What are the Pacers' biggest issues early on?

Since Paul George's rookie year (2010-11), the Indiana Pacers have not finished a season ranked outside of the top 10 in rebound percentage (a team's percentage of total rebounds grabbed), let alone the top 20. But just three games into the 2015-16 season that is the precise reality in which the Blue & Gold find themselves, having fallen from 6th in the league a year ago (51.2%) to 28th now (44.6%).

Surrendering rebounding opportunities in the name of small-ball would be an acceptable trade-off if the Pacers could prove themselves capable of generating enough fast break points to make up the difference. After all, isn't this how the Miami Heat -- the team Indiana is, supposedly, attempting to emulate -- managed to win the East in 2013-14, despite ranking 27th in the league in rebound percentage?

Yes, as ESPN's Tom Haberstroh explains here, it is indeed possible to win games while getting killed on the glass. The problem for the Pacers then isn't that they are losing the rebounding battle. It's that they aren't scoring enough points off turnovers.

The 2013-14 Miami Heat finished 2nd in the NBA in points per game off turnovers (19.3). As of now, the Pacers rank 20th.

"They (Utah Jazz) hurt us inside in the second half. That's going to happen, but we weren't able to capitalize on the other end," head coach Frank Vogel said of his team's struggles. "That's one of the things when you try to dictate the style of the game and impose your style on the other team. You've got to do your style better."

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade thrived in the open court. The 2015-16 Pacers are languishing.