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That was the message the Indiana Pacers had after the Miami Heat coach implied the Pacers targeted LeBron James and Dwyane Wade with hard fouls.

After Miami's bloody, violent smackdown of Indiana in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Tuesday, Pacers president Larry Bird told the Indianapolis Star that his team was "soft" : "I can't believe my team went soft," Bird said on the phone.

MIAMI – Their leading scorer sat on the sidelines during practice today in flip flops, resting his sprained left ankle.

Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger went to the locker room with 2:48 left in the second quarter after twisting his left ankle when he landed on LeBron James ' foot.

Juwan Howard and Lance Stephenson haven't played any significant minutes of this playoff series, but their time on the court Sunday was intense.

At times in this series, Lance Stephenson donned a red jersey during Indiana Pacers' practices to help his team prepare for the threats posed by LeBron James and Dwyane Wade .

The telling moment in the Indiana Pacers' romp over the Miami Heat came long after the court had cleared and the chants of "He's a flop-per!" and "Beat the Heat!" were echoing memories.

David West scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, George Hill added 15 and the Indiana Pacers took home-court advantage away from Miami by beating the Heat 78-75 in Game 2 of the teams' Eastern Conference semifinal series Tuesday night.

Zack Greinke overcame his road woes and ran his scoreless streak to 15 innings, Travis Ishikawa homered twice and drove in a career-high five runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the New York Mets 8-0 Tuesday night for a... Zack Greinke overcame his road woes and ran his scoreless streak to 15 innings, Travis Ishikawa homered twice and drove in a ... (more)

MIAMI -- The Indiana Pacers don't regard the injury to Miami Heat center Chris Bosh as a sign that the path to the Eastern Conference finals will get any easier.

May 13, 2012; Miami, FL, USA; Indiana Pacers shooting guard Dahntay Jones during the first half in game one of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Miami Heat of the 2012 NBA Playoffs at American Airlines Arena.

Coach Frank Vogel tried to outsmart the Heat, who were without Dwyane Wade, by playing zone defense.

The Indiana Pacers are in Orlando for the NBA Playoffs and the coach of the Indiana Pacers gave them a couple days off.

The Indiana Pacers have two days off in Orlando and coach Frank Vogel gave the players the day off from practice to help rest the body and mind before digging back in to prepare for Game 4 against the Orlando Magic on Saturday.

Jeff Foster is at peace with the fact that a bad back caused him to retire a couple of months earlier than he wanted.

The Indiana Pacers and Orlando Magic are about an hour away from tipping off their first round playoff series at Bankers Life Fieldhouse and both coaches have spoke.