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INDIANAPOLIS — Myles Turner is thankful his broken nose is just that, a broken nose. Nothing more.

The Indiana Pacers center’s collision with Atlanta Hawks forward-center John Collins midway through the third quarter of Monday’s game forced Turner to miss the rest of the Pacers’ win, but a 10-minute medical procedure to fix his nose, some soreness and a face mask is all that will come of it.

“I’ve had enough concussions,” Turner said. “I don’t want anymore. I was a little headache-y at first but that was just from the initial blow. Past two days, no signs of a concussion.”

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Turner and Pacers coach Nate McMillan both indicated they expect he’ll be on the floor Friday when Indiana starts its five-game road trip in Chicago. There will be an adjustment to playing with a face mask, something Turner believes he’ll wear for a while, but McMillan isn’t concerned. Neither is Turner. NBA players do it all the time.

Turner's talked with Victor Oladipo, who’s had to wear one, and joked it'll give Turner "secret powers," too, and considers it similar to last season when he adapted to playing with an elbow sleeve.

“If I was going to get hurt that was the perfect time,” said Turner, referencing the break between the team’s two-game home-stand and upcoming road trip. “Just missed practice today.”

“He’ll talk with us and he’ll talk with the trainers and the main thing is that he’s not feeling any type of concussion or any pain or anything like that,” McMillan added. “At this point he’s not, so the plan tomorrow is that he’ll practice with protection and see how that goes. We hope that he’ll be ready for Friday.”

If Turner plays, the Pacers hope to see production similar to that of two performances he's already had this season against the Bulls. On Dec. 4 in a 96-90 victory, Turner registered 18 points, 11 rebounds, five blocks, three assists and a steal. Turner also scored 18 points, blocked six shots and grabbed three rebounds Nov. 2 during a 107-105 win against the Bulls.

He’s averaging 13.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game so far this season and hasn’t had a game where he’s not blocked at least one shot.

“I just pick and choose my spots,” said Turner, explaining there's no secret to his success against Chicago. “I just go out there and take what’s given to me.”

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It’s a mindset the team as a whole has played with and benefited from so far this season. Indiana is third in the Eastern Conference standings at 25-12 and on a five-game winning streak. It's the only team in the NBA not to lose three games in a row during the 2018 calendar year.

And a mindset that has guided the Pacers to strong performances when Oladipo hasn't played, something they failed to muster last season.

“Any given night any guy can step up and be ready to play and we’ve always used a ‘next man up’ mentality when somebody’s not feeling good or somebody’s not doing well,” forward Thaddeus Young said.

McMillan credits the overall offensive success to the team’s defensive efforts and ability to move the ball effectively. The success without Oladipo on the court has come because they just worry about being effective with the five guys playing, not about who’s not one of the five. Oladipo has missed 11 games this season.

“We realized last year when we were losing games without him that we had to figure out a way to win without him,” Young said. “The biggest thing from watching tape is we depended on him a lot to make plays and make reads for us as opposed to us making the reads and making the plays for him and get him acclimated with what we’re trying to do. We figured that out sooner than later this year just by going out there and just playing without him and just trying to continue to move the basketball and continue to get guys involved.”

It’s why when Young talks about the team’s offensive weapons he’ll mention himself, Bojan Bogdanovic, Darren Collison, Tyreke Evans, Domantas Sabonis, Cory Joseph and Turner alongside Oladipo confidently and without hesitation.

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