Tonight is Game 3 in the Pacers-Heat series, and it looks like a pivotal one. The Pacers can show that they are a real threat to the Heat’s dominance, or the Heat can assert their dominance after two games where they were arguably the worse of the teams on the floor. If you’d mentioned this scenario five years ago, it would have been laughed at. Probably. But hey, five years ago LeBron James was a Cavalier, the Pistons and Hornets got the #2 seeds, the Heat finished 15-67, and the Thunder played in Seattle. The NBA can change… fast.
And if you’re tired of the playoffs and can’t wait for the real excitement, the Dwight Howard rumors, to start back up, or if you just care about where one of the NBA’s best players will be playing in the fall, then Jan Hubbard has got a column for you.
And if you just want the latest NBA news, well, that’s what I’m here for. Enjoy.
- Henry Abbott of ESPN.com has a really interesting look at Roy Hibbert and LeBron James. Here’s a snippet: “Let me tell you about Roy Hibbert and LeBron James. On the basketball court, they are blatantly obsessed with each other. When LeBron has the ball, Hibbert often ignores his own man to better focus on James. And that’s not new. When other Pacer bigs sense a James drive coming and step into the lane to protect the rim, Hibbert has been known to physically shove a teammate or two out of the way in order to patrol that zone. The tallest player in the Eastern Conference (at 7-foot-2) does that because he knows James hates to try to score over him. James is an entirely different player with Hibbert in the game, to the unfathomable extent that James adds a weird-looking new shot to his arsenal — the teardrop — almost exclusively for use over the massive Hibbert. It’s such a rare move that James’ first attempt in Wednesday’s game — a miss — was greeted by commentator Steve Kerr’s observation, “That’s not part of his game.” Which is true — against most opponents.”
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