Locked On Pacers - Daily Podcast On The Indiana Pacers

The Pacers could use the perimeter threat of C.J. Miles in the starting lineup against the Cavs who have paid little mind to Monta Ellis on the perimeter in the first two games. Also, Paul George shook off the reaction to his comments after Game 2 which were dissected to an insane degree by media folks who obviously don't follow the Pacers much during the regular season.

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The Pacers struggled to avoid getting burned by the variety of mismatches Cleveland has to offer, but in the end the Cavs' leaned on LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love to handle the heavy lifting with a combined 89 points on 51 shots. Pacers head home for Game 3 down 0-2 in the best of seven series.

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The Pacers came up just short in their Game 1 upset bid against LeBron James and the Cavs. Now Indiana faces a challenge to get back in position to win Game 2 after failing to take advantage of several factors that were in their favor in Game 1.

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The Pacers took care of business, beating the Hawks for their fifth consecutive win to lock up the seventh seed in the East. Their reward is a playoff series against the defending champion Cavaliers starting on Saturday afternoon on ABC.

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The Pacers will try to clinch 7th place in the East against an Atlanta team that has nothing to play for, likely taking the opportunity to rest key players. That doesn't mean several veteran Hawks can't still make life difficult for the Pacers. Also, a win would set up a first-round series against LeBron and the Cavs. No NBA TV noon games for that series.

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The Pacers held on to beat the 76ers and maintain seventh place in the East with one game remaining. Paul George was ejected after Gerald Henderson mucked up the game and lured PG into a poor reaction. Regardless, the Pacers need a win or loss by Chicago or Miami to clinch the playoffs, so beating Atlanta on Wednesday is the only safe way to secure post-season play.

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The Pacers continued winning over the weekend in Orlando and did get a little help, but not enough to clinch a playoff spot. Depending on how the final games finish up for several teams, the Pacers could jump up to 5th in the East or fall out of the playoffs completely. But they control their own destiny so simply winning will lock up a post-season spot.

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The Pacers continued trending in a positive direction by beating the Bucks for the first time this season. With three games remaining, the Pacers are in good shape to hold onto a playoff spot in the East. Now they just have to take their solid play on the road.

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Lance Stephenson showed up on plenty of local media outlets on Wednesday after helping the Pacers win on Tuesday. Among the things we learned is that Lance loves Hooters and he took note of PJ Tucker trash talking PG when the Pacers lost to the Raptors in Toronto. Before the game, he told PG they would get them back. Sure enough.

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The Pacers fell behind the Raptors by 19 points and appeared headed for a disappointing end to the season. Then Paul George caught fire and Lance Stephenson lit up the Fieldhouse with energy and the Pacers flipped the game, beating the Raptors 108-90. Lance is Lance and on this night that was a good thing.

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