Jalen Smith (hand) scratched late Friday for Pacers
Indiana Pacers center Jalen Smith is out Friday versus the Portland Trail Blazers due to right hand soreness.
What It Means:
Smith is a late scratch on Friday, so there will be more minutes off the Pacers' bench for bigs like Isaiah Jackson, Goga Bitadze, and Oshae Brissett. The Pacers recalled Jackson from the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the G League on Friday.
numberFire's models projected Smith for 16.6 minutes on Friday before the scratch. Per our NBA Heat Map, the Pacers’ implied total (119.5) is No. 4 out of 22 active teams today and the game over/under (237.0) is the second-highest on the board.
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