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Pacers take advantage of home court, force Game 7 with 91-77 victory over Miami
• INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana staggered Miami with one more big punch Saturday night.
• Now the Pacers have a fighting chance to pull off a stunning playoff upset.
• Roy Hibbert did everything but pull out the boxing gloves in Game 6, finishing with 24 points and 11 rebounds, and continually contesting Miami's shots to help Indiana stave off elimination with an emphatic 91-77 victory over the defending champs.
• Paul George scored 28 points, had eight rebounds and five assists, and the Pacers held Miami to 36.1 percent shooting as they booked a trip back to Miami for Game 7 on Monday night.
• "Myself and David (West), we throw ourselves in the fray, in the paint. We like to muck it up," Hibbert said. "Paul and myself, we wanted to make sure we got this for him as well. We didn't want this to be our last game."
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Sunday, June 2, the 153rd day of 2013. There are 212 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On June 2, 1953, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place in London's Westminster Abbey, 16 months after the death of her father, King George VI; it was the first such ceremony to be broadcast on television.
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• On this date:
• In 1863, during the Civil War, Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman wrote a letter to his wife, Ellen, in which he commented, "Vox populi, vox humbug" (The voice of the people is the voice of humbug).
• In 1886, President Grover Cleveland, 49, married Frances Folsom, 21, in the Blue Room of the White House. (To date, Cleveland is the only president to marry in (Continued on page 26)
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