http://espn.go.com/nba/powerrankings/_/year/2013/week/17
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
Monday, Feb. 25
It remains to be seen whether the Indiana Pacers can replicate their regular-season success against the increasingly scorching Miami Heat come playoff time.
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Four straight wins by a composite 108 points
-- with those four victims all held under 34 percent shooting -- have combined with the steady progress made since a 4-7 start and two impressive wins over the Heat to vault Indiana into the top five of ESPN's weekly NBA Power Rankings for the first time all season at No. 4.
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
Monday, Feb. 25
It remains to be seen whether the Indiana Pacers can replicate their regular-season success against the increasingly scorching Miami Heat come playoff time.
<!-- begin inline player -->
<!-- end inline player -->Give the Pacers this much, though: They're finally and officially one of the NBA's top five teams by ESPN.com standards.
Four straight wins by a composite 108 points
-- with those four victims all held under 34 percent shooting -- have combined with the steady progress made since a 4-7 start and two impressive wins over the Heat to vault Indiana into the top five of ESPN's weekly NBA Power Rankings for the first time all season at No. 4.
