David West News

The Indiana Pacers won't know until Saturday night whether point guard George Hill will start in Game 6 against New York.

The 2013 NBA playoffs will continue on Saturday, May 18, as the Eastern Conference Semifinals take center stage.

The Pacers committed 19 turnovers, including seven that gave the New York Knicks eight points in the fourth quarter, and lost 85-75 on Thursday night in Game 5. They have another chance to wrap it up Saturday at home but don't know if they will have George Hill, who was ruled out with a concussion about four hours before the game.

New Jersey authorities have issued a murder warrant for a homeless hitchhiker who gained Internet and television celebrity after using a hatchet to attack a man who ran over a California utility worker.

Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury.

San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker drives on Golden State Warriors forward Harrison Barnes and guard Stephen Curry during the second half of their NBA Western Conference quarterfinal playoff basketball game in San Antonio, Texas May 14, 2013.

The Indiana Pacers have dominated the glass all year long. Now their rebounding prowess has them on the brink of advancing to the Eastern Conference finals.

The book on the Pacers was written well before the playoffs started - elite defensive team, struggles to score consistently.

Defense dominated the headlines in the Indiana Pacers ' Game 3 victory over the New York Knicks in their Eastern conference semifinal series, and rightfully so.

Reggie Miller will be back in Bankers Life Fieldhouse for a Pacers playoff game for the first time since his last appearance in an Indiana uniform: May 19, 2005.

Lost in the mix of the New York Knicks embarrassing 82-71 loss to the Indiana Pacers last night was the return of former All-Star power forward The box score will show that Stoudemire scored seven points and grabbed two rebounds while shooting 3-of-8 from the field.

The Indiana Pacers and Memphis Grizzlies both took 2-1 leads in their NBA conference semifinal series with victories on Saturday, as two of the league's more modest teams got the better of the New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder respectively.

Looks like we FINALLY got the Indiana Avengers alive and well. I like the look of some of the guys here, but would probably switch up a couple of roles.

The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers are knotted at 1-1 in their Eastern Conference semifinal series, which shifts to Indianapolis Saturday night for Game 3. The Pacers embarrassed the Knicks in Madison Square Garden in Game 1, but the home team prevailed in Game 2, thanks to a huge fourth-quarter effort.

The winner of Game 3 will become the favorite to reach the Eastern Conference finals.

Amare Stoudemire will likely be limited to about 10 to 15 minutes per game if he is able to return during New York's playoff series against the Indiana Pacers.

A confused, stagnant offense that coughed up 21 turnovers in Tuesday's Game-2 loss to the New York Knicks isn't exactly encouraging for the Indiana Pacers .

In a perfect world or even three years ago, the return of Amare Stoudemire would give the New York Knicks a sizable edge over the Indiana Pacers .

With each of the four conference semifinals tied at 1-1 , it's a great time to mine the lineup data provided by NBA.com/Stats for trends, anomalies, and whatever information might be useful or at least interesting.

Indiana Pacers forward Paul George, left, and Pacers forward David West in the second quarter of Game 1 of their second-round NBA basketball series at Madison Square Garden in New York, Sunday, May 5, 2013.