Tyrese Haliburton is expected to miss at least two weeks with a left elbow sprain and knee contusion suffered in the Pacers loss to the Knicks Wednesday.
Haliburton, acquired in a trade from the Sacramento Kings in February, has been the driving force behind the Pacers surprising start. He leads the team with 20.2 points per game and leads the NBA in assists with 10.2 per game. He's also third in the NBA in steals with 1.8 per game. Largely because of his influence, the Pacers are seventh in the league in pace and 10th in scoring with 115.6 points per game.
If Haliburton misses exactly two weeks, he would miss eight games and be due back on Jan. 27 when the Pacers host the Milwaukee Bucks. He has played in 40 of the Pacers' 42 games this season. In the two games he missed in December due to a groin strain, rookie Andrew Nembhard moved over from shooting guard to point guard, which is his natural position.
Moving Nembhard would still open another spot on the starting lineup. The Pacers could decide to move rookie guard Bennedict Mathurin into a starting role, or they could slide veteran wing Buddy Hield from small forward to shooting guard and starting power forward Aaron Nesmith to the 3, opening up the possibility for big man Jalen Smith to move back to the starting lineup at the 4 or wing Oshae Brissett to move into the starting lineup. Veteran T.J.
Of course, the Pacers also have other injury concerns. As of Thursday evening, Nesmith , Brissett and center Myles Turner were all listed as questionable for Friday's home game against the Atlanta Hawks. Haliburton is listed as out on that injury report.
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