hibbert (15) Stuckey & Hill (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,581 25–34 60 March 4 New York W 105–82 George Hill (21) Ian Mahinmi (8) George Hill (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,981 26–34 61 March 6 Chicago W 98–84 Solomon Hill (16) David West (10) George Hill (9) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 27–34 62 March 7 @ New York W 92–86 Rodney Stuckey (17) West & Hibbert (11) Rodney Stuckey (4) Madison Square Garden 19,812 28–34 63 March 10 Orlando W 118–86 Rodney Stuckey (34) Scola & Mahinmi (10) Rodney Stuckey (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,295 29–34 64 March 12 Milwaukee W 109–103 (OT) Rodney Stuckey (25) Luis Scola (15) Rodney Stuckey (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,729 30–34 65 March 14 Boston L 89–93 George Hill (30) Hibbert & Mahinmi (7) George Hill (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 30–35 66 March 16 Toronto L 98–117 George Hill (23) David West (9) Stuckey & Hill (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,060 30–36 67 March 18 @ Chicago L 86–103 Solomon Hill (17) Luis Scola (7) David West (7) United Center 21,753 30–37 68 March 20 @ Cleveland L 92–95 George Hill (24) Luis Scola (11) Watson & Hill (5) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 30–38 69 March 21 Brooklyn L 111–123 George Hill (18) Ian Mahinmi (7) George Hill (9) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,453 30–39 70 March 23 Houston L 100–110 C.J. Watson (23) Roy Hibbert (10) West & Watson (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,201 30–40 71 March 25 @ Washington W 103–101 George Hill (29) David West (11) George Hill (9) Verizon Center 18,514 31–40 72 March 26 @ Milwaukee L 107–111 C.J. Miles (26) Luis Scola (9) C.J. Watson (7) BMO Harris Bradley Center 15,366 31–41 73 March 29 Dallas W 104–99 C.J. Miles (28) Roy Hibbert (7) Solomon Hill (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,358 32–41 74 March 31 @ Brooklyn L 106–111 George Hill (28) Luis Scola (9) Watson & David West (6) Barclays Center 16,756 32–42
April : 6–2 (home: 4–0; road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 1 @ Boston L 87–100 George Hill (21) David West (8) George Hill (6) TD Garden 18,624 32–43 76 April 3 Charlotte W 93–74 Rodney Stuckey (15) Luis Scola (11) George Hill (10) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 33–43 77 April 5 Miami W 112–89 Luis Scola (23) Luis Scola (12) Rodney Stuckey (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 34–43 78 April 8 @ New York W 101–86 George Hill (20) Roy Hibbert (11) Donald Sloan (6) Madison Square Garden 19,812 35–43 79 April 10 @ Detroit W 107–103 Stuckey & Miles (24) Roy Hibbert (11) George Hill (9) Palace of Auburn Hills 18,561 36–43 80 April 12 Oklahoma City W 116–104 C.J. Miles (30) Hibbert & Miles (10) George Hill (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 37–43 81 April 14 Washington W 99–95 (2OT) C.J. Miles (25) Roy Hibbert (12) George Hill (10) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 38–43 82 April 15 @ Memphis L 83–95 C.J. Miles (26) G. Hill & Mahinmi (5) George Hill (6) FedExForum 17,109 38–44
2014–15 season schedule

Injuries

Player	Duration		Injury type	Games missed
	Start	End

Roster

2014–15 Indiana Pacers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F/C 5 Allen, Lavoy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1989–02–04 Temple F 22 Copeland, Chris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1984–03–17 Colorado G/F 13 George, Paul 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990–05–02 Fresno State C 55 Hibbert, Roy 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 290 lb (132 kg) 1986–12–11 Georgetown G 3 Hill, George 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1986–05–04 IUPUI F 44 Hill, Solomon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1991–03–18 Arizona C 28 Mahinmi, Ian 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1986–11–05 France G/F 0 Miles, C. J. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1987–03–18 Skyline HS (TX) F 9 Rudež, Damjan 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1986–06–17 Croatia F 4 Scola, Luis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1980–04–30 Argentina G 15 Sloan, Donald (waived) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1988–01–15 Texas A&M G 2 Stuckey, Rodney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1986–04–21 Eastern Washington G 32 Watson, C. J. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1984–04–17 Tennessee F 21 West, David 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980–08–29 Xavier C 42 Whittington, Shayne (DL) 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1991–03–03 Western Michigan

Head coach Frank Vogel Assistant coach(es) Dan Burke Popeye Jones Nate McMillan Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Last transaction: 2015–04–08

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Solomon Hill	SF	82	78	2,381	314	184	66	18	729	29.0	3.8	2.2	.8	.2	8.9
Luis Scola	PF	81	16	1,659	526	105	47	18	763	20.5	6.5	1.3	.6	.2	9.4
Roy Hibbert	C	76	76	1,926	540	84	18	125	802	25.3	7.1	1.1	.2	1.6	10.6
Rodney Stuckey	PG	71	36	1,874	248	219	56	10	896	26.4	3.5	3.1	.8	.1	12.6
C. J. Miles	SG	70	40	1,841	214	75	60	26	942	26.3	3.1	1.1	.9	.4	13.5
Damjan Rudež	SF	68	2	1,047	47	53	16	5	323	15.4	.7	.8	.2	.1	4.8
David West	PF	66	66	1,895	449	223	48	48	769	28.7	6.8	3.4	.7	.7	11.7
Lavoy Allen	C	63	0	1,070	323	73	15	42	315	17.0	5.1	1.2	.2	.7	5.0
Ian Mahinmi	C	61	6	1,146	356	33	30	46	265	18.8	5.8	.5	.5	.8	4.3
C. J. Watson	PG	57	21	1,422	163	208	57	9	570	24.9	2.9	3.6	1.0	.2	10.0
Donald Sloan	PG	53	21	1,107	143	190	23	0	391	20.9	2.7	3.6	.4	.0	7.4
Chris Copeland	SF	50	12	828	111	51	11	11	309	16.6	2.2	1.0	.2	.2	6.2
George Hill	PG	43	36	1,267	179	220	44	14	692	29.5	4.2	5.1	1.0	.3	16.1
Shayne Whittington	PF	20	0	108	29	6	5	2	57	5.4	1.5	.3	.3	.1	2.9
A. J. Price†	PG	10	0	193	14	27	4	0	105	19.3	1.4	2.7	.4	.0	10.5
Paul George	SF	6	0	91	22	6	5	1	53	15.2	3.7	1.0	.8	.2	8.8

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Pacers only.

Transactions

Main article: List of 2014–15 NBA season transactions

Free agents

Re-signed

Player	Signed	Contract	Ref.

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team	Ref.

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	Date	New team	Ref.

Awards

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.

External links

• 2014–15 Indiana Pacers preseason at ESPN
• 2014–15 Indiana Pacers regular season at ESPN