The NBA playoffs for the eastern conference finals are live Sunday as the Miami Heat take on the Indiana Pacers and the matchup will be on the radio with live streaming coverage from ESPN and ABC online and the matchup comes at 3:30 pm ET from Bankers Life Fieldhouse for Game 1 of the postseason series between the two teams.
The NBA Playoffs standings has the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers playing in the eastern conference finals and the winner of Game 1 on Sunday will go up 1-0 in the series and that victory could be crucial in making a run to the finals and the matchup on Sunday from Bankers Life Fieldhouse for LeBron James and Paul George comes one day before the Thunder and Spurs play.
The Pacers come into the series after defeating the Washington Wizards in the last round, while Miami defeated the Brooklyn Nets in five games and India played six against the Wiz. The Pacers talked all season about how important getting home court advantage was after losing last season to Miami in the conference finals and now they have that advantage and they will put that to the test on Sunday afternoon. James comes in after leading Miami to a 4-1 series win over Brooklyn after previously losing all four games to the team during the regular season and now they will get tested in the finals in the eastern conference.
James did not win the MVP award this year in the league, but he played like one against the Nets, scoring 49 points and 29 points in the final two games to clinch the series for Miami. James will be the key for Miami against the Pacers because even though Paul George is an All Star and a very good player, he has not been like James through this playoff run for Indiana and that gives Miami a distinct advantage even with the Pacers having home court.
Miami's bench has played very well and so far the health of Dwyane Wade has not been an issue for the Heat and the Pacers are aware of his issues, as Lance Stephenson said that he hopes to push Wade to the limit in this series. Last year the Miami Heat had home court advantage as the number one seed in the east and they defeated the Pacers in the eastern conference final and now Indiana feels they are in better position to win the series this season.
Indiana whined all season that they were better than Miami last year and that they would have won had they had home court advantage and now they are the beam with more home games and it's the chance to put up or shut up for the Pacers.
