The NBA experts weigh in on the league's biggest storyline: the fall of the Indiana Pacers. With Miami overtaking them two weeks before the play-offs, the upstart team is slowly unraveling and the real champions are left standing.

The Indiana Pacers recent slump culminating in a lopsided loss to league-best San Antonio showed a lot of holes in Indiana's ballclub. The emotional boost from last year's Eastern Conference Finals run has worn out, and the team is laid bare with a lot of questions on their capabilities.

Answering the question 'Who will represent the East in the 2014 NBA Finals' the experts had this to say:

"Amin Elhassan, ESPN: I'll give you their address: 601 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami FL 33132. This season has always been about Indiana proving they're good enough to beat the Heat, not the other way around. I think the Pacers sacrificed some of the chemistry needed to achieve that when they decided to tinker at the trade deadline.

Andrew Han, Clipper Blog: Title hangover. Disinterest in the regular season. All those storylines have come and gone and yet the defending champions sit perched atop the Eastern Conference with nine games remaining. All year the Pacers stood as the lone obstacle in the East. And their untimely stumble has only reinforced the perceived supremacy of South Beach.

Ethan Strauss, TrueHoop: The Miami Heat, who are vulnerable, but a little less vulnerable than Indiana. Miami's also been losing games, but they've done so against a harder schedule. Also, they have LeBron.

Mike Wells, ESPN.com: Miami. From August until early March, I repeatedly said the Pacers would represent the East in the NBA Finals. It took less than a month for me to change my mind. The Pacers have the best talent in the East, but they're mentally weak. They continue to show that they do not know how to handle adversity. The Heat are getting up there in age, but they've been through adversity. They have the mental capacity to overcome things that get in their way, especially in the playoffs. And they've also got that player named LeBron James."

Even those who picked the Pacers early in the season has shifted to Miami. Did the Pacers peak too early? Will they be able to put it together or will they watch the Heat win the championship once again?