The Pacers are holding out hope that Mike Dunleavy will return to the court in the next week or two after missing the entire season with a sore knee.

"We're hoping so, yes," Pacers' Coach Jim O'Brien said Friday. "It's going to be very important to get him back. When he comes back, it's going to be limited, but just having Michael and Danny (Granger) being able to play together, that's the way we went into it."

The Pacers start a five-game West Coast trip, their longest of the season, Monday at Denver.

"Hopefully everything will work out and I'll be able to go soon, but I just can't put any predictions or deadlines on it," said Dunleavy.