More Positive News On Mike Dunleavy's Progress

Mike Wells reports on the Pacers openly talking about Mike Duneleavy joining the team in uniform within the next week or two. There remain plenty of qualifiers to the speculation (we're hoping, we'll see how it goes) but it does sound like Dun will begin working himself back into the lineup as early as next week's road trip.

"We're hoping so, yes," Pacers coach Jim O'Brien said Friday. "It's going to be very important to get him back. When he comes back, it's going to be limited, but just having Michael and Danny (Granger) being able to play together, that's the way we went into it."

That's some good news to toss on top of the W last night. Here are some more items of interest:

• Bruno's Inside the Game LIVE final and Postgame Report.
• Mike Wells reports on a happy Pacers team finally enjoying a close win again after a few heart-breakers.
• Frank Isola reports on a Knicks team that appears stunned that Jarrett Jack took them down in the final minute.
• Marc Berman wonders how the Knicks got Jack-ed up.