Preseason basketball isn’t supposed to hurt this much. But for the Indiana Pacers, Tuesday night in Minnesota carried an edge that felt a little too real. The Pacers found themselves juggling more than rotations or schemes, as they were now fighting something harder to control. A game that should’ve been routine turned into something entirely different, and suddenly, the focus wasn’t on the score anymore, but on TJ McConnell .

Veteran guard TJ McConnell limped off with a sore left hamstring. But that was just the beginning of the horror Indiana was going to face. Minutes later, newly signed Delon Wright exited with a nasty cut above his eye after a mid-court collision. Two point guards, one night, and a team already missing its All-Star floor general. McConnell’s injury update came

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