A significant anniversary passed for Pacers forward Al Harrington this past Thursday, something that speaks highly of his work ethic for him to get to where he is now.  It was this time last year that Harrington tore his ACL ligament, an injury which Mark Monteith says often takes two years for athletes to fully heal from.

Harrington is healed however, which can mainly be credited to his hard work rehabilitating over summer.

"I'm further along than I thought I'd be," he said. "I didn't think I'd be playing at the level I'm playing at so soon."

Team physician Dr. Sanford Kunkel agrees.

"Al's head-and-shoulders beyond where any ACL guy in this league has been at this point," he said. "And there's no doubt in my mind he'll be better in May than he is now, and he'll be better next year."