Riding high on a four-game win streak, the Pacers (27-15) head out West for a five-game road trip. First up is a Sunday night showdown with one of the Western Conference's top teams, the Denver Nuggets (29-12).
Indiana is starting to get healthy again and it's showing on the court. After missing eight of nine games with an assortment of maladies, starting point guard Malcolm Brogdon returned last week and hit clutch shots down the stretch in each of Indiana's last three victories, including the game-winning basket in the closing seconds of Friday's 116-114 win over Minnesota.