Leandro Barbosa News

First off I would like to congratulate the Pacers for a tremendous season. They far exceeded any expectations by anyone.

The Indiana Pacers offseason began earlier than hoped, but later than expected as the blue and gold fell to the Miami Heat tonight 105-93 to lose their best of seven series 4 games to 2. It seems like an eternity ago the Pacers held a 2-1 series lead, but since then, the Heat, who clearly didn't respect the Pacers when the series began, turned it ... (more)

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.

The Miami forward drained three 3-pointers early on to help give the Heat a 26-20 advantage after the first quarter at American Airlines Arena.

So now what do we do? Should we say that this was "just Game 4" and "just the second round," and downplay LeBron James' one-man obliteration of the Pacers? Should we say he is lucky he didn't have to hit a game-winning shot? Should we play the Fun With Stats game and point out the Heat only outscored the Pacers by four points with LeBron on the ... (more)

The 2012 NBA Playoff schedule rolled on through the busy weekend and gave us some historic moments.

Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat shoots over Leandro Barbosa of the Indiana Pacers in game four of the Eastern Conference semi-finals in the 2012 NBA playoffs.

James scored 40 points, Wade added 30 - 22 in the second half - and Miami's dynamic duo took over after halftime to get the Heat even in the series with a 101-93 win over the Indiana Pacers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Sunday.

Retired NBA superstar Larry Bird was named the NBA Executive of the Year on Wednesday, becoming the first to complete a treble sweep of top awards for players, coaches and front office leaders.

Leandro Barbosa and Nene of the NBA were included on Brazil's men's basketball squad for the London Games despite having turned their backs on the team for last year's qualyfying event.

It's really easy to underestimate Larry Bird. Maybe it's what he likes to call his "Southern Indiana bull twang." Maybe it's the way he murders the English language.

Leandro Barbosa was a terrific mid-season acquisition by the Pacers , and the guard who never met a shot he didn't like is off to a nice start against the Heat.

This does not sound like a winning formula. Miss 24 of 29 shots in one stretch, on the road.

The junior outfielder was joined on the all-conference team by junior third baseman Raven Chavanne, sophomore shortstop Madison Shipman and sophomore pitcher Ellen Refroe.

Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird was voted the NBA's Executive of the Year on Wednesday, becoming the first person to win that award, plus the MVP and Coach of the Year honors.

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.

MIAMI -- Let's dispense with the foolishness right here and right now. The Indiana Pacers did not lose Game 1 of this Eastern Conference semifinals against the Miami Heat because the officiating was horrendous .

Danny Granger came into the Eastern Conference semifinals leading the Pacers with 21.4 points per game in the playoffs.

The questions raised after the Indiana Pacers fell to LeBron James and Dwyane Wade weren't so much whether they could play with the Miami Heat , but whether or not they could get the production down the stretch from, well, anybody.

So if experience matters for anything in this Miami- Indiana matchup in the Eastern Conference semifinals, then advantage Heat, and in a big way.