This should not of come as too much of a shock however as the Big Three and company have been more human on the road this year (22-19) and Lebron himself is 0-7 in game 1's on the road in his career.
One of the big questions going into this series was how well would Roy Hibbert play due to his complete ineffectiveness at many times recently in games. People who ask that question however need to realize that some people were just simply put on this earth to harass the Greats of our generation, and one such man is Big Roy.
He not only had a solid 19 and 9 but his Pacers would outscore the Heat by 19 points while he was on the court Sunday.
The Heat did not have an answer for him and when they are not getting to the foul line as much as they like (Pacers had more free throws in the third quarter than the Heat did all game) any deficit is a tough one for them to fight back from. It didn't help their cause either that Lebron had as many turnovers in the game as he did points in the 4th quarter, 4.
Look for the Heat to strike back in game 2 as everyone knows they are dominant coming off of a loss.
Still, with 5 Pacers in double digits and looking reinvigorated vs. the defending champs, it looks to be a heavy weight matchup resembling last years bout that went to 7 games with the Pacers ultimately losing in Miami. If this one goes to a game 7 however, Lebron will have to pack his talents up from South Beach and take them to Indy (where they are 1-7 the last 2 years).
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