3 Pacers tied to fight

Indiana Pacers guard Jamaal Tinsley and teammates Marquis Daniels and Keith McLeod were involved in a fight with a bar manager after a home loss to Golden State on Tuesday, police said.

No one was arrested or charged after the fight. Indianapolis police Lt. Doug Scheffel said Wednesday it would take several days to complete the investigation to determine if charges would be filed.

The Indianapolis police report said the bar manager of the 8 Seconds Saloon might have a fractured jaw and severed earlobe. He told officers that Tinsley had threatened to kill him.

The manager and witnesses told officers that Tinsley, Daniels and a man with them punched the manager in the face and head.

The Pacers refused comment until police complete the investigation.

Tinsley was at a strip club with then-Pacers teammate Stephen Jackson in October when a fight broke out. Tinsley was not charged.

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