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NBA Power Rankings week 14: OKC Thunder among the ‘road warriors’

By Tamberlyn Richardson

JANUARY 20: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder handles the ball during the game against the Houston Rockets (Photo by Cato Cataldo/NBAE via Getty Images)
JANUARY 20: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder handles the ball during the game against the Houston Rockets (Photo by Cato Cataldo/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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OKC Thunder, NBA Power Rankings Week 14
OKC Thunder, NBA Power Rankings Week 14: Domantas Sabonis of the Indiana Pacers shoots the ball during the game against the Portland Trail Blazers (Photo by Cameron Browne/NBAE via Getty Images) /

11. team. 100. . 28-17. Previous: 8th. Indiana Pacers

Indiana Pacers:

Offense: (110.5) 13th
Defense: (107.6) tied10th
Net: (plus +2.9) 12th

Results Week 14: (2-2): Won vs. Suns: 112-87, Warriors: 129-118, Lost vs. Jazz: 88-118, Blazers: 129-139
Games Week 15: (2 games) Weds vs Bulls | Sat vs. Knicks
 

Pacers fans should be giddy! They have one of the most complete two-way squads, play with a balanced scoring attack, are among the 10 teams with 30 or more wins and are about to get back their superstar Victor Oladipo.

Week 15 he’ll return to the floor precisely a year and a day since the surgery to repair his ruptured quad tendon.

Malcolm Brogdon is likely the happiest of all because he’ll finally have a partner to carry the load.  As this site has repeatedly droned on including in the preseason when no one believed in the Pacers this team is one of the East’s best. And with apologies to Lowry and VanVleet could become the scariest two-way backcourt in the Eastern Conference. Their games are perfectly suited to one another and each will afford the other opportunity.

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