Indiana Pacers vs. Miami Heat Game 2: Results

Last night the Indiana Pacers played in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat. The Heat led the series 1-0 after a last second shot by Lebron James in OT on Wednesday. But the Pacers pulled together after the painful loss and beat the Heat 97-93.

In Game 1 neither the Heat nor the Pacers controlled the game and it was always close but the Pacers quickly took the lead in this game 24-12 within the first quarter. The Pacers worked better together in this game and their defense had them in control of the ball more often. The Pacers were on top at the end of the first quarter 28-22.

Lebron James 12 out of the 14 points that the Heat got in the second quarter, but also had to sit on the bench for a good part of the second. With the time closing in on the half the Heat make one more attempt at taking the lead but are not able to manage it and the Pacers lead at the half 57-47.

After the half the teams continued to play as they had in the first half, but things started to pick up in the fourth quarter. With six minutes left in the game the Heat when on a scoring spree and caught up with the Pacers. With three minutes left the Pacers got three personal fouls and two technical fouls. Now the game is tied at 88. The teams go back and forth with tying the game, but eventually the Pacers take the lead after George Hill scored three out of his three free-throws. And after stealing the ball twice in a row from Lebron James, the Pacers win 97-93.

Game 3 will be in Indiana at Bankers Life Field house Sunday May 26th, at 8:30 where the Pacers will try and take the lead in the series.

Indianapolis Pacers

So now, that football season is over what else is there to watch? Well the Indianapolis Pacers season is a little bit more than halfway into its 34th year.

Indianapolis Pacers History: The first men’s basketball team for Indy was the Indianapolis Jets in 1948; they had a record of 18-42, that was their only season. The next Indy basketball team was the Indianapolis Olympians the following year. They won the NBA’a Western Division with a 39-25 record. They only played for four years.

Then after a 27 year gap with no team, in 1976 the Pacers where created. The Pacers had a hard time when they first started, only winning one season out of their first 13 seasons. After about a decade and a half of trying and not succeeding, the team finally began to play .500 games in the 1990s. By the 1995s, the Pacers had become one of the Eastern Conferences top clubs.

So from 1994-200 the Pacers had gotten to the conference finals 5 times, won two central division titles, and then advanced to the NBA finals in 2000.

This team as seen many hard times, but they are a hard working team. The Indy Pacers are really a team worth watching.

Tomorrow they will be playing at home against the Utah Jazz. They have only played this team once before (this season) and lost. Let us see if they can get back at them for the previous loss.