George Hill is playing through a tender left hip, and despite the fact he is trying to block out to the pain mentally, he knows it likely will not be 100 percent healthy for the remainder of the Indiana Pacers' playoff run.
"If it hurts, it hurts,” Hill said. “The way I deal with it is just thinking about the next play. I treat it as an out-of-sight, out-of-mind sort of thing.”
Hill had 18 points on seven of 10 shooting in the Pacers' Game 1 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday.
“George Hill is a fighter,” Pacers reserve Gerald Green said. “He’s been dealing with that it seems like all season. But he knows we’re in the most important part of the season. Nothing’s stopping him from being out there.”