{"id":695026,"date":"2026-04-03T01:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/695026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T01:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:28:23","slug":"pacers-t-j-mcconnell-wont-play-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/695026\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers&#8217; T.J. McConnell: Won&#8217;t play Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                    Pacers&#8217; T.J. McConnell: Won&#8217;t play Friday &#8211; CBS Sports<\/p>\n<p>    site: fantasynews | arena: nba | pageType: stories |<br \/>\n    section:  | slug: pacers-t-j-mcconnell-wont-play-friday-527213 | sport: basketball | route: article_single_fantasy |<br \/>\n    6-keys: media\/fantasynews\/nba\/reg\/free\/stories\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#page-content\" aria-label=\"Skip to main content\" class=\"screen-reader-skip-to-main-content-link\" tabindex=\"1\">Skip to Main Content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/powerrankings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Power Rankings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/expert-picks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Expert Picks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        This page may contain affiliate links. If you click and sign up, make a deposit, or place a wager, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    Apr 2, 2026<\/p>\n<p>                    at<\/p>\n<p>    5:05 pm ET<\/p>\n<p>                \u2022<\/p>\n<p>            1 min read<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"VideoPlayer-backgroundImage\" alt=\"default-cbs-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/video-slate.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/teams\/IND\/indiana-pacers\/\" aria-label=\"home team page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"TeamLogo-image\" alt=\"team logo\" src=\"https:\/\/sports.cbsimg.net\/fly\/images\/team-logos\/343.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/players\/2198705\/mcconnell\/fantasy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McConnell<\/a> is out for Friday&#8217;s game versus the Hornets due to right hamstring soreness.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran floor general&#8217;s next opportunity to return arrives Sunday in Cleveland. More playing time will be available for Kam Jones, Quenton Jackson and Ethan Thompson in the backcourt Friday.<\/p>\n<p>        More News<\/p>\n<p>        Our Latest Fantasy Basketball Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pacers&#8217; T.J. McConnell: Won&#8217;t play Friday &#8211; CBS Sports site: fantasynews | arena: nba | pageType: stories |&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3774],"tags":[7,2825,113,126,3866,6,114,3886],"class_list":{"0":"post-695026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indiana-pacers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-fantasy-basketball","10":"tag-indiana","11":"tag-indiana-pacers","12":"tag-indianapacers","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-pacers","15":"tag-t-j-mcconnell"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116338186444246799","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}