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NBA Playoffs 2013 schedule: Pacers, Heat get series started in Miami

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Heat forward, Chris Bosh, spoke with Kevin Calabro about how to combat Indiana's advantage on the boards and well as being an X-factor this series.

NBA - Pacers big underdogs

Indiana finished 16½ games behind Miami in the regular season, meaning this Conference Finals is the most lopsided in terms of regular-season records since 1987 when the 65-17 Lakers swept the 39-43 SuperSonics. Should the Pacers win the series, it would be the largest Conference Finals upset (in terms of games back differential) since the Suns beat the Warriors in the 1976 Western Conference Finals.

The Herd with Colin Cowherd

Magic SVP Pat Williams weighs in on the quality of the prospects in the NBA draft, Dwight Howard's departure from Orlando, Michael Jordan, LeBron James and more.

The Edge: Pacers-Heat

Tim Legler breaks down the matchups between the Pacers and Heat and makes a prediction for the series.

Game 1 A Must-Win for Pacers

From Elias: Since NBA playoff seeding began in 1984, there have been 87 instances where a team with 10+ regular season wins over their opponent has won Game 1 of a best-of-seven series. Only five times has that team went on to lose the series. It has happened only once in the conference finals. In 1986, the 62-win Lakers beat the 51-win Rockets in Game 1, then lost the series in 5 games. The Heat won 16.5 more games than the Pacers in the regular season.

The Fortunes of the Heat and Cavs

Since LeBron left the Cavs for South Beach in 2010, the Heat have a .739 win percentage, best in the NBA. Cleveland has just a .278 win percentage in that span, 2nd-worst in the NBA (Bobcats).

Pelton: Good defense and offense wins

Which is more important for a championship team: good defense or good offense? Kevin Pelton examines.

Banged-up D-Wade fights on for Miami

NBAE/Getty ImagesHow much can the Heat expect from Dwyane Wade against the Pacers?MIAMI -- Making peace with the pain continues to be a precipitous work in progress for Dwyane Wade.