If this keeps up much longer, selection to the Eastern Conference All-Star team isn't going to be sufficient recognition for all that Victor Oladipo has meant to the Pacers. Maybe he's the league's Most Valuable Player honors, given the way they've struggled without him.
Oladipo missed Monday's game with Washington because of an undisclosed illness, and the result was familiar. The Pacers played from behind throughout the game, leading by a point for just one minute in the second quarter, trailing by as many as 17 in the third, and losing 111-102. They're now 0-6 without Oladipo, outscored by an average of more than 12 points in those games.