Pacers’ Vogel on Heat: ‘There’s no lack of respect’

MIAMI—    Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel stressed Monday that he meant no disrespect to the Miami Heat in his postgame comments Saturday night and took to South Florida radio to clear the air.    In the wake of the Pacers eliminating the New York Knicks in Saturday’s Game 6 of that Eastern Conference semifinal [...]

Chris Bosh helps makes Heat a swat team in playoffs

MIAMI—    Erik Spoelstra’s message to Chris Bosh was clear: What goes up must come down. And then go up and come down again. And again. And again.    “What we’ve wanted from him this season was to focus on jumping,” Spoelstra said, “focus on how many jumps can he get in a possession.”    [...]

Hyde5 : Why I’m picking Heat over Pacers in 5 games

I want to tap dance around this. I want to pick the Heat in six. I want to be safe. I want to say how tough an opponent Indiana is (true), how much a size advantage they have (true) and how the Heat have had trouble with them lately (1-2 in the regular season; the [...]

LeBron knows Pacers will ‘try to put me on the floor’

LeBron James has spent a career refining basketball in his mind. It’s how he works. Before the fourth quarter, for instance, when he’s typically moved onto the opposing team’s top scorer, he sits on the bench mentally reviewing the player he’ll defend. “I start just going through the notes that we planned on him, the [...]

Spoelstra: We have to be better this time against Pacers

MIAMI—   The Miami Heat were good enough to get past the Indiana Pacers in six games in the second round of last season’s playoffs.    Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said with upgraded play from several Pacers this season that more will be required to again vanquish Indiana in the impending Eastern Conference finals.    [...]

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