Heatstroke: Indiana Burned By LeBron James, Dwyane Wade

The Heat should start preparing for the loss of two players. It would be hard to imagine the NBA not disciplining either member of the Heat.

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If there is anyone out there who thinks Dexter Pittman’s elbow to Lance Stephenson’s throat wasn’t intentional, you might want to watch Pittman’s reaction.

That’s after Stephenson walked to the free-throw line. Now, Pittman could have been winking at someone else for some other reason … but that seems hard to believe.

Granger was trying to dribble the ball down the floor when he ran into James. He immediately came up limping, hopping on one leg to the sidelines by the Heat bench. After staying down for a few minutes, he eventually went back to the locker room. A few minutes later, the Pacers announced he would not return.

Haslem’s foul came when he picked up Hansbrough rolling to the rim. Instead of contesting the shot, Haslem slammed his two hands down right on Hansbrough’s shoulder. Here’s video.

For context, Hansbrough was called for a flagrant foul a couple possessions earlier after he popped Wade in the head coming down the lane. Here’s video of that play.

Hansbrough did force a missed shot, so maybe James should stop underestimating him.

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The delay tactic is over, though, in Game 5. Early on, Miami has attacked Hibbert, and now, they’re succeeding. James and Wade keep attacking aggressively off the pick and roll and have fooled Hibbert into committing too much to their drives.

This is concerning for the Pacers. Hibbert is big, but he’s not getting any quicker.

Just know that it’s been only four and a half minutes. The Pacers will settle down and this will be a game.