Pacers' Johnny Furphy: Coming off bench Friday

Furphy is not in the Pacers' starting lineup against the Spurs on Friday, Alex Golden of the 'Setting the Pace' podcast reports.

Furphy will revert to a bench role Friday while Aaron Nesmith enters the Pacers' starting lineup for the first time since Nov. 13. Furphy finished the month of December having averaged 4.9 points and 2.8 rebounds over 14.8 minutes per game.