The Indiana Pacers only fall a slightly, but there are doubts about how good this team is after dropping fourth straight.
After losing four games, you might expect the Indiana Pacers to take a big drop in the power rankings, but you would be mistaken.
It looks like a rough stretch of games was factored into the experts’ power rankings this week, but there was still damage done. All of the experts dropped Indiana at least one spot, but some moved them down three or four.
Indiana’s inability to close games haunted them more than once last week and the continued absence of starting power forward Thaddeus Young are the biggest culprits in the losses. Even with the obvious factors, the losses intriduced doubts to the once streaking team.
The question now is when the losing streak ends. With the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight and Washington Wizards on Thursday, it won’t be easy to end it before the All-Star break.
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Whether they snap their losing streak or not before then, the All-Star break will serve as a reset button for the Indiana Pacers as they gear up for the stretch run.