Hopefully not, but certainly perhaps, the lasting memory Pacers fans will have of Jeremy Lamb's time with the franchise will be two free throws. Not game-winners or game-changers, but the two in Toronto that turned out to be meaningless to the outcome but reflective of his toughness.
Now the challenge is two-fold: for Lamb to endure a long recovery and rehabilitation period and for the Pacers to find a way to be even more competitive without him.
Lamb suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament, torn lateral meniscus, and lateral bone fracture with 9:54 left in the second quarter of Sunday's loss at Toronto after he was hit from behind on a breakaway dunk attempt by Raptors guard Terence Davis.