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NBA game of the week: Heat at Pacers, Tuesday

Pacers center Roy Hibbert powers his way to the basket against Heat power forward Chris Bosh during a playoff game last spring.
(Steven C. Mitchell / EPA)
By Ben Bolch

MIAMI AT INDIANA

When: 4 p.m. PST Tuesday.

TV: None.

The ever-evolving Paul George has helped the Pacers compile the NBA’s best record and stands as a possible threat to LeBron James’ winning a fifth most-valuable-player award.

The Heat has suffered through some early-season three-peat malaise during recent losses to Detroit and Chicago, both without Dwyane Wade.

No matter what happens during the teams’ four regular-season meetings, this rivalry is almost assured to be continued in the playoffs.

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It looks increasingly like these teams will meet in the Eastern Conference finals, given the likely season-ending injury to Chicago’s Derrick Rose and the laughable lack of other East challengers that are even at .500.

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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