MIAMI - For three years, the Heat has tried to disprove the belief that it's vulnerable against big, physical front lines with offensively skilled post players.

The Indiana Pacers threw open the NBA Eastern Conference finals on Friday, upsetting the Miami Heat with a 97-93 victory to level the best-of-seven series at 1-1.    

Coming into this series, the Miami Heat gave the proper lip service to respecting the Indiana Pacers, but did they really respect them? The Heat had gone 45-3 since Feb. 3, you had to wonder if the Pacers really had their attention They do now. The question going into this series wasn’t if the Pacers…

MIAMI (Reuters) - The Indiana Pacers threw open the NBA Eastern Conference finals on Friday, upsetting the Miami Heat with a 97-93 victory to level the best-of-seven series at 1-1.

Roy Hibbert scored 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, David West broke up two passes by LeBron James for huge turnovers and the visiting Indiana Pacers evened the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals at a game apiece with a 97-93 victory over the Miami Heat