ORLANDO – Travis Leslie is certainly making an impact in the 2017 Mountain Dew Orlando Pro Summer League.
The journeyman guard led five Indiana players in double figures with 20 points as the Pacers held off the Charlotte Hornets for an 84-77 victory on Sunday.
Leslie, who spent last season with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, delivered a clutch emphatic one-handed slam with 50.9 seconds left that put the game out of reach. He’s currently averaging a squad-best 20 points during Indiana’s 2-0 start to summer league action.
“I knew he was going to be able to come in and put points on the board – especially playing as a small four and helping us spread the floor – but I was impressed with his defense tonight,” Pacers Summer League coach Popeye Jones explained.