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Indiana Pacers – Paul George Forgot to Show Up
When it comes to the biggest game the Indiana Pacers have had in over a decade, you expect their best player to show up at his best. But Paul George was suffocated by the NBA Champions’ defense, letting his team down, along with everyone else, including Frank Vogel and Roy Hibbert, showing they’re still not quite as good as they make themselves out to be.
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Indiana Pacers – Roy Hibbert Needs to Hang on a Little Longer
If the Indiana Pacers didn’t need anything, is Roy Hibbert losing his focus and cool. The curse words at the reporters and the gay slur ended up being a fine, but Frank Vogel needs to worry his weary big man, making a world of difference in the conference finals, has enough left in his legs and in his mind to carry his team across the finish line.
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Indiana Pacers – Paul George & Roy Hibbert Destroy Everything in Their Way
You expect the NBA champions and more experienced team to close out a series in a game 6, but it was the younger and for now better team, the Indiana Pacers, who came out with the win, forcing yet another conference final clash, with Paul George and Roy Hibbert getting the kind of help they’ve been waiting for from David West, who went from awful to excellent after being reduced to tears.
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Indiana Pacers – George Hill & Lance Stephenson Need to Help Roy Hibbert & Paul George
There’s no bench for the Indiana Pacers, it’s all about the starting five. While David West has been the consistent factor and Roy Hibbert has been the most important one, Paul George, George Hill and Lance Stephenson haven’t been too trustworthy in their offensive and defensive production, and on the verge of elimination, that issue needs to be dealt with.
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Indiana Pacers – Paul George & Roy Hibbert Stranded by Their Teammates
The Indiana Pacers have been posing quite a big problem for the NBA champions in their Eastern conference finals series, but once again their inability to get something extra from more than two players, this time being Paul George and the more consistent Roy Hibbert, cost them a game they had in their grasp until they broke down on both ends of the floor.
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NBA Flopping – LeBron James, David West & Lance Stephenson Fined
After the NBA has been criticized for stopping their flopping-fine policy in the NBA playoffs, the league reminded everyone big brother is still watching, by delivering three $5000 fines for flops in the same game, game 4 between the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers, handing them out to LeBron James, David West and Lance Stephenson.
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Indiana Pacers – Roy Hibbert Can’t Afford to Slow Down
It’s all about Roy Hibbert remaining as good as he’s been throughout the series for the Indiana Pacers. All the mismatch advantages of David West, the talent of Paul George, the surprising spurts of brilliance from George Hill or the aggression of Lance Stephenson don’t matter if their center isn’t as dominating as he’s been so far.
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Indiana Pacers – Lance Stephenson Steps Up to Help Roy Hibbert
After the game 3 loss, the Indiana Pacers needed someone else and something new to add to their constant plan of building on Roy Hibbert. In game 4, they got it from Lance Stephenson, providing his best game of the series so far by simply raising the level of aggression and intensity to something the players in front of him simply couldn’t match.
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LeBron James With a Huge Block On George Hill
The Indiana Pacers were about to take a six point lead over the Miami Heat late in the third quarter as George Hill and Paul George were in a two-on-one situation on the fast break, but if there’s something LeBron James loves to do is make point guards feel small with one of his famous rejections.
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Indiana Pacers – Paul George Needs to Get Some Help
From the first moment in this series, one glaring fact was being hidden by Paul George doing much better than expected on the offensive side, scoring 49 points in the first two games of the series. He can’t really stop LeBron James on his own, and eventually, the Indiana Pacers started paying for it, noticing it a bit too late.