IC Cold Links: Snow Greets Heat In Indy; Gordon Has Knee Surgery

by Tom Lewis on Feb 14, 2012 9:30 AM EST in Indiana Pacers News

The Indiana Pacers begin three games in consecutive days on Tuesday when the Miami Heat visit Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

Coach Frank Vogel has spent the past couple of days trying to get his team back to focusing on the basics at the defensive end and expecting them to take a more aggressive approach to challenging the Heat than they in the blowout loss at Miami earlier in the season.

A little blanket of snow greeted the Heat after their small trip from Milwaukee, where they beat the Bucks last night 114-96, to Indy so hopefully the icy state of mind will carry over to Miami's offensive output at the Fieldhouse. The Heat have won three in a row and six of seven with Dwyane Wade finding a groove alongside LeBron James since returning from injury.

The Pacers will have to raise their level of play to have a chance against the Heat who have been able to win games the past two nights without having to play their main players heavy minutes.

Check out the links after the jump which includes a story on Eric Gordon having arthroscopic surgery on his right knee to keep him sidelined another six weeks. Not good news for EJ as he heads toward restricted free agency this summer.

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This (Gordon's surgery) totally sucks for my fantasy basketball team

I drafted EJ over Kobe, thinking he’d have some sort of freakish fantasy impact due to the fact that he’s the only legit scorer on the team (and at the time Kobe was dealing with a wrist injury that sounded semi-serious).

To fulfill my desire to keep an Indiana boy on the roster, I dropped EJ for Gordon Hayward. Blech…luckily this isn’t for money.

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by LukeNukem on Feb 14, 2012 9:43 AM EST reply actions

killing me too

Indy Cornrows

by Tom Lewis on Feb 14, 2012 10:08 AM EST up reply actions

Hope we can serve Miami that dish that is best served cold and I am not talking about ice cream.

by denggoy7 on Feb 14, 2012 9:51 AM EST reply actions

Need to start off strong with a b2b2b.

Let’s return to smashmouth D! Let’s get a win and return our confidense.

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by Bronn on May 17, 2011 4:56 PM EDT

by Sparhawk on Feb 14, 2012 12:02 PM EST reply actions

Not Good For Gordon

A few months ago, Gordon was looked at as one of the players most poised for a Breakout Season on a rising young Clipper Team.

…Then he was traded…

Now he has hardly seen the floor on a fledgling Hornets franchise and is dealing with nagging knee problems that may linger on into his Free Agency. To make matters worse is he is Restricted meaning he may be “stuck” with the Hornets since most teams wont overspend to lure Gordon and the Hornets could easily match.

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by XLI on Feb 14, 2012 3:20 PM EST reply actions