Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET the Washington Wizards will get a crack at taking a 2-1 series lead on their own home floor against the top-seeded Indiana Pacers on ESPN in a Game 3 that can be live streamed free by clicking this link. Pacers fans can listen to the game on 1070 The Fan, while Wizards fans may do the same on WFED-AM 1500.
The Wizards were definitely surprised in Game 2 by Pacers center Roy Hibbert's Game 2 outburst, and apparently angered as well. "I ain't going to talk about him," Wiz center Marcin Gortat said when asked about the Indiana big man. "Next question."
Reserve Washington point guard Andre Miller discussed Hibbert's performance in greater detail, describing his hunger for the rock. "He started to run the court a little bit. We saw on film where he kind of outran all of us. That showed him wanting the ball," Miller said. "He wanted to win, and it kind of rubbed off on the rest of the team."
Hibbert told reporters following the game, "I don't expect to put up 28 points a game, but I expect to contribute. I want to be a part of something on both ends."
While they allowed Hibbert to explode, Paul George has been quiet through the first two games averaging 14.5 points, six rebounds and 4.5 assists while shooting 30 percent from the field and a dreadful 12.5 percent from trifecta town.
Despite a mini-slump from George, the Pacers' defensive chops may have returned after forcing a 5-of-21 night from deep for the Wizards. "We lost our pace from an offensive standpoint," Washington head coach Randy Wittman said, "and that hurts us in the long run. It almost felt like desperation on a couple of those possessions."
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