For Indiana guard Victor Oladipo Patrick Onwuasor Jersey , there was much to like about the Pacers‘ road trip.
“It was a great road trip,” Oladipo said. “Unfortunately, we wanted to end it a little better. If we look at the bigger picture, it was a great road trip for us and we just have to continue to keep getting better like I said. Confidence is high.”
The Pacers won the first three games of the trek before losing to Denver 107-104 on Tuesday night. The trip started with a victory at Golden State.
The Pacers will see a different Golden State team Thursday night in Indianapolis after beating the short-handed Warriors 92-81 on Friday.
The Warriors were without all four All-Stars — Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green — because of injuries and illness. All but Curry have returned to action. Curry will miss the rest of the regular season with a left MCL sprain.
With four regular season games remaining, the Pacers (46-32) are in the No. 5 spot in the Eastern Conference and appear destined for a first-round matchup with Cleveland or Philadelphia.
“I think it is going to make us road-tough and battle-tested,” Pacers forward Thaddeus Young said of the road trip. “It’s definitely prepping us for the task at hand, which is going to the playoffs and trying to get some games. I think we have been doing a good job of handling it. Just going out there and just playing as a team.”
Pacers coach Nate McMillan was pleased overall.
“We did some good things on this trip,” McMillan said. “We gave ourselves a chance to win (against Denver) and I thought (we had) a couple of mental mistakes down the stretch, (Denver) made some baskets that cost us this game. I think we looked a little fatigued there. I thought there was some mental fatigue.”
Oladipo, who was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week on Monday Youth John Tavares Jersey , scoring 25 points against Denver. He finished the road trip averaging 25.8 points, 6.8 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 3.8 steals while shooting 62.9 percent from the field.
Durant scored 34 as the Warriors beat host Oklahoma City 111-107 on Tuesday night. The Warriors (57-21) are locked into the second seed in the Western Conference.
“We want to build on this and keep building momentum towards the playoffs,” Durant told TNT.
Durant said it was a different game, missing several players.
“We’re missing the missile (Curry) out there,” Durant said. “We figured it out. We were moving the ball, we were being aggressive. Being down not just Steph but Andre (Iguodala), (Kevon) Looney and Shaun (Livingston). Everybody stepped up.”
Warriors coach Steve Kerr called it “a hell of a win, especially without our guards. I loved how these guys played and competed.”
Reserve center Damian Jones contributed eight points for the Warriors in his first significant minutes (14).
“Damian deserves credit, he’s really, really worked hard,” Kerr said. “You can see the type of physical presence he has out there. It was fun opportunity to see what he could do.”
In 12 games against the Pacers, Thompson has averaged 26.3 points on 48.2 percent from 3-point range. That’s four points better than his average against any other team.
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Forrest Lamp tore a ligament in his right knee on the third day of his first NFL training camp. He hadn’t participated in another football practice until Monday.
One year and 11 days after that heartbreaking injury, Lamp has returned to practice with the Los Angeles Chargers. The offensive lineman’s excitement about his rookie year vanished long ago into months of tough rehabilitation, but Lamp was excited to reach another milestone on his steady progress back to the field.
“It’s like the first day of school, but it’s like riding a bike,” Lamp said. “It comes back pretty quickly.”
Lamp participated only in individual drills at Jack Hammett Sports Complex, staying out of team drills. The Chargers have resisted the urge to rush anything with their 2017 second-round draft pick as he plays his way back to compete for a starting spot at guard.
“I have felt good for quite a while,” Lamp said. “But you feel good, then have a bad day, then you feel good. It’s just like anything else in life. I just stick to the plan they give me.”
The Western Kentucky product was considered one of the top offensive linemen in last year’s draft, particularly among the guard prospects. The Chargers grabbed him with the 38th overall pick Morgan Cox Jersey , and he probably had a shot to win a starting job in camp after performing solidly in offseason activities.
But Lamp seriously injured his knee right away, requiring surgery and extensive rehabilitation.
Lamp had never experienced anything like it in his football life.
He was a model of durability at Western Kentucky, where he started 51 games while largely playing as a left tackle. He missed just two games during four years with the Hilltoppers, both due to an ankle injury in his senior year.
“It was great to be back out here and not with the training staff,” Lamp said after practice.
Lamp was in a potentially awkward situation after his injury as he attempted to keep up with the Chargers during their relocation season even though he had never played in a game with his new teammates.
“I felt like part of the team,” Lamp said. “You get drafted in April and you show up in May, so you’re only here for two months during OTAs and minicamp. In that short period of time, you gain a lot of friends, which you wouldn’t think you would. When I got hurt, a bunch of the guys texted me. I was around and I was in meetings, so I still felt like part of the team. They did a good job of including me in things.”
Lamp needed a second surgery in May after he felt pain in his knee, but it was merely an arthroscopic cleanup procedure. He appears to be moving well on the knee Authentic Teuvo Teravainen Jersey , and he feels publicly confident about his return.
But the Chargers are still sticking to their deliberate plans with Lamp. Coach Anthony Lynn acknowledges he would like to see Lamp play in their third exhibition game against Seattle on Aug. 25, but everything will depend on Lamp’s progress over the next week.
“Oh, it’s huge,” Lynn said. “It’s been a long time for Forrest. He’s champing at the bit, man. We’re trying to hold him back right now.”
NOTES: Lamp was activated from the physically unable to perform list before practice. … After their tight ends largely struggled in the preseason opener, the Chargers claimed tight end Je’Ron Hamm off waivers from Seattle on Monday. Los Angeles waived receiver Marcus Peterson to make room. Hamm has spent time with four other teams during the past four years, making two career receptions. The Chargers have said nothing recently about their interest in re-signing Antonio Gates, the leading pass-catcher in franchise history. The Chargers and Gates talked about a reunion after starter Hunter Henry was lost for the season to an injury during offseason activities.
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