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Pacers Vs. Heat, Game 3 Links: Indiana Has Golden Opportunity At Home Against Miami

By Tom Lewis

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Suddenly the Indiana Pacers find themselves with home court advantage in a five-game series against the Miami Heat. Unlike heading into Game 1 in Miami, there appear to be more doubts on the Heat side of the equation than with the Pacers. A serious, sudden change, indeed.

Tonight the Pacers will enjoy a gold and raucous crowd at Bankers Life Fieldhouse looking for them to build on their win in Miami and take control of the Eastern Conference semifinal series. This Pacers team has never backed down from a challenge, but they usually respond better with their backs against the wall. Now they are on even footing with the Heat with a chance to skip a few steps in the normal maturation process of a NBA title contender.

I know it sounds crazy to say, but the circumstances surrounding this season have given the Pacers an opportunity and thus far they have seized it. The Bulls faded out of the picture after Derrick Rose went down. They took care of the Orlando Magic after Dwight Howard went down. Now Chris Bosh is injured for the Heat making things more difficult for LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.

Oh, well. The Pacers were built as a deep team and able to manage minutes throughout the regular season, so they are still standing with plenty of energy to keep attacking the Heat for 48 minutes. Now they just have to do it.

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