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Oladipo said the plan remains to reassess every day and then make determinations from that point. So in terms of the Pacers' planning for a restart with their All-NBA guard, they'll have to continue to wait and see.
"I think you've just got to know if you're OK or not, at the end of the day," Oladipo said. "This is obviously a unique situation, it's a unique injury for myself. I don't think it's me not thinking I can do it; I know my body better than anyone else. I know what I'm feeling. No one else knows what I'm feeling.
"Even though it might look good to you, or to whoever that's looking at me, I hold myself to a different standard, so the abilities that I'm used doing, you've never done it before," he said. "Ain't none of y'all have. You understand? So for me, I'm trying to get back to that, you understand, trying to get back to that feeling, trying to get back to make sure my knee, myself is 100 percent so I can go and perform at the highest level that you guys are used to seeing me at. That's what it's all about."
On the other side, the Blazers got their own returning player boosts, with both Jusuf Nurkic and Zach Collins appearing in the starting lineup. Nurkic returned to his first game action since breaking his leg late in the 2018-19 season, and Collins was back after having shoulder surgery in November.
"I think everybody that was anxious to see Zach and Nurk were probably pleased to see how they played," Blazers coach Terry Stotts said.
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