After hitting a 3-pointer with tight Indiana Pacers defense on him, Towns playfully patted Pacers forward James Johnson on the chest before walking away to celebrate his impressive basket.

After hitting a 3-pointer with tight Indiana Pacers defense on him, Towns playfully patted Pacers forward James Johnson on the chest before walking away to celebrate his impressive basket.

After hitting a 3-pointer with tight Indiana Pacers defense on him, Towns playfully patted Pacers forward James Johnson on the chest before walking away to celebrate his impressive basket.

By the end of the 4-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves in the opener of a four-game series, his arm was in a splint, and he was preparing for a flight back to Cincinnati Tuesday morning for surgery.

The 99th annual Tucson Rodeo Parade, to be held on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 9 a.m., will take a new route intended to keep the parade off railroad tracks but still near the rodeo grounds.