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NBA Playoffs: Miami Turns Up The Defensive Heat

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The series between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers turned ugly in more ways than one. Indiana felt Miami resorted to cheap shots, including one that sidelined power forward David West in the second half, and the Pacers themselves played some flat-out ugly basketball, turning in a performance that on less than authority than team president Larry Bird called “S-O-F-T” and Miami delivered a resounding 115-83 win to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final series.

NBA 2nd Round Preview: Miami-Indiana

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The Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers both took care of business as favorites in their first-round playoff series, closing out the New York Knicks and Orlando Magic respectively, in five games. On Sunday the Heat and Pacers tip off their second-round series and TheSportsNotebook previews the action…

Miami was the favorite to win the East to begin with and the fall of Chicago and to the extent anyone even considers the possibility they might lose prior to the Finals, those thoughts focus on Boston rather than Indiana. That drastically underrates the Pacers’ chances.