Mar 31st, 2008
Miami vs. Indiana
A victorious run over the past two weeks has helped the Indiana Pacers climb the Eastern Conference standings. Getting Jermaine O’Neal back can only help their cause.
The surging Pacers will have O’Neal on the court for the first time in over two months on Monday when they conclude their season series with the league-worst Miami Heat.
Indiana (30-43) is seeking to return to the playoffs for the 10th time in 11 seasons after missing out in 2006-07, but saw their chances dim after going 6-11 from Feb. 6-March 15 — a stretch with O’Neal on the sidelines.
O’Neal averaged 15.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocks in 33 games before leaving in the first quarter Jan. 16 against Golden State with a bone bruise on his left knee.
He returns to a Pacers team that has won five of its last seven, including a 123-115 home victory over New Jersey on Friday.
Danny Granger scored 26 points while Troy Murphy added 21 and 17 rebounds for Indiana, which moved within three games of Atlanta for the eighth playoff spot in the East.
The Pacers have nine games remaining, including six against teams that are currently below .500.
“We must continue to play at this level and not let up,” said Murphy, who is averaging 18.2 points and 11.8 boards in his last six games. “On the next two or three days, we need to relax, keep our game faces on and get ready for the rest of the season. We will take them game by game.”
Although the Pacers have allowed 113.4 points per game over the past five contests, they held New Jersey to 8-for-24 shooting in the fourth quarter.
“We defended at a really high level in the second half,” Pacers coach Jim O’Brien said. “I thought our defense won this game for us.”
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9 Responses to “Miami vs. Indiana”
How is that statement any different from “If you don’t like what I think you should like you are a poopy head”?
Agreed. I love reddit because the signal-to-noise ratio is relatively low. I’d say that the “winner” of this “fight” is the community that makes the least of these silly competitions. On this round, we seem to be losing.It’s depressing that out of the whole Internet to post links from, we’re so interested in comparing ourselves.
Digg vs Reddit: the one with the most votes on this “story” is by far the lamest
DIGG vs Reddit - the ultimate link bait
don’t bother
Oh look! I’ve got a big dick!No way! Mine’s bigger! And, I can write in the snow!Shit, dude, I can’t do that. I’m lame.
We don’t want DIGG to know about us… so don’t let it get to their front page. The more DIGGers join us, the more we’re screwed!QFT.It’s cliche to say it but reddit is going downhill… I still have faith but I won’t be shocked if our comment sections start to look more digg-like soon.
but you’re making a commercial assumption here rather than just a how much airtime does article x get on each site..The ad case is ok until you remember that most users on both sites are probably armed with a browser that nukes ads on sight.So reconstructed without the commercial element gives Reddit a clear lead..