Sam Young News

I haven't covered the two players on the site recently, but former Pitt stars DeJuan Blair and Sam Young are contributing in the NBA Playoffs for their respective teams.

Physical play has marked virtually every recent meeting between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers, and Game 2 was no different as Tyler Hansbrough and his teammates got into it with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade early and often.

There is no way that should have been a technical. It's the playoffs, we want emotion, we want a little feisty play and frankly that wasn't that feisty.

It was about this time one year ago at this time that the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers were facing off in their second-round NBA playoff matchup, and the NBA punditry was having its favorite conversation at the time: Is LeBron James "clutch" enough to lead a championship team.

Pacers coach Frank Vogel had his reasoning - the Heat with their small lineup had five guys who can shoot from the perimeter so he wanted to match that with a small lineup that could switch everything.

He's the Pacer that hit the insane, dramatic three pointer that sent Game 1 against the Heat into overtime.

The Eastern Conference Finals don't start until Wednesday, but the war of words has already started between the Miami Heats and the Indiana Pacers.

Knicks' JR Smith has the ball knocked from his hands while getting defensive pressure from the Indiana Pacers' Sam Young during the first quarter.

Carmelo Anthony scored 28 points to help the New York Knicks stay alive in the Eastern Conference semifinals with an 85-75 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 on Thursday night.

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.

It's been a roller coaster ride for the Indiana Pacers ' reserves this season. The group as a whole has clearly been the team's weakness, especially considering how potent the Pacers' starting five has been this season when on the floor together.

Today was the 18th anniversary of former Indiana Pacers great and Hall of Famer Reggie Miller's infamous eight points in 8.9 seconds against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in Game 1 of the second round of the playoffs.

This was supposed to be one of the main reasons why the Pacers signed Sam Young last summer.

Another cold start; another piss-poor outing; another undue truck of bricks slung about a bum shoulder.

With a total point differential of 0, this series was literally reset after Game 4 in Atlanta.