Tyrese Haliburton, Daniel Theis tracking to return for Pacers on Thursday

The Pacers have lost 10 of 11 games without Haliburton. And for Theis, it's the start of a new beginning. Both will go through one more practice before a decision is made.

If it was up to Tyrese Haliburton, there would be no doubt if he would play in the Pacers’ next game.

“I’m aiming to play on Thursday,” he said after practice on Tuesday. “That’s my goal.”

That will be three weeks after he suffered a mild left knee bone contusion and a left elbow sprain at New York, and it’s the first of an eight-game push before the All-…