The latest on Pacers F Pascal Siakam's injury status vs Cavaliers
Pacers F Pascal Siakam suffered two injuries in Friday's game, find out which one is keeping him out Sunday vs Cavs
Pacers All-Star forward Pascal Siakam will miss Sunday's 6 p. m. game against the Cavaliers in Cleveland with a left ankle sprain according to the NBA injury report released Saturday.
Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said Siakam suffered both a left ankle sprain and a low back bruise in the fourth quarter of Friday's game against the Hornets in Charlotte. Siakam was removed from the game late in the fourth quarter after he'd already registered 30 points, seven rebounds and two assists. It was his 14th game with at least 30 points this season and his 49th game with at least 20 out of his 62 appearances this season.
Pacers forward Aaron Nesmith has been also been ruled out for his fourth straight game with a cervical strain. Point guards Andrew Nembhard and T. J.
McConnell will miss their third straight games. Nembhard's injury is listed as back, thoracic and lumbar injury management and McConnell's is bilateral hamstring injury management. Third-year wings Jarace Walker and Ben Sheppard are listed as questionable, Walker with a sacral contusion and Sheppard with right hip sprain.