Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle discussed the impactful bench play of rookie Johnny Furphy following last night’s 94-90 road loss vs. the Orlando Magic (7 points/2 rebounds/1 steal/3-6 FG/1-1 FT in nine minutes).
*Set career-highs in points, rebounds, steals, and made field goals*
(via Indiana Pacers):
“He’s a very good player off movement. He’s a great runner. He’s got size. He’s deceptively tough. He gave us some really good minutes in the first half. And then at the beginning of the fourth when he went in, something happened. He got hit in the finger and then he was bleeding, and then that affected him a little bit. So that was a tough stretch, but you can see why we’re excited about him in the future and really right now, too. That’s a pretty high culture game, and he went in there and played well.”
