Blazers and Thunder were their first real test of the year. They lost both games.
Not true, if anything the clippers were their first "real test" (if you don't consider The Bulls with Rose, Knicks, or Nets threats, Pacers beat them all already) and they won on the road. Destroyed San Antonio on the road yesterday. The Pacers have faced just as many tests as any other top teams.
The Pacers will have played the other top 4 teams in the league in a 6 game stretch by the time tuesday night rolls around. Heat, Spurs, Thunder, Blazers, OKC. This is their hardest stretch of the season and they're still gonna come out of it minimal .500 and at the top of the league and their conference