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The Miami Heat are one win away from advancing to the NBA Finals for the fourth straight year. The Pacers will have to claw their way back into this series after winning the first game and then losing three straight. Possibly the most frustrating part is how inconsistent this team has been. The team is notorious for trash talk, cough Lance Stephenson, but has had trouble backing it up at times.
This team looked like they could head to the NBA Finals in game one, but since then they have started to regress back to that team who could barely handle the Atlanta Hawks in the first round. The biggest reason for this is the fading of Roy Hibbert, The 7-foot center could not score in game four even with Chris Andersen being sidelined. What is cause for much bigger concern for the Pacers is that after their game four loss, they blamed everyone else, but themselves. Hibbert blamed his biggest supporter, Indiana had coach Frank Vogel, while Paul George blamed the referees.
Its time for these players to stop focusing on Lebron James and the Miami Heat and get back to playing their style of play. Play the suffocating defense they started the season with that made them the number one seed in the Eastern Conference. Stop passing blame around and take ownership of mistakes made and vow to not make them again. Do not get defeated when the Heat go on a run because they will and focus on getting the ball inside, especially with Chris Andersen being a game time decision tonight. Pacers vs. Heat-who you takin?
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