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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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Indiana Pacers – The Roy Hibbert Plan Stopped Working
Despite putting up impressive numbers like 20 points and 17 rebounds, Roy Hibbert was far from his usual effectiveness on both ends of the floor. The Indiana Pacers couldn’t get stops on defense because they didn’t have a plan and reaction course in case their center wasn’t as effective anymore. Paul George went through a nightmarish night, and all the hard work of the first two games evaporated in an instant.
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Indiana Pacers, First Team in 30 Years to Reach the Conference Finals Without a Top 8 Draft Pick
The last time a team has reached the conference finals without a single player selected in the top 8 of the NBA draft were the San Antonio Spurs in 1983, who were led by George Gervin. The Indiana Pacers have now ended the 30 year wait, having only two top-10 players in their active roster in these playoffs, D.J. Augustin and Paul George, telling a little bit about the clever way this team has been built over the last few years.
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Indiana Pacers – Roy Hibbert & Lance Stephenson Take Them Across the Finish Line
There’s no player that deserves more praise than Lance Stephenson, leading the balanced Indiana Pacers with his best scoring performance of the postseason. George Hill gave them the push by simply recovering in time; Paul George was excellent on offense and a lot more accurate than usual; but it was Stephenson, and Roy Hibbert, with one huge block on Carmelo Anthony, that did the important work as the franchise reaches the conference finals for the first time in nine years.