by Kent Sterling When LeBron James is inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, all recorded traces of the Pacers Game Five win tonight over his Heat will be destroyed as a favor to his legacy. Seven points, two rebounds, four assists, and five fouls do not comprise the line the Heat needed from the […]
by Kent Sterling The potential for the Pacers to suffer a down is high tomorrow night. The Heat didn’t win back-to-back championships by not knowing how to respond to adversity. Paul George and the Pacers should expect a much more frenetic defensive effort from the Heat tomorrow night. Yesterday, the Heat embarrassed themselves by going […]
by Kent Sterling The Game One performance of the Miami Heat is not going to be repeated. Lethargic, slow, indifferent, imprecise – the Heat were all of that and less. Champions don’t back up a miserable effort with another one very often. As much as fans would like to believe that this relatively easy win […]
by Kent Sterling Let’s just get this out of the way right at the top – David West is a man. Not some whiny guy who is afraid to attack a challenge, but a man willing and able to put a team on his broad shoulders and carry him across the finish line – the […]
by Kent Sterling Predictability is not a strength of the Indiana Pacers, and that’s a very good thing tonight. The one outcome that seemed least likely was a Pacers blowout win, so of course that is exactly what happened. Indiana, a team of a penchant for delivering drama took charge in the second half and […]
by Kent Sterling The veil of misery was lifted for a beautiful night in Indianapolis, and whether or not it remains in the trash bin of the past, it was great to watch the Pacers play with some joy for the first time in months. Home wins against the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat were […]
Indiana Pacers – Logic says the Pacers are in big trouble; Good thing logic has nothing to do with sports
by Kent Sterling The Indiana Pacers lost the first game of the best of seven series 101-93 against the mostly mediocre Atlanta Hawks, and many in Indianapolis are sweating that they lost the series with it. For weeks, fans and media have been leaping from the Pacers bandwagon like new commissioner Adam Silver planted an […]
by Kent Sterling The Indiana Pacers better make sure their mouthguards fit correctly as the Game Seven they earned tonight is going to bring a response on Monday at 8:30p. The Heat aren’t going to surrender their crown without a fight the likes of which these Pacers have never faced. Tonight, everything that went right […]
by Kent Sterling How do you beat Sunday? The Indy 500 followed by Game One of a best-of-five with Indiana holding home court advantage will make May 26th one of the best sports days in Indianapolis since the heyday of Reggie Miller’s Pacers. The Pacers outlasted the Heat tonight, as they were able to close […]
by Kent Sterling Coaches who tell the truth are a lot more interesting in postgame press conferences than those who alibi or give oddly technical explanations for a loss. New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson is nothing if not honest, and when he said that the Pacers won because “they played harder,” but he wasn’t […]