# 2011–12 Indiana Pacers season

The 2011–12 Indiana Pacers season was the 45th season of the franchise and 36th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Pacers finished the regular season with a 42–24 record and secured a spot in the 2012 NBA playoffs as the 3rd best team in the Eastern Conference. After eliminating the Orlando Magic in the First Round in five games, Indiana lost in the East Semifinals series against the eventual champion Miami Heat in six games.
In the offseason, the team drafted future multi-time Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard, who was later traded to the San Antonio Spurs.

## Key dates

* June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
* December 26: The regular season started with a win against the Detroit Pistons.
* April 11: The Pacers secure a playoff spot with a win against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
* May 8: By eliminating the Orlando Magic in the first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs, the Pacers win their first playoff series since 2005.

## 2011 NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 15 | Kawhi Leonard | SF | United States | San Diego State |
| 2 | 42 | Dāvis Bertāns | SF | Latvia | Union Olimpija |

## Pre-season

Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scrapped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.
2011 pre-season game log :
Pre-season: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 16
Chicago
L 86–95
Tyler Hansbrough (19)
Tyler Hansbrough (11)
Darren Collison (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse 14,013
0–1
2
December 21
@ Chicago
L 85–93
Tyler Hansbrough (24)
Tyler Hansbrough (13)
Darren Collison (5)
United Center 21,659
0–2 :
2011–12 season schedule :

## Regular season
### Standings

| Central Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| z-Chicago Bulls | 50 | 16 | .758 | – | 26–7 | 24–9 | 13–1 | 66 |
| x-Indiana Pacers | 42 | 24 | .636 | 8 | 23–10 | 19–14 | 9–4 | 66 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 31 | 35 | .470 | 19 | 17–16 | 14–19 | 7–8 | 66 |
| Detroit Pistons | 25 | 41 | .379 | 25 | 18–15 | 7–26 | 4–11 | 66 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 21 | 45 | .318 | 29 | 11–22 | 10–23 | 3–12 | 66 |
Eastern Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z-Chicago Bulls | 50 | 16 | .758 | – | 66 |
| 2 | y-Miami Heat * | 46 | 20 | .697 | 4.0 | 66 |
| 3 | x-Indiana Pacers * | 42 | 24 | .636 | 8.0 | 66 |
| 4 | y-Boston Celtics | 39 | 27 | .591 | 11.0 | 66 |
| 5 | x-Atlanta Hawks | 40 | 26 | .606 | 10.0 | 66 |
| 6 | x-Orlando Magic | 37 | 29 | .561 | 13.0 | 66 |
| 7 | x-New York Knicks | 36 | 30 | .545 | 14.0 | 66 |
| 8 | x-Philadelphia 76ers | 35 | 31 | .530 | 15.0 | 66 |
| 9 | Milwaukee Bucks | 31 | 35 | .470 | 19.0 | 66 |
| 10 | Detroit Pistons | 25 | 41 | .379 | 25.0 | 66 |
| 11 | Toronto Raptors | 23 | 43 | .348 | 27.0 | 66 |
| 12 | New Jersey Nets | 22 | 44 | .333 | 28.0 | 66 |
| 13 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 21 | 45 | .318 | 29.0 | 66 |
| 14 | Washington Wizards | 20 | 46 | .303 | 30.0 | 66 |
| 15 | Charlotte Bobcats | 7 | 59 | .106 | 43.0 | 66 |

### Game log

2011–12 game log Total: 42–24 (home: 23–10; road: 19–14) :
December: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 26
Detroit
W 91–79
Danny Granger, Roy Hibbert (16)
Roy Hibbert (14)
Darren Collison (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
1–0
2
December 28
@ Toronto
W 90–85
Danny Granger (21)
Roy Hibbert (10)
Darren Collison (12)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
2–0
3
December 30
Cleveland
W 98–91 (OT)
Danny Granger (22)
Roy Hibbert (13)
Danny Granger, Darren Collison (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 13,004
3–0
4
December 31
@ Detroit
L 88–96
George Hill, Tyler Hansbrough (16)
Five players (5)
Darren Collison (8)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 8,824
3–1 :
January
: 11–5 (home: 4–1; road: 7–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
January 2
@ New Jersey
W 108–94
Paul George (21)
Tyler Hansbrough (7)
Darren Collison (7)
Prudential Center 12,519
4–1
6
January 4
@ Miami
L 83–118
Roy Hibbert (16)
Roy Hibbert (12)
Paul George (3)
American Airlines Arena 20,201
4–2
7
January 6
@ Boston
W 87–74
Danny Granger (15)
Roy Hibbert (12)
Darren Collison (4)
TD Garden 18,624
5–2
8
January 7
Charlotte
W 99–77
Roy Hibbert (20)
Darren Collison, Roy Hibbert (8)
Darren Collison (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,226
6–2
9
January 9
@ Philadelphia
L 86–96
Roy Hibbert (19)
David West (11)
Paul George (5)
Wells Fargo Center 8,612
6–3
10
January 11
Atlanta
W 96–84
Danny Granger (24)
Roy Hibbert (11)
Darren Collison (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,334
7–3
11
January 13
@ Toronto
W 95–90
George Hill (22)
Roy Hibbert (9)
Darren Collison (5)
Air Canada Centre 15,302
8–3
12
January 14
Boston
W 97–83
Danny Granger (21)
Roy Hibbert (9)
Darren Collison (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,203
9–3
13
January 18
@ Sacramento
L 88–92
Darren Collison, Danny Granger (16)
Paul George (9)
Roy Hibbert (4)
Power Balance Pavilion 14,170
9–4
14
January 20
@ Golden State
W 94–91
Danny Granger (26)
Roy Hibbert (16)
Darren Collison (9)
Oracle Arena 17,621
10–4
15
January 22
@ L. A. Lakers
W 98–96
Roy Hibbert (18)
David West (9)
Darren Collison (7)
Staples Center 18,997
11–4
16
January 24
Orlando
L 83–102
Danny Granger, Roy Hibbert (16)
Roy Hibbert (12)
Danny Granger, Roy Hibbert (3)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 12,760
11–5
17
January 25
@ Chicago
W 95–90
Danny Granger (22)
Danny Granger (9)
Darren Collison (8)
United Center 21,755
12–5
18
January 27
@ Boston
L 87–94
Danny Granger (21)
Paul George (9)
Darren Collison (4)
TD Garden 18,624
12–6
19
January 29
@ Orlando
W 106–85
Danny Granger (24)
David West, Paul George (7)
Darren Collison (10)
Amway Center 18,846
13–6
20
January 31
New Jersey
W 106–99
Paul George (24)
Roy Hibbert (14)
Danny Granger, Lance Stephenson (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,408
14–6 :
February: 8–6 (home: 5–3; road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
21
February 1
@ Minnesota
W 109–99
Danny Granger (36)
Roy Hibbert (9)
Darren Collison (9)
Target Center 15,017
15–6
22
February 3
@ Dallas
W 98–87
Paul George (30)
Roy Hibbert (14)
Darren Collison (6)
American Airlines Center 20,146
16–6
23
February 4
Orlando
L 81–85
Danny Granger (19)
David West, Danny Granger (7)
Paul George (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
16–7
24
February 7
Utah
W 104–99
Darren Collison (25)
Roy Hibbert (10)
Darren Collison (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,006
17–7
25
February 8
@ Atlanta
L 87–97
Josh Smith (28)
Roy Hibbert (13)
Darren Collison (9)
Philips Arena 16,288
17–8
26
February 10
@ Memphis
L 92–98
David West (22)
David West (13)
Mike Conley Jr. (6)
FedEx Forum 16,281
17–9
27
February 11
Denver
L 109–113
Ty Lawson (27)
David West (7)
Darren Collison (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,313
17–10
28
February 14
Miami
L 90–105
LeBron James (23)
LeBron James (9)
LeBron James (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
17–11
29
February 15
@ Cleveland
L 87–98
Kyrie Irving (22)
David West (10)
Kyrie Irving (5)
Quicken Loans Arena 12,712
17–12
30
February 16
New Jersey
W 93–88
Danny Granger (32)
Roy Hibbert (11)
Paul George (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,117
18–12
31
February 19
Charlotte
W 108–73
Roy Hibbert (18)
Roy Hibbert (14)
Darren Collison (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,673
19–12
32
February 21
New Orleans
W 117–108 (OT)
Roy Hibbert (30)
Roy Hibbert (13)
Jarrett Jack (10)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,508
20–12
33
February 22
@ Charlotte
W 102–88
Tyler Hansbrough (22)
Louis Amundson (12)
Boris Diaw (8)
Time Warner Cable Arena 13,458
21–12
34
February 28
Golden State
W 102–78
Danny Granger (25)
Roy Hibbert (9)
Darren Collison (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 12,111
22–12 :
March: 8–9 (home: 5–3; road: 3–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
35
March 3
@ New Orleans
W 102–84
Danny Granger (20)
David West (13)
Darren Collison (4)
New Orleans Arena 16,379
23–12
36
March 5
@ Chicago
L 72–92
Paul George (21)
David West (9)
Roy Hibbert (4)
United Center 22,106
23–13
37
March 6
Atlanta
L 96–101
David West (24)
Danny Granger Roy Hibbert (8)
Darren Collison (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,393
23–14
38
March 10
@ Miami
L 91–93 (OT)
Danny Granger (19)
David West (10)
Darren Collison (6)
American Airlines Arena 20,154
23–15
39
March 11
@ Orlando
L 94–107
Paul George (22)
Paul George (8)
Darren Collison (4)
Amway Center 18,846
23–16
40
March 13
Portland
W 92–75
Louis Amundson (21)
David West (10)
A. J. Price (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,933
24–16
41
March 14
Philadelphia
W 111–94
Danny Granger (20)
Roy Hibbert (9)
Roy Hibbert (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 13,081
25–16
42
March 16
@ New York
L 100–115
Darren Collison (15)
Paul George Tyler Hansbrough (6)
Darren Collison George Hill (4)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
25–17
43
March 17
New York
L 88–102
Roy Hibbert (24)
Roy Hibbert (12)
Paul George (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
25–18
44
March 20
L. A. Clippers
W 102–89
Danny Granger (25)
Danny Granger (8)
George Hill (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,901
26–18
45
March 22
@ Washington
W 85–83
Roy Hibbert (19)
Roy Hibbert (9)
Darren Collison (5)
Verizon Center 15,874
27–18
46
March 23
Phoenix
L 111–113
Danny Granger (28)
David West (8)
Darren Collison (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,786
27–19
47
March 24
@ Milwaukee
W 125–104
George Hill (24)
Roy Hibbert (9)
George Hill (5)
Bradley Center 16,207
28–19
48
March 26
Miami
W 105–90
Danny Granger (25)
David West (12)
David West (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,415
29–19
49
March 28
@ New Jersey
L 84–100
Paul George (22)
Roy Hibbert (7)
Darren Collison (7)
Prudential Center 10,817
29–20
50
March 29
Washington
W 93–89
Danny Granger (25)
David West (8)
Darren Collison (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,505
30–20
51
March 31
@ San Antonio
L 103–112
Danny Granger Paul George (18)
Roy Hibbert George Hill (7)
George Hill (6)
AT&T Center 18,581
30–21 :
April: 12–3 (home: 7–3; road: 5–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
52
April 1
@ Houston
W 104–102 (OT)
Danny Granger (32)
Tyler Hansbrough (10)
Darren Collison (7)
Toyota Center 18,197
31–21
53
April 3
New York
W 112–104
Danny Granger (27)
Paul George (8)
George Hill (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,042
32–21
54
April 4
@ Washington
W 109–96
Danny Granger (20)
Louis Amundson (8)
Darren Collison (11)
Verizon Center 14,561
33–21
55
April 6
Oklahoma City
W 103–98
Danny Granger (26)
Paul George (16)
George Hill (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
34–21
56
April 7
Boston
L 72–86
Danny Granger (20)
Roy Hibbert (17)
Darren Collison Paul George (3)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,892
34–22
57
April 9
Toronto
W 103–98
Danny Granger George Hill (18)
George Hill Tyler Hansbrough (7)
George Hill A. J. Price (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,021
35–22
58
April 11
@ Cleveland
W 104–98
Danny Granger (23)
Roy Hibbert (11)
Roy Hibbert Paul George (5)
Quicken Loans Arena 14,307
36–22
59
April 13
Cleveland
W 102–83
Danny Granger (18)
Roy Hibbert (10)
George Hill (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 13,356
37–22
60
April 14
@ Milwaukee
W 105–99
Roy Hibbert (23)
Roy Hibbert (14)
Danny Granger George Hill (3)
Bradley Center 15,143
38–22
61
April 16
Minnesota
W 111–88
David West (22)
Roy Hibbert (11)
Danny Granger (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,845
39–22
62
April 17
@ Philadelphia
W 102–97
Danny Granger (24)
Roy Hibbert (13)
George Hill (7)
Wells Fargo Center 18,969
40–22
63
April 19
Milwaukee
W 118–109
Danny Granger (29)
David West (14)
George Hill (8)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 12,453
41–22
64
April 21
Philadelphia
L 106–109 (OT)
David West (32)
David West (12)
George Hill (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,701
41–23
65
April 23
Detroit
W 103–97
Paul George (27)
Paul George (10)
A.J. Price (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 13,584
42–23
66
April 25
Chicago
L 87–92
Lance Stephenson (22)
Louis Amundson (7)
George Hill (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
42–24 :
2011–12 season schedule :

## Playoffs
### Game log

2012 playoff game log :
First round: 4–1 (home: 2–1; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 28
Orlando
L 77–81
David West (19)
Roy Hibbert (13)
Darren Collison (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
0–1
2
April 30
Orlando
W 93–78
David West Danny Granger George Hill (18)
Roy Hibbert (13)
David West (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
1–1
3
May 2
@ Orlando
W 97–74
Danny Granger (26)
Roy Hibbert (10)
Paul George (4)
Amway Center 18,846
2–1
4
May 5
@ Orlando
W 101–99 (OT)
David West (26)
David West (12)
Darren Collison (9)
Amway Center 18,846
3–1
5
May 8
Orlando
W 105–87
Danny Granger (25)
David West (8)
Darren Collison (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
4–1 :
Conference Semi-finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 13
@ Miami
L 86–95
David West Roy Hibbert (17)
David West (12)
Darren Collison (6)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
0–1
2
May 15
@ Miami
W 78–75
David West (16)
Roy Hibbert Paul George (11)
Danny Granger (3)
American Airlines Arena 19,828
1–1
3
May 17
Miami
W 94–75
George Hill (20)
Roy Hibbert (18)
George Hill (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
2–1
4
May 20
Miami
L 93–101
Danny Granger (20)
Roy Hibbert (9)
Paul George (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
2–2
5
May 22
@ Miami
L 83–115
Paul George (11)
Roy Hibbert (12)
Paul George (3)
American Airlines Arena 20,097
2–3
6
May 24
Miami
L 93–105
David West (24)
Paul George (10)
George Hill (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
2–4 :
2012 playoff schedule :

## Player statistics
### Ragular season

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Paul George | SG | 66 | 66 | 1,958 | 370 | 158 | 108 | 38 | 798 | 29.7 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 1.6 | .6 | 12.1 |
| David West | PF | 66 | 66 | 1,925 | 433 | 140 | 52 | 46 | 842 | 29.2 | 6.6 | 2.1 | .8 | .7 | 12.8 |
| Tyler Hansbrough | PF | 66 | 0 | 1,442 | 290 | 30 | 54 | 9 | 614 | 21.8 | 4.4 | .5 | .8 | .1 | 9.3 |
| Roy Hibbert | C | 65 | 65 | 1,937 | 572 | 108 | 32 | 128 | 834 | 29.8 | 8.8 | 1.7 | .5 | 2.0 | 12.8 |
| Dahntay Jones | SF | 65 | 3 | 1,052 | 117 | 63 | 23 | 11 | 346 | 16.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .4 | .2 | 5.3 |
| Danny Granger | SF | 62 | 62 | 2,062 | 307 | 109 | 62 | 40 | 1,159 | 33.3 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .6 | 18.7 |
| Darren Collison | PG | 60 | 56 | 1,878 | 187 | 287 | 49 | 14 | 621 | 31.3 | 3.1 | 4.8 | .8 | .2 | 10.4 |
| Lou Amundson | PF | 60 | 0 | 753 | 222 | 14 | 27 | 44 | 213 | 12.6 | 3.7 | .2 | .5 | .7 | 3.6 |
| George Hill | PG | 50 | 9 | 1,274 | 151 | 145 | 42 | 17 | 481 | 25.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | .8 | .3 | 9.6 |
| A. J. Price | PG | 44 | 1 | 568 | 61 | 86 | 20 | 2 | 172 | 12.9 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .5 | .0 | 3.9 |
| Lance Stephenson | SG | 42 | 1 | 442 | 53 | 46 | 21 | 5 | 106 | 10.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .5 | .1 | 2.5 |
| Leandro Barbosa$^†$ | SG | 22 | 0 | 436 | 49 | 33 | 20 | 0 | 196 | 19.8 | 2.2 | 1.5 | .9 | .0 | 8.9 |
| Jeff Ayres | C | 20 | 1 | 106 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 5.3 | 1.7 | .2 | .2 | .1 | 1.7 |
| Jeff Foster | C | 11 | 0 | 141 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 12.8 | 3.8 | .4 | .7 | .1 | 2.3 |
| Kyrylo Fesenko | C | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5.7 | 3.0 | .3 | .7 | .0 | 2.7 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Pacers only.

### Playoffs

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Danny Granger | SF | 11 | 11 | 420 | 62 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 187 | 38.2 | 5.6 | 2.5 | .5 | .4 | 17.0 |
| David West | PF | 11 | 11 | 416 | 94 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 168 | 37.8 | 8.5 | 2.0 | .7 | .5 | 15.3 |
| Paul George | SG | 11 | 11 | 371 | 73 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 107 | 33.7 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 1.6 | .4 | 9.7 |
| George Hill | PG | 11 | 11 | 346 | 25 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 148 | 31.5 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 1.2 | .3 | 13.5 |
| Roy Hibbert | C | 11 | 11 | 340 | 123 | 12 | 4 | 34 | 129 | 30.9 | 11.2 | 1.1 | .4 | 3.1 | 11.7 |
| Leandro Barbosa | SG | 11 | 0 | 223 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 63 | 20.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | .5 | .1 | 5.7 |
| Darren Collison | PG | 11 | 0 | 205 | 14 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 96 | 18.6 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.3 | .0 | 8.7 |
| Tyler Hansbrough | PF | 11 | 0 | 164 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 14.9 | 3.2 | .5 | .5 | .3 | 4.4 |
| Lou Amundson | PF | 11 | 0 | 94 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 8.5 | 2.1 | .2 | .2 | .5 | 2.5 |
| Dahntay Jones | SF | 7 | 0 | 58 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8.3 | 1.0 | .4 | .1 | .0 | 2.4 |
| Lance Stephenson | SG | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | .0 | .3 | .0 | .0 | 1.5 |
| Jeff Ayres | C | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.3 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .5 |
| A. J. Price | PG | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.8 | .5 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .5 |

## Awards

* Head coach Frank Vogel was named Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for April.
* Team president Larry Bird won the NBA Executive of the Year Award, becoming the first person in NBA history to also win the Most Valuable Player and Coach of the Year awards.

### All-Star

* Roy Hibbert made his first All-Star appearance at the 2012 NBA All-Star Game.
* Paul George was selected to play in the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge and also participated in the Slam Dunk Contest.

## Disciplinary actions

* Danny Granger and David West received a $25,000 fine after an altercation during a game against the Milwaukee Bucks on April 19.
* Head coach Frank Vogel was fined $15,000 before the playoff series against the Miami Heat began, after making comments about the officiating.

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via free agency Jeff Pendergraph David West Via trade Louis Amundson Leandro Barbosa Kyrylo Fesenko George Hill | Players Lost Via trade Brandon Rush Via free agency Josh McRoberts T. J. Ford Mike Dunleavy Jr. Solomon Jones Waived James Posey |

### Trades

| June 23, 2011 | To Indiana PacersGeorge Hill | To San Antonio SpursDraft rights to Kawhi Leonard Draft rights to Erazem Lorbek Draft rights to Dāvis Bertāns |
| December 19, 2011 | To Indiana PacersLouis Amundson | To Golden State WarriorsBrandon Rush |
| March 15, 2012 | To Indiana PacersLeandro Barbosa | To Toronto RaptorsConditional 2012 second round draft pick. Cash considerations. |

### Free agents

Additions :
| Player | Date signed | Former team |
| David West | December 13 | New Orleans Hornets |
| Kyrylo Fesenko | March 23 | Utah Jazz |
Subtractions :
| Player | Date signed | New team |
| Solomon Jones | January 3 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Josh McRoberts | December 14 | Los Angeles Lakers |
Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends. The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.
Played in other leagues during lockout :
| Player | Date signed | New team | Opt-out clause |
| T. J. Ford | November 22 | KK Zagreb (Croatia) | Yes |