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Injury Report: Pelicans getting healthier for second clash against Pacers

Pelicans-Pacers is at 7:00 p.m. CT in New Orleans

The New Orleans Pelicans will have a mostly-full compliment of players on the home leg of the home-and-away two-game series against the Indiana Pacers (7 p.m., Bally Sports, WRNO 99.5 FM) on March 1 following their previous matchup in Indianapolis.

Guard Jose Alvarado returns from his suspension with no injury status. Guard CJ McCollum and forwards Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram and Trey Murphy III who were all questionable for the Feb. 28 game but were able to play in the contest will also be without an injury status for the home game.

The lone exception due to injury is guard Dyson Daniels (left knee meniscectomy) who remains out as he recovers from surgery.

Four players are out on assignment to the Birmingham Squadron, guards Jalen Crutcher (on assignment) and Dereon Seabron (two-way) and forwards E.J. Liddell (on assignment) and Malcolm Hill (two-way).

For Indiana, guard/forward Aaron Nesmith (right ankle sprain) is questionable abd forward Doug McDermott (right calf strain) is out.

INDIANA (34-26, 7TH IN EAST)

Wednesday win vs. New Orleans

Andrew Nembhard, Tyrese Haliburton, Bennedict Mathurin, Pascal Siakam, Myles Turner

NEW ORLEANS (35-25, 6TH IN WEST)

Wendesday loss at Indiana

CJ McCollum, Herb Jones, Brandon Ingram, Zion Williamson, Jonas Valanciunas

Feb. 28: at Indiana 123, New Orleans 114

March 1: at New Orleans, 7 p.m. (Gray Sports/Fox 8)