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GUARD
PLAYOFF
EXPERIENCE
3 YEARS (16 GAMES)
PLAYOFF HIGHS
MIN: ............ 36, vs. DET, 5/1/06
FGM: ............. 11, at NJ, 4/27/07
FGA: .............. 22, at NJ, 4/27/07
3-pt FGM: ........ 2, at NJ, 4/27/07
3-pt FGA: ....... 3, vs. NJ, 4/24/07
at NJ, 4/27/07
vs. ORL, 4/26/08
FTM: ............. 6, at DET, 4/26/06
vs. ORL, 4/24/08
FTA: .............. 6, at DET, 4/26/06
vs. NJ, 4/21/07
vs. ORL, 4/24/08
OR: ............... 2, at DET, 4/23/06
DR: .............. 7, vs. DET, 4/29/06
TR: ............... 7, vs. DET, 4/29/06
AST: ........... 15, vs. DET, 4/29/06
ST: .................. 3, at NJ, 4/29/07
TO: ................. 6, vs. DET, 5/1/06
BS: ................. 1, at NJ, 4/21/07
at NJ, 4/29/07
PTS: .............. 27, at NJ, 4/27/07
REGULAR SEASON
CAREER HIGHS
MIN: ................ 48, several times
(most recent: vs. ORL, 2/8/06)
FGM: ................ 14, several times
(most recent: vs. NY, 1/31/09)
FGA: ................. 23, several times
(most recent: at ATL, 3/13/09)
3-pt FGM: ... 5, vs. CLE, 12/10/05
3-pt FGA: ...6, vs. UTA, 11/14/07
FTM: ......... 13, vs. HOU, 1/23/09
FTA: ............15, at ORL, 4/05/06
OR: .................... 5, several times
(most recent: at BOS, 2/27/09)
DR: ............. 9, at IND, 10/31/03
TR: ............ 11, at IND, 10/31/03
AST: ................. 18, several times
(most recent: vs. NY, 3/14/07)
ST: ..................... 5, several times
(most recent: at PHI, 12/20/08)
TO: ..................... 8, several times
(most recent: at BOS, 3/26/07)
BS: ............. 3, at CLE, 11/13/10
PTS: ............. 36, vs. NY, 1/31/09
CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS
2011 PLAYOFFS - INDIANA PACERS MEDIA GUIDE
#5 - T.J. FORD
A participant in each of the team's first 38
games, he played in just three of the remaining
44 and his only appearances after the coaching
change (1/30) were a four-minute stint vs. New
York, 4/10, in which he had three rebounds and
an assist, and a 17-minute appearance in the
season finale at Orlando, 4/13, where he had two
points, two assists, two rebounds and two steals
Through the game against the Clippers in Los
Angeles, 1/17, he was second on the team with
an average of 3.6 apg.
In those 38 games, he had four or more assists
19 times, including a season-best nine off the
bench at Phoenix, 12/3.
He had at least four assists in nine of the first
12 games, including seven straight from 11/9 to
11/22.
In those seven games, he had six assists off the
bench vs. Denver, 11/9, tying for the team lead
on a night the Pacers had a season-best 37
assists.
That game against the Nuggets was one of four
in which he led the Pacers in assists in the first
11 games of the season.
Overall, he topped Indiana in assists 12 times-
-all of which came within the first 34 games.
In his 41 appearances he averaged 5.4 ppg
and scored in double figures six times.
Three of his games with 10+ points came in
consecutive games, as he hit for 11 vs. the Clippers,
11/18, 10 vs. Orlando, 11/20, and 13 at
Miami, 11/22.
His season-high 13 points at Miami, 11/22,
led an Indiana bench that outscored the Heat's
reserves, 40-4.
He also had 13 points at Chicago, 12/13, and
at Boston, 12/19.
He had no more than nine points in his last 15
games and averaged 4.3 ppg in that span.
He nearly had his second points/rebounds
double-double as a member of the Pacers with 10
points and a season-high nine boards vs. Orlando,
11/20.
That game vs. the Magic was one of five in
which he had four or more rebounds, and it was
one of three games in which he had at least six
boards.
He averaged a steal a game in the first eight
games, but then had just 27 thefts in his remain-
3-PT
YR G-GS MIN FGM-FGA PCT FGM-FGA PCT FTM-FTA PCT OR DR TR AVG AST PF-DQ ST TO BKS PTS AVG
2005-06 MIL 5-5 162 25-51 .490 2-5 .400 11-12 .917 3 17 20 4.0 32 16-0 3 16 0 63 12.6
2006-07 TOR 6-5 136 37-76 .487 5-10 .500 17-21 .810 5 5 10 1.7 24 7-0 7 14 2 96 16.0
2007-08 TOR 5-5 124 21-58 .362 1-8 .125 15-16 .938 3 19 22 4.4 33 10-0 5 10 0 58 11.6
NBA (3) 16-15 422 83-185 .449 8-23 .348 43-48 .896 11 41 52 3.3 89 33-0 15 40 2 217 13.6
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ing 33 appearances.
Including a season-high three thefts on four
occasions, he had multiple steals nine times.
He had a string of three straight games with
two or more thefts from 12/10 through 12/13.
He also had multiple steals in each of the
season's first two games, including three against
the Spurs in San Antonio, 10/27.
He also had six rebounds in the win at Miami,
11/22, and gathered eight boards vs. Memphis,
12/26.
He started the season 2-2 from 3-pt range and
made 3-5 from long distance in his first four
appearances. He then shot 2-27 from 3-pt range
the rest of the season.
He shot a season-low 72.9 percent from the
foul line in 2010-11, but was 31-38 (.816) after
a 4-10 start in the first nine games.
Including 4-4 in the opener at San Antonio,
10/27, he shot 9-16 from the field (.563) in the
first three games of the season. But, then shot
just 82-220 (.373) in his remaining 38 outings.
As a starter this season, he averaged 9.0 ppg,
5.0 apg and 5.3 rpg, while shooting 12-35 FG
(.343) and 3-4 FT. six of his 35 attempts from
the field as a starter came from beyond the 3-pt
arc, but he misfired on all six.
Including a season-high three vs. Atlanta,
11/16, he had multiple offensive rebounds twice
in his three starts, but did so just two more times
the rest of the season--collecting two vs. Memphis,
12/26.
On the active roster for all but one of the first
50 games, he was on the inactive list in every
game leading up to his appearances in the final
two games
YEARS PRO: 7
HEIGHT: 6-0
WEIGHT: 165 lbs.
BIRTHDATE:
3/24/83
in Baytown, Texas
HIGH SCHOOL:
Willowridge H.S.,
(Sugar Land, Tex.)
COLLEGE:
Texas
DRAFTED:
By Milwaukee
First Round, 2003
(8th pick)
ACQUIRED:
From Toronto, along
with Maceo Baston,
Rasho Nesterovic and
the rights to Roy
Hibbert, in exchange
for Jermaine O’Neal
and the rights to
Nathan Jawai, 7/9/08