2009–10 Indiana Pacers season

2009–10 Indiana Pacers season
Head coach	Jim O'Brien
General manager	Larry Bird
Owner(s)	Herbert Simon
Arena	Conseco Fieldhouse
Results
Record	32–50 (.390)
Place	Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Midwest
Radio	WFNI

The 2009–10 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's 43rd season as a franchise and 34th season in the NBA.

Key dates

• June 25 - The 2009 NBA Draft took place in New York City.
• July 8 - The free agency period started.

Summary

NBA Draft 2009

Main article: 2009 NBA Draft

Free agency

In July 2009, the Pacers signed nine-year veteran Earl Watson to a one-year contract, and the team also signed three-year veteran Solomon Jones to a two-year contract.

Draft picks

Main article: 2009 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	13	Tyler Hansbrough	PF	United States	North Carolina
2	52	A. J. Price	PG	United States	Connecticut

Roster

Indiana Pacers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 17 Dunleavy, Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Duke G 5 Ford, T. J.  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Texas C 10 Foster, Jeff  (IN) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Texas State G/F 33 Granger, Danny 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) New Mexico F 50 Hansbrough, Tyler  (IN) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) North Carolina G 13 Head, Luther 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Illinois C 55 Hibbert, Roy 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 278 lb (126 kg) Georgetown G/F 1 Jones, Dahntay 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Duke F 44 Jones, Solomon 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) South Florida F 32 McRoberts, Josh 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Duke F/C 3 Murphy, Troy 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Notre Dame G 22 Price, A. J. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 181 lb (82 kg) Connecticut G 25 Rush, Brandon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Kansas G 2 Watson, Earl 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) UCLA	Head coach Jim O'Brien (Saint Joseph's) Assistant coach(es) Dick Harter (Pennsylvania) Lester Conner (Oregon State) Dan Burke (Portland State) Frank Vogel (Kentucky) Jay DeFruscio (Ursinus) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
z-Cleveland Cavaliers	61	21	.744	–	35–6	26–15	12–4
x-Milwaukee Bucks	46	36	.561	17	28–13	18–23	10–6
x-Chicago Bulls	41	41	.500	22	24–17	17–24	10–6
Indiana Pacers	32	50	.390	29	23–18	9–32	6–10
Detroit Pistons	27	55	.329	34	17–24	10–31	2–14

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Cleveland Cavaliers	61	21	.744	–
2	y-Orlando Magic	59	23	.720	2
3	x-Atlanta Hawks	53	29	.646	8
4	y-Boston Celtics	50	32	.610	11
5	x-Miami Heat	47	35	.573	14
6	x-Milwaukee Bucks	46	36	.561	15
7	x-Charlotte Bobcats	44	38	.537	17
8	x-Chicago Bulls	41	41	.500	20
9	Toronto Raptors	40	42	.488	21
10	Indiana Pacers	32	50	.390	29
11	New York Knicks	29	53	.354	32
12	Detroit Pistons	27	55	.329	34
13	Philadelphia 76ers	27	55	.329	34
14	Washington Wizards	26	56	.317	35
15	New Jersey Nets	12	70	.146	49

Game log

2009–10 Game Log
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) # Date Team Score Location Attendance High Points High Rebounds High Assists Record 1 October 28 @ Atlanta L 109–120 Philips Arena 17,998 D. Granger (31) T. Murphy (10) T. Murphy (7) 0–1 2 October 30 vs. Miami L 96–83 Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 D. Granger (22) T. Murphy (13) L. Head (3) D. Granger (3) E. Watson (3) 0–2
November: 6–7 (Home: 4–4; Road: 2–3) # Date Team Score Location Attendance High Points High Rebounds High Assists Record 3 November 3 vs. Denver L 93–111 Conseco Fieldhouse 10,627 D. Jones (20) R. Hibbert (12) L. Head (3) 0–3 4 November 4 @ New York W 101–89 Madison Square Garden 19,273 D. Granger (21) R. Hibbert (14) D. Granger (4) 1–3 5 November 6 vs. Washington W 102–86 Conseco Fieldhouse 14,556 D. Granger (22) R. Hibbert (11) D. Jones (5) 2–3 6 November 11 vs. Golden State W 108–94 Conseco Fieldhouse 10,682 D. Granger (31) D. Granger (16) R. Hibbert (4) 3–3 7 November 14 vs. Boston W 113–104 Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 D. Granger (29) B. Rush (8) E. Watson (7) 4–3 8 November 17 @ New Jersey W 90–81 Izod Center 11,332 D. Granger (22) R. Hibbert (10) D. Jones (4) T. Ford (4) 5–3 9 November 18 vs. New York L 103– 110 Conseco Fieldhouse 12,258 D. Granger (33) R. Hibbert (12) T. Ford (5) 5–4 10 November 20 vs. Cleveland L 95–105 Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 D. Granger (19) T. Murphy (10) D. Granger (5) 5–5 11 November 22 @ Charlotte L 88–104 TWC Arena 14,730 D. Jones (19) T. Murphy (8) E. Watson (5) 5–6 12 November 24 @ Toronto L 112–123 Air Canada Centre 17,136 D. Granger (36) D. Granger (9) D. Granger (5) T. Murphy (5) E. Watson (5) 5–7 13 November 25 vs. LA Clippers W 86–73 Conseco Fieldhouse 12,350 T. Murphy (18) D. Jones (18) T. Murphy (11) B. Rush (11) T. Ford (6) 6–7 14 November 27 vs. Dallas L 92–113 Conseco Fieldhouse 16,613 D. Granger (20) J. Foster (6) T. Ford (5) 6–8 15 November 30 @ Golden State L 107–126 Oracle Arena 16,574 M. Dunleavy (22) D. Granger (22) T. Murphy (10) T. Ford (4) J. Foster (4) T. Murphy (4) 6–9
December: 3–13 (Home: 2–4; Road: 1–9) # Date Team Score Location Attendance High Points High Rebounds High Assists Record 16 December 2 @ Sacramento L 105–110 Arco Arena 10,021 D. Granger (33) J. Foster (18) T. Murphy (3) J. Foster (3) 6–10 17 December 4 @ Utah L 87–96 EnergySolutions Arena 19,347 D. Granger (26) T. Murphy (10) M. Dunleavy (4) E. Watson (4) 6–11 18 December 5 @ LA Clippers L 72–88 Staples Center 15,305 T. Murphy (13) T. Murphy (9) E. Watson (9) 6–12 19 December 9 vs. Portland L 91–102 Conseco Fieldhouse 11,487 D. Jones (19) T. Hansbrough (11) T. Ford (5) 6–13 20 December 11 vs. New Jersey W 107–91 Conseco Fieldhouse 12,175 T. Hansbrough (21) T. Murphy (12) T. Ford (5) 7–13 21 December 12 @ Washington W 114–113 Verizon Center 13,172 T. Murphy (28) T. Murphy (12) E. Watson (10) 8–13 22 December 14 @ Orlando L 98–106 Amway Arena 17,461 M. Dunleavy (26) T. Murphy (6) T. Ford (6) T. Hansbrough (6) T. Ford (7) 8–14 23 December 16 vs. Charlotte W 101–98 Conseco Fieldhouse 11,888 T. Murphy (26) T. Murphy (15) T. Ford (13) 9–14 24 December 18 @ Memphis L 94–107 FedExForum 13,217 M. Dunleavy (16) T. Ford (16) E. Watson (8) T. Murphy (8) T. Murphy (8) D. Jones (3) 9–15 25 December 19 @ San Antonio L 99–100 AT&T Arena 17,075 T. Murphy (21) R. Hibbert (7) T. Murphy (7) T. Ford (5) E. Watson (5) 9–16 26 December 21 vs. Milwaukee L 81–84 Conseco Fieldhouse 12,836 R. Hibbert (16) T. Murphy (13) T. Ford (5) 9–17 27 December 22 @ Boston L 94–103 TD Garden 18,624 T. Murphy (24) T. Murphy (18) D. Jones (8) 9–18 28 December 26 vs. Atlanta L 98–110 Conseco Fieldhouse 15,281 L. Head (19) T. Hansbrough (19) T. Murphy (19) T. Murphy (12) T. Ford (9) 9–19 29 December 27 @ Miami L 80–114 American Airlines Arena 19,600 T. Murphy (16) T. Hansbrough (10) T. Ford (4) 9–20 30 December 29 @ Chicago L 95–104 United Center 21,887 R. Hibbert (17) R. Hibbert (6) D. Jones (7) 9–21 31 December 30 vs. Memphis L 110–121 Conseco Fieldhouse 14,741 L. Head (30) R. Hibbert (13) E. Watson (6) 9–22
January: 7-10 (Home: 4-4; Road: 3-6) # Date Team Score Location Attendance High Points High Rebounds High Assists Record 32 January 2 vs. Minnesota W 122–111 Conseco Fieldhouse 12,685 L. Head (21) R. Hibbert (21) M. Dunleavy (8) J. McRoberts (8) E. Watson (9) 10–22 33 January 3 @ New York L 89–132 Madison Square Garden 19,763 L. Head (18) B. Rush (8) R. Hibbert (7) 10–23 34 January 5 vs. Orlando W 97–90 Conseco Fieldhouse 11,119 R. Hibbert (26) M. Dunleavy (9) E. Watson (4) 11–23 35 January 8 @ Minnesota L 109-116 Target Center 13,111 T. Murphy (21) 4 players (6) E. Watson (7) A.J. Price (7) 11-24 36 January 9 @ Oklahoma City L 102-108 Ford Center 18,203 D. Granger (25) T. Murphy (15) E. Watson (9) 11-25 37 January 11 vs. Toronto W 105-101 Conseco Fieldhouse 11,039 D. Granger (23) T. Murphy (16) E. Watson (8) 12-25 38 January 13 vs. Phoenix W 122-114 Conseco Fieldhouse 10,858 D. Granger (33) T. Murphy (14) E. Watson (9) 13-25 39 January 15 @ New Jersey W 121-105 Izod Center 13,656 D. Granger (28) T. Murphy (14) 3 players (5) 14-25 40 January 16 vs. New Orleans L 96-101 Conseco Fieldhouse 13,376 R. Hibbert (27) R. Hibbert (10) E. Watson (7) 14-26 41 January 19 @ Miami L 83-113 American Airlines Center 14,986 B. Rush (17) T. Murphy (12) D. Jones (5) 14-27 42 January 20 @ Orlando L 98-109 Amway Arena 17,461 D. Granger (25) T. Murphy (10) E. Watson (4) 14-28 43 January 22 @ Detroit W 105-93 The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,388 D. Granger (25) T. Murphy (11) E. Watson (6) 15-28 44 January 23 vs. Philadelphia L 97-107 Conseco Fieldhouse 16,074 D. Granger (22) T. Murphy (12) 5 players (3) 15-29 45 January 25 @ Philadelphia W 109-98 Wachovia Center 10,579 D. Granger (26) T. Murphy (12) T. Murphy (7) 16-29 46 January 27 vs. LA Lakers L 96-118 Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 R. Hibbert (21) B. Rush (11) E. Watson (7) 16-30 47 January 29 vs. Cleveland L 73-94 Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 D. Granger (13) D. Granger (10) D. Granger (5) 16-31 48 January 31 @ Toronto L 102-117 Air Canada Centre 16,715 L. Head (15) T. Murphy (8) E. Watson (6) 16-32
February: 4-7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1-4) # Date Team Score Location Attendance High Points High Rebounds High Assists Record 49 February 2 vs. Toronto W 130-115 Conseco Fieldhouse 11,191 D. Granger (23) T. Murphy (14) E. Watson (11) 17-32 50 February 5 vs. Detroit W 107-83 Conseco Fieldhouse 14,832 D. Granger (25) R. Hibbert (11) B. Rush (5) T.J. Ford (5) 18-32 51 February 6 @ Milwaukee L 81-93 Bradley Center 18,717 T. Ford (20) T. Murphy (11) D. Granger (5) 18-33 52 February 9 vs. Chicago L 101-109 Conseco Fieldhouse 12,945 D. Granger (27) T. Murphy (16) E. Watson (6) 18-34 53 February 17 vs. San Antonio L 87-90 Conseco Fieldhouse 14,947 D. Granger (23) T. Murphy (16) E. Watson (8) 18-35 54 February 19 @ New Orleans L 101-107 New Orleans Arena 15,644 D. Granger (29) T. Murphy (7) T. Ford (6) 18-36 55 February 20 @ Houston W 125-115 Toyota Center 16,550 D. Granger (36) T. Murphy (12) D. Granger (4) T. Murphy (4) 19-36 56 February 22 @ Dallas L 82-91 American Airlines Center 19,585 T. Ford (14) T. Murphy (11) 5 players (3) 19-37 57 February 24 @ Chicago L 110-120 United Center 20,363 B. Rush (21) D. Granger (7) B. Rush (7) D. Granger (5) 19-38 58 February 25 vs. Milwaukee L 110-112 Conseco Fieldhouse 14,116 D. Granger (21) E. Watson (8) E. Watson (5) T. Ford (5) 19-39 59 February 27 vs. Chicago W 100-90 Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 D. Granger (30) D. Granger (8) T. Ford (7) 20-39
March: 8-8 (Home: 7–0; Road: 1–8) # Date Visitor Score Arena Attendance High Points High Rebounds High Assists Record 60 March 2 @ LA Lakers L 99-122 Staples Center 18,997 T. Murphy (17) T. Murphy (13) E. Watson (10) 20-40 61 March 3 @ Portland L 79-102 Rose Garden 20,623 D. Granger (30) B. Rush (8) T. Ford (5) 20-41 62 March 5 @ Denver L 114-122 Pepsi Center 19,155 D. Granger (32) T. Murphy (9) T. Ford (4) J. McRoberts (4) 20-42 63 March 6 @ Phoenix L 105-113 US Airways Center 18,180 D. Granger (24) T. Murphy (16) T. Ford (5) 20-43 64 March 9 vs. Philadelphia W 107-96 Conseco Fieldhouse 11,535 D. Jones (25) R. Hibbert (11) E. Watson (10) 21-43 65 March 12 @ Boston L 103-122 TD Garden 18,624 R. Hibbert (23) T. Murphy (9) B. Rush (6) E. Watson (6) 21-44 66 March 14 @ Milwaukee L 94-98 Bradley Center 15,107 D. Granger (29) T. Murphy (12) 4 players (3) 21-45 67 March 16 vs. Charlotte W 99-94 Conseco Fieldhouse 10,850 D. Granger (26) T. Murphy (13) T. Murphy (5) 22-45 68 March 17 @ Cleveland L 94-99 Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 R. Hibbert (20) T. Murphy (15) D. Jones (6) A. Price (6) 22-46 69 March 19 vs. Detroit W 106-102 Conseco Fieldhouse 13,583 D. Granger (29) T. Murphy (8) E. Watson (11) 23-46 70 March 21 vs. Oklahoma City W 121-101 Conseco Fieldhouse 14,701 D. Granger (32) T. Murphy (13) E. Watson (8) 24-46 71 March 23 @ Detroit W 98-83 The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,109 D. Granger (32) T. Murphy (12) E. Watson (13) 25-46 72 March 24 vs. Washington W 99-82 Conseco Fieldhouse 12,504 D. Granger (31) T. Murphy (19) E. Watson (7) 26-46 73 March 26 vs. Utah W 122-106 Conseco Fieldhouse 15,463 D. Granger (44) T. Murphy (9) R. Hibbert (6) E. Watson (6) 27-46 74 March 28 @ Atlanta L 84-94 Philips Arena 16,646 T. Murphy (21) T. Murphy (14) E. Watson (13) 27-47 75 March 30 vs. Sacramento W 102-95 Conseco Fieldhouse 13,339 D. Granger (33) T. Murphy (13) B. Rush (5) E. Watson (5) 28-47
April: 4–3 (Home: 3-2; Road: 1–1) # Date Visitor Score Arena/Attendance High Points High Rebounds High Assists Record 76 April 2 vs. Miami L 96-105 (OT) Conseco Fieldhouse 16,787 T. Murphy (29) T. Murphy (15) E. Watson (5) 28-48 77 April 4 vs. Houston W 133-102 Conseco Fieldhouse 14,201 R. Hibbert (20) T. Murphy (12) J. McRoberts (12) R. Hibbert (7) 29-48 78 April 7 vs. New York W 113-105 Conseco Fieldhouse 15,330 D. Granger (33) T. Murphy (12) E. Watson (6) 30-48 79 April 9 @ Cleveland W 116-113 Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 D. Granger (36) T. Murphy (11) E. Watson (10) 31-48 80 April 10 vs. New Jersey W 115-102 Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 T. Murphy (25) T. Murphy (9) E. Watson (6) 32-48 81 April 12 vs. Orlando L 98-118 Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 A. Price (19) B. Rush (12) E. Watson (4) R. Hibbert (4) A. Price (4) 32-49 82 April 14 @ Washington L 97-98 Verizon Center 16,126 R. Hibbert (29) T. Murphy (9) D. Granger (9) J. McRoberts (4) 32-50

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mike Dunleavy, Jr.	67	15	22.2	.410	.318	.842	3.5	1.5	.6	.2	9.9
T. J. Ford	47	32	25.3	.445	.160	.770	3.2	3.8	.9	.2	10.3
Jeff Foster	16	3	15.9	.478	.000	.556	5.1	1.3	.2	.2	3.1
Danny Granger	62	62	36.7	.428	.361	.848	5.5	2.8	1.5	.8	24.1
Tyler Hansbrough	29	1	17.6	.360	.000	.743	4.8	1.0	.6	.3	8.5
Luther Head	47	10	17.3	.437	.352	.828	1.7	1.5	.4	.2	7.6
Roy Hibbert	81	69	25.1	.495	.500	.754	5.7	2.0	.4	1.6	11.7
Dahntay Jones	76	26	24.9	.461	.125	.770	3.0	2.0	.5	.5	10.2
Solomon Jones	52	2	13.0	.443	.000	.718	2.8	.6	.3	.7	4.0
Josh McRoberts	42	3	12.5	.521	.348	.500	3.0	1.0	.4	.4	4.3
Troy Murphy	72	69	32.6	.472	.384	.798	10.2	2.1	1.0	.5	14.6
A. J. Price	56	2	15.4	.410	.345	.800	1.6	1.9	.6	.0	7.3
Brandon Rush	82	64	30.4	.423	.411	.629	4.2	1.4	.7	.8	9.4
Earl Watson	79	52	29.4	.426	.288	.710	3.0	5.1	1.3	.2	7.8