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2010–11 Indiana Pacers season

NBA professional basketball team season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ3798082 ↗
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The 2010–11 Indiana Pacers season was the 44th season of the franchise and 35th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). With a victory over the Washington Wizards on April 6, 2011, the Pacers clinched their first playoff berth since 2006.

However, a first round loss to eventual league MVP Derrick Rose and the top-seeded Chicago Bulls ended the season for the Pacers.

On January 30, head coach Jim O'Brien was fired. Replacing him was interim head coach Frank Vogel, who would be named as permanent during the lockout following the season.

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The public source identifies “2010–11 Indiana Pacers season” as nBA professional basketball team season. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Indiana, Pacers and season.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010, 2011, 2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Indiana, Pacers and season providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “2010–11 Indiana Pacers season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.