"Quick turnaround, " said Indiana's Roy Hibbert, who led a dominating Pacers performance on the boards.
Instead, Roy Hibbert, Paul George and Indiana showed what it can do when it plays its game.
Vogel then called timeout with a little more than 3 minutes left and subbed out center Roy Hibbert.
"Roy Hibbert is making extraordinary plays in the pocket, poise in the pocket we call it, " coach Frank Vogel said.
But Vogel called for time the next time his team got the ball, and the coach pulled his best defensive player, paint protector Roy Hibbert.
Roy Hibbert scored 14 points in thoroughly outplaying counterpart Chandler, and George Hill also had 14 for the Pacers, adding seven rebounds and six assists.
Without Tyson Chandler and Kenyon Martin, the Knicks started Solomon Jones, who was signed Friday to give them some size against Pacers center Roy Hibbert.
"I think we were turning the ball over too much and we just weren't executing and we just weren't attacking the paint, " center Roy Hibbert said.
"We're a big, physical team, " Pacers center Roy Hibbert said.
Perhaps most important, New York drew two quick fouls on 7-foot-2 Indiana center Roy Hibbert, who had given the Knicks fits all series with his elite ability to defend the rim.
College players with the most-NBA ready talent usually turn pro after one or two years of college, while seniors have more refined games (Roy Hibbert and Tyler Hansbrough come to mind).
Woodson used Martin as one of the defenders against Pacers center Roy Hibbert, but Hibbert finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds against a full complement of seemingly healthy big men from New York.
Carmelo Anthony, who had been on fire through three quarters in which he'd logged 35 points, went up for a huge dunk attempt, but was denied at the rim by Indiana's 7-foot-2 center Roy Hibbert.
The Pacers were upset earlier in the series about the perception that Shane Battier was guilty of a dirty play when he kneed Pacers center Roy Hibbert in the midsection on a drive in Game 1.
Roy Hibbert finished with 23 points and 12 rebounds, Lance Stephenson added 20 points, and the Pacers closed the game on a 16-6 run to pull away from the defending NBA champs for a 99-92 victory.
After Roy Hibbert opened the overtime with a free throw, the Nets went on a 9-2 run to make it 85-79 with 45.2 seconds to go, and Johnson closed out the win by making four straight free throws.
Roy Hibbert did everything but pull out the boxing gloves in Game 6, finishing with 24 points and 11 rebounds, and continually contesting Miami's shots to help Indiana stave off elimination with an emphatic 91-77 victory over the defending champs.
Besides West, George Hill (14.8) and Roy Hibbert (14.4) also average more points per game in the playoffs than Wade, a possible advantage as Indiana presumably will aim to let anyone but James beat them for the remainder of the series.
Roy Hibbert's block of Anthony's dunk attempt midway through the fourth quarter spurred an 11-2 run that rallied the Indiana Pacers to a 106-99 victory over the Knicks in Game 6 of their second-round series, sending them into their first Eastern Conference final since 2004.
Pointing out this scheme takes nothing away from the stifling Pacers' defense, which has an elite paint protector in Roy Hibbert and is historically rare in the sense that it ranked No. 1 in the league at both guarding the rim and limiting makes from the three-point stripe.
Roy (Hibbert) and Ian (Mahinmi) are giving great protection at the rim, and Paul George is working his tail off to do the best he can to try to limit him.
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