NBA: 5 players who have stepped up through the first weekend of the restart

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NBA Indiana Pacers T.J. Warren (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)

T.J. Warren, Indiana Pacers 

Coming out of the gate hot in Indiana’s debut was T.J. Warren who had 53 points in Saturday’s win against the Philadelphia 76ers. The veteran wing shot 20-29 from the field and 9-12 from downtown while adding four boards and two blocks to the stat sheet.

Warren has been overlooked all season in his first year in Indiana, now averaging 19.2 points and four rebounds per game on the year along with just over one steal a game. Warren is also shooting nearly 40 percent from deep this year.

A consistent Warren to go along with a healthy Oladipo and Myles Turner down low, the Pacers could continue to round into one of the biggest dark horse sleepers in the Eastern Conference and in the NBA’s restart bubble as a whole.