NBA game of the week: Pacers vs. Heat, Sunday at Miami

Pacers guard Paul George (24) defends against Heat forard LeBron James during the second half of a game last month in Indianapolis.

By Ben Bolch

March 9, 2013 12 AM PT

INDIANA AT MIAMI

3 p.m. PDT Sunday. TV: None.

Winners of 17 consecutive games, Miami is wiping away some of its smudges from earlier in the season while it cleans up on the rest of the NBA.

Last week, the Heat posted a resounding comeback victory against New York after previously suffering a pair of 20-point defeats against the Knicks.

Now the Heat looks to improve on its 0-2 record against Indiana, widely perceived as the only realistic challenger to the defending NBA champions in the Eastern Conference.

The Pacers will be without Danny Granger after the forward’s comeback from a knee injury was aborted because of soreness after only five games.

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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.

NBA game of the week: Pacers vs. Heat, Sunday at Miami

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