NBA: Power ranking East playoff teams ahead of the post-season

5. Indiana Pacers

After Indiana Pacers cornerstone Victor Oladipo went down with a season-ending knee injury everyone thought that any hopes they had were long gone. The Pacers, to everyone’s surprise, have shown no signs of slowing down and are neck and neck with the Celtics for the battle for the 4th seed.

With Oladipo down a lot of players have stepped up to fill the void he left behind such as Domantas Sabonis, Bojan Bogdanovic, and one of the most underrated centers in the league in Myles Turner. The Pacer’s system has displayed all of their players’ strengths an immense amount. Everyone in Indiana seems to understand where they belong in order to make their team win.

If they continue with this level of play they’ll be a real headache for any team they come across. With or without Oladipo don’t sleep on Indiana.