The Indiana Pacers have one of the best head coaches in the NBA in Rick Carlisle, who always gets more than the sum of the parts out of his roster. While there are plenty of other great coaches in the league, not many can do what Carlisle does, and that will always bode well for Indiana.
Pacers fans have seen it over the past few years, but Carlisle is constantly able to get his teams to exceed expectations and level up their game. This is largely because he is such a great offensive-minded coach that he knows exactly how to play to his players' strengths and turn them into the best version of themselves on the court.