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With Danny Granger a late scratch due to a right thigh cramp, rookie Brandon Rush picked up his first career start and scored eight points, with four rebounds and two steals in 23 minutes.

About an hour later, when the Pacers took the floor against the Nets, Granger was not there. He felt spasms in his right quad during warmups and sat this one out.

Of course, that made us feel a little guilty, thinking we jinxed him with all that talk of being healthy before the game. But afterward, Granger said that he had started feeling the spasms at shootaround in the morning and his knee is still perfectly fine. So, there's no Eastern Conference Insider jinx, and Granger expects to play Friday in Indianapolis against the Sixers.