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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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Miami Heat – LeBron James Needs to Play Like He’s Desperate
Feeling the wall on your back brings out the best in some players. LeBron James showed he’s one of them in last year’s playoff, and that same kind of desperation pushed him into a massive performance in game 5 of the conference finals, with the Miami Heat needing more of the same thing from their MVP to close out the series.
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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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Miami Heat – LeBron James Turns Udonis Haslem Into a Star
For the second time in three games, the ability of LeBron James to center the focus on his drives to the basket of almost an entire defense turned Udonis Haslem into an unstoppable scoring machine, while the Miami Heat found one stretch in the third quarter in which they simply couldn’t miss, enough for them to take the lead in the conference finals once again.
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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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Miami Heat – LeBron James Needs to Deliver That Perfect Game
No one’s saying that LeBron James is having a bad postseason. He’s been doing most of what the Miami Heat have been needing him to on both ends of the floor, but with their rivals not fading away in awe of the NBA champions, it’s time for the best player in the league to deliver one of those huge games he had quite a few of in last year’s playoffs to create the separation needed to reach the finals.
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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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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.
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Memphis Grizzlies – Zach Randolph & Marc Gasol Were Overrated
For the first two series in the postseason, Zach Randolph was unstoppable in the post, while Marc Gasol justified his selection as the defensive player of the year, clogging the lane to any drives to the basket while operating at extreme efficiency on the offensive side. Then came the Western Conference Finals, and all the perceptions about the best big-man duo in the NBA were proven wrong.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Is Going to Keep Changing it Up
It seems each game and Miami Heat brings a new side from LeBron James opposing teams have to adjust to. In game 1 it was his driving to the basket when the opportunity came up. In game 3 it was his excellent work on the post against Paul George. In game 4, be sure it’s not going to be the same “old” thing.