The Indiana Pacers made some big changes during the offseason and have since endured a bunch of frustrating injuries to start the regular season. Coach Frank Vogel was already trying to guide a team-wide transition to a new playing style without ideally suited personnel, and trying to pull it off at times without key members of the group — C.J. Miles, George Hill, Rodney Stuckey — hasn’t made the process any easier.
Still, the Pacers stand with their record at a healthy 9-5 and have even cracked the top-10 in some NBA power polls. Indiana has essentially been two teams so far: the “spread” crew it (in theory) aspires to be, with C.