2020–21 Indiana Pacers season

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2020–21 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach Nate Bjorkgren
General manager Chad Buchanan
Owner(s) Herbert Simon
Arena Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Results
Record 34–38 (.472)
Place Division: 2nd (Central)
Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Bally Sports Indiana
Radio 1070 The Fan
< 2019–20 2021–22 >

The 2020–21 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's 54th season as a franchise and 45th season in the NBA. The Pacers replaced Nate McMillan,[1] with former Toronto Raptors assistant coach Nate Bjorkgren.[2]

The Pacers missed the playoffs for the first time since 2015 following a loss to the Washington Wizards in the play-in tournament, ending a six year playoff streak. Due to this, with multiple other factors, Bjorkgren was fired.

NBA draft

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Main article: 2020 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club
2 54 Cassius Stanley SG  United States Duke

Entering the 2020 NBA draft, the Pacers only held one second-round pick. Their own first-round selection was traded as an incentive to acquire Malcolm Brogdon from the Milwaukee Bucks via sign and trade.[3]

Roster

2020–21 Indiana Pacers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F/C 88 Bitadze, Goga 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1999-07-20 Georgia
C 37 Brimah, Amida (TW) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1994-02-11 Connecticut
G/F 12 Brissett, Oshae 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1998-06-20 Syracuse
G 7 Brogdon, Malcolm 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 229 lb (104 kg) 1992-12-11 Virginia
G 3 Holiday, Aaron 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1996-09-30 UCLA
G/F 8 Holiday, Justin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989-04-05 Washington
G/F 26 Lamb, Jeremy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1992-05-30 Connecticut
G 22 LeVert, Caris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1994-08-25 Michigan
F 21 Martin, Kelan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1995-08-03 Butler
G 9 McConnell, T. J. 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1992-03-25 Arizona
F 20 McDermott, Doug 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1992-01-03 Creighton
F/C 11 Sabonis, Domantas 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1996-05-03 Gonzaga
F 14 Sampson, JaKarr 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1993-02-20 St. John's
G 2 Stanley, Cassius (TW) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-08-18 Duke
G 5 Sumner, Edmond 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1995-12-31 Xavier
F/C 33 Turner, Myles Injured 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1996-03-24 Texas
F 1 Warren, T. J. Injured 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1993-09-05 North Carolina State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
  • (TW) Two-way affiliate player
  • Injured Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: April 23, 2021

Standings

Notes

  • z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
  • c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
  • y – Clinched division title
  • x – Clinched playoff spot
  • * – Division leader

Game log

Preseason

2020–21 game log
2020–21 season schedule

Regular season

2020–21 game log
May: 5–5 (Home: 2–4; Road: 3–1)
Game Date
Time		 Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
63 May 1 @ Oklahoma City W 152–95 Doug McDermott (31) Domantas Sabonis (19) Domantas Sabonis (14) Chesapeake Energy Arena
0		 30–33
64 May 3 @ Washington L 141–154 Caris LeVert (33) Domantas Sabonis (32) Justin Holiday (15) Capital One Arena
0		 30–34
65 May 5 Sacramento L 93–104 Caris LeVert (14) Domantas Sabonis (10) Domantas Sabonis (13) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
0		 30–35
66 May 6 Atlanta W 133–126 Domantas Sabonis (30) Brissett, Sabonis (8) Caris LeVert (12) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
0		 31–35
67 May 8 Washington L 132–133 Caris LeVert (35) Caris LeVert (14) Domantas Sabonis (13) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
0		 31–36
68 May 11 @ Cleveland W 111–102 Kelan Martin (25) Domantas Sabonis (20) Caris LeVert (10) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
4,148		 32–36
69 May 12 Philadelphia W 103–94 Caris LeVert (24) Domantas Sabonis (13) Domantas Sabonis (15) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
0		 33–36
70 May 14 Milwaukee L 133–142 Justin Holiday (26) Kelan Martin (9) Domantas Sabonis (14) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
0		 33–37
71 May 15 L. A. Lakers L 115–122 Caris LeVert (28) Goga Bitadze (7) Caris LeVert (12) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
0		 33–38
72 May 16 @ Toronto W 125–113 Oshae Brissett (31) Domantas Sabonis (16) T. J. McConnell (17) Amalie Arena
0		 34–38
2020–21 season schedule

Postseason

Play-in

2020–21 game log
2012–13 season schedule

Player Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Malcolm Brogdon 56 56 34.5 .453 .388 .864 5.3 5.9 0.9 0.3 21.2
Caris LeVert 35 35 32.9 .443 .318 .822 4.6 4.9 1.5 0.7 20.7
Domantas Sabonis 62 62 36.0 .535 .321 .732 12.0 6.7 1.2 0.5 20.3
Victor Oladipo 9 9 33.3 .421 .362 .730 5.7 4.2 1.7 0.2 20.0
T. J. Warren 4 4 29.3 .529 .000 .800 3.5 1.3 0.5 0.0 15.5
Doug McDermott 66 29 24.5 .532 .388 .816 3.3 1.3 0.3 0.1 13.6
Myles Turner 47 47 31.0 .477 .335 .782 6.5 1.0 0.9 3.4 12.6
Oshae Brissett 21 16 24.7 .483 .423 .769 5.5 0.9 0.9 1.0 10.9
Justin Holiday 72 52 30.3 .413 .382 .788 3.6 1.7 1.0 0.6 10.5
Jeremy Lamb 36 8 21.3 .435 .406 .947 3.6 1.5 0.9 0.6 10.1
T. J. McConnell 69 3 26.0 .559 .313 .688 3.7 6.6 1.9 0.3 8.6
Edmond Sumner 53 24 16.2 .525 .398 .819 1.8 0.9 0.6 0.2 7.5
Aaron Holiday 66 8 17.8 .390 .368 .819 1.3 1.9 0.7 0.2 7.2
Goga Bitadze 45 3 12.5 .428 .253 .738 3.3 0.8 0.2 1.3 5.1
JaKarr Sampson 29 4 10.9 .496 .200 .655 2.7 0.1 0.1 0.5 4.6
Kelan Martin 35 0 9.2 .449 .400 .900 2.2 0.5 0.3 0.3 4.5
Amida Brimah 5 0 5.8 .625 1.000 1.6 0.2 0.0 1.0 2.6
Cassius Stanley 24 0 3.9 .302 .231 .778 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.5
Jalen Lecque 4 0 3.0 .111 .000 1.000 1.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.3
Brian Bowen 6 0 2.5 .250 .000 1.000 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5

Player Statistics Citation:[4]

Transactions

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Main article: List of 2020–21 NBA season transactions

Trades

July 6, 2018[5] To Indiana Pacers
Jalen Lecque		 To Oklahoma City Thunder
T. J. Leaf
2027 second-round pick
January 13, 2021[6]
(Four-team trade)		 To Indiana Pacers
Caris LeVert (from Brooklyn)
2023 second-round pick (from Houston)		 To Brooklyn Nets
James Harden (from Houston)
2024 second-round pick (from Cleveland)
To Houston Rockets
Victor Oladipo (from Indiana)
Dante Exum (from Cleveland)
Rodions Kurucs (from Brooklyn)
2022 first-round pick (from Brooklyn via Milwaukee)
2022 first-round pick (from Brooklyn)
2024 first-round pick (from Brooklyn)
2026 first-round pick (from Brooklyn)		 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Jarrett Allen (from Brooklyn)
Taurean Prince (from Brooklyn)
Draft rights to Sasha Vezenkov (from Brooklyn) (2017, Pick 57)

Free Agents

Additions

Player Date Signed Contract Former Team Ref.
Rayshaun Hammonds November 19, 2020[note 1] Exhibit 10 contract Georgia [7]
Amida Brimah November 29, 2020[note 2] Exhibit 10 contract Austin Spurs [8]
Kelan Martin November 29, 2020 2 year, $3.1 million contract Minnesota Timberwolves [8]
Devin Robinson December 18, 2020 Exhibit 10 contract Raptors 905 [9]
Josh Gray December 18, 2020 Exhibit 10 contract Oklahoma City Thunder[note 3] [9]
Oshae Brissett April 1, 2021[note 4] 10-day contract Fort Wayne Mad Ants [10]
  1. ↑ Hammonds signed a second Exhibit 10 contract on November 29.
  2. ↑ Brimah was officially waived by the team on December 18. However, he re-signed with the Pacers to a two-way contract on April 23.
  3. ↑ Gray played with the New Orleans Pelicans through the 2019–20 season, and was officially traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder on November 24, 2020, but waived later in December 1.
  4. ↑ Brissett signed a second 10-day contract on April 11, and eventually signed a 2 year, $2.4 million contract with the Pacers on April 21.

Subtractions

Player Reason Left Date Left New Team Ref.
Rayshaun Hammonds Waived December 18, 2020 Fort Wayne Mad Ants [9]
Devin Robinson Waived December 19, 2020 Fort Wayne Mad Ants [11]
Josh Gray Waived December 19, 2020 Fort Wayne Mad Ants [11]
Naz Mitrou-Long Waived December 19, 2020 Fort Wayne Mad Ants [11]
Jalen Lecque Waived March 25, 2021 N/A [12]
Brian Bowen Waived April 23, 2021 Minnesota Timberwolves [13]

References

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