2013–14 New Orleans Pelicans season

The 2013–14 New Orleans Pelicans season was the franchise's 12th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the first under the "Pelicans" name.^[1]

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Key dates

June 27: The 2013 NBA draft took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
July 1: 2013 NBA Free Agency begins.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team
1	6	Nerlens Noel	C	American	Kentucky

Roster

2013–14 New Orleans Pelicans roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	42	Ajinça, Alexis	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	1988-05-06	France
SF	0	Aminu, Al-Farouq	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1990-09-21	Wake Forest
PF	33	Anderson, Ryan	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1988-05-06	California
PF	8	Babbitt, Luke	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1989-06-20	Nevada
PF	23	Davis, Anthony	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1993-03-11	Kentucky
C	4	Ely, Melvin	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1978-05-02	Fresno State
SF	1	Evans, Tyreke	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1989-09-19	Memphis
SG	10	Gordon, Eric	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1988-12-25	Indiana
PG	11	Holiday, Jrue	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1990-06-12	UCLA
SF	2	Miller, Darius	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1990-03-21	Kentucky
SG	3	Morrow, Anthony	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1985-09-27	Georgia Tech
PG	25	Rivers, Austin	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992-08-01	Duke
PG	22	Roberts, Brian	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	1985-12-03	Dayton
PF	14	Smith, Jason	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1986-03-02	Colorado State
SF	31	Southerland, James	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	1990-04-28	Syracuse
C	5	Withey, Jeff	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1990-03-07	Kansas

Head coach

Monty Williams

Assistant coach(es)

Bryan Gates
Dave Hanners
Fred Vinson
Carlos Daniel (player development)
Jon Ishop (trainer)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 14, 2014

Pre-season

2013 pre-season game log
Total: 7–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 5–0)

Pre-season: 7–1 (home: 2–1; road: 5–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 5	@ Houston	W 116–115	Anthony Morrow (26)	Arinze Onuaku (7)	Austin Rivers (5)	Toyota Center 15,049	1–0
2	October 7	@ Dallas	W 94–92	Anthony Davis (25)	Anthony Davis (7)	Jrue Holiday (6)	American Airlines Center 15,082	2–0
3	October 9	@ Orlando	W 99–95	Anthony Davis (29)	Anthony Davis (9)	Jrue Holiday (9)	Veterans Memorial Arena 9,274	3–0
4	October 13	Atlanta	W 105–73	Anthony Davis (23)	Anthony Davis (9)	Brian Roberts (8)	Mississippi Coast Coliseum 3,956	4–0
5	October 17	@ Oklahoma City	W 105–102	Eric Gordon (21)	Al-Farouq Aminu (10)	Jrue Holiday (8)	BOK Center 17,778	5–0
6	October 19	Washington	W 93–89	Jrue Holiday (19)	Jason Smith (9)	Jrue Holiday (8)	Rupp Arena 14,980	6–0
7	October 23	Miami	L 95–108	Eric Gordon (19)	Al-Farouq Aminu (9)	Jrue Holiday (6)	New Orleans Arena 17,123	6–1
8	October 25	@ Orlando	W 101–82	Brian Roberts (21)	Jeff Withey (5)	Holiday, Evans, Roberts (3)	Amway Center 13,401	7–1

2013–14 season schedule

Regular season

Season standings

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
z-San Antonio Spurs	62	20	.756	–	32‍–‍9	30‍–‍11	12–4	82
x-Houston Rockets	54	28	.659	8.0	33‍–‍8	21‍–‍20	11–5	82
x-Memphis Grizzlies	50	32	.610	12.0	27‍–‍14	23‍–‍18	4–12	82
x-Dallas Mavericks	49	33	.598	13.0	26‍–‍15	23‍–‍18	9–7	82
New Orleans Pelicans	34	48	.415	28.0	22‍–‍19	12‍–‍29	4–12	82

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-San Antonio Spurs *	62	20	.756	–	82
2	y-Oklahoma City Thunder *	59	23	.720	3.0	82
3	y-Los Angeles Clippers *	57	25	.695	5.0	82
4	x-Houston Rockets	54	28	.659	8.0	82
5	x-Portland Trail Blazers	54	28	.659	8.0	82
6	x-Golden State Warriors	51	31	.622	11.0	82
7	x-Memphis Grizzlies	50	32	.610	12.0	82
8	x-Dallas Mavericks	49	33	.598	13.0	82

9	Phoenix Suns	48	34	.585	14.0	82
10	Minnesota Timberwolves	40	42	.488	22.0	82
11	Denver Nuggets	36	46	.439	26.0	82
12	New Orleans Pelicans	34	48	.415	28.0	82
13	Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	34.0	82
14	Los Angeles Lakers	27	55	.329	35.0	82
15	Utah Jazz	25	57	.305	37.0	82

Game log

2013–14 game log
Total: 34–48 (Home: 22–19; Road: 12–29)

October: 0–1 (home: 0–1; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 30	Indiana	L 90–95	Eric Gordon (25)	Anthony Davis (12)	Jrue Holiday (5)	New Orleans Arena 17,803	0–1

November : 7–7 (home: 4–2; road: 3–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	November 1	@ Orlando	L 90–110	Anthony Davis (26)	Anthony Davis (17)	Jrue Holiday (5)	Amway Center 18,846	0–2
3	November 2	Charlotte	W 105–84	Anthony Davis (25)	Anthony Davis (8)	Jrue Holiday (8)	New Orleans Arena 15,232	1–2
4	November 5	Phoenix	L 98–104	Eric Gordon (20)	Anthony Davis (11)	Jrue Holiday (9)	New Orleans Arena 13,404	1–3
5	November 6	@ Memphis	W 99–84	Eric Gordon (19)	Anthony Davis (9)	Tyreke Evans (4)	FedExForum 15,209	2–3
6	November 8	L.A. Lakers	W 96–85	Anthony Davis (32)	Anthony Davis (12)	Jrue Holiday (13)	New Orleans Arena 18,209	3–3
7	November 10	@ Phoenix	L 94–101	Jason Smith (22)	Anthony Davis (12)	Jrue Holiday (7)	US Airways Center 13,154	3–4
8	November 12	@ L.A. Lakers	L 95–116	Eric Gordon (17)	Aminu, Davis, Withey (5)	Tyreke Evans (6)	Staples Center 18,426	3–5
9	November 13	@ Utah	L 105–111	Anthony Davis (29)	Anthony Davis (15)	Jrue Holiday (6)	EnergySolutions Arena 16,717	3–6
10	November 16	Philadelphia	W 135–98	Ryan Anderson (26)	Anthony Davis (9)	Jrue Holiday (12)	New Orleans Arena 16,659	4–6
11	November 20	Utah	W 105–98	Anthony Davis (22)	Anthony Davis (9)	Aminu, Davis, Evans, Holiday, Rivers (4)	New Orleans Arena 13,203	5–6
12	November 22	Cleveland	W 104–100	Eric Gordon (19)	Anthony Davis (13)	Jrue Holiday (11)	New Orleans Arena 15,186	6–6
13	November 25	@ San Antonio	L 93–112	Ryan Anderson (17)	Jrue Holiday (9)	Jrue Holiday (7)	AT&T Center 18,323	6–7
14	November 26	Golden State	L 101–102	Ryan Anderson (21)	Ryan Anderson (12)	Eric Gordon (7)	New Orleans Arena 15,330	6–8
15	November 29	@ Philadelphia	W 121–105	Eric Gordon (26)	Anthony Davis (10)	Jrue Holiday (13)	Wells Fargo Center 17,807	7–8

December : 7–7 (home: 4–2; road: 3–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
16	December 1	@ New York	W 103–98	Ryan Anderson (31)	Ryan Anderson (6)	Jrue Holiday (9)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	8–8
17	December 2	@ Chicago	W 131–128 (3OT)	Ryan Anderson (36)	Jason Smith (14)	Jrue Holiday (12)	United Center 21,615	9–8
18	December 4	Dallas	L 97–100	Jrue Holiday (26)	Al-Farouq Aminu (20)	Jrue Holiday (9)	New Orleans Arena 14,524	9–9
19	December 6	Oklahoma City	L 95–109	Ryan Anderson (18)	Jason Smith (12)	Jrue Holiday (6)	New Orleans Arena 17,694	9–10
20	December 11	Detroit	W 111–106 (OT)	Anderson, Smith (22)	Jason Smith (16)	Jrue Holiday (8)	New Orleans Arena 14,517	10–10
21	December 13	Memphis	W 104–98	Eric Gordon (25)	Anderson, Amundson (14)	Jrue Holiday (12)	New Orleans Arena 15,516	11–10
22	December 15	@ Denver	L 93–102	Ryan Anderson (26)	Lou Amundson (8)	Jrue Holiday (7)	Pepsi Center 15,111	11–11
23	December 17	@ Golden State	L 93–104	Ryan Anderson (21)	Al-Farouq Aminu (8)	Jrue Holiday (6)	Oracle Arena 19,596	11–12
24	December 18	@ L.A. Clippers	L 95–108	Anthony Davis (22)	Tyreke Evans (13)	Holiday & Evans (10)	Staples Center 19,060	11–13
25	December 21	@ Portland	L 107–110	Anthony Davis (21)	Alexis Ajinça (11)	Jrue Holiday (7)	Moda Center 20,027	11–14
26	December 23	@ Sacramento	W 113–100	Tyreke Evans (25)	Anthony Davis (11)	Tyreke Evans (12)	Sleep Train Arena 17,317	12–14
27	December 27	Denver	W 105–89	Tyreke Evans (19)	Ryan Anderson (10)	Tyreke Evans (10)	New Orleans Arena 18,089	13–14
28	December 28	@ Houston	L 98–110	Ryan Anderson (22)	Anthony Davis (16)	Jrue Holiday & Tyreke Evans (9)	Toyota Center 18,233	13–15
29	December 30	Portland	W 110–108	Jrue Holiday (31)	Al-Farouq Aminu (15)	Jrue Holiday (13)	New Orleans Arena 17,035	14–15

January : 5–11 (home: 1–6; road: 4–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
30	January 1	@ Minnesota	L 112–124	Ryan Anderson (25)	Tyreke Evans (7)	Jrue Holiday (5)	Target Center 14,002	14–16
31	January 3	@ Boston	W 95–92	Anthony Davis (23)	Anthony Davis (9)	Tyreke Evans (6)	TD Garden 18,624	15–16
32	January 4	@ Indiana	L 82–99	Eric Gordon (21)	Anthony Davis (8)	Jrue Holiday (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165	15–17
33	January 7	@ Miami	L 88–107	Anthony Davis (22)	Anthony Davis (12)	Jrue Holiday (7)	American Airlines Arena 20,097	15–18
34	January 8	Washington	L 96–102	Eric Gordon (23)	Anthony Davis (7)	Tyreke Evans (5)	New Orleans Arena 17,557	15–19
35	January 10	Dallas	L 90–107	Eric Gordon (27)	Anthony Davis (13)	Austin Rivers (4)	New Orleans Arena 16,533	15–20
36	January 11	@ Dallas	L 107–110	Anthony Davis (28)	Anthony Davis (14)	Brian Roberts (8)	American Airlines Center 20,116	15–21
37	January 13	San Antonio	L 95–101	Anthony Davis (22)	Al-Farouq Aminu (13)	Austin Rivers (5)	New Orleans Arena 15,552	15–22
38	January 15	Houston	L 100–103	Eric Gordon (35)	Al-Farouq Aminu (8)	Eric Gordon (6)	New Orleans Arena 15,918	15–23
39	January 18	Golden State	L 87–97	Anthony Davis (31)	Anthony Davis (17)	Eric Gordon (6)	New Orleans Arena 18,045	15–24
40	January 20	@ Memphis	W 95–92	Anthony Davis (27)	Anthony Davis (10)	Tyreke Evans (7)	FedExForum 17,485	16–24
41	January 21	Sacramento	L 97–114	Tyreke Evans (17)	Anthony Davis (6)	Brian Roberts (6)	New Orleans Arena 16,459	16–25
42	January 24	@ Detroit	W 103–101	Anthony Morrow (21)	Anthony Davis (8)	three players (3)	Palace of Auburn Hills 14,107	17–25
43	January 26	Orlando	W 100–92	Tyreke Evans (23)	Anthony Davis (19)	Tyreke Evans (7)	New Orleans Arena 17,197	18–25
44	January 28	@ Cleveland	W 100–89	Anthony Davis (30)	Greg Stiemsma (11)	Eric Gordon (9)	Quicken Loans Arena 13,985	19–25
45	January 29	@ Minnesota	L 77–88	Al-Farouq Aminu (18)	Al-Farouq Aminu & Greg Stiemsma (12)	Brian Roberts (basketball) & Tyreke Evans (3)	Target Center 11,702	19–26

February : 4–9 (home: 3–3; road: 1–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
46	February 1	Chicago	W 88–79	Anthony Davis (24)	Anthony Davis (8)	Tyreke Evans (6)	New Orleans Arena 17,799	20–26
47	February 3	San Antonio	L 95–102	Anthony Morrow (20)	Anthony Davis (16)	Austin Rivers (5)	New Orleans Arena 17,086	20–27
48	February 5	Atlanta	W 105–100	Anthony Davis (27)	Anthony Davis (10)	Brian Roberts (6)	New Orleans Arena 16,232	21–27
49	February 7	Minnesota	W 98–91	Anthony Davis (26)	Anthony Davis (10)	Brian Roberts (6)	Smoothie King Center 16,541	22–27
50	February 9	@ Brooklyn	L 81–93	Anthony Davis (24)	Anthony Davis (9)	Austin Rivers (5)	Barclays Center 17,732	22–28
51	February 10	@ Toronto	L 101–108	Tyreke Evans (23)	Anthony Davis (7)	Tyreke Evans (10)	Air Canada Centre 17,596	22–29
52	February 12	@ Milwaukee	W 102–98	Eric Gordon (21)	Alexis Ajinca (9)	Eric Gordon (6)	BMO Harris Bradley Center 11,012	23–29
All-Star Break
53	February 19	New York	L 91–98	Eric Gordon (28)	Anthony Davis (10)	Brian Roberts (4)	Smoothie King Center	23–30
54	February 21	@ Charlotte	L 87–90	Brian Roberts (20)	Anthony Davis (13)	Tyreke Evans (7)	Time Warner Cable Arena 15,867	23–31
55	February 22	@ Washington	L 93–94	Anthony Davis (26)	Anthony Davis (11)	Brian Roberts (9)	Verizon Center 18,385	23–32
56	February 24	L.A. Clippers	L 110–123	Anthony Davis (26)	Alexis Ajinca (12)	Brian Roberts (7)	Smoothie King Center 16,185	23–33
57	February 26	@ Dallas	L 89–108	Eric Gordon (19)	Anthony Davis (9)	Tyreke Evans (7)	American Airlines Center 19,729	23–34
58	February 28	@ Phoenix	L 104–116	Anthony Davis (32)	Anthony Davis (9)	Evans, Gordon & Roberts (4)	US Airways Center 16,578	23–35

March : 9–7 (home: 7–4; road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
59	March 1	@ L.A. Clippers	L 76–108	Tyreke Evans (22)	Alexis Ajinca (10)	Tyreke Evans (5)	Staples Center 19,060	23–36
60	March 3	@ Sacramento	L 89–96	Tyreke Evans (27)	Tyreke Evans (10)	Tyreke Evans (8)	Sleep Train Arena 16,225	23–37
61	March 4	@ L.A. Lakers	W 132–125	Gordon & Davis (28)	Anthony Davis (15)	Tyreke Evans (11)	Staples Center 18,436	24–37
62	March 7	Milwaukee	W 112–104	Anthony Davis (29)	Anthony Davis (10)	Anthony Davis (14)	Smoothie King Center 16,061	25–37
63	March 9	Denver	W 111–107 (OT)	Anthony Davis (32)	Anthony Davis (17)	Roberts & Rivers (5)	Smoothie King Center 17,115	26–37
64	March 12	Memphis	L 88–90	Anthony Davis (29)	Anthony Davis (10)	Austin Rivers (9)	Smoothie King Center 16,513	26–38
65	March 14	Portland	L 103–111	Anthony Davis (36)	Anthony Davis (9)	Tyreke Evans (8)	Smoothie King Center 16,913	26–39
66	March 16	Boston	W 121–120 (OT)	Anthony Davis (40)	Anthony Davis (21)	Eric Gordon (8)	Smoothie King Center 17,050	27–39
67	March 19	Toronto	L 100–107	Al-Farouq Aminu (19)	Al-Farouq Aminu (10)	Tyreke Evans (3)	Smoothie King Center 15,282	27–40
68	March 21	@ Atlanta	W 111–105	Anthony Davis (34)	Anthony Davis (11)	Brian Roberts (5)	Philips Arena 15,476	28–40
69	March 22	Miami	W 105–95	Anthony Davis (30)	Anthony Davis (11)	Tyreke Evans (8)	Smoothie King Center 18,185	29–40
70	March 24	Brooklyn	W 109–104	Tyreke Evans (33)	Anthony Davis (14)	Tyreke Evans (7)	Smoothie King Center 14,599	30–40
71	March 26	L.A. Clippers	W 98–96	Anthony Morrow (27)	Anthony Davis (13)	Tyreke Evans (9)	Smoothie King Center 16,363	31–40
72	March 28	Utah	W 102–95	Tyreke Evans (22)	Alexis Ajinça (10)	Tyreke Evans (15)	Smoothie King Center 17,699	32–40
73	March 29	@ San Antonio	L 80–96	Brian Roberts (18)	Al-Farouq Aminu (10)	Brian Roberts (5)	AT&T Center 18,581	32–41
74	March 31	Sacramento	L 97–102	Anthony Morrow (23)	Anthony Davis (8)	Austin Rivers (9)	Smoothie King Center 15,548	32–42

April : 2–6 (home: 2–1; road: 0–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
75	April 2	@ Denver	L 107–137	Tyreke Evans (27)	Tyreke Evans (8)	Brian Roberts (6)	Pepsi Center 14,783	32–43
76	April 4	@ Utah	L 96–100	Anthony Morrow (26)	Davis & Stiemsma (6)	Brian Roberts (6)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,681	32–44
77	April 6	@ Portland	L 94–100	Anthony Morrow (17)	Al-Farouq Aminu (9)	Tyreke Evans (8)	Moda Center 20,036	32–45
78	April 9	Phoenix	L 88–94	Jeff Withey (17)	Evans & Stiemsma (8)	Austin Rivers (8)	Smoothie King Center 16,256	32–46
79	April 11	@ Oklahoma City	L 94–116	Miller & Rivers (18)	Austin Rivers (8)	Tyreke Evans (6)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	32–47
80	April 12	@ Houston	L 104–111	Luke Babbitt (24)	Austin Rivers (10)	Austin Rivers (6)	Toyota Center 18,372	32–48
81	April 14	Oklahoma City	W 101–89	Tyreke Evans (41)	Tyreke Evans (9)	Tyreke Evans (8)	Smoothie King Center 17,024	33–48
82	April 16	Houston	W 105–100	Tyreke Evans (25)	Luke Babbitt (8)	Tyreke Evans (10)	Smoothie King Center 17,421	34–48

2013–14 season schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Transactions

References

^ "Sports Team History". sportsteamhistory.com. December 25, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2023.

v t e New Orleans Pelicans
Founded in 2002 Formerly the New Orleans Hornets (2002–2005, 2007–2013) and the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets (2005–2007) Based in New Orleans, Louisiana
Franchise	History All-time roster Draft history Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Smoothie King Center Ford Center
Personnel	Owner(s) Gayle Benson President Dennis Lauscha Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin General manager vacant Head coach Willie Green
G League affiliate	Birmingham Squadron
Retired numbers	7
Culture and lore	Broadcasters Temporary move to Oklahoma City George Shinn Hugo The Brow

New Orleans Pelicans seasons

2000s

2010s

2020s

2013–14 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Toronto
Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee
Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento
Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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