Indiana Pacers Settle Into the Middle of the Pack in the Power Rankings

Nov 5, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana Pacers Pacemate encourages the crowd to make some noise during a game against the Chicago Bulls at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Indiana defeats Chicago 111-94. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 5, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana Pacers Pacemate encourages the crowd to make some noise during a game against the Chicago Bulls at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Indiana defeats Chicago 111-94. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports

The second batch of power rankings have arrived and the Indiana Pacers find themselves slipping into the middle of the pack.

There have been enough ugly, no good, terrible outings by the Indiana Pacers this season for anyone to drop them to the bottom of the power rankings, but they’ve managed to remain in the middle of the pack.

The Pacers dropped back to an average ranking of 18.5, a total of five spots down from their average the week before.

Things likely would have been worse had Indiana not played their most complete game of the season against the Chicago Bulls on Saturday. Breaking out of their slump and knocking off a Bulls team that started the season off hot was impressive even if Chicago was on the tail end of a back-to-back.

What do the experts have to say about this Indiana team? Let’s take a look.

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Indiana faces the Charlotte Hornets tonight, a team that swept them in all three meetings last season. This time the Pacers have different roster and plan, but will they have the same results?