The Indiana Pacers travel to New York to play the Brooklyn Nets at Barclay's Center on Wednesday.

The Pacers (0-3) were one of the surprise teams in the NBA last season but early-season results have to be discouraging. What's really disturbing is the fact that Indiana has yet to play a good team, losing to the Pistons twice and to the Cavaliers in their other game. Both of the Detroit losses were actually decided by two points or fewer and that's led to this ugly 0-3 record. Where they're really hurting is on the offensive end, with Indiana ranked 27th in scoring. That's really no surprise considering they're without their best play-maker, as Victor Oladipo likely won't be back for a couple of months. That means players like Malcolm Brogdon, Myles Turner and Domantas Sabonis need to take more on their shoulders and that doesn't even consider newly-acquired wings like T.J. Warren and Jeremy Lamb. That's way too good of a starting-five to be playing this poorly and it's just a matter of time before they crawl out of this hole.

The Nets (1-2) could easily be 3-0 but here they are with a losing record. In fact, both of their losses came in overtime and each game was decided by a single point. That means the late-game execution has been lacking and that's strange with one of the most clutch players in the NBA on their roster. You certainly can't blame that guy though, with Kyrie Irving leading the NBA with 37.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game. Those are easily the best numbers of his career and he definitely looks revived for his new team. If he can play like that when Kevin Durant returns from his Achilles injury, this will be a team to fear for the next five years.

Indiana has dominated this series over recent years, winning nine of their last 10 games over Brooklyn in total.