David West News

LeBron James made a layup as time expired in overtime, and the Miami Heat found a way to beat the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wild Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night.

The Pacers lead the Heat 42-37 at the break. David West leads all scorers with 18 points and Roy Hibbert has added 11 to lead Indiana.

The Indiana Pacers have taken the lead in the second quarter of the opening game of the Eastern Conference finals in Miami.

Indiana 8-4 Miami: 8-1 Indiana won the regular season series 2-1 with the Pacers winning both of the games on their home court.

April 1, 2013; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Indiana Pacers power forward David West is defended by power forward Blake Griffin and point guard Chris Paul against the Los Angeles Clippers during the second half at Staples Center.

Indiana Pacers' Lance Stephenson celebrates with teammate David West after hitting a basket and being fouled during the second half of Game 6 of an Eastern Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series against the New York Knicks, Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Indianapolis.

A Knicks-Pacers playoff game over the weekend featured a play blogged about by USAToday.com's Adi Joseph and others because a player on one team "pulled the chair out" on an opponent backing him down as he headed toward the basket.

Brooklyn, New York was the scene of Jamie Foxx's newest film. This film isn't your standard Hollywood blockbuster, though; it's a film for Canon's "Project Imaginati0n." Foxx was the director for the latest film in the Canon project.

Indianapolis Metro Police are asking for your help in locating 18-year-old Alexis Ricard.

The Indiana Pacers must embrace what many people consider unthinkable - the belief they can knock off the superstar-loaded Miami Heat.

Percentages: FG .400, FT 1.000. 3-Point Goals: 13-30, .433 . Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 9 . Blocked Shots: 0. Turnovers: 9 . Steals: 3 . Technical Fouls: Smith, 1:40 second.

I don't know if any of you have read Adrian Wojnarowski's story on Lance Stephenson , the mercurial Indiana Pacers guard that had one of the best games of his career in last night's Game 6 victory over the Knicks .

President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr.

The Indiana Pacers won't know until Saturday night whether point guard George Hill will start in Game 6 against New York.

The 2013 NBA playoffs will continue on Saturday, May 18, as the Eastern Conference Semifinals take center stage.

The Pacers committed 19 turnovers, including seven that gave the New York Knicks eight points in the fourth quarter, and lost 85-75 on Thursday night in Game 5. They have another chance to wrap it up Saturday at home but don't know if they will have George Hill, who was ruled out with a concussion about four hours before the game.

New Jersey authorities have issued a murder warrant for a homeless hitchhiker who gained Internet and television celebrity after using a hatchet to attack a man who ran over a California utility worker.

Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury.

San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker drives on Golden State Warriors forward Harrison Barnes and guard Stephen Curry during the second half of their NBA Western Conference quarterfinal playoff basketball game in San Antonio, Texas May 14, 2013.

The Indiana Pacers have dominated the glass all year long. Now their rebounding prowess has them on the brink of advancing to the Eastern Conference finals.