PLAYERS:
Chris Bosh,
LeBron James,
Dwyane Wade,
Frank Vogel,
Erik Spoelstra,
Danny Granger,
Udonis Haslem,
Roy Hibbert,
Darren Collison,
Ronny Turiaf,
David West,
Dexter Pittman,
Shane Battier,
Juwan Howard,
Lance Stephenson
TEAMS: Miami Heat, Indiana Pacers
TEAMS: Miami Heat, Indiana Pacers
INDIANAPOLIS -- This time, the power of two was enough. With power forward Chris Bosh still out with a lower-abdominal strain, the Miami Heat's tag team of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade landed the equivalent of a shot to the gut to the Indiana Pacers on Sunday afternoon with a 101-93 victory over the Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. "You get the ball out of one of those guys' hands and it gets to the other guy's," Pacers coach Frank Vogel said. "It's not like one superhero and a bunch of role guys." James closed with 40 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists, and Wade added 30 points, nine rebounds and six assists as the Heat ties the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series 2-2. "This is the epitome of a No. 2-No. 3 matchup," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "It's just survival." This time, James and Wade were enough to overcome the depth of the Pacers, who were led by the 20 points of forward Danny Grange...
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