Uh oh.
Throughout the season, the Indiana Pacers have been in the driver's seat of the race for the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. They gained early control of the pole position with a 9-0 start to the 2013-14 campaign that quickly turned into a 16-1 record, and they have yet to relinquish their grasp on the conference's top record.
But the strong-fisted stranglehold is no longer anything more than a tenuous two-finger grip.
After a dismal week saw the Pacers drop three games in a row, the lead over the Miami Heat is quite slim. In fact, it only exists because Miami has played three fewer games at this stage of the season, though it's possible a loss from the Heat in one of those three outings could render that point moot.
All of a sudden, Indiana has to be worried that it could be staring at a big, glaring "2" right next to its name in the Eastern Conference standings. Nothing—and I really do mean nothing—could be a bigger psychological blow during the closing stretch of the regular season.
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