Andrew Nembhard was cleared on Friday's injury report after being listed as day-to-day. He becomes available for Indiana at Miami while six teammates are out.
What happened
Andrew Nembhard has been cleared. The Pacers guard came off the injury report at 7:10 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 30, less than an hour before tipoff in Miami. He had been listed as day-to-day. The injury report gave no detail and no comment with the change. It has been an uneven week. He was listed day-to-day with a neck issue on Monday, Oct. 26. On Tuesday the report listed both a neck issue and a back issue. He was cleared Wednesday, then listed as day-to-day again Thursday with the neck.
What it means for the Pacers
Indiana plays at Miami at 8 p.m. ET on Friday. The Pacers are 2-3, the 10th seed, and have lost two straight. Nembhard has averaged 16.5 points, 7.8 assists and 2.0 rebounds in 32.7 minutes over four games. Indiana is 2-2 with him and 0-1 without him. He comes back to a thin roster. Tyrese Haliburton, Obi Toppin, Ivica Zubac, T.J. McConnell, Ben Sheppard and Johnny Furphy are all listed as out. In the game he missed, Pascal Siakam played 32.1 minutes, Kelly Oubre Jr. 24.0, Aaron Nesmith 21.8, Jarace Walker 21.0 and Quenton Jackson 18.3.
What to watch
Nembhard is off the report for now, but his status has flipped between day-to-day and cleared three times since Wednesday. Watch the next injury report to see whether the neck issue is listed again. The Pacers have announced nothing more about the neck or back issues. Friday's game at Miami is the first test. Indiana is still without six players, and no return dates have been announced for any of them.
Is Andrew Nembhard playing at the Heat on Friday, Oct. 30?
He was cleared on the injury report at 7:10 p.m. ET on Friday, so he is available for the 8 p.m. ET game at Miami. He had been listed as day-to-day.
When will Andrew Nembhard be back?
He is already back on the available list. He was cleared on Friday, Oct. 30, after being listed as day-to-day with a neck issue on Thursday.