INDIANAPOLIS — Pacers forward Aaron Nesmith is expected to miss four weeks with a left knee sprain, coach Rick Carlisle said, but the player and the team are feeling quite fortunate that the injury wasn't worse. Carlisle also said high-scoring wing Bennedict Mathurin is "getting close" to a return, which could help the Pacers replace what they lose from Nesmith on the wing.

Nesmith went down very awkwardly in the third quarter of the Pacers' loss to the Suns on Thursday in Phoenix when he stepped on teammate Jeremiah Robinson-Earl's left foot with his right foot. Robinson-Earl shifted, Nesmith's right leg slid and his left leg buckled. He had to roll off the floor and then was carried to the locker room. However, Carlisle said after the game the Pacers were hopeful they'd "dodged a

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