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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Milwaukee Bucks forward Chris Copeland may have moved on from the Indiana Pacers as a free agent this off-season, but he has not forgotten the support that the Pacers\u2019 organization gave him as he recovered from a stabbing in April, reports Candace Bunker of the &lt;em&gt;Indianapolis Star&lt;/em&gt;.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copeland made his first return to Indianapolis on Saturday in a 123\u201386 win for the Pacers over the Bucks. Despite the loss, Copeland relayed how thankful he is for his former team.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI was just blessed to have guys like Larry Bird and the training staff who stuck with me way past when they had to,\u201D Copeland said. \u201CLegally by July 1 they\u2019re not obligated to do anything, but those guys took care of me. They did more than they needed to. That\u2019s why I\u2019m forever in their debt. I appreciate the type of people that I was (around) for the last two years.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copeland sustained injuries to his abdomen and left elbow in the incident, which occurred in front of a New York nightclub. The injuries ended his season and required a months-long rehabilitation process. Even after he became an unrestricted free agent on July 1, the Pacers allowed him to use their medical facilities.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Curry, Warriors tie NBA record with 15\u20130 start in win over Nuggets&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CEverybody chipped in and helped me in my rehab process,\u201D he said. \u201CI couldn\u2019t have done it by myself, so I appreciate that.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copeland played in 91 games over two seasons with the Pacers. He was on the court for 10 minutes on Saturday, scoring three points.\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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