Look, the Indiana Pacers didn’t exactly end 2017 on a high note. They dropped four games in a week’s time.
After losing Victor Oladipo to a knee injury (he is out for tonight’s game), Indiana’s looking like a lottery team, not a playoff team. Losing your star player is obviously a factor, but no team should look this bad.
If Decembers serve as litmus tests for the Pacers, then things aren’t looking good for January, either. However, there are a few things going their way.