Miles Plumlee has been recalled by the Indiana Pacers from the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA D-League.

Plumlee is averaging 14.7 points, 11.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks over 33.0 minutes over six D-League games.

The Indiana Pacers have reassigned rookie Miles Plumlee to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Pacers’ NBA Development League affiliate.  

Plumlee re-joins the Mad Ants following three previous assignments when he played in five games and averaged 14.4 points, 10.4 rebounds and 31.0 minutes. He has appeared in six games for the Pacers this season, averaging 1.4 points, 1.3 rebounds and 3.7 minutes.   

The Indiana Pacers have reassigned rookie guard Orlando Johnson to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Pacers’ NBA Development League affiliate. 

Johnson (6-5, 220, UC-Santa Barbara) has played nine minutes in three games for Indiana this season. In his previous two-game assignment with Fort Wayne, Johnson averaged 22.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals. 

The Indiana Pacers have elevated D.J. Augustin to again be George Hill's backup at point guard.

The Pacers had experimented with giving backup minutes to Ben Hansbrough.

The Indiana Pacers have re-assigned rookie Miles Plumlee to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Pacers’ NBA Development League affiliate.  

Plumlee (6-11, 255, Duke) re-joins the Mad Ants having played in four games for Fort Wayne during his previous assignments when he averaged 16.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 33.3 minutes.  He has appeared in four games for the Pacers this season, scoring four points and grabbing five rebounds in 16 minutes.  

Paul George and David Lee have been named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Dec. 10, through Sunday, Dec. 16.

George led the Pacers to a 3-0 week which included wins over Central Division rivals Cleveland and Detroit. George averaged 23.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.3 blocks. He shot .474 from three-point range on the week and ranks eighth in the league with 54 made three-point field goals on the season.

Lee helped the Warriors to a 3-1 record which included wins at Miami and Atlanta. Lee tallied 22.8 points on .606 shooting from the field, 12.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.0 steals. He posted a point-rebound double-double in all four contests and extended his double-double streak to seven consecutive games -- the longest such streak in the NBA this season.

Miles Plumlee has been assigned by the Indiana Pacers to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA D-League.

Plumlee will play for the Mad Ants’ next two games, Dec. 14 vs. Maine and Dec. 15 vs. Springfield, both in Fort Wayne.

Ben Hansbrough has been elevated to backup point guard of the Indiana Pacers ahead of D.J. Augustin.

"I think D.J. has been in a slump this year," Frank Vogel said. "Our bench as an unit has been struggling. D.J. is not in any way solely responsible, but I don't want to change the whole bench and throw everybody upside down. We'll change one part and see if it has any impact."

The Pacers' bench has struggled this season.

Hansbrough  outworked Blake Ahearn and Sundiata Gaines to make the making day roster, and now he's getting his shot to be George Hill's backup.

"That was one of my goals, to work my way into the rotation," said Hansbrough, who played overseas last season. "I bring high energy, tough play; just a little bit of everything out there."

"I'm not going to blame it on the minutes, I'm not going to blame it on anybody," Augustin said. "I just have to deal with it and try to get better."

After becoming an All-Star last season and receiving a contract extension over the offseason, Roy Hibbert has been a big disappointment this year, averaging just 9.8 points and 8.4 rebounds to go along with a career-low 38 percent shooting from the field.

But Hibbert still believes in his ability to live up to the max deal he got in the summer -- even to the extent of becoming the best center in the NBA.

"I will be the best center in the league one day," Hibbert said.

"The contract? I really haven't thought about it. My life really hasn't changed that much since the contract happened."

Hibbert has been meeting regularly with a sports psychologist to assist him in the mental aspect of the game. Hibbert and the Pacers believe there are factors that have brought down his production: More attention and double-teams and getting the best of opponents on a nightly basis.