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. In the preseason, Dunn announced her plans to step down at the end of the 2014 season. 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." 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.

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.

Draft

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

Transactions

Front office and coaching DateDetails Ref. May 6, 2014 Announced Lin Dunn will step down as head coach at conclusion of 2014 season

Trades March To Indiana FeverLynetta Kizer2014 No. 9 draft pick (Natalie Achonwa) To Phoenix MercuryErin Phillips May To Indiana FeverMaggie Lucas To Phoenix Mercury 2015 No. 18 draft pick (Alex Harden)

Free agency Re-signed / extensions Player Date Notes Ref. Erlana Larkins April 1 Multi-year contract Jasmine Hassell April 2 Training camp contract

Additions Player Date Notes Former Team Ref. Marissa Coleman March 28 Multi-year contract Los Angeles Sparks Jennifer George April 9 Rookie contract(2013 draft pick – No. 33) Florida Gators Ziomara Morrison Training camp contract Ceyhan Belediyespor Natasha Howard April 17 Rookie contract(2014 draft pick – No. 5) Florida State Seminoles Haiden Palmer Rookie contract(2014 draft pick – No. 29) Gonzaga Bulldogs Jennifer Schlott Training camp contract Utah State Aggies Victoria Macaulay April 26 Lavezzini Parma Jeterra Bonds April 28 Florida Gators Sydney Carter May 9 Connecticut Sun Krystal Thomas May 19 Phoenix Mercury

Subtractions / Unsigned Player Date Reason New Team Ref. Katie Douglas March 24 Free agency Connecticut Sun Jessica Davenport April 13 Retirement N/A Natalie Achonwa April 14 Unsigned draft pick(2014 draft pick – No. 9) N/A – retained rights Jennifer George April 30 Waived — Jennifer Schlott — Jeterra Bonds May 12 — Ziomara Morrison — Haiden Palmer — Victoria Macaulay May 14 — Jeanette Pohlen — Jasmine Hassell May 19 —

Roster Source:

Depth Pos.StarterBench 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

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | May 6 | Washington | L 63–80 | Natasha Howard (14) | Victoria Macaulay (7) | Briann January (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse4,275 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | May 7 | @ Washington | L 80–81 | Marissa Coleman (21) | Natasha Howard (7) | Layshia Clarendon (5) | Capital One Arena2,720 | 0–2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | May 9 | @ Chicago | L 66–73 | Karima Christmas (16) | Lynetta Kizer (10) | Sydney Carter (3) | ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex | 0–3 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 4 | May 11 | Phoenix | W 75–60 | Natasha Howard (16) | Lynetta Kizer (7) | Clarendon, Coleman (3) | ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex3,194 | 1–3

Regular season

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | May 16 | @ Chicago | L 71–74 | Natasha Howard (16) | Natasha Howard (10) | Briann January (6) | Allstate Arena6,721 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | May 17 | Atlanta | L 88–90 | Natasha Howard (21) | Erlana Larkins (13) | Briann January (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,275 | 0–2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | May 23 | Washington | L 63–79 | Maggie Lucas (12) | Erlana Larkins (12) | Briann January (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse5,632 | 0–3 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 4 | May 25 | @ Atlanta | W 82–77 | Briann January (16) | Erlana Larkins (22) | Briann January (7) | Philips Arena5,517 | 1–3 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 5 | May 29 | Connecticut | W 79–65 | rowspan=2| Briann January (20) | Erlana Larkins (10) | Marissa Coleman (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,305 | 2–3 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 6 | May 31 | New York | W 70–66 | Howard, Larkins (7) | Briann January (7) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,025 | 3–3

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 7 | June 6 | @ Washington | W 64–61 | Marissa Coleman (20) | Erlana Larkins (9) | Erlana Larkins (5) | Capital One Arena7,155 | 4–3 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 8 | June 7 | @ Connecticut | L 71–88 | Natasha Howard (14) | Erlana Larkins (7) | Erlana Larkins (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena5,105 | 4–4 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 9 | June 11 | Seattle | W 76–68 | Erlana Larkins (17) | Erlana Larkins (11) | Briann January (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,925 | 5–4 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 10 | June 17 | @ Connecticut | L 67–89 | Lynetta Kizer (13) | Lynetta Kizer (10) | Briann January (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,356 | 5–5 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 11 | June 20 | @ Chicago | W 83–75 | Karima Christmas (14) | Erlana Larkins (11) | Briann January (7) | Allstate Arena6,488 | 6–5 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 12 | June 22 | @ Minnesota | L 77–83 | Karima Christmas (18) | Erlana Larkins (10) | Briann January (4) | Target Center8,704 | 6–6 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 13 | June 25 | Tulsa | L 102–107 (OT) | Shavonte Zellous (33) | Erlana Larkins (9) | Briann January (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,367 | 6–7 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 14 | June 27 | Phoenix | L 76–81 | rowspan=2| Shavonte Zellous (18) | Erlana Larkins (11) | Briann January (7) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,762 | 6–8 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 15 | June 29 | Atlanta | L 68–76 | Erlana Larkins (12) | Erlana Larkins (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse8.014 | 6–9

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 16 | July 1 | @ Atlanta | W 77–70 | Karima Christmas (18) | Karima Christmas (9) | Erlana Larkins (5) | Allstate Arena5,037 | 7–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 17 | July 2 | @ Washington | W 80–77 | Natasha Howard (20) | Erlana Larkins (7) | Carter, Larkins (3) | Capital One Arena7,096 | 8–9 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 18 | July 5 | San Antonio | L 70–71 | Shavonte Zellous (16) | Catchings, Larkins (5) | Catchings, Larkins (7) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,531 | 8–10 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 19 | July 8 | @ Tulsa | W 78–76 | Tamika Catchings (23) | Tamika Catchings (11) | Erlana Larkins (5) | BOK Center4,107 | 9–10 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 20 | July 10 | Connecticut | W 72–68 | Tamika Catchings (21) | Tamika Catchings (7) | Clarendon, January (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse10,440 | 10–10 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 21 | July 12 | Atlanta | L 74–93 | Tamika Catchings (14) | Erlana Larkins (11) | Tamika Catchings (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,562 | 10–11 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 22 | July 15 | Los Angeles | L 78–86 | Tamika Catchings (25) | Erlana Larkins (10) | Shavonte Zellous (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,835 | 10–12 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 23 | July 17 | Chicago | W 82–64 | Tamika Catchings (25) | Tamika Catchings (9) | (2) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,333 | 11–12 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 24 | July 22 | @ Chicago | L 57–60 | Catchings, Coleman (11) | Tamika Catchings (9) | Erlana Larkins (4) | Allstate Arena5,891 | 11–13 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 25 | July 26 | @ San Antonio | W 75–68 | Lynetta Kizer (16) | Erlana Larkins (8) | Layshia Clarendon (5) | AT&T Center7,649 | 12–13 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 26 | July 28 | @ Los Angeles | L 73–77 | Tamika Catchings (16) | Erlana Larkins (10) | Coleman, January (4) | STAPLES Center6,413 | 12–14 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 27 | July 31 | @ Seattle | W 76–67 | Catchings, Coleman (16) | Tamika Catchings (6) | Tamika Catchings (4) | KeyArena6,179 | 13–14

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 28 | August 2 | @ Phoenix | L 69–79 | Shavonte Zellous (14) | Erlana Larkins (13) | Shavonte Zellous (4) | US Airways Center9,239 | 13–15 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 29 | August 5 | Minnesota | L 64–66 | Karima Christmas (15) | Erlana Larkins (11) | Briann January (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,556 | 13–16 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 30 | August 8 | Washington | L 61–74 | Shavonte Zellous (13) | Erlana Larkins (8) | (2) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,089 | 13–17 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 31 | August 10 | @ New York | W 90–76 | Tamika Catchings (29) | Christmas, Larkins (6) | Briann January (5) | Madison Square Garden8,482 | 14–17 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 32 | August 14 | New York | W 76–63 | Briann January (16) | Catchings, Larkins (9) | Erlana Larkins (3) | Bakers Life Fieldhouse8,030 | 15–17 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 33 | August 16 | Chicago | W 71–67 | Tamika Catchings (25) | Tamika Catchings (9) | Briann January (7) | Bakers Life Fieldhouse10,625 | 16–17 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 34 | August 17 | @ New York | L 61–73 | Maggie Lucas (17) | Kizer, Thomas (8) | Maggie Lucas (4) | Madison Square Garden9,432 | 16–18

Playoffs

|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 1 | August 21 | Washington | W 78–73 | Tamika Catchings (22) | Erlana Larkins (11) | (2) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse5,576 | 1–0 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | August 23 | @ Washington | W 81–76 | Tamika Catchings (26) | (11) | Briann January (7) | Capital One Arena6,124 | 2–0

|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 1 | August 30 | Chicago | W 77–70 | Briann January (19) | Erlana Larkins (8) | Tamika Catchings (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,557 | 1–0 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | September 1 | @ Chicago | L 84–86 (OT2) | Shavonte Zellous (20) | Tamika Catchings (14) | Briann January (6) | Allstate Arena6,019 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | September 3 | Chicago | L 62–75 | Shavonte Zellous (16) | Erlana Larkins (11) | (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,705 | 1–2

Standings Source:

Bracket

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG Shavonte Zellous 343327.4.411.305.7842.82.10.70.51.62.911.0 Marissa Coleman 343224.0.391.381.8173.31.10.80.31.22.08.9 Karima Christmas 34321.6.343.386.7553.60.90.90.30.72.16.9 Natasha Howard 341516.9.443.000.5943.10.60.80.71.52.67.0 Erlana Larkins 333331.6.599—.7169.22.5 1.90.82.23.29.7 Briann January 313128.9.387.383.8801.63.71.20.32.32.410.3 Lynetta Kizer 3119.0.431—.6192.40.10.30.30.81.83.8 Maggie Lucas 30010.3.333.308.9570.90.70.30.20.41.23.7 Layshia Clarendon 29313.7.402.316.7081.41.20.40.01.01.14.2 Sydney Carter 23012.5.288.167.7420.91.30.30.11.40.93.2 Krystal Thomas ≠2138.4.545—.4292.20.40.20.70.61.42.0 Tamika Catchings 161626.9.446.368.7906.41.91.70.82.11.916.1 Jasmine Hassell ‡2010.5.600——0.00.51.50.01.02.53.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season Source:

Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG Shavonte Zellous 5535.6.389.292.7503.41.00.40.80.63.414.4 Briann January 5535.4.322 .353.8332.84.2 1.20.8 2.02.412.8 Erlana Larkins 5535.2.531.000.73310.41.81.20.61.43.89.0 Tamika Catchings 55 34.0.311.111.900 9.23.22.6 0.62.02.016.6 Marissa Coleman 5523.0.410.333.5003.20.01.00.01.02.48.2 Karima Christmas 5025.0.333.333.8244.61.60.40.40.61.87.4 Layshia Clarendon 507.4.231.000—1.20.60.20.00.80.81.2 Maggie Lucas 507.2.385.429—0.20.00.00.40.21.82.6 Lynetta Kizer 506.0.429—.7501.20.60.20.40.01.43.0 Natasha Howard 403.8.167—1.0001.00.00.00.00.50.31.0 Krystal Thomas 206.0.500—.0001.50.00.00.00.02.01.0 Sydney Carter 105.0.000——1.00.00.00.00.01.00.0 Source:

Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Tamika Catchings WNBA All-Star Starter July 8 Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 18 Eastern Conference Player of the Month – August August 20 WNBA All-Defensive Second Team August 22 Lin Dunn Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2014 Inductee June 14 Briann January Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 1 WNBA All-Star Reserve July 16 WNBA All-Defensive First Team August 22

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