Mike Dunleavy practiced with the Pacers on Friday for the first time since February.

Dunleavy, who is working his way back from right knee surgery in March, is limited to practicing in the halfcourt.

"It's tremendous that he was able to play in the halfcourt," Pacers coach Jim O'Brien said. "He's so important in many aspects of the team. He's really almost like a genius offensively from a standpoint of how he moves. He has a way of modeling of what we want in our passing game."

"At this point we're going by the old clich? of one day at a time," Dunleavy said. "Literally we're going to do that and see how I feel tomorrow and then take it from there. The main thing is I feel good today."