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The Indiana Pacers were able to finish the job against the Miami Heat this time, knotting their Eastern Conference finals series at a game apiece. It was a contest that appeared to be headed toward an ending similar to that of Game 1. But this tim...

Mike Wells of The Indianapolis Star: So you think Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel had a difficult time getting over taking Roy Hibbert out in the third quarter of Game 2 against the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals? What he did i...

Issac Baldizon/NBAE/Getty Images LeBron James (left) was a different player with Paul George on the court this season. Experience advantage rests with the Heat Players on the Miami Heat roster have combined for 194 games of Conference Finals exper...

Dan McCarney of the San Antonio Express-News: As well as the Spurs played in Game 1, a letdown was almost inevitable. It didn't happen until the fourth quarter, but happen it did with a 15-2 Memphis run - fueled by Manu Ginobili's flagrant foul on To...

Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: Prepare for the correction: The Spurs left the AT&T Center after Game 1 uniform in their belief that they were unlikely to make 14 3-pointers again this series. "I'm a math guy," Matt Bonner said. "I...

Buck Harvey of the San Antonio Express-News: Zach Randolph called it his "win-win dance," and the choreography was not cutting edge. He hopped, and he smiled, and he acted like someone who would never miss another shot. This was two years ago. Agains...

Jesse Wright, strength coach for the 76ers, recently got himself a technology budget, something he'd never had before with the Sixers, a gift from his new GM Sam Hinkie. He's stressed about it though. "You've got a blank slate!" I said to him, ...

Ronald Tillery of The Commercial-Appeal: Two years ago, Zach Randolph nearly carried the Grizzlies to the Western Conference finals but came up a little short. The Grizzlies' power forward wasn't strong enough to contribute to a long postseason run l...

Joe Murphy/NBAE/Getty ImagesTayshaun Prince was the primary defender on Kevin Durant the last two games.The Memphis Grizzlies took out the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games to advance to their first Western Conference Finals in franchise history. ...

Along the lines of pictures being valued at a thousand words, the shot chart above makes up most of what you need to know from a statistical perspective about the Miami Heat's win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night. The Bulls shot 25.7 percent...

Jeff Faraudo of The Oakland Tribune: In a game where neither team shot even 40 percent, Warriors coach Mark Jackson pointed to a player who scored just five points as "a game-changer." Center Andrew Bogut, limited by first-half foul trouble, delivere...

Norris Cole has shot lights-out in this series.The Miami Heat regained control of the Eastern Conference semifinals with a rugged Game 3 win over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night. The Heat are now 43-3 in their past 46 games, 21-1 in their past 2...

Mike Wells of The Indianapolis Star: Coach Frank Vogel said George was a Defensive Player of the Year candidate. Hibbert bluntly said before Game 2 against the Knicks that he feels like he's the best defensive center in the league. The voters thought...

AP Photo/Lynne SladkyThe Heat outscored the Bulls 56-18 in the paint in Game 2.The Miami Heat certainly bounced back from their Game 1 loss to the Chicago Bulls. Saying they "bounced back" is quite the understatement. Bulls Worst Playoff Losse...

The Miami Heat's longest win streak of the season was 27 games. Their second-longest win streak, when you combine the regular season and playoffs, was 12 games. And both streaks were snapped by the Chicago Bulls. In their last 44 games (aga...

What does an NBA head coaching candidate look like in 2013? A few new trends have emerged in the coaching ranks, namely the Rise of the Video Kids (see Spoelstra, Erik; Vogel, Frank), but most hires in the NBA follow a well-trodden path. Owners a...