Now the Pacers have a fighting chance to pull off a stunning playoff upset.
He played with a fighter's mentality and gave the Pacers one more shot at the champs.
The Pacers actually have a stockpile of complementary threats to back up leading scorer Paul George.
By contrast, the sizable Pacers led the league with a 52.9% overall rebounding mark.
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On top of that, New York got another crack at the Pacers without Hibbert.
Notes: The Pacers are 4-0 at home with an average victory margin of 16.5 points.
And the decision, which gave the Knicks a chance to regroup, cost the Pacers dearly.
The Knicks and Pacers met in three straight years from 1993-95, then again from 1998-00.
"Quick turnaround, " said Indiana's Roy Hibbert, who led a dominating Pacers performance on the boards.
Game 6 will be played in Atlanta, where the Pacers have lost 13 straight.
But the Hawks also must figure out a way to contend with the physical Pacers, too.
Then there are the Indiana Pacers, the money-losing NBA team owned by Herbert.
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Only the 1993-94 Indiana Pacers advanced as far as the Conference Finals without an All-Star.
The Heat hadn't lost since the Pacers beat them in Indianapolis on Feb. 1.
The Pacers needed every ounce of effort and more to hold off the hard-charging Bulls.
Just behind them, Knicks assistant coach Jim Todd had words with Pacers head coach Frank Vogel.
Pacers coach Frank Vogel said he would bring Granger back slowly and as a reserve.
"We want to be dominant at home, and we're getting there, " Pacers coach Frank Vogel said.
The Pacers have limited nine straight opponents to fewer than 100 points inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
The Knicks were eliminated Saturday by the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The Pacers had to be happy to be within arm's reach of the Knicks through one half.
Once Anthony stopped making them, the Indiana Pacers had pushed the Knicks to the brink of elimination.
But instead of faltering, as the Pacers did in Game 2, they thrived on New York's miscues.
The Knicks will open the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Indiana Pacers in New York on Sunday.
Anthony got the Knicks off to a quick start and the Pacers could never get particularly close.
The Pacers took advantage, building a 32-21 lead after one quarter and still leading 47-40 at halftime.
And without the Knicks having a primary scorer on the floor, the Pacers (33-21) stormed further ahead.
Medium-pacers Collingwood and Trott then impressed with the ball, taking three wickets between them in 14 overs.
The Pacers' 99-92 victory Tuesday was filled with physical plays and marked by a combined 55 personal fouls.
Two days after shooting 54.5 percent against the Pacers, Miami was just 30 of 77 for 39 percent.
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