The Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat are playing Game 3 of the eastern conference finals on the NBA playoffs schedule and the matchup comes as the series is tied at 1-1 after LeBron James and Dwyane Wade led their team to a win in Game 2 and the matchup will be streaming live online from ESPN and the WatchESPN website at 8:30 pm ET.
The Heat come into the game after taking Game 2 and now the series is tied 1-1 and the next matchup comes on Monday and those both will be at American Airlines Arena and Paul George likely will be back for the game after sustaining a concussion in the last matchup. George was hit on the head with a knee from Dwyane Wade and George is leading the Pacers with 21 points per game, while LeBron James is leading with 28 points, seven rebounds and four assists for the playoffs for Miami. The Heat now are in control for the time being and they look like they have the chance to push it for Game 3 to get a 2-1 lead in the series.
Miami was able to make a comeback in the fourth quarter of the game after a nice stretch for the Pacers, as Wade and James took over in the final frame and led their team to the win. Wade came into the quarter with 13 points and scored 10, while James had 12 points and had 22 for the game and Chris Andresen had 12 rebounds and that was a big game for the Heat against Roy Hibbert and David West. The Pacers got a terrible game from Paul George, who only made one shot in 11 shots to start the game and he finished with one of his worst shooting nights.
Lance Stephenson scored just three points in the final quarter and had 25 in the game to tie a career playoff high and now the Pacers have to find a way to bounce back. The team has won in Miami before and they will not be intimidated, but the Heat are motivated to win the game as the series returns home and in the last game saw Roy Hibbert keep it going, as he grabbed 13 rebounds while Lance Stephenson had seven assists.
Greg Oden could get into the game for the Heat for the first time in the playoffs, while George is looking like he will be in the lineup after getting knocked in the head and he must have passed the concussion protocols to have gotten back on the floor. Wade has been looking great and one of the main reasons is that he sat out nearly 30 games this past season and that has kept him fresh and now he is looking to keep his great play going in the postseason. The addition of Andrew Bynum has done nothing for the Pacers and Wade coming into the playoffs healthy was a huge boost for Miami and now they feel they have the advantage in the series.
Miami is going for their third straight championship and the Pacers are trying to unseat the Heat in the east and in the west the Thunder and Spurs are matching up and San Antonio is up 2-0 in that series and is looking dominant.