NBA Franchise of the Year: Passion. Pride. Pacers.

[mfbmike]

Winning it all may be a longshot but an eastern conference finals appearance is as good as a sure thing.

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Pacers 1 Game Away From Eastern Conference Finals



The Indiana Pacers, one year removed from not even being a playoff team, are now one win away from advancing to the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals.

Marquis Daniels found his shooting touch and scored 24, his most in the playoffs this year as the Pacers manhandled the Sixers, 110-90 in game 4.

"We just match up well with them," Danny Granger said. "Other teams have a problem with their quickness and physicality, we battle with them."

Game 5 is Friday in Philadelphia, and with a victory there, the Pacers would advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2004, where they lost to the Pistons.

Coincidentally, it is the Pistons who are most likely to advance to this year's conference finals as they lead the Cavs 3-1 at this point.

Unless the Cavs find a way to pull off a near miraculous comeback, we could see a Pacers/Pistons rivalry flame being rekindled.

[Justo]

its ok mike, you can pull yourself away from the show. we know you can do it lol

[mfbmike]

Kaman Has 20/20 Game But Pacers Can't Close Out Series In Game 5

Starting Lineups:
T.J. Ford PG Andre Miller
Marquis Daniels SG Andre Iguodala
Danny Granger SF Thaddeus Young
Chris Wilcox PF Elton Brand
Chris Kaman C Samuel Dalambert

(3-1) 106 @ 111 (1-3)


Sean Williams erases Elton Brand dunk attempt. Williams racked up a double double along with 2 blocks in the Pacers losing effort.

Top Performers:
Player Of The Game:

Elton Brand

Quote Of The Game:
"It isn't easy to come into a place like Philly and close out a team. Some of our younger guys got taken out of their comfort zone it looked like and we turned the ball over a bit more than we would've liked to tonight. We'll work on correcting what we did wrong and give it another shot in game 6." - Pacers Head Coach Jim O' Brien

Next Game:

Game 6 @ Indiana

[mfbmike]

lol, I just noticed all 3 of my Pacers players in that pic are rocking headbands.

and don't worry. That update was supposed to go up yesterday but I had a bunch of errands to do then ended up hanging out with some friends and got home too late to do it lastnight. Then had to work today, yadda yadda. You get the picture.

I kicked their asses on the glass that game but shot pretty poorly as a whole. Easily could've won that game but couldn't do so unfortunately.

[mfbmike]

Around The League Scores:

Suns Win Cuts Spurs Lead To 3-2

103 92

PHX|24|24|27|28||103
SAN|23|16|21|32||92

L. Barbosa | 24 pts
S. Nash | 17 pts , 8 ast
G. Hill | 14 pts , 4 reb , 3 ast , 2 blk

M. Ginobli | 24 pts , 3 reb , 3 ast
M. Finley | 15 pts , 3 reb
T. Duncan | 13 pts , 6 reb , 4 ast , 3 blk

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Iverson's 31 Not Enough To Eliminate Cavs

99 94

CLE|18|25|31|25||99
DET|24|32|19|19||94

L. James | 25 pts , 7 reb , 6 ast , 2 stl
M. Williams | 18 pts , 8 ast
D. West | 11 pts , 3 reb , 3 ast

A. Iverson | 31 pts , 9 ast , 3 stl
T. Prince | 14 pts , 7 reb , 7 ast , 2 stl
W. Hermann | 12 pts , 2 reb

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Rockets Stay Alive With 1 Point Win Over Lakeshow

92 93

LAL|31|10|22|29||92
HOU|20|26|26|21||93

P. Gasol | 19 pts , 13 reb , 6 blk
S. Vujacic | 18 pts , 4 reb
K. Bryant | 16 pts , 5 reb , 5 ast

T. Mcgrady | 28 pts , 4 reb , 8 ast
R. Artest | 15 pts , 3 reb , 3 stl
Y. Ming | 11 pts , 6 reb , 2 ast

[Deviant]

GAWD MIKE... YOU SUX! BLAH BLAH BLAH YOUR NEEDS...

Nah, on the real... this has been a great run and you're getting close to ECF, which is remarkable. Take it a game at a time.

Oh... and DON'T SUCK!

[mfbmike]

GAWD MIKE... YOU SUX! BLAH BLAH BLAH YOUR NEEDS...

Nah, on the real... this has been a great run and you're getting close to ECF, which is remarkable. Take it a game at a time.

Oh... and DON'T SUCK!

I'll try not to. lol.

wouldnt game 6 be in indy?
and yes! suns won haha

You are right actually. Not sure what I was thinking. Maybe how they do it in the finals. Fixed.

SHIT THE PISTONS LOST!@!!! , good luck in gm 6

lol, thanks.

[mfbmike]

Spurs Gotta Win!!!

Wow you've come a long way...hopefully I can get there as well...Good Luck in your next game!!!

Thanks. :D

[mfbmike]

Pacers Hold On For Game 6 Win To Advance To Conference Finals Over Sixers

Starting Lineups:
T.J. Ford PG Andre Miller
Wally Szczerbiak SG Andre Iguodala
Danny Granger SF Thaddeus Young
Chris Wilcox PF Elton Brand
Chris Kaman C Samuel Dalambert

(3-2) 110 vs 106 (2-3)


Danny Granger pulled off a series of acrobatic finishes in the Pacers win.

Top Performers:
Player Of The Game:

Danny Granger

Quote Of The Game:
"You could tell they weren't going to go quietly in the 4th. They forced us into a lot of turnovers and put together a run in the 4th. Luckily, we were able to stop the bleeding and avoid having this series shift back to Philly. It was important we got this win tonight with home court advantage and we did just that." - Pacers Head Coach Jim O' Brien

Next Game:
or
Winner of Cavaliers/Pistons Series

[LC AAU]

ECF!

[Flight24]

the 8 seed in the conference finals. NICE. WORK.

[mfbmike]

Around The League Scores:

Suns Beat Spurs; Only Game 7 Awaits

103 92

PHX|31|24|27|23||105
SAN|28|31|13|28||100

S. Nash | 26 pts , 3 reb , 9 ast
M. Barnes | 18 pts , 7 reb
J. Richardson | 14 pts , 4 reb

T. Parker | 21 pts , 5 reb , 8 ast
M. Ginobli | 20 pts , 4 reb , 3 ast , 2 stl
T. Duncan | 12 pts , 4 reb , 3 ast

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Cavs Knot Up Series At 3 A Piece

103 96

CLE|30|24|18|31||103
DET|26|23|18|29||96

M. Williams | 21 pts , 5 reb , 3 ast
T. Murphy | 20 pts, 3 reb , 3 ast
L. James | 17 pts , 6 reb , 9 ast

A. Iverson | 27 pts , 5 ast , 2 stl
T. Prince | 14 pts , 6 reb , 5 ast
R. Wallace | 13 pts , 9 reb , 5 ast , 4 blk

__________________________

Conference Finals Await Lakers Following Victory Over Rockets

111 97

LAL|29|26|31|25||111
HOU|14|23|23|37||97

S. Vujacic | 22 pts , 4 reb
D. Fisher | 18 pts, 4 ast
J. Farmar | 17 pts , 4 ast , 2 stl

T. Mcgrady | 17 pts , 6 reb , 5 ast
S. Battier | 16 pts , 2 reb , 2 ast , 2 stl
Y. Ming | 15 pts , 10 reb , 2 blk

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Around The League Scores:

Suns Finally Manage To Get Past Spurs For 1st Time In 3 Years

82 77

PHX|23|22|15|22||82
SAN|24|14|27|12||77

S. Nash | 18 pts , 3 reb , 6 ast , 2 stl
J. Richardson | 16 pts , 7 reb
A. Stoudemire | 11 pts , 8 reb , 2 stl

T. Duncan | 22 pts , 13 reb , 4 ast , 3 stl
T. Parker | 20 pts , 2 ast , 2 stl
M. Ginobli | 12 pts , 6 reb, 6 ast , 3 stl

___________________________

Cavs Advance To Conference Finals With Convincing Win Over Detroit

94 69

CLE|28|26|13|27||94
DET|18||21|17|13||69

D. West | 22 pts , 2 reb , 2 ast , 3 stl
L. James | 15 pts , 11 reb , 12 ast , 3 stl
T. Murphy | 13 pts , 4 reb

A. Iverson | 20 pts , 3 ast , 2 stl
R. Hamilton | 15 pts , 2 reb , 2 ast , 2 stl
T. Prince | 10 pts , 7 reb , 5 ast , 3 stl

[mfbmike]

Three game sevens!

Lakers and I advanced in 6.

Suns and Cavs needed 7 games to get it done. Cavs with the 1-3 comeback. rofl.