2013–14 NBA season | |
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League | National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | October 28, 2013 – April 16, 2014 April 19 – May 31, 2014 (Playoffs) June 5 – June 12, 2014 (Finals) |
Number of games | 82 |
Number of teams | 30 |
TV partner/s | ABC, TNT, ESPN, NBA TV |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Anthony Bennett |
Picked by | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Paul George (Indiana Pacers) |
Top scorer | Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder) |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | Miami Heat |
Eastern runners-up | Indiana Pacers |
Western champions | San Antonio Spurs |
Western runners-up | Oklahoma City Thunder |
Finals | |
Finals champions | San Antonio Spurs |
Runners-up | Miami Heat |
Finals MVP | Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio Spurs) |
NBA seasons | |
← 2012–13 |
The 2013–14 NBA season was the 68th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The NBA All-Star Game took place at New Orleans Arena in New, Orleans Louisiana. NBA Commissioner David Stern retired on February 1, 2014, appointing his deputy Adam Silver Commissioner. It conclued with the San Antonio Spurs defeating the two-time defending champion Miami Heat 4 games to 1 in the 2014 NBA Finals in a rematch of the previous year's Finals.
Major offseason transactions[]
- Grant Hill (age 40) and Jason Kidd (age 40) retirde.
- Boston Celtics traded Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, D.J. White and Jason Terry to the Brooklyn Nets for Kris Humphries, Gerald Wallace, Keith Bogans, Kris Joseph, MarShon Brooks, and 3 first round draft picks.
- Dwight Howard (FA) signed with the Houston Rockets.
- Al Jefferson (FA) signed with the Charlotte Bobcats.
- Josh Smith (FA) signed with the Detroit Pistons.
- Denver Nuggets traded Andre Iguodala to the Golden State Warriors in a 3-way team trade that sent Golden State's Andris Biedriņš and Richard Jefferson to the Utah Jazz.
- Los Angeles Clippers traded Eric Bledsoe and Caron Butler to the Phoenix Suns in a 3-way team trade that sent Milwaukee Bucks' J.J. Redick and Phoenix's Jared Dudley to the Clippers. The Bucks received a 2014 second-round draft pick from Phoenix, and a another future second-round draft pick from the Clippers.
- Paul Millsap (FA) signed with the Atlanta Hawks.