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The NBA is reviewing Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade's elbow to Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson's head, a person familiar with the review told USA TODAY Sports under the condition of anonymity. The person requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak while NBA vice president of basketball Stu Jackson's office looked at the play. USA Today Sports

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade, Lance Stephenson, Stu Jackson 

Dirk Nowitzki on if LeBron James is a soccer fan since he is involved with Liverpool: “He’s a fake soccer fan.” Dallas Morning News

Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat, LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki 

He just couldn’t take the “W” and go home. Mark Boyle had to act like the unprofessional he is, embarrassing himself and the Indiana Pacers franchise in the process. “These losers are leaving,” the Pacers play-by-play radio announcer said of the Miami fans at Game 2 in Miami. “They are flocking to the exits with their team down by three. This city does not only not deserve this team, they don’t deserve any team.” Page Q

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Media, Mark Boyle 

James walked into the postgame news conference disappointed in himself. He won Game 1. He may have lost Game 2. Two weeks ago, James said the first stat he looks at on the boxscore is team turnovers. The Heat had 15. The next stat he looks at is his turnovers. He had five and none more costly than the final two. "I made two mistakes tonight," James said. "That hurt our team. And that hurt more than anything. Let my teammates down. They expect me to make plays down the stretch, and I had the ball with the opportunity to make a couple of plays and I came up short. "That burns." USA Today Sports

Miami Heat, LeBron James 

After George leaped into the rafters to impale the 6-foot-10 Chris Andersen with a dunk, James rushed the ball down the floor and hit a 30-footer at the buzzer of the third period. It was a magnificent sequence, two spectacular plays within a 5.1-second window that inspired James to change direction on his way to the Heat's huddle. James chased down George, reached out his hand and pressed palm on palm. "I got you back, young fella," James told him. For a moment, George had to gather himself. Here unfolded a most surreal scene in a surreal rise out of mid-major college basketball, the evolution of James' dutiful understudy into James' problem. "That was a moment for me," George said, "that I'll always remember." Yahoo! Sports

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, LeBron James, Paul George 

"I've got the most respect for LeBron," George said. "I look up to him." Ten months ago, this was George's mandate: Get into Bryant and Durant, Anthony and James. Get into the NBA's biggest stars and learn the most valuable lessons of all. "I want to be great," George said. "I want to be a leader in this league. For me, that was a front-row seat for how to be one of the best players in this league." Yahoo! Sports

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, LeBron James, Paul George 

Chris Tomasson: George Hill’s exact God quote on LeBron James: “The only person that’s, you know, more scarier than that and, that’s, you know, God.’’ Twitter @christomasson

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, LeBron James, George Hill 

Chris Tomasson: Here's LeBron's full response to George Hill saying that only God is scarier than him. "I'm nowhere near close,'' James said. "I made two mistakes tonight. That hurt our team. And that hurt more than anything. Let my teammates down. They expect me to make plays down the stretch, and I had the ball with the opportunity to make a couple of plays and I came up short. That burns. But the best thing about it is this isn't college. It's not one loss and you're done. I have another opportunity to get better in Game 3, and if I'm put in that position again, to be able to learn from it.'' Sulia

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, LeBron James, George Hill 

Chris Tomasson: Erik Spoelstra: "We just didn't finish the game like we're capable of.'' Twitter @christomasson

Miami Heat, Erik Spoelstra 

Chris Tomasson: Erik Spoelstra shrugs off LeBron's two turnovers in final minute: "We have full confidence in him.'' Twitter @christomasson

Miami Heat, LeBron James, Erik Spoelstra 

Ethan J. Skolnick: Chris Bosh: "We're not playing our game. It's us. It's all us. We haven't done what we do. It's hurting us." Twitter @EthanJSkolnick

Miami Heat, Chris Bosh 

Shaquille O’Neal loves Miami Heat center Chris “Birdman Birdman” Andersen. That doesn’t mean he and the TNT crew are going to cut the tattooed one any slack. Paul George obliterated Andersen so bad even LeBron James had to give props. So the TNT guys did dying bird noises because why not. For The Win

Miami Heat, Shaquille O'Neal, Media, Chris Andersen 

LeBron James had a response to everyone who’s amused by the NBA’s post-game podium fashion show. “Hey, the players didn’t put in the dress code,” James said. “We just all abide by, that’s all.” Initially, many players protested commissioner David Stern’s policies. “Now we all enjoy it,” James said. Palm Beach Post

Miami Heat, LeBron James, David Stern 

Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert is not backing down from the Miami Heat, and he's not backing down from his Twitter comment, accusing Shane Battier of a deliberate knee to Hibbert's midsection. At the Pacers' Friday morning shootaround, he stood by his tweet. "I'm just going to be there to protect the paint," Hibbert said. "I wasn't whining. I was just saying it was a play that I personally thought it wasn't a regular shooting motion for a layup. … No matter what I'm going to be there. It's playoff basketball. We're tough guys. We'll keep playing. "I read something where someone said it was inadvertent. I was calling shenanigans on that." USA Today Sports

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Roy Hibbert, Shane Battier 

Chris Tomasson: A day after Roy Hibbert tweet Shane Battier said not talking before a game for 1st time I know of this season Twitter @christomasson

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Roy Hibbert, Shane Battier 

Chris Tomasson: LeBron lauds Durant’s Okla. relief donation: “It’s a tragedy what those people in Oklahoma are going through I think it’s great what KD did" Twitter @christomasson

Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder, LeBron James, Kevin Durant 

Ira Winderman: Sun Sentinel learns following NBA review of fouls in Game 1, the upgrade to flagrant is ... Mahinmi foul on LeBron 11:38 left in the fourth. Twitter @IraHeatBeat

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, LeBron James, Ian Mahinmi 

Ira Winderman: The Ian Mahinmi foul was a grab of LeBron James' arm that the Sun Sentinel has learned has been upgraded by NBA to a Flagrant 1. Twitter @IraHeatBeat

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, LeBron James, Ian Mahinmi 

Jeff Zillgitt: Heat's Shane Battier was not available after shootaround to address Roy Hibbert's claim that knee to midsection was on purpose. Twitter @JeffZillgitt

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Roy Hibbert, Shane Battier 

Tom Haberstroh: Hibbert tweeted last night because he read someone call Battier's play 'inadvertent.' Hibbert: "That's bulls---." Twitter @tomhaberstroh

Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Roy Hibbert, Shane Battier