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2013 Playoffs Statistics
Born:
Dec 11, 1986
Height:
7-2 / 2.18
Weight:
280 lbs. / 127.0 kg.
Prior to NBA / Country:
Georgetown / USA
Years Pro:
4
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2011-12: An NBA All-Star for the first time, he was the Pacers’ leading rebounder, shot blocker and field goal shooter with averages of 8.8 rpg and 1.97 bpg and a mark of 49.7 percent from the floor...he was second on the team with an average of 12.8 points per game...he ranked fifth in the NBA in blocked shots, 19th in rebounds and 20th in field goal accuracy...his averages for rebounding, blocked shots, points and his field goal percentage were all career-highs...he tied for 20th in the NBA with a team-high 22 double-doubles...one of just 11 players in the NBA to have accumulated 200+ offensive rebounds, his team-high 213 ranked eighth best in the league...averaging 3.28 orpg, he had four or more 26 times with a high of seven (tying his most ever in the NBA) four times...he had seven double-doubles in a span of eight games from 4/6 through 4/17 and his five straight games with double-doubles (4/11-4/17) was a career-best...his 17 rebounds and 13 defensive rebounds in the game vs. Boston, 4/7, were both career-highs...he scored in double figures in 49 of his 65 appearances, including a career-high 30 points in the Pacers’ win over New Orleans, 2/21...that was one of his six games with 20+ points on the season...he scored at least nine points in each of the team’s first 18 games, including a run of 10 or more points in a season-high 13 straight outings from 1/4 through 1/27...in those 13 games, he averaged 14.8 ppg and shot 83-163 FG (.509)...one of just three Indiana players to attempt 200+ free throws, he shot 170-239 FT (.711) and attempted 10 or more free throws five times—including a career-high tying 12 free throw attempts vs. New Orleans, 2/21...he shot 60+ percent from the floor 19 times, including a stretch of four in a row from 2/19 through 2/28...in that span, he shot a combined 28-40 FG (.700), including 11-17 FG in his 30-point game against the Hornets, 2/21...he scored the 3,000th point of his career vs. New York, 3/17, and pulled down the 1,500th rebound of his career vs. New Jersey, 1/31...the self-proclaimed best passing big man in the NBA, he averaged 1.7 assists per game and led the team in that department in five games...he dealt a season-high five assists twice and had at least two in 33 games...his 128 blocked shots in 2011-12 gave him 477 in his career, sixth on the Pacers’ all-time career list...he rejected three or more shots in 21 games, including a season-high five shots twice: in Houston, 4/1, and vs. Minnesota, 4/16...despite the shortened season, he had 30+ steals for a third consecutive season with 32...he had a season-high two steals four times...ending a streak of 112 consecutive starts, that included the end of the 2010-11 regular season and the five-game playoff series with Chicago, he did not play in the Pacers’ next-to-last game vs. Detroit, 4/23...in 10 minutes of the 2012 All-Star Game in Orlando, he had three points, three rebounds and an assist. 2010-11:The Pacers’ top rebounder and shot-blocker in 2010-11, he was 31st in the NBA in rebounds and 11th in blocked shots with career-best averages of 7.5 rpg and 1.75 bpg...the third leading scorer on the team with a career-best 12.7 ppg, he was also third with 166 assists (2.05 apg)...early in the season he was considered by many to be among the top candidates for the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award after he averaged 16.1 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.06 blocks per game in the first month of the season (16 games)...however, he averaged just 10.7 ppg with 6.7 rpg in the next 27 games...he started the season shooting over 51 percent (.514) in his first 21 games, but hit just 85-239 FG (.356) in the 22 games leading up to the Pacers’ coaching change...he re-emerged from his slump after Frank Vogel took over as head coach, averaging 13.2 ppg and 7.3 rpg in the team’s last 38 games... in those games, he shot 194-396 from the floor (.490) and hit 115-149 FT (.772)...he collected 10+ rebounds 23 times and had double-doubles in all but one of those games…his 22 double-doubles were the most on the team and he had seven in October and November, three in each of the next three months before having six in the final 23 games...including ties, he led the Pacers in scoring 10 times...after the coaching change, he scored 20 or more points six times, including a team-leading 24 points in coach Vogel’s debut vs. Toronto, 1/31...the only Indiana player to have at least two assists in each of the first nine games of the regular season, he had multiple assists 48 times…he topped the Pacers in assists (including ties) 11 times and the team was 8-3 in those games...his 1.75 blocks per game average was the highest by any Pacers’ player, other than Jermaine O’Neal, since Dale Davis rejected 1.80 bpg in 1992-93 and it was the highest average for a Pacers’ center since Rik Smits averaged 2.1 bpg in 1989-90...he missed one game (at Golden State, 1/19) with an upper respiratory infection. 2009-10:He capped the season with the best offensive game of his NBA career, leading the Pacers with a career-high 29 points on 10-16 FGS and 9-11 FTS at Washington, 4/14…through the first 29 games of the season, he averaged 9.4 ppg and had scored in double figures 11 times…he would score at least 10 points in all but 16 of the last 52 games and average 13.0 ppg in that span…one of the top field goal shooters in the NBA, he ranked 30th with a mark of 49.5 percent, which was tops among all Indiana players with more than 150 attempts…his first 20-point game of the season, vs. New Jersey, 12/11, included his first career 3-pt field goal (1-1) and he shot 3-6 from long range on the season…he recorded double-doubles in five of the first 10 games, and was second on the team with a total of nine double-doubles on the season…he averaged 5.7 rpg, which was second best on the team, and 19th best among NBA centers…he led the Pacers with 177 offensive rebounds, and his 2.2 orpg ranked 29th in the NBA…he led the Pacers with a career-high seven assists at New York, 1/3, and would match that figure twice more: vs. Philadelphia, 3/9, and vs. Houston, 4/4…his 1.62 bpg ranked 12th best in the NBA, and eighth best in the Eastern Conference…he rejected a career-high six shots three times, including both of the Pacers’ games vs. San Antonio…he also had six rejections at Boston, 12/22...he sat out the game vs. Washington, 3/24, with a TMJ sprain. 2008-09:Acquired in July, 2008, from Toronto along with TJ. Ford, Maceo Baston and Rasho Nesterovic in exchange for Jermaine O’Neal and the draft rights to Nathan Jawai, he played in 70 games and averaged 7.1 ppg with 3.5 rpg… as a starter, he averaged 9.0 ppg and 4.1 rpg in 42 games…in 28 games off the bench, he averaged 4.1 ppg and 2.5 rpg…in 42 starts, he shot 151-319 from the floor (.473) and 76-109 FTS (.697), compared to 47-101 FGS (.465) and 22-38 FTS (.579) as a reserve…second on the team with 76 blocked shots, his average of 3.62 blocks per 48 minutes played ranked sixth best among all NBA players with at least 50 appearances…his 76 blocked shots ranked third among NBA rookies, behind Brook Lopez of New Jersey (151) and Memphis’s Marc Gasol (90)…he scored a season-high 19 points in the Pacers’ two-point loss to New Orleans, 12/28…he was third on the team with 115 offensive rebounds and he claimed a season-high seven offensive boards at Atlanta, 4/10…after totaling 120 rebounds (2.7 rpg) in his first 44 games, he had 123 boards in his last 26 games (4.7 rpg)…he sat out 12 games, but missed only the game with Houston, 1/23, due to injury or illness (concussion). PLAYOFFS:2011-12: He opened the 2012 playoffs by nearly recording the first points/rebounds/blocked shots triple-double in franchise history with 13 boards, eight points and a team postseason record nine blocked shots in a Game 1 loss to Orlando, 4/28...he had multiple blocked shots in nine of the 11 games and his average of 3.09 bpg was tops among all players with at least 10 playoff appearances in 2012...he also averaged 11.7 points and a team-best 11.2 rebounds per game, while shooting 52-104 FG (.500)...he recorded postseason career-highs of 18 rebounds and 19 points in leading the Pacers to a 94-75 win in Game 3 vs. Miami, 5/17...that was one of his four double-doubles in the 2012 playoffs...he had at least four offensive rebounds in nine of 11 games and his average of 4.1 orpg was third best in the league...2010-11: In his first career postseason appearance at Chicago, 4/16, he had 11 points and eight rebounds, which included a team series-high five offensive rebounds…in the five-game series with the Bulls, he averaged 10.4 ppg and 6.8 rpg, registering one double-double with postseason career-highs of 16 points and 10 rebounds in the Pacers’ Game 4 win at Conseco Fieldhouse, 4/23…despite having none in Game 5 at Chicago, 4/26, he totaled nine blocked shots in the series, one behind team leader Paul George…he blocked three shots in Game 2 at Chicago, 4/18, and in Game 4 at Conseco Fieldhouse, 4/23. COLLEGE:2007-08: Selected as a Second Team Associated Press All-American and a First Team All-Big East selection as a senior, he led the Georgetown Hoyas in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots with averages of 13.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg and 2.2 bpg…he ranked third in the Big East Conference in both blocked shots and field goal percentage (.609)…he scored in double figures in 27 of 34 games…prior to his senior season he had never attempted a 3-pt FG, but was 3-3 from long distance in 2007-08…he helped the Hoyas tip off the season by scoring 23 points on 9-11 FG and 5-8 FT in a 68-53 win over William & Mary, 11/10…he averaged nearly two assists a game and had at least three assists seven times…he blocked 75 shots on the season and finished his career with 259 rejections, fourth on the Hoyas’ all-time career list…he finished his career 15th on Georgetown’s all-time career scoring list (1,476) and eighth on the school’s career rebounding list. 2006-07: An All-NCAA East Regional First Team selection, he was named to the All-Big East First Team and All-Big East Tournament Team…he led Georgetown in rebounding (6.9 rpg) and blocked shots (90), while ranking second in scoring (12.9 ppg)…he shot a career-best 67.1 percent from the field…he collected 11 double-doubles, including a career-high five in a row in postseason play, as he helped lead the Hoyas to the Final Four…he scored 13 points with 11 rebounds, for his fifth straight double-double in the Hoyas’ win in the East Regional Final vs. North Carolina and current Pacers teammate Tyler Hansbrough…with those 13 points, he became the 38th player in school history with 1,000 career points…he tied a career-high with six blocked shots and handed out a season-best four assists vs. the Tar Heels. 2005-06: Earning second team All-Big East honors, he was second on the team in scoring with an average of 11.6 ppg and he led the team in rebounds with 6.9 rpg, which ranked 14th in the Big East...he shot 59.0 percent from the floor (148-251) and led the team with 54 blocks, a 1.64 bpg average that ranked ninth in the Big East...he opened the season with back-to-back games of 20+ points, scoring 20 in the season opener at Navy and 23 points in a win at James Madison...those two performances garnered him a selection as Big East Player of the Week...he scored 16 points in a win over Oregon and went 6-6 from the line...his streak of 25-straight free throws made ended in the game vs. Stetson. 2004-05: He played in 32 games for the Hoyas, starting 17 contests and averaging 5.1 ppg and 3.5 rpg…he had a pair of double-doubles and ranked second on the team with 40 blocked shots...he had a season-high 15 points at Notre Dame and collected a season-high 14 boards at Syracuse…he rejected a season-best three shots four times and grabbed a season-high three steals vs. West Virginia…he dealt a career-high five assists vs. San Jose State…he scored on a last-second dunk to defeat Notre Dame, 1/23, which led to his first Big East Player of the Week honor. |
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He averaged 19 points, 17 rebounds, six blocks and three assists as a senior at Georgetown Prep in Bethesda, Maryland, where he was coached by former Hoya Dwayne Bryant...the Little Hoyas amassed a 16-4 record during his senior year and were co-champions of the Interstate Athletic Conference...in the 2004 Jordan Capital Classic, following their senior year in high school, he played with future Georgetown teammate Jeff Green, who now plays for the NBA’s Boston Celtics. |
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