Sixers lead, two games to one.
With Reggie Miller averaging 31 points per game on 44 percent shooting, and Jalen Rose netting 18 points per outing and hoping to improve on his 38 percent shooting, that's entirely possible. But Indiana has spent the last few days griping about the Sixers, and Allen Iverson in particular, getting the bulk of the favorable calls from referees. That rhetoric has been as much a part of this series as anything else. An Indiana loss tonight would mark the first time in the Pacers' 23-year playoff history that they have bowed out after winning the first game of a series. It also would be the first time in three seasons that the Sixers have managed to eliminate Indiana from postseason play.