The 2023–24 Indiana Pacers season was the 57th season of the franchise and the 48th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Rick Carlisle returned for his 7th season as head coach while the franchise hired former Pacers Jim Boylen and Shayne Whittington as assistants. The season was highlighted by making the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament Championship Game, the acquisition of Pascal Siakam, and making the Eastern Conference Finals.
During the 2023 NBA draft, the franchise most notably acquired Jarace Walker with the 8th overall selection. On July 1, 2023, Tyrese Haliburton agreed to a max contract extension with the Pacers worth up to $260 million over five years. During the offseason, the team acquired the services of Obi Toppin and Bruce Brown. The team advanced to the knockout stage of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament after winning East Group A with an undefeated 4–0 record. They defeated the Boston Celtics in the quarterfinals and the Milwaukee Bucks in the semifinals before falling to the Los Angeles Lakers in the championship game.
On January 17, 2024, the Pacers acquired All-NBA Forward Pascal Siakam from the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Bruce Brown, Jordan Nwora, Kira Lewis Jr., and three first–round draft picks. On February 8, 2024, after failing to reach a contract extension, Buddy Hield was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in a three–team deal involving the San Antonio Spurs, in which the Pacers re–acquired Doug McDermott and draft compensation.
On November 4, 2023, Haliburton tied a career–high 43 points and added 12 assists, becoming the first player in Pacers franchise history to record at least 40+ points and 10+ assists in a game. On November 6, 2023, head coach Rick Carlisle earned his 900th career win, in a 152–111 win over rookie Victor Wembanyama, Gregg Popovich, and the San Antonio Spurs.
After defeating the Atlanta Hawks in the season finale, the Pacers clinched their first playoff berth since 2020. The Pacers faced the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round and won in six games, securing their first series win since their 2014 season. Despite going down 0–2 in the second round against the New York Knicks, the Pacers would respond with back-to-back blowout wins in Games 6 and 7, advancing to their first Eastern Conference finals since the aforementioned 2014 postseason, where they would go on to be swept by the eventual champion Boston Celtics.
The Indiana Pacers drew an average home attendance of 16,525 in 41 home games in the 2023–24 NBA season.
Draft
RoundPickPlayerPosition(s)NationalityCollege / Club17Bilal CoulibalySFMetropolitans 92 126Ben SheppardSGBelmont 129Julian StrawtherSFGonzaga 232Jalen PickettPGPenn State255Isaiah WongPG/SGMiami (FL) The Pacers entered the draft with three first-round picks and two second-round picks. All selections were acquired through previous trades, except for the 7th pick. Following several trades during the 2023 NBA draft, the Pacers walked away with the 8th pick Jarace Walker, the 26th pick Ben Sheppard, the 47th pick Mojave King, and the 55th pick Isaiah Wong.
Roster
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Standings
Division
Conference
Game log Preseason
|-style="background:#fcc | 1 | October 8 | @ Memphis | | Jarace Walker (19) | Jarace Walker (9) | T. J. McConnell (8) | FedExForum14,403 | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc | 2 | October 10 | @ Houston | | Aaron Nesmith (18) | Smith, Toppin (6) | Buddy Hield (9) | Toyota Center12,680 | 0–2 |-style="background:#cfc | 3 | October 16 | Atlanta | | Haliburton, Nesmith (15) | Jalen Smith (7) | T. J. McConnell (9) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse8,976 | 1–2 |-style="background:#cfc | 4 | October 20 | Cleveland | | Buddy Hield (20) | Toppin, Turner (9) | Tyrese Haliburton (9) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse10,470 | 2–2
Regular season This became the first regular season where all the NBA teams competed in a mid-season tournament setting due to the implementation of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament.
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | October 25 | Washington | | Bruce Brown (24) | Smith, Turner (8) | Tyrese Haliburton (11) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,004 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | October 28 | @ Cleveland | | Aaron Nesmith (26) | Myles Turner (12) | Tyrese Haliburton (13) | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse19,432 | 2–0 |- style="background:#fcc" | 3 | October 30 | Chicago | | Myles Turner (20) | Myles Turner (11) | Tyrese Haliburton (13) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse15,021 | 2–1
|- style="background:#fcc" | 4 | November 1 | @ Boston | | T. J. McConnell (18) | T. J. McConnell (7) | Hield, McConnell (5) | TD Garden19,156 | 2–2 |- style="background:#cfc" | 5 | November 3 | Cleveland | | Myles Turner (27) | Myles Turner (9) | Tyrese Haliburton (13) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,744 | 3–2 |- style="background:#fcc" | 6 | November 4 | Charlotte | | Tyrese Haliburton (43) | Jalen Smith (9) | Tyrese Haliburton (12) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse15,945 | 3–3 |- style="background:#cfc" | 7 | November 6 | San Antonio | | Tyrese Haliburton (23) | Myles Turner (11) | Haliburton, Nembhard (8) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse15,129 | 4–3 |- style="background:#cfc" | 8 | November 8 | Utah | | Aaron Nesmith (24) | Jalen Smith (11) | Tyrese Haliburton (13) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse14,509 | 5–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | November 9 | Milwaukee | | Tyrese Haliburton (29) | Bennedict Mathurin (11) | Tyrese Haliburton (10) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse14,648 | 6–3 |- style="background:#fcc" | 10 | November 12 | @ Philadelphia | | Tyrese Haliburton (25) | Jalen Smith (6) | Tyrese Haliburton (17) | Wells Fargo Center19,758 | 6–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | November 14 | @ Philadelphia | | Tyrese Haliburton (33) | Isaiah Jackson (9) | Tyrese Haliburton (15) | Wells Fargo Center19,774 | 7–4 |- style="background:#fcc" | 12 | November 19 | Orlando | | Jordan Nwora (19) | Bennedict Mathurin (6) | T.J. McConnell (5) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,276 | 7–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 | November 21 | @ Atlanta | | Tyrese Haliburton (37) | Myles Turner (9) | Tyrese Haliburton (16) | State Farm Arena17,162 | 8–5 |- style="background:#fcc" | 14 | November 22 | Toronto | | Tyrese Haliburton (33) | Myles Turner (8) | Tyrese Haliburton (16) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,091 | 8–6 |- style="background:#cfc" | 15 | November 24 | Detroit | | Tyrese Haliburton (26) | Myles Turner (10) | Tyrese Haliburton (10) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 9–6 |- style="background:#fcc" | 16 | November 27 | Portland | | Tyrese Haliburton (33) | Myles Turner (8) | Tyrese Haliburton (9) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse14,508 | 9–7 |- style="background:#fcc" | 17 | November 30 | @ Miami | | Tyrese Haliburton (44) | Myles Turner (9) | Tyrese Haliburton (10) | Kaseya Center19,604 | 9–8
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 | December 2 | @ Miami | | Bruce Brown (30) | Myles Turner (10) | McConnell, Nembhard (11) | Kaseya Center19,650 | 10–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 19 | December 4 | Boston | | Tyrese Haliburton (26) | Turner, Haliburton (10) | Tyrese Haliburton (13) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,693 | 11–8 |- style="background:#cfc" | 20 | December 7 | @ Milwaukee | | Tyrese Haliburton (27) | Buddy Hield (11) | Tyrese Haliburton (15) | T-Mobile Arena16,837 | 12–8 |- style="background:#fcc" | | December 9 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Haliburton, Mathurin (20) | Myles Turner (7) | Tyrese Haliburton (11) | T-Mobile Arena19,021 | |- style="background:#cfc;" | 21 | December 11 | @ Detroit | | Bennedict Mathurin (30) | Bruce Brown (9) | Tyrese Haliburton (16) | Little Caesars Arena14,988 | 13–8 |- style="background:#fcc" | 22 | December 13 | @ Milwaukee | | Haliburton, Turner (22) | Myles Turner (9) | Bruce Brown (9) | Fiserv Forum17,431 | 13–9 |- style="background:#fcc" | 23 | December 15 | @ Washington | | Isaiah Jackson (20) | Isaiah Jackson (13) | Tyrese Haliburton (11) | Capital One Arena15,208 | 13–10 |- style="background:#fcc" | 24 | December 16 | @ Minnesota | | B. Brown, Nesmith (17) | B. Brown, Nesmith, Turner (5) | T. J. McConnell (6) | Target Center18,024 | 13–11 |- style="background:#fcc" | 25 | December 18 | L.A. Clippers | | Bennedict Mathurin (34) | Mathurin, Nesmith (6) | Tyrese Haliburton (11) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,665 | 13–12 |- style="background:#cfc" | 26 | December 20 | Charlotte | | Buddy Hield (25) | Myles Turner (6) | Tyrese Haliburton (13) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,761 | 14–12 |- style="background:#fcc" | 27 | December 21 | @ Memphis | | Obi Toppin (22) | Hield, Turner (6) | Tyrese Haliburton (14) | FedExForum18,160 | 14–13 |- style="background:#fcc" | 28 | December 23 | Orlando | | Tyrese Haliburton (29) | Hield, Turner (7) | Tyrese Haliburton (14) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 14–14 |- style="background:#cfc" | 29 | December 26 | @ Houston | | Tyrese Haliburton (33) | Jackson, Smith (8) | Tyrese Haliburton (10) | Toyota Center18,055 | 15–14 |- style="background:#cfc" | 30 | December 28 | @ Chicago | | Myles Turner (24) | Obi Toppin (12) | Tyrese Haliburton (20) | United Center21,568 | 16–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 | December 30 | New York | | Myles Turner (28) | Toppin, Turner (8) | Tyrese Haliburton (23) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 17–14
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 | January 1 | @ Milwaukee | | Tyrese Haliburton (26) | Bennedict Mathurin (13) | Tyrese Haliburton (11) | Fiserv Forum17,922 | 18–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 | January 3 | Milwaukee | | Tyrese Haliburton (31) | Obi Toppin (8) | Tyrese Haliburton (12) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 19–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 | January 5 | Atlanta | | Myles Turner (27) | Tyrese Haliburton (8) | Tyrese Haliburton (18) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 20–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 35 | January 6 | Boston | | Bennedict Mathurin (20) | Smith, Turner (7) | Tyrese Haliburton (7) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 20–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 36 | January 8 | Boston | | Bennedict Mathurin (26) | Jalen Smith (9) | T. J. McConnell (7) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,009 | 21–15 |- style="background:#cfc" | 37 | January 10 | Washington | | Myles Turner (18) | Myles Turner (13) | T. J. McConnell (8) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse15,721 | 22–15 |- style="background:#cfc" | 38 | January 12 | @ Atlanta | | Hield, Toppin (18) | Smith, Toppin, Turner (7) | T. J. McConnell (14) | State Farm Arena15,596 | 23–15 |- style="background:#fcc" | 39 | January 14 | @ Denver | | Bruce Brown (18) | Bruce Brown (10) | Andrew Nembhard (7) | Ball Arena19,631 | 23–16 |- style="background:#fcc" | 40 | January 15 | @ Utah | | Hield, Nembhard (14) | Jalen Smith (6) | T. J. McConnell (5) | Delta Center18,206 | 23–17 |- style="background:#cfc" | 41 | January 18 | @ Sacramento | | Bennedict Mathurin (25) | Jalen Smith (13) | T. J. McConnell (10) | Golden 1 Center17,832 | 24–17 |- style="background:#fcc" | 42 | January 19 | @ Portland | | Myles Turner (29) | Myles Turner (12) | Tyrese Haliburton (17) | Moda Center18,595 | 24–18 |- style="background:#fcc" | 43 | January 21 | @ Phoenix | | Buddy Hield (18) | Jarace Walker (9) | Pascal Siakam (7) | Footprint Center17,071 | 24–19 |- style="background:#fcc" | 44 | January 23 | Denver | | Myles Turner (22) | Pascal Siakam (10) | McConnell, Nembhard (7) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,004 | 24–20 |- style="background:#cfc" | 45 | January 25 | Philadelphia | | Pascal Siakam (26) | Pascal Siakam (13) | Pascal Siakam (10) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse15,699 | 25–20 |- style="background:#cfc" | 46 | January 26 | Phoenix | | Pascal Siakam (31) | Obi Toppin (11) | McConnell, Nembhard (8) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 26–20 |- style="background:#cfc" | 47 | January 28 | Memphis | | Bennedict Mathurin (24) | Jalen Smith (10) | Andrew Nembhard (9) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,519 | 27–20 |- style="background:#fcc" | 48 | January 30 | @ Boston | | Aaron Nesmith (26) | Aaron Nesmith (12) | Tyrese Haliburton (10) | TD Garden19,156 | 27–21
|- style="background:#fcc" | 49 | February 1 | @ New York | | Jalen Smith (20) | Jalen Smith (9)