Indiana Pacers News

Yes, you can wish it to all go away until the 2014 offseason. And, yes, there is plenty to be said about that with the NBA playoffs and the Miami Heat's season getting down to critical mass.

As Paul George grows into a star for the Indiana Pacers , flashbacks of Reggie Miller taking the Midwestern jewel to the Eastern Conference Finals five times in seven years come to mind.

Two nights earlier it was, and James came through, with 30 points and a triple-double punctuated by a game-winning basket at the buzzer in overtime - dramatic even by Kingly standards.

There's a fine line between being a good NBA player and a great one. There's no one definition to distinguish between the two, but the postseason is where we start to separate the posers from the superstars.

A day after one of their own was accused of dirty play, the Miami Heat chose to keep the focus on basketball.

An eastern Indiana man has been sentenced to 37 years in prison in the starvation death of his 3-month-old son.

Bold prediction time, the Indiana Pacers will find some way to win out in game two, and tie up the series with the Miami Heat .

In game #1 of the Eastern Conference Finals neither team led my more than 7 points.

Indiana's Frank Vogel was still being criticized Thursday, long after he sent the Pacers out on the floor for the game's final possession in Miami without Roy Hibbert - and that wasn't even the first time he took heat this postseason for subbing out his big man.

The Miami Heat hit the Bucks with a 12-0 spurt to start the fourth quarter, providing the knockout blow in a 98-86 victory on Tuesday night at American Airlines Arena.

On Thursday, the 31-year-old Wade, the driving force on the Marquette Golden Eagles' march to the 2003 NCAA Final Four, was named to the All-NBA third team for the second consecutive season.

The NBA is in the Conference Finals of their Playoffs right now with the Eastern Conference being represented by the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers.

The Los Angeles Clippers have begun their search for a new coach to replace Vinny Del Negro, with the hope that they can find someone who is capable of molding the team into a championship contender.

President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen in his renewed effort to close the prison.

It will be difficult to overcome the heartbreak of losing an Eastern Conference Finals instant classic, but the Indiana Pacers will have to do it.

Ajani Williams, president of the Jamaica Basketball Association , said his organisation has given up its chase of Indiana Pacers centre Roy Hibbert for this year's Federation of International Basketball Associations World Championships.

Boy Scout leaders plan to vote Thursday on a controversial policy that would change the face of scouting.

The Clippers reportedly had some chemistry issues last season between Chris Paul and Blake Griffin .

Here's today's top stories for Thursday, May 23, 2013: 1. Overtime shot from LeBron James pushes Heat past Pacers, 103-102. Fans are steaming this morning that Coach Frank Vogel put the NBA's best rim defender, Roy Hibbert, on the bench in the final seconds of Game 1 overtime; no other Indiana players blocked James' crucial points for Miami .

With 2.2 seconds left and Indiana clinging to a 1-point lead, Pacers coach Frank Vogel made the decision to take center Roy Hibbert off the floor.