Sam Young (basketball)

  History provides hope. It also provides a warning.   In a similar situation last season in the Eastern Conference finals, the Miami Heat returned to AmericanAirlines Arena in a winner-take-all Game 7. After a 13-point victory over the Boston Celtics,...

  This was not the script, couldn't have been the script.   Not with Dwyane Wade not scoring his second basket until midway through the fourth quarter, not with LeBron James not converting his first free throw until late in the fourth.    But with...

The Sports Xchange Pacers 99, Heat 92 INDIANAPOLIS -- Don't print those Spurs-Heat programs for the NBA Finals just yet. The Indiana Pacers aren't ready to concede the Eastern Conference title to Miami. Staging an impressive rally in the final five...

  It would have been easy to make it about No. 6.   And LeBron James certainly did his part in Monday night's 99-76 on-to-the-NBA-Finals victory over the Indiana Pacers at AmericanAirlines Arena.   But the Miami Heat have appreciated from the moment...

The Sports Xchange By Chris Goff, The Sports Xchange Pacers 91, Heat 77 INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Pacers stayed alive in the Eastern Conference finals with a 91-77 win over the Miami Heat on Saturday night. The series will return to south Florida...

The Sports Xchange Heat 114, Pacers 96 INDIANAPOLIS -- And just like that -- in less than a half -- home-court advantage is back in the Miami Heat's hands. The Heat took it back in grand fashion when they dominated the Indiana Pacers from start to...

The moment caught Paul George by surprise. Then again, it really should not have. George, the budding star guard for the Indiana Pacers, is good friends with Miami Heat forward LeBron James off the court. So it somewhat shocked him when James shook...

Roy Hibbert endured a whirlwind 48 hours before Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. He answered countless questions about Indiana coach Frank Vogel's decision to keep him on the bench in the final seconds of the Heat's series-opening win on...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Heat at Pacers The Indiana Pacers had to answer a lot of questions about Roy Hibbert's time on the court after getting edged out in Game 1. Hibbert was on the court for all the key moments of Game 2, and as a result the Pacers...

   LeBron James gave it everything. And still more was required.    This time, he wound up as something less than hero, with a pair of critical late turnovers.    These Indiana Pacers aren't going anywhere, especially with the next two games of...

Roy Hibbert endured a whirlwind 48 hours before Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. He answered countless questions about Indiana coach Frank Vogel’s decision to keep him on the bench in the final seconds of the Heat’s series-opening...

For Indiana's Paul George, the Eastern Conference finals are all about opportunities. The opportunity to help his team move forward. The opportunity to put last year's tough series against the Heat behind him. The opportunity to prove he is growing into...