2014 Indiana Fever season

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.

2014 Indiana Fever season
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
← 2013 season 2015 season →

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]

Draft

See also: 2014 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College	Outcome	Ref.
1	5	Natasha Howard	F	United States	Florida State	Made opening day roster	[5]
1	9	Natalie Achonwa	F/C	Canada	Notre Dame	Unsigned draft pick for 2014 season
3	29	Haiden Palmer	G	United States	Gonzaga	Waived on May 12

Transactions

Main article: List of 2014 WNBA season transactions

Front office and coaching

Date	Details	Ref.
May 6, 2014	Announced Lin Dunn will step down as head coach at conclusion of 2014 season	[1]

Trades

March
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]

Free agency

Re-signed / extensions

Player	Date	Notes	Ref.
Erlana Larkins	April 1	Multi-year contract	[8]
Jasmine Hassell	April 2	Training camp contract

Additions

Player	Date	Notes	Former Team	Ref.
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]

Subtractions / Unsigned

Player	Date	Reason	New Team	Ref.
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]

Roster

2014 Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 4 Carter, Sydney 5' 6" (1.68m) 133 lb (60kg) 1990-11-18 Texas A&M 2 F 24 Catchings, Tamika 6' 1" (1.85m) 167 lb (76kg) 1979-07-21 Tennessee 11 G/F 13 Christmas, Karima 6' 0" (1.83m) 180 lb (82kg) 1989-09-11 Duke 2 G 5 Clarendon, Layshia 5' 9" (1.75m) 140 lb (64kg) 1991-05-02 California R G/F 25 Coleman, Marissa 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 1987-01-04 Maryland 5 F 33 Howard, Natasha 6' 3" (1.91m) 169 lb (77kg) 1991-09-02 Florida State R G 20 January, Briann 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 1987-01-11 Arizona State 4 F 11 Kizer, Lynetta 6' 4" (1.93m) 230 lb (104kg) 1990-04-04 Maryland 2 F 2 Larkins, Erlana 6' 1" (1.85m) 202 lb (92kg) 1986-04-02 North Carolina 3 G 8 Lucas, Maggie 5' 10" (1.78m) 162 lb (73kg) 1991-11-29 Penn State R C 34 Thomas, Krystal 6' 5" (1.96m) 210 lb (95kg) 1989-06-10 Duke 3 G 1 Zellous, Shavonte 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) 1986-08-28 Pittsburgh 4 F/C – Achonwa, Natalie (DP) 6' 3" (1.91m) 198 lb (90kg) 1992-11-22 Notre Dame –	Head coach Lin Dunn (UT Martin) Assistant coaches Stephanie White (Purdue) Sylvia Crawley (North Carolina) Player development Carlos Knox (IUPUI) Athletic trainer Todd Champlin (Daemen) Strength and conditioning coach Emily Burgess (Slippery Rock) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Source:^[23]

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG	Briann January	Sydney Carter
SG	Shavonte Zellous	Layshia Clarendon Maggie Lucas
SF	Marissa Coleman	Karima Christmas
PF	Tamika Catchings	Natasha Howard
C	Erlana Larkins	Lynetta Kizer Krystal Thomas

Schedule

Preseason

2014 pre-season game log Total: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
May: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 6 Washington L 63–80 Natasha Howard (14) Victoria Macaulay (7) Briann January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 4,275 0–1 2 May 7 @ Washington L 80–81 Marissa Coleman (21) Natasha Howard (7) Layshia Clarendon (5) Capital One Arena 2,720 0–2 3 May 9 @ Chicago L 66–73 Karima Christmas (16) Lynetta Kizer (10) Sydney Carter (3) ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex 0–3 4 May 11 Phoenix W 75–60 Natasha Howard (16) Lynetta Kizer (7) Clarendon, Coleman (3) ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex 3,194 1–3
2014 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2014 game log Total: 16–18 (Home: 7–10; Road: 9–8)
May: 3–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 16 @ Chicago L 71–74 Natasha Howard (16) Natasha Howard (10) Briann January (6) Allstate Arena 6,721 0–1 2 May 17 Atlanta L 88–90 Natasha Howard (21) Erlana Larkins (13) Briann January (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,275 0–2 3 May 23 Washington L 63–79 Maggie Lucas (12) Erlana Larkins (12) Briann January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,632 0–3 4 May 25 @ Atlanta W 82–77 Briann January (16) Erlana Larkins (22) Briann January (7) Philips Arena 5,517 1–3 5 May 29 Connecticut W 79–65 Briann January (20) Erlana Larkins (10) Marissa Coleman (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,305 2–3 6 May 31 New York W 70–66 Howard, Larkins (7) Briann January (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,025 3–3
June : 3–6 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 June 6 @ Washington W 64–61 Marissa Coleman (20) Erlana Larkins (9) Erlana Larkins (5) Capital One Arena 7,155 4–3 8 June 7 @ Connecticut L 71–88 Natasha Howard (14) Erlana Larkins (7) Erlana Larkins (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,105 4–4 9 June 11 Seattle W 76–68 Erlana Larkins (17) Erlana Larkins (11) Briann January (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,925 5–4 10 June 17 @ Connecticut L 67–89 Lynetta Kizer (13) Lynetta Kizer (10) Briann January (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,356 5–5 11 June 20 @ Chicago W 83–75 Karima Christmas (14) Erlana Larkins (11) Briann January (7) Allstate Arena 6,488 6–5 12 June 22 @ Minnesota L 77–83 Karima Christmas (18) Erlana Larkins (10) Briann January (4) Target Center 8,704 6–6 13 June 25 Tulsa L 102–107 (OT) Shavonte Zellous (33) Erlana Larkins (9) Briann January (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,367 6–7 14 June 27 Phoenix L 76–81 Shavonte Zellous (18) Erlana Larkins (11) Briann January (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,762 6–8 15 June 29 Atlanta L 68–76 Erlana Larkins (12) Erlana Larkins (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8.014 6–9
July : 7–5 (Home: 2–3; Road: 5–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 16 July 1 @ Atlanta W 77–70 Karima Christmas (18) Karima Christmas (9) Erlana Larkins (5) Allstate Arena 5,037 7–9 17 July 2 @ Washington W 80–77 Natasha Howard (20) Erlana Larkins (7) Carter, Larkins (3) Capital One Arena 7,096 8–9 18 July 5 San Antonio L 70–71 Shavonte Zellous (16) Catchings, Larkins (5) Catchings, Larkins (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,531 8–10 19 July 8 @ Tulsa W 78–76 Tamika Catchings (23) Tamika Catchings (11) Erlana Larkins (5) BOK Center 4,107 9–10 20 July 10 Connecticut W 72–68 Tamika Catchings (21) Tamika Catchings (7) Clarendon, January (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,440 10–10 21 July 12 Atlanta L 74–93 Tamika Catchings (14) Erlana Larkins (11) Tamika Catchings (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,562 10–11 22 July 15 Los Angeles L 78–86 Tamika Catchings (25) Erlana Larkins (10) Shavonte Zellous (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,835 10–12 23 July 17 Chicago W 82–64 Tamika Catchings (25) Tamika Catchings (9) Tied (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,333 11–12 24 July 22 @ Chicago L 57–60 Catchings, Coleman (11) Tamika Catchings (9) Erlana Larkins (4) Allstate Arena 5,891 11–13 25 July 26 @ San Antonio W 75–68 Lynetta Kizer (16) Erlana Larkins (8) Layshia Clarendon (5) AT&T Center 7,649 12–13 26 July 28 @ Los Angeles L 73–77 Tamika Catchings (16) Erlana Larkins (10) Coleman, January (4) STAPLES Center 6,413 12–14 27 July 31 @ Seattle W 76–67 Catchings, Coleman (16) Tamika Catchings (6) Tamika Catchings (4) KeyArena 6,179 13–14
August : 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 28 August 2 @ Phoenix L 69–79 Shavonte Zellous (14) Erlana Larkins (13) Shavonte Zellous (4) US Airways Center 9,239 13–15 29 August 5 Minnesota L 64–66 Karima Christmas (15) Erlana Larkins (11) Briann January (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,556 13–16 30 August 8 Washington L 61–74 Shavonte Zellous (13) Erlana Larkins (8) Tied (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,089 13–17 31 August 10 @ New York W 90–76 Tamika Catchings (29) Christmas, Larkins (6) Briann January (5) Madison Square Garden 8,482 14–17 32 August 14 New York W 76–63 Briann January (16) Catchings, Larkins (9) Erlana Larkins (3) Bakers Life Fieldhouse 8,030 15–17 33 August 16 Chicago W 71–67 Tamika Catchings (25) Tamika Catchings (9) Briann January (7) Bakers Life Fieldhouse 10,625 16–17 34 August 17 @ New York L 61–73 Maggie Lucas (17) Kizer, Thomas (8) Maggie Lucas (4) Madison Square Garden 9,432 16–18
2014 season schedule

Playoffs

2014 playoff game log
Conference Semi-Finals vs. Washington Mystics Won Series: 2–0 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 August 21 Washington W 78–73 Tamika Catchings (22) Erlana Larkins (11) Tied (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,576 1–0 2 August 23 @ Washington W 81–76 Tamika Catchings (26) Tied (11) Briann January (7) Capital One Arena 6,124 2–0
Conference Finals vs. Chicago Sky Lost Series: 1–2 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 August 30 Chicago W 77–70 Briann January (19) Erlana Larkins (8) Tamika Catchings (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,557 1–0 2 September 1 @ Chicago L 84–86 (OT2) Shavonte Zellous (20) Tamika Catchings (14) Briann January (6) Allstate Arena 6,019 1–1 3 September 3 Chicago L 62–75 Shavonte Zellous (16) Erlana Larkins (11) Tied (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,705 1–2
2014 playoff schedule

Standings

Source:^[24]

#	Eastern Conference v t e
	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

Bracket

See also: 2014 WNBA playoffs

	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
	Eastern Conference
								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
	Western Conference
								W2	Minnesota	71	82	78
	W2	Minnesota	88	94	—
	W3	San Antonio	84	89	—

• Bold – Series winner
• Italics – Team with home-court advantage

Statistics

Legend
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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
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]

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
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]

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
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]