Pacers send Johnson back to Fort Wayne

Alize Johnson has played briefly in four Pacers games this season.

Rookie forward Alize Johnson has been returned to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants after a quiet stint with the Indiana Pacers.

Johnson was recalled from Fort Wayne on Dec. 4. He appeared in one game with the Pacers, giving him a total of four games and 12 minutes on the floor counting a previous stint with the NBA club.

Johnson (6-foot-9, 212 pounds), the team's second-round pick out of Missouri State, is averaging 19.0 points and 13.4 rebounds over nine games with the Pacers’ NBA G League affiliate.