By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers outclassed the Atlanta Hawks 106-83 on Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference first round series. The Pacers take a 3-2 series lead. WHY IT HAPPENED: The Pacers rode a 50-43 halftime lead to […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Pacers will try to reestablish control on Wednesday night when they take on the Atlanta Hawks in Game 5 of this Eastern Conference first-round series. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Here are the trends to monitor in what shapes up as a terrific 48-minute […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Well, it was nearly a replay. Write up a list of all the things the Pacers saw happen Saturday night and put a check mark next to them, and you’ll see Indiana improved on very little in Game 4 and was thus denied the road win it needed to control […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Atlanta Hawks knocked off the Indiana Pacers 102-91 on Monday night at Philips Arena in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first round series. The series is now 2-2. WHY IT HAPPENED: The Pacers again were pitiful in the first half, trailing […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent If the Pacers win on Monday, their first-round series is essentially a wrap. If they lose, they’ll fall into a tie and face heaps of pressure in Game 5 on Wednesday in Indianapolis. Here’s what to look for in a pivotal Game 4 in Atlanta: Going West: Surprisingly, outside of […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent For the sake of speculation, you could identify so many possible reasons for the sudden and stunning turnaround for the Hawks in their first-round series with the Pacers. Was it Johan Petro’s inclusion in a (bigger) starting lineup? Was it being back home in front of a near-capacity crowd waving […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Atlanta Hawks routed the Indiana Pacers 90-69 on Saturday night at Philips Arena in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first round series. The Pacers still lead the series 2-1. WHY IT HAPPENED: The Pacers badly struggled on offense and couldn’t make […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Pacers are 48 minutes from a 3-0 lead – something no NBA team has ever blown -but they’ll have to fend off a desperate team in front of a charged crowd today in Philips Arena. Even tougher, Indiana’s starting guards George Hill (sore right elbow) and Lance Stephenson (bruised […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent At Philips Arena, known to host some rowdy playoff crowds, a feeling of inevitability will likely hang in the stadium like a dense cloud of smoke from pregame fireworks when the NBA playoffs return there for a sixth consecutive season. Unless they win the next four contests, the Atlanta Hawks’ […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – In the playoffs, it really doesn’t matter how you got there. If it did, the Indiana Pacers are learning, they wouldn’t be lighting up the scoreboard. More than 72 hours after opening the 2013 postseason in grand style, the Pacers doubled down with a 113-98 demolition of the […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Founder It made sense that the “Human Highlight Film” was in the building for the Pacers-Hawks game. Dominique Wilkins, the former dunking machine and current vice president of basketball operations and broadcaster for the Hawks, witnessed some highlights that were worthy of his presence. Indiana’s Roy Hibbert put this facial on Ivan Johnson, courtesy […]
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