Webber has huge Game 3
Philly looks to sweep in Game 4
Sixers-110
Pacers-105
This three by Iverson was also Webber's 10th assist of the game, giving him a triple double. Even though C-Webb fouled out before the Sixers took the lead, this play tied it and the Sixers went on to win.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (AP) -- Today was the day for the Pacers to win, not the Sixers. They had Reggie Miller trying to keep his quest alive to win the championship. They had Ron Artest back in the lineup. And also, they enjoyed a comfortable 14 point lead.
It seemed that the only people in Conseco Fieldhouse that did not believe that the Pacers would win were the 76ers. Chris Webber killed Indiana and stunned the crowd with the dunks, the fadeaways, the 18 footers, the battles he won at the boards, and the great passes he gave to his teammates.
"It was just my night," said Webber after the game. "I felt like I could do anything out there. It seemed as if the basket was humongous, and that every ball came into my hands when it was in the air and it seemed like every pass I made, that someone made it."
Another key to the game may have been Jermaine O'Neal fouling out early into the 4th quarter. The Pacers fans booed, arguing that the foul was on Johnathan Bender and not on him. Ron Artest wanted to go right at the referee, but he actually used his brain this time and thought "What would happen to me this time?" Artest had 12 points in limited minutes while trying to adjust back into the game.
The crowd cheered when Chris Webber fouled out with 5:26 to go in the 4th. However, even though there best player that night was gone, the Sixers knew that they all had to step up. One player in particular that stepped up, was none other than Allen Iverson. He had 14 points in the final period, many coming at clutch times late in the game.
The Sixers will be looking to wrap it up here in Conseco Fieldhouse in a few days and make it to the NBA Finals.
Sixers -
Team-
Pacers
58-Rebounds-40
20-Assists-21
7-Steals-7
5-Blocks-8
23-Fouls-28
13-TO's-11
38/90-FG-37/86
3/11-3PFG-10/28
31/38-FT-21/30
22-Off. Reb-11
36-Def. Reb-29
M. Jackson 11 pts, 3 rebs, 1 blk
R. Rogers 7 pts, 5 rebs, 2 asts, 1 blk
A. Iguodala 14 pts, 9 rebs, 2 asts
K. Korver 4 pts, 3 rebs
A. Iverson 28 pts, 2 rebs, 3 asts, 2 blks, 3 stls
W. Green 9 pts, 3 rebs, 1 ast, 1 stl
S. Dalembert 17 pts, 17 rebs, 1 blk, 1 stl
M. Barnes 2 pts
M. Bradley 2 pts, 1 reb
J. Davis 1 ast
C. Webber 16 pts, 15 rebs, 11 asts 2 stls(POG)
J. Foster 4 pts, 1 reb, 2 asts
J. Bender 5 pts, 5 rebs, 2 blks
R. Artest 12 pts, 8 rebs, 5 asts, 3 blks
R. Miller 15 pts, 1 reb, 1 stl
J. Tinsley 13 pts, 8 rebs, 8 asts, 3 stls
F. Jones 25 pts, 4 rebs, 1 ast, 1 stl
S. Jackson 18 pts, 5 rebs, 1 blk
A. Croshere 3 pts, 3 rebs
A. Johnson 1 pt
J. O'Neal 19 pts, 9 rebs, 2 blks, 2 stls