By CLIFF BRUNT and CHRIS GOFF ISL Staff So often in the playoffs, Paul George has been a cold-blooded destroyer. He did it again, and now the pressure is all on the Miami Heat. George hit a stone-cold 3-pointer in the fourth quarter after Miami had whittled a 17-point lead down to four, sparking the Pacers […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – On a night they needed their defense more than ever in the Eastern Conference finals, the Pacers’ came through. An intense performance proved too much for Miami to overcome in a 99-92 Indiana win in Game 4 that evened the series. Yet it was an impossibly difficult rainbow […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — Shortly after LeBron James made the infamous “Decision” to leave Cleveland and join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami, he made a staggering boast. When asked how many championships the Heat would win, he famously said, “Not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Indy Sports Legends writers covered tons of games in 2012. Here, in my opinion, are the best 10 covered by members of the staff. All of the games were played in the state of Indiana. Some of the work was done for other publications, but nonetheless, the talent on the ISL staff witnessed the […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor There were 18,000-plus fans wearing Gold Swagger T-shirts at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. All of them put together probably couldn’t have guarded Dwyane Wade on Thursday night. Wade looked like he was controlled by some kid playing his Wii all night. The All-Star guard had 41 points and 10 rebounds to […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Tyler Hansbrough and Lance Stephenson might have dropped the two biggest assists for the Pacers in their second-round series against Miami. By hammering Dwyane Wade in Game 5, the kind of foul Jeff Foster was famous for, Hansbrough turned Miami into a team that felt it needed to prove its […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor It shouldn’t end this way. The Indiana Pacers have been relatively injury free all season long, and now, they risk the season ending with their two best players sidelined or at less than full strength. Danny Granger went down with a twisted ankle in Game 5 against the Heat, and David West went down […]
Some things to look for in Sunday’s Miami-Indiana game: Roy Hibbert needs to remain dominant. He had 19 points, 18 rebounds and five blocks in Game 3, but at times in his career, he has been inconsistent, especially on offense. The key to Roy’s success is how aggressive he is about getting position before he […]
For someone so skinny, somehow Reggie Miller’s shadow has engulfed Danny Granger. The Pacers’ high-scoring forward has his best opportunity yet to step out of it. Granger has taken many big shots during his seven-year career, but he’s known as a scorer who lacks a signature moment or performance in a big-time game. He now […]
This was the Roy Hibbert everyone was expecting to emerge. Indiana’s 7-foot-2 center had 19 points and 18 rebounds to help the Pacers defeat the Miami Heat 94-75 on Thursday night and take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 second-round Eastern Conference playoff series. Hibbert has had great expectations placed on him because Chris Bosh, Miami’s […]
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