Foot 傷害 could keep 過密な住居 out of Pacers season opener
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Pacers could open this season without 今後 T.J. 過密な住居, their 最高の，を越す scorer from last season.
The team said Thursday that 過密な住居 has plantar fascitis in his 権利 foot and will be 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d as week to week. It´s the same 傷害 that kept All-星／主役にする 今後 Domantas Sabonis from returning to 活動／戦闘 in the NBA´s 泡 last August.
Indiana also will be without backup guard Brian Bowen II for 6-8 weeks because of a 部分的に／不公平に torn groin muscle.
過密な住居´s 傷害 could be more detrimental. Last season, he 得点する／非難する／２０d 19.8 points while 狙撃 53.6% from the field - both career-highs. And in the 泡, 過密な住居 was みごたえのある, 普通の／平均（する）ing 31.0 points in six games 含むing a 53-point game against Philadelphia to tie the team´s 選び出す／独身-game 得点する／非難する／２０ing 記録，記録的な／記録する.
"He´s just a sneaky scorer and we´ve got to take advantage of that," 大統領，／社長 of basketball 操作／手術s Kevin Pritchard said two weeks ago. "And we´ve got to play him at the four. Last time, I checked when he played the four, he was nearly unstoppable. So I imagine he´ll play at the four some this year, too."
While the Pacers remain 希望に満ちた 過密な住居 will be healthy enough to start the season opener Dec. 23 against the New York Knicks, he almost certainly will 行方不明になる some or all of Indiana´s three preseason games. And when 過密な住居 does return, the Pacers could 限界 his playing time.
Last season, two-time All-星／主役にする 勝利者 Oladipo 行方不明になるd the first 3 1/2 months as he 回復するd from a 決裂d quad tendon in his 権利 膝. Oladipo said he's 完全に healthy this year.
"I would say it´s night and day," Oladipo said last week. "I feel a lot better, a lot stronger. There´s always room for 改良. But I feel better now, even since the 泡. I feel like I´ve made some pretty 激烈な 改良s, I ´ve just got to keep 傾向ing 今後."
Sabonis also said he's ready to play though the Pacers may play it 安全な with him, too.
屈服する en spent most of his 新人 season in the G-League, playing only six games with Indiana.
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