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INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Pacers finally figured it out. When given the chance to take command of a playoff series, they cant give it back. On Tuesday night, they didnt. George Hill scored 26 points and Paul George had 18 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists, leading the Pacers past the New York Knicks, 93-82 and to within one win of their first conference finals appearance since 2004. "We wanted it," George said. "For us to come out with that edge, still, after being up 2-1 and being on our floor for Game 4, for us to be up and ready and have an edge to play, it just speaks to how focused we are right now." It was a far cry from what Indiana experienced a week ago in New York. Or last year at home against Miami. Last week, the Knicks rallied from a Game 1 loss, using a 30-2 run to blow out Indiana at Madison Square Garden and even the series. A year ago, the Pacers held a 2-1 lead over Miami but gave away Game 4 and never won again. Miami went on to win the NBA crown. So the Pacers went into Tuesday night determined not let it happen again, certainly not with former stars Reggie Miller and Rik Smits in the house watching their old team hand it to their old rivals. "I just think that our focus has been better than it was," Indianas David West said. "We might have surprised ourselves going in there and getting Game 1. Naturally, we may have had a little letdown, but we talked about maintaining our home court and our focus in these two games and we were able to accomplish that. Our next goal is to compete hard with an opportunity for a close-out game in a tough environment." The Pacers were strong defensively again, had another big rebounding advantage (54-36) and never really let the Knicks challenge them in the second half. They can wrap up the series Thursday night in New York. Desperate New York tried everything to change the script. Nothing worked. Kenyon Martin played 29 minutes and J.R. Smith logged 31 1/2 despite missing practice Sunday and Monday because they were ill. Guard Iman Shumpert started even with a sore and swollen left knee that had the Knicks so worried they brought an orthopedic doctor to Indy to examine it Tuesday. The doctor determined there was no structural damage. Amare Stoudemire was called for four fouls in 11-plus minutes in his second game back since March 7 and had only four points and four rebounds. NBA scoring champion Carmelo Anthony finished with 24 points before fouling out with 2 minutes left in the game. He took only four shots in the fourth quarter and was held without a basket over the final 12 minutes for the second straight game. Smith, the NBAs top sixth man, scored 19 points, most coming in a futile attempt to rally his team late. And on a night New York shot just 35.6 per cent from the field and 28.6 per cent on 3-pointers, the ugliest part may have been how the Knicks lost their composure, giving away points on technical foul calls, arguing with the refs, even smacking the press table in frustration. "I cant lose hope," coach Mike Woodson said. "It takes four games to get out of this series. We go home, we handle our business and we get back here on Friday and see if we can force Game 7." Game 6 would be Saturday, but given the Knicks track record at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, it might not matter. New York dropped to 0-4 at Indiana this season. The Pacers and Memphis Grizzlies are the only playoff teams that are unbeaten at home. Indiana has won all five home games by double digits and has won five of its last six overall. New York is convinced it can get things turned around quickly after losing five of its last seven, mostly because of horrendous shooting. "Its do or die, we got to win the next game," Anthony said. "But theres no need for anyone to hang their heads at this point. Weve still got a game to play, weve still got to play basketball and weve got to do it being very confident and knowing and believing that we can do it." How bad was this one? New York tied the score at 14, then allowed the Pacers to go on a 9-2 run to make it 23-16 after one quarter. The Knicks never got as closer than five the rest of the way, and never led Tuesday night. Instead, Indiana methodically extended the lead by fighting off New York rallies. After the Knicks got within 35-30 in the second quarter, Indiana pulled way to make it 48-34 at halftime. When New York closed to 54-43 in the third, Indiana scored seven straight. And when the Knicks finally cut the deficit to 69-61 in the fourth, Indiana went on another 7-0 run to retake control. But if the Pacers have learned anything over the past year, its this: The series is not over. "I think we have to go into New York like were in an elimination game, like were going about to get eliminated and play like were down 1-3," Hill said. "I think if we do that and play with the same type of energy and passion that we played with tonight, we can come away with a win. But its not going to be easy." Notes: The defending WNBA champion Indiana Fever were honoured during a break in the game. ... Miller, the former Pacers star working the game for TNT, waved to the crowd that was chanting his name after a highlight reel from a previous Pacers-Knicks series was shown on the replay board. ... Former Indy 500 winner Mario Andretti and Colts players Robert Mathis, Cory Redding and Samson Satele all attended the game. ... Smith and Anthony were a combined 16 of 45 from the field on Tuesday. Air Force 270 Deutschland . According to a report from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Bombers will name Acting GM Kyle Walters to the post full time. Air Force 1 Günstig Kaufen Deutschland . 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South Africa 6 for 194 (Cook 81*, Lyon 3-48) lead Australia 383 (Khawaja 145, Smith 59, Handscomb 54, Starc 53, Abbott 3-49, Rabada 3-84) by 70 runs Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsBy the time Nathan Lyon took his first wicket of this Test, he had endured a 660-ball drought without a first-class breakthrough. He was lucky even to be playing, for only Steve OKeefes calf injury saved Lyon from the axe, prevented the Goat from becoming the Scapegoat. But on the third evening Lyon reminded Australias selectors why he has become Australias most prolific offspinning Test wicket taker, his three strikes tightening Australias grip on the match.Between Lyon and Mitchell Starc, who bowled with pace and aggression and picked up two wickets, and Josh Hazlewood, who removed Hashim Amla for the fifth time from five innings in this series, Australia kept South Africa on the back foot. South Africa started with a deficit of 124, which by stumps had become a lead of 70. But with only four wickets in hand, a great deal of work remained for it to become the kind of target that would worry the Australians.If you asked the Australians this morning which South African batsman would annoy them most today, they might have said Faf du Plessis, or Quinton de Kock, or Hashim Amla, or JP Duminy. Perhaps even Dean Elgar or Temba Bavuma, who have shown form in this series. If they were listening to the TV commentary, they may even have said Kevin Pietersen. As for Stephen Cook, nothing in the past month suggested he would be even a minor irritant.But it was Cook who did most to hold the Australians off, and by the close of play he was on 81 and Quinton de Kock was yet to score, with the total sitting at 6 for 194. Cook entered this Test with tour scores of 5, 12, 0, 0, 12, 23 and 11 - and remember that four of those scores came against sub first-class opposition in warm-up games. The only South African who had played both Tests and scored less runs than Cook this series was Kagiso Rabada.However, in the first innings Cook found a way to grind out 40, and in the second he managed his first fifty of the trip. It was not easy, nor pretty. At times it was downright ugly, and the Adelaideans who chose to spend their Saturday night in the cold, watching Cook bat, might have wondered at the wisdom of their choice. And yet it was gripping Test cricket; Australias attack were baying, yet being kept at bay by a batsman who had so recently been all at sea.Cook knows a thing or two about patience - he owns the fifth-longest first-class innings of all time, an 838-minute effort that brought him 390 runs in 648 balls. Here, he worked many of his runs through the leg side when Australias bowlerrs got too straight.dddddddddddd Only two of his seven boundaries came through the off side - and both of those were edges through a gap in the cordon. All that mattered to South Africa was that he was still there.Wickets fell around him. In the first over of the innings, Elgar edged Starc to slip and was caught for a third-ball duck. Amla, put down on 13 when wicketkeeper Matthew Wade and first slip Matt Renshaw both failed to move quickly enough to claim an edge off Starc, was eventually caught behind off Hazlewood for 45. It meant that in every innings of the series, Amla had fallen to the bowling of Hazlewood.JP Duminy fell to an uncharacteristically poor shot when he played across the line trying to work Lyon to leg, and was bowled for 26 from 70 balls. Starc, who sent down some searing bouncers and seemed to be back at his best, had du Plessis snapped up sharply by Peter Handscomb at gully for 12.Temba Bavuma, who had valiantly and repeatedly tried to hook Starc, eventually fell to the spin of Lyon for 21 when he top-edged a sweep and was caught by Smith, running behind the wicketkeeper from slip. And Lyon claimed his third when nightwatchman Kyle Abbott played back and was lbw for a five-ball duck, narrowly failing to do his job of keeping de Kock safely inside for the evening.The day had begun with Australia on 6 for 307, and they added 76 to their overnight score for the loss of their final four wickets. Usman Khawaja, who had been batting since the first evening, was lbw to Vernon Philander for 145, his 308-ball innings the longest by an Australian opener in a home Test since Justin Langer made a double-century at Adelaide Oval in 2004.But even after Khawaja departed, the Australia tail provided some frustrations for du Plessis and his men. Starc struck five fours and one six on his way to 53, which was the seventh half-century of his Test career, before he prodded a return catch back to Rabada, who finished with 3 for 84.The debutant left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi endured a long wait for his maiden Test wicket but finally achieved the feat in his 27th over when he had Lyon caught top-edging a sweep for 13. Hazlewood finished unbeaten on 11 when the final wicket fell, Bird caught at slip off Rabada for 6.It meant Australia had been dismissed for 383, their highest Test total since the tour of New Zealand in February, and held a first-innings lead of 124. And despite the fight of Cook later in the day, Australia went to stumps with a good chance of avoiding being on the wrong end of a historic home whitewash. ' ' '