The Miami Heat play the Indiana Pacers on Sunday in Game 1 of the 2014 NBA Eastern Conference finals. Tipoff is at 3:30 p.m. ET. Watch the live stream or listen to the radio broadcast via the links provided below.
Indiana needed six games to close out their second-round series against the Washington Wizards. They struggled down the stretch of the season and had scares in both of the last two series but managed to find a way back into the Eastern Conference finals.
"I think we like being the underdogs," Pacers guard Lance Stephenson told the Associated Press. "We like when everybody is talking about us. I think it makes our game a little bit better. It makes us want to go out and play harder, so I like being the underdog and everybody talking about us and trying to bring us down but we stay together as a unit, stay poised in the locker room.
"It just makes us stronger."
Indiana starts the series with home court advantage, something Pacers star Paul George knows they must make use of.
"We can't allow ourselves to come out flat," he said. "Whatever it is, we've got to find it and come out with energy - treat this one like it's Game 7."
Miami, meanwhile, has dropped only one game in the postseason. The conference finals is a familiar stage for them - it's their fourth straight appearance.
"Two best teams in the Eastern Conference. It's that simple," Heat star LeBron James said. "I mean both teams defend at a high level, both teams share the ball, both teams get into the paint, both teams have a desire to win, so that's why it's been equal."
Watch the live stream HERE, or listen to the radio broadcast HERE (MIA) and HERE (IND).
