NBA PLAYOFFS Heat evens series with Pacers, 100-88

Miami took two straight at home from Indiana to tie the series 2-2.
MIAMI (AP) -- A series that once looked so one-sided is now dead even. And Reggie Miller feels lucky to be in that position.
Lamar Odom scored 22 points and Caron Butler added 21 to lead the Miami Heat to a 100-88 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, tying the Eastern Conference semifinal series at two games apiece.
"Right now, we're not playing as hard as the Heat," said Miller, who was 0-for-5 from the field. "Is it time to panic? No, but right now is the time for us collectively to understand the mistakes we've been making. And we've made them throughout this series. We're lucky to be 2-2. You can almost chalk the first two games up to them coming off a Game 7.
Pressure now on Pacers
"The pressure is back on us now. Our goal was to win one [in Miami] and we didn't. It's not a crisis, but we're facing adversity right now."
That's something the Pacers have rarely confronted.
The team with the best record in the NBA during the regular season looked the part through the first six games of the postseason. The Pacers swept Boston, blew out the Heat twice and set an NBA record with six straight victories by double digits.
The Heat looked overmatched in the first two games of the series. They had little playoff experience and were coming off a grueling seven-game series against New Orleans.
The Pacers, meanwhile, had an 11-day layoff for a team widely considered the deepest in the league. It showed. Indiana beat the Heat by a combined 24 points in games that weren't even that close.
Then the Pacers traveled to Miami, where the Heat won both games convincingly to extend their home winning streak to 18 games.
"This is the first challenge we've had in two rounds," Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal said. "Obviously, this is a new situation for us."
For the Heat to get out of the second round, they'll have to win on the road -- something they haven't done in the postseason.
"A lot of people think we can't win on the road, but a lot of people didn't think we could tie the series up, either," Butler said.
Clash of styles
Game 4 was a clash of styles.
The Pacers were determined to get their All-Star frontcourt tandem involved on nearly every play. It worked, but it also was advantageous for the Heat, who anticipated passes and double-teamed O'Neal and Ron Artest constantly down the stretch.
O'Neal, who was quiet for the first two games of the series, scored 37 points. Artest added 28, doubling his output from Game 3.
Miami was much more balanced.
Dwyane Wade scored 20 points, Eddie Jones and Rafer Alston each had 11, and Brian Grant added 10 before dislocating a finger on his right hand. He expects to play in Game 5 Saturday.