Indianapolis, Indiana. Expect Bobby Slick Leonard to say a lot of “boom baby’s” tonight, when the boysenberry Miami Heat come calling on Indiana soil. The Heat are no longer in the humidity of South Florida, they are in the heartland, where a basketball tornado is ready to strike the Heat. Expect the tornado to hit the Heat in the first five minutes. We have the team that the heartland hates right where we want them. I never thought I would say this about the Heat, but Indana has a chance to do some serious damage in the heartland, especially if they get the ball into the big men. Roy Hibbert likes a very noisy field house. The PA voice of the Pacers is Mike O’Grady from 1070 The Fan, who you can hear following Mike and Mike every morning from 10 till the time Dan Dakish takes to the air. Expect O’Grady to have Pacers fans in a frenzy when the team takes to the floor. The Heat will hear nothing but Indiana venom toward their superstar. LeBron James will be vociferously booed tonight and Tuesday. The Pacers should have the Heat in a 3-1 hole going back to American Airlines arena, where they will crush the Heat’s dream, and the Akron Ohio native will not get another championship ring. The Pacers are three wins away from playing for their first ever Larry O’Brian trophy, thanks to Larry the Legend.
