Here's the problem facing the Pacers, the problem that must be resolved if they are to hang on to their tenuous grip on a playoff seed:
How do you make a big lineup work against smaller teams that spread their offense and rain 3-pointers on your head until you're drenched in sweat? Not just the hot sweat that comes from chasing after 3-point shooters, but also the cold kind that results from anxiety.
The Pacers' 111-102 loss to Portland on Sunday gave them plenty of queasy feelings to take into their four-game road trip, which begins on Monday in Cleveland.