2014 Indiana Fever season | |
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Coach | Lin Dunn |
Arena | Bankers Life Fieldhouse |
Attendance | 7,900 per game |
Results | |
Record | 16–18 (.471) |
Place | 2nd (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Lost conference finals 2-1 (Chicago) |
Team Leaders | |
Points | Tamika Catchings – 16.1 ppg |
Rebounds | Erlana Larkins – 9.2 rpg |
Assists | Briann January – 3.7 apg |
Media | |
Radio | WFNI |
Television | FS-I ESPN2, NBATV |
The 2014 WNBA season was the 15th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. This was Fever's seventh and final season under head coach, Lin Dunn. [1] In the preseason, Dunn announced her plans to step down at the end of the 2014 season. [1] Their season tipped off on May 16.
Fever star forward, Tamika Catchings missed the first seventeen games of the 2014 season due to a back injury she described as a "pinched disc." [2] During that time without Catchings, the Fever went 8–9. She returned to play on July 5 against the San Antonio Stars in a close 70–71 loss with Catchings contributing 6 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists in 20 minutes played for the Fever. [3]
The Fever finished the season with a record of 16–18, which placed them second in the Eastern Conference and fifth overall. In the 2014 WNBA playoffs, the Fever swept the Washington Mystics in the conference semi-finals. In the conference finals against the Chicago Sky, the Fever took game 1 at home but ultimately lost the series 1–2. [4]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College | Outcome | Ref. |
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1 | 5 | Natasha Howard | F | ![]() | Florida State | Made opening day roster | [5] |
1 | 9 | Natalie Achonwa | F/C | ![]() | Notre Dame | Unsigned draft pick for 2014 season | |
3 | 29 | Haiden Palmer | G | ![]() | Gonzaga | Waived on May 12 |
Date | Details | Ref. |
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May 6, 2014 | Announced Lin Dunn will step down as head coach at conclusion of 2014 season | [1] |
March | |||
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March 11 | To Indiana Fever Lynetta Kizer 2014 No. 9 draft pick (Natalie Achonwa) | To Phoenix Mercury Erin Phillips | [6] |
May | |||
May 12 | To Indiana Fever Maggie Lucas | To Phoenix Mercury 2015 No. 18 draft pick (Alex Harden) | [7] |
Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
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Erlana Larkins | April 1 | Multi-year contract | [8] |
Jasmine Hassell | April 2 | Training camp contract |
Player | Date | Notes | Former Team | Ref. |
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Marissa Coleman | March 28 | Multi-year contract | Los Angeles Sparks | [9] |
Jennifer George | April 9 | Rookie contract (2013 draft pick – No. 33) | Florida Gators | [10] |
Ziomara Morrison | Training camp contract | Ceyhan Belediyespor (Turkey) | ||
Natasha Howard | April 17 | Rookie contract (2014 draft pick – No. 5) | Florida State Seminoles | [11] |
Haiden Palmer | Rookie contract (2014 draft pick – No. 29) | Gonzaga Bulldogs | ||
Jennifer Schlott | Training camp contract | Utah State Aggies | [12] | |
Victoria Macaulay | April 26 | Lavezzini Parma (Italy) | [13] | |
Jeterra Bonds | April 28 | Florida Gators | [14] | |
Sydney Carter | May 9 | Connecticut Sun | [15] | |
Krystal Thomas | May 19 | Phoenix Mercury | [16] |
Player | Date | Reason | New Team | Ref. |
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Katie Douglas | March 24 | Free agency | Connecticut Sun | [17] |
Jessica Davenport | April 13 | Retirement | N/A | [18] |
Natalie Achonwa | April 14 | Unsigned draft pick (2014 draft pick – No. 9) | N/A – retained rights | |
Jennifer George | April 30 | Waived | — | [19] |
Jennifer Schlott | — | |||
Jeterra Bonds | May 12 | — | [20] | |
Ziomara Morrison | — | |||
Haiden Palmer | — | |||
Victoria Macaulay | May 14 | — | [21] | |
Jeanette Pohlen | — | [21] [22] | ||
Jasmine Hassell | May 19 | — | [16] |
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2014 pre-season game log Total: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
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2014 pre-season schedule |
2014 game log Total: 16–18 (Home: 7–10; Road: 9–8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 3–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–1)
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June : 3–6 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–3)
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July : 7–5 (Home: 2–3; Road: 5–2)
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August : 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2)
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2014 season schedule |
2014 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conference Semi-Finals vs. Washington Mystics Won Series: 2–0
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Conference Finals vs. Chicago Sky Lost Series: 1–2
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2014 playoff schedule |
Source: [24]
# | Eastern Conference | |||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP | |
1 | y- Atlanta Dream | 19 | 15 | .559 | - | 34 |
2 | x- Indiana Fever | 16 | 18 | .471 | 3.0 | 34 |
3 | x-Washington Mystics | 16 | 18 | .471 | 3.0 | 34 |
4 | x-Chicago Sky | 15 | 19 | .441 | 4.0 | 34 |
5 | e-New York Liberty | 15 | 19 | .441 | 4.0 | 34 |
6 | e-Connecticut Sun | 13 | 21 | .382 | 6.0 | 34 |
Conference Semi-finals: Best-of-3 | Conference Finals: Best-of-3 | WNBA Finals: Best-of-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
E1 | Atlanta | 77 | 92 | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
E4 | Chicago | 80 | 83 | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
E4 | Chicago | 70 | 86 | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
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E2 | Indiana | 77 | 84 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
E2 | Indiana | 78 | 81 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
E3 | Washington | 73 | 76 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
E4 | Chicago | 62 | 68 | 82 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 83 | 97 | 87 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 75 | 93 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
W4 | Los Angeles | 72 | 68 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 85 | 77 | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||
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W2 | Minnesota | 71 | 82 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota | 88 | 94 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
W3 | San Antonio | 84 | 89 | — |
Legend | |||||||
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | TO | Turnovers per game |
PF | Fouls per game | Team leader | League leader |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
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Shavonte Zellous | 34 | 33 | 27.4 | .411 | .305 | .784 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 11.0 |
Marissa Coleman | 34 | 32 | 24.0 | .391 | .381 | .817 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 8.9 |
Karima Christmas | 34 | 3 | 21.6 | .343 | .386 | .755 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 6.9 |
Natasha Howard | 34 | 15 | 16.9 | .443 | .000 | .594 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 7.0 |
Erlana Larkins | 33 | 33 | 31.6 | .599 | — | .716 | 9.2 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 9.7 |
Briann January | 31 | 31 | 28.9 | .387 | .383 | .880 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 10.3 |
Lynetta Kizer | 31 | 1 | 9.0 | .431 | — | .619 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 3.8 |
Maggie Lucas | 30 | 0 | 10.3 | .333 | .308 | .957 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
Layshia Clarendon | 29 | 3 | 13.7 | .402 | .316 | .708 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 4.2 |
Sydney Carter | 23 | 0 | 12.5 | .288 | .167 | .742 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
Krystal Thomas ≠ | 21 | 3 | 8.4 | .545 | — | .429 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
Tamika Catchings | 16 | 16 | 26.9 | .446 | .368 | .790 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 16.1 |
Jasmine Hassell ‡ | 2 | 0 | 10.5 | .600 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
Source: [25]
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
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Shavonte Zellous | 5 | 5 | 35.6 | .389 | .292 | .750 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 14.4 |
Briann January | 5 | 5 | 35.4 | .322 | .353 | .833 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 12.8 |
Erlana Larkins | 5 | 5 | 35.2 | .531 | .000 | .733 | 10.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 9.0 |
Tamika Catchings | 5 | 5 | 34.0 | .311 | .111 | .900 | 9.2 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 16.6 |
Marissa Coleman | 5 | 5 | 23.0 | .410 | .333 | .500 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 8.2 |
Karima Christmas | 5 | 0 | 25.0 | .333 | .333 | .824 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 7.4 |
Layshia Clarendon | 5 | 0 | 7.4 | .231 | .000 | — | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
Maggie Lucas | 5 | 0 | 7.2 | .385 | .429 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
Lynetta Kizer | 5 | 0 | 6.0 | .429 | — | .750 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 3.0 |
Natasha Howard | 4 | 0 | 3.8 | .167 | — | 1.000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
Krystal Thomas | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | .500 | — | .000 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
Sydney Carter | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | — | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Source: [25]
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Tamika Catchings | WNBA All-Star Starter | July 8 | [26] |
Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 18 | [27] | |
Eastern Conference Player of the Month – August | August 20 | [28] | |
WNBA All-Defensive Second Team | August 22 | [29] | |
Briann January | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 1 | [30] |
WNBA All-Star Reserve | July 16 | [31] | |
WNBA All-Defensive First Team | August 22 | [29] |
Guard Sydney Carter signed with Indiana in the middle of the preseason
Jessica Davenport...announced on Facebook that she is retiring from the league.
Update: The Fever released rookies Jennifer George and Jennifer Schlott on April 30.
Jeannette Pohlen was waived Wednesday...The Fever also waived 6-4 center Victoria Macaulay.