Paul George to return to the Indiana Pacers on Sunday

As long expected, Paul George will be making a spring return, hoping to save the Indiana Pacers’ season.

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Here is what George, who broke his right leg in a gruesome accident during a Team USA scrimmage in August, put on Instagram on Saturday morning:

George was initially projected to miss the entire 2014-15 season.

The Pacers play the Miami Heat on Easter, in a matchup that could very well decide each team’s playoff fate. If Miami falls to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday evening, the Pacers could enter that contest just a game in back of the Heat for the final playoff seed in the Eastern Conference bracket. If the Pacers prevail in George’s return, the team will have tied Miami for that eighth seed with Indiana holding the tiebreaker advantage.

The top seed in the East a year ago, the Pacers have struggled in George’s absence, working up a 33-43 record with six games left to play in the 2014-15 season – all six presumably with George. Though the team did win 13 of 15 games at one point, the Pacers have lost nine of 12 since that run. George, a two-time All-Star, averaged 21.7 points and 6.8 rebounds last season.

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