Ivica Zubac was moved from day-to-day to out on Tuesday's injury report with a left ankle injury. The Pacers will be without their starting center when they host Philadelphia on Wednesday.
What happened
Zubac was listed as out on the injury report at 5:18 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 27, with a left ankle injury. Earlier Tuesday he was listed as day-to-day. His status has gone back and forth since Sunday: day-to-day on Oct. 25, out on Oct. 26, day-to-day again on Tuesday, then out. He hurt the ankle Sunday against Brooklyn. Dustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star reports that the Pacers do not have a timetable for his return, but that Zubac was able to walk without a boot on Monday.
What it means for the Pacers
Indiana hosts the 76ers on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. The Pacers are 2-2, ninth in the standings, and lost their last game. Zubac has averaged 9.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 21.4 minutes over three games. Indiana is 2-1 with him and 0-1 without him. In the game without him, Pascal Siakam played 31.6 minutes and scored 23.5 points, Obi Toppin played 23.2 minutes and scored 15.8, and Jarace Walker played 20.9 minutes. Tyrese Haliburton (33.0 minutes) and Andrew Nembhard (31.9) carried the backcourt. Nembhard is day-to-day with a back issue.
What to watch
Watch the next injury report before Wednesday's game against Philadelphia. The injury report lists Oct. 30 as his expected return, but the team has not given a timetable. Indiana is already thin. Ben Sheppard (left knee), Johnny Furphy (right knee) and T.J. McConnell (right hamstring) are out, and Nembhard is day-to-day. Any change in Zubac's status, or Nembhard's, will shape the rotation against the 76ers.
Is Ivica Zubac playing vs the 76ers on Wednesday?
No. Zubac is listed as out on the injury report with a left ankle injury for Wednesday's 7 p.m. ET game against Philadelphia.
When will Ivica Zubac be back?
The injury report lists Oct. 30 as his expected return. According to Dustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star, the Pacers do not have a timetable, though Zubac was walking without a boot on Monday.