At the quarter mark of the season, the Indiana Pacers are a very pleasant surprise. They currently sit sixth in the East, but are only 1.5 games behind the second seed Boston Celtics. Not many people would have bet Indiana would hold a better record than Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets let alone Donovan Mitchell and the supposedly rejuvenated Utah Jazz in the West.
This is all with All-Star Victor Oladipo working his way back from last year’s knee injury.
Sporting a roster with eight new faces, the Pacers were expected to fill-in their star’s scoring by committee.