

This means that, when the Pacers have set a screen for a ball-handler, it has resulted in a shot, turnover or drawn foul by the ball-handler or screener 53.6 percent of the time.

The Pacers have somewhat aggressive ball-handlers. But they're only the 11th most likely team to get a shot from the guy with the ball on a pick-and-roll. They are the most likely team to pass to the screener, which they've done 31 percent of the time. (By comparison, the Phoenix Suns have passed to the screener less than half as often - 15 percent.)

Turner gets a lot of pick-and-pop opportunities, but Pacers ball-handlers have been more likely to pass the ball to Thaddeus Young (38 percent of the time) and Al Jefferson (36 percent) than Turner (27 percent). Of the three, Young is then the most likely to keep the ball moving.

In general, though, the Pacers don't exactly turn into the Spurs of the 2014 Finals when they run a pick-and-roll. According to SportVU, they rank 22nd in passes per possession at 2.94.

There isn't much of a correlation between usage rate on ball screens and efficiency on those possessions. Only two teams - Cleveland (7th and 3rd) and Oklahoma City (9th and 10th) rank in the top 10 in both. The Pacers don't have LeBron James or Russell Westbrook and rank just 23rd with 1.00 points per possession on ball screens.

No. 3

Pacers reserves have an *aggregate NetRtg of minus-11.2 points per 100 possessions, a mark that ranks 29th in the league.

* Aggregate bench NetRtg takes the on-court point differential per 100 possessions for guys who come off the bench and weights it by minutes played.

There are a lot of teams that can say they have bench issues. But only the Sixers' bench has been statistically worse than that of the Pacers.

The Pacers' regular starting lineup - Jeff Teague, Monta Ellis, Paul George, Thaddeus Young and Turner - has outscored its opponents by only 0.3 points per 100 possessions in 228 minutes, a mark that ranks 27th among 36 lineups that have played at least 100 minutes together. Their lineup with Glenn Robinson III ranks second at plus-28.3 points per 100 possessions in 83 minutes.

All other Indiana lineups have been outscored by 7.2 points per 100 possessions in 577 minutes, with offense being more of an issue than defense. Early injuries to Aaron Brooks and Rodney Stuckey have hurt, but neither has been very good when they've been healthy and the Pacers have been outscored by an amazing 18.3 points per 100 possessions in Stuckey's 149 minutes.

Stuckey has actually shot better than he did last season. But his assist rate is has dropped considerably and his turnover rate is the highest of his career by a wide margin. Al Jefferson is having the worst shooting season of his career, Lavoy Allen has shot 32 percent, and while Robinson is 9-for-17 from 3-point range as a starter, he was 2-for-15 as a reserve.

Indiana has been the league's fifth best team in the first quarter (outscoring their opponents by 12.1 points per 100 possessions) and the ninth best team in the third (plus-5.6). But they've been the league's worst second quarter team (minus-12.9) and second worst fourth quarter team (minus-16.3).

They're an uneven team from top to bottom. Only the Clippers have a bigger discrepancy between their starters aggregate NetRtg and that of their bench.