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• Experienced Miami Heat, upstart Indiana Pacers ready for Eastern Conference finals

  -- Dwyane Wade 's rookie season ended with a playoff loss to the Indiana Pacers. The next year, the Miami Heat were headed to the Eastern Conference finals and certain that an NBA championship was in their sights.That's when Wade learned a valuable lesson:   Read more »

• What went wrong for the Knicks?

  ways the Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Indiana Pacers went wrong for the Knicks: 1) Chandler bombs Tyson Chandler didnt play like a former Defensive Player of the Year or All-Defensive First-Team center against Indianas Roy Hibbert. Chandler   Read more »

• Jason Kidd says it's his job to make other guys better, not score

  come at a time when the Knicks are struggling for offense during their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Indiana Pacers .But the Knicks coach said that Kidd, despite the lack of scoring, does too many other positive things on the court to warrant   Read more »

• Playing Amar'e will be a balancing act for Knicks coach

  5 rebounds in 23.5 minutes off the bench. And even in limited minutes, he could potentially be a useful big body against an Indiana Pacers team that features one of the league's biggest front lines.Stoudemire has spent the postseason on the bench keeping notes   Read more »

• J.R. Smith slumping, but Mike Woodson not giving up on him

  dilemma. When does it become time to put a stop to those shots?Overshadowed by the Knicks' 105-79 Game 2 win over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday was another poor shooting night by Smith. It's an issue that grows more important the deeper this best-of-seven   Read more »

Around the web

• 2013 NBA Playoffs: Sherman's Playoff Journal, day 2: the Pacers adjust their defense

  Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers are now tied at 1-1 in their Eastern Conference Finals match-up. What has surprised me most so far is the Pacers' ability to play out in front of the Heat, or at the very least even, throughout most of the contest. This means 1:37 AM from Welcome to Loud City: For Oklahoma City Thunder Fans Read more »

• Pacers put heat on Miami

  Heat guard Norris Cole (30) attempts to score around Indiana Pacers center Ian Mahinmi (28) during the second half of Game 2 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoff series, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Miami Heat 12:15 AM from Albany Times-Union Read more »

• Dan Le Batard: Dwyane Wade must be copilot or Miami Heat going down in flames

  public burials, and against this very team no less, to end Indiana’s season just last season. On the other hand, the tough Indiana Pacers have all the things — size, defense, athleticism, youth, fearlessness — one would need to upset this Heat team if Wade 5/25/13 from Miami Herald Read more »

• This type of doubt should only provide fuel for Heat

  might be the biggest sports day ever in the city of Indianapolis, with the momentum-infused Indiana Pacers hosting a home playoff game the same day as the Indianapolis 500 for the first time ever. Meanwhile, among Heat fans back in Miami, the mood is somewhat 5/25/13 from Miami Herald Read more »

• The Pacers' Paul George Has Gradually Exploded All At Once

  in the regular season, top seed in the Eastern Conference, proud owners of fans like these — are going to dispatch the Indiana Pacers quickly, or for that matter, at all. The series is tied at a game apiece, and this with Indiana's usual top scorer, Danny 5/25/13 from Deadspin Read more »