Indianapolis, IN (SportsNetwork.com) – Indiana point guard George Hill will make his season debut when the Pacers host the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Pacers head coach Frank Vogel confirmed to reporters following Tuesday’s shootaround that Hill will play limited minutes off the bench against the Pelicans.<\/p>\n
Hill has missed Indiana’s first 28 games with a left knee contusion he sustained in a preseason contest against Minnesota on Oct. 21.<\/p>\n
“We feel like he’s healthy enough to play,” Vogel said. “His conditioning is still going to be a concern. We’ll just keep an eye on it. Won’t play him huge minutes (on Tuesday), but it’ll be a good situation to sort of get his feet wet.”<\/p>\n
Hill was a key part of Indiana’s run to the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 seed last season, with the Indianapolis native starting 76 games and averaging 10.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists.<\/p>\n
Since coming to the Pacers in a trade with San Antonio in 2011, Hill has averaged 11.6 points, 3.6 assists and shot 36.7 percent from 3-point range in three seasons.<\/p>\n
Indiana has been hit hard by injuries all throughout the early portion of this season, resulting in a 9-19 record entering Tuesday’s matchup.<\/p>\n
In addition to Hill, All-Star forward Paul George is likely to miss the entire 2014-15 campaign with a broken leg, while veteran forward David West sat out the Pacers’ first 15 games with a sprained right ankle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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