The Indiana Pacers went into the All-Star break with the 5th best record in the NBA at 39-19, a full 20 games above .500. Unless the Pacers finish the season 1-23, they are all but locked into another winning season.
A losing record seems rather unlikely especially when you consider that even without Victor Oladipo this year, they’ve gone 13-7, with a pair of solid winning streaks building that record up. This team is an underdog without their franchise player, but they’re still not a team anyone should want to tangle with.
An aside: the Indiana Pacers only had one losing season since 2011, and that was the 2015 season where not only Paul George was out, but Indiana saw over 200 missed games by their roster.