• Lance Stephenson

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In the first start of his NBA career, he made a big splash against the Chicago Bulls, 4/25, leading the Pacers with a game-high 22 points on 10-15 FG and 2-4 3-pt FG...in nearly 35 minutes without a turnover, he added a rebound, an assist and a blocked shot...a participant in 32 of the season’s first 35 games, he averaged 10.75 mpg in those outings...he logged 10+ minutes 16 times, including three with 20 or more minutes...prior to the game with Chicago, he had, arguably, the best game of his young career in the Pacers win over Atlanta, 1/11, scoring 12 points (5-7 FG, 2-4 FT) with five rebounds, three assists, one steal and a blocked shot in 18 minutes...he had similar overall numbers in the game vs. Charlotte, 2/19, with seven points, five rebounds, three assists and a career-high four steals...he had 21 steals on the season and the game with Charlotte was one of four in which he had multiple thefts...in his first 20 games he scored four or more points three times, but then did so seven times in the next nine games, including eight points on 4-7 FG vs. Utah, 2/7, and nine points on 4-10 FG and 1-4 3-pt FG at Cleveland, 2/15...vs. Charlotte, 2/19, he scored seven points on 3-5 FG and 1-1 3-pt FG...two nights later, he scored four points vs. New Orleans, marking the last time he would connect for more than two points until the season finale vs. Chicago...beginning with a loss at Philadelphia, 1/9, he played in 27 straight games and averaged 11.3 mpg in that span...however, he played in just 10 more games the rest of the season, averaging 9.8 mpg...after averaging 2.4 ppg in his first 32 outings, he totaled 28 points in his last 10—shooting 13-35 FG and 2-11 3-pt FG in that span...ending a run of 18 straight misses, that included five in his rookie season, he made the first 3-pt FG of his brief NBA career at Cleveland, 2/15, and hit his second just two games later against Charlotte, 2/19...he started the season 6-8 from the free throw line, until going 0-4 from the stripe vs. Utah, 2/7...he shot 2-3 FT against Miami, 2/14, and those were his last free throws until going 0-2 vs. Detroit, 4/23...he averaged just over a rebound a game (1.3) and his 15 games with more than one featured a run of five games from 2/7 through 2/14 in which he averaged 2.2 rpg...he gathered a season-high five rebounds vs. Atlanta, 1/11, and then matched that total against Charlotte, 2/19...in the game against the Bobcats, he claimed a season-high tying two offensive rebounds...he had more than one offensive rebound for the first time in his career vs. New Jersey, 1/31...he was in uniform for each of the team’s first 60 games until spending the game vs. Minnesota, 4/16, on the inactive list...he was also inactive for the game vs. Philadelphia, 4/21...he recorded a total of 46 assists on the season and passed out two or more 12 times...his season-high five assists vs. New Jersey, 1/31, tied for the team lead and he tied for game-high honors in that department twice...he was one of three Pacers’ players with a team-best three assists in the loss vs. Miami, 2/14.

After 32 straight games on the inactive list, he appeared in uniform for the first time in the game against San Antonio, 1/7, though he didn’t play due to a coaching decision against the Spurs…he actually appeared in a game for the first time vs. Phoenix, 2/27, logging four minutes and scoring two points on 2-2 from the free throw line…he also had one rebound and two assists against the Suns…that was the first of seven straight appearances and he averaged 4.6 points and 2.7 assists in those seven games…following three straight DNP-CDs, he played in six of seven games from March 16 through March 25, totaling 22 minutes, five points and two assists…in just his third outing of the season, he had a season-high 11 points, six rebounds, two assists and one steal in 20 minutes at Oklahoma City, 3/2…that was the only game that he registered more than six points…his 11 points against the Thunder included 5-6 FT and he shot 11-14 from the line for the season…after going 9-28 from the floor in his first six appearances, he scored six points at Minnesota, 3/9, on 3-3 from the field…he would shoot 0-7 FG in his next four outings, before hitting his only attempt vs. Sacramento, 3/25…at Dallas, 3/4, he tied for the team lead with a season-high six assists and he alone led the team in assists with five the next night in Houston…those were his only games with more than two assists…the game vs. the Kings, 3/25, was his last appearance of the season and he spent seven of the last nine games on the inactive list.

2011-12: He made two appearances in each of the series vs. Orlando and Miami...in his postseason debut, he scored five points on 2-4 FG and 1-2 3-pt FG in four minutes of Game 3 at Orlando, 5/2...he had one point (1-2 FT) and an assist in five minutes of Game 6 vs. Orlando, 5/22...2010-11: He was on the inactive list for all five games in the first round series with Chicago.

2009-10: The 2010 Big East Conference Rookie of the Year, he ranked 28th overall in the conference in scoring (12.3 ppg) and was the league’s top freshman scorer...he finished the campaign with 13 points and six rebounds vs. Dayton in the second round of the NIT, 3/22...he added 14 points in the Bearcats’ first-round NIT game vs. Weber State, 3/17...he notched his seventh consecutive double-figure scoring effort with a game-high 19 points in the quarterfinals of the Big East Championship against West Virginia, 3/11...including the gamewinning free throw with less than two seconds to play, he poured in 13 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the first round of the Big East conference tournament against Rutgers, 3/9...he scored a season-best 23 points and made a season-high 11 field goals in 17 attempts at Georgetown, 3/6...he was named Big East Freshman of the Week for a third time on March 1 after averaging almost a double-double against DePaul, 2/24, and West Virginia, 2/27...he registered his first career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds, which included a season-best five offensive rebounds, in a win over DePaul, 2/24...he led UC to a win over Connecticut, 12/30, with 21 points in his Big East debut, including the go-ahead free throws with 0.7 seconds to play...he put together a terrific allaround performance with seven points, a season-high seven assists, and a season-high 11 rebounds against Texas Southern, 12/1.