Let's clear up one detail from the start. Darren Collison is not 6-foot-2, as occasionally listed on Pacers rosters. He's an even 6-foot. How else could he have won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the nation's best player 6-foot and under following his senior season at UCLA?
No matter. Collison is standing taller than ever this season for the Pacers. He's the starting point guard on a team that has surpassed regular season expectations by as wide a margin as any team in the NBA, and perhaps more than any in franchise history, and is on the verge of clinching a playoff spot — perhaps as early as Sunday's game against Miami at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.