Turner out Monday for Pacers game against the Raptors
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Pacers star Myles Turner will not play Monday night versus the Toronto Raptors.
The team announced on social media shortly before game time that Turner would miss the game with a sore right calf.
He had been listed as questionable earlier in the day.
Turner scored a season-high 34 points to lead the Pacers to a 119-110 victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday.
Turner is one of six Pacers who will miss the game.
The others:
- Ben Sheppard – left oblique strain.
- Andrew Nembhard – left knee patellofemoral inflammation.
- Aaron Nesmith – left ankle sprain.
- Isaiah Jackson – right Achilles tendon tear.
- James Wiseman – left Achilles tendon tear.
The Pacers are looking to extend Toronto’s losing streak to eight games.
Monday’s meeting is the first of the season between the two teams. Toronto is 1-5 against the Eastern Conference, and Indiana is 5-6 against conference opponents.
ESPN reported Monday night that the Pacers had signed another center in the wake of the injuries of Turner, Wiseman and Jackson. Morris Brown, who has played for multiple NBA teams since 2019, was signed in October to the New York Knicks and waived the next day to the Winchester Knicks. The Pacers had not confirmed his signing early Monday night.
News 8’s Gregg Montgomery contributed to this story.