'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Losing a game at the final buzzer, no less than a playoff game on the road against the reigning NBA champion Miami Heat, would seem to have potential to demoralize the Indiana Pacers.

Losing a game at the final buzzer, no less than a playoff game on the road against the reigning NBA champion Miami Heat, would seem to have potential to demoralize the Indiana Pacers. Or not.
The Indiana Pacers finally showed they could win in Atlanta.
Pacers center Roy Hibbert and Warriors forward David Lee have each been suspended a game without pay for starting an altercation during their game that drifted into the courtside seats.
Larry Bird called the Indiana Pacers soft. His team agreed. LeBron James thought otherwise.

Larry Bird called the Indiana Pacers soft. His team agreed. LeBron James thought otherwise.
Udonis Haslem insists he meant no harm. The NBA deemed otherwise, and the Miami Heat will be without one of their co-captains when they try to close out the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night.
Pacers reserve guard Lance Stephenson apologized for making a choking gesture toward LeBron James.
Pacers reserve guard Lance Stephenson has apologized to his coach for making a choking gesture toward LeBron James during Indiana's Game 3 win over Miami.
Though he has not spoken to anyone from the Indiana Pacers, Lance Stephenson is well aware of Larry Bird's disappointment with his arrest.

Indiana Pacers draft pick Lance Stephenson, after pushing his girlfriend down a flight of stairs, grabbed her and hit her head on the bottom step, prosecutors said Monday.

Indiana Pacers draft pick Lance Stephenson, after pushing his girlfriend down a flight of stairs, grabbed her and hit her head on the bottom step, prosecutors said Monday.
"I was wrong and disrespectful to my teammates, the Miami Heat and their organization," he told NBA.com. "I'm sorry that I did that. It was very disrespectful. I'll never do it again."
"I'm just going to try to stay focused," Stephenson said Tuesday at the New York Knicks' training facility, where he joined other rookies getting photographed for their Panini trading cards. "I'm going to talk to him, see how he feels about it and I'm going to move forward from it."